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Naveen Patnaik urges BJP MPs to seek reversal of mining Act amendment
AI EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Former Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik criticized a recent amendment to the mining act, arguing it strips state control over mineral resources and lands. In a letter to BJP MPs from Odisha, he called for the reversal of the legislation, emphasizing local autonomy in resource management.
WHY IT MATTERS
The amendment could significantly alter the distribution of power and revenue between the central government and Odisha over its mineral wealth.
In a single Legislative stroke, the control over our own minerals and our mineral-bearing lands was taken away from us, says former Odisha CM in a letter addressed to BJP MPs from the State
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