Why does the regulatory apparatus appear toothless in the face of the Reddy Republic?

Like the Telecom Ministry, the Ministry of Mines plans to hand out licences for minerals other than coal to those

VEDANTA Resources

The State Government seems to have developed a new policy for corporate social responsibility (CSR) expenditures of the mega industries. It follows the model laid by the Supreme Court in the case of Lanjigarh-based alumina project of Vedanta Resources. The annual CSR expenditure will not be below 5 per cent of the profit or Rs 10 crore, whichever is more.

M a h a n a d i Coalfields Limited (MCL), a subsidiary of Coal India Limited, and a "Mini Ratna" company of the Government of India was formed in 1992 with its corporate office at Sambalpur (Orissa). The company was formed by the bifurcation of coal mines of Orissa from South Eastern Coalfields Limited, with the then coal production being 23.14 million tonnes (mt).

PANJIM: Chief Minister Digambar Kamat categorically stated that there is no question of giving new mining leases and indicated that he had written to the Centre not to consider mining proposals for environmental clearances from Goa.

Mineral ore exporters ready to create infrastructural facilities

PANJIM, FEB 23
Goa Mineral Ore Exporters Association (GMOEA) today told the government that they are willing to put in funds to build infrastructural facilities like roads in the mining belt provided land is given to them free of all encumbrances.

Global steel tycoon Lakshmi Niwas Mittal

Education,Training Initiatives Help Firms Earn Trust Of Villagers
Rakhi Mazumdar KOLKATA

THERE was a time little Arsu Tadu hated going to school. She had to walk six kilometres every morning to reach a rundown shed, which was the local school in her neighbouring village near Rukka in mineral-rich Jharkhand.

The cabinet sub committee would meet on Monday to recommend the new draft mining policy. The committee would discuss every point of the policy before tabling it before the cabinet.

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