The Union Ministry of Mines will be organizing a two-day ‘National Conclave on Mines and Minerals’ jointly with the Chhattisgarh Government at Hotel JW-Marriot in Raipur from July 4, officials informed.
The Conclave will provide an effective platform to showcase the recent policy initiatives by the Central Government and enable intensive discussion on the issues, challenges and opportunities in the Mining sector to realize its optimum potential for the sustainable development of the country.
It will help the Central Government to further improve the policy environment to promote best practices and addressing various issues in the Mining sector, officials stated.
This event, the first of its kind in the country will be continued as an annual event, officials informed.
Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitely has been invited for the inaugural session of the Conclave.
Besides, Union Minister of Steel and Mines Narendra Singh Tomar as well as Chhattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh have accorded their consent to participate in the Conclave.
A Round Table will be organized after the inaugural session for interacting with major industry leaders. Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI) has agreed to partner for organizing the workshop, officials informed.
No registration fee has been kept for the delegates attending the Conclave.
The Conclave may have select participants invited to share policies, ideas, experiences, successes, lessons and to discuss possible alternatives – Mining and Allied metal and cement industries.
A webpage on the Ministry of Mines portal, “NCMM 2016” has been created about the Conclave, also giving the brochure, program schedule and a link for registration.
More than 300 participants have already confirmed their participation so far.
The tentative list of participants has been put up on the webpage, officials informed.