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Move aimed at augmenting production and increasing the availability of the dry fuel

The Centre plans to permit sale of 50 per cent of coal/lignite produced by captive blocks, a move aimed at augmenting the production and increasing the availability of dry fuel.The Government plans to

Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to treat Goa as a special case and provide relief by way of legal reform to the coastal state in order to revive the non-functioning mining sector while virtually addressing the governing council of the NITI Aayog. Sawant also said that Goa, Indias smallest state, was wedged between the Western Ghats as the Arabian sea on the West, which left very little landmass for development purposes and urged the Prime Minister t...

(MENAFN - IANS) p>Panaji, Feb 20 (IANS) Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Saturday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to treat Goa as a special case and provide relief by way of legal reform to the coastal state in order to revive the non-functioning mining sector while virtually addressing the governing council of the NITI Ayog. Sawant also said that Goa, Indias smallest state, was wedged between the Western Ghats as the Arabian sea on the West, which left very little landmass for developmen...

Hefty fine fixed for release of seized vehicles Mohinder Verma JAMMU, Feb 11: Expressing serious concern over failure of the Geology and Mining Department and Police to check illegal mining and transportation of minor minerals from River Tawi without proper permission and challan, a Division Bench of the High Court comprising Chief Justice Pankaj Mithal and Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey has issued directions for mentioning the names of the involved officials of any of the department in the FIRs s...

Govt looking at regulating digital gold schemes: Official February 06, 2021 × The Finance Ministry has asked IIM-Ahmedabad’s India Gold Policy Centre (IGPC) to come out with a paper on how gold refining can be ramped up in the country. Policy inputs are needed on this front as the government intends to shortly work on a plan to strengthen gold refining, K Rajaraman, Additional Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs (DEA) in Finance Ministry, said on Saturday. While the possibility of stre...

Three years on, Goas stalled mining sector still gathers rust ​ By IANS | Published on ​ Wed, Feb 3 2021 19:36 IST | ​ 0 Views   Panaji: A veiw of iron ore mining at Kodli near Panaji on May 28, 2016. Mining of iron ore and bauxite, a multi-billion dollar industry in Goa and one of the main stays of the state economy was halted in 2012 following a series of bans first by the s. Image Source: IANS News Panaji, Feb 3 : As Goas stricken iron ore mining sector completes three years in a...

Move will end fossil fuel prospecting and the future development of oil and gas fields

Another year, another mining tragedy — why Meghalaya’s ‘rat holes’ won’t stop killing Two years after 15 miners were killed at an illegal coal mine in Meghalaya, six others lost their lives in another accident at another mine in January. Karishma Hasnat 2 February, 2021 12:18 pm IST Text Size: A+ Shillong: A lot of questions remain unanswered about what exactly happened on the morning of 21 January in Meghalaya’s East Jaintia Hill...

Express News Service NEW DELHI:  Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman’s Budget, to be presented in the Lok Sabha on Monday, is likely to announce a dedicated bank for financing infrastructure development projects.  The proposed bank will be incorporated through a special law, the National Bank for Financing Infrastructure and Development Bill, which Parliament is likely to pass in the Budget session.  The bill describes the dedicated bank as “a provider, enabler and catalyst for infrastru...