The notification issued by the environment ministry says that the general approval to hold forest land will not automatically confer the right to mine it
Links:
[1] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/news/environment-ministry-okays-lower-levy-destroyed-forest-land
[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/author/subhayan-chakraborty
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/business-standard-new-delhi
[4] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forests
[5] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/land
[6] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/compensatory-afforestation-fund-management-and-planning-authority-campa-0
[7] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/thesaurus/forest-clearance
[8] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/ministry-environment-and-forests-moef
[9] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/forest-act-1988