Archive · 22 Jul 2026
India and Germany sign mine-closure pact
India and Germany signed an agreement to work together on closing mines in a scientific way.
This means they will use special methods to close mines that are good for the environment and create new opportunities for people living nearby.
India has already closed 42 mines this way and plans to close 147 more in the next few years.
They also made a big fund of $5 billion to help with this.
The government released a report called AAROH that shows how they are doing this.
They are also using special plants to turn mine water into drinking water and creating new jobs.
India and Germany signed an agreement to develop a scientific mine-closure model.
The pact covers mine repurposing, technical capacity building, and knowledge exchange.
India has created a $5 billion corpus for scientific mine closure, with 25% allocated for community development.
India has scientifically closed 42 coal mines and plans to close 147 more within two to three years.
The government released the AAROH report, documenting scientific closure and repurposing practices of 42 closed mines.
- Who
- India and Germany
- What
- Signed an implementation agreement for mine-closure model development
- When
- Wednesday
- Where
- India
- Why
- To develop a scientific mine-closure model integrating environmental protection, technology, community participation, and economic opportunity
- Countries Involved
- India, Germany
- Agreement Partners
- Ministry of Coal, GIZ
- Funding Corpus
- $5 billion (₹40,000 crore)
- Community Development Allocation
- 25%
- Mines Closed Scientifically
- 42
- Mines to be Closed
- 147
- Report Launched
- AAROH
- Technologies Used for Water Treatment
- RO, UV, CDI