Auction process transparent, will not return to first-come,first-served: Pralhad Joshi

NEW DELHI: The government will not go back to the first-come, first-served system for granting mining leases as auction regime is law of the land, Mines Minster Pralhad Joshi on Tuesday said.

The statement comes in the wake of mining body FIMI pitching for implementation of the original system.

“We will not be able to go back to first-come, first-served basis. The law of land is very clear,” Joshi said here.