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Sushila Kerketta (27 April 1939 – 19 October 2009) was a member of the Bihar Vidhan Sabha from 1985 to 2000 and also in Lok sabha from Khunti . She held several important portfolios in the Bihar government. She was minister of state for irrigation (independent charge) from 1985 to 1988. [1] She was promoted to cabinet rank in 1989 and headed ...
Politician. Dr. Ramanand Yadav is an Indian politician. He was elected to the Bihar Legislative Assembly Six times from patna East, Danapur and Fatuha (Vidhan Sabha constituency) [2] as the 2020 Member of Bihar Legislative Assembly as a member of the Rashtriya Janata Dal. [3] He currently Minister of Mines and Geology in Bihar Government.
The mining industry in India is a major economic activity which contributes significantly to the economy of India. The gross domestic product (GDP) contribution of the mining industry varies from 2.2% to 2.5% only but going by the GDP of the total industrial sector, it contributes around 10% to 11%. Even mining done on small scale contributes 6 ...
Jharkhand, West Bengal, Chhattisgarh, Odisha and Bihar. The Chota Nagpur Plateau is a plateau in eastern India, which covers much of Jharkhand state as well as adjacent parts of Chhattisgarh, Odisha, West Bengal and Bihar. The Indo-Gangetic plain lies to the north and east of the plateau, and the basin of the Mahanadi river lies to the south.
India does not have a large number of copper mines and the mines in the country are primarily concentrated in Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Bihar and Jharkhand. Sterlite Copper, Hindalco Industries and Hindustan Copper are the three companies that dominate India's copper industry. Gold. As of 2020, India's gold production was 1.6 tonnes.
Bihar is located in the eastern region of India, between latitudes 24°20'10"N and 27°31'15"N and longitudes 83°19'50"E and 88°17'40"E. It is an entirely land–locked state, in a subtropical region of the temperate zone.
The history of metallurgy in the Indian subcontinent began prior to the 3rd millennium BCE. [1] Metals and related concepts were mentioned in various early Vedic age texts. The Rigveda already uses the Sanskrit term ayas ( Sanskrit: अयस्, romanized : áyas, lit. 'metal; copper; iron'). [2]
Bihar is the principal holder of the country's pyrite reserves and possesses 95% of all known resources. In May 2022, a gold mine was found in the district of Jamui. It accounts for more than 44% of the country's gold reserve, approximately 223 million tons. Demographics