Padmesh Gupta

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{{#Badges:CoalSwarm|navbar-Indiacoal}}Padmesh Gupta is the chairperson of Gupta Coal, the coal logistics and coal processing subsidiary of the Gupta Group, a company with interests in coal mining and processing, infrastructure, power and logistics.[1][2]

In November 2011 Padmesh Gupta was a mining industry executive complaining that environmental protections were having too much impact on the mining industry. "Conserving environment is necessary, but growth must be given priority as the country has a long way to go. There is enough waste land to grow forests, but mineral resources cannot be found everywhere, especially minerals," said Gupta.[3]

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  1. Gupta Group, "About the Group", Gupta Group website, accessed November 2011.
  2. Gupta Group, "Gupta Coal", Gupta Group website, accessed December 2011.
  3. "Industry supports regulation, but against ban on mining", Times of India, November 22, 2011.