India is witnessing acute coal shortage. This has impacted the power generation plans of India. And understandably so. Right now, approximately 57% of India's power generation capacity is based on coal. Thus, shortage of coal is bound to impact the power generation. Lengthy process in getting clearances for new mines has impacted coal production. Also, transportation bottlenecks have impacted the availability of coal. Shortage of railway wagons is the primary reason behind it. As a result, India has decided to move towards clean energy mechanism. There are ambitious plans to tap other energy resources like wind, water, solar etc. However, the share of coal is likely to remain unaffected. And this can be said from the fact that even in 2030 approximately 52% of India's power capacity will still come from coal. This is just marginally lower than 57% figure persisting currently. Thus, it can be said that India's power generation aspirations are heavily dependent on coal. As such, government must take steps to increase the production. If not, India will continue to remain a power deficit country.