PANJIM: “I am very clear. I am the mining minister. Nothing starts until I sign the file.” Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said Wednesday, while asserting his right to govern and re-start mining in the state.

Parrikar said that mining in the state would not start until an expert committee which he proposed to appoint, to look into all aspects of mining activities, comes out with a plan on how to go about the activity.