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 …
Move to evolve uniform regulatory framework. The group was in favour of making mine plans mandatory for the minor minerals as well and recommended that a separate corpus should be created for reclamation and rehabilitation of mined out areas. Vishwanath Kulkarni New Delhi, June 7 In a move that could …
New Delhi, June 6: With the Karnataka government rejecting suggestions for a CBI probe, the Union mines ministry is looking at other means to crack down on the mining mafia in the state. In the face of the Karnataka government's resistance to a CBI probe, the matter was referred to …
Weightage will be numerical in l character and enable a composite ranking based on the bid price and marks assigned for each criterion SEEKING to fulfill a long-felt need for a transparent mineral concession regime, the government is all set to empower the states to start competitive bidding for granting …
With the Karnataka government rejecting suggestions for a CBI probe, the Union Mines Ministry is pursuing other moves to crack down on the mining mafia in the state. In the face of the Karnataka government's resistance to a CBI probe, the matter was referred to the Cabinet and the issue …
S Vijay Kumar / May 27, 2010, 0:59 IST While the draft MMDR Act seeks to address mining-related concerns of most stakeholders, its success will depend on an increase in investor confidence. Media reports regarding iron ore mining in Bellary, Karnataka and manganese mining in Keonjhar, Orissa, have spotlighted some …
priyadarshi siddhanta The mines ministry is all set to be re-christened as the Ministry of Mineral Development. After having deliberated at length, the ministry has decided to re-name itself and will soon seek the approval of cabinet secretary K M Chandrasekhar. Arguing that the word
Move to attract technology to mining sector. Snapshot Mines Ministry proposes new mineral concession that may allow prospecting in an area of 5000 sq km A Bill on the new Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation Act is likely to be placed in Parliament in the Monsoon Session Vishwanath Kulkarni …
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 …
In the first such rejection by any ministry, Union Mines Minister B K Handique has shot down a proposal by the Finance Ministry that sought 10 per cent or more disinvestment in state-owned aluminium giant Nalco. The government holds 87.15 per cent in the navratna company that earned profits of …
RAMANNA, THE CPI(Maoist) leader, has cited 96 of the 102 MOUs signed between the Chhattisgarh government and the mining companies as one of the leading provocations for the Dantewada massacre.
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 …
In a move aimed at dissuading the mining community from profiteering and virtually regulating the royalty system on iron ore, the Centre is likely to seek the Parliament
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.
Taking note of illegally mined iron ore being shipped by the miners to the lucrative international markets by evading the regulatory system, the mines ministry has asked the shipping ministry to set up a mechanism to check if the royalty has been paid and the mines from which the mineral …
The mines ministry, in a unique move, has proposed that companies that receive a mining lease will from now have to mandatorily make people residing in the project area stakeholders. Companies will need to offering at least 26 per cent shares through the promoter
Ranchi, April 5: ArcelorMittal has been granted another iron ore mining lease in Jharkhand where the company has proposed to invest over Rs 40,000 crore for setting up a Greenfield steel project. The Union mines ministry has given a much-awaited nod to a proposal sent by the state government awarding …
The central government today said it had granted a licence to ArcelorMittal for prospecting iron ore in the Karampada region of Jharkhand, a move that would boost the steel giant
