Panaji: With the electoral code it comes into force, more than 3 Lakh mining dependents in eight state selections have to wait at least three months to see the new hope rays as far as consuming mining.
With the code of ethics for elections to get into force, the efforts of the state government to restart mining have been jammed.
A senior government officer said that with the applicable code, the government could not make decomposition about the resumption of mining.
The state government has taken various initiatives to restart mining in Goa, but not one initiative to achieve a logical conclusion.
Initially, the state government tried to bring legislative drugs to restart mining activities by consulting the government union government.
A number of committees were formed under various ministers, including the minister of the United States Amit Shah, the minister of unity for road transportation and Jalan Raya Nitin Gadkari and Uniopn Minister Mines Pralhad Joshi, but did not succeed in returning mining in Goa.
After the Supreme Court rejected the review of the petition submitted by state and mining companies, the Goa government tried to find other methods to restart mining.
The state government forms Goa Mining Corporation, but remains on paper.
The government issued a notification to form a corporation, but failed to frame the rules for the functioning of the corporation.
The Mining Department compiled rules and sent files to the Legal Department for inspection, but the Law Department returned the file with several queries.
Then in a surprising move, the Minister of Pramod Chairman Sawant announced auction of mining rental in the state to restart mining and set a deadline for December 15 for the same thing.
Eight mining rented identified in Bicholim and Sattari, but the Mineral Exploration Company Ltd has not submitted a final report to make auction.
The final step before the behavioral guideline came into effect was the state government announced the policy to deal with low-quality iron ore dumps lying on private land and the government and inside and outside the rental area.
In this case, the government cannot go further, except to get cabinet approval.
As a poll code, the government’s efforts to restart the mining sector are trapped in limbo
