Jharkhand Assembly to hold special session on SIR, mines law

Jharkhand's Assembly will hold a two-day special session on November 25 and 26 to debate the electoral roll Special Intensive Revision (SIR) and the amended Mines and Minerals Act. Chief Minister Hemant Soren's Cabinet took the decision on Tuesday. His government opposes the amended law, which removed states' right to levy cess on mined land.