PANJIM: Chief Minister Dr Pramod Sawant today has said that the state review petition on mining has been listed for hearing tomorrow in the Supreme Court of India.
“State review petition on mining has been listed for hearing tomorrow in the Supreme Court of India, hopeful it will be heard,” said CM Sawant
He said, “The governemnt in its review petition has asked for extention of leases till the year 2027 and we are hopeful for a positive outcomeso that mining activities can run smoothly till 2027,”
Two mining-related petitions have been filed in the Supreme Court. One is a Special Leave Petition filed by a mining company to seek extension of the mining lease period, thereby doing away with the need for renewal of the lease.
Another plea by the state urged the apex court to reassess its 2018 order, which had put the brakes on the Goa mining industry.
The Supreme Court order in 2018 had scrapped 88 operational mining leases, citing irregularities in the renewal processes. When the mining industry was at its peak, mining extraction, trade and export accounted for 30 per cent of the state’s Gross Domestic Product.