New Delhi:
Coal Minister Pralhad Joshi said today that dry fuel imports, which have decreased significantly, will be stopped by 2024.
Speaking at an event at the office of the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India here to release a ‘Compendium of Asset Accounts on Mineral and Energy Resources’, the minister said that the commercial coal mine auction run by the current government the auction process was institutionalized completely transparent.
Pralhad Joshi also filled out CAG’s office for releasing the country’s first-ever compendium of asset accounts on the country’s mineral assets.
The minister said the report provides a comprehensive picture of the mineral resources spread across several states in the country.
He said the compendium will help further strengthen the sustainable mining process, which is of great importance to ecology and future generations.
Collecting the information from the state asset accounts, the government accounting standards advisory board has prepared the compendium of asset accounts on mineral and energy resources in states.
The compendium details all four fossil fuels, 40 major minerals and 63 minor minerals in 28 states and one Union Territory Jammu & Kashmir, and also covers the innovations and good practices noted during the survey.
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