Rajasthan News: The Rajasthan authorities’s mining license extension petition shall be heard within the Supreme Court on Friday. Today, Additional Solicitor General of India Aishwarya Bhati and AAG Shiv Mangal Sharma talked about this earlier than the CJI, after which the Supreme Court agreed to listen to the enchantment of the Rajasthan authorities urgently. The petition goals to stop the closure of roughly 23,000 mining leases, which straight help roughly 1.5 million jobs.
Demand for time extension
In this enchantment, the Rajasthan authorities is in search of extension of time to adjust to environmental guidelines for about 23,000 mining licenses. This extension will give time to SEIAA, the state degree authority of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF), to finish the mandatory analysis and revaluation course of, as directed within the National Green Tribunal (NGT) order.
What has NGT ordered?
According to the NGT order, mining leases which got environmental clearance (EC) by District Environment Impact Assessment Authorities (DEIAAs) ought to be reevaluated by SEIAA. SEIAA, Ltd. has been unable to perform this activity because of lack of infrastructure and employees.
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