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Women collect scrap mica from an open cast mine inside a forest at Dhodhakola in Koderma district of Jharkhand. Mica is a crystalline silicate that neatly cleaves into sheets and lends itself to ...

Jharkhand's secretary for mines Sunil Kumar Barnwal said he was aware of child labour being used but was taken aback by the number of children dying in the illegal mines estimated to produce 70 per cent of India's annual mica output. He vowed to legalise some mines from early 2017 and take a zero-tolerance approach to local mica mafias - a ...

Aug 03, 2016· BBA workers, who have been trying to stop child labor in Jharkhand's mica mines for almost a decade, said Madan's death and the six others in .

Oct 22, 2019· Underground mining was legal in Jharkhand before the Forest Conservation Act came into effect in 1980. Mining companies began to wind-up as the government stopped issuing fresh leases. By 2000, mica mining ground to a complete halt. And that is when the illegal scavenging started.

I n India mica is sourced in a number of states including principally Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Jharkhand, Maharashtra and Rajasthan. Both states Bihar and Jharkhand, straddled by the so-called "mica belt", account for a significant share of Indian mica*. This same .

Global Spotlight on Illegal Mica Mines Drives Jharkhand Villagers to Hide Deaths "I will never go back (to the mica mines), never ever again. I tell other children the same thing."

Apr 16, 2014· But the process of extraction of these minerals, particularly mica, using child labour in India is now causing concern. Mica can be found in the mines of Jharkhand and Bihar. Most of it is ...

Child Workers Dying In Jharkhand Mines. Government Cracks ... · Authorities in Jharkhand will crackdown on "mica mafia" by starting to legalise some mica mines, a senior government official said, after a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation revealed the cover-up of child deaths in illegal mining.

Aug 11, 2016· Authorities in Jharkhand will crackdown on "mica mafia" by starting to legalise some mica mines, a senior government official said, after a Thomson Reuters Foundation investigation revealed the cover-up of child deaths in illegal mining.

Aug 25, 2019· Over 5,000 children in the age group of six to 14 years have abandoned education in mica mining districts of Jharkhand and Bihar, and a section of .

NEW DELHI: Over 5,000 children in the age group of six to 14 years have abandoned education in mica mining districts of Jharkhand and Bihar, and a section of them have started working as labourers ...

A Report on Child Labour in Mica Mines of Koderma & Giridih District of Jharkhand. January 10th, 2018 | Publications. The state of Jharkhand is extremely rich in mineral deposits and mica is one such mineral which is high on demand across the world. Two districts namely Giridih and Koderma (also known as the mica capital of India) have been the ...

Jharkhand has large deposits of minerals, providing a solid launching pad for mining and mineral based industries. With 40% of nation's mineral reserves, the state government is committed to rapid industrial development by leveraging the advantage the state provides due to the presence of .

May 04, 2017· A three-month investigation in the mica-producing state of Jharkhand in August found at least seven children had died in just two months in illegal mines - as they picked and sorted the prized ...

Apr 19, 2019· But something was about to change. The message of responsible mica sourcing began to be hammered into the boardrooms of multinationals using mica for glittery lipsticks, shiny cars and everyday electronics. News outlets from various western countries started to send reporters to Jharkhand's mica mines. Film crews appeared.

May 31, 2019· Jharkhand's Koderma and Giridih districts are home to a number of abandoned mica mines. There were nearly 700 mines at one time when mica mining was .

Nov 20, 2019· But returning this year to two major mica hubs in Jharkhand state - Koderma and Giridih - the Thomson Reuters Foundation found mining was largely unchecked and .

Aug 27, 2019· 5,000 Children Abandon Studies to Work in Mica Mines of Jharkhand, Bihar. The survey was conducted by the National Commission for Protection of .

"The majority of mica mining takes place in Jharkhand and Bihar, but there are hardly any legal mines in these states, so the mica from these states is exported using the licenses of legal mines ...

Jun 21, 2016· Officials from the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) visited the eastern state of Jharkhand this month to assess the extent of child labor in its mica mines.

Aug 31, 2016· The impoverished population of Jharkhand State mine for mica despite it being banned. This is destroying the state's nature reserve, but the world's growing interest in mica-based cosmetics ...

Aug 03, 2016· BBA workers, who have been trying to stop child labour in Jharkhand's mica mines for almost a decade, said Madan's death and the six others in .

Nov 21, 2019· Yet according to an exposé published this week by the Thomson Reuters Foundation, illegal mining remains rampant in Jharkhand, a major mica mining state where children continue to .

Aug 23, 2019· "Giridih and Koderma districts of Jharkhand are rich in mica mineral. The local Santhal tribal population is completely dependent on mica mining to earn its livelihood," Jairam, who works with a local non-profit Savera Foundation, told Gaon Connection. Officially, mica mining was banned in Jharkhand some two decades back.
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