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UPSC Prelims 2025 GS Paper I Q6 — Critical Minerals and Minerals Security PartnershipUPSC प्रीलिम्स 2025 GS पेपर I प्रश्न 6 — अति आवश्यक खनिज और खनिज सुरक्षा भागीदारी

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Question 6
UPSCGeography2025Prelims GS Paper ISeries A
Subject / विषय: Geography

Consider the following statements:

I. India has joined the Minerals Security Partnership as a member.
II. India is a resource-rich country in all the 30 critical minerals that it has identified.
III. The Parliament in 2023 has amended the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 empowering the Central Government to exclusively auction mining lease and composite license for certain critical minerals.

Which of the statements given above are correct?

निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिए :

I. भारत, खनिज सुरक्षा भागीदारी में एक सदस्य के रूप में सम्मिलित हो गया है।
II. भारत अपने द्वारा चिन्हित सभी 30 अति आवश्यक खनिजों में साधन-संपन्न है।
III. संसद ने 2023 में खान और खनिज (विकास और विनियमन) अधिनियम, 1957 में संशोधन कर कतिपय अति आवश्यक खनिजों के लिए खनन पट्टा और संयुक्त (कम्पोजिट) लाइसेंस नीलामी में देने हेतु केंद्रीय सरकार को अनन्य रूप से सशक्त किया है।

उपर्युक्त कथनों में से कौन-से सही हैं?

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