Environment

Request to MoEF to expedite process of granting of ECs

PANJIM: Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF) has been requested to expedite the process of granting environmental clearances (ECs) to the legal mining leases, that would be renewed by governme

Publication Date: 
30/10/2014
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Environment Clearance (EC), National Parks, Mining, Coastal Regulations, Mines Act 1957
Land

UPA panel set tough norms for tribal land, NDA sits on report

* “Amend the new Land Acquisition Act to safeguard tribal land and disallow acquisition by a non-tribal, including private companies.”

Publication Date: 
09/10/2014
JAY MAZOOMDAAR
Indian Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Land Acquisition, Tribals, Forest Rights Act 2006, Naxalites, Ministry of Tribal Affairs, Development, Mines Act 1957, Gram Sabhas, Land
Mining

Odisha to take call on fate of 18 suspended mines today

These mines awaiting second and subsequent renewal are under temporary closure and are awaiting express orders of the state government to restart operations

Publication Date: 
09/10/2014
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Orissa (Odisha), Mining, Coal, Supreme Court, Orissa Mining Corporation, Mines Act 1957, Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Environment Clearance (EC), Forest Clearance
Mining

The Goa Grant of Mining Leases Policy, 2014

The Goa government cleared the much-awaited mining policy promising lifting of the temporary suspension on mining operations in the state on case-wise basis and also ruling out auctioning of leases.

Publication Date: 
01/10/2014
Government of Goa
Tags:
Mining, Mineral - Based Industry, Goa, Mines Act 1957, Mineral Rules 1960, Environment Clearance (EC), Iron And Steel Industry
Mining

Companies want mining resumed in Jharkhand

Ask Government to use legal window to exempt miners from new rule

Publication Date: 
24/09/2014
Jayanta Mallick
Business Line (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mining, Steel Authority of India (SAIL), Tata Iron and Steel (TISCO), Hindustan Aluminium Company (HINDALCO), Jharkhand, Mines Act 1957, Hindustan Copper
Mining

Mining amendment Bill in winter session of Parliament'

Narendra Singh Tomar, Union minister for mines, said on Thursday that amendments to the Mines and Mineral Development and Regulation (MMDR) Act, 1957 would be carried in the coming session of Parli

Publication Date: 
19/09/2014
Business Standard (New Delhi)
Tags:
Ministry of Mines, Mines Act 1957, Parliament, Goa, Karnataka, Odisha, Chhattisgarh
Mining

Judgement of the Supreme Court of India regarding provisions contained in Sections 21, 22 and other sections of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, 04/09/2014

Sand mining without the state consent is a violation of the MMDR Act, 1957 said Supreme Court in this 71-pages landmark judgement by the bench consisting of Justice M.Y. Eqbal and Pinaki Chandra Ghose. The violations were observed to be criminal under Indian Penal Code (IPC). 

Judgement Date: 
04/09/2014
Tags:
Mining, Sand, Mines Act 1957, Legislation, India, Supreme Court, High Court, Yamuna, Gujarat, Rivers
Mining

Re-auction coal blocks but save 46: Government to Supreme Court

In a pragmatic move, the Centre on Monday told the Supreme Court it had no problem with cancelling all extant coal mine leases among the 218 ones declared illegal by the court last week and that it

Publication Date: 
02/09/2014
Financial Express (New Delhi)
Tags:
Mining, Coal, Supreme Court, Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG), Mines Act 1957, Corruption, Illegal Trade
Mining

CM seeks PM’s intervention on coal mining

Mukul SOS to Modi on NGT ban

Publication Date: 
01/08/2014
Shillong Times (Shillong)
Tags:
Meghalaya, Mining, Coal, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Mines Act 1957, Water Pollution
Mining

FIMI favours mining leases for 30 yrs

PANJIM: Demanding that amendment to the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulations (MMDR) Act 1957, pertaining to grant and renewal of leases should be carried out retrospectively, the Federati

Publication Date: 
18/07/2014
Herald (Panjim)
Tags:
Goa, Mining, Federation Of Indian Mineral Industries, Mines Act 1957, Mineral-Based Industry, Mineral Rules 1960, Illegal Trade

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