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Mineral production goes down in 2014-15

Coal production fell to 541.2 million tonnes in 2014-15 from 563.1 mt in 2013-14

Centre plans external audit for mines not inspected

Proposal follows poor plan implementation by companies

Why NGOs are ending up on the wrong side of the law

Segment account reporting makes companies jittery

Any engineer should be allowed to prepare mining plan: Centre

At present, an engineer with five years' experience in a supervisory capacity in field of mining is allowed to prepare the plan

Making company registration easy

PSU defence firms get accounting exemption

Mineral end-use to be decided by states

The states can also decide the eligibility criteria for auctions

Mineral auction eligibility can be changed for tribal areas

This is a major shift in central govt's stance as no such powers were given in draft mineral auction rules

Odisha, Chhattisgarh, MP line up mines for auction

Government planning fresh mining exploration rules

The recently notified mineral auction rules have nothing on granting non-exclusive reconnaissance permit, required for preliminary exploration

Decoding the mystery of falling company registrations

In 2014-15, about 64,000 enterprises got registered, a drop of 35%

Prior green nod not needed for mine auction

Draft rules proposed states obtain conditional clearance beforehand

Goa asks Centre to allow mine waste dumping outside lease area

The Goa government had made this request earlier, too, without success

Path cleared for easier coal and mineral mining

Coal ministry looking at also allowing states to mine and sell themselves

States likely to get power in mineral auction rules

A state government may, at its discretion, identify a specific end-use

Govt mulls linking DBT schemes to one account

Transferring all subsidies into single account could reduce subsidy leakage

Govt unlikely to give any incentive for mineral exploration

Centre open to changing rules for advance green clearance

Composite licences' end-use can be reserved, if states ask for it

Govt unlikely to lower upfront payment rate

Performance rate and payment interest rate might also remain unchanged