Industries Reserved for the Public Sector

Annexure I to New Industrial Polcy, 1991

• Arms and ammunition and allied items of defence equipment, defence aircraft and warships.
• Atomic energy
• Coal and lignite
• Mineral oils.
• Minerals specified in the Schedule to the Atomic Energy (Control of Production and Use) Order, 1953.
• Railway transport.

Note: In terms of the National Mineral Policy, 1993, the mineral sector was opened up for foreign investment formally through an Ordinance which took effect on January 25, 1994. As a precursor, the following 13 minerals hitherto reserved for mining and exploration by the public sector were deleted from the list in this annexure: -iron ore, manganese ore, chrome ore, gypsum, sulphur, gold, diamond, copper, lead, zinc, tin, molybdenum and wolfarm.

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