The shortlisting will be done as per technical and financial criteria being drafted by consulting firm SBI Caps, Kumar said.

The ministry will select one or two exploration agencies through the tendering process, a government official said.

The ministry has relaxed, with certain riders, restrictions imposed by it in a circular issued in 1969 that prohibited sharing of digital d...

India has been able to carry out only 10% regional mineral exploration while countries like Australia, which have similar geological endowm...

The government will auction 19 gold mines, three diamond mines and eight iron ore mines along with 70 other mega blocks for exploration.

The blocks will be given to private firms once the national mineral exploration policy is finalised. The policy aims to boost private inves...

There seems much dispute and protracted controversy in upstream hydrocarbon sector involving Indian sedimentary basins, i.e., exploration &...

Licensors overseas avoid the detailed, caseby-case approach in E&P by putting out extensive codes and operator manuals that are regularly u...