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LATEST NEWS UPDATES | Don’t quit mining, give options to tribals: Pranab Mukherjee

Don’t quit mining, give options to tribals: Pranab Mukherjee

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published Published on Sep 29, 2010   modified Modified on Sep 29, 2010


Finance minsiter Pranab Mukherjee has favoured a balanced approach on the issue of displacement of tribals due to mining projects, saying that solution does not lie in stopping these projects altogether.

“Answer does not lie in the companies stopping mining activities. Answer lies in providing alternatives to those displaced... in what form we can compensate them and make them beneficiary of economic development,” Mr Mukherjee said at a coal summit on Friday.

Mr Mukherjee’s comments came within a month of environment ministry rejecting earlier clearances to Vedanta’s Rs 7,000 crore bauxite mining project in Orissa citing violation of green and tribal norms.

The ministry has also halted land acquisition process for Posco’s Rs 54,000 crore steel project in the state citing similar violations. A Group of Ministers (GoM), headed by the finance minister, is deliberating a proposal to give tribals a part of profits in mining projects.

“We are addressing this issue,” he said. The GoM has proposed that 26% of the net profit of mining projects should go to the displaced tribals and other affected locals but differences in the government remain.

Coal Minister Sriprakash Jaiswal on Friday said that the proposal on 26% profit sharing by mining companies should be applied to all public and private companies.

The steel ministry has favoured concessions for its PSU from the profit sharing proposal introduced in the draft Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Bill.

Steel minister Virbhadra Singh has gone on record seeking special consideration for companies like SAIL and NMDC as they have been continuously committed to fulfilling their social responsibility obligation.

“Definitely, it should be there,” Mr Jaiswal said when asked whether there should be a level playing field for PSUs and private players under the profit-sharing regime. He added that there is no proposal before the Group of Ministers to give concessions to PSUs.

Coal India Ltd (CIL), which will soon tap the market with its maiden public offer, also supports sharing of profit with project affected people. “We are not seeking any concession in profit-sharing,” Mr Bhattacharyya said.

On its proposed IPO, the CIL chairman said that the issue will remain open for high networth individuals (HNIs) and retail investors a day longer than institutional buyers. The miner’s 4-day public issue is expected to open on October 18.

This model (entire one day for retail and high networth individuals) helped several companies, which hit the market with their offers recently, attract more participation from the non-institutional investors.

The government expects to raise up to Rs 12,000-15,000 crore through Coal India public issue, billed as the country’s largest ever. The government is diluting its 10% stake in CIL through this issue. The coal major is offering a discount of 5% on issue price of IPO to its employees and retail buyers.


The Economic Times, 25 September, 2010, http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/news-by-industry/indl-goods-/-svs/metals--mining/Dont-quit-mining-give-options-to-tribals-Pranab-Mukherjee/articleshow/


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