About KABIL

• Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL) is a Joint Venture company of three Indian public sector undertakings – National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO), Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) and Mineral Exploration and Consultancy Limited (MECL), under the aegis of Ministry of Mines, Government of India. 
• The company was set up in 2019 to identify, explore, acquire, develop, mine, process and procure critical and strategic minerals to ensure supply side assurance and mineral security of the nation for meeting domestic requirements and give a big push to Make in India initiative.
• The Company is focusing on two prime critical and strategic mineral i.e. Lithium and Cobalt in the present context of the Indian economy and linking it with creation of supply chain ecosystem in the country. 

Why in News?

• Khanij Bidesh India Limited (KABIL) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research – National Geophysical Research Institute (CSIR-NGRI) to foster a long-term collaboration in the field of geophysical investigations to bolster its ongoing projects and activities in critical and strategic minerals. 

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