Hindustan Times reported that it’s not just Congress leaders who have been beneficiaries of the iron ore mining business in Goa. Affidavits filed with the Election Commission ahead of Assembly polls in 2012 have revealed that at least ...
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Business Line quoted a report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India as saying that illegal mining during the period 2006 to 2011 in 3 districts of Karnataka has resulted in a loss of INR 3,414.45 crore in revenue, of which the ...
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Almost every house in the vicinity of an iron ore mine in Goa's Sanguem, Sattari and Bicholim talukas is likely to have a 10 tonne tipper truck parked in its backyard. Some have 2, 3 or even 4 trucks parked. In all, there were about 25,000 ...
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Business Standard reported that the Odisha government recently found itself in a tight spot over the role of its PSU Odisha Mining Corporation in excess production with the opposition pointing out that the state owned miner had extracted ...
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O' Herald reported that far away from Goa where there is massive popular support for the halt of rampant illegal mining by the Supreme Court in the aftermath of the Shah Commission Report and in an apparent bid to sway the opinion of New ...
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Business Standard reported that as many as 54 mining leases in Odisha are operating under deemed extension following the expiry of their leases. The expiry period of the leases ranges from 4 to 25 years. According to information given by ...
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It is reported that the situation for mining and steel companies in Karnataka continues to be grim despite the Supreme Court order allowing some of the mines to resume operations. Delays in getting clearances from government bodies and in ...
The Pioneer reported that in 5 years, mining companies in Goa exported illegally extracted iron ore to the tune of 39.56 million tonnes, matching in scale and proportion to the illegal mining business in the big state of Karnataka. ...
Times of India reported that the brazen illegal mining with tacit approval of the Goa government touched a new high when the Supreme Court's environment panel said that a Pakistani had been for decades executing power of attorney from ...
Times of India reported that Rampant illegal iron ore mining in Goa, which has devastated the state, is much larger than the illegal mining in Karnataka and the Union ministry of environment and forests granted green clearances to 162 mines ...
Tags: illegal iron ore mining, environment and forests, environment panel
Express News Service reported that a team of 20 CBI sleuths inspected 15 mining firms located in Sandur and Hospet taluk on December 6th as part of its probe into illegal extraction, transportation and export of over 0.50 million tonnes of ...
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In a significant move to ensure availability of raw material to industries in Odisha, the State Government has decided that it would be mandatory for mining lessees to sell 50% of iron ore lumps and fines extracted by them but not to put to ...
Goa state pollution control board has decided to return all applications seeking renewal of consent to operate filed by mining lease holders and other parties,as the iron ore industry has come to a grinding halt after the Supreme Court ...
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The central empowered committee's interim reported that the state government may be directed to ascertain the lease wise details of iron ore legally produced by lease holders from 2005-06 onwards,the consignor wise details of iron ore of ...
Economic Times reported that a Supreme Court committee is likely to recommend drastic action against miners in Goa including severe curbs on production in a move expected to hit the state's finances and devastate the country's scandal ...
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