In order to boost iron ore export from state, Govt. of Goa has made some more rules to amend the Goa (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Storage and Transportation of Minerals) Rules, 2013.
These rules may be called the Goa (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Storage and Transportation of Minerals) (Third Amendment) Rules, 2016. The rules shall come into force from the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
The amendments are as follows:
- Reduction in processing fee of registration of raising contractors-The processing fee which is deposited with every application for registration of raising contractor (who raises mineral for the leaseholder) has been reduced from INR 1 lakh to INR 10,000
- Processing fee of registration of transport contracts also undergo decline-The processing fee which is deposited with every application for registration of transport contractor (who is engaged in mineral transport for the leaseholder) has been reduced from INR 50,000 to INR 5,000
- Sale, export & transit permit also witness curtailment- Sale & export permit for iron ore which was earlier INR 20/MT has been reduced to INR 1/MT. Transit permit which was earlier INR 10/MT has been reduced to 0.5 paise/MT
Goa DMG notifies to regulate ore transportation & avoid congestion
In order to regulate ore transportation in the stae, it has been decided to explore the possibility on trial basis of allowing upto twice the number of weighbridges for loacling ore at source than that are available at unloading points or destination point. The trial run shall commence from 01 Apr’16.
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