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Tripura Transfers Sand Mining Oversight to Industries & Commerce Ministry
✍️ Northeast Today
🗓 19 Sep 2026, 02:36 PM
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The Tripura Forest Department has moved the responsibility for sand mining regulation from its own purview to the state's Industries and Commerce Department.
The Tripura Forest Department has announced that the oversight of sand mining will now be handled by the state's Industries and Commerce Department.
This decision, made in a recent announcement, is part of an effort to streamline the regulation of natural resource extraction and improve coordination among government agencies.
Under the new arrangement, the Industries and Commerce Department will take over licensing, monitoring and enforcement of sand mining operations, while the Forest Department will continue to focus on forest conservation and management.
Officials say the change aims to enhance regulatory efficiency and ensure the sustainable use of sand resources in the state.
This decision, made in a recent announcement, is part of an effort to streamline the regulation of natural resource extraction and improve coordination among government agencies.
Under the new arrangement, the Industries and Commerce Department will take over licensing, monitoring and enforcement of sand mining operations, while the Forest Department will continue to focus on forest conservation and management.
Officials say the change aims to enhance regulatory efficiency and ensure the sustainable use of sand resources in the state.