Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
A Division Bench of the Kerala High Court on Monday set aside an amendment brought in to the provisions of the Kerala Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2015 allowing renewal of permits of quarries which had valid licence as on February 2012 without insisting on environmental clearance. Declaring unreasonable and unconstitutional …
Order of the High Court of Kerala in the matter of Elikutty vs The District Geologist dated 05/12/2015 regarding quarrying permit for extraction of ordinary earth in connection with the construction of residential buildings including flats or commercial buildings having a plinth area of 300 square metres.
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Sandeep Kumar Vs. Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change & Ors dated 03/12/2015 regarding illegal mining in Yamunanagar District, Haryana.
Aiming to check the sand and gravel demand-supply gap and thus bring down the prices, the Punjab government today started auctioning sand quarries in the state’s riverbeds and also fixed the profit that a contractor can make. Twenty-four quarries were auctioned through reverse-bidding and by fixing the profit of contractors …
Mining Dept aims to cut sand & gravel prices by following reverse bidding process Reverse bidding policy for the auction of minor minerals (sand and aggregate) quarries in Punjab will be followed as the government prepares to auction 83 quarries beginning next week. With the Akali-BJP government constantly under fire …
Minister of state for mines Raj Kumar Rinwa on Wednesday claimed that his department has succeeded in checking 80% of the illegal mining activities in Rajasthan. Under a special drive to check illegal mining, the department collected revenue of Rs 18 crore from across the state, the minister added. Rinwa …
With pressure mounting from different sections and escalating costs of sand, the State government is working towards releasing a white paper on the mining policy very shortly. Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu held a review meeting with the officials on sand mining and sale here on Monday. On irregularities being …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zonal Bench, Chennai) in the matter of S. Dhanapal & Others Vs Union of India & Others dated 20/11/2015 regarding Environmental Clearance (EC) dated 27-02-2014 granted for the proposal of quarrying of sand in 19.00.00 ha in River Vellar at S.F. No. 98(P) …
The statement of the Cabinet minister Dinesh Agarwal on resumption of quarrying in the rivers of Haridwar has elicited a mixed reaction, leading to a wave of cheers among the miners and stone-crushers while some voices are being raised against it as well. Clarifying the State Government's stance on the …
Tata Steel has received green clearance for mining of mineral sand, used in coal production, from the riverbed of Gowai in Purulia district, West Bengal with a proposed production capacity of 0.2 million tonnes per annum. The company said it requires three million tonnes (MT) of sand annually for its …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Central Zonal Bench, Bhopal) in the matter of Tribunal at its Own Motion v. Chief Secretary, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh & Others dated 10/11/2015 regarding vehicles seized by the Mining Department for allegedly carrying river sand mineral without mining pass / royalty slip.
Centre proposes creation of district-level regulatory agencies The State Environment Impact Assessment Authority (SEIAA), the regulatory body that grants Environmental Clearance (EC) for projects in Kerala, has expressed strong reservations about the move by the Union government to delegate the regulatory powers for mining of minor minerals to district-level authorities. …
Centre directs states to move away from arbitrary, first-come-firstserve basis; implementation by states will be reviewed this month The Centre has directed state governments to move away from arbitrary, first-come-first -serve processes for allocating minor minerals such as limestone, mica and clay to make the procedure fair, transparent and non-discriminatory, …
Panel for scientific mining: After notifying its mining policy to curb illegal mining, state government has now for the first time constituted a state mineral advisory committee headed by industries minister. Committee would ensure planned and scientific mining and would also give suggestions to government for better management of mining …
The National Green Tribunal's (NGT) western region bench in Pune has asked the state government to ensure that complaints about violation of norms in the environment clearance granted to sand and other minor mineral mining projects are dealt with in a time-bound manner. This includes hearing of complaints and action, …
Contrary to claims of the Punjab Government, the illegal mining in the Sutlej belt— Moga and Ferozepur districts— still continues reportedly under the ‘patronage’ of Akali leaders. Recently, the Kot-ise-Khan police have arrested Balwinder Singh, a resident of Dharamkot town and Gurmeet Singh, a resident of Rampura, for allegedly indulging …
These rules may be called "The Odisha Minerals (Prevention of Theft, Smuggling and Illegal Mining and Regulation of Possession, Storage, Trading and Transportation) Amendment Rules, 2015". They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Odisha Gazette.
Panaji: Sand mining which has been banned for the last two years in the state is likely to start next month. Chief minister Laxmikant Parsekar said that the order renewing licences for sand mining will be issued on Friday wherein 88-90 licences will be renewed in the first phase. Only …
Now, principal bench of National Green Tribunal (NGT), New Delhi headed by chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar will decide whether stay on sand mining in Madhya Pradesh will continue till October 31. NGT central zone bench in Bhopal transferred the case to chairperson's bench on Wednesday. State government had in last …
PANJIM: In a joint operation on Tuesday night and Wednesday two boats involved in illegal sand extraction in River Chapora were seized and 14 labourers arrested by police. The joint operation was conducted by Directorate of Mines and Geology and Captain of Ports (CoP) with the assistance of coastal police, …
