The State Government has set up an inter-departmental committee to consider cases for renewal of mining leases, a large number which had been pending for the last 10 years.
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/government-sets-committee-renewal-mining-leases
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/new-indian-express-bhubaneswar
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/minerals
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/orissa
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/state-pollution-control-board-spcb-0
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining-regulations
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mines-act-1957