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Category: Mineral Policy
The Quint: India’s National Mineral Policy Requires a Radical Overhaul
The Ministry of Mines has recently set up the K R Rao Committee in response to a Supreme Court directive. This was contained in a Court judgement pertaining to illegal…
Goa Foundation sends its draft based on the 2008 National Mineral Policy
The KR Rao Committee requested all participants to send their views in the form of changes to the existing policy. Goa Foundation sent a detailed covering letter, as well as its draft…
Launch of The Future We Need Campaign
Press Conference Note DOWNLOAD LINK Goa Foundation (GF), mines, minerals & People (mm&P), Common Cause and the Goenchi Mati Movement (GMM) jointly launch The Future We Need Campaign. Following the directions of the Supreme Court, the Dr.…
India: Goa Foundation provides recommendations to Expert Committee to push a Citizen’s Dividend out of mining fund
On August 2, 2017, the Supreme Court (SC) of India delivered a judgement imposing a 100% penalty on illegal mining in Odisha, India and asked the Government to review the National Mineral…
One Month Later, Misgivings Abound About How New India’s Updated Mineral Policy Will Be
The K.R. Rao committee has only recently taken on board the views of civil society stakeholders, raising questions as to whether illegal mining and environmental issues will be properly addressed.…
Minutes of the third meeting of the Committee constituted to review the National Mineral Policy 2008 held on 26.09.2017
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Treat Minerals as Family Gold – Goa Foundation
Press Conference Note The 2015 Amendments to the Mining Regulations (MMDR Act) continue to facilitate the single largest transfer of wealth from the general public to the rich folks of…
Missing in the panel set up to frame India’s new mineral policy: Adivasis, ecologists, civil society
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