The conclave to be held on 1 December in Mumbai will be chaired by Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi. It aims at boosting bidder participation in the auction.
The state governments have auctioned 100 mineral blocks between March 2021 and August 2022, the Union Ministry of Mines has said. Moreover, since 2015, a total of 208 mineral blocks were auctioned in the country, it further informed, adding that commercial mining has been a great success in the country.
The meeting is crucial as the Monsoon Session is set to be stormy with the opposition ready with strategy to corner the government over several issues that include rising petrol and diesel prices and the infrastructure lapses during the second wave of Covid.
