The Madhya Pradesh cabinet on Wednesday approved the construction of a 108-feet tall statue of the 8th century Indian philosopher Adi Shankaracharya, a museum dedicated to him and an International Advaita Vedanta Sansthan at Omkareshwar at a cost of Rs 2,141 crore.
Shankaracharya is known for consolidating the doctrine of Advaita Vedanta, a Hindu school of Philosophy. On November 5 last year, Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated a12-foot statue of Shankaracharya at the Kedarnath Temple in Uttarakhand.
The State Cabinet here on Wednesday gave approval regarding effective control over illegal mining, transportation and storage of Minerals. With regard to illegal mining, transportation and storage of minerals, Rule 53 of Madhya Pradesh Minor Mineral Rules, 1996 and Rule 20 of Madhya Pradesh Sand (Mining, Transport, Storage and Trade) Rules, 2019 have been repealed from these rules.
In the provisions made in illegal mining, transportation and storage of minerals, a provision has been made to impose a penalty of double the amount of the total punishment imposed along with forfeiture of 15 times the royalty and its equivalent amount to be taken as environmental compensation in illegal mining and storage of minerals and vehicles and machinery confiscated for not depositing the total penalty imposed in the case.