New mining policy to be in place by June: Goa CM

Posted on May 25 2014 - 10:00pm by IBC News

Panaji, May 25 Goa Government has said it will adopt a transparent mechanism to award mining leases in future and was studying the Supreme Court order lifting ban on iron ore extraction before taking a decision on vacating current mine operators whose fate hangs in balance.

Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar told that lease owners technically continue to remain in possession of mining sites as the State government was still analysing the Supreme Court judgement.

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