Areas reserved for Public Sector mining

The simplest way to achieve zero loss mining is to mine through the public sector. The Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act has a provisio permitting states to reserve areas (or even the entire state) for public sector mining. Here’s the official list from the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) of areas reserved in this manner. Gujarat, in 2009 under …

Mining illegalities have recommenced

Mining in Goa came to a screeching halt in 2012 with the Shah Commission Report. One of the key findings was widespread illegalities. “It is pertinent to state here that such illegal act can’t happen without connivance of the politicians, bureaucrats and lessees. There is a complete collapse of the system.” It would seem that the industry hasn’t learnt. A number of illegalities have …

How mining corrodes governance

Ramachandra Guha writes in The Telegraph about mining and governance. The Goenchi Mati proposal including zero-loss mining, save all into a Permanent Fund, and distribute real income as a Citizen’s Dividend is intended to reverse most of these ill effects. What do you think, will it work? How can we make it better?

Talk at TISS Mumbai on Aug 26

TISS Mumbai will host Rahul Basu from the Goenchi Mati Movement for a talk on Aug 26 on the Goenchi Mati Movement proposal. The talk is at 4pm at the Bhabha Hall, Academic Building 2, Naoroji Campus, TISS, Mumbai. This talk will focus more on the development aspects of the Goenchi Mati proposal. The talk is titled “Beyond the Resource Curse: Resource dependence, inter-generational equity and …

Talk at JNU on Aug 22

JNU will host Rahul Basu from the Goenchi Mati Movement for a talk on Aug 22 on the Goenchi Mati Movement proposal. The talk will be hosted by the Centre for Comparative Politics and Political Theory, School of International Studies, and will take place at 2pm at the Kunzru Committee Room, SIS (Room No. 203). This talk will focus more on the political economy aspects …