Prelims: Current events of National and International Importance | Geography
Why is in news?
Meghalaya state legislative assembly adopts resolution against uranium mining.
News In detail
Local communities have been resisting the proposed exploration of the radioactive mineral in the South West Khasi Hills district.
Supreme Court’s 2019 order - State of Meghalaya versus the All-Dimasa Students’ Union - recognised the rights of private and community landowners over both the surface and the minerals beneath their land
Meghalaya is governed by a distinctive constitutional and customary framework under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution.
It protects community, clan, and individual ownership of land and resources.
Uranium in India
Meghalaya has one of the country’s largest reserves of high-grade uranium in South West Khasi Hills.
The estimated 9.22 million tonnes of uranium deposits in the State are 16% of the country’s total reserves
And it is the third highest, after Jharkhand and Andhra Pradesh.
