What effect would the closing of coal mines have on India?
In quest of employment, workers travel to the coal mines, where they work in coal soot-stained garments with no regard for their physical appearance. Their whole body becomes covered in coal soot while they work, but they don't care because they have to do this work. However, these laborers who work for you and us will lose their jobs in the next few years. The most recent study from Global Energy Monitor has made this clear. The report states that 9,90,200 individuals would lose their jobs as a result of coal mine closures.
Approximately 4,14,200 laborers are presently employed in those mines, which may close before 2035, according to the research.
China and india will be the most impacted
The closure of the coal industries by 2050 might result in unemployment for almost one-third, or 37 percent, of workers, even in the absence of climate legislation intended to eradicate coal. china and india will be the two nations most affected by it. Estimates indicate that Shanxi, china, will see the greatest effects. Hence, by 2050, there will be a loss of almost 2,41,900 coal-related jobs. Nonetheless, when it comes to india, the industry employs 3,37,000 people in coal mining. These laborers' jobs are at risk in such a scenario. The name Coal india corporation immediately comes to mind when discussing layoffs carried out by any one indian corporation. It can result in 73,800 job losses over the next five years.
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