लक्ष्य से भटकाव
खनन प्रभावित क्षेत्रों और लोगों के लिए जिस मकसद से डीएमएफ गठित किया गया था, वह पूरा होता नहीं दिख रहा
Tribunal on a tightrope
Poor implementation of polluter pays principle and conflicts with the environment ministry risks the National Green Tribunal's effectiveness
Districts must identify mining-affected people to keep DMF funds targeted
Not identifying them deprives potential beneficiaries of nearly Rs 29,000 crore
Use DMF funds effectively to fight hunger and child malnutrition
The money provides enormous scope to scale up intervention and meet national and SDG targets at the time of a slipping hunger index
खनन प्रभावित लोगों के लिए डीएमएफ फंड का इस्तेमाल बेहद जरूरी
खनन की वजह से विस्थापित होने वाले, जमीन का अधिकार खो देने वाले व जिनकी आजीविका खत्म हो गई है वे प्रभावित माने जाते ...
Will the new National Mineral Policy ensure responsible mining?
The NMP 2019 misses out on providing necessary guidance on some fundamental things that would have made it a guiding document to ensure …
Environment ministry allows state authorities to deal with EC violation cases
A notification by the environment ministry to allow state authorities to deal with violation cases puts a serious question mark on project …
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 its beneficiaries
Mining in Jharkhand threatens locals in their own land
Residents of the state’s mining areas are unemployed and are threatened of being jailed when they ask for work
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
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 past …
Chhattisgarh govt revises District Mineral Foundation Trust composition
Despite changes, still no representation of mining-affected people in the body; state needs to consider this
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 clear concerns about …
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
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 removing socio-economic deprivation …
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 questions
Let people-centric natural resource governance be the new regime’s agenda
India must strengthen the mechanisms of natural resource management that is people-centric and sustainable to ensure economic and social stability