Consultation for amendment of the MCR, 2016

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II,

SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)] Government of India Ministry of Mines

Notification New Delhi, the October, 2023 G.S.R. ___(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 13 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Minerals (Other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) Concession Rules, 2016, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement.—(1) These rules may be called the Minerals (Other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) Concession ___Amendment Rules, 2023.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Minerals (Other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) Concession Rules, 2016, in rule 12, in sub-rule (1), in clause (k), after the second proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely:— “Provided also that permission under the second proviso shall be granted only in case where such overburden or the waste rock or mineral below threshold value cannot be used for any of the purposes by reason of which use it can be called a mineral other than minor

mineral:

Provided also that permission under this sub-rule may be revoked at any time after giving an opportunity of hearing to the lessee;”. [F. No. M.VI-16/52/2023-Mines VI] (Dr. Veena Kumari Dermal) Joint Secretary

Note:- The Minerals (Other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) Concession Rules, 2016 were published in the Gazette of India, Part II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 279(E) dated the 4th March, 2016 and lastly amended vide number G.S.R.

737(E), dated the 12th October, 2023.