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 government has proposed to further strengthen regulations concerning people affected by mining projects in the new draft Mining Bill being finalised by the mines ministry for approval of Parliament. Mining companies would now be asked to not only share a portion of their profit and offer free shares to …
Sujay MehdudiaNEW 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.In a harshly worded letter to …
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 …
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
Seeking to enforce compliance to environmental norms by the miners, union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) minister Jairam Ramesh has asked the Mines Ministry to introduce a
UNION law ministry has proposed sweeping powers for the Centre to act against illegal mining. In its suggestions to the group of ministers, the law ministry has said the power to confiscate the property and earnings from illegal mining should be vested with the Centre. Presently, state governments have the …
BHUBANESWAR: Minister for Steel and Mines Raghunath Mohanty today said more than 1.42 crore tonne iron ore was exported during 200910 from the State. In a written reply to a question from Santosh Singh Saluja (Cong), Mohanty said besides the exported quantity, over 4.8 crore tonne iron ore was dispatched …
New Delhi: The steel ministry on Monday called for a complete ban on iron ore export, saying the mineral is a non-renewable resource like coal and petroleum products, and should be preserved.
Expressing shock over the barrage of media reports about the missing of seized iron ore from Belekeri Port stockyard near Karwar, Union Minister for Mines B K Handique on Thursday again asked the Karnataka Government to hand over all illegal mining activities taking place in the State to the CBI. …
For a year now, officials of the Ministry of Mines have been seeking the help of beat reporters to garner support for a more enlightened minerals policy. The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill which has gone through several drafts had pitted the Minister for Mines B K Handique …
Vishwanath Kulkarni The Ministry of Mines is of the opinion that the steel industry should develop technology to utilise the iron-ore fines before seeking a curb on the iron ore exports. The Steel Ministry, seeking to protect the interest of the domestic steel mills, has time and again demanded a …
We have a regulator - the Indian Bureau of Mines, which is modernising its strategies to deal with illegal mining.. Vishwanath Kulkarni The mining sector has been in the news for issues such as illegal mining and the growing demand for ban on iron exports among others. The Mines Ministry …
THE government could dilute a clause in a draft legislation that requires miners to offer a 26% stake to families losing land to projects so that companies have more flexibility while providing relief. Senior officials of the mines ministry, the authors of the draft Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation …
Upset with the stiff inter-ministerial differences continuing to derail its efforts in bringing about greater transparency in the mining sector by streamlining the grant of mineral concessions, the Centre today constituted a Group of Ministers (GoM) to iron out the wrinkles. The 10-member GoM to be headed by Finance Minister …
Differences between the law and mines ministries have widened on the issue of allowing mineral exports (of iron ore), with the law ministry demanding changes in the draft Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Bill 2010 to ensure conservation of minerals. So much so that Veerappa Moily
New Delhi, 9 JUNE: The law ministry has favoured more power to the Centre in dealing with illegal mining, an area hitherto falling under the states domain. The ministry made these suggestion on the draft mining legislation sent to it by the mines ministry for vetting.
