The State government will soon come out with a State-level mining action plan 2030 to match the industries’ demand for iron ore, Rajender Kumar Kataria, Secretary, Commerce & Industries (Mines & MSME), said at the ASSOCHAM India Mining Summit 2017 held in New Delhi on Friday.
“Karnataka will hopefully supply the kind of ore required for the next 14 to 15 years,” said Mr. Kataria.
Framework
He also said a committee has been constituted to come out with broad policy guidelines and framework so that some kind of discipline can be brought into the minor mineral sector.
Highlighting that the issues regarding process simplification and bringing in transparency are already under discussion of the Ministry of Mines, he said, “In the State government also, you will find some simplification of processes in the short-term,” said a release issued by ASSOCHAM.
Mr. Kataria also urged Arun Kumar, Secretary, Union Ministry of Mines, to compile a mineral database comprising size, demand, and a prospective plan to meet that demand.
Data management
“Both the industry and the government need to do adequate data management to carry out demand and supply assessment in the industry on the basis of which we can think of exploiting the resources,” he said.
Talking about the need to promote systematic scientific mining, he said it is an area both policy makers and miners need to now start thinking of.
“With a view to bridge the widening gap between iron ore demand and supply, we should go for scientific mining, identify and plan well in advance so that systematic and scientific mining can take place without spoiling the environment,” said the release quoting Mr. Kataria.
