Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Oct 20: Pralhad Joshi, the minister of coal, announced today that by 2024, the import of dry fuel, which has significantly decreased, will come to an end.
The Minister stated that the commercial coal mine auction, which was institutionalised by the current government, has made the auctioning process completely transparent at an event at the office of the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG) of India here. The event was to release a “Compendium of Asset Accounts on Mineral and Energy Resources.”
Pralhad Joshi also praised the CAG’s office for publishing the nation’s first-ever compilation of asset accounts on its mineral holdings.The Minister stated that the study provides a thorough picture of the mineral resources dispersed across the nation’s several states.
According to him, the compendium will contribute to furthering the sustainable mining process, which is crucial for the environment and the next generation.The government accounting standards advisory board assembled the data from the state asset accounts to create a compendium of asset accounts on each state’s mineral and energy resources.
The compendium encompasses the innovations and best practises discovered throughout the project and provides information on all four fossil fuels, 40 major minerals, 63 minor minerals, and 28 states, including Jammu & Kashmir.
