Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Containers from sunken ship likely to drift towards Alappuzha, Kollam Coasts in 48 hours: INCOIS" appearing in The Hindu dated 25.05.2025 dated 27/05/2025. The original application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled …
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar today said the information provided by Central Empowered Committee (CEC) on mining to the Supreme Court was "questionable." "The interpretation of CEC (about Goa's mining issue) was questionable. Mining in Goa is not new, you have to understand it from the context of full history," …
PANJIM: The contentious cessation of mining operations in Goa will figure at the National Development Council (NDC) meeting to be chaired by Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh on December 27, wherein Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar would bat for an early decision on environment clearances (ECs) to mining leases, currently suspended …
Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has said he could not be faulted for asserting that allowing mining in the state was his "fundamental and constitutional right". "It is me who is elected (by) people to decide on illegal mining. It is my fundamental and constitutional right to decide whether to …
State-owned miner NMDC Ltd is working out a method to enter into long-term supply contracts with buyers for iron ore produced and sold through e-auctions in Karnataka. The company, in a recent submission to the Supreme Court, indicated it would enter into long-term contracts by providing basic price and fixing …
PANJIM: With the Supreme Court now seized of all issues concerning illegal mining in Goa, the State’s leading green NGO, Goa Foundation, which had been fighting a legal battle against illegal mining since 1992, is in the process of withdrawing various petitions filed by it in the High Court. Of …
A Supreme Court appointed panel has advised the Odisha government to expedite renewal of mining leases and give priority to development of infrastructure in mining areas. The recommendation of the Central Empowered Committee, a panel set up by the court to weigh the impact of industrial projects on forests and …
PANJIM: Goa State Pollution Control Board has rejected the renewal of ‘Consent to Operate’ applications of 107 mining leases, and returned them to the respective firms stating that the Board cannot proceed in view of Supreme Court ban on mining operations in Goa. The mining lease operators had applied for …
The Directorate of Mines on Monday informed the Supreme Court appointed Centrally Empowered Committee (CEC) that it has completed the process of lease renewal of 40 mines, which are working under deemed extension provision. “The CEC queried about the status of mines operating under deemed extension provision. We informed them …
Under fire from the Ministry of Mines for the inordinate delay in clearing applications for renewal of mining lease, the State Government on Monday reportedly told the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) that it had expedited mining lease renewal activities. The CEC team headed by its member-secretary MK Jiwrajka …
In fresh trouble for the mining industry in Goa, the Pollution Control Board has refused operating consent to all 107 mining leases in the State under the Air and Water Pollution Control Act. The Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB), in its order yesterday said since the case against these …
As many as 54 mining leases in Odisha are operating under deemed extension following the expiry of their leases. The expiry period of the leases ranges from five to 25 years. According to information given by minister for steel & mines Rajani Kant Singh in the state assembly, mine owners …
Mining companies in Goa have violated rules and regulation in their operations and extraction of ores by them should not be permitted till environment impact assessment is done, a Central Empowered Committee told the Supreme Court today. The apex court-appointed Committee in its report recommended that resumption of mining operations, …
The CEC set up the Supreme Court submitted this interim report on its investigation into illegal mining by various entities in Goa. It includes details about the loss to the environment and the economy by way of illegal mining. Report (interim) of the CEC in writ petition (civil) no. 435 …
The 3-judge Green Bench of the Supreme Court headed by Justice Aftab Alam is not sitting on Friday to take up the Goa mining matters, notwithstanding its ordering on Monday to list a writ petition of Sesa Goa Limited before it on that day on its lawyer pleading that its …
Sesa Goa Limited of the Vedanta Group on Monday sought an early hearing by the Supreme Court on its writ petition seeking stay of the adverse findings and comment of the Justice MB Shah Commission in its report on illegal iron ore mining and stay of four orders issued by …
Coming down strongly on illegal mining in Goa, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has said that his government will not permit resumption of mining, even if approved by Supreme Court, until proper rules and regulations are adopted to curb the illegalities. Setting a deadline, the government has said that mining will …
PANJIM: The Manohar Parrikar government has on the one hand reiterated its stand that it won't permit resumption of mining even if approved by Supreme Court till the Goa government itself is satisfied that there are no illegalities and/or irregularities in the sector, in its submission to the Supreme Court-appointed …
Bellary, Dec 2, 2012, DHNS : Many mining companies in the district, which faced the wrath of the Supreme Court for indulging in illegal mining, have started implementing reclamation and rehabilitation (R&R;) measures on a war-footing. For, implementing R&R; measures is mandatory for getting fresh mining permits. After analysing the …
A Supreme Court committee is likely to recommend drastic action against miners in Goa, including severe curbs on production, in a move expected to hit the state’s finances and devastate the country’s scandalplagued iron-ore industry. The Central Empowered Committee (CEC), which is examining allegations of illegal mining in Goa, has …
While the State Government has already made it clear that its affidavit to the Supreme Court will highlight the need for early resumption of legal mining, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar on Monday said that the affidavit would underscore the dependence of the State’s economy on mining. Speaking to HERALD, Parrikar …
