"India plans to institute an emergency law that will require maximum output at coal plants to prepare for record consumption expected this summer"

"Recently, India asked its utilities not to retire their coal plants until 2030 and the country plans to institute an emergency law that will require maximum output at coal plants that use imported coal to prepare for record consumption expected this summer.... India expects its power plants to burn about 8 percent more coal in the financial year ending March 2024....
    "Due to expected high electricity demand, India asked utilities to not retire coal-fired power plants till 2030, just over two years after committing to eventually phasing down its use of coal. Last May, India indicated that it plans to reduce power generation from at least 81 coal-fired plants over the next four years, but the proposal did not involve shutting down any of its 179 coal power plants. India has not set a formal timeline for phasing down coal use and this move indicates it will not happen soon....
    "India is one of the best economic performers among the G20 nations and its industrial activity has driven increases of around 14 percent in electricity generation ... Coal-fired generation accounted for most of the increase ...
    "[The] India[n government] wants its country to continue to grow economically and realises it cannot do that without continuing to use its coal plants. While the country is adding wind and solar power, it fell short of its 2022 renewable energy addition target by nearly a third because there is a disconnection between government targets and various operational, financial and regulatory constraints....
    "Now that governments have begun to control energy policies, it will be important for people to scrutinise the differences between their plans and their performance. In India, available, reliable and affordable energy seems to be the priority."

~ Institute for Energy Research, from their post 'Like China, India Intends to Continue Its Use of Coal' [emphasis mine]