National Mineral Policy 2006 - Department of Mines

only if such an agreement was not reached would the differences need to be recordedin the Minutes of the meeting.4. Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Chhattisgarh, drew attention of theMembers to paragraph 1.3 on policy issues in Chapter I and stated that there was noneed for substituting ‘export of minerals in value added form‘ with the words ‘exportof minerals in value added form to the fullest extent possible’ and the proposedrecommendation could be deleted. After a brief discussion it was agreed to delete thesame.5. Additional Chief Secretary, Government of Chhattisgarh, stated that too muchemphasis was laid on employment in the paragraph titled ‘Linkages’ and further thatit would not be correct to say that mining contributed to the generation of wealth andcreation of employment independently. In response to this, Secretary (Mines) statedthat the intention was to indicate that mining activities created employment in themineral bearing areas and were important for the socio-economic uplift of the peopleof the mineral bearing areas. Secretary (Mines) further emphasised that ‘mining’should be declared as an independent activity and wherever required, linkages shouldbe tied up. Secretary General (FIMI) also expressed similar views and mentioned thatover 75 per cent of mining was non-captive and it was providing raw material tomanufacturing and needed to be treated as industry in its own right and not merely asan ancillary activity of the manufacturing industry. In this regard. Chairman statedthat growth in Mining and Quarrying needed to be accelerated from 3 per cent to alevel of 10 per cent per annum so that there was significant contribution to GDP fromthe mining sector.6. The representative of CII mentioned that mining of small deposits was noteconomical as compared with large deposits. Chairman remarked that while, on theone hand, mining of small deposits was considered inefficient as compared with largemining operations, on the other hand it was necessary to mine small deposits.Secretary-General (FIMI) argued that much depended on the size and nature of thedeposit. If the size was small but the deposit was rich it would be economical to minethat deposit. After discussion on the issue of small deposit it was agreed to add thefollowing text at the end of the paragraph 7.12 on policy issues.225