India’s faulty mining policy

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Crusher mine workers at a stone quarry in Rampurhut, West Bengal, where diseases such as silicosis are rampant.

Abstract: The New Mining and Mineral Exploration Policy 2015 aims at bringing transparency through e-auctioning of lease. However, the concerns of the mining community need to be taken into account to make mining environment friendly, economically viable and socially acceptable.

The author is a Retired Director, Geological Survey of India. mljhanwar1932@gmail.com