The Ministry of Mines, in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology-Indian School of Mines (IIT-ISM), Dhanbad today organized a one-day workshop on State Mining Index in New Delhi today.

The Index would serve as a tool for stakeholders of the mining sector to understand various aspects related to the Ease of Doing Mining Business within a State. Speaking on the occasion,  Secretary, Ministry of Mines V. L. Kantha Rao emphasized the importance of States’ efforts in the development of mining sector getting properly reflected in the policy narrative. He emphasized the importance of having a State Mining Index, which will promote cooperative federalism as well as competition among States. He requested the States to help in data collection efforts by properly submitting the statistical returns in time. Principal Secretaries, Directors and other officials from 26 States participated in the workshop to discuss and finalize the indicators and sub-indicators of performance which form part of the Index framework and methodology.