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 …