The Central Government, exercising powers under Section 35 of the Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002, introduces the Offshore Areas Mineral (Auction) Amendment Rules, 2025, effective from their publication date in the Official Gazette.
These rules amend the Offshore Areas Mineral (Auction) Rules, 2024, specifically Schedule I, Explanation, clause (1). The amendment replaces the original portion concerning subsidiary companies, stating that if an applicant is a subsidiary company, the net worth of the holding company may also be considered, irrespective of whether the holding company is incorporated in India or outside India.
Reference is made to F. No. M.VI-1/7/2023-Mines VI. Dinesh Mahur, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines.
The principal rules were originally published on August 14, 2024, vide number G.S.R. 502 (E).
Key Entities Referenced
Offshore Areas Mineral (Auction) Rules, 2024: The rules being amended by this notification.
Offshore Areas Mineral (Auction) Amendment Rules, 2025: The name of the rules introduced in this notification.
Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002: The act that grants the government power to make the rules being amended.
Ministry of Mines: The ministry responsible for issuing the notification.
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भाग II—खण्ड 3—उप-खण्ड (i)
PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i)
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स.ं 268] नई दिल्ली, बुधिार, मई 14, 2025/ििै ाख 24, 1947
No. 268] NEW DELHI, WEDNESDAY, MAY 14, 2025/VAISAKHA 24, 1947
खान मत्रं ालय
अजधसचू ना
नई दिल्ली, 14 मई, 2025
सा.का.जन. 311(अ).— केन्द्रीय सरकार, अपतट क्षेत्र खजनि (जिकास और जिजनयमन) अजधजनयम, 2002 (2003
का 17) की धारा 35 द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करत े हुए, अपतट क्षेत्र खजनि (नीलामी) जनयम, 2024 का संिोधन
करने के जलए जनम्नजलजखत जनयम बनाती है, अर्ाात:् -
1. (1) इन जनयमों का संजक्षप्त नाम अपतट क्षेत्र खजनि (नीलामी) संिोधन जनयम, 2025 ह।ै
(2) य ेरािपत्र म ेंउनके प्रकािन की तारीख को प्रिृत्त होंगे।
2. अपतट क्षेत्र खजनि (नीलामी) जनयम, 2024 म,ें अनुसूची 1 के स्ट्पष्टीकरण में, खडं (1) में, "यदि आिेिक भारत म ें
जनगजमत", िब्िों से िरूु होन ेिाले और "मालजयत पर भी जिचार दकया िा सकता ह:ै", िब्िों के सार् समाप्त होन ेिाल ेभाग
के स्ट्र्ान पर, "यदि आिेिक एक समनुषगं ी कंपनी ह,ै ऐसी समनुषंगी कंपनी की जनयंत्री कंपनी की िुद्ध मालजयत पर भी
जिचार दकया िा सकेगा और जनयंत्री कंपनी भारत में या भारत के बाहर जनगजमत हो सकती ह:ै", िब्ि रखे िाएंगे।
[फा. सं. एम.VI-1/7/2023-खान VI]
दिनेि माहुर, संयुि सजचि
टटप्प ण.— मूल जनयम, भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग 2, खंड 3, उपखडं (i) म ेंकी संखयांक सा.का.जन. 502 (अ) तारीख
14 अगस्ट्त, 2024 द्वारा प्रकाजित हुए र्े।
3157 GI/2025 (1)2 THE GAZETTE OF INDIA : EXTRAORDINARY [PART II—SEC. 3(i)]
MINISTRY OF MINES
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 14th May, 2025
G.S.R. 311(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 35 of the Offshore Areas Mineral
(Development and Regulation) Act, 2002 (17 of 2003), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to
amend the Offshore Areas Mineral (Auction) Rules, 2024, namely:—
1. (1) These rules may be called the Offshore Areas Mineral (Auction) Amendment Rules, 2025.
(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Offshore Areas Mineral (Auction) Rules, 2024, in Schedule I, in the Explanation, in clause (1), for the portion
beginning with the words “an applicant is a subsidiary” and ending with the words “company may also be considered”,
the words “an applicant is a subsidiary company, the net worth of the holding company of such subsidiary company
may also be considered and the holding company may be incorporated in India or outside India” shall be substituted.
[F. No. M.VI-1/7/2023-Mines VI]
DINESH MAHUR, Jt. Secy.
Note. — The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i),
vide number G.S.R. 502 (E), dated the 14th August, 2024.
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