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India Deals Face a Reckoning by Geeta Anand

Jairam Ramesh, India's environment minister, will make a decision in the next week that could define the future of the country: whether to approve a $12 billion South Korean-owned steel plant, the largest potential foreign direct investment ever on the subcontinent. The plant, proposed by South Korea's Posco, has been in the works for years. It already has been cleared by the environment ministry, which Mr. Ramesh runs, and endorsed by...

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Tribals win share of mineral wealth by SPS Pannu

Faced with a massive public outcry and fierce opposition from tribals, the government has, in a landmark move, decided to give tribals and other affected populations a share of the profits made from exploiting mineral resources from their land. The Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by finance minister Pranab Mukherjee on Friday finalised the contours of the draft for a new mining bill, which makes it mandatory for mining companies to...

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Under pressure by Prafulla Das

The Naveen Patnaik government is facing court strictures and opposition criticism for irregularities in grant of mining leases. WHEN Naveen Patnaik stepped into his father Biju Patnaik's shoes and donned the mantle of leadership of the Biju Janata Dal (BJD) to become the Chief Minister of Orissa for the first time in March 2000, he was seen as a crusader against corruption. In his initial years in power, he did...

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Panel seeks temporary withdrawal of POSCO permit

A forest panel examining any potential violation of forest laws for a proposed steel mill by South Korea's POSCO in Orissa has recommended temporary withdrawal of existing permits, Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh said on Monday. The long-delayed plant in India's eastern state of Orissa has been stalled by protests and environmental reports spearheaded by Jairam Ramesh, who has scrapped many big-ticket projects including some by London-listed miner Vedanta Resources Plc. POSCO is...

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The Posco question by Praful Bidwai

The government must stop dilly-dallying over the project and apply the law regardless of the fact that it is India's single largest foreign investment proposal. TWO giant metallurgical projects, both in Orissa. Both promoted by big multinational corporations with tremendous influence. Both opposed by environmental and tribal rights activists because they would displace vulnerable people and destroy fragile ecosystems. Both backed strongly by State-level and national lobbies that claim they...

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