RE: Looking Forward17 Feb 2019 13:24
"the Union Government has taken several steps and also devised the new National Mineral Policy with a view to promoting the ease of doing business along with ensuring the participation of the private sector for better mineral exploration."
'Mineral Exploration in India' inaugurated during 58th Meeting of CGPB at Pusa
Representatives of State Departments, Central Ministries/ organizations, PSUs, academic institutes and private entrepreneurs attended the 58th CGPB meeting.
15-02-2019
Union Minister of State for Mines Shri Haribhai Parthibhai Chaudhary has stressed the need for optimum utilization of the available mineral resources in the country. Addressing the inaugural session of 58th Meeting of the Central Geological Programming Board (CGPB) held at Pusa in New Delhi today, he said that the Union Government has taken several steps and also devised the new National Mineral Policy with a view to promoting the ease of doing business along with ensuring the participation of the private sector for better mineral exploration. The minister also inaugurated an exhibition displaying the status of "Mineral Exploration in India" at this juncture.
The CGPB meeting was held under the chairmanship of Shri Anil Mukim, Secretary to the Govt. of India, Ministry of Mines (MoM). Dr K. Rajeswara Rao, Additional Secretary, MoM, Dr Dinesh Gupta, Director General, Geological Survey of India (GSI), Shri R S Garkhal, Additional Director General, GSI, Shri Bipul Pathak, Joint Secretary, MoM were the other dignitaries to grace the meeting of the Board. During the occasion, seven publications (five from GSI and one each from Neyveli Lignite Corporation and DMG, Chattishgarh) were released. Twenty Mineral Exploration reports worth Rupees seventy-nine thousand five hundred sixty crores were handed over to the seven state governments viz., Odisha, Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Haryana, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh and Kerala.