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  2. Natural resources of India - Wikipedia

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    India's replacement level fertility rate is 2, as of 2023. [28] Replacement levels in the country's larger states range from 1.6 for Punjab and West Bengal, and 3 for Bihar. [28] India's replacement level fertility rate is 2, as of 2023. [28] As of 2023, the average age of India's population is 28.2 years. [29]

  3. Metalliferous Mines Regulations 1961 - Wikipedia

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    The Metalliferous Mines Regulations 1961 replaces both the Metalliferous Mines Regulations, 1926 and the Mysore Gold Mines Regulations, 1953 to prevent possible dangers, accidents and deaths from mining in India. [1] [2]

  4. Mining in India - Wikipedia

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    Even mining done on small scale contributes 6% to the entire cost of mineral production. Indian mining industry provides job opportunities to around 700,000 individuals. [1] As of 2012, India is the largest producer of sheet mica, 2015 the fourth largest producer of iron ore, alumina, chromite, and bauxite in the world.

  5. List of mines in India - Wikipedia

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    This lists of mines in India is subsidiary to the list of mines article, and future mines in the country and is organised by the primary mineral output. For practical purposes stone, marbles and other quarries may be included in this list. In India, the underground mine to surface mine ratio is 20:80 [citation needed].

  6. Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act - Wikipedia

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    The Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act (1957) is an Act of the Parliament of India enacted to regulate the mining sector in India. It was amended in 2015 and 2016. This act forms the basic framework of mining regulation in India. [1] This act is applicable to all minerals except minor minerals and atomic minerals.

  7. Geology of India - Wikipedia

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    Due to continental drift, the India Plate split from Madagascar and collided with the Eurasian Plate resulting in the formation of the Himalayas.. The earliest phase of tectonic evolution was marked by the cooling and solidification of the upper crust of the earth's surface in the Archaean Era (prior to 2.5 billion years) which is represented by the exposure of gneisses and granites especially ...

  8. Ministry of Mines (India) - Wikipedia

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    It searches for non-ferrous metals including: aluminium, copper, zinc, lead, gold, nickel, etc. for administration of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act) in respect of all mines and minerals other than coal and lignite. There is one attached office, one subordinate office, three public sector undertakings (PSUs ...

  9. Deccan Traps - Wikipedia

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    However, many of these minerals are observed as highly altered forms. [2] Other rock types present include alkali basalt, nephelinite, lamprophyre, and carbonatite. Mantle xenoliths have been described from Kachchh (northwestern India) and elsewhere in the western Deccan and contain spinel lherzolite and pyroxenite constituents. [2] [27]