The decision will now lie with the district-level forest administrator, the divisional forest officer (DFO), to give away forest land to miners in such cases
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/divisional-forest-officers-can-give-land-temporary-mining-projects
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/nitin-sethi-0
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/somesh-jha
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/trees
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/forest-clearance
[10] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-mines
[11] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-act-1980
[12] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/deforestation