The Indian Mining Industry - An Economic, Social, and Environmental Analysis

This book delves into the intricate workings of India's mining sector, examining its economic, social, and environmental performance. By examining the industry's productivity and environmental and social compliance, it explores the complex interplay between profit, people, and the planet.

About the author

Meenakshi Parida is an Assistant Professor of Economics and Law at the National Law University of Delhi, India. Dr. Parida completed her PhD from the Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, under the University of Mysore in 2022. Her research interests lie in industrial economics, energy economics, environmental economics, and public policy. She has published research papers in reputed national and international journals in the field of natural resource economics.

S. Madheswaran is the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) Chair Professor and Head, Centre for Economic Studies and Policy, Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bengaluru, India. His areas of specialization include the economics of education, economics of labour, environmental economics, and public policy along with applied econometrics. He has published 120 papers and several books on these topics in both international and national refereed economics journals. His teaching interests span development economics and econometrics. Dr. Madheswaran has completed many government projects, the outcomes of which have been used as mid-course policy corrections.

Product details

• Authors: S. Madheswaran, Meenakshi Parida, Meenakshi (Assistant Professor of Economic Parida
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2026
• EAN: 9780198954361
• ISBN: 978-0-19-895436-1
• No. of pages: 256
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / Energy, India, Environmental Economics, Mining Industry, Energy industries and utilities, Coal & Solid Fuel Industries, Extractive industries