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10 October 2026 · National and international edition

Critical Minerals Stockpile: Policy Promised Within a Month as the National Critical Mineral Mission Meets China’s Export Leverage

  • Critical Minerals
  • National Critical Mineral Mission
  • Stockpiling
  • KABIL
  • Rare Earths

Why it is in the news

The Centre will bring out a policy on stockpiling critical minerals within a month, Keshav Chandra, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, said at the India Mines and Minerals Conclave 2026, organised by ASSOCHAM. “We are making very elaborate plans for the stockpiles,” he said, as reported on 9 October 2026.

The exam angle

Issue: Can a stockpile make India resilient to a supplier’s export controls, or does resilience depend more on building processing and recycling capacity that the stockpile only buys time for?

Written for APPSC Group 1, TGPSC Group 1 and UPSC Civil Services. More from 10 October 2026 or all current affairs.

Critical Minerals Stockpile: Policy Promised Within a Month as the National Critical Mineral Mission Meets China’s Export Leverage · PrepShark