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&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot;&gt;National
Advisory Council member and former bureaucrat N C Saxena headed the four member
panel which recommended that Orissa Mining Corporation (the company that was to
supply bauxite ore to Vedanta&amp;rsquo;s Lanjigarh plant) not be permitted to mine
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;What are the
implications of today&amp;rsquo;s  decision? Some sections of corporate India feel
that laws such as the  Forest Rights Act (FRA) are making it  impossible to mine
anywhere at all in India?&lt;/span&gt;
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It&amp;rsquo;s very easy to mine in this
country once you take the consent of the local communities. They are rational
people. If the project is beneficial for them, they will agree. But, look at the
development tribals get from these projects. Local communities get less than 5%
of the jobs created by these projects. In the last 30-40 years, people displaced
by projects have become destitute, not better off. The men have become
rickshaw-pullers and the women have become sex workers. Is this what we mean by
mainstreaming them? Industry should sit down and think about why its image is so
poor.
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;What about the role played by
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FRA?&lt;/span&gt;
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The administration has totally withdrawn. I asked one of
the local collectors (the Vedanta project straddles Rayagada and Kalahandi
districts) what the locals felt about the project and he did not know if they
were happy with it or not.
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;The
Vedanta bauxite project was first cleared by government bodies. It took a lot of
protests and specially-appointed committees to roll that decision back. What
does this say about the mechanism of clearing  projects in the
country?&lt;/span&gt;
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The company has been playing games with the
government. Instead of applying for clearances in one go, it  has been applying
in parts. In the process, there has been a continuous violation of law. But
then, before 2009, even the environment ministry saw environment laws not as
something to be implemented, but as a source for rent-seeking. This is very
unfortunate.
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Vedanta has been
talking about the CSR work it does in Kalahandi. What did your committee see
while on the site?&lt;/span&gt;
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It is an eyewash. The scale is very small.
Further, the benefits of most of what they do goes to communities in the
foothills. None of it goes to the Dongria Kondhs who are the most affected by
the project. Even the Kutia Kondhs, who live on the foothills and have been
beneficiaries of the CSR activities are upset due to reasons like high
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panel which recommended that Orissa Mining Corporation (the company that was to
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;What are the
implications of today&amp;rsquo;s  decision? Some sections of corporate India feel
that laws such as the  Forest Rights Act (FRA) are making it  impossible to mine
anywhere at all in India?&lt;/span&gt;
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It&amp;rsquo;s very easy to mine in this
country once you take the consent of the local communities. They are rational
people. If the project is beneficial for them, they will agree. But, look at the
development tribals get from these projects. Local communities get less than 5%
of the jobs created by these projects. In the last 30-40 years, people displaced
by projects have become destitute, not better off. The men have become
rickshaw-pullers and the women have become sex workers. Is this what we mean by
mainstreaming them? Industry should sit down and think about why its image is so
poor.
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;What about the role played by
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The administration has totally withdrawn. I asked one of
the local collectors (the Vedanta project straddles Rayagada and Kalahandi
districts) what the locals felt about the project and he did not know if they
were happy with it or not.
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;The
Vedanta bauxite project was first cleared by government bodies. It took a lot of
protests and specially-appointed committees to roll that decision back. What
does this say about the mechanism of clearing  projects in the
country?&lt;/span&gt;
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The company has been playing games with the
government. Instead of applying for clearances in one go, it  has been applying
in parts. In the process, there has been a continuous violation of law. But
then, before 2009, even the environment ministry saw environment laws not as
something to be implemented, but as a source for rent-seeking. This is very
unfortunate.
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The administration has totally withdrawn. I asked one of
the local collectors (the Vedanta project straddles Rayagada and Kalahandi
districts) what the locals felt about the project and he did not know if they
were happy with it or not.
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The company has been playing games with the
government. Instead of applying for clearances in one go, it  has been applying
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then, before 2009, even the environment ministry saw environment laws not as
something to be implemented, but as a source for rent-seeking. This is very
unfortunate.
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It is an eyewash. The scale is very small.
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foothills. None of it goes to the Dongria Kondhs who are the most affected by
the project. Even the Kutia Kondhs, who live on the foothills and have been
beneficiaries of the CSR activities are upset due to reasons like high
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-style: italic&quot;&gt;National
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panel which recommended that Orissa Mining Corporation (the company that was to
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;What are the
implications of today&amp;rsquo;s  decision? Some sections of corporate India feel
that laws such as the  Forest Rights Act (FRA) are making it  impossible to mine
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It&amp;rsquo;s very easy to mine in this
country once you take the consent of the local communities. They are rational
people. If the project is beneficial for them, they will agree. But, look at the
development tribals get from these projects. Local communities get less than 5%
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by projects have become destitute, not better off. The men have become
rickshaw-pullers and the women have become sex workers. Is this what we mean by
mainstreaming them? Industry should sit down and think about why its image is so
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The administration has totally withdrawn. I asked one of
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districts) what the locals felt about the project and he did not know if they
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;The
Vedanta bauxite project was first cleared by government bodies. It took a lot of
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does this say about the mechanism of clearing  projects in the
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The company has been playing games with the
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in parts. In the process, there has been a continuous violation of law. But
then, before 2009, even the environment ministry saw environment laws not as
something to be implemented, but as a source for rent-seeking. This is very
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Vedanta has been
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It is an eyewash. The scale is very small.
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It&amp;rsquo;s very easy to mine in this
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development tribals get from these projects. Local communities get less than 5%
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by projects have become destitute, not better off. The men have become
rickshaw-pullers and the women have become sex workers. Is this what we mean by
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The administration has totally withdrawn. I asked one of
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;The
Vedanta bauxite project was first cleared by government bodies. It took a lot of
protests and specially-appointed committees to roll that decision back. What
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The company has been playing games with the
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then, before 2009, even the environment ministry saw environment laws not as
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Vedanta has been
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It is an eyewash. The scale is very small.
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panel which recommended that Orissa Mining Corporation (the company that was to
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;What are the
implications of today&amp;rsquo;s  decision? Some sections of corporate India feel
that laws such as the  Forest Rights Act (FRA) are making it  impossible to mine
anywhere at all in India?&lt;/span&gt;
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It&amp;rsquo;s very easy to mine in this
country once you take the consent of the local communities. They are rational
people. If the project is beneficial for them, they will agree. But, look at the
development tribals get from these projects. Local communities get less than 5%
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by projects have become destitute, not better off. The men have become
rickshaw-pullers and the women have become sex workers. Is this what we mean by
mainstreaming them? Industry should sit down and think about why its image is so
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The administration has totally withdrawn. I asked one of
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;The
Vedanta bauxite project was first cleared by government bodies. It took a lot of
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The company has been playing games with the
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&lt;span style=&quot;font-weight: bold&quot;&gt;Vedanta has been
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It is an eyewash. The scale is very small.
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<span style="font-style: italic">National
Advisory Council member and former bureaucrat N C Saxena headed the four member
panel which recommended that Orissa Mining Corporation (the company that was to
supply bauxite ore to Vedanta&rsquo;s Lanjigarh plant) not be permitted to mine
on Niyamgiri hill. ET spoke to Mr Saxena a few hours after the environment
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<span style="font-weight: bold">What are the
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It&rsquo;s very easy to mine in this
country once you take the consent of the local communities. They are rational
people. If the project is beneficial for them, they will agree. But, look at the
development tribals get from these projects. Local communities get less than 5%
of the jobs created by these projects. In the last 30-40 years, people displaced
by projects have become destitute, not better off. The men have become
rickshaw-pullers and the women have become sex workers. Is this what we mean by
mainstreaming them? Industry should sit down and think about why its image is so
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The administration has totally withdrawn. I asked one of
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<span style="font-weight: bold">The
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protests and specially-appointed committees to roll that decision back. What
does this say about the mechanism of clearing  projects in the
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</div>
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The company has been playing games with the
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<span style="font-style: italic">National
Advisory Council member and former bureaucrat N C Saxena headed the four member
panel which recommended that Orissa Mining Corporation (the company that was to
supply bauxite ore to Vedanta&rsquo;s Lanjigarh plant) not be permitted to mine
on Niyamgiri hill. ET spoke to Mr Saxena a few hours after the environment
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<div>
<div>
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</div>
</span></font><font size="3"><br />
<span>
<div>
<div>
<span style="font-weight: bold">What are the
implications of today&rsquo;s  decision? Some sections of corporate India feel
that laws such as the  Forest Rights Act (FRA) are making it  impossible to mine
anywhere at all in India?</span>
</div>
</div>
</span></font><font size="3"><br />
<span>
<div>
<div>
</div>
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<span>
<div>
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It&rsquo;s very easy to mine in this
country once you take the consent of the local communities. They are rational
people. If the project is beneficial for them, they will agree. But, look at the
development tribals get from these projects. Local communities get less than 5%
of the jobs created by these projects. In the last 30-40 years, people displaced
by projects have become destitute, not better off. The men have become
rickshaw-pullers and the women have become sex workers. Is this what we mean by
mainstreaming them? Industry should sit down and think about why its image is so
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</div>
</div>
</span></font><font size="3"><br />
<span>
<div>
<div>
</div>
</div>
</span></font><font size="3"><br />
<span>
<div>
<div>
<span style="font-weight: bold">What about the role played by
the state and the local administration in  the poor implementation of the
FRA?</span>
</div>
</div>
</span></font><font size="3"><br />
<span>
<div>
<div>
</div>
</div>
</span></font><font size="3"><br />
<span>
<div>
<div>
The administration has totally withdrawn. I asked one of
the local collectors (the Vedanta project straddles Rayagada and Kalahandi
districts) what the locals felt about the project and he did not know if they
were happy with it or not.
</div>
</div>
</span></font><font size="3"><br />
<span>
<div>
<div>
</div>
</div>
</span></font><font size="3"><br />
<span>
<div>
<div>
<span style="font-weight: bold">The
Vedanta bauxite project was first cleared by government bodies. It took a lot of
protests and specially-appointed committees to roll that decision back. What
does this say about the mechanism of clearing  projects in the
country?</span>
</div>
</div>
</span></font><font size="3"><br />
<span>
<div>
<div>
</div>
</div>
</span></font><font size="3"><br />
<span>
<div>
<div>
The company has been playing games with the
government. Instead of applying for clearances in one go, it  has been applying
in parts. In the process, there has been a continuous violation of law. But
then, before 2009, even the environment ministry saw environment laws not as
something to be implemented, but as a source for rent-seeking. This is very
unfortunate.
</div>
</div>
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</div>
</div>
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<span>
<div>
<div>
<span style="font-weight: bold">Vedanta has been
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</div>
</div>
</span></font><font size="3"><br />
<span>
<div>
<div>
</div>
</div>
</span></font><font size="3"><br />
<span>
<div>
<div>
It is an eyewash. The scale is very small.
Further, the benefits of most of what they do goes to communities in the
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the project. Even the Kutia Kondhs, who live on the foothills and have been
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supply bauxite ore to Vedanta&rsquo;s Lanjigarh plant) not be permitted to mine
on Niyamgiri hill. ET spoke to...'
$disp = '<div align="justify"><font ><span><div><div><span style="font-style: italic">NationalAdvisory Council member and former bureaucrat N C Saxena headed the four memberpanel which recommended that Orissa Mining Corporation (the company that was tosupply bauxite ore to Vedanta&rsquo;s Lanjigarh plant) not be permitted to mineon Niyamgiri hill. ET spoke to Mr Saxena a few hours after the environmentministry accepted his committee&rsquo;s recommendations. Excerpts from theinterview:</span></div></div></span></font><font ><br /><span><div><div></div></div></span></font><font ><br /><span><div><div><span style="font-weight: bold">What are theimplications of today&rsquo;s  decision? Some sections of corporate India feelthat laws such as the  Forest Rights Act (FRA) are making it  impossible to mineanywhere at all in India?</span></div></div></span></font><font ><br /><span><div><div></div></div></span></font><font ><br /><span><div><div>It&rsquo;s very easy to mine in thiscountry once you take the consent of the local communities. They are rationalpeople. If the project is beneficial for them, they will agree. But, look at thedevelopment tribals get from these projects. Local communities get less than 5%of the jobs created by these projects. In the last 30-40 years, people displacedby projects have become destitute, not better off. The men have becomerickshaw-pullers and the women have become sex workers. Is this what we mean bymainstreaming them? Industry should sit down and think about why its image is sopoor.</div></div></span></font><font ><br /><span><div><div></div></div></span></font><font ><br /><span><div><div><span style="font-weight: bold">What about the role played bythe state and the local administration in  the poor implementation of theFRA?</span></div></div></span></font><font ><br /><span><div><div></div></div></span></font><font ><br /><span><div><div>The administration has totally withdrawn. I asked one ofthe local collectors (the Vedanta project straddles Rayagada and Kalahandidistricts) what the locals felt about the project and he did not know if theywere happy with it or not.</div></div></span></font><font ><br /><span><div><div></div></div></span></font><font ><br /><span><div><div><span style="font-weight: bold">TheVedanta bauxite project was first cleared by government bodies. It took a lot ofprotests and specially-appointed committees to roll that decision back. Whatdoes this say about the mechanism of clearing  projects in thecountry?</span></div></div></span></font><font ><br /><span><div><div></div></div></span></font><font ><br /><span><div><div>The company has been playing games with thegovernment. Instead of applying for clearances in one go, it  has been applyingin parts. In the process, there has been a continuous violation of law. Butthen, before 2009, even the environment ministry saw environment laws not assomething to be implemented, but as a source for rent-seeking. This is veryunfortunate.</div></div></span></font><font ><br /><span><div><div></div></div></span></font><font ><br /><span><div><div><span style="font-weight: bold">Vedanta has beentalking about the CSR work it does in Kalahandi. What did your committee seewhile on the site?</span></div></div></span></font><font ><br /><span><div><div></div></div></span></font><font ><br /><span><div><div>It is an eyewash. The scale is very small.Further, the benefits of most of what they do goes to communities in thefoothills. None of it goes to the Dongria Kondhs who are the most affected bythe project. Even the Kutia Kondhs, who live on the foothills and have beenbeneficiaries of the CSR activities are upset due to reasons like highpollution.</div></div></span></font><font ><br /><br /></font></div>'
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'Mining industry needs an image makeover'

NationalAdvisory Council member and former bureaucrat N C Saxena headed the four memberpanel which recommended that Orissa Mining Corporation (the company that was tosupply bauxite ore to Vedanta’s Lanjigarh plant) not be permitted to mineon Niyamgiri hill. ET spoke to Mr Saxena a few hours after the environmentministry accepted his committee’s recommendations. Excerpts from theinterview: What are theimplications of today’s decision? Some sections of corporate India feelthat laws such as the Forest Rights Act (FRA) are making it impossible to mineanywhere at all in India? It’s very easy to mine in thiscountry once you take the consent of the local communities. They are rationalpeople. If the project is beneficial for them, they will agree. But, look at thedevelopment tribals get from these projects. Local communities get less than 5%of the jobs created by these projects. In the last 30-40 years, people displacedby projects have become destitute, not better off. The men have becomerickshaw-pullers and the women have become sex workers. Is this what we mean bymainstreaming them? Industry should sit down and think about why its image is sopoor. What about the role played bythe state and the local administration in the poor implementation of theFRA? The administration has totally withdrawn. I asked one ofthe local collectors (the Vedanta project straddles Rayagada and Kalahandidistricts) what the locals felt about the project and he did not know if theywere happy with it or not. TheVedanta bauxite project was first cleared by government bodies. It took a lot ofprotests and specially-appointed committees to roll that decision back. Whatdoes this say about the mechanism of clearing projects in thecountry? The company has been playing games with thegovernment. Instead of applying for clearances in one go, it has been applyingin parts. In the process, there has been a continuous violation of law. Butthen, before 2009, even the environment ministry saw environment laws not assomething to be implemented, but as a source for rent-seeking. This is veryunfortunate. Vedanta has beentalking about the CSR work it does in Kalahandi. What did your committee seewhile on the site? It is an eyewash. The scale is very small.Further, the benefits of most of what they do goes to communities in thefoothills. None of it goes to the Dongria Kondhs who are the most affected bythe project. Even the Kutia Kondhs, who live on the foothills and have beenbeneficiaries of the CSR activities are upset due to reasons like highpollution.