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The Ministry of Environment bans new mining leases to protect Aravalli's 670-km range, directs a science-based plan to identify no-mining zones, and regulate existing operations.
- On Wednesday, the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change directed states across the Aravalli range to impose a complete ban on granting new mining leases to curb illegal mining and protect the range as a continuous geological formation.
- On November 20, the Supreme Court of India accepted a new definition of the Aravalli Hills proposed by a committee under the Environment Secretary, setting the elevation threshold at 100 metre or more above local relief.
- ICFRE has been tasked to map and recommend further no-mining zones across the Aravallis using ecological, geological and landscape-level assessment factors and to prepare a Management Plan for Sustainable Mining for stakeholder consultation.
- The directive will expand protected zones and reshape mining oversight, enlarging areas prohibited from mining while State Governments ensure compliance to prevent desertification, conserve biodiversity, and recharge aquifers.
- The Aravalli range spans 670 kilometres in northwestern India and dates back around 2 billion years, with its highest elevation recorded at 1,722 metres and stretching from Delhi to Gujarat.
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Environment Ministry Writes to States on Prohibited Zones, Sustainable Mining Plan in Aravalli
Get latest articles and stories on India at LatestLY. Ministry of Environment, Forest & Climate Change on Wednesday wrote a letter to the Chief Secretary to the Government of Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat regarding the "ban on grant of new Mining leases and strict regulation of ongoing mining activity in the Aravalli Hills in compliance of the Order of Supreme Court in their judgment dated November 20, 2025 in the matter of Writ Petition (Civil…
Amid Aravalli protests, Centre asks states to impose ‘complete ban on new mining leases’
The Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has mandated a complete ban on new mining leases across the Aravalli range from Delhi to Gujarat to combat illegal mining and protect this vital ecological zone.
The central government has imposed a moratorium on new mining leases to fully protect the Aravalli Range. No new mines will be opened in the entire Aravalli region (from Delhi to Gujarat). ICFRE will develop a plan to expand the protected area and implement a sustainable mining plan. Strict regulations will apply to existing mines.
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