Government not to permit mining activities in tribal areas

28 Nov 2011 Evaluate

The Central government would not permit mining activities in tribal areas in the country. The Union Minister of Tribal Welfare and Panchayat Raj V Kishore Chandra Suryanarayana Deo has said that the tribal lands cannot be converted into non-tribal activities and as of now, the government has not given permission for mining in tribal areas to any company in the country.

The minister said that it is compulsory to conduct gram sabhas to pass any resolution to take up any work in tribal areas. He further said that the government is planning to make it mandatory for villages to conduct gram sabhas on four days in a year, of which two should be held on October 2 and January 26 and two other days in the year and these sabhas should be recorded on video.

Recently, the proposal to allow bauxite mining in the eastern ghats of Visakhapatnam district was shelved. The minister has informed that it is not possible to take up bauxite mining or any other mining without holding gram sabha and obtaining the consent of the local Girijans.

The Central government is trying to put in place a system, which will not only ensure minimum support price to tribal produce but will also get maximum remunerative price and is working on a policy paper on minor forest produce.

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