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(Contd. from Page 4)mining can’t be termed as inclusivegrowth or sustainable development. Ifthis situation is exploited and resultsinto terrorism-unrest, it can never be ahealthy and harmonious environmentfor the development. People belongingto Scheduled Tribe have suffered themost due to mining and displacement.‘The Group of Ministers (GoM) onthis Bill at the Centre accepted theprinciple of sharing of profits by thePAPs and after long deliberationsapproved that all mining industriesacross the country will have to share26% of their profits with the displaced-PAPs. The GoM Chaired by the thenfinance minister Sri Pranab Mukharjeeaccepted this proposal along with otherthings and sent them to the LawMinistry for necessary amendments inthe old Act on 03rd January, 2011. Butthe things turned with the reshuffle inthe Council of Ministers at the centerand surprisingly, the GoM recalled itsrecommendations dated 3rd Jan; 2011,reviewed and reverted it! The GoM nowmandated that all miners except theCoal will share with PAPs an amountequivalent to Royalty paid to the StateGovernments for their mining. The Coalminers will share 26% of Profits after(Contd. from Page 3)National Conference of Kalyan Ashram concluded...deducting their Taxes, with the PAPs.Now the Coal Companies say that theytoo should be charged at par with otherminers-amount equivalent to Royalty toshare with the PAPs, and the IndustrialFederations taking clue of it are statingthat the Coal Miners should be chargedjust 26% of the Royalty.‘KKM of the ABVKA demands theCentral Government that:‘In order to assure inclusive growthand sustainable development, provisionsin the MMDR Bill 2011 should be madethat all miners including Coal andCaptive Coal Blocks shall share their26% of profits (after deducting PayableTax) with the PAPs;‘After receiving such share ofprofits, the proposed District MiningFoundations (DMFs) will directlydeposit 30% of amount so received intoBank Accounts of the PAPs, 65% shallbe used for infrastructural development(Roads & Bridges, Electricity,Communication etc) and SocialServices (Higher and TechnicalEducation, Medical and Health,Drinking Water and Sanitation etc) forthe mining area of the PAPs andremaining 5% for AdministrativeExpenses of the DMFs.‘This Act should be madeapplicable from 03rd January 2011when the GoM principally approvedidea of profit sharing, though the Billis pending since 2010.‘Though there is provision in theprevious Act that once the mining workis over the acquired land may be givenback after converting the land forcultivation to the original land owner,but nobody is following this provisionof the Act. In such circumstancesprovision should be made in theproposed bill that every Mining unitcreate a Reserve Fund with certainportion (3 or 4 %) of its profit every year.This Fund will be utilized solely for saidpurpose and the Funds will be operatedonly with the permission of DistrictCollector.‘Thousands of Janajati People havebeen organizing protest Rallies in manyDistricts across the country supportingthis demand. KKM appeals all theMembers of Parliament in General andJanajati Members of the Parliament inParticular to make all out effort to passthe bill in the parliament with abovementioned amendments’.THE EASTERN CONCEPT VIS-A-VlS THE WESTERN...The Resurgence in the NorthEast of India -The North East of our Country is aconglomeration of various indigenouspeoples and races with distinctivecultures and religions and with theirown traditional valves. They form anIndia within India and all have a richheritage and a glorious Past. Thoughthe West has chosen the Region as afield for cultural conquest yet it hasnot been successful. As it is with otherindigenous people of the World, thetribal of the North East have come torealise that it is they and they alonethat can guard the national souls oftheir laces. They have also come torealise that if they are to keep theirheads high they must buildthemselves on their own foundation andon their own ground. They have nowset before them a new ideal and a newgoal and they are new already on thematch with their proud heritage aspeople with a pilgrimage.They have respectively organisedthemselves for a common fight and forall concerted at have now a commonplatform known as the Indian TribalCultural Forum with its centre inGuwahati. Festival after festival andconference after conference are beingheld now throughout the North East andthrough these festivals and conferencethey are showing the World that theyhave their own concept of life and thatthey want to go by what is already theirin their blood. Not a few of those whohave crossed the fence to foreignreligions are now staging a come-back.They have come to a realisation thatall has been an infatuation—a mistakethat must be corrected. They are nowsharing the good things together in aspirit of brother hood unprecedentedbefore. They have become now onewith the Nation with the same destiny.(Based on the Speech of Shri H.Onderson Mawrie at Guwahati on the2 nd November, 1984 in ‘The PersonalityDevelopment Camp’ organised by theAkhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad,Bombay’. Published by Shri P. LagKhongwir, President of the Seng Samlaof the ‘Seng Khasi’, Mawlai, Shillong.793008.)Heritage Explorer 6 January 2013