Economic Times: ET Now caught up with former Power Minister Suresh Prabhu for his views on India's energy sector. Excerpts:
ET Now: Should you become the next energy minister, what key hurdles do you believe need addressing in each of the three segments--- coal, power and oil and gas?
Suresh Prabhu: The amount of coal that we are importing now has already touched about 173 million tonnes and it will touch nearly 200 million tonnes in the next few years' time.
It implies a massive foreign exchange outgo...