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"India is fortunate to have fairly rich and varied mineral resources. However, these are unevenly distributed." Comment.

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(i) Minerals are unevenly distributed in various regions of India. (ii) Peninsular rocks contain most of the reserves of coal, metallic minerals, mica and many other non-metallic minerals. (iii) Sedimentary rocks on the western and eastern flanks of the peninsula, in Gujarat and Assam have most of the petroleum deposits. (iv) Rajasthan with the rock; systems: of the peninsula, has reserves, of many,   non-ferrous minerals. (v) The vast alluvial plains of North India are almost devoid of economic minerals.