Saturday, April 9, 2011

Jairam agrees to free more forest land for coal mining

Jairam agrees to free more forest land for coal mining

Environment Minister Jairam Ramesh softened his stance at a meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) headed by Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee today in an attempt to break the stalemate on the ‘go/no-go’ classification for coal mines in forest areas.