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Who is accountable

From the officers who run it up to the minister and the head of government. Names from the Government's official lists.

  1. Environment and Forests Department / State Pollution Control Board
  2. Head of the department: its Principal Secretary or Secretary in Jharkhand (titles differ by State).
  3. Chief Secretary, JharkhandShri Avinash Kumarcs-jharkhand@nic.in
  4. Minister: the Jharkhand minister who holds this department.
  5. Chief Minister, JharkhandShri Hemant Soren

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As on: Chief Secretaries as on 1 Oct 2026; Chief Ministers as on 15 Oct 2026DoPT — Chief Secretaries / Advisors to the Administrators of States and UTs (as on 01.10.2026)Wikipedia — List of current Indian chief ministers (checked 15 Oct 2026)

Environment & pollutionInitiated by: Portal

Illegal mining and the sand mafia in Jharkhand

India in Nutshell (starter topic)· 5 hours ago

Listed for:Jharkhand Assembly election 2029Jharkhand Assembly election 2034

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Illegal coal and sand mining damages rivers and roads, causes accidents and robs the State of revenue.

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  • How will illegal mining be tracked and stopped?
  • How will officials who look the other way be held to account?

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