Executive Summary:
This document outlines amendments to the National Mineral Exploration Trust Rules, 2015, concerning the administration and utilization of the Fund. It details changes to the Fund's operation, contributions, budget, and account maintenance. Key changes include how royalty payments are handled and transferred and the closure of the Trust's bank account. The rules came into force on the 7th of March, 2018.
Key Points / Main Content:
Fund Administration:
* The Fund will be under the Public Account of India, as a non-lapsable and non-interest-bearing account, administered by the Central Government.
Fund Contributions:
* Mining lease or prospecting license-cum-mining lease holders must pay two percent of royalty to the Trust, deposited in the State's Public Account.
* State Governments transfer collected amounts from the Public Account to the Consolidated Fund of India.
* The Central Government periodically transfers accretions from the Consolidated Fund of India to the Fund, after parliamentary appropriation.
* State Governments are responsible for collecting, transferring, and maintaining accounts, transferring receipts to the Consolidated Fund of India no later than the tenth day of the succeeding month.
* State Governments must provide monthly information to the Indian Bureau of Mines regarding collected and transferred amounts.
* The Indian Bureau of Mines maintains records of transfers to the Consolidated Fund of India and royalty payments, providing information to the Trust.
Bank Account:
* The Trust's bank account should be closed as soon as possible after notification publication.
* Until closure, the account will be operated by the Member-Secretary, an Executive Committee member, or a Central Government officer authorized by the Executive Committee.
Annual Budget:
* The Executive Committee's Member Secretary prepares an annual budget with proposed income and expenditure details.
* Annual Budget provision is made in the Central Government's Demands for Grants.
* Expenditure is incurred from relevant heads after fund appropriation and Competent Authority sanction, following General Financial Rules, 2017.
Approval of Plans and Budget:
* The annual plan and budget are presented to the Governing Body for approval thirty days before each financial year's start.
* Amendments after Governing Body approval require Executive Committee approval and notification to the Governing Body.
Account Maintenance and Audit:
* The Central Government's Pay and Accounts Office maintains a broadsheet of Fund transactions and reconciles monthly, ensuring no adverse balances.
* The Trust's account is subject to audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India and internal audit.
Impact Analysis:
State Governments:
* Impact: Responsible for collecting royalty payments, transferring funds, and providing data.
* Action Required: Ensure timely collection and transfer of funds to the Consolidated Fund of India and provide required information to the Indian Bureau of Mines.
Mining Lease Holders/ Prospecting License-cum-Mining Lease Holders:
* Impact: Required to pay a sum equivalent to two percent of royalty to the Trust.
* Action Required: Make payments equivalent to two percent of royalty to the Trust while paying royalty to the State Government
Indian Bureau of Mines:
* Impact: Responsible for maintaining updated records.
* Action Required: Maintain updated records of the amount transferred to the Consolidated Fund of India along with a database of royalty payments
Central Government:
* Impact: Responsible for administering the fund.
* Action Required: Periodically transfer amounts from the Consolidated Fund of India to the Fund and close the Trust's bank account.
Key Entities Referenced
Mines and Minerals Regulation and Development Act, 1957: A law governing the regulation and development of mines and minerals in India, mentioned in relation to the powers conferred to the Central Government.
Central Government: The government of India, responsible for administering the Fund and making rules related to mineral exploration.
National Mineral Exploration Trust: A trust established to promote and fund mineral exploration activities, subject to the rules being amended.
National Mineral Exploration Trust Rules, 2015: The set of rules governing the National Mineral Exploration Trust, which are being amended by this notification.
Official Gazette: The official government publication where the amended rules will be published to come into effect.
Public Account of India: A non-lapsable and non-interest bearing account where the Fund shall be opened.
Consolidated Fund of India: The main account of the Government of India, where amounts collected by State Governments are transferred before being appropriated to the Fund.
Indian Bureau of Mines: An organization responsible for maintaining records and providing information related to royalty payments and amounts transferred to the Consolidated Fund of India.
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अअअअििििधधधधससससचचूूचचूू ननननाााा
नई (cid:4)द(cid:6) ली, 7 माच(cid:12), 2018
ससससाााा....ककककाााा....ििििनननन.... 222200008888 ((((अअअअ))))....------------क(cid:14)(cid:15)ीय सरकार, खान और खिनज (िवकास और िविनयमन) अिधिनयम, 1957 (1957 का 67) क(cid:19) धारा
9ग क(cid:19) उप-धारा (2), उपधारा (3) और उपधारा (4) (cid:26)ारा (cid:27)द(cid:28)त शि तय! का (cid:27)योग करते $ए रा& ’ीय खिनज खोज * यास िनयम, 2015
का संशोधन करने के िलए िन+न िलिखत िनयम बनाती ह,ै अथा(cid:12)त्:-
1. (1) इन िनयम! का संि45त नाम रा&’ ीय खिनज खोज * यास (संशोधन) िनयम, 2018 ह ै।
(2) ये राजप6 म(cid:14) (cid:27)काशन क(cid:19) तारीख को (cid:27)वृ(cid:28) त ह!गे ।
2. रा& ’ीय खिनज खोज *य ास िनयम, 2015 (िजसे इसम(cid:14) इसके प< चात उ त िनयम कहा गया है) के िनयम 6 के उपिनयम (2) के = थान
पर िन+न िलिखत उप िनयम रखा जाएगा, अथा(cid:12)त्:-
“(2) यह िनिध भारत के लोक लेखा के अधीन खोली जाएगी जो गैर-> यपगत तथा ? याज रिहत लेखा होगा तथा यह क(cid:14)(cid:15)ीय
सरकार (cid:26)ारा (cid:27)शािसत होगी।“;
(3) इस िनिध म(cid:14) अिधिनयम क(cid:19) धारा 9ग क(cid:19) उपधारा (4) के अधीन खनन पBे अथवा पूवD4ण अनुGा प6-सह-खनन पB े के
धारक! (cid:26)ारा दये दो (cid:27)ितशत के बराबर = वािम= व का भुगतान समािव& ट होगा।
(4) इस िनिध का उपयोग =क (cid:19)म अथा(cid:12)त ‘िनिध के अधीन 4े6ीय और िव=तृत खोज और संबंिधत (cid:4)कयाकलाप!’ के अंतग(cid:12)त खिनज!
के िलए 4े6ीय और िव=त ृत खोज करने के साथ िनयम 9 म(cid:14) यथा िविनLद(cid:12)& ट उMे< य! और कायN के िलए (cid:4)कया जाएगा।”
3. उ त िनयम! के िनयम 7 के =थ ान पर िन+न िलिखत िनयम रखा जाएगा, अथा(cid:12)त्:-
1320 GI/2018 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
“7. िनिध म(cid:14) अंशदान- (1) खनन पBा या पूवD4ण अनुGि5 त-सह-खनन पBाधारक, राO य सरकार को =वािम= व का भुगतान करते
समय ’=ट को अिधिनयम क(cid:19) धारा 9ग क(cid:19) उपधारा (4) के अधीन =वािम= व के दो (cid:27)ितशत के बराबर रािश का संदाय करेगा
िजसे वह इस (cid:27)योजन के िलए िनधा(cid:12)Pरत शीष(cid:12) के अधीन राO य के लोक लेखा म(cid:14) जमा करेगा ।
(2) राOय सरकार(cid:14) उपिनयम (1) के अधीन लोक लेखा म(cid:14) इस (cid:27)कार संRहीत रकम को भारत क(cid:19) संिचत िनिध म(cid:14) अंतPरत कर(cid:14)गी।
(3) क(cid:14)(cid:15)ीय सरकार (cid:26)ारा, भारत क(cid:19) संिचत िनिध म(cid:14) क(cid:19) अिभवृिSय! को, िव(cid:28) तीय वष(cid:12) म(cid:14) संसद ् (cid:26)ारा, िविध के (cid:26)ारा, स+ यक
िविनयोग के प< चात आविधक Uप से िनिध म(cid:14) अंतPरत (cid:4)कया जाएगा।
(4) उप िनयम (1) म(cid:14) िनLद(cid:12)&ट रकम संRहीत करने तथा भारत क(cid:19) संिचत िनिध म(cid:14) अंतPरत करने तथा इसके िलए आव< यक लेखा-
जोखा रखने का दािय(cid:28)व राOय सरकार का होगा तथा वह ऐसी (cid:27)ाि5 तय! को, यथाशीV और (cid:4)कसी भी दशा म(cid:14) (cid:4)कसी िविश& ट
मास म(cid:14) संRहीत धनरािश को, अगले मास के दसव(cid:14) (cid:4)दन के अप< चात, भारत क(cid:19) संिचत िनिध को अंतPरत करेगी।
(5) राOय सरकार, उप िनयम (1) के अधीन संRहीत रकम तथा उपिनयम (2) के अधीन भारत क(cid:19) संिचत िनिध म(cid:14) अंतPरत क(cid:19)
गई रकम के बारे म(cid:14) भारतीय खान ?य ूरो को मािसक आधार पर सूचना (cid:27)दान करेगी।
(6) भारतीय खान ?य ूरो, भारत क(cid:19) संिचत िनिध म(cid:14) अंतPरत रकम का अWतन Pरकॉड (cid:12) के साथ-साथ रॉय(cid:6) टी भुगतान! का एक
डाटाबेस रखेगा और *य ास को आविधक आधार पर ऐसी क(cid:19) सूचना उपल? ध कराएगा।”।
4. उ त िनयम! म(cid:14) िनयम 8 म(cid:14), उप-िनयम (2) के = थान पर िन+ निलिखत उपिनयम रखा जाएगा, अथा(cid:12)त्:-
“(2) इस अिधसूचना के (cid:27)काशन के प<च ात्, यथासंभव शीV, * यास का ब\क खाता बंद कर (cid:4)दया जाएगा और इसके बंद होने तक
*य ास के ब\क खात! का सद=य -सिचव या काय(cid:12)कारी सिमित के (cid:4)कसी अ* य सद= य या क(cid:14)(cid:15)ीय सरकार के (cid:4)कसी अ* य अिधकारी के
मा]य म से, िजसे (cid:4)क काय(cid:12)कारी सिमित (cid:26)ारा (cid:27)ािधकृत (cid:4)कया जाए, संचालन जारी रहगे ा।”
5. उ त िनयम! के िनयम 19 के उप-िनयम (1) म(cid:14) ‘(cid:27)ारंभ म(cid:14)’ श? द! के = थान पर ‘(cid:27)ारंभ से पूव(cid:12)’ श? द रखे जाएंगे।
6. उ त िनयम के िनयम 20 के =थ ान पर िन+न िलिखत िनयम रखा जाएगा, अथा(cid:12)त :-
“20. वा^ष(cid:12)क बजट.-(1) काय(cid:12)कारी सिमित का सद= य सिचव, (cid:27)(cid:28) येक िव(cid:28)त ीय वष(cid:12) के (cid:27)ारंभ से पूव,(cid:12) उस िविश& ट िव(cid:28) तीय वष(cid:12) हते ु
वा^ष(cid:12)क योजना के अंतग(cid:12)त आने वाले (cid:4)_याकलाप! पर (cid:27)= तािवत आय और > यय का ? यौरा अंत^व(cid:12)& ट करते $ए वा^ष(cid:12)क बजट
तैयार करवाएगा, िजसम(cid:14) इस संबंध म(cid:14) िनधीयन क(cid:19) अपे4ाa के ? यौर! के साथ * यास (cid:26)ारा उपगत (cid:4)कए जाने वाले (cid:27)= तािवत
िविधक, (cid:27)शासिनक और अ*य लागत(cid:14) और > यय स+ मिलत ह!गे िजसे वा^ष(cid:12)क बजट के Uप म(cid:14) िनLद(cid:12)& ट (cid:4)कया जाएगा।
(2) वा^ष(cid:12)क बजट म(cid:14) िनिध के अधीन >य य करने के िलए समुिचत शीष(cid:12) के अंतग(cid:12)त क(cid:14)(cid:15)ीय सरकार क(cid:19) अनुदान मांग! के िलए भी
उपबंध (cid:4)कया जाएगा और इसक(cid:19) समतुल् य रािश िनिध से पूरी क(cid:19) जाएगी।
(3) िनिध का स+य क िविनयोग तथा स4म अिधकारी क(cid:19) मंजूरी (cid:27)ा5 त करने के प< चात, इस िनिध के अधीन > यय सुसंगत
उप(cid:27)मुख शीषN अथवा गौण शीषN से उपगत (cid:4)कया जाएगा तथा क(cid:14)(cid:15)ीय सरकार के (cid:26)ारा जारी = वीकृित के आधार पर क(cid:14)(cid:15)ीय
सरकार का वेतन और लेखा काया(cid:12)लय, सामा* य िव(cid:28) तीय िनयम, 2017 के अनुसार भुगतान करेगा।”।
7. उ त िनयम! के िनयम 21 के = थान पर िन+न िलिखत िनयम रखा जाएगा, अथा(cid:12)त्:-
“21. वा^ष(cid:12)क योजना और वा^ष(cid:12)क बजट का अनुमोदन- (1) वा^ष(cid:12)क योजना और वा^ष(cid:12)क बजट को (cid:27)(cid:28) येक िव(cid:28) तीय वष(cid:12) के (cid:27)ारंभ से
तीस (cid:4)दन पूव(cid:12) अनुमोदन हते ु शासी िनकाय के सम4 रखा जाएगा।
(2) शासी िनकाय के अनुमोदन के प<च ात् वा^ष(cid:12)क योजना या वा^ष(cid:12)क बजट म(cid:14) कोई संशोधन काय(cid:12)कारी सिमित के अनुमोदन से
(cid:4)कया जा सकेगा और शासी िनकाय को अगली बैठक म(cid:14) इसक(cid:19) सूचना दी जाएगी।”।
8. उ त िनयम! के िनयम 24 के = थान पर िन+न िलिखत िनयम रखा जाएगा, अथा(cid:12)त्:-
“24. लेखाa का रखा जाना और संपरी4ा- (1) क(cid:14)(cid:15)ीय सरकार का वेतन और लेखा काया(cid:12)लय, िनिध म(cid:14) क(cid:19) अिभवृिSय! और
इससे होने वाले भुगतान! क(cid:19) dाडशीट रखेगा और संबंिधत (cid:27)भाग! के साथ मािसक आधार पर उसका िमलान करेगा तथा यह
सुिनि<च त करेगा (cid:4)क िनिध के अधीन (cid:4)कसी भी समय म(cid:14) कोई (cid:27)ितकूल शेष न हो।¹Hkkx IIµ[k.M 3(i)º Hkkjr dk jkti=k % vlk/kj.k 3
(2) *य ास िनिध का लेखा, भारत के िनयं6क और महालेखा परी4क के अधीन होगा तथा क(cid:14)(cid:15)ीय सरकार के मुe य लेखा िनयं6क
काया(cid:12)लय के आंतPरक लेखा परी4ा (cid:26)ारा भी उसक(cid:19) लेखा परी4ा क(cid:19) जाएगी”।
[फा. सं. 11/8/2015-खान-I]
िनरंजन कुमार fसंह, संयु त सिचव
(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)(cid:1)टटटट(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)(cid:3)पप पप णणणणीीीी :::: रा& ’ीय खिनज खोज *य ास िनयम, 2015, अिधसूचना सं(cid:11) या सा. का. िन. 632 (अ), तारीख 14 अग(cid:14) त, 2015 (cid:26)ारा भारत के
राजप6, असाधारण, भाग-2, खंड 3, उप-खंड (i) म(cid:14) (cid:27)कािशत (cid:4)कए गए थे।
MINISTRY OF MINES
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 7th March, 2018.
G.S.R. 208(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (2), (3) and (4) of section 9C of the Mines
and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), the Central Government hereby makes the
following rules to amend the National Mineral Exploration Trust Rules, 2015, namely:–
1. (1) These rules may be called the National Mineral Exploration Trust (Amendment) Rules, 2018.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the National Mineral Exploration Trust Rules, 2015 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 6, for sub-
rule (2), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:–
“(2) The Fund shall be opened under the Public Account of India which shall be a non-lapsable and
non-interest bearing account and shall be administered by the Central Government.
(3) The Fund shall comprise of payment of two percent equivalent of royalty payable by the holders of
the mining lease or prospective licence-cum-mining lease under sub-section (4) of the section 9C of the
Act.
(4) The Fund shall be utilized for carrying out the objects and functions as specified in rule 9,
including carrying out regional and detailed exploration for minerals under the scheme, namely,
‘Regional and detailed exploration and related activities under Fund’.
3. In the said rules, for rule 7, the following rules shall be substituted, namely:–
“7. Contribution to Fund.– (1) The holder of mining lease or prospecting license-cum-mining lease
shall, while making payment of royalty to the State Government, pay to the Trust a sum equivalent to
two percent of the royalty under sub-section (4) of section 9C of the Act by depositing the same in the
Public Account of the State under the Head booked for this purpose.
(2) The State Governments shall transfer the amount so collected in the Public Account of the State
under sub-rule (1) to the Consolidated Fund of India.
(3) The accretions in the Consolidated Fund of India shall be periodically transferred to the Fund by
the Central Government, after due appropriation made by Parliament by law, in the financial year.
(4) The responsibility of collecting and transferring the amount referred in sub-rule (1) to Consolidated
Fund of India and maintaining necessary accounts in this behalf shall be that of the State Government
and it shall transfer such receipts to the Consolidated Fund of India as early as possible and in any case,
not later than the tenth day of the succeeding month in respect of the amount collected in any particular
month.
(5) The State Government shall provide information regarding the amount collected under sub-rule (1)
and the amount transferred to Consolidated Fund of India under sub-rule (2) to the Indian Bureau of
Mines on a monthly basis.
(6) The Indian Bureau of Mines shall maintain an updated record of the amount transferred to the
Consolidated Fund of India along with a database of royalty payments and provide such information to
the Trust on a periodic basis.”.
4. In the said rules, in rule 8, for sub-rule (2), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:–4 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
“(2) The bank account of the Trust shall be closed as soon as possible after the publication of this
notification and till such closure, the bank account of the Trust shall continue to be operated through
the Member-Secretary or any other Member of the Executive Committee or any other officer of the
Central Government as may be authorized by the Executive Committee.”.
5. In the said rules, in rule 19, in sub-rule (1), for the words “at the beginning”, the words “before the beginning” shall
be substituted.
6. In the said rules, for rule 20, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:–
“20. Annual Budget.- (1) The Member Secretary of the Executive Committee shall, before the
beginning of each financial year, cause preparation of an annual budget containing the details of the
proposed income and expenditure on activities covered in the annual plan for that particular financial
year, including the legal, administrative and other costs and expenditure proposed to be incurred by the
Trust together with details of funding requirements in this regard, to be referred as the Annual Budget.
(2) Annual Budget provision shall also be made in the Demands for Grants of Central Government
under appropriate Head for incurring expenditure under Fund and equivalent amount thereof shall be
met from the Fund.
(3) After due appropriation of fund and receipt of sanction of the Competent Authority, the
expenditure under the Fund shall be incurred from the relevant sub-major or minor heads and on the
basis of the sanction issued by the Central Government, the Pay and Accounts Office of the Central
Government shall make the payment as per the General Financial Rules, 2017.”.
7. In the said rules, for rule 21, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:–
“21. Approval of the Annual Plan and the Annual Budget.– (1) The annual plan and the annual budget
shall be laid before the Governing Body for its approval thirty days before the beginning of each
financial year.
(2) Any amendment in the annual plan or the annual budget subsequent to the approval of the
Governing Body may be done with the approval of the Executive Committee and informed to the
Governing Body in its next meeting.”.
8. In the said rules, for rule 24, the following rule shall be substituted, namely:–
“24. Maintenance and Audit of Accounts.– (1) The Pay and Accounts Office in the Central
Government shall maintain a broadsheet of accretions to and payment from the Fund and effect
reconciliation on monthly basis thereof with the concerned divisions and shall ensure that there are no
adverse balances in the Fund at any point of time.
(2) The account of the Trust shall be subject to the audit by the Comptroller and Auditor General of
India and also to audit by internal audit wing of the office of the Chief Controller of Accounts, in the
Central Government.”.
[F. No. 11/8/2015-M.I]
NIRANJAN KUMAR SINGH, Jt. Secy.
Note : The National Mineral Exploration Trust Rules, 2015 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, part
II, section 3, sub-section (i) vide notification number G.S.R. 632 (E), dated the 14th August, 2015.
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