Wednesday, October 25, 2006
Some Links on the topic
- Ideas for better revenue generation from Orissa's minreals.
- Ammending mining laws so as to get a share of profits from companies that mine Orissa's minerals ("Odisha Mora, Khani Mora” Campaign By Dr. Jatish Mohanty)
- Initial news reports: [newindpress:10/23/06],[Hindu:10/24/06]
- Requiring companies that lease mines to establish plants in Orissa that will use those mined ores. [Current Orissa govt policy]
- Modifying the mechanism that is used to price iron ore rates. [Current rate for iron ores set by the central govt is often too low and changes ever so little that the mining and steel companies make lots of profit while Orissa gets peanuts.]
- Trying to understand the issue - a work-in-progress document.
- Open letter to the Tata's (Sept 2, 2006)
- A response to it by Mr. Dilu Panda (Sept 13, 2006)
- Exchange with Mr. Dilu Panda during Sept 14-17 2006: He did not quite substantiate his claims. (Oct 22, 2006)
- Preferential grant of mining leases for Iron ore and manganeese: a report from an expert group appointed by the Govt. of India (7MB) (original)
- Important page numbers: 223
- List of Orissa mining leases upto July 2005
- POSCO-Govt of Orissa MOU
- OMC press release on agreement with Vedanta, Oct 19 2004.
- Q & A presented to council of ministers on the agreement with Vedanta, Nov 29 2004.
- A news item on Tata's mining leases
- A news item from Hindu on iron ore leases (see page 2) (original)
- A news item from Rediff on POSCO
- A news item from NavHindtimes on ore leases
- A news item from Economic Times: Orissa seeks Ad Valorem based royalty on mining.
- A news item from Business standard about Visa Steel and its struggle with Orissa.
- A news item on Jharkhand borrowing Orissa's policies.
- A research paper on Steel & Orissa in Steelworld.
- Ex-union minister Mr. Srikant Jena's objections to recent actions of the Orissa government: a debate
- His letter to the CM
- August 5-8 exchange of mails: comments and clarifications
- Aug 16 exchange of mails
- Orissa mining corporation (OMC):