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Prabhat Patnaik
FDI in Coal: Why Every Ounce of Our Mineral Resources Should Remain in Public Hands
07 Sep 2019
It is ironical that the Modi government that proclaims its “nationalism” so vociferously, is so keen to hand over control over the nation’s mineral resources to foreign players.
Subodh Varma
‘Nationalist’ BJP Govt Invites Foreign Takeover, Offers Cheap Indian Labour!
31 Aug 2019
A series of moves by the government on FDI, tax concessions, public sector disinvestment, labour reforms and low wages should be seen as a sell-out package.
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Odisha: Talcher Coalfields Agitation Enters 14th Day, MCL Incurs Losses
06 Aug 2019
Residents in Talcher are protesting against the death of four workers killed in an accident, and are also opposing land acquisition by Mahanadi Coalfields Limited.
PTI
SC Asks Meghalaya to Deposit Rs 100 Cr Fine for Illegal Coal Mining
03 Jul 2019
A report of a three-member committee had stated that there were around 24,000 mines in Meghalaya and majority of them were operating illegally.
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LIVE: Daily Roundup Ep. 131 - Adani's Coal Project, UK Approves Assange's Extradition and More
13 Jun 2019
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Ruchira Talukdar
Did Queensland Vote Coal and Adani in Australia’s ‘Climate Elections’
24 May 2019
Let’s read closely between the broad lines.
Ujjwal K Chowdhury
Meghalaya Mining Crisis: Illegal, Inhuman, Anti-Ecology
16 Jan 2019
Despite the NGT ban on coal mining in 2014, it has continued unabated due to the enormous politico-miner-bureaucrat-police-transporter nexus in Meghalaya.
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#WorkersStrikeBack: 377 Mine Deaths in 3 Years of Modi Raj
04 Jan 2019
Rajasthan and Jharkhand record the maximum number of accidental deaths in metal and coal mines, respectively, as per government figures.
Vivan Eyben
Cost of Production: Fifteen More Lives for Meghalaya’s Coal
29 Dec 2018
The mining disaster in Meghalaya has brought back into focus the seedy world of illegal mines.
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Mining Operations in Gadchiroli Face Stiff Resistance from Villagers
28 Aug 2018
In the recent years, villagers in Maharashtra’s Gadchiroli district have been forced to contend with three significant developments - iron ore mining in the forests, a spate of arrests an