The union mines ministry has asked 12 mineral rich state governments to constitute a separate committee to scrutinize the mineral concession proposals saved under section 10A(2) (b) of the amended MMDR Act, 2015. The committee will be comprising of state Director of Mines, Regional Controller of Mines of the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) and Deputy DG of Geological Survey of India (GSI).
According to government information, there are as many as 318 numbers of mining Lease cases under section 10 (a) (2) of the MMDR Amendment act 2015 are pending with the state governments and at with the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF). Out of these 318, Odisha has 45 such cases, AndhraPradesh has 42, Chhattisgarh 33, Gujurat 6, Jharkhand 34 and Madhya Pradesh has 57 such cases.
The section 10 (a) (2) b of the MMDR Amendment act 2015 says that before the enactment of the act in Mar’15, a reconnaissance permit or prospecting license has been granted in respect of any land for any mineral, the permit holder or the licensee shall have a right for obtaining a prospecting license, followed by a mining lease or mining lease as the case may be in respect of that mineral in that land.
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