{"id":8821,"date":"2026-06-29T08:36:42","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T03:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.entrepreneurindia.co\/blogs\/?p=8821"},"modified":"2026-06-29T07:41:02","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T02:11:02","slug":"critical-minerals-recycling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.entrepreneurindia.co\/blogs\/critical-minerals-recycling\/","title":{"rendered":"Critical Minerals Recycling: India’s \u20b91,500 Crore Startup Goldmine"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Market Signal Founders Cannot Afford to Miss<\/strong><\/p>\n

A big policy change is shaping India’s manufacturing scene. The government is soon rolling out a dedicated scheme to create a processing value chain for critical minerals, as reported by Economic Times<\/a>, which experts from the Material Recycling Association of India (MRAI) have long been calling for.<\/p>\n

Mines Secretary Piyush Goyal confirmed at the MRAI Conference on India’s Critical Minerals Recycling Landscape (held June 23, 2025) that the Ministry of Mines is in its final stages of designing the scheme. Approval should be received within 3 months. This is not just theoretical policy discussion, it’s a real, tangible, tangible shift in industry, with actual cash, actual incentives and actual start-up windows.<\/p>\n

This is a noteworthy sign for entrepreneurs and MSMEs. India loses more than \u20b980,000 crore every year on importing minerals such as lithium, cobalt, nickel, and the rare earth elements. The government has already given approval of \u20b91,500 crore Incentive Scheme for Critical Mineral Recycling under the National Critical Minerals Mission (NCMM). The next step \u2013 a processing value chain scheme \u2013 is about to be unleashed. The window of opportunity is quickly closing.<\/p>\n

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