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Government of India, is the apex body for formulation and administration of the rules and regulations and laws relating to mines in India. As of May 2008, head of the ministry is the Cabinet Minister B.K. Handique.[1] Contents
Functions
The Ministry of Mines is responsible for survey and exploration of all minerals, (other than natural gas and petroleum) for mining and metallurgy of non-ferrous metals like aluminium, copper, zinc, lead, gold, nickel etc. and for administration of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act) in respect of all mines and minerals other than coal and lignite.
Undertakings
- Geological Survey of India
- Indian Bureau of Mines
Public Sector Undertakings
- National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), Bhubaneswar
- Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL), Kolkata
- Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL), Nagpur
- Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka
Autonomous Bodies
- Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre (JNARDDC), Nagpur
- National Institute of Rock Mechanics (NIRM), Kolar
- National Institute of Miners’ Health (NIMH), Nagpur
Secretaries
This is the list of Secretaries to Government of India.
- 1. Shri N. C. Shrivastava (1963 to 1969)
- 2. Shri N. Subrahmanyam (1969 to 1972)
- 3. Shri H. C. Sarin (1972 to 1973)
- 4. Shri K. T. Satarwala (1973 to 1973)
- 5. Shri K. S. R. Chari (1973 to 1974)
- 6. Shri Mantosh Sondhi (1977 to 1980)
- 7. Shri C. S. Swaminathan (1980 to 1981)
- 8. Shri R. Ganapati (1981 to 1983)
- 9. Shri P. K. Basu (1983 to 1984)
- 10. Shri Mohinder Singh (1984 to 1985)
- 11. Shri B. K. Rao (1985 to 1989)
- 12. Shri P. K. Lahiri (1989 to 1990)
- 13. Shri R. K. Dang (1990 to 1991)
- 14. Shri V. Krishnan (1991 to 1993)
- 15. Shri I. G. Jhingran (1993 to 1994)
- 16. Shri Ashok C. Sen (1995 to 1996)
- 17. Shri B. B. Tandon (1997 to 1998)
- 18. Shri Arvind Varma (1998 to 1999)
- 19. Shri Deepak Chatterjee (1999 to 2002)
- 20. Dr. A. K. Kundra (2002 to 2003)
- 21. Shri C. D. Arha (2003 to 2005)
- 22. Shri A. K. D. Jadhav (2005 to 2007)
- 23. Shri J. P. Singh (2007 to 2008)
- 24. Shri Shantanu Consul (2008 to 2009)
- 25. Ms. Santha Sheela Nair (2009 to 2010)
- 26. Shri S. Vijay Kumar (2010 to present)
Notes
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Ministry of Mines (India)
- Ministry of Mines (India)
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Republic of India Part of the series
Politics and Government of IndiaLocal & State Govt.- Governor
- State Legislature:
- Vidhan Sabha
- Vidhan Parishad
- Panchayat
- Gram panchayat
- Panchayat samiti
- Zilla Parishad
- Other countries
- Politics Portal
- Government of India Portal