Days after the government gave its approval to a National Critical Minerals Mission, a new study has called for further reforms in the regulatory provisions governing mining activities and a reconsideration of the auction mechanism for allocating mines in order to adequately utilise domestic resources of critical minerals. The study by the Delhi-based Centre for Social and Economic Progress (CSEP) said it was also important to allow global mining companies with proven track record to mine critical mineral resources in the country. Critical minerals are a class of raw materials like lithium or cobalt which have suddenly become very important…