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| Introduce clear provisions for 'Go |
| Introduce clear provisions for 'Go', 'No Go' areas
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| INDIA
, 27-September-2010
3:44:42 AM |
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After the Coal Ministry, now the Mines Ministry is upset with the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). Hitting out at the MoEF for sitting on the renewal applications for 280 mines in the country, it has also demanded inclusion of firm provisions in the Forest Conservation Act to enable statutory declaration of ‘Go’ and ‘No Go’ areas to help inflow of fresh investments in the mining sector.
In a note prepared for the Cabinet Secretariat on the environment and forest clearances for infrastructure projects, the mines ministry pointed out that several mining leases granted prior to the introduction of the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, were due for renewals and expressly require Forest Clearances (FC). Interestingly the Mineral Concession Rules 1960 allow such mines to function on deemed extension if the concerned state government failed to convey its decision on the renewal to the applicant before expiry of the lease. “A combined operation of the two laws has led to a situation where several mining leases have expired, and due to pendency of FC, are operating on deemed extension on the non-forest portion of the lease area. These mines are prone to nebulous regulation by the states, creating a condition most conducive for illegal mining,” the ministry argued in the note
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