26 states participate in workshop by Mines Ministry on State Mining Index
State
Mining Index workshop was held to discuss and finalise the Indicators of
Performance
Ministry of Mines, in
collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology-Indian School of Mines
(IIT-ISM), Dhanbad successfully organised a one-day workshop on State Mining
Index, here 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.
The workshop was chaired by Secretary, Ministry of Mines,
VL Kantha Rao. In his keynote address, Rao emphasised 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.
Emphasising the active participation of States being important in making the
exercise successful, he requested the States to help in data collection efforts
by properly submitting the statistical returns in time.
The workshop
brought together policymakers, administrators and practitioners from the
Central and State governments. Principal Secretaries, Directors and other
officials from 26 States actively participated in the workshop to discuss and
finalise the indicators and sub-indicators of performance which form part of
the Index framework and methodology. Post consultations and feedback from the
States, the Framework of the State Mining Index will be finalized and released
in July 2024 for actual ranking to take place in April 2025.