Rule, 2019

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EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

MINISTRY OF MINES

NOTIFICATION

New Delhi, the 13th August, 2019

G.S.R. 570(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules to amend the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 2017, namely:-

2. (1) These rules may be called the Mineral Conservation and Development (Amendment) Rules, 2019.

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

3. In the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 2017, in rule 35,

(i) for sub-rule (4), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:– “(4) The Regional Controller or the authorised officer of the Indian Bureau of Mines may suspend the mining operations in those mines where at least three star rating has not been achieved within a period of four years with effect from the 27 th February, 2017 or four years from the date of commencement of mining operations, as the case may be, after giving a show cause notice of forty-five days, to qualify for star rating”;

(ii) In sub-rule (5), for the words “four star rating”, the words “three star rating” shall be substituted. Footnote: The Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 2017 were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part-II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), dated the 27 th February, 2017.

and Published by the Controller of Publications, Delhi-110054.

MANOJ KUMAR VERMA

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