1 Ministry of Coal available from coal.nic.in/content/about-ministry (available June 26, 2020). In the context of the current pandemic, new reforms have been announced by the Ministry of Finance of the Government of India, paving the way for an “Atma Nirbhar Bharat”, including the liberalization of the sector regime and the establishment of commercial mining, under which the government proposes to introduce competition, transparency and private sector participation in the coal sector through a revenue-sharing mechanism instead of a fixed rupee regime. It is also proposed that each party could offer a block of coal and sell it on the open market.17 It is therefore possible to observe a significant change in the way transactions take place in this sector and it would be interesting to see the role of the MDO model for mining in the future. The Mineral Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2020, was passed on 02 Lok Sabha introduced, on March 27, 2020, in Lok Sabha, which introduced certain changes to the scheme of the law, including the inclusion of Section 4B, which provides that the central government may impose production efficiency conditions in the interest of sustainable production in the country15. 16 The Parliament adopted the Mines and Minerals Act 1957 (MMRD), which provides for the regulation of mines and mining under EU control. indiatimes.com/opinion/et-editorial/coal-mines-nationalisation-actwas-an-il-conceived-law/articleshow/40886241.cms?from=mdr (accessed 26. 3 Available under coal.nic.in/sites/upload_files/coal/files/curentnotices/ draftmodelagreement_1.pdf (accessed June 26, 2020). 2 Manohar Lal Sharma vs. The Principal Secretary, (2014) 9 SCC 516, This episode explores what freshwater scientists are trying to achieve by pouring oil into a remote lake, and the unusual solution they have found to eliminate future oil spills.

9 See Section 4(4), See Section 5(2), See Section 16(4) and Section 22 of the Act, 2015 The booming market for sustainable agriculture can help save endangered species and stem an alarming loss of habitat, but a new study has shown that policymakers must also play their part. Sustainability performance varies from product to product and transparency gaps have increased in the apparel industry. .