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IANS | 16 Nov, 2022
Coal India Limited chairman, Pramod Agarwal, on Wednesday stressed on
the augmentation in the contribution of India's mining sector in the
country's gross domestic product (GDP) in order to achieve the goal of a
$5 trillion economy by 2030.
At the 16th CII Global
Mining Summit in Kolkata on Wednesday, he said, "Ideally the
contribution of the country's mining sector in the country's GDP should
be 2.5 per cent to achieve that desired economic growth."
"The
importance of the mining sector lies in the crucial sectors it is
catering to. Hence the role of the sector in boosting the economic
growth of the country cannot be undermined and hence the sector's
contribution in GDP should be pushed to 2.5 per cent. For that the prime
necessity is to reduce the high rate of imports in the sector," he
stated.
Speaking on the occasion, Agarwal said that CIL is
targeting 50 million tonnes of sales through e-auction during the second
half of the current financial year of 2022-23.
He also informed
that CIL had been investing substantially in mechanised evacuation and
first-mile connectivity to meet the dual challenges in the areas of
evacuation and production.
Identifying evacuation as a bigger
challenge than production, Agarwal expressed confidence to achieve
majority mechanised evacuation within the next four years.
Chairman
of NMDC Limited, Sumit Deb, who was also present on the occasion,
stressed on the need for strong overseas partnership in areas of
exploration, research & development and extraction of minerals in
order to reduce dependence on imports. According to him, mitigating
regulatory delays and ensuring faster mine allotments were the prime
needs of the hours.
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