Written by Bishal Thapa and Sandeep Kumar of ICF International's India office and published in World Coal, September 2006. ICF surveys the Indian coal sector in the midst of India's economic growth and in the context of Indian’s growing energy demand. The potential and current limitations, particularly around the slow pace of reforms, are discussed. The authors argue that coal in India remains the dominant energy source, but the slow pace of reforms is hurting India’s ability to develop alternate energy strategies.