Jairam Ramesh for 20yr mining freeze in AP tribal areas # ...
Mar 21, 2013· Arguing that mining in tribal areas would lead to increased Maoist activity, Union Rural Development Minister Jairam Ramesh has called for a 20year moratorium on mining projects that affect the livelihood sources of the tribal communities in Andhra Pradesh. "Nowhere in the country has mining benefited the tribals. Only a few outsiders became ...