UPSC Prelims 2025 · GS Paper 1 · Q89

Polity

Medium · Mines / Federal division

With reference to mining rights over minor minerals in India, consider the following statements:

1. A State Government can grant mining leases for minor minerals only to the owner of the land where the mineral is found.

2. The Union Government has the power, under law, to notify which minerals are classified as 'minor minerals'.

Which of the statements given above is/are correct?