India takes step toward improving ease of doing business in mining
(WorldNews Environment)

In a bid to ease doing business in the mining sector, the Indian government has approved a `single window` bundled clearance of all mandatory approvals for 288 mining leases that are slated to expire in 2020. Government officials said that new lease holders of these mines would not need to make applications for environment and forest clearances, separately, and that the Environment and Forest Ministry would shortly be issuing orders for all clearances to be issued as a `single package` to prospective bidders of new leases. ......