Aiming to make mining environment-friendly, the Yogi Adityanath government has amended the UP Mining Act incorporating the environment clause linked with sustainable development. A decision was taken in this regard at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath in Lucknow on Tuesday.
The government approved the proposal to amend guidelines of UP District Mining Trust, including environment-friendly and sustainable development. As of now, the Trust gets 10 per cent royalty from mining to control environmental and pollution hazards due to mining in respective districts.
In another decision, the government also amended Mining Act Regulation, 2020, and nominated district magistrates as nodal officers to fix royalty and give permission for disposal of waste during construction of private houses or non-commercial buildings within a month.
The cabinet also approved a proposal to provide free land for construction of Kendriya Vidhalaya in Fatehpur.
Government spokeman Sidharth Nath Singh told reporters that 5.37 acres of land for setting up of Kendriya Vidhalaya in Madhupuri village of Fatehpur district would be provided free of cost.
In another decision, the government upgraded the construction of Regional Forensic Laboratory in Gorakhpur from Class B to Class A with an additional cost of Rs 6.56 crore.
The cabinet also declared Ajay Devgn-starrer ‘Tanhaji: The Unsung Warrior’ as tax-free. On January 15, the government had issued an order (GO) declaring the film tax-free but an approval from the cabinet was taken on Tuesday.