Goa Govt plans to 'regularise' illegal mining
PTI, PANAJI | 15 July 2014 20:37 IST
Goa's soon to be announced state mining policy would device means to regularise iron ore mined during 2007-2012, which was termed "illegal" by a recent Supreme Court judgement.
"Those who mined the minerals during 2007-2012 didn't know that it was illegal to do so. It was decided that it is illegal in the year 2014 (by the SC judgement)," Goa Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told reporters here today.
He said that the mining policy would work out a solution to give an opportunity to mine owners to regularise their irregular ore.
"People should be given an opportunity to turn their irregularity into regularity. The mining police would be a solution," the Goa chief minister said, without specifying how exactly the policy would be framed.
Parrikar said that although the ore exported during 2007-2012 is estimated to be Rs 30,000 crore, the recovery of money would have to be calculated based on profits earned by mine owners and not on the value of ore mined.
He said that the answer on how the money would be recovered would be specified in the mining policy.
The Goa chief minister also ruled out forming a corporation to run mining leases in the state. He said that running a mine and exports is a "logistics nightmare".
"A few people want us to set up a corporation. It is very easy for them to say so, but it is a logistics nightmare and only corporates with experience in the area can do it," he said.
It seems like all Goa Governments...Congress ,MGP & BJP have corrupt agendas.
They permit illegalities ,scams & irregularities, to make some corrupt money for themselves and their families and cronies ...and thereafter, regularise everything, when the going gets tough.
It seems like all Goa Governments thrive on Illegalities.
Will Goa Governments ever express any fault with their conduct?
Mr Parrikar was shouting from the tops of the Ghats about Mining illegalities and was brandishing his PAC report on the Mining loses. What was the point of all this .
Furthermore, he believes that his "diktats" reign Supreme and also supersede those of the Apex (Supreme) Court of India.