India, Dec. 4 -- The Government of India has issued a release:
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.
Exploration Activities (Principal Activities)
Five (5) Year Action Plan Period (2024- 25 to 2028-29)
URANIUM INVESTIGATIONS
Target
Achievement
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
Drilling
6
Augmentation of Uranium Resource [tonne (t) U3O8]
75,000
15,778
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:
(As on September, 2025)
Departmental (m) [Uranium + Critical & Strategic minerals]
5,00,000
1,07,578.00
5.
Contract (m)
8,00,000
1,75,648.20
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:
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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