Description

This report has been prepared in response to the Terms of Reference (ToR) issued by the Director, Mining, Minerals and Sustainable Development (MMSD) project. The MMSD project ‘is an independent process of participatory analysis with the objective of identifying how mining and minerals can best contribute to the global transition to sustainable development’. The project is managed through the International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED), London, and funded, predominantly, by the Global Mining Initiative (GMI), a grouping of the major global mining houses. In this context, the report seeks to provide an overview of the mining and minerals sector in India and the issues that have a bearing on the role of the sector in the society, economy and environment of the country.