Digital Goa, Mar 18 – Goa govt has tweaked the Goa Minor Mineral Concession (Amendment) Rules to increase quarrying lease period from 10 year to 30 years, permit use of minor minerals extracted while dredging and introduce substantial hike in penalty and royalty to be paid by violators. As per the govt the rules have been introduce to streamline and expedite the processes and permissions related to minor minerals. The amendment had received cabinet nod on March 10.
▪️ As per the amendment, the period for which a quarrying lease can be granted has been increased from 10 years to 30 years.
▪️ Minor mineral or minerals found in the course of dredging of water bodies can also be used commercially now with permission from concerned authorities
▪️ Any person who intends to bring any minor mineral into the State of Goa from outside the State of Goa, will have to take permission from Competent Authority and pay transportation fee of Rs 800 per trip for six of less wheeled vehicles and Rs 1,500 per trip for vehicles with over 6 wheels.
▪️ Fines for illegal extraction and transportation of minor minerals have been increased from Rs 5,000 to Rs 5 lakh and imprisonment term has been increased to 2 years.
▪️ For illegally extracted and lifted minor minerals, violators will have to pay 10 times the royalty payable on such mineral for the first offence and in case of second or subsequent offence, 20 times the royalty payable on such mineral, states the amendment.
Notification https://goaprintingpress.gov.in/downloads/2324/2324-50-SI-EOG-4.pdf
