— "The policies (of the RMI and Jharkhand government) were limited to withdrawing children from mines," said Professor Sanjai Bhatt of Delhi School of Social Work, who has researched mica-dependency ...
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Mica is commonly known as 'dhibra' among the locals in Jharkhand. Mining dhibra was declared illegal after the Forest Conservation Act came into effect in 1980, following which the government did not renew mining licences. The Koderma and Giridih districts of …
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— About twenty years ago, disturbing facts came to light about child labor in the mica mining business in Jharkhand. This was the start of the journey. In 2004, Bachpan Bachao Andolan did a study that showed that more than 5,000 kids were digging for and collecting mica in dangerous ways. It was scary to see that this number had grown to …
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— A three-month investigation in the mica-producing state of Jharkhand found that a flourishing black market had resulted in at least seven children being killed since June, mining for the prized ...
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— After watching her sister-in-law and a friend die in a mica mine in eastern India in March this year, 15-year-old Ritika Murmu vowed she would never again pick the mineral and set out to warn others.
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— BBA workers, who have been trying to stop child labour in Jharkhand's mica mines for almost a decade, said the latest deaths were just the tip of the iceberg, estimating fewer than 10 percent of ...
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Ranchi, Jul 5 (PTI) Apex child rights body NCPCR on Friday declared mica mines in Jharkhand 'child labour-free', confirming that all kids are now enrolled in schools. According to Nobel laureate Kailash Satyarthi's non-profit organisation Bachpan Bachao Andolan (BBA), which spearheaded the 'Child Labour-Free Mica' campaign in collaboration with …
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Child Labour Free Mica (CLFM) is a unique transformative program dedicated to protecting children and preventing their involvement in labour within the mica mining supply chain in Bihar and Jharkhand, India.
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Mica is a substance that gives a shiny appearance to cosmetics and paints. Koderma and Giridih are two districts in Jharkhand richly endowed with good quality mica deposits. The socio-economic and human development indicators indicate that the region suffers from a classic 'resource curse' case. Mica mining is an illegal activity; however, the …
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— There are alternatives for mica that work for cosmetics and paints, but the tech and car industries cannot substitute the critical mineral so easily due to its unique properties like high heat resistance and conductivity. Life in the impoverished Indian state of Jharkhand would not improve if its mica mines were disconnected from the world market.
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— The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) declared the mica mines of Jharkhand' child labour-free' at an event in Koderma, Jharkhand, on 5 July 2024.Speaking at the function, the NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo announced that this is the first-ever successful endeavour to cleanse a supply chain of child labour in …
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— Item 1 of 7 A shows mica which she has collected from an illegal open cast mine in Giridih district in the eastern state of Jharkhand, India, June 27, 2016.
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— More than 300,000 people leave their villages every day in search of mica. Packed with shovels and bamboo ladders, they make their way to the abandoned mines to seek their fortune in mica country.
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India is the 2nd largest producer of mica and the states of Bihar and Jharkhand are globally renowned for producing some of the highest-quality mica. Bihar and Jharkhand, two of India's poorest states, see rampant …
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— The Responsible Mica Initiative (RMI) is excited to learn about the decision taken by the Jharkhand Chief Minister's cabinet on February 10th, 2022 fo
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Jharkhand Mining &Infrastructure Show is the an national & internationally trade show servicing the mining & mineral ... (26% of India's reserves), copper ore (18.5% of India's reserves), uranium, mica, bauxite, granite, limestone, silver, graphite, magnetite, and dolomite. Jharkhand is the only state in India to produce coking coal ...
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— Vinita, 16, goes into a rat-hole mine to search for mica in Giridih district in the eastern state of Jharkhand, India, June 27, 2016. Picture taken June 27, 2016. REUTERS/Nita Bhalla Purchase ...
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— For the 5,000-odd poverty-stricken families of Jharkhand's Giridih and Koderma districts, dhibra – the local term for low-quality flakes of mica – is both the provider and the killer, Rishikesh Mishra, secretary …
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Andhra Pradesh and Rajasthan, but no formal mica mining is happening in Jharkhand or Bihar. Despite this, there are a number of mica processing units in Jharkhand that process mica from domestic sources. 2.2. MICA AND MINOR MINERAL MINING IN JHARKHAND - Jharkhand is the 15th largest Indian state by area6
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— In India, the Forest Conservation Act was passed in 1980 in an effort to curb deforestation, rendering all mines in forests (and thus, almost all mica mines) illegal. Although the Indian government has committed to begin legalising mica mines in 2017 after the scandal of the Jharkhand investigation, there has been little tangible progress.
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interest in mica (scrap mica) lured traders and operators to access hundreds of closed mines, many of which lie in the forests of Jharkhand's Koderma and Giridih districts – and thereby result in conflict with the local police and the forest administration.
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— In the dusty hills of Jharkhand, India, deep crevices have been cleaved into the hard earth. Men, women and children rummage through the dirt, using their bare hands and a few rudimentary tools...
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— This week Jharkhand´s Chief Minister, Hermant Soren, has inaugurated a model to develop cooperatives of mica miners after the adoption of the 'Dhibra policy'. This legalises the artisanal mining of mica scrap (dhibra). Terre des Hommes Netherlands has been combating Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL) in mica mines in India since 2015.
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Reflecting on the long, arduous journey towards making mica mines child labour free, Bhuwan Ribhu, noted child rights activist who has worked on the issue for 20 years, said, "The identification ...
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— Terre des Hommes Netherlands has been combating Worst Forms of Child Labour (WFCL) in mica mines in India since 2015. Jharkhand´s Chief Minister, Hermant Soren, has inaugurated a model to …
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— If a mine collapses while she's inside — a daily risk for the estimated 22,000 kids that work in the mica mines in neighboring states of Jharkhand and Bihar — it could leave her injured ...
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By Sami Ahmad. Ranchi, April 3, 2022: A notification by the government of Jharkhand banning 'illegal mining and selling of mica' has put the livelihoods of thousands of mica scrap dealers and laborers in jeopardy. Around 200,000 unorganized workers are involved in mica business in Jharkhand, a mineral rich state, as per the Dhibra Scrap Mazdoor …
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— Here are some of the key findings of a three-month long investigation in the states of Jharkhand, Bihar, Rajasthan and Andhra Pradesh into child labor involved in producing mica, the mineral that ...
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— The main mica maker in India in Jharkhand. Therefore it has close to half of the country's mica stores in the Kodera locale. Mica is protecting and warms lenient. ... There are around 22 limestone mines …
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— In the dusty hills of Jharkhand, India, deep crevices have been cleaved into the hard earth. Men, women and children rummage through the dirt, using their bare hands and a few rudimentary tools to ...
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