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National Critical Mineral Mission 2025
January 31 , 2025
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- The government approved a ₹16,300-crore National Critical Mineral Mission.
- It is envisaging a total outlay of ₹34,300 crore spread over seven years.
- It aims to achieve the self-reliance and accelerate India’s journey towards green energy transition.
- Public sector enterprises are expected to contribute ₹18,000 crore to the mission.
- The Critical minerals such as copper, lithium, nickel, cobalt and rare earth are essential raw materials required to fuel the growth of rapidly growing clean energy technologies.
- 24 critical minerals have been identified.
- The NCMM will encompass all stages of the value chain, including the mineral exploration, mining, beneficiation, processing, and recovery from the end-of-life products.
- The mission will intensify the exploration of critical minerals within the country and in its offshore areas.
- The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has undertaken 368 exploration projects for critical minerals over the past three years.
- 195 projects are currently underway in 2024-25.
- In 2025-26, GSI will take up 227 projects for various critical minerals.
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