The much-anticipated cryptocurrency bill, however, is missing from the list, reports Shrimi Choudhary. The government is set to introduce 17 new bills in the monsoon session of Parliament,......
Select committees on Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill and Coal Mines Bill on Wednesday recommended their approval without any change, leading the Congress to strongly protest over the measures......
The Biju Janata Dal will not oppose the government simply for the sake of opposing it, BJD Member of Parliament Bhratruhari Mahtab tells Aditi Phadnis. Edited excerpts: We were a bit surprised to......
The Prime Minister's Office has replied to the allegations of corruption made by Team Anna in the allotment of coal blocks during 2006-2009 when Prime Minister Manmohan Singh was in charge of the......
The mining scam had first rocked Karnataka and now Goa. While the mess in Karnataka is well known, the scenario in Goa is no different. The Central Empowered Committee in its interim report on......
Tata Steel is in the process of filing a curative petition in the Supreme Court in connection with the apex court ruling which said that states have the power to levy cess on mining and mineral-use......
The Centre has increased the area granted to individual players by more than four fold in order to boost mining of critical minerals. Photograph: Steve Marcus/Reuters Issuing an order on Tuesday,......
Nine mineral-rich states -- Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Odisha, Tamil Nadu and Telangana -- are readying 75 blocks for auction. As many as 222......
The changes were made to several regulations in a coordinated manner by the environment ministry, the tribal affairs ministry and the mines ministry over a year, says Nitin Sethi. The government......
The Union mines ministry has asked the Odisha government to review its recommendation for grant of prospecting licence (PL) over Khandadhar iron ore mines in favour of Posco, seeking more......