The district's latest Rs 307 crore sanctions fail issues of livelihood and healthcare, which are longstanding challenges for the worst-affected mining areas
Will the new National Mineral Policy ensure responsible mining?
World Water Day: How mining is depleting groundwater in Rajasthan’s Alwar
Chhattisgarh govt revises District Mineral Foundation Trust composition
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week (Feb 11-15)
Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the ...
Central panel opens up forest for Adani mine despite Chhattisgarh’s reservation
Forest Advisory Committee gives Stage 1 clearance to Parsa coal mining project under the umbrage of fait accompli despite ...
This UN report shows green laws remain in books
Poor implementation of environmental laws is now a global problem, says the report that demystifies the reasons behind the ...
Brazil environmental disaster: 9 killed, 300 missing after dam near iron mine bursts
The accident happened at the Feijao mine in the southeastern state of Minas Gerias; it is the second such ...
'District Mineral Foundation’s implementation in MP half-hearted'
The state mineral resources department exhibited scant commitment to assess the impacts of sand mining activities on the environment, observed ...
Strengthen district mineral foundations' administration, planning: suggests Mines Ministry
With around Rs 2.5 lakh crore accruals estimated in DMFs over next 25 years, it holds enormous potential for ...
Dumped in a pit
The 2014 National Green Tribunal ban has not only failed to contain rat-hole mining, but has also stopped the ...
Should district mineral foundations be with state mining departments?
Recent plan to move Odisha DMF from the state planning and convergence department to the mines department raises several ...
Meghalaya asked to pay Rs 100 crore over illegal mining
Following a judicial committee report on violations to the ban on rat-hole mining, National Green Tribunal imposes a fine ...
SC to hear PIL on trapped miners in Meghalaya tomorrow
The petition seeks the deployment of the Armed Forces and high capacity pumps to save the miners. It also ...
Give priority to those directly affected by mining: Parliamentary Standing Committee
Committee recommends amending PMKKKY guidelines to prioritise directly affected people and strengthening audits of District Mineral Foundation
The unregulated, lethal and corrupt world of Meghalaya’s rat-hole mines
Despite being banned by the National Green Tribunal and continuing litigation against them in the Supreme Court, rat-hole mines ...
Reconsider green clearance mechanism for small-scale mining: NGT to Centre
It says district-level authorities do not have the expertise to assess environmental impacts of mining projects
Adani to fully finance controversial Oz Carmichael mine
The move follows last month’s announcement by the conglomerate that it was scaling back the size and scope of ...
Tasar rearing may bail out 600 mining-affected families in Keonjhar
The Rs 23.75-crore project in the state’s Keonjhar district will be implemented using DMF and MGNREGS funds
Court digest: Major environment hearings of the week
Chhattisgarh's Korba district has a livelihood plan for mining-affected families
If implemented well, the inititiative can not only lead to sustained livelihood generation, but also set a precedent for other ...
These are India's richest lands inhabited by some of the most deprived people
Thought to be a game changer for India's mining affected people, the District Mineral Foundation is yet to identify ...
Green clearances are being increasingly treated as a mere formality
In the garb of streamlining green clearances, the Union government has sidelined communities and diluted environmental regulations over the ...
Telangana’s revised District Mineral Foundation Rules to increase political interference
The amendment to the Rules has taken away the right of people to participate in making decisions on a ...