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Private firms made windfall gain of Rs 1.86 lakh crore from coal blocks: CAG
Issue Date: Aug 17, 2012
The Comptroller and Auditor General's (CAG) final report on the allocation of coal blocks and coal production, says that the private sector made a windfall gain of Rs 1.86 lakh crore between 2004 till now. This happened because the government failed to implement its own decision to introduce competitive bidding for coal blocks that was taken years ago. A part of this profit would have gone to the public exchequer.
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Residents protesting Adani's Tiroda power plant fear eviction, violence
Issue Date: Nov 25, 2011
Residents of village Ramatola, adjoining Adani Group’s power plant in Tiroda in Maharashtra's Gondia district, have been living in fear of forced eviction for the past one year. Now they fear for their lives as well.
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Good job bringing this to light. People won't realise how huge the problem is and municipalities are woefully ill equipped to...
Agreed; mining can never be sustainable, but then how do you get the metals to make all the things you need in the course of...
Very good piece.