Jesting on the Environment: Australian Mining Gets a Present
Mining magnates seem to have it all. Far more significant than royalty, such figures are the unelected captains of industry who know that governments will do whatever they can to…
Coal Mine
Adani patronage: From where do you get so much knowledge, my government?
The government is now the mother and father. It makes laws so that the general public remains within its ambit. But whether to follow this law or not is its…
How can the Ministry of Mines force Jharkhand State to auction valuable mineral blocks to private companies, violating the letter and the spirit of PESA/FRA Act?
To Shri Rajiv Gauba Union Cabinet Secretary Dear Shri Gauba, It is reported that the Centre is forcing Jharkhand government to auction 10 valuable mineral blocks [at G2 (general) and G3…
The commercial extraction of coal is not beneficial to Odisha and local communities
The ongoing auction of 16 non-coking coal blocks declared by the Union Coal ministry, may not be beneficial to Odisha because the periodic royalty revisions have not been done and…
Does a mining company respect the dead?
No. of course not. They barely respect the living. In 2016, four young men were killed in a police firing on the 1st of October, during a protest against Thriveni-Sainik…
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