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Plan to augment uranium mining

NEW DELHI: The government has decided to increase indigenous uranium mining by an additional 75,000 tonnes.

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) on Friday approved a Rs. 200-crore project “Prospecting and Exploration of Potential Areas for Augmentation of Uranium Resources’ at a meeting here.

The project cost will be met with a 11th Plan outlay of Rs. 120 crore and 12th Plan outlay of Rs. 80 crore, Minister for Science and Technology Kapil Sibal told newspersons after the CCEA meeting.

The CCEA also approved a related project, ‘Augmentation of Airborne and Ground Geophysical Capabilities,” which will help identify potential areas in the Proterozoic basins for detailed surveys and exploration of uranium.

The project cost is estimated at Rs. 258.69 crore with a 11th Plan outlay of Rs. 249.05 crore and 12th Plan outlay of Rs 9.64 crore, Mr. Sibal said.

In a decision that would improve flood forecasting and mitigation measures in the downstream reaches of the Brahmaputra, the CCEA gave its ex-post-facto approval for the signing of a memorandum of understanding with China for providing hydrological information about the river in the flood season.

External Affairs Minister Pranab Mukherjee, during his visit to Beijing in June this year, signed an agreement for China providing the data on Brahmaputra\ Yaluzangbu river during the flood season from 2008 to 2012.

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