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 …
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government has proposed to come out with a specific mineral policy in line with the National Mineral Policy of the Centre. The draft of the policy is expected to be readied within a month and it will be posted on the site of the state steel & …
The new mining law being framed by the government is a hotbed of controversy in more ways than one. While the unrest over a profit-sharing regime and bidding of mining rights proposed under the new law continues, the government has now indicated lifting the Centre
Describing the procedure of fixing the sale value of iron ore by Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) as incorrect, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik has requested the Centre to revise the price to match the prevailing market rate. Naveen said in a letter, reportedly written to Union Minister of State for …
Kolkata Demand growth in steel consumption will form the basis of the new national steel policy, a draft of which is expected to be ready in another six months. PK Misra, Union steel secretary, at an interactive organised by the Merchants
Bhubaneswar: The Odisha government on Thursday said that it would soon renew the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with South Korean steel major Posco for its proposed steel plant near Paradip in Jagatsinghpur district. The steel and mines department has already received the recommendation of the law department in this regard. …
The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Coal Mines (Conservation and Development) Rules, 1975 which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 18 of the Coal Mines (Conservation and Development) Act, 1974 (28of 1974), were published as required by sub-section …
The mines ministry is understood to have approached the law ministry to ascertain whether the proposed National Mineral Regulatory Authority (NMRA) could be empowered to review the envisaged profit-sharing formula. According to the proposed formula, which the mines ministry had inserted in the initial Draft Mines and Minerals (Development & …
Sanjay Nirupam dares BJP to initiate action against ministers involved in illegal mining The Congress launched a scathing attack on BJP over illegal mining in Karnataka during discussion on demands for grants of mining ministry in the Lok Sabha on Wednesday. Initiating the discussion on mining ministry
BHUBANESWAR: State-run National Aluminium Company Ltd (NALCO) Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the union mines ministry for the financial year 2011-12, the company said. NALCO's acting chairman-cum managing director (CMD) B.L. Bagra signed the agreement with Mines Secretary Vijay Kumar in New Delhi, a company statement said. …
In a move, possibly the first of its kind, the Governor of a mineral-rich state has questioned provisions of the proposed mining reforms Bill being drafted by the Centre. Though Governors are usually considered to be political appointees, yet it has not deterred Chhattisgarh Governor Shekhar Dutt to seek the …
Gujarat, which received investment proposals of over $462 billion during the recently concluded Vibrant Gujarat conference, will be a role model for other states in curbing illegal mining. The Ministry of Mines, which has hailed the state government
With mineral-rich states mounting pressure on the government to restrict export of iron ore and incentivise value-addition, the mines ministry has written to the finance ministry seeking abolition of the 15 per cent export duty on iron ore pellets. According to the mines ministry, increasing the value-addition of fines into …
Rachna Singh | TNN Jaipur: The year-end review on work of the Union ministry of mines for 2010, makes Rajasthan stand apart from rest of the states. Figures show that Rajasthan topped in royalty accruals for major minerals, excluding coal and lignite, in the country. If in 2005-06 the royalty …
Rachna Singh | TNN Jaipur: Recognizing that mining is a necessary evil and to propel economic growth extraction of minerals is a requisite, the Ministry of Mines has a clear set of guidelines that the state government is expected to follow. With the state government forming a special committee to …
After an intense battle of nerves spanning for months, the legislation to streamline and regulate growth of mining sector is all set to see the light of the day. A Group of Ministers (GoM) set up to vet the Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Bill 2010 has accorded its …
Priyadarshi Siddhanta Although mines minister BK Handique announced after Friday's group of ministers' (GoM) meeting that the contentious proposal for mining companies to share 26% of their annual net profit with the displaced locals was cleared, tribal affairs minister Kantilal Bhuria had in fact surprised others in the GoM by …
Coal mineThe decision of the Group of Ministers (GoM) to force mining companies to share 26 per cent of their profits with local and project affected people hasn
Investments worth Rs 100 crore in silica sand mining and beneficiation in Nellore district of Andhra Pradesh are in jeopardy due to the state government
Union steel minister Mr Virbhadra Singh today called for a ban on iron ore exports, saying that the country must take lessons from neighbouring China and the US for using finite natural resources judiciously. India has world's fifth-largest estimated reserves of iron ore at about 25 billion tons, of which …
