The state government has notified a high level committee to streamline auction of major minerals.

The committee is chaired by development commissioner with secretaries of steel & mines and industries departments as members. The director of mines, managing director of Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), chief executive officer of Orissa Space Applications Centre (ORSAC) will be the other members of this panel while the additional secretary (steel & mines) has been named the member convenor.

The first meeting of the committee is scheduled on July 28.

The committee';s mandate is to monitor the preparatory work relating to auction of major mineral concessions including conduct of DGPS (Differential Global Positioning System) survey and preparation of tender documents...............Read more

Source web page: Business Standard