Corrupt Congress Govts in Maharashtra and Center Operate Hand in Glove for Great Thorium il-legal mining Scam of India ? RTI Activists and The StatesMan newspaper have unearthed the massive Thorium Mining Scam which according to the 137 Year Old newspaper is of Rs 48 Lakh Crore. Anyway, we’ll leave it to the office of the Comptroller and Auditor General to assess. Highlights of the Thorium Mining Scam in India, Public sector Indian Rare Earths Limited having divisions at Chatrapur in Orissa, Manavalakurichi in Tamil Nadu, Chavara and Aluva, and its own research centre in Kollam in Kerala, is the only institution authorised to extract thorium from monazite sands. If the Comptroller and Auditor-General were to audit the accounts of the IREL and the Department of Atomic Energy, custodians of fissile minerals, the coalgate scam would look like small change. The missing thorium, conservatively estimated at $100 a tonne, works out to about Rs 48 lakh crore, putting all other UPA scams in the shade. Corrupt Congress Govts in Maharashtra and Center Operate Hand in Glove The Licencing Authority is the Nagpur-based Chief Controller of Mines, under the Union Ministry of Mines. Ever since CP Ambrose, Chief Controller of Mines, an upright officer, retired on 30 June 2008, the post has been deliberately kept open and Ranjan Sahai, Controller of Mines, Central Zone, alleged to be close to private placer mineral industrialists, has been allowed to officiate in place of the Chief Controller. Sahai is said to be the most favoured public functionary of the Union Ministry of Mines working in the field, enjoying dictatorial clout with all officials in the ministry. Several written public complaints against Sahai are pending with the Central Vigilance Commissioner, New Delhi. It is reliably learnt that the Departmental Promotion Committee has already selected an officer working in Nagpur to fill the post of Chief Controller of Mines but his appointment is being prevented by Sahai. Such is his clout in the Ministry of Mines. Export of beach sands registered a quantum jump after 2005. As if to promote exports, even radioactive minerals, much needed for our nuclear energy programme, are allowed to be taken out of the country unchecked. To add insult to injury, private exporters of prohibited minerals are presented with Special Awards and Certificates of Merit by the Chemicals and Allied Products Export Promotion Council of the Government of India. Indiscriminate mining, if not monitored and regulated, can cause severe erosion in the coastal areas. 3 Months ago, 2G Scam Activist Subramaniam Swamy had written to the Prime Minister of India to look into the il-legal thorium mining scam of India. freepress.in/26/what-is-the-great-thorium-il-legal-mining-scam-of-india/
Posted on: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 06:36:25 +0000
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