In a bid to double coal production in the country by ensuring speedy environmental approvals to miners, the government is planning to limit coal mining activities to degraded forest areas.
Currently, coal mining is allowed in India both on degraded as well as non-degraded land areas subject to environmental approval from the Ministry of Environment and Forest (MoEF).
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Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/govt-limit-coal-mining-degraded-forest-areas
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land-degradation
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/chhattisgarh
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/jharkhand
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
