New Delhi, Nov. 13 -- The Government of India has completed 235 projects on critical minerals, which are way high against 2020-21 completion of 65 projects in the country, Siladitya Sengupta, Deputy Director General PSS:P&M Geological Survey of India told ANI today.

Talking on the sidelines of Energy Security Conference 2025 in New Delhi, he said on the sidelines of the Energy Security Conference 2025. " Critical minerals and rare earth minerals are very important for green energy transmissions in the country...To become self reliant in the mineral sector, exploration activities increased manifold. In recent years, thrust is on critical and strategic minerals."

He said this while talking on the initiatives after amendment of MMDR Act th...