<p>A meeting of Ministers for Environment, Coal, Petroleum, Surface Transport and others would be shortly called to discuss issues of environment and development, he told a group of editors.<br /><br />"Environmental concerns have come to stay. Our industry must recognise that. At the same time we cannot solve environmental problems by perpetuating poverty," Singh said.<br /><br />He refused to talk about specific projects like that of Vedanta bauxite mining in Orissa which has been refused permission by the Union Environment ministry.</p>
<p>A meeting of Ministers for Environment, Coal, Petroleum, Surface Transport and others would be shortly called to discuss issues of environment and development, he told a group of editors.<br /><br />"Environmental concerns have come to stay. Our industry must recognise that. At the same time we cannot solve environmental problems by perpetuating poverty," Singh said.<br /><br />He refused to talk about specific projects like that of Vedanta bauxite mining in Orissa which has been refused permission by the Union Environment ministry.</p>