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Replying to a query on mining after delivering the Satish Dhawan Memorial Lecture here, Ramesh said mining had resulted in huge private windfall gains.

“I am in a state where politics is defined by windfall gains. So this is something we have to take very seriously," he remarked.

But, nationalisation was not the answer to the problems associated with the mining, the Union Minister said. A Bill would be introduced in the winter session of the Parliament to ensure that 26 per cent of the profits earned by the mining companies would be shared with the local communities. The regulation would force mining companies to part with their profits, he added. Read the full report here.

Source: Deccan Herald, Bangalore.