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Scam of coal blocks sold in black [1]

Unscrupulous businessmen have been minting money at the cost of the industry and the exchequer, thanks to a faulty mining policy, an investigation shows. Many companies which had got coal blocks at various points of time for setting up iron and steel plants have since sold the allotted blocks for huge gains rather than going ahead with these projects.

Publication Date: 
01/03/2012
Resource Digest [2]
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50-51
Tags:
Coal [3], Mining [4], Corruption [5], Mineral-Based Industry [6], India [7], Ministry of Coal [8], Iron And Steel Industry [9]
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/journal/resource-digest
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/coal
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/corruption
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mineral-based-industry
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/india
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-coal
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/iron-and-steel-industry-0