The public trust doctrine makes natural resources a part of the commons, owned equally by all, and legally owned by the state. The resources and opportunities that the present generation have inherited must be available to future generations in perpetuity. In the Goa mining case, the Supreme...

Hartwick's rule says that as mineral resources are extracted from the ground, investments in productive assets need to be made to leave future generations with as much assets as the present generation. This article examines whether mining in Goa meets Hartwick's rule, and finds that the state...

The report on mining in Goa by the National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER 2010b) was criticised by Pranab Mukhopadhyay and Gopal K Kadekodi (hereafter MG) inEPW (12 November 2011). This author also commented on the conclusions of the report and raised several ethical issues (EPW,...

This comment on “Missing the Woods for the Ore: Goa's Development Myopia” by Pranab Mukhopadhyay and Gopal K Kadekodi further criticises “A Study on Goan Iron Ore Mining Industry”, the 2010 report of the National Council of Applied Economic Research