Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hemant Kumar & Others Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 13/05/2025. An application was received by the NGT filed by Hemant Kumar on behalf of all the villagers of Gram Panchayat Salani Katola, tehsil Nahan, district Sirmaur, Himachal …
Revised Mining Bill To Make Yearly Compensation Must Through Agreement THE government will make it mandatory for mining companies to pay annual compensation to land losers, through a mutual agreement between the firms and the persons holding traditional rights over the land. The revised legislation for mining
Decision Prompted By Fear Of Regular Income Rendering Male Head Of Family Unproductive THE new mining legislation will make woman of the house chief beneficiary of the compensation for land acquired for mining project, as the government seeks to ensure the large amounts provided go into ensuring livelihood and are …
Medical Education and District In-charge Minister S A Ramdas on Thursday announced that the sand policy will be brought to curb illegal sand mining activities in the district, within one month. He was speaking after inaugurating one-day seminar on
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 …
Even as the Meena Gupta Committee wound up its visit to Orissa on Posco case, the state government is all set to file a special leave petition in the Supreme Court within next one week, challenging the Orissa High Court
By Toki Blah In an apparent attempt to come up with the long awaited Mining Policy, the State Government has finally circulated (to a very selected circle of readers I must admit) a Draft Document called the Meghalaya Mineral Policy 2010. It makes very interesting reading material and the very …
The Meghalaya Mineral Policy has been drafted with an aim to facilitate systematic, scientific and planned utilization of mineral resources and to streamline mineral based development of the State, keeping in view, protection of environment, health and safety of the people in and around the mining areas.
Civil society is happy now that the government is all set to pass a Bill that ensures mining companies have to share 26% of their profits with tribals and others living in the lands their mines are in. Now that the tribals are not going to be shortchanged any more, …
Ranchi, Sept. 19: Existing and prospective industry and mining players of Jharkhand are apprehensive about the draft mining bill, which seeks to make them share 26 per cent of profits with locals. A group of ministers (GoM) approved the draft bill on September 17. Speaking to The Telegraph, Jindal Steel …
The Centre will soon bring an ordinance to establish a National Mines Regulatory Authority of India that will be empowered to investigate and prosecute cases of illegal mining. A group of ministers studying the draft Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Bill, 2010 also reached a consensus on the Ministry …
The Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee, on Friday approved the new Mining Draft Bill, including the provision that mining companies share 26 per cent of profits with local people affected by their projects. This could pave the way for the historic legislation.
As much as 26% equity in mines would be disbursed to those displaced by mining activity as the group of ministers deliberating on the draft Mines and Mineral (Development) and Regulation Bill (MMDR) approved of it on Friday. The GoM has suggested that the ministry move an Ordinance for setting …
The Mines and Mineral Development & Regulation (Amendment) Bill which seeks to balance the demand from companies to quicken the pace of approvals for mining projects and a social commitment to provide the displaced a share of the profits was cleared by a cabinet committee on Friday. Mines minister BK …
Chief economic advisor in the finance ministry Kaushik Basu sees the need for a national super-regulator for natural resources like coal, iron ore, bauxite, copper ore and other minerals. Inevitably, these resources have to be used for the creation of
SHILLONG: The KHADC Executive Committee (EC) has constituted a special panel to study the proposed State Mining Policy and Meghalaya Community Participation Bill, 2010. Talking to reporters after the Executive C meeting here on Monday, the KHADC CEM Pynshngai
