SHRI ADVANI BRIEFED ABOUT ACTIVITIES OF MINISTRY OF COAL AND MINES

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Shri L.K. Advani, Deputy Prime Minister and Home Minister who is also holding the charge of Minister for Coal and Mines, visited the office in Shastri Bhawan today and took focussed meeting of both the Departments of the Ministry.

While welcoming Deputy Prime Minister, Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of State for Coal, Mines, Law and Justice extolled the leadership qualities of Shri Advani, particularly his capacity for going into detail. Shri Prasad said that Shri Advani's guidance would help in ushering in reforms with speed, in the key sectors of Coal and Mines for overall development of the country.

In response to felicitations, Shri Advani became nostalgic and said that he is visiting Shastri Bhawan after 25 years. In 1977, Shri Advani used to sit in Shastri Bhawan as Minister of Information and Broadcasting.

Detailed presentations of both the Department of Mines and Coal were given on the functions, achievements in various sectors such as disinvestment in mineral sector and reforms in coal sector and the major issues concerning both the Departments.

Among those present were the Secretaries and senior officials of the Department and the CMDs of the PSUs.