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 …
The Supreme Court has been moved for a direction to the Union and Karnataka governments to recover the value of minerals excavated through illegal mining, approximately valued at Rs. 1,50,000 crore, with penalty and interest, from all those indicted by the Lokayukta. Advocate Manohar Lal Sharma, in a public interest …
Sustainable mining is an oxymoron. Environmentalists will tell you this. Mining – from coal to limestone – destroys forests, devastates mountains and leaves the land pock-marked. It also destroys people’s livelihoods and displaces them. Worse, modern, mechanised mining hurts livelihoods based on land but does not replace them with local …
The new mining law being framed by the government is a hotbed of controversy in more ways than one. While the unrest over a profit-sharing regime and bidding of mining rights proposed under the new law continues, the government has now indicated lifting the Centre
Govt renews lease of mining firm owned by BJP MLA, violating rule Bangalore, In what could be termed as a classic case of contravention of mining laws, the
Report of the Central Empowered Committeee (CEC) appointed by Supreme Court regarding illegal mining and other related activities in forest areas of Karnataka in response to the petition filed Samaj Parivartana Samudaya and others. The Writ Petition No.562 of 2009 deals with alleged illegal mining in the States of Andhra …
BLACK GOLD Reserves of18,600 million tonnes lie in the coal belts of seven states of the country A total of 58 coal blocks with over 18,600 million tonnes of reserves would go under hammer in the first round of competitive bidding to be initiated by the coal ministry in six …
The following draft of certain rules further to amend the Coal Mines (Conservation and Development) Rules, 1975 which the Central Government proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 18 of the Coal Mines (Conservation and Development) Act, 1974 (28of 1974), were published as required by sub-section …
Six months after Parliament approved the crucial amendment to the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, for competitive bidding of coal blocks, an inter-ministerial committee is still struggling to finalise the guidelines for the bidding regime. The environment ministry
The draft of the Karnataka (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Transportation and Storage of Minerals) Rules, 2011 which the Government of Karnataka proposes to make in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 23 (C) of Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (Central Act 67 of 1957) is hereby …
With the mineral-bearing states and their citizens not getting the rightful share, only value adders deserve concessions for mining IT IS time Centre woke up to the reality of enacting laws that benefit and add value to the lives of people who at present suffer glaring inequalities despite living in …
The Mines Department has asked former Pernem legislator and Nationalist Congress Party leader Jitendra Deshprabhu to pay a fine of Rs 1.72 crore for illegally extracting iron ore at Corgao village in the taluka. Senior officials said that the department after inspection in survey number 299/0 of Corgao village, had …
The moratorium on the further mining leases and renewals is expected to continue for a longer time as the state government is till waiting for redrafting of Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation Act (India) (MMRD) by centre. Goa Environment Protection Council, which met at Raj Bhavan today, was told …
With the Orissa government dallying on going to the Supreme Court against the High Court order cancelling recommendation of prospecting licence (PL) for Khadadhar iron ore deposits in favour of Posco, the South Korean steel major has filed a special leave petition (SLP) in the apex court challenging the high …
Dilip Bisoi Bhubaneswar: Posco-India has decided to challenge the Orissa High Court order on Khandadhar iron ore mines in the Supreme Court. Sources in Posco-India said the company will file a petition in the apex court on October 8 challenging the order. The Orissa government has also decided to file …
Kunal Bose / September 28, 2010, 0:56 IST Democracy allows a hundred ideas on a given subject to bloom before a policy is finally made. That the draft mining bill will provoke miners, stand alone ones and those who dig earth to remove minerals for captive use, to react is …
The purpose of developing sector specific guidance manual for Mining projects is to provide clear and concise information to all the stakeholders i.e. project proponent, environmental consultant, Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board officials and the public to have a better understanding on the relevant environmental aspects in the initial stage …
Vijesh Kamath, Bangalore, August 19, DH News Service: Nearly a month after banning export of iron-ore, the State government has now begun to crack down on mining stockyards to curb illegal mining. Henceforth, permits for establishing mining stockyards will be granted only to mining contractors and owners of ore processing …
