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Supreme Court puts Aravalli Hills definition ruling on hold, seeks fresh expert review over environmental impact

OpIndia Staff - 29 December, 2025

According to the bench, such a sensitive issue requires scientific and environmental expertise, not just administrative inputs.

Supreme Court takes suo motu cognisance of concerns around Aravalli Hills definition, Special Bench to hear matter on 29th December

OpIndia Staff - 28 December, 2025

The Supreme Court will examine whether recently accepted definitions and safeguards adequately protect the Aravallis, even as the Centre enforces a mining freeze and environmental groups warn of loopholes enabling degradation of lower hill formations.

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As Congress opposes Modi govt over Aravalli Hills mining policy after advocating the same in 2002, here’s a history of the party’s flip-flops on...

Shraddha Pandey - 25 December, 2025

From UCC, Aadhaar, Triple Talaq, to VB-G RAM G and Aravalli Hills mining policy, Congress changes its stance based on political convenience. What was right when Congress was in power becomes automatically wrong when the BJP does it.

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Exclusive: Documents show how Rajasthan Congress govt had said Aravalli mining ban would harm economy, while Ashok Gehlot now leads the protests

Shraddha Pandey - 25 December, 2025

While Ashok Gehlot accuses the BJP-led governments in the Centre and Rajasthan of conspiring to hand over the Aravalli Hills to mining mafias, citing the Centre’s ‘0.019% mining area’ argument, in 2002, the Gehlot government itself wanted to open the Aravallis for mining.

Union Govt imposes complete ban on issue of new mining leases in Aravallis, reiterates commitment to long-term protection of the ecosystem as a continuous...

OpIndia Staff - 24 December, 2025

The Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MoEF&CC) has issued a directive imposing a complete ban on granting any new mining leases...

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Opposition’s fear mongering Vs reality in the Aravalli Hills: Union Environment Minister Bhupender Yadav debunks false claims and lies

Shraddha Pandey - 22 December, 2025

The controversy around the Supreme Court ruling adopting the revised definition of the Aravalli Hills has been amplified by a section of social media influencers and opposition-aligned propagandists under the #SaveAravalli trend.