Mineral note discriminatory,says Soren

The Jharkhand government has taken exception to a notification of the Union Ministry of Mines which has fixed the sale prices of minerals,with Chief Minister Shibu Soren writing a letter to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to seek his intervention in the matter.

Jharkhand supplies a huge quantity of precious minerals to the country. But it got the lowest or near the lowest royalty. This was evident from the notification which had fixed different prices of a similar grade mineral for different states. It is discriminatory and a conspiracy against Jharkhand. We hope you take note of it and do justice, the CM has written,questioning the rationale of the Indian Bureau of Mines in determining the state-wise average sale value of minerals every month.