Prelims • Paper 1 (GS) • 2025 • Q.6
Geography/Natural Resources
Consider the following statements :
I. India has joined the Minerals Security Partnership as a member.
II. India is a resource-rich country in all the 30 critical minerals that it has identified.
III. The Parliament in 2023 has amended the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 empowering the Central Government to exclusively auction mining lease and composite license for certain critical minerals.
Which of the statements given above are correct?
Syllabus Connection
Distribution of key natural resources across the world (including South Asia and the Indian sub- continent); factors responsible for the location of primary, secondary, and tertiary sector industries in various parts of the world (including India). (GS-I)
NCERT Connection
Ch.7: Mineral and Energy Resources
Geography • Class 12 • Class 12 Indian Human Geography
Ch.5: Minerals and Energy Resources
Geography • Class 10 • Class 10 Contemporary India II