The Government today said it has sought technical cooperation from the Government of Poland in the field of coal and lignite mining and also asked companies from the European country to invest in India.
The Coal Minister, Mr Sriprakash Jaiswal, who met the Poland Deputy Prime Minister, Mr Waldemar Pawlak, yesterday, also discussed the scope for technical cooperation between both nations, particularly on manufacturing of underground mining machinery, an official statement said.
“Further, extraction of coalbed methane... environmental issues of coal mining were also discussed. Investments by Polish companies covering the above mentioned areas was desired by the Indian side, for which the Polish side assured participation in the tender process,” the statement said.