India, March 22 -- The Government of India has issued a release:

The Ministry of Mines, Government of India, will organise the National District Mineral Foundation (DMF) Summit 2026 on 23-24 March 2026 at the SCOPE Convention Centre, New Delhi. The Summit, titled "Effective Utilization of District Mineral Funds for ADP/ABP Areas", will be inaugurated by Union Minister of Coal & Mines, Shri G. Kishan Reddy, in the august presence of the Union Minister of State for Coal & Mines, Shri Satish Chandra Dubey, and Secretary, Ministry of Mines, Shri Piyush Goyal. The Summit aims to strengthen inter-governmental coordination and identify policy reforms for improving the effective and outcome-oriented utilisation of DMF funds in mining-affected dist...