GSI conducts 122 exploration projects for critical minerals this year

In the first four months of the financial year 2023-24 (FY24), a total of 122 critical minerals exploration projects were taken up by the Geological Survey of India (GSI), Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Pralhad Joshi said in Rajya Sabha on Monday.

In the last three years, a total of 422 critical minerals exploration projects were taken by the scientific agency. “Ministry of Mines has increased focus on exploration of these minerals in the country through the Geological Survey of India (GSI) and other agencies,” Joshi said.