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 …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Madhya Pradesh Pollution Control Board Vs Madhya Pradesh Mining Corporation & Others dated 11/01/2016 regarding environmental clearance for mining of sand and bajri. The petition is disposed of as the Court noted that in the case of Deepak Kumar …
Activists allege violation of National Green Tribunal order The district administration’s order giving clearance to sand mining at the ‘kadavus’ (sand extraction locations) outside the 500 metre radius of the Pamburuthi island on the Valapattanam river here is said to be a clear violation of an order of the National …
District administration cracks down on offenders; as many as 48 FIRs filed, 995 vehicles seized. HIGHLIGHTING the spread of one of the most brazen rackets — illegal sand mining — in Pune, the district administration has registered 2,248 cases against illegal extraction of sand from river beds and illegal quarry …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Mineral Production Index, 21/12/2015. Index of Industrial Production (IIP) covers mining sector, manufacturing and electricity with the corresponding weights 14.157%, 75.527% and 10.316% respectively. The base year for the present series of IIP is 2004-05. As per available information, the index of mineral production …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Illegal mining, 16/12/2015. State Governments are empowered, under Section 23C of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act, 1957) to make rules for prevention of illegal mining, transportation and storage of minerals; and, therefore, matters relating to illegal mining come …
Nagpur: Revenue minister Eknath Khadse informed the lower house on Wednesday that state government would impose Maharashtra Prevention of Dangerous Activities (MPDA) Act, 1981, on those involved in illegal sand mining. He was replying to a query during question hour accusing the government of protecting sand mafia. The minister added …
KOCHI: Holding that environmental clearance (EC)is necessary for carrying on mining operations, the Kerala High Court on Monday declared unconstitutional and inoperative the new proviso which provides that mining plan and EC required under Rule 9 should not be insisted for the renewal of quarrying permits which had valid licence …
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 …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Incidents of illegal sand mining, 07/12/2015. Sand is a minor mineral. State Governments regulate grant of mining leases and other concessions in respect of all minor minerals including Sand.The enforcement of sand mining leases, controlling and abating illegal sand mining is largely vested with …
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. …
