DAILY NEWS ANALYSIS
20 March, 2021
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Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957
Minor Minerals |
Major Minerals |
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MMDRA (Amendment) Act, 2015
DMF (District Mineral Foundation), 2015 |
PM Khanij Kshetriya Kalyan Yojana, 2015 |
National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET), 2004 |
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Difference from DMF:
Mining Surveillance System
Mining Tenetment System (MTS): For accounting of all minerals. |
Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2021
The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2021 was introduced in Lok Sabha on March 15, 2021. The Bill amends the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. The Act regulates the mining sector in India.
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New START Treaty Recently, due to western sanctions, Russia halted inspections under the new START treaty. About New START Treaty The New START treaty, signed in 2010 by President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitry Medvedev, limits each country to no more than 1,550 deployed nuclear warheads and 700 deployed missiles and bombers,
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Food Processing Sector The government's recent efforts to help the food processing sector were recently detailed in a written response to the Rajya Sabha Minister of State (Food Processing Industries). Present status of the food sector in India A type of manufacturing called food processing uses science and technology to transform
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