Mmdr Bill

With the ratification of the Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2015 by Parliament, which disallows preferential treatment for giving mining leases, uncertainty looms over the future of the steel-giant POSCO, threatening the future of over 2,000 families in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, who had given away their land for the pr...

After opposing the establishment of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today voiced his protest against certain provisions proposed in the Mines and Mineral- Development and Regulation (MMDR)-Bill, 2011 on the ground that those would infringe into the federal rights of state governments.

The government today tabled the long-pending mining Bill that envisages introduction of competitive bidding process to encourage the participation of private parties in the sector.

With the ratification of the Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Bill, 2015 by Parliament, which disallows preferential treatment for giving mining leases, uncertainty looms over the future of the steel-giant POSCO, threatening the future of over 2,000 families in Jagatsinghpur district of Odisha, who had given away their land for the pr...

After opposing the establishment of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today voiced his protest against certain provisions proposed in the Mines and Mineral- Development and Regulation (MMDR)-Bill, 2011 on the ground that those would infringe into the federal rights of state governments.

The government today tabled the long-pending mining Bill that envisages introduction of competitive bidding process to encourage the participation of private parties in the sector.