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Supreme Court on Mining around Ramsar Sites
8 August 2026 5 min read

Supreme Court on Mining around Ramsar Sites

Environment & Ecology | GS III

The Supreme Court has clarified that its February 2024 interim order requiring prior approval before mining within a 10-km radius of the Asan Wetland Conservation Reserve would apply, for parity, to similarly notified Wetland Conservation Reserves across India.

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