The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020
<p>Parliament passed The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020 for amendments in Mines & Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act 1957 and The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015. Rajya Sabha passed
Ministry of Mines
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Plan to give tribals a share of mining profits
NEW DELHI: The Centre is planning to give a 26 per cent share in mining profits to tribal people and to set up a regulatory body to check illegal mining, Union Minister of Mines B.K. Handique informed the Rajya Sabha on Monday.<br />
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Discussion in Lok Sabha on illegal mining in various states
Discussion in Lok Sabha on illegal mining in various states.
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GoM to discuss illegal mining, iron ore export ban
Sujay Mehdudia<br /><br />NEW DELHI: A Group of Ministers (GoM) will discuss on Thursday issues pertaining to illegal mining, a ban on iron ore exports, the new mining legislation and setting aside a share in the profits of mining companies for the development of tribal areas.<br />
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Miners will have to give tribals a share Proposed Bill Will Make It A Must To Give Away Either 26% Equity Or Profit
Nitin Sethi | TNNNew Delhi: Mining companies in tribal areas should shell out 26% of their equity while individual and other operators should share 26% of their profits with the affected people.
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18 years to reject mining lease!
<br />BHUBANESWAR: It took more than 18 years for the State Government to reject the mining lease application of Ram Bahadur Thakur Limited (RBTL) for manganese ore over an area of 96.56 hectares in Keonjhar district.<br />
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Mining regulator may fine up to Rs 5 lakh a day
Priyadarshi Siddhanta <br />
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Bill proposes to give more to affected people
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Ban not the answer to illegal mining, says Handique
<p>Sujay Mehdudia</p><p>NEW DELHI: Days after Union Steel Minister Virbhadra Singh lauded the Karnataka government for imposing a ban on iron ore export, Union Mines Minister B.K. Handique came down strongly on the State government for failing to get its act together on checking illegal mining.</p>
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The health of mining and wealth of miners
All discussion of illegal mining, specially of iron ore, has to keep in mind two things. First, the nature of legality cannot be defined in narrow terms of mining laws, but needs to cover the environmental and social goods that lie in its ambit. Second, the massive growth in mining is directly related to the nature of economic liberalisation and loosening of government controls.
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Ramesh says miners must set up industry in state; ministry says no
The mines ministry has turned down a suggestion by environment minister Jairam Ramesh that only those companies be allowed to bid for mining leases in a state which would agree to set up the end-use industry there. The mines ministry has said forcing an entrepreneur to do so