GST will lead to savings of 10-12% of overall supply chain cost

November 2016

Shripad Ranade, Practice Head – Automotive & Engineering, Tata Strategic Management Group, explores the impact of government policies and the latest ...

Tags: Shripad Ranade, Tata Strategic Management Group, GST Council, CFAs, MMDRA, CIL, Model Concession Agreement, MCA, BOT projects, NHAI, Highway Projects, Road Construction Equipment, Urban Infrastructure, Smart Cities, Swachh Bharat

Green clearance denied by environment ministry for pending mining leases

October 2016

For around 200 mining leases, India’s ministry of environment, forest and climate change (MoEFCC) has ruled out granting environment clearance (EC) w...

Tags: India Ministry of Environment, MoEFCC, EC, Mines, Minerals, MMDR, GDP

The MMDR Amendment | Silver lining for M And As

August 2016

Indian soil is blessed with rich mineral resources and has a long history of mining, mineral production, and mineral utilisation. The mining sector i...

Tags: MMDR Act, Mines, Mineral, Prospecting License, 2016 Amendment Bill, Transfer Conditions, Shisham Priyadarshini, Amish Shroff, Rajani Associates

New norms for transfer of mines

May 2016

Parliament has cleared amendments to the MMDR Act to enable transfer of previously allotted captive non-coal mines....

Tags: MMDR, Jaiprakash Associates, UltraTech Cement, Lafarge, Cement Plants

Odisha to extend validity of 126 mines

December 2015

Aiming to fast track reopening of mines, the Odisha Government has set a target to extend the validity of 126 more mines by end of this year. ...

Tags: Mines, Minerals, MMDR Act, Odisha Government

States to put 82 blocks for auction by Oct-Nov: Mines Secy

September 2015

The 12 mineral producing states will put 82 mining blocks containing minerals such as iron ore, bauxite, limestone under the hammer by October-Novemb...

Tags: Mineral producing, Mining blocks, Mines, Minerals, MMDR, Balwinder Kumar, SBI Capital, State Bank of India, MSTC, Coal

FIMI wants govt to encourage investment

March 2013

Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI) is an all-India federation registered under the Companies Act, 1956 to promote the interests of mining...

Tags: Federation of Indian Mineral Industries, mineral, mining, RK Sharma, FIMI, Australia, NMDC, Odisha, iron ore mining, Mineral Concession Rules, MMDR Bill, CIL