Plan Panel convenes meeting on mining issue

Representatives of concerned ministries will participate in the meeting,scheduled for November.

The Planning Commission has convened a meeting of ministries concerned next month to discuss the issues related to mining,including the ban on such activities in some states.

We have called a high-level meeting of the ministries concerned next month to discuss the issues related to mining sector,particularly the ban on such activities in some states, planning minister Rajeev Shukla said.

According to the minister,representatives from the department of land resources under the ministry of rural development,and those from ministries of environment and forest,and mines will participate in the meeting,scheduled for early November.

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