Abstract: Rocks and minerals are non-renewable products of nature, once they are exhausted, they cannot be grown like plants and forest. Minerals have significant importance for the industrial, social and economic prosperity of any nation. Keeping this in view the need for a judicious National Mineral Policy was felt, so that the state could lay down proper guidelines towards development and exploitation of its natural resources, without harming the environment. The National Mineral Policy thus framed is liable for charyes according to necessity and demands. Generally, the policy can be grouped for 'domestic' and 'foreign' purposes separately to achieve this goal the terms "close door", "open door" and "restrictive" policies have been applied. Pursuing the available literature on our National Mineral Policy, it has been found that there is no strong and clear cut provision to protect the environmental degradation due to varied mining activities going on locally like - granite mining in Bundelkhand region. This lacuna raises the question that, what should be our "Ideal National Mineral Policy" (INMP).
In the view of the above lacunae, the present paper presents certain suggestions for the same. The suggestions are discussed specially keeping in the view of the mining scenario of the state of Madhya Pradesh.
Keywords: National Mineral Policy, Environmental Degradation, Mining Activities and INMP.
Title: Our National Mineral Policy and Environmental Degradation Due To Varied Mining Activities - With Special Reference to Granite Mining In Bundelkhand Region
Author: P.K. Jain, Yashodhan Waze, U. C. Singh
International Journal of Mathematics and Physical Sciences Research
ISSN 2348-5736 (Online)
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