Minerals should be wisely used. If not, nothing will be gained.
My state Jharkhand produces 33% of minerals produced by India yearly.But despite of producing largest amount of good quality coal in India, my city Ranchi, capital of Jharkhand has big power cuts.
We have a power plant in Patratu with 840 MW capacity but it has been running at a mere 10% FLP. Reason? Because coal mined here is first sent to power stations near Delhi and Mumbai.
Hope our people stand up in arms and not let a single for piece of coal supplied outside Jharkhand untill our needs are fullfilled.
PS :- And yes I don't mean naxalites as our people here.
We mine here everything for India. From Iron ore to Bauxite, from Coal to Mica. But we still are no better than people living in sub Saharan regions.
Also the mines near Jadugoda in my state are stated by the Government of India to have largest deposit in India and the mine is nearly 1 km deep. New small mined are being discovered every now and then near the big one. But despite Jharkhand being in one of the most safest zone with respect to Earth Quakes and seismic activity, we haven't got even a proposal of setting up a nuclear power plant here. I don't want to say this but often Government of India is biased towards bigger cites and big states.