Contents: Preface. 1. Evolution of palaeoenvironmental setting for the lower Gondwana deposits, Godavari Valley basin : special reference to Mulug belt, Warangal dist., Andhra Pradesh/R.P. Maiti and D. Bhattacharjee. 2. Depositional environments of the Karharbari coal measures in Koel basin belt/M. Das and A.B. Dutta. 3. Depositional history of Barakar sediments of Migma area, Raniganj coal basin, Dhanbad district, Bihar/Abhijit Mukhopadhyay and R.P. Maity. 4. Supra-Barakar rocks of the south Rewah basin and its stratigraphic enigma/R.K. Bandopadhyay. 5. Permo-triassic boundary in the terrestrial sediments of Raniganj Gondwana basin/C.R. Sen and R.K. Dutta. 6. Lithostratigraphy of pre-fulra supratrappean (early tertiary) sequence of NW Kutch--a reappraisal/S.K. Mukhopadhyay and S.K. Shome. 7. Birbhum coal basin - its evolution, stratigraphy and coal potentiality : an overview/K.K. Sen. 8. Stratigraphy, structure, and development of coal seams in Mulug belt, Godavari Valley coalfield, Andhra Pradesh/R.K. Dutta. 9. Subsidence and tectonic history of Ib-Hingir basin Orissa - a new approach/P.N. Chaudhuri. 10. Scope of analog study in understanding some aspects of palaeodrainage and coal seam formation in lower Gondwana basins of peninsular India/S.K. Bandopadhyay.