NEW DELHI: President Pranab Mukherjee today stressed on the need to focus on exploration of the offshore mineral resources which hold enormous potential of supplementing the increasing needs of the society.
Speaking after presenting the National Geoscience Awards – 2014 at a function held at Rashtrapati Bhavan, the President said, “The exploration of mineral resources in the country requires a greater thrust with an even greater caution.
As the search for the near surface deposits have reached a point of saturation, the geoscientists of the country now face the crucial challenge of finding deep seated and concealed mineral resources.
“There is a need to focus on exploration of the offshore mineral resources which hold enormous potential of supplementing the increasing needs of the society.
Similarly, it is also important to find strategic and rare earth elements to support Space and Information Technology Missions of the nation to ensure self-reliance of the nation in these fields. However, all of this needs to be accompli shed with the environmental sustainability concern in mind.
” Noting that natural resources have to be explored, extracted, refined and processed to use them for national building, the President stressed the need to follow environmentally sustainable mining practices.
“The availability and use of minerals in any country has been one of the factors determining self-sufficiency of its economy. These natural resources have to be explored, extracted, refined and processed to use them for national building.(Agencies)
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