Ramesh Tells States To Amend Rules On Mining Minerals

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First published in Sanctuary Asia, Vol. 30 No. 6, June 2010
 
In letters written to all chief ministers, Ramesh said "as there is no uniform framework to regulate the mining of minor minerals, my ministry has evolved a set of guidelines for their sustainable mining." 
 
He said the guidelines were formulated on the basis of recommendations of a group constituted under the environment secretary last year as mining of minor minerals has been increasing over the years and was starting to have a significant adverse impact on our ecology.
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