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Mineral and energy resources of India
Mineral and energy resources of India for UPSC Prelims and Mains, taught in 3 parts. Each part has tables, exam traps, a recap and practice questions.
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Parts of this chapter
Minerals, mining law and the metallic minerals
What minerals and ores are and how they are classified, why India's deposits lie where they do and the mineral belts, who controls minerals under the Seventh Schedule and the MMDR Act (with the 2015 reforms and the 2024 royalty judgment), and the main metallic minerals: iron ore, manganese, chromite, bauxite, copper, lead–zinc and gold, plus critical minerals and lithium.Non-metallic and atomic minerals, and coal
Mica, limestone, dolomite, gypsum and rock phosphate with their uses and areas; uranium and thorium and the three-stage nuclear programme; how coal forms and its grades; the Gondwana coalfields, Tertiary coal and lignite; the quality of Indian coal; and coal policy from nationalisation to commercial mining.Petroleum, natural gas and electricity
How petroleum forms and where India finds it; natural gas, pipelines, LNG, coal-bed methane and shale gas; refineries and the strategic petroleum reserves; why thermal, hydro and nuclear stations stand where they do; the growth of solar and wind power and India's clean-energy targets; and the conservation of minerals and energy.Study this in the Upscore app to keep notes, save it for revision, track your practice scores and follow a plan to the exam date. It's free.
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