Newly-appointed tribal affairs minister V Kishore Chandra Deo on Thursday gave a boost to anti-Mining activism by vetoing thePosco project in Orissa and also said that bauxite Mining cannot be allowed just because the mineral deposits are under the houses of poor tribals. Deo, who as Congress MP successfully lobbied against bauxite Mining in his constituency in Vishakhapatnam, hailed the decision to stop Vedanta in Niyamgiri hills and even vetoed...
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Rahul extends conditional support to Posco
-The Business Standard The All India Congress Committee (AICC) general secretary Rahul Gandhi today said he would back the Posco project if the steel major provided proper rehabilitation else he would throw his weight behind the agitating people. “Posco project will bring development. We are not against development. If Posco provides proper rehabilitation, we will be with Posco. If it fails, we will be with the agitating people,” he said while...
More »Activist Shehanaz warns against selling land for Posco
-The Times of India DAVANAGERE: Jana Sangrama Parishat activist Shehanaz called on the farmers of Halligudi in Gadag district warning them against selling their fertile land for Posco steel industry. She was addressing a gathering in Davanagere on Wednesday as part of a state-level awareness procession that started from Raichur on July 9 and will end at Bangalore on July 17. It is being held to create awareness among people...
More »Who will watch the watchmen? by Minhaz Merchant
The audited balance sheets of the six largest political parties in India are hard to get and harder to decipher: they hide more than they reveal but are nonetheless worth close examination. Between them, the Congress, BJP, BSP, SP, NCP and CPM reported total income of Rs 1,046.76 crore for the year ending March 31, 2009. That was the year in which most of the funds for the 2009 Lok...
More »Licence to loot by Ravi Sharma
A host of steel-manufacturing units are keen to set up plants in Karnataka, and all want captive mines. SOUTH KOREA'S Posco is not the only steel-maker keen to do business in Karnataka. The State's estimated 9,000 million tonnes of good-quality iron ore reserves, which is the second largest in India, the State government's assurances on a smooth land acquisition process, the availability of water and the promise of speedy regulatory clearances...
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