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 employment – estimates show that direct
As a 10-member ministerial panel met on Thursday for a final nod to the controversial new mining legislation, amid reports that the mines ministry has reversed its stance on profit sharing, the
After much deliberations and contemplations by a high-level committee on natural resources, the mines ministry has decided to rework some clauses in the draft amendment to the Mines and Minerals
Formulating changes in any law having wide-ranging social consequences is bound to be a tightrope walk for the government. The primary endeavour of the new Mines and Minerals Development Regulation
The automobile industry is one of the engines of the Indian economy. We are manufacturing a large number of cars today. Simultaneously, traffic jams are now commonplace in all metros. The purpose
Around a third of India Inc’s investment plans are in states affected by Naxalism.
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