The Centre is proposing to withdraw the coal mining policy of 1979 and replace it with a more liberal mining policy. Coal mining would be freed to state government undertakings and companies. A
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[2] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/newspaper/economic-times-new-delhi
[3] http://admin.indiaenvironmentportal.org.in/category/thesaurus/mining