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Banking service chronicle
Banking service chronicle published this article page no 3 the national water policy 2002 stipulates water allocation priorities broadly in the following order drinking water irrigation hydro-power navigation industrial and other uses. the policy stipulates progressive new approaches to water management. key features include irrigation and multi-purpose projects should invariably include drinking water component wherever there is no alternative source of drinking water. providing drinkin...
Banking service chronicle
Banking service chronicle published this article page no 4 india is endowed with a rich variety of mineral resources due to its varied geological structure. bulk of the valuable minerals are products of pre-palaezoic age refer chapter 2 of class xi textbook fundamentals of physical geography and are mainly associated with metamorphic and igneous rocks of the peninsular india. the vast alluvial plain tract of north india is devoid of minerals of economic use. the mineral resources provide the country...
Banking service chronicle
Banking service chronicle published this article page no 5 on the basis of chemical and physical properties minerals may be grouped under two main categories of metallics and non-metallics which may further be classified as follows as it is clear from the fig. 7.1 metallic minerals are the sources of metals. iron ore copper gold produce metal and are included in this category. metallic minerals are further divided into ferrous and non-ferrous metallic minerals. ferrous as you know refers to iron. al...
Banking service chronicle
Banking service chronicle published this article page no 6 non-metallic minerals are either organic in origin such as fossil fuels also known as mineral fuels which are derived from the buried animal and plant life such as coal and petroleum. other type of non-metallic minerals are inorganic in origin such as mica limestone and graphite etc. minerals have certain characteristics. these are unevenly distributed over space. there is inverse relationship in quality and quantity of minerals i.e. g...
Banking service chronicle
Banking service chronicle published this article page no 7 most of the metallic minerals in india occur in the peninsular plateau region in the old crystalline rocks. over 97 per cent of coal reserves occur in the valleys of damodar sone mahanadi and godavari. petroleum reserves are located in the sedimentary basins of assam gujarat and mumbai high i.e. off-shore region in the arabian sea. new reserves have been located in the krishna-godavari and kaveri basins. most of the major mineral resources o...