Jaipur: Recognizing that mining is a necessary evil and to propel economic growth extraction of minerals is a requisite, the Ministry of Mines has a clear set of guidelines that the state government is expected to follow.
With the state government forming a special committee to assess the damage caused by illegal mining, remedial guidelines by the Ministry may come in ha
Caurem villagers under the banner of Caurem Adivasi Bachao Samiti on Thursday sought the intervention of the Chief Minister and the Indian Bureau of Mines to stop the mining operation at the Devapan Mine immediately.
The villagers called on the Chief Minister, Digambar Kamat at his Malbhat residence here this morning and impressed upon him the need to stop the operation with immediate effect.
Despite some doubts over the efficacy of the proposed central regulator in curbing illegal mining, the Union government has decided on substantive teeth to the National Mining Regulatory Authority (NMRA) to be set up under the new mining legislation.
The draft of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2010, finalised by a 10-member Group of Ministers (GoM) after consultations
The metal and mineral PSUs aspiring captive mines would henceforth have to spell out the quantum of money they intend to spend annually in their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) activities to secure mineral concessions.
Rich Mining Areas To Protect Local Populace
Subhash Narayan NEW DELHI
THE government is planning to put in place a more transparent mining policy by designating parts of mineral-rich regions as out of bounds for industry because of environmental concerns, a move that can avoid episodes such as the recent ban on mining at Niyamgiri in Orissa but could hurt expansion plans of companies located
Ranchi, Aug. 25: A day after the Centre rejected Vedanta’s $1.7 billion project in Orissa, the group’s “illegal” procurement of bauxite — the main raw material for aluminum— from private miners in Jharkhand has come under the scanner of the Union ministry of environment and forests and the concerned department in the state.
The Orissa government has appointed a committee to look into cases of excessive mining of iron, chromite, and manganese ore by companies in disregard of existing laws. Headed by the Director of Mines, the six-member committee would submit a report on the companies who dug out the ores in excess of the prescribed limit.
Sudheer Pal Singh / New Delhi August 19, 2010, 1:51 IST
When former Karnataka Lokayukta N Santosh Hegde recently said that vested interests were controlling the mining industry, he was not exaggerating, considering that India registered over 182,000 cases of illegal mining across 17 states in the last five years alone.
The Union government data show that Andhra Pradesh
The State Government on Wednesday constituted an inter-departmental Special Cell providing the panel powers to conduct joint surveys on the leases identified in the Lokayukta
