Participative Research
Fit and Proper test report.
PREFACE The government in an effort to boost the economy and accelerate the development of coal mining has made certain important legislative and policy changes. Despite the lukewarm response to its earlier ten tranches of the auction, the government under the new Act...
CC16 Biomarkers – A potential tool for early diagnosis of the disease
Considerable attention has recently been paid to the biomarkers in the prevention of occupational diseases, in form of scientific literature. Different categories of biomarkers are used to (1) assess exposure, (2) identify early changes or effects of this exposure,...
District Mineral Fund Status as of January 2020
Major minerals lead the collection with 48.52 of the total collection under DMF, followed by coal at 41.50% and minor minerals at 9.98%. Among major coal producing states, Jharkhand leads the collection followed by Chhattisgarh. The third position is...
Discussion on order for the auction of 80 new Coal mining areas
Discussion on the Governments order for the auction of 80 new Coal mining areas. The current rules will also be made simpler for coal mining. What does the new order mean? कोयला नीलामी सरकार का अध्यादेश 80 नये कोयला खदान अब सभी क्षेत्रों के लिए कोयला खनन का रास्ता खुल...
Sphere of Information
Over the recent past, global digital companies are facing challenges from countries to keep and secure the data in respective country domain. Currently the data rests in their central servers maintained exclusively by them. This is amid fears that digital data...
Time to act- STOP Brazilian Asbestos Exports!
India Ban Asbestos Network Members along with other international Network representatives came together to demand for an end to asbestos mining and export in Brazil- one of the world’s leading asbestos-producing countries. India being one of the top three consumer of...
Participatory Planning of Workbook
Environics Trust is aiming to develop a workbook on Panna and Chhatarpur districts for further informative planning and execution of governmental and non-governmental schemes and practises. The meeting started with the purpose and meaning of workbook. Workbook is a...
Relevance of DMF
The legal emergence of District Mineral Foundation from the 2015 MMDR amendment Act and its implementation framework rolled out in September 2015 or scheme called PMKKKY (Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojna) threw light on two things; one that it is an...
An Introduction to Rat-hole Mining
Coal reserves are primarily found in the Eastern India in states of Telangana, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal and predominantly in North-East regions like Assam and Meghalaya. Despite the presence of coal reserves, commercial mining...
Air Quality – The impact of Diwali?
The Air quality in the country is fast deteriorating. The air quality in the National Capital Region has deteriorated to such a level that the area has been referred to as a “Gas Chamber”. Poor air quality across the country prompted the Supreme Court of India to come...