Jairam Ramesh moots 20-year moratorium on mining in Andhra tribal areas

Jairam Ramesh on Sunday mooted 20-year moratorium on mining in tribal areas of Andhra Pradesh.Addressing a public meeting at G. K. Veedhi, a an interior tribal area in Visakhapatnam district, he suggested to Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N. Kiran Kumar Reddy to impose the ban on mining as it gives rise to Maoist activity."Wherever we have mining we have Maoists. We have to have to different ...