Provide list of mineral blocks likely to be auctioned this fiscal: Centre to states

The Centre has sought from states like Chhattisgarh, Goa, Jharkhand and Odisha the list of the mineral blocks likely to go under the hammer in the current fiscal, besides the status of the statutory clearances of those mines that have been auctioned.

In a letter to states like Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnantaka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu and Telangana, the mines ministry asked for "the list of blocks expected to be auctioned in 2018-19 (and) status of statutory clearances for each of the auctioned block."