The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020
<p>Parliament passed The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020 for amendments in Mines & Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act 1957 and The Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015. Rajya Sabha passed
Ministry of Mines
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State again pleads with Centre for mine to Posco
The State Government has once again requested the Centre to grant a Prospecting License (PL) for Iron ore over a Notified Area of 2,082.502 hectares in favour of the Posco India Private Limited. In
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Mining rules tweaked to prevent backdoor entry of private players
According to the guidelines, if a PSU wants to enter into a joint venture, it will have to select its partner through competitive bidding process In a bid to bar the backdoor entry of private players
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Centre issues guidelines for mining leases
State govt will have to finalise leases within 3 to 6 months, but allowed say on time frame The Union Mines Ministry has issued fresh guidelines for giving mineral concession under which the State government
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Divisional forest officers can give land for temporary mining projects
The decision will now lie with the district-level forest administrator, the divisional forest officer (DFO), to give away forest land to miners in such cases The lower-level forest bureaucracy in the
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Mining amendment Bill in winter session of Parliament'
Narendra Singh Tomar, Union minister for mines, said on Thursday that amendments to the Mines and Mineral Development and Regulation (MMDR) Act, 1957 would be carried in the coming session of Parliament.
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Centre to consider applications for mining only in notified areas
“States must re-examine applications for non-notified areas” The Union Ministry of Mines on Wednesday said mining lease applications from States would only be considered if they pertain to notified
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Centre to quicken pending statutory clearances for Odisha mines
Mines minister assures to consider demand for taxing super normal profits The central mines ministry has assured to take steps for expediting forest and environment clearances for mines in Odisha.
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10 mining lesses receive show-cause notices
PANAJI: Ten mining lessees in Goa have produced iron ore in excess of 20% of the tentative production quantity in the approved mining plan or scheme of mining by the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) from 2011
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Centre asks states to evolve fair mining system
Union Steel and Mines Minister Narendra Singh Tomar, who is schedule to visit Bangalore on July 4 to meet Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah, is likely to raise illegal mining activities in the state
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Forest clearances for projects to go online
Karnataka’s e-portal to track public/private sector projects inaugurated Starting July 1, all forest clearances for industry and infrastructure projects will go online, to be followed by online environmental