Greetings to the members of the Civil Services Fraternity on #CivilServicesDay .

We salute your dedication to serving the Nation with the highest standards of public administration.

Thank you for ensuring a brighter future with #GoodGovernance for a #ViksitBharat .

We are proud to share that Hindustan Zinc has entered the top 3 global producers of Silver. This is a proud moment for the entire country and places India in the silver map. With rising projections of silver consumption, we are poised to fulfill the nation’s desire for silver

Shri V. L. Kantha Rao, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, held a meeting with Mr. Máximo Pacheco, Chairman of Codelco, on 16th April, 2024 in Santiago, Chile. The meeting's agenda focused on exploring potential opportunities in upcoming #Lithium and #Copper blocks, as well as fostering

An Indian delegation led by Shri V. L. Kantha Rao, Secretary, Ministry of Mines met H.E. Suina Chahuán Kim, Vice-Minister of Mines, Government of Chile on 16th April, 2024 in Santiago and had deliberations over various dimensions of cooperation in the field of #Mining and #Geology .

Shri V L Kantha Rao, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Government of India had a meeting with Mr. Iván Mlynarz, Vice-President, ENAMI, a State-owned Company of Government of Chile on 16 April, 2024 in Santiago and emphasised on obtaining concessions for critical minerals on G2G basis.

Shri V L Kantha Rao, Secretary, Ministry of Mines had a meeting with H.E Sebastian Gomez, Commerce Secretary of Chile on 15 April, 2024 in Santiago. Both countries agreed for greater cooperation in the field of Mines and Minerals particularly critical minerals viz #Copper and

Shri V L Kantha Rao, Secretary, Ministry of Mines addressed the 105th International Organizing Committee Meeting of the World Mining Congress, Santiago, Chile. The meeting had representation from over 21 countries and 30+ global mining leaders.

Prof. Asim Tewari, Professor, IIT Bombay in his Scholarly Speech emphasized on data mining. Using the Artificial Intelligence technology, he showed the path of classification of geophysical data for the future use in the mining sector and put some light for start-ups to use this

In his presentation Dr. Anupam Agnihotri, Director, JNARDDC Ministry of Mines explained about the S&T-PRISM program in details and also about how JNARDDC under the aegis of Ministry of Mines is implementing the programme for Start-ups and SMEs. He also clarified the criteria of choosing

Shri Amitesh Sinha, Head- Corporate Venture Capital & Vedanta Spark Initiatives and Shri Rohit Pathak, CEO & Business Head, Birla Copper, Aditya Birla Group in their deliberation expressed their desire to promote Start-ups in the mining & metallurgy sector. They also shared about

Prof. Abhay Karandikar, Secretary, DSTIndia in his Inaugural Speech at the Mining Start-up Webinar emphasised on the role of research in the field of #criticalmineral . Aiming towards the decarbonisation goal, he expressed his satisfaction over S&T-PRISM program run by the

Shri V L Kantha Rao, Secretary, Ministry of Mines kick started the Mining Start-up Webinar. In his Welcome Note, the Secretary described how the S&T-PRISM Program will play a crucial role in research and innovation for the mining and metallurgy sector.