The mining company has been criticised for "failing to respect human rights of the Dongria Kondh tribe in Orissa".
: Indian mining giant Vedanta Resources, which has faced a series of high-profile divestments from high-profile organisations in Britain, is facing more pullouts over its human rights and environment approach, particularly in Orissa.
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.
Vedanta Resources, the London-listed holding company for India's largest copper producer, Sterlite Industries, raised $883 million (Rs 4,000 crore) through issue of convertible bonds in Europe.
Local voices oppose a project but the public hearing report recommends it anyway. The experience of aggrieved villagers and activists present at the hearing for Vedanta Aluminium
The mine will cause irreversible damage to the ancestral home and way of life of ` thousands of the Kondh tribal people in Orissa.
CELEBRITY Bianca Jagger, the ex-wife of Mick Jagger of the Rolling stones, is in the forefront to save the Niyamgiri hills in south Orissa which is the home of the Kondh tribals.
The Vedanta group is pressing hard to start bauxite mining on these hills.
Over 5,000 Dongria and Kondh tribals car- rying traditional arms held a massive protest rally in the Niyamgiri hills of south Orissa against the mining project of Vedanta Alumina Limited (VAL) on Sunday.
LESS than two weeks after the Church of England decided to sell its shareholding in metals and mining giant Vedanta Resources, three international shareholders have also decided to sell their holdings in the mining company because of concerns over its record on human rights.
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.
