Rajasthan Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Saturday retained 46 ministries as she allotted portfolios of Rural Development and Panchayti Raj, Health and Mines among her Cabinet ministers.
The mines ministry would soon approach the Union Cabinet to seek its opinion on a directive of the Delhi high court for settling the sale of residual equity in the erstwhile Balco to Sterlite Industries Limited within four weeks.
The state government had recommended prospecting licence in favour of Posco-India thrice, but was unable to get them through.
Shibu Soren has taken risks all his life, and reaped rewards. But it seems he may soon run out of luck.
Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh in the south, and Rajasthan and Gujarat in the west, are the country's top producers of limestone
Over two lakh posts are estimated to be created by the Central government in its various departments.
Vedanta Aluminium has been struggling to source sufficient bauxite to feed the 1 million tpy alumina refinery since its commissioning in August 2007.
Goa may resume iron mining in two months after green nod.
The development comes in the wake of a high-level panel formed to address issues impeding mega projects in the steel sector, reviewing the stalled projects this month.
A panel led by the secretaries of the DEA and the DIPP would conduct a quarterly review on the pending proposals.
According to industry experts, companies in sectors such as consumer durables (fans, air-conditioners), power cables and the electrical industry will be hit, given that they are big users of copper.
There was buzz of Piyush Goyal being elevated to Cabinet rank but only Prakash Javadekar made the cut.
The government is keen to amend the MMDR Act for transparency in the mining sector.
However, some experts, including RBI Governor Raghuram Rajan, have favoured doing away with curbs on gold imports because they lead to smuggling.
In a first, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday met the secretaries of all the government departments collectively and asked them to directly get in touch with him to resolve issues and expedite decision-making.
The government has already said it is keen on starting ore mining and exports.
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According to media reports, CBI is looking into the entire process at the then NDA government and has asked for information from the mines ministry.
Under current laws, a company cannot sell mines but only transfer leases when it is acquired by another firm.
Bankers claim they have received good response to the roadshows held abroad for Coal India, IndianOil and PowerGrid.
Enunciating slew of measures initiated by the UPA to augment the sector, the finance minister said 19 oil and gas blocks were given out for exploration and 7 new airports are under construction.
Apart from Smriti, Ravi Shankar Prasad and Ananth Kumar took over as law and parliamentary affairs ministers respectively.
Is it inconsistency in policy, or the lack of robust support?
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