The discovery is a boost for the government's Make in India programme as lithium is used in the batteries that power EVs, mobile phones and other applications.
Read MoreIt was further decided that all the activities for the purpose would be co-designed and implemented keeping the Rong Asar amei (traditional village council) as key village-level institutions.
Read MoreTop central and Tripura intelligence officials interrogated Imran Hussain, 25, an Imam, Abul Kashem 32, a teacher, and Hamid Ali, a farmer, who were arrested from Jatrapur, a village in Sepahijala district of Tripura along India-Bangladesh border.
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