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SC today hears Rajasthan’s plea on mine closure | India News – Times of India
The state government’s request was mentioned before the Chief Justice of India by Additional Solicitor General of India Aishwarya Bhati and Additional Solicitor General of the Raj Government Shiv Mangal Sharma. In the appeal filed on Wednesday, the Rajasthan government sought extension of time for nearly 23,000 mining leases to comply with environmental regulations.
The extension would give time to the state authority SEIAA of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF) to process the required valuations and revaluations as mandated by the NGT order. The appeal follows an NGT ruling requiring mining leases to have received environmental clearances (ECs).