India digs 650MMT of Coal and imports another 200MMT every year and increasing..

This implies 650x0.44+200x0.38=364MMT of Ash is generated every year apart from >2000MMT lying in in thermal plants Ash ponds/dykes/ yards/mounds contaminating soil, air and water.

Ash Brick Industry of India, having 20,000+ factories, feeding 6,00,000+ families through direct employment, not only convert pollutants (Coalash Sludge Lime & Gypsum from ESPs & FGDs) into stable & inert lifestyle products with lowest embodied energy, least μ value & negative carbon footprint, apart from termite proof, noise & heat insulation properties, but also save >600sqkm (=New York/Mumbai city area) of fertile topsoil, ensuring oilseeds (food) security, by replacing coal based burnt clay red bricks.

Now with new draft notification by Ministry of Environment & Climate Change in April, 2021, Government of India has taken a U-turn via applying financial sanctions on eco-reviving Ash Brick Industry and started subsidising eco-hostile burnt Clay Brick Industry exactly opposite to what is committed by India in Glasgow COP26..