The new definition does not permit mining automatically in any area. It only standardises what constitutes the Aravalli range using scientific & geomorphological criteria.

R.P. Balwan moved SC seeking changes to its 20 November order that says sustainable mining would cover only ranges above 100m ...

In simple terms, only hills that rise at least 100 metres above the surrounding lower ground will be marked as Aravallis on official maps.

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has also asked the ICFRE to identify additional areas across the ...

A hill does not cease to be part of the range because it has been quarried into invisibility; such destruction is evidence of ...

Indian courts have consistently intervened to protect the Aravalli Hills, addressing issues related to mining and environmental damage. Recently, the Supreme Court adopted a new elevation-based ...

Party says reclassification could leave most of the ancient range vulnerable to mining and real estate activity, accusing Centre of weakening environmental safeguards ...

Over the past few weeks, Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav has given a series of interviews to defend a new definition of ...

However, this failed to buy peace with the Congress and environmentalists again, referring to the contentious new definition of the Aravallis based on a 100-metre elevation threshold and a Forest ...

GURGAON: The Union environment ministry (MoEF) affidavit in Supreme Court, which recommended defining Aravalis for the ...

Jairam Ramesh says revised definition of Aravalli hills was opposed by statutory bodies and the Supreme Court’s advisers ...

The 100-metre benchmark and the use of local profile would result in a significant part of the Aravalli range vulnerable to ...