Can there be a 'just transition' from India's coal industry? | FT Standpoint
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- Опубликовано: 24 фев 2024
- The FT has partnered with One World Media fellowship programme to publish the work of filmmaker Pawanjot Kaur, who tells the story of the people who live in Jharkhand, a major coal mining region of India.
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This is journalism. I hope you continue telling incredible stories like these.
a moving documentary. hope their life will be better.
These people are empowered by your great work, thanks for sharing their stories with us!
Success is dependent on the ability to adapt to change and challenges, and India is not immune to such constants.
props to the FT for publishing this!
Amazing work by Gulab Chandra Sir... He is our Hero in Jharkhand, Jai Hind🇮🇳
They're all heroes !
Amazing documentary deserves way more recognition and views. Please keep making these.
Very encouraging documentary. Nice work!
Indian Coal Industry needs a lot of million dollar changes such as
1.Upgradation of coal miners uniform for both men and women.The miner's uniform should not only have hard hats with LED lights but also be comprised of extremely strong face shields, oxygen cylinders,gloves,suits and boots in order protect them from injuries in their dark work place
2.Surrounding every coal mines of India with Carbon Capture Plants for solving the problem of carbon emissions from burning of coal fields.
3.Introduction of robots in certain spots of the coal mines which are sensitive, prone to collapse or impossible for humans to reach so as carry coal mining operations more smoothly with lesser chances of accidents
4.Making room for Graphene Mining in coal mines and coal gas power stations in order to make full use of the excess supply of carbon
Reality is India won't ignore Coal we have tremendous reserves of it, instead of Coal Thermal Powerplant, India will build Coal Gasification plants to produce gas 🙏
Kudos to FT for creating & producing this 🙌🏻
Very well done. I hope Sushma was ultimately successful. All of them are inspiring.
Well done!
This is the journalism we need
I am from Jharkhand many here are millionaire just by smuggling coals , many of these labourers are operated by local broker who buys it at dirt cheap prices because it is basically free here but these brokers accumulate tons of coals from hundreds of these small scale labourous and then sell it to local bricklaying businesses or local steel businesses .
Water conservation and solar also good job
Amazing documentary..please keep doing more of these
Good job done 😍
🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation:
00:26 *Livelihood challenges post coal industry shutdown.*
02:00 *Just Transition's impact on 27 diverse affected groups.*
03:22 *Unions, stakeholders discuss Just Transition challenges.*
04:37 *Technical skills vital for transitioning from coal dependency.*
06:07 *Importance of acquiring diverse skills beyond coal-related work.*
07:52 *Empowering women for alternative livelihoods amid coal decline.*
09:27 *Sustainable rural employment.*
09:44 *Women in cottage industry.*
10:59 *Challenges in proposal.*
13:30 *Empowering rural women.*
16:15 *Successful fish farming.*
17:16 *Creating jobs in mining.*
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India should get rid of this dirty fuel asap🇮🇳
Excellent work.
Looking at the bigger picture!
India has 285 coal-fired power plants, burning 966,288,692,600 MMCubicFeet of coal; 11.3% of the world coal consumption.
In comparison, China has 1120 coal-fired power plants, burning 4,319,921,826,000 MMCubicFeet of coal; 50.5% of the world consumption!
Who is the real elephant in the room ?
10:34 Look, 700km an hour isn't astute too but weather; assess based on electric grids but decided to close Indus mostly after Concorde
It does not seem to be about transition from coil but getting back the live coal have stolen. And the difficulty just demonstrates that for such people coal jobs were just a trap.
Hatsoff to Sushma and Sashi😑🙏🏻
A closer look at the coal industry is essential! India has 285 coal-fired power plants, burning 966,288,692,600 MMCubicFeet of coal; 11.3% of the world coal consumption.
In comparison, China has 1120 coal-fired power plants, burning 4,319,921,826,000 MMCubicFeet of coal; 50.5% of the world consumption!
Who is the elephant in the room of the coal industry ?
Superpower status achieved.
Fret not. Coal will not disappear. It is too cheap as an energy source. Only IEA believes that countries are truly committed to get rid of the black stuff.
People who are concerned about these manual labourers need to realise they are not being employed by the coal industry, but exploited by it. If coal shuts down these labourers can easily find another job in any other industry. India is a booming economy with tons of jobs elsewhere!
This is just ignorant. They will not 'just' get a job in another industry, because if they could do that, they would have done it. Notwithstanding exploitation, these people have developed skills that allow them to be more efficient at what they do, and they are not transferable to other industries!
@@kevikiru please understand these labourers are doing unskilled work that can be done in any industry such as construction. So do you prefer that little stop learning computer skills and continue struggling in coal mines?
@@kevikiru well it is not going to help them even they become skilled.
India is doubling it coal consumptions, so gov is opening new mine with all machine operation, to make coal mining cheap and fast.
But people still continued to work, then they are going to get less pay as price of coal is getting deceased, so their will be more exploitation to them in near future.
Also Indian government ban the use of any animal in coalmines , so they are even Minning less in compare to that they mine in past.
it better for this people to change their industry even it pay same.
And labour mining is not a skill.
this people are only mining because their is no job that they can do their
for job they need to left their home or need to create other type of work that can employ them
India like China both contributed 55% Green House gases from Fossil and includes Methane gas from Livestocks farming, both could take another 50 years to transitions into COP'100' Net Zero.
Agree 500 kg land whales in usa are not responsible
meanwhile the next door neighbour has robot arms mining and carrying trucks with 5g operators this is 18th vs 21st
I wouldn't call the 12 yo Shein worker or the Foxconn worker under surveillance from jumping to death on a suicide net a robot tbh
Employment is a problem in india
Just transition will happen and these people will get the jobs and it will have better working conditions. Those fishermen in the video earns 4000 to 5000 rupees per day that is around $48 to $60, in the US many workers earn $80 to $120 a day, exactly double before tax. But the living expense is way lower in India, rents go for 8000 to 15000 that is $96 to $180 a month. Meanwhile in the US even though the income is exactly double, the basic living expense is at least 4x to 8x than that in India. Rents start from $800 for a studio in mid tier cities, lets not even start with medical. Food and clothing is exactly double which are the only living expenses that is comparable, and clothing is replaced by internet in the survey rankings. Ambani's revolution has helped India with affordable 4g internet on their phones, but he have said the prices will go up, which makes no sense, is he asking for gov subsidies? Just something to think about, housing prices and medical prices in the US are unsustainable in the long run.
It is time to abandon environment harmful jobs and choosing eco friendly ones