No asbestos mine functional in India but trade, manufacture and use of asbestos yet to be stopped Saturday, October 1, 2022 http://www.asbestosfreeindia.org/2022/10/no-asbestos-mine-functional-in-india.html In answer to Sangamlal Gupta and P.P. Chaudhary on “Ban on Asbestos Mines”, Pralhad Joshi, minister of coal and mines said " no asbestos mine functional in India because of the harmful effect of asbestos" . Yet, 25 per cent of the entire asbestos produced globally comes to India because India is yet to ban trade, manufacture and use of all kinds of asbestos .
India imported asbestos to the tune of 3,61,164 tonnes in 2019-20. It was 3,64,105 tonnes in the previous year.
According to World Health Organisation (WHO), 250, 000 are dying annually because of asbestos related diseases.
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