Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
The Union government has convened a meeting on May 20 on regulation of illegal mining activities in Orissa. The co-ordination between different ministries of the Government of India (GoI) and the state government is expected to come up for discussion in the meeting to be chaired by the Union cabinet …
Intensifying its pitch for imposing a Windfall Tax to curb profiteering among the mining community, the union Mines Ministry has suggested to the Finance Ministry a slab system of taxation similar to the Income Tax to net the surplus profits earned by merchant miners. The intensified pitch for a windfall …
BHUBANESWAR: The long absence of a national policy framework on iron ore has hurt the sector as technology has become the casualty and scientific mining does not virtually exist in India, CMD of NMDC Ltd Rana Som said here on Friday. Barely 15 percent mines are mechanised, fully or partially, …
Ajith Athrady, New Delhi, May 4, DHNS: Five months after the Centre sought an Action Taken Report (ATR) from the Karnataka government over the illegal mining scam unearthed by the Lokayukta, the B S Yeddyurappa government has said it has filed 56 cases against encroachers of the forest land. In …
MV Ramsurya & PP Thimmaya MUMBAI| BANGALORE THE government has started legal proceedings against 10 iron ore mining firms, which are part of larger companies, for providing inaccurate production and pricing figures. The alleged misleading information has caused a royalty revenue loss of about Rs 5,088 crore, people close to …
Bowing to intense pressure from the Centre, the Karnataka government seems to have finally woken up to the menace of illegal mining as its officials recently raided and seized huge amounts of unaccounted iron ore from the Bellikere and Karwar ports.
With no action by the Karnataka government against the alleged illegal mining in the Bellary-Hospet-Sandhur belt - home to the Reddy brothers with mining interests in neighbouring Andhra Pradesh
Why does the regulatory apparatus appear toothless in the face of the Reddy Republic? Union Mines Minister B K Handique says that officials of the national mines regulator, the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), are too
BHUBANESWAR: The Opposition mounted a scathing attack on the State Government in the Assembly on Tuesday for its inaction against the culprits involved in the multi-crore mining scam and reiterated the demand for a CBI probe to unearth the truth. However, the Government rejected the demand for the CBI probe …
The Jharkhand government has taken exception to a notification of the Union Ministry of Mines which has fixed the sale prices of minerals, with Chief Minister Shibu Soren writing a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to seek his intervention in the matter.
On the concluding day of the 12th Mines Environment and Mineral Conservation (MEMC) Week, observed under the aegis of the Indian Bureau if Mines (IBM) and hosted by the Eastern Zone Mining Association (EZMA) here on Sunday, the speakers were unanimous in their opinion that modern technology, better management and …
The Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) has completed its probe into the alleged mining scam. The IBM would submit its final report to the Centre on February 3. The committee had already visited the mining rich belt of Keonjhar and Sundergarh district. The report would be vital for the Centre …
BHUBANESWAR: The Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) sleuths arrived in the State with great hype surrounding their probe into illegal mining following the multi-crore mining scam but left on the cat
BELLARY: Santa Sheela Nair, Secretary, Union Ministry of Mines, has sought the intervention of S.V. Ranganath, Chief Secretary, government of Karnataka, and Vijai Sharma, Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forests, New Delhi, to permit officials of the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) to enter the mines within the forest areas. …
Taking strong exception to the alleged prevention of Central Government officials from inspecting illegal mines in Hospet in Bellary district, the Centre has directed Karnataka to allow them free access to all mines. The Central team was prevented from inspecting mines in Hospet in Bellary district. File photoDirecting Chief Secretary …
BHUBANESWAR: Activists of Orissa Jana Sammilani (OJS) here on Tuesday staged demonstration in front of the regional office of the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) in protest against the latter
HOSPET (BELLARY DISTRICT): For the second consecutive day on Tuesday, officials belonging to the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) were prevented by the Forest Department from entering the mining area in Vyasanakere in Hospet taluk for undertaking a survey following the directions of the Karnataka High Court in connection with …
BELLARY: A team of officials from Indian Bureau of Mines, Bangalore, headed by M.S. Waghmore, Deputy Controller of Mines, on Wednesday found that mining activities were being carried out illegally in an area, in Ramgadh of Sandur taluk, that was yet to get mining lease. Based on a complaint by …
