Mining bill gets it right

Mining for people

New mining bill to ensure industry shares its super-profits with affected people

Undermined

Ordinance to reform the mining sector will do more harm than good

Amendment without correction

Mines and minerals amendment bill falls short of meaningful reform

How Bellary was laid waste

Karnataka’s Lokayukta Santosh Hegde’s report is a sordid story on the rise of India’s mining poster boy, Bellary. The …

Coal quandary

In a sweeping pronouncement, the Supreme Court has termed all the 218 coal blocks allocated since 1993 illegal. This has raised a fundamental …