Minerals and Energy Resources in India: Distributions, Measures & Challenges

Abstract

India is endowed with a rich variety of mineral resources due to its varied geological structure.  Paper explores the distribution of mineral resources in India is uneven. Minerals and power resources are very important for economic growth and development. Minerals classified as metallic, non-metallic and energy minerals. Coal is the most important and abundant fossil fuel. Mineral resources are the very important material basis for socio-economic development. India produces as many as 95 minerals, which includes fuel, metallic, non-metallic, atomic and minor minerals. Mineral fuels comprise coal, petroleum, natural gas and atomic or radio- active minerals. Iron ore is the essential mineral and the backbone of industrial development.