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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
New ‘Sustainable Development Cell’ in Coal Ministry
In order to promote environmentally sustainable coal mining
and to address environmental concerns during closure of mines in the country,
the Ministry of Coal has decided to come up with a ‘Sustainable Development
Cell’ (SDC). This is a significance move in view of the new private entities
now going to form a significant part of the future, a set of guidelines for
proper rehabilitation of mines need to be evolved in tune with global best
practices.
SDC will advise, mentor, plan and monitor the mitigation measures taken by the coal companies for maximising the utilisation of available resources in a sustainable way, minimising the adverse impact of mining and mitigating it for further ecosystem services and will act as nodal point at Ministry of Coal level in this matter.
The cell will also formulate the future policy framework for the environmental mitigation measures including the mine closure fund. The SDC will adopt a systemic approach, starting from collection of data, analysis of data, presentation of information, planning based on information; by domain experts, adoption of best practices, consultations, innovative thinking, site-specific approaches, knowledge sharing and dissemination and finally end with an aim to ease the lives of people and communities in general.
HUDCO for Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
Dr M Ravi
Kanth, CMD HUDCO, inaugurated the 40th International Training Programme on
‘Planning & Management of Sustainable Urban Infrastructure’, supported by
Ministry of External Affairs under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation
(ITEC) programme. The six-week training is being attended by 30 urban sector
professionals from 22 countries.
New ‘Sustainable Development Cell’ in Coal Ministry
By IndianMandarins 16 Dec 2019
In order to promote environmentally sustainable coal mining
and to address environmental concerns during closure of mines in the country,
the Ministry of Coal has decided to come up with a ‘Sustainable Development
Cell’ (SDC). This is a significance move in view of the new private entities
now going to form a significant part of the future, a set of guidelines for
proper rehabilitation of mines need to be evolved in tune with global best
practices.
SDC will advise, mentor, plan and monitor the mitigation measures taken by the coal companies for maximising the utilisation of available resources in a sustainable way, minimising the adverse impact of mining and mitigating it for further ecosystem services and will act as nodal point at Ministry of Coal level in this matter.
The cell will also formulate the future policy framework for the environmental mitigation measures including the mine closure fund. The SDC will adopt a systemic approach, starting from collection of data, analysis of data, presentation of information, planning based on information; by domain experts, adoption of best practices, consultations, innovative thinking, site-specific approaches, knowledge sharing and dissemination and finally end with an aim to ease the lives of people and communities in general.
HUDCO for Sustainable Urban Infrastructure
By IndianMandarins 17 Jan 2019
Dr M Ravi
Kanth, CMD HUDCO, inaugurated the 40th International Training Programme on
‘Planning & Management of Sustainable Urban Infrastructure’, supported by
Ministry of External Affairs under the Indian Technical and Economic Cooperation
(ITEC) programme. The six-week training is being attended by 30 urban sector
professionals from 22 countries.