India International Trade Fair 2023 has been opened for people at Pragati Maidan in New Delhi, where a huge crowd was seen in the Jharkhand Pavilion set up in the fair on Saturday. While the people coming to the pavilion are liking and buying the products of Jharkhand, on the other hand they are getting information about the schemes of various departments of Jharkhand state.
A huge crowd of people was seen at the stall of Jharkhand Mines and Geology Department set up in Jharkhand Pavilion. Jharkhand Mines and Geology Department has kept live demo of different minerals at its stall. Among the minerals displayed, graphite, coal, iron ore, mica, bauxite, cunite have been included. Here people are being told that graphite is used in making pencils, coal is used in making energy, iron ore is used in making iron, mica is used in making paint, bauxite is used in making aluminium, kyanite is used in making refractories. Apart from the displayed minerals, lime stone, mica, manganese, uranium etc are also found.
School children coming to the pavilion are showing interest in the mineral samples. They are being given information about types of minerals, their exploration and processing. While sharing information with some businessmen from Gurugram, Assistant Director Geology Rakesh Panna said that Jharkhand possesses 40 per cent of the total mineral wealth of the country. Jharkhand ranks third in the country in coal and seventh in bauxite.
At present the department is emphasizing on the use of modern technology. In which the survey of the block is being done by drone camera. Jharkhand Mines and Geology Department is going to auction minor and major mineral blocks in the coming few months.