Goa Govt’s new dump mining policy
December 31, 2021 1:37 pm 1 CommentThe Goa government has issued a new policy for removal of wastes in mining dumps in the state of Goa... View Article
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MoEF&CC issues show cause notice to Vedanta for serious violations of environment laws but no action taken so far
December 17, 2021 1:15 pm Leave your thoughtsMoEF&CC issued a show cause notice on 31 st August 2021 to Vedanta Ltd for serious violations of environment and... View Article
HIGH COURT ISSUES NOTICE ON PIL TO CANCEL VASCO LAND USE REGISTER
December 16, 2021 1:41 pm Leave your thoughtsA division bench of the Bombay High Court today (15.12.2021) issued notice on a PIL filed by NGOs and citizens... View Article
IMF & other international standard setters examining government accounting for mineral wealth: Goa Foundation
December 14, 2021 7:44 am Leave your thoughtsSince 2016, the Goa Foundation & The Future We Need have advocated the correction of a crucial anomaly in the... View Article
Bombay HC issues notice in GF PIL on Rule 37 violations in Goa mining
December 7, 2021 1:07 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Bombay High Court today issued notice to Fomentos, Hardesh Ores, Mineira Nationale Ltd, together with the Director of Mines... View Article
GF files Contempt Petition in SC against govt officials and Tamnar for tree felling
December 6, 2021 2:32 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Goa Foundation last week filed a contempt petition in the Supreme Court of India, asking for contempt action to... View Article
HIGH COURT HALTS CUDDEGAL MINERAL EXTRACTION AND TRANSPORT
November 27, 2021 4:22 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Panaji bench of the Bombay High Court comprising Justice Ms REVATI MOHITE DERE & Justice Ms M.S. JAWALKAR, today... View Article
Integrity Due-Diligence needed to curb illegal mining
November 26, 2021 11:13 am Leave your thoughtsIf a bridge collapses soon after construction, the contractor would be blacklisted. If someone cheats a bank, they will not... View Article
TAMNAR APPROACHES SUPREME COURT FOR RELIEF
November 21, 2021 1:22 pm Leave your thoughtsSUPREME COURT POSTS MATTER ON 7 DECEMBER The Tamnar project promoters, Goa Tamnar Transmission Project Ltd., have now moved the... View Article
Goa Pollution Board Issues Show Cause for Withdrawal of Consent to Beneficiation Plants
November 21, 2021 1:21 pm Leave your thoughtsGoa Pollution Board Issues Show Cause for Withdrawal of its Consent orders allowing operation of 3 more beneficiation plants The... View Article
HIGH COURT STAYS DISTRICT COLLECTOR’S MEMORANDUM ON CONVERSIONS OF GREEN LANDS
October 30, 2021 2:44 pm Leave your thoughtsA division bench of the BHC at Goa comprising Justice Ms Revati Mohite Dere and Justice Ms M.S. Jawalkar by... View Article
High Court disposes of GF PIL against Goa Sponge
September 18, 2021 3:18 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Bombay High Court at Goa on 15.9.2021 disposed of PILWP 38/2019 filed by the Goa Foundation in connection with... View Article
The New Goa Mineral Development Corporation Bill (30.7.2021)
July 30, 2021 10:38 am 2 CommentsThe Goa Foundation comments on the Bill introduced in the Goa Assembly today for purpose of setting up the Goa... View Article
Supreme Court of India throws out review petitions of Goa Govt and Vedanta
July 21, 2021 5:17 am Leave your thoughtsThe Supreme Court has been true to type and protected the sanctity of its decisions. It has also highlighted the... View Article
Goa Foundation PIL on khazan lands adjourned
March 16, 2021 10:42 am Leave your thoughtsThe Bombay High Court yesterday (15.3.2021) adjourned till April 26, 2021 further hearings of the PIL No.53/2021 which has challenged... View Article
GOA FOUNDATION CALLS TAMNAR OFFICIALS LIARS ON TREE FELLING NEEDED FOR HIGH TENSION LINE
March 12, 2021 3:28 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Goa Foundation has read, with consternation, the bare-faced claim of the officials of the Tamnar Project 400 kV High... View Article
GOA FOUNDATION PROTESTS ONE MONTH LIMIT FOR OBJECTIONS TO DRAFT CZMPS
March 4, 2021 7:20 am Leave your thoughtsThe Goa Foundation wrote to the GCZMA on 3.3.2021 protesting the limit of 30 days laid down in the public... View Article
THE GOA FOUNDATION OBJECTS AS CENTRE TAKES TWO STEPS BACKWARD IN POLICY ON PUBLICLY OWNED MINERALS
February 28, 2021 9:04 am Leave your thoughtsIn a series of consultations, the Ministry of Mines has proposed a complete change in the way inherited mineral wealth... View Article
PRESS NOTE 5.12.2020 ON GOA MINING
December 5, 2020 2:49 pm Leave your thoughtsPRESS NOTE BY PERSONS AND ORGANISATIONS IN GOA CONCERNED ABOUT ONE-SIDED MEETING OF UNION MINES MINISTER WITH FORMER MINING LEASE... View Article
PIL on Mapusa and Panaji Land Use Registers
October 23, 2020 1:42 pm Leave your thoughtsThe Bombay High Court at Panaji today issued notice on a fresh PIL filed by the Bodgeshwar Shetkari Sangh, the... View Article