Question: TAMRA Portal and Mobile Application has been launched by the ministry of …
(a) Mining
(b) Steel
(c) Sports
(d) Shipping
Ans:(a)
- Union Minister of State (IC) for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy and Mines, Piyush Goyal will launch TAMRA (Transparency, Auction Monitoring and Resource Augmentation) portal and Mobile Application on 10thFebruary, 2017.
- The objective of the portal and app is to enhance transparency and accountability as a part of the Ease of Doing Business in the Mining sector.
- TAMRA Portal and Mobile Application is a step to speed up mining activity in India and facilitate all the stakeholders to track the status of the statutory clearances associated with mining blocks.
- TAMRA covers block-wise, state-wise and mineral-wise information of the blocks to be auctioned, monitors various statutory clearances, and also highlights the additional resources generated through e-Auction.
- TAMRA will be an interactive platform for all the stakeholders to compress the timelines for statutory and other clearances as it would help minimize the gestation period for commencing production.
- In case of delay in obtaining any clearances, TAMRA will send triggers to the concerned authority so that the remedial steps can be taken immediately.
- The Ministry of Mines will also receive triggers generated by TAMRA and will facilitate in expediting clearances. This portal also enables successful bidder to give suggestions/inputs.
- This initiative will help in facilitating Ease in Doing Business by providing a tool to digitally check the progress.
Reference:
http://pib.nic.in/newsite/PrintRelease.aspx?relid=158229