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Govt mulls demarcating mining areas to avoid another Niyamgiri

The government is planning to put in place a more transparent mining policy by designating parts of mineral-rich regions as out of bounds for industry because of environmental concerns, a move that can avoid episodes such as the recent ban on mining at Niyamgiri in Orissa but could hurt expansion plans of companies located in such areas. The plan is to divide the country’s mineral-rich regions into so-called ‘go’ and...

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32 babus, RTI activists angling for CIC post by Dipak Kumar Dash

From retired and serving babus to journalists to even RTI activists and academicians, everyone seems to be angling for the posts of chief information commissioner (CIC) and information commissioners (ICs). In a delicious irony, all the names have come out in an RTI reply. Replying to an RTI plea filed by Mannish Bhatnagar, the department of personnel and training said 32 names were received for the posts of CIC and...

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Grain stocks pile up at FCI on slipup

Has the food ministry been misleading over changes to its subsidised grain sale in the open market, resulting in massive excess stocks still lying with the Food Corporation of India (FCI) and huge wastage of grain at at time of high food inflation? In a letter to the PMO this month, the food and consumer affairs ministry has acknowledged that wheat and rice to retail consumers in states under the...

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The Centre on Monday cleared a proposal for setting up a commission to check illegal mining. The decision follows several meetings that the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) has held with senior mines ministry officials. The commission will submit its report within 18 months after monitoring the progress of state governments like Karnataka in checking the menace. The concerns over the issue have gained further ground after the Reddy brothers, ministers in the...

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