When asked whether the suspension would be lifted in the next Cabinet meet, Parrikar told reporters, "How can I comment now? It is for the cabinet to approve the policy. Only after that the decision on lifting the suspension order will be taken. It's not fair for me to comment anything right now."
The Cabinet meeting, which was supposed to take place on Tuesday, has now been postponed by a day. The mining policy would be taken up for approval during on Wednesday.
The state government has already announced that the mining industry will resume operation by December this year, while the process to restart the economic activity would begin from the coming month.
The ban had been imposed based on the findings of the Justice MB Shah Commission report, which estimated a Rs 35,000 crore loss to the exchequer due to alleged illegal mining over 12 years.
The policy was discussed during the state Legislative Assembly session held in August.