Green clearance fee halved for ore beneficiation plants

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Based on the ‘s advice, the Goa State Environment Impact AssessmentAuthority(Goa-SEIAA) has revised and reduced the fee to be paid for environment clearances for operating a mineral beneficiation plant. The fee has

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been now brought down to half of what was originally planned to be charged or less.
In the beneficiation process,iron oreis separated from the rest of the mined extract. The state government is looking to restartminingactivities in the state after they shut down followingSupreme Courtdirectives in 2018.

For more than two lakh tonne, environment clearance for the mineral beneficiation plant would cost Rs 15 lakh, but has been brought down to just Rs 7 lakh.

As per the Goa-SEIAA’s recent decision, environment clearance fee for laterite quarries has also been slightly reduced from Rs 40,000 to Rs 35,000. In the case of basalt quarries, however, the amount has been hiked from Rs 50,000 to Rs 75,000.