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Legal and governance infirmities in the allotment of mineral blocks to private parties
The Commission wishes to point out that extractable mineral resources are severely limited and at the present rates of production, they may not last more than 10-20 years. It is, therefore, necessary that they are conserved to the extent possible by ensuring that the demand for minerals is prudently managed by enhancing their end-use efficiencies,…
Read more…People’s Commission’s Statement on Privatisation of Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd
The Central Government has put RINL’s 6.3 MTPA capacity steel plant at Visakhapatnam (with its subsidiary, Eastern Investment Limited) on the anvil of disinvestment and is planning to issue an expression of interest shortly. It is a part of the sweeping, indiscriminate disinvest programme announced by the Finance Minister in her Budget Speech of 2021…
Read more…The Adani affair: Collapse of regulatory structures | Statement from People’s Commission
The Hindenburg revelations, which triggered a period of unprecedented volatility in Indian capital markets, pertain to the recent meteoric rise of one of India’s top conglomerates, the Adani Group. At the heart of the issue is how a permissive regulatory regime facilitated this rise.
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