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Detailed explanation-1: -Notes: Union Minister for Mines Pralhad Joshi inaugurated the 6th National Conclave on Mines and Minerals in New Delhi. The conclave has been organized as a part of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav.

Detailed explanation-2: -2. Ministry of Mines introduced the concept of Mining Conclave in order to provide a platform for interaction between all stakeholders like Central Government officers who are policy makers, state government officers, the real executors in the auction regime, industry and the industry associations. 3.

Detailed explanation-3: -The National Conclave shall act as a common platform for pooling knowledge and synergizing the efforts made by the projects to various stakeholders, deliberating on strategies and a roadmap to promote energy efficiency in the MSME sector.

Detailed explanation-4: -The ministry functions as the primary body for the formulation and administration of laws relating to mines in India. The head of the ministry is Pralhad Joshi, who has been serving since June 2019.

Detailed explanation-5: -Ministry of Mines is responsible for survey and exploration of all minerals, other than natural gases, petroleum and atomic minerals; for mining and metallurgy of non-ferrous metals like aluminium, copper, zinc, lead, gold, nickel etc.