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Iron ore export scam: CBI registers five cases, raids firms

-PTI The CBI has registered five cases in connection with illegal iron ore export scam worth Rs. 2500 crore and carried out searches at 17 locations, including in the premises of associates of jailed mining baron G Janardhan Reddy, on Saturday. Acting on the orders of Supreme Court which asked the agency to probe the scam, the agency registered five cases and a preliminary enquiry against firms and exporters allegedly related...

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Supreme Court rules out revival of mining without rehabilitation -J Venkatesan

-The Hindu Forest Bench says statutory clearance is a must   The Forest Bench of the Supreme Court on Friday made it clear that no iron ore mining operations in Karnataka shall be permitted to resume unless there was statutory clearance for mining and till reclamation and rehabilitation was implemented in full. The Bench, comprising Justice Aftab Alam, Justice K.S. Radhakrishnan and Justice Swatanter Kumar, took the decision after the Central Empowered Committee in...

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Karnataka submits 'resettlement & rehabilitation plan' for people displaced by mines-MV Ramsurya

-The Economic Times A rehabilitation proposal to address displaced population and sort out environmental issues at eight iron ore mines in Karnataka has been prepared and submitted to a Supreme Court panel, giving hope to steel companies that production in these mines, shuttered since last year, will resume soon.  According to norms, the rehabilitation proposal, typically called the Resettlement & Rehabilitation (R&R) plan, has to be approved by the apex court's Centrally...

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Watershed in fight for survival-Vibhu Nayar

-The Hindu The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) is set to take place on June 20 at Rio de Janeiro, 20 years after the 1992 Earth Summit on Environment & Development. World leaders, experts, and U.N. agencies are expected to take stock and reaffirm global commitment to sustainable development. The summit is taking place against the backdrop of threats of catastrophic climate change, unprecedented environmental degradation and widespread market...

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Illegal mining: SC notice to Centre, Rajasthan and Haryana

-The Indian Express The Supreme Court on Friday sought response from the Centre, Rajasthan and Haryana governments on allegations that large scale illegal mining and depletion of forest cover was taking place in the two states. A Bench of Justices K S Radhakrishnan and J S Khehar issued notice on an application moved by NGO, Society for Awareness and Development, which alleged that the states were wilfully violating the apex court's earlier...

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