The Government has announced that the process of granting Environmental Clearance for sustainable sand mining and mining of minor minerals has been decentralized. The Ministry has created District Environment Impact Assessment Authority (DEIAA) for proper monitoring of sand mining.
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board Vs Madhya Pradesh Mining Corporation & Others dated 11/01/2016 regarding environmental clearance for mining of sand and bajri.
The petition is disposed of as the Court noted that in the case of Deepak Kumar and others Vs. State of Haryana and others [(2012) 4 SCC 629] Court had had clearly stated that environmental clearance is required for mining of sand and bajri and the State Governments were directed to frame rules accordingly.
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Mineral Production Index, 21/12/2015. Index of Industrial Production (IIP) covers mining sector, manufacturing and electricity with the corresponding weights 14.157%, 75.527% and 10.316% respectively. The base year for the present series of IIP is 2004-05. As per available information, the index of mineral production for the last three years and the current year is given in this document. Details of contribution of public sector and private sector in value of mineral production (excluding atomic and minor minerals) is also given.
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Illegal mining, 16/12/2015. State Governments are empowered, under Section 23C of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act, 1957) to make rules for prevention of illegal mining, transportation and storage of minerals; and, therefore, matters relating to illegal mining come under the legislative and administrative jurisdiction of State Governments.
Nagpur: Revenue minister Eknath Khadse informed the lower house on Wednesday that state government would impose Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPDA) Act, 1981, on those involved in
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday set aside an amendment brought in to the provisions of the Kerala Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2015 allowing renewal of permits of quarries wh
KOCHI: Holding that environmental clearance (EC)is necessary for carrying on mining operations, the Kerala High Court on Monday declared unconstitutional and inoperative the new proviso which provi
