New Delhi: The Mines Ministry in collaboration with the Indian Institute of Technology, India School of Mines (IIT-ISM), Dhanbad, will organize a one-day workshop on Wednesday to deliberate on the draft framework of the State Mining Index.

The objective of the index is to capture the performance of the mining sector of the states.

The workshop to be held in the national capital will be chaired by Mines Secretary VL Kantha Rao.

Senior officials from various states will also participate in the workshop.

"The feedback received from states at the workshop will help in finalizing the framework," according to a statement.