Tag: Prafulla Mallik

Bhubaneswar: Even three days after the Supreme Court judgment directing 100 per cent penalty on illegal mining, the State government is still in the dark on the amount of fine to be imposed on the lessees and analysing legal aspects of the order to finalise the amount. The delay in issuing notice to the illegal […]

Bhubaneswar: Odisha government has made the installation of GPS (global positioning system) in the mineral transporting trucks mandatory to bring transparency in mines business, said steel and mines minister Prafulla Mallik. The GPS device, which is linked to the Integrated Mines and Mineral Management System or i3MS software, aims to stop illegal transportation of minerals, […]

Bhubaneswar: Blaming Odisha government of anti-development attitude, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today held the Naveen government responsible for the exit of South Korean Steel major Posco from the State. Briefing newsmen at a press conference in the State on Friday, Union Minister for Steel Birender Singh said the company left Odisha as the government […]

The State government today ordered reopening of three more closed mines basing on the recommendations of inter-departmental committee on mines. Talking to mediapersons, State Mines minister Prafulla Mallik said the lease holders have been asked to make additional lease deed of the concerned mines

Odisha government has sought five months' time from the Centre for obtaining forest clearance for five mines of the Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), a state government PSU

Bhubaneswar: Odisha’s Steel & Mines Minister Prafulla Kumar Mallik has tested positive for COVID-19. Taking to Twitter, the minister on Sunday informed, “I had undergone a COVID-19 test and the report came positive. With Lord Jagannath’s blessing, I am stable and undergoing treatment at the hospital.” Mallik also requested the people, who have come in […]