Who’s afraid of auctioning coal?

Centre continues to allocate coal blocks despite calls for competitive bidding

Cabinet dilutes new mining bill

Alters provision on sharing of profits with affected people

Centre proposes controls over wetlands

Regulations not enough to conserve marshes and lakes, say experts

Costly push to mega projects

Cabinet Committee for Investment may dilute environmental and forest clearances

Coal blocks on offer

Under new policy, Centre offers 17 blocks with total reserve of 8.5 billion tonnes to state-run firms

Insulin impulses

Avoid taking decisions when blood sugar levels are unstable

Hail yoga, stretching

Better option than modern medicine for back pain

A-star is on the horizon

Accreditation scheme on hold

Karnataka High Court stays accreditation of consultants who assess environmental impact

Mining Bill gives people their due

It ensures that mine owners share profit with people

Slack approach

Chhattisgarh's Industrial Jungle

Chhattisgarh is set to become the largest producer of thermal power, cement and sponge iron. The push is on to install 77 per cent of India's …

Lobbying begins

Just before mining bill is tabled in Parliament, industry calls profit-sharing a burden. Government is unsure

Pay and take

A High Powered Committee on efficient allocation of natural resources and telecom spectrum puts market above people

Sponge iron’s dirty growth

In the years to come, India's expanding steel production will be largely driven by sponge iron. But its manufacturing process, based on coal, is …

Mining for people

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

IIM-Lucknow analyzes pollution board

Manpower shortage, lack of coordination are main problems  

Ministry indifferent to illegal mining

Shows cold response to recommendations on curbing illegal mining of iron, manganese

Auto yes to coal

High powered panel recommends freeing coal blocks in forests

Sundarbans at risk

Bangladesh-India power plant can severely affect the mangrove forest, say environmentalists

The inviolate plot

New parameters for identifying pristine forests may make them more vulnerable

Odisha miners to pay royalty for tribal welfare

State CM approves formulation of new mining regulation; funds to be used for local infrastructure in Scheduled Areas

India fishing in troubled Sri Lankan waters

Why the long-standing dispute between India and Sri Lanka over fishers crossing maritime boundaries remains unresolved

Afforestation interrupted

Environment ministry fails to use funds for afforestation, monitor forest diversions: Comptroller and Auditor General

India’s Minamata

Singrauli, the powerhouse of India with massive coal reserves and many thermal power plants, should have been prosperous. But it is poor and …