PM May Decide On 'No-Go' Green Policy
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First published in Sanctuary Asia,
Vol. 31
No. 1,
January 2011
The debate remains unresolved despite several rounds of consultation between the environment ministry and other stakehlders with Ramesh firm on ruling forested areas as no go for mining. The meetings have been held at the level of secretaries but have failed to provide any middle ground between the environment ministry on the one side and ministries like coal and power on the other.
Sensing that more consultation is likely to prove fruitless, senior officials feel the matter would be best settled by the collective view of the CCI headed by the PM. It would need Singh's intervention to ensure the mutually opposed arguments are resolved in a manner that meets green concerns but allows tapping of India's considerable coal reserves. Read the full report here.
Source: Times News Network, New Delhi.
