Mining

Deadline for forest right claims on Niyamgiri ends

Supreme Court to receive documents after validation by village councils

The deadline given by the Odisha government for compiling and verifying the forest rights claims of villagers on the Niyamgiri hills ended on Sunday. After the Supreme Court's April 18 order on forest clearance for Niyamgiri mining project, the state government had given six weeks' time for submission of forest, cultural and religious rights claims by Dongria Kondhs, a primitive tribe, residing in the hilly terrain.

Publication Date: 
15/07/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Kalahandi, Rayagada (D), Bauxite, Mining, Vedanta Aluminium, Tribals, Forest Rights Act 2006, Supreme Court
Mining

Odisha to Hold Gram Sabhas in 12 Villages Only

Tribal affairs ministry’s advice to include more villages ignored

The Odisha government will conduct gram sabhas in 12 villages of Kalahandi and Rayagada districts between July 18 and August 19 to decide fate of the proposed bauxite mining for Vedanta atop Niyamgiri hills despite objections by the union tribal affairs ministry.

Publication Date: 
09/07/2013
Nageshwar Patnaik
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Kalahandi, Bauxite, Mining, Vedanta Aluminium, Tribals, Forest Rights Act 2006, Gram Sabhas, Sustainable Development, Ministry of Tribal Affairs
Mining

Niyamgiri gram sabha in 12 villages

Will decide the fate of bauxite extraction from the ecologically sensitive hills

The Odisha government has decided to go ahead with its previous decision to hold gram sabhas in 12 villages on the Niyamgiri hill slopes in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts to decide the fate of bauxite extraction from the ecologically sensitive hills.

Publication Date: 
06/07/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Kalahandi, Rayagada (D), Mining, Bauxite, Tribals, Gram Sabhas, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Forest Rights Act 2006
Mining

Vedanta mining: amid Tribal ministry’s protest Odisha fixes Gram Sabha dates

Ignoring objections by the Union Ministry of Tribal Affairs, the Odisha government on Friday announced dates for conducting Gram Sabhas in 12 villages of Kalahandi and Rayagada districts to decide

Publication Date: 
05/07/2013
Hindu (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Kalahandi, Rayagada (D), Bauxite, Mining, Vedanta Aluminium, Gram Sabhas, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Forest Rights Act 2006, Tribals
Mining

AG to submit views on expanding Niyamgiri gram sabha scope soon

The AG is likely to give his comments on the matter in a couple of days

The Odisha tribal affairs department has consulted the state advocate general (AG) on the possibility of expanding purview of gram sabhas to decide the fate of bauxite excavation atop Niyamgiri hills.

Publication Date: 
04/07/2013
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Kalahandi, Bauxite, Mining, Gram Sabhas, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Forest Rights Act 2006, Tribals, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)
Forests

Status report on implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006

Status report on implementation of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 for the period ending 30th June, 2013.

Publication Date: 
01/07/2013
Ministry of Tribals Affairs
Tags:
Forest Rights Act 2006, India, Tribals, Gram Sabhas, Forests
Environment

Cabinet Relaxes Green Nod Norms for Highway Projects

Also exempts mining of soil up to 2 hectares for laying foundation from green NoC

The Cabinet has cleared a proposal that allows expansion of highways up to 100 km without environmental clearance, a move seen speeding up revival of a sector that is key to higher economic growth.

Publication Date: 
29/06/2013
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Highways, Roads, Environment Clearance (EC), Ministry of Shipping Road Transport and Highways, Mining, National Highways Authority of India (NHAI), Forest Rights Act 2006, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Environment
Mining

The price of steel: human rights and forced evictions in the POSCO-India project

This report by the International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC) documents the human rights abuses being carried out to facilitate establishment of the POSCO project at Orissa and the associated illegal seizures of land which threaten to forcibly displace as many as 22,000 people in the state. It calls for a suspension of the POSCO-India project and a halt to the human rights abuses.

Publication Date: 
27/06/2013
International Human Rights Clinic (IHRC)
Tags:
POSCO, Iron And Steel Industry, Human Rights, Jagatsinghpur (D), Orissa (Odisha), Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Displacement, Rehabilitation, Compensation, Forest Rights Act 2006, Mining, Land Acquisition
Forests

State loses much of its forest cover to encroachments

It Has Led To Several Man-Animal Conflicts And Forest Fragmentation

Pune: Around 72,463 hectares of forest land in the state has been encroached upon, that has led to several man-animal conflicts over the last few years and also forest fragmentation.

Publication Date: 
17/06/2013
Neha Madaan
Times Of India (Pune)
Tags:
Maharashtra, Nagpur (D), Mumbai, Forest Encroachments, Melghat SA, People - Animal Conflicts, Tiger Reserves, Forest Rights Act 2006, Migration, Water Resources, Forests
Forests

Green Ministry Lays Out Norms for Clearance & Monitoring of Forests

Industry’s demand for a predictable and more structured forest clearance system could soon be a reality.

Publication Date: 
17/06/2013
Economic Times (New Delhi)
Tags:
Industry, Forest Clearance, Forests, Land, Forest Act, Mining, Hydroelectricity, Fauna, Forest Rights Act 2006, Tribals, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF)

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