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Streamline approvals for exploratory drilling, states told
Hindustan Times Jammu
|December 11, 2024
THE MINISTRY'S FAC EXEMPTED SURVEYS INVOLVING FELLING OF UP TO 100 TREES
NEW DELHI: The Union environment ministry has streamlined the approval process for surveys and exploratory drilling in forest areas to facilitate mineral exploration, according to a letter to principal secretaries and additional chief secretaries (forests) from all states and UTs last month.
This story is from the December 11, 2024 edition of Hindustan Times Jammu.
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