The Ministry of Mines, Government of India, notified the KR Rao committee and asked it to submit a draft National Mineral Policy by 31 Oct 2017. This would permit a public consultation period of at least 30 days following which the policy can be finalised within the deadline of 31 Dec 2017.
Notification:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B7TzYPpy8SVcNG9VWkM2bGZIM1E
National Mineral Policy 2008:
https://mines.gov.in/writereaddata/Content/88753b05_NMP2008[1].pdf