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PARLIAMENT QUESTION: ENHANCING URANIUM RESOURCES AND SUPPLY CHAIN

प्रविष्टि तिथि: 04 DEC 2025 6:19PM by PIB Delhi

Atomic Minerals Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD), a constituent unit of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE), has the mandate to identify, evaluate and augment mineral resources of uranium in the country.

To ensure unhindered domestic supply and speedy augmentation of indigenous uranium resources, AMD is carrying out integrated and multi-disciplinary exploration in potential geological domains of the country during the 5-year action plan period (2024-25 to 2028-29). The scheme-wise details and augmentation of uranium resources are as follows:

Exploration Activities (Principal Activities)

Five (5) Year Action Plan Period (2024- 25 to 2028-29)

URANIUM INVESTIGATIONS

Target

Achievement

(As on September, 2025)

1.

Reconnaissance Survey (sq km)

40,000

9,289.00

2.

Geochemical Survey (sq km)

25,000

5,425.00

3.

Detailed Survey (sq km)

2,000

478.70

4.

Ground Geophysical Survey (sq km)

6,000

1,676.10

 

 

 

5.

Drilling

Departmental (m) [Uranium + Critical & Strategic minerals]

Contract (m)

 

5,00,000

 

8,00,000

 

1,07,578.00

 

1,75,648.20

6

Augmentation of Uranium Resource [tonne (t) U3O8]

75,000

15,778

 

To identify new uranium bearing sites and augmentation of uranium resources, AMD is carrying out integrated and multi-disciplinary exploration (including geophysical, geological, geochemical and radiometric surveys and drilling) across the country.

Recently, AMD has initiated G4 to G2 stages of exploration in different potential geological domains in parts of the following districts pertaining to 14 States:

    1. Andhra Pradesh: Parts of YSR Kadapa, Anantapur, Annamayya and Palnadu districts.
    2. Karnataka: Parts of Yadgiri, Kalaburagi, Bijapur, Belagavi, Bagalkot and Gadag districts.
    3. Jharkhand: Parts of East Singhbhum, Seraikela-Kharsawan, and Garhwa districts.
    4. Rajasthan: Parts of Alwar, Sikar, Jhunjhunu, Ajmer, Dausa, Udaipur, Bhilwara and Jaisalmer districts.
    5. Madhya Pradesh: Parts of Chhatarpur, Betul, Chhindwara, Sidhi, Shahdol and Singrauli districts.
    6. Uttar Pradesh: Parts of Sonbhadra district.
    7. Chhattisgarh: Parts of Balrampur, Surajpur, GPM and Rajnandgaon districts.
    8. Maharashtra: Parts of Gondia and Gadchiroli districts.
    9. Haryana: Parts of Mahendragarh district.
    10. Arunachal Pradesh: Parts of West Siang, Leparada, Siang and Upper Subansiri districts.
    11. Himachal Pradesh: Parts of Mandi district.
    12. Tamil Nadu: Parts of Salem, Erode and Coimbatore districts.
    13. Sikkim: Parts of Namchi, Soreng, Gyalshing and Gangtok districts.
    14. Bihar: Parts of Rohtas district.

As on date, AMD has established 4,36,700 tonne (t) in situ U3O8 in 47 uranium deposits located in Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Jharkhand, Meghalaya, Rajasthan, Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Maharashtra

 

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