Ashish Jaiswal, Minister of State for Finance, Planning, Agriculture, Relief and Rehabilitation, Law and Justice, Labour, Maharashtra State elaborated that State Government has created Gadchiroli Mining Development Authority which will soon start mining operations. Jaiswal has also recommended VED to share a detailed report on mining issues and demands of mining industry to be handed over to the State Government for further action, while speaking at the Mining Summit 2025 organised by VED Council at Hotel Centre Point on Saturday. Dr Ashishrao Deshmukh, MLA of Saoner along with Ranjan Sahai, Former Controller General of IBM, Rina Sinha, President of VED Council, Ashish Sharma, Secretary, Adv. B K Shukla, past presidents of VED Council, Devendra Parekh and Shivkumar Rao and others were present.