Panel to study report of 13 states, submit mining policy on April 21
Tuesday, 10/04/2018
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CHANDIGARH: Punjab local bodies minister Navjot Singh Sidhu on Monday said the cabinet subcommittee on mining will study a report of 13 states to make the new mining policy foolproof.
Sidhu, who is chairman of the cabinet sub-committee on mining, stated this after a meeting with Union secretary, mines, Anil Mukim and joint secretary, mines NK Singh to discuss various aspects of mining policy.
“We got valuable suggestions during the meeting that will help in making the Punjab Mining Policy foolproof with due reference to rules and regulations,” said the minister.
He said the final draft of the new mining policy aimed at plugging revenue loss to the state exchequer would be submitted on April 21.
He said the state government is fully geared up to release a comprehensive policy taking into account views of all the stakeholders and emphasis would be on “to weed out the lacunae in the previous mining policy”. Main objective of the policy would be to plug revenue loss, he said.
Besides Sidhu, the cabinet subcommittee has finance minister Manpreet Singh Badal and rural development and panchayat minister Tript Rajinder Singh Bajwa as members.
