District Mineral Foundations Implementation Status, Challenges and Opportunities

Regional Meeting: Bhubaneswar, Odisha, July 28, 2017

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) organized a multi stakeholder meeting in Bhubaneswar Odisha, to review the implementation of status of District Mineral Foundation (DMF) in key mining districts of India, with a specific focus on Odisha, and discuss strategies to maximize the potential of DMFs.

The meeting was attended by the concerned state department officials, district officials, planning experts and civil society members.

The meeting brought out issues that DMFs must consider for effective implementation in various districts of Odisha, and key deliberation and action points were identified by the participants in a consultative manner.