characteristic of minerals found in india
- India's rich mineral base provides the base for industrial growth of a nation and its people at large
- India’s per capita mineral consumption is one of the lowest in the world.
- most important mineral resources which India possesses include Manganese Ore, Coal, Bauxite, Mica, Iron, Monazite, and Salt
- Indian spending on exploration, on an average, has been around less than 1 per cent of the global spending despite India being among the few mineral rich countries in the world