India, Aug. 5 -- The Government of India issued the following news release:
It has come to the notice of the Ministry of Mines that there were some recent media reports suggesting that the Union Government has permitted private sector participation in the exploration and mining of atomic minerals such as Uranium and Thorium from the country's offshore regions by notifying the Offshore Areas Atomic Minerals Rules, 2025. Such reports are misleading and factually incorrect.
The Offshore Areas Atomic Minerals Operating Rights Rules, 2025 provide the procedure for the grant of operating rights for atomic mineral only to the Government, Government companies, or corporations and not to private entities.
It is important to state that Parliament,...