LUCKNOW, March 20 -- The strategies adopted by Gujarat and Telangana for checking illegal mining, increasing revenue collection and mineral marketing are likely to assist Uttar Pradesh in increasing revenue from its mineral resources.

Recently the UP geology and mining department sent a team of the officers to Gujarat to study IT and IoT-based systems used by that state to monitor illegal sand mining. Another team was sent to Telangana to study the functioning of online marketing systems launched there to sale minerals.

Mala Srivastava, director, UP geology and mining department, said: "UP mining department is taking initiatives at various levels to strengthen revenue management and make the working of the department more effective."

D...