Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
State Resists As Centre Seeks Opening Of Sector Jaipur: The states’ monopoly over exploration and production of rock phosphate in the country’s largest reserves is not only hitting farmers but also increasing the Centre’s subsidy burden as the prices of the commodity in the international market have gone through the …
Bhubaneswar: In a bid to curb illegal mining and export of minerals, the state government has decided to take over excess land from the lessees, if their mining leases are found to be in excess of captive requirement while considering the second and subsequent renewal on the leases. In a …
The State Government has set up an inter-departmental committee to consider cases for renewal of mining leases, a large number which had been pending for the last 10 years. The 12-member committee, headed by the Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief Secretary, will examine applications for renewal of mining lease for statutory clearance, …
New Delhi The Supreme Court on Thursday decided to reopen its 2010 judgment that had ruled against granting of mining lease to JSW Steel and Kalyani Steel in Karnataka. The reopening of the case gives some hope to these companies which are keen to do mining of iron and manganese …
Posco India may have to abandon its proposal for swapping of high alumina content iron ore found in the state with high grade ore from outside to meet the quality parameters of its proposed 12 million tonne greenfield steel project in Odisha. Even the steel behemoth’s plan to swap iron …
PMO snubs former coal secretary for his bid to ensure transparency in allocation of coal blocks. Former coal secretary P.C. Parakh, who proposed auction of coal blocks to bring in transparency, took the auctions file to the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) in July, 2004, after being rebuffed by minister of …
Police, revenue officials cannot keep it under their custody, says High Court judge Neither police nor revenue officials can keep in their custody vehicles seized for alleged violations of the provisions of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act 1957 without obtaining necessary orders for confiscation from the Judicial Magistrates …
Its report on the allocation of coal blocks is marred by a major legal error. The legal fraternity celebrated the 50th anniversary of the Supreme Court of India in 2000 with a book, Supreme, But Not Infallible. The unusual title of the book was a powerful way for the legal …
Even while Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was saving the world at the NAM summit in Tehran, confident that he had said enough in Parliament to exonerate his government in the scam swirling around the allotment of coal blocks, a group of senior bureaucrats finalised a draft report recommending cancellation of …
India’s coal sector is governed by opaque rules that promote discretion and graft This column isn’t about the limited agenda of Coalgate and the CAG report. It is about broader issues that led to Coalgate. Some of this may be known and some may be a trifle unfamiliar. Initially, coal …
5L Truck Trips To Transport Mineral To Belekeri Port Went Unnoticed: Panel New Delhi: The Supreme Court’s environmental panel on Thursday recommended a CBI probe into the brazen flouting of rules in transportation of 50 lakh tonnes of illegally mined iron ore from Bellary district to Belekeri port, some 400 …
It also objects to the classification of mines under Category A Questions are being raised over the recommendation of the Supreme Court-appointed Central Empowered Committee (CEC) allowing mining by 16 companies among which are those embroiled in alleged irregularities. The Samaj Parivartan Samudaya (SPS), petitioners in the illegal mining case …
Odisha is set to voice its opposition to some of the contentious provisions in the Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Bill-2011 that the state government feels may undermine the federal structure of the constitution. In May this year, Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik had shot off a letter to Prime …
India’s natural wealth risks turning into a curse if the proposed Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill fails to address extreme poverty, environmental degradation, and weak rule of law in mining regions.
The state government has decided to wait for Supreme Court decision on Presidential reference on allocation of natural resources before granting any mining leases for coal and other minerals to user industries with whom it has signed memorandum of understanding. The Centre had approached the apex court this April to …
In exercise of the powers conferred by section 13 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960. These rules may be called the Mineral Concession (Amendment) Rules, 2012. They …
The Society of Geoscientists and Allied Technologists (SGAT) has vehemently opposed Union tribal welfare minister V Kishore Chandra Deo’s demand for stoppage of bauxite mining in Eastern Ghats. “We strongly refute observations of the Union tribal welfare minister as these are not based on facts,” said B K Mohanty, advisor, …
Odisha expects to get additional revenue of Rs 1000 crore from the proposed forest development tax (FDT). The FDT is set to be levied at the rate of 15 per cent on sale value of minerals raised on forest land. "The finalization of FDT will need an inter-departmental consultative process …
New Delhi Between 2006 and 2009, for a number of relatively obscure firms, getting hold of a coal block was akin to stumbling on a goldmine. The findings of an internal report conducted by the coal ministry on the allocation of resources to private players show that in order to …
In a development that may be considered a shot in the arm for environmentalists, the Additional Civil Judge (senior division) has ordered a permanent stop to iron ore mining at Kemmannugundi in the Chandradrona Hills of the Western Ghats. Additional Civil Judge (senior division) Manjunath Nayak on Monday ordered a …
