A Comparative Study Of The Paleoproterozoic Malanjkhand And Dongargarh Granitoids, Central India: Implications To Crustal Evolution And Metallogeny. : The Paleoproterozoic Malanjkhand and Dongargarh Granitoids are two prominent units in the northern Bastar Craton in Central India, referred to as MGC-I and DG respectively. The two units are separated by volcano-sedimentary sequence of Dongargarh Supergroup. MGC-I hosts one of the largest copper deposits whereas DG is barren of mineralization. The productive versus nonproductive nature of the granitoids can be rationalized through their distinctive bulk and mineral chemical characteristics. Although the two units were derived from lower crustal amphibolitic parentage, they were products of different degrees of melting of the source and involvement of different proportions of felsic crustal components. MGC-I was produced from a more hydrous melt richer in Cl and F compared to the DG. A higher halogen concentration in the melt of MGC-I resulted in greater efficiency of removal of metals during exsolution of fluid that resulted in mineralization in a single major fracture that developed towards the late stage of evolution. Both MGC-I and DG had similar mode of ascent and emplacement in the crust and together indicate generation through continental rifting. Both show ‘ilmenite-series’ oxidation state and are likely products of melting of amphibolitic parent in the cratonic interior that generated granitic magma of low Fe3+/Fe2+ ratio. The quartz sulfide ore body at Malanjkhand originated by deposition in the single major fracture from silica-rich fluid derived from the host granitoid in an extensional regime that agrees well with a rifting environment. The Malanjkhand deposit is thus an example of mineralization associated with granitic activity in the cratonic interior. The Malanjkhand ore body, host MGC-I, later localized felsic magmatic units, DG and associated volcanosedimentary succession have been combined to speculate a model of crustal evolution in the region.