The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed that an iron and steel plant near an airport in Jharsuguda district of Odisha be not allowed to reopen till allegations against it of polluting the en

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has directed that an iron and steel plant near an airport in Jharsuguda district of Odisha be not allowed to reopen till allegations against it of polluting the en

Bhubaneswar: The Orissa government has proposed to lay down a well-defined policy for renewal of MoUs signed with industrial houses.

New Delhi Refusing to scrap the government’s decision under which 194 coal blocks were allocated to various companies, the Supreme Court on Monday issued notices to the Centre and the CBI on a PIL seeking probe by a Special Investigation Team (SIT) into the alleged irregularities.

The PIL, filed by various members of civil society, including former CEC N Gopalaswami, ex-Navy chief L Ramdas and former cabinet secretary TSR Subramanian, has leveled allegations of unfairness and arbitrariness in the allocation of 194 blocks and sought cancellation of the licenses granted by the government.

The second category included steel, cement and other specified end users including captive power producers who will get coal at prices to be notified separately

Clearing the air over the role of Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation (Idco) to acquire land for mining projects when its primary responsibility is to buy land for industries, the state government has said, there is nothing wrong in land buying for coal mining as mineral excavation is also an industrial activity.

The Shah Commission has asked Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) and Sarada Mines to submit relevant information on violation of Rule-37 of Mineral Concession Rules-1960 by November 11.

The probe panel has sought information on whether environment clearance was available for conveyor belt of Sarada Mines’ Thakurani iron ore mine lease, the quantum of ore despatched to JSPL's end-use plant at Raigharh and if ore extracted from the mine was put to any other use.

Sarada Mines has been found to sell its entire run of mine (ROM) produce to JSPL without any agreement

The Shah Commission of enquiry, mandated to probe into allegations of large scale illegal mining, has asked Jindal Steel & Power Ltd (JSPL) and Sarada Mines to submit relevant information on violation of Rule-37 of Mineral Concession Rules-1960 by November 11. The probe panel has sought information on whether environment clearance was available for conveyor belt of Sarada Mines' Thakurani iron ore mine lease, the quantum of ore despatched to JSPL's end-use plant at Raigharh and if ore extracted from the mine was put to any other use.

Bhubaneswar Mining scam: Cos told to appear before Nov 8

The MB Shah Commission, probing the multi-crore mining scam in several states, has summoned the Jindal Steel & Power (JSPL) and Sarada Mines for alleged irregularities in mining activities. The officials of the two companies have been told to appear before the commission on November 8. “The commission has summoned the two companies as there are allegations that they violated Rule 37(B) of the Mining Concession Rules (MCR)”, said state director of mines Deepak Mohanty.

The Odisha government has asked leading steel and iron ore companies to pay over .

Jindal Steel and Power today said it would invest Rs 50,000 crore in Chhattisgarh.