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proposed to be the basis of the National Mineral Policy,
from the children’s perspective.
framework of other departments in order to incorporate
these pre-conditions, so as to fulfil their responsibilities
towards children within their mandate and jurisdiction
of work.
Inclusion of children’s issues and concerns in mining activities
into the three cycles of the mining activities at the time of
granting mining lease:
Pre-Mining Plan:
after a documented assurance that child labour
will not be engaged in mining or any other related
activity. If children are found to be working within the
mining premises/lease area, the mine lease should be
immediately cancelled.
assessment of existing economic situation, education,
health and food security (both from forest and land)
indicators of the pre-mining situation, and provide a
plan for development of children and their families
within the project plan and project costs (exclusive of
funds diverted from government departments).
mining operations will affect the existing resources,
water bodies, cultures and social institutions to ensure
minimum impact and replacement.
and ensure that education, health, nutrition levels, safety
or economic development will be achieved, over and
above the existing status, based on the baseline survey
undertaken.
existing economic and development status of the
communities in very direct terms (currently, indirect
benefits are deemed to accrue to communities as
normally mentioned in EIA documents).
agreement and the Rehabilitation Plan should clearly
specify the impacts on children and the plan for
rehabilitating them based on the baseline survey. This
would include providing livelihood to displaced/affected
families. Special attention must be paid to widows and
single mothers with children mentally and physically
challenged.
project begins in a time-bound manner. This includes
decent and adequate housing with toilet and potable
drinking water, supply of which is not ad hoc in
nature, good quality schools within the rehabilitation/
resettlement colony, electricity, anganwadi centre with
supplementary nutrition to pregnant women and single
mothers.
that ensues forced evictions it is essential to have a
written agreement that the company will not set up or
facilitate the setting up of liquor shops within or near
the rehabilitation colony.
around the mines, beyond the rehabilitation colonies,
needs utmost attention such as construction anganwadis,
schools, colleges, health institutions both traditional
and governmental, water resources, houses, roads and
transport.
revenue land that will be diverted for the activity and
permissions should be taken both from the Department
of Water Resources as well as from the local panchayat.
activity will not be located near the school, anganwadi,
water sources and health centre of the village
for parking of trucks and lorries and these areas should
be designated before the clearance of the lease so that
the children are protected from a socially threatening
environment that is created by movement of floating
population.
regular precautionary actions (which already exist in the
law) but penal action will be taken if regular mitigating
activities are not undertaken.
by the mining company both to workers and to the
community, and results of the same should be available
for public scrutiny at the office of the company and also
submitted to the District Medical and Health Officer at
regular intervals fixed at the time of the lease or provided
in the Mines Safety Rules of the MMDR Act.
result in the cancellation of the lease. Penalties should be
defined for non-implementation of rehabilitation as per
projected plans and assessments with recommendations