Justice MB Shah commission, a committee which is probing illegal mining activities in state of Odisha, has sought government's view on banning exports of iron ore.
The probe panel, on the final day of its second phase visit on October 12 to Odisha, had wanted to know the views of the government by asking nine questions including those on ban of mineral trade. Other major issues raised by the committee are
1. Capping Mineral production
2. Controlling mineral prices
The probe panel headed by Justice M B Shah, which investigates illegal mining cases in Goa and Karnataka as well, has already recommended the Centre to ban iron ore exports, saying that miners violated rules mainly to make profit from the outbound shipments.
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