Union Minister Shri G. Kishan Reddy and UK Foreign Secretary Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP Launch India–UK Critical Minerals Global Supply Chain Observatory

• GSCO is a joint India–UK institutional mechanism for monitoring, mapping and de-risking critical mineral supply chains essential to clean energy, EVs, advanced manufacturing and emerging tech.
• Launched 4 June 2026, New Delhi, by Union Minister of Coal & Mines Shri G. Kishan Reddy and UK Foreign Secretary Rt Hon Yvette Cooper MP.
• Operationalises the critical-minerals pillar of the India–UK Vision 2035 roadmap announced during the UK PM's July 2025 India visit.
• Relevant for UPSC across GS-II (bilateral relations, IR), GS-III (economy, energy security, S&T) and current affairs.