Minerals & Ceramics Encouragement for exploration by private prospecting companies

Online payment of royalty

Initial period of grant of lease: 50 years

Rajasthan Mineral Policy 2015 Highlights Biggest producers of minerals like wollastonite, lead, zinc, calcite, gypsum, rock phosphate, silver, marble, sandstone and serpentine (green marble).

Western Rajasthan has large deposits of hydrocarbons

25-30 Billion Cubic Metre of natural gas reserves

25 Million Tonnes of heavy oil reserves 53 MT of bitumen have been discovered

State level monitoring for time-bound inter-departmental clearances

Major players

Transparent mechanism and easy transfer of mineral concessions

To promote zero-waste mining, fee on dispatch of over burden will be removed

Tremendous scope for setting up of new mineral based industries as various minerals mined in Rajasthan are being sent to other states in raw form