India, March 23 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

State-wise Distribution of Auction Blocks

State

Number of Blocks

Minerals

Arunachal Pradesh

1

Vanadium & Graphite

Bihar

4

Glauconite, Vanadium bearing Magnetite-Ilmenite

Chhattisgarh

3

Glauconitic Sandstone, Graphite

Gujarat

1

Glauconite

Karnataka

1

REE & Yttrium

Madhya Pradesh

1

Titanium, Vanadium & Aluminous Laterite

Odisha

3

Graphite

Rajasthan

2

REE; Tungsten, Lithium & Associated Minerals

Telangana

2

Vanadium, Titanium & Aluminous Laterite

Uttarakhand

1

Rock Phosphate

Union Minister of Coal and Mines, G. Kishan Reddy, today launched the 7th tranche of e-auction of critical and strategic mineral blocks, marking another significant step tow...