“India has fairly rich and varied mineral resources across different regions”. Support the statement with examples.
Answer :
Answer to be written in exam :
India is fortunate to have fairly rich and varied mineral resources. Because of the following reasons :
- Peninsular rocks contain most reserves of coal, metallic minerals, mica and many other non metallic minerals.
- In Gujarat and Assam , peninsular deposits have most petroleum deposits.
- Rajasthan peninsular rocks have reserves of many non ferrous minerals.
