-Newsclick.in Members of civil society and concerned activists have condemned a proposal for mining reforms issued by the Ministry of Mines. The notice that was made public on August 24 proposing substantive changes to mineral laws, rules, and regulations, is seeking public comments within a period of 10 days. Bengaluru: On August 24, the Union Ministry of Mines posted on its website a “note on proposal for Mining Reforms”. The note detailing...
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Government compromises on Pre-Legislative Consultation Policy (2014) and RTI Act to push forward mining reforms, allege civil society activists
--Press release by Mineral Inheritors Rights Association (MIRA) dated 27th August, 2020 The Ministry of Mines has put up a notice on 24th August, 2020 seeking public comments on substantial matters of reform of mineral laws, rules and regulations within a period of 10 days, i.e. 3rd September, 2020. The state governments have not yet been consulted and a 10-day period for the states to respond undermines the federal spirit of...
More »Delhi Riots: Does Delhi Police Want To Steer Probe Towards A ‘Particular Direction’? -Shastri Ramachandaran
-Outlook India If Delhi Police has done its investigation without fear or favour, why does it want its own prosecutors? Successive governments in India, unlike in China, have been able to get away with a lot. From the Delhi riots of 1984 and the mass killings of 2002 in Gujarat to periodic communal violence and decades of state violence and repression in Jammu & Kashmir, India has escaped being put in the...
More »Code on Wages May be Implemented by September, Draft Rules Circulated
-Newsclick.in/ PTI The Labour Ministry has already put the draft rules issued on July 7 in the official gazette. The code subsumes 4 labour laws and is being opposed by trade unions. New Delhi: The Code on Wages, 2019, the first law under ‘labour reforms’, is likely to be implemented by September as the Ministry of Labour and Employment has put draft rules of the law in public domain for feedback, a...
More »99% Habeas Corpus Filed in J&K HC Since August 2019 Pending -Anees Zargar
-Newsclick.in The representation was submitted by the bar association, which has as many as 1,500 members, on June 25 apprising the apex court of various problems they are facing in the union territory since the abrogation of Article 370 last year on August 5. Srinagar: A majority of over 600 habeas corpus petitions filed before the J&K High Court at Srinagar since August 6 last year remain pending at the court, the...
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