In setback for Vedanta, Niyamgiri mining ban to continue: top 10 developments

The court has ordered the Odisha government to share details of the mining proposal with the gram sabha. The gram sabha has to make up its mind in three months and share its decision with the Environment Ministry. The ministry had refused clearance for the Vedanta group's massive bauxite mining project in the Niyamgiri Hills in August 2010. It withdrew clearance after the N.C. Saxena committee warned that mining in N...