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Abir Dasgupta
In Odisha, Adivasis Face Displacement for Adani’s Godda Coal Supply
14 Sep 2020
Bengaluru: On September 3, a little after noon, a large contingent of police arrived at Barhabans village – about 50 kilometres northwest of the steel township of Rourkela in the B
Sumedha Pal
Hasdeo Aranya Forest: Investigation Reveals Illegal Acquisition of Land by Adani Group
07 Sep 2020
Plots of 32 villagers – who hold Individual Forest Rights (IFR) – have been taken away by the Adani Group by getting tribal farmers to sign on notary affidavits.
Abir Dasgupta, Paranjoy Guha Thakurta
Justice Arun Mishra’s Final ‘Gift’ of Rs 8,000 Crore to Adani
07 Sep 2020
On August 31, a Supreme Court Bench headed by Justice Arun Mishra approved the decision by electricity regulators to grant Adani Power “compensatory tariffs” amounting to Rs 8,000 crore for…
PTI
Govt Revises List, 38 Coal Blocks, Instead of 41, to be Auctioned for Commercial Mining
03 Sep 2020
The revised list includes three more blocks Dolesara, Jarekela and Jharpalam-Tangarghat (in Chhattisgarh) and withdrawal of five blocks -- Morga South, Fatehpur, Madanpur (North), Morga-II and Sayang…
Abir Dasgupta
Activists Oppose 10-day Public Consultations on Mining Reform, Seek Extension
01 Sep 2020
Members of civil society and concerned activists have condemned a proposal for mining reforms issued by the Ministry of Mines. The notice that was made public on August 24 proposing substantive…
Newsclick Report
Amid Lockdown, Lakhs of Coal Workers Begin 3-Day Strike Against Commercial Mining
02 Jul 2020
Coal production hit after workers rally behind countrywide strike call given by all federations and unions of workers to oppose government’s move to privatise public sector coal mining firms.
Ayaskant Das
Why Modi Government’s Claim of 2.8 Lakh Jobs from Commercial Coal Mining is a Myth
25 Jun 2020
It is also believed that more jobs could have been created had the coal blocks been handed over to the public sector CIL instead of auctioning it to private players.
Akanksha Kumar
A Week Before NGT Order Flagged Concern, EAC Cleared Expansion Related Work in Chhattisgarh
11 Jun 2020
On February 21, the EAC allowed ‘coal transportation by road’ as part of expansion of 1,000 MW plant being run by Jindal Steel & Power Ltd in Raigarh district, raising pollution concerns in the…
Prudhviraj Rupavath
Telangana: 4 Contract Workers Killed in Explosion at Open Cast Coal Mining Site in Singareni Collieries
03 Jun 2020
The coal mine workers were outsourced by a private contractor company -- Mahalaxmi Infracontract Limited Company, which was booked for negligence in a major open cast mining accident in Jharkhand in…
Aditi Roy Ghatak
Questioning the Death of Coal –III: Asian Appetite for Black Diamond
23 May 2020
Five countries in Asia – China, Japan, the Republic of Korea, India and Indonesia – are among the world’s largest emitters, together accounting for nearly 40% of the global total.