Moving Beyond Extraction: India’s First National Workshop on Mine Closure & Repurposing Held at Neyveli

• First-ever national workshop dedicated exclusively to structured mine closure planning and post-mining land repurposing, held at Neyveli, Tamil Nadu on 23–24 February 2026.
• Organised by Ministry of Coal and NLC India Limited (NLCIL); inaugurated by Union Minister of Coal & Mines Shri G. Kishan Reddy.
• Signals India's pivot from extraction-centric mining policy to a Just Transition framework — relevant for GS-III (Environment, Energy) and GS-II (Governance).