New Delhi: To bring transparency and efficiency in grant of mineral concessions, the Centre has asked state governments to strengthen Mining Directorates to improve monitoring of the cases. It also asked the states to expedite approval to mining leases, including forest clearances, to clear the backlog of mineral concession applications. "Central Coordination-cum?-Empowered Committee (CEC) on monitoring and minimising delays in grant of approvals for mineral concessions ... took decisions aimed at bringing about more efficiency and transparency in the system," an official statement said. Apart from the decision to increase capacity of State Mining Directorates, the meeting chaired by Mines Secretary S Vijay Kumar stressed on the need for ensuring proper exploration in leasehold areas in a time-bound way to enable execution of Mining Plans in a scientific manner. It also decided to introduce an end-to-end accounting system for mineral transaction to prevent and detect illegal mining through an All India Online System, the statement said. The meeting was attended by representatives from the Ministries of Environment and Forests, Defence, Home Affairs, Steel, Civil Aviation, Railway, Shipping, Finance. Officials from the Indian Bureau of Mines and Geological Survey of India also participated in the meeting. Representatives of Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu also participated in it.
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