New Delhi, Jan 21 (IANS) Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Piyush Goyal said on Wednesday that the Geological Survey of India (GSI) will step up exploration efforts for critical and strategic minerals by taking up about 300 projects in 2026-27.He directed the GSI to complete its active field season within a year, with the process of continuous rolling approvals of projects instead of annual approval, so that a prospective area can be explored as a whole.Addressing the meeting of the Central Geologic…
Latest Central Geological Programming Board News & Updates
New Delhi, Jan 20 (IANS) The Geological Survey of India’s Central Geological Programming Board (CGPB) meeting will be convened here on January 21, to chart future geoscientific initiatives and deliberate on mineral exploration strategies, new initiatives in clean energy, geohazards, and sustainable development, the government said on Tuesday.The deliberations in the meeting will focus on the exploration of critical minerals such as lithium, graphite, vanadium, scandium, cesium, etc., aligned w…