Plan to augment uranium mining
Special Correspondent CCEA approves mining of an additional 75,000 tonnes 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.