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The Coal NaTioN This page has been left blank intentionally The Coal Nation histories, ecologies and Politics of Coal in india ediTed by KuNTala lahiri-duTT Australian National University, Australia © Kuntala lahiri-dutt 2014 all rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the publisher. Kuntala lahiri-dutt has asserted her right under the Copyright, designs and Patents act, 1988, to be identified as the editor of this work. Published by ashgate Publishing limited ashgate Publishing Company Wey Court east 110 Cherry Street union road Suite 3-1 Farnham burlington, VT 05401-3818 Surrey, Gu9 7PT uSa england www.ashgate.com British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library The Library of Congress has cataloged the printed edition as follows: lahiri-dutt, Kuntala, 1956- The coal nation : histories, ecologies and politics of coal in india / by Kuntala lahiri-dutt. pages cm includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 978-1-4724-2470-9 (hardback) -- ISBN 978-1-4724-2471-6 (ebook) -- ISBN 978- 1-4724-2472-3 (epub) 1. Coal trade--India. 2. Coal mines and mining--India. I. Title. hd9556.i42l34 2014 338.27240954--dc23 2013033196 ISBN: 978-1-4724-2470-9 (hbk) 978-1-4724-2471-6 (ebk – PDF) 978-1-4724-2472-3 (ebk – ePUB) V Contents List of Figures vii List of Tables ix The Contributors xi Preface xv Acknowledgements xxv 1 Introduction to Coal in India: Energising the Nation 1 Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt PART I JusTIce, LegALITy And HIsToRy 2 Between Legitimacy and Illegality: Informal Coal Mining at the Limits of Justice 39 Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt 3 Coal in Colonial Assam: Exploration, Trade and Environmental Consequences 63 Arupjyoti Saikia 4 Border Mining: State Politics, Migrant Labour and Land Relations along the India-Bangladesh Borderlands 79 Debojyoti Das 5 Slaughter Mining and the ‘Yielding Collier’: The Politics of Safety in the Jharia Coalfields 1895–1950 105 Dhiraj Kumar Nite 6 Stranded Between the State and the Market: ‘Uneconomic’ Mine Closure in the Raniganj Coal Belt 129 Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt PART II MInIng dIsPLAceMenT And oTHeR socIAL IMPAcTs 7 World Bank, Coal and Indigenous Peoples Lessons from Parej East, Jharkhand 145 Tony Herbert and Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt vi The Coal Nation 8 ‘Captive’ Coal Mining in Jharkhand: Taking Land from Indigenous Communities 165 Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt, Radhika Krishnan and Nesar Ahmad 9 Coal Mining in Northeastern India in the Age of Globalisation 183 Walter Fernandes and Gita Bharali 10 Marginalising People on Marginal Commons: The Political Ecology of Coal in Andhra Pradesh 197 Patrik Oskarsson 11 Water Worries in a Coal Mining Community: Understanding the Problem from the Community Perspective 219 Prajna Paramita Mishra 12 Gender in Coal Mining Induced Displacement and Rehabilitation in Jharkhand 229 Nesar Ahmad and Kuntala Lahiri-Dutt PART III socIAL PeRsPecTIves To InfoRM MInIng PoLIcy 13 Colonial Legislation in Postcolonial Times 257 Nesar Ahmad 14 On the States’ Ownership and Taxation Rights over Minerals in India 277 Amarendra Das 15 Key Policy Issues for the Indian Coal-Mining Industry 289 Ananth Chikkatur and Ambuj Sagar Index 307 List of Figures 1.1 Distribution of coal deposits in India 4 1.2 Detail of important coal deposits 5 This page has been left blank intentionally List of Tables 6.1 Comparative Cost Structure (as % of sale value): Underground and Open Cast Mines under ECL 135 6.2 Difference (in Mt) between Sand Stowing and Coal Extraction during April 1995–November 1995 and April 1996–November 1996 138 7.1 Issues and Outcomes 161 8.1 Displacement Caused by Land Acquisition (as Declared by Mining Companies) 173 11.1 Sources of Water in Sample Households (in %) 223 14.1 Contribution of Minerals to State Economies: Recent Trend 279 14.2 Share of mineral royalties: total revenue receipts of major mineral-producing states 281
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