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Union Minister for Coal and Mines G. Kishan Reddy connected Sunday (June 21, 22026) appealed to the Tamil Nadu authorities and the radical for their enactment implicit the acquisition of lands being acquired for projects relating to mining of captious minerals.
Mr. Reddy was answering a query connected the issues relating to the onshore acquisition for projects of the Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) successful Cuddalore district.
“I requested the aged [DMK] authorities besides and the caller [TVK] authorities too. With respect to the onshore acquisition policy, particularly implicit captious minerals, I anticipation they widen their practice and I americium requesting the radical of Tamil Nadu besides to widen their imaginable enactment to the onshore acquisition,” Mr. Reddy said, replying to a query successful a property league successful BJP’s State portion caput bureau successful Chennai.
The Union Minister said that the gross generated done the mining of these minerals would spell to the State government, including the premium, royalty, DMF (funds nether the District Mineral Foundation) and the cess. “Even different than that, DMF and CSR enactment volition payment the affected areas,” Mr. Reddy said.
Replying to a query connected the imaginable enlargement of the projects of the NLC, the Union Minister maintained that it was a regular process. When asked astir allegations raised by Congress MP Vishnu Prasad alleging irregularities successful the NLC, the Union Minister said, “I person taken inputs from the section administration, Collector, our ain agencies. If determination is thing tiny [issue], it is being rectified. It is simply a continuous process.”
