Union Environment Minister Bhupendra Yadav on Monday (December 29, 2025) welcomed the new decision given by the Supreme Court regarding the definition of Aravalli mountain ranges and the mining issue. In its decision, the Supreme Court has put a stay on its previous order regarding the Aravalli hills and has directed to form a new committee to study this matter.
Welcoming this order, the Union Minister said that the government is fully committed to the protection of the Aravalli hills. He said that the Environment Ministry will provide all necessary support to this new committee of the Supreme Court. During this, he also clarified that there is a complete ban on new mining lease or renewal of old lease in the Aravali range.
Bhupendra Yadav posted on X
Union Minister Bhupendra Yadav shared a post on social media platform X welcoming the Supreme Court’s decision. In the post, Bhupendra Yadav said, ‘I welcome the Supreme Court’s directions to stay its order related to the Aravalli Range and form a new committee to study the issues.’
I welcome the Supreme Court directions introducing a stay on its order concerning the Aravalli range, and the formation of a new committee to study issues.
We stand committed to extending all assistance sought from MOEFCC in the protection and restoration of the Aravalli range.…
— Bhupender Yadav (@byadavbjp) December 29, 2025
He said, ‘We are committed to provide all assistance sought from the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change (MOEFCC) in the protection and restoration of the Aravalli Range. As per the current situation, a complete ban on mining continues in relation to new mining leases or renewal of old mining leases.
The Supreme Court had given the previous order on 20 November
In fact, the Supreme Court has currently put on hold its decision given last month on November 20, 2025. In its previous order, the court had accepted a uniform definition of the Aravalli hills and mountain range suggested by a committee constituted by the Union Environment Ministry. However, now the court has put its decision on hold and has directed to form a new high level committee of experts to study in depth the entire matter related to Aravalli mountain.
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