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This week in data:

The administration of Indian prime minister Narendra Modi has boosted coal mining and coal power since 2014.

Carbon Brief published an interactive piece analysing the impact on Indian communities and climate change, as well how this year’s general election could change things.

The map shows that India’s coal reserves are concentrated in seven south-central and eastern states, regions that have significant Indigenous populations.

Indigenous peoples and local communities told Carbon Brief that they have been displaced and suffered environmental impacts as a result of coal mining projects.

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