India’s government is initiating targeted inter-ministerial discussions to address industry concerns over critical minerals recycling, including issues surrounding the Pre-Shipment Inspection Certificate requirement, amid broader geopolitical and environmental initiatives.
India’s coal and mines minister has said the government will open separate inter-ministerial talks to try to resolve industry complaints over critical minerals recycling, including a dispute over the Pre-Shipment Inspection Certificate requirement for shipments.
G Kishan Reddy told reporters at a seminar in New Delhi that the issues raised by recyclers and related businesses cut across several departments, including commerce, finance, environment and electronics, and could not be settled by the mines ministry alone. He said the government had already begun a “whole-of-government” discussion and would now move to narrower meetings on individual problems so that each ministry could be assigned a specific role.
Reddy said the PSIC issue would be taken up in a separate meeting with officials from the finance and commerce ministries, alongside representatives of the industry. He argued that seminars are useful for airing grievances but do not produce binding decisions, and said the government now wanted to identify the exact problem, determine which department should act and set a route for follow-up.
He also linked the recycling push to wider geopolitical disruption, saying tensions abroad were affecting freight costs and the broader economy. According to his remarks, the Prime Minister’s Office and the external affairs ministry are already discussing the matter through diplomatic channels, while cabinet-level meetings have also considered the fallout.
The minister said consultations were under way with state governments on reforms linked to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act. He added that the recycling drive fits into Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s wider vision, with a focus on new technology, entrepreneurship, e-waste management and environmental sustainability. Industry groups, researchers and companies were urged to submit proposals for a technology-led recycling framework, with citizens encouraged to view discarded electronics and end-of-life products as sources of recoverable minerals.
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