The State Government has made provisions for royalty-free mining facility for repair of houses of farmers, rural craftsmen and labourers for the construction or repair of wells and agricultural operations. These sections need not obtain mining lease for such purposes. Issuing directives to district collectors, the Government has prescribed provisions to make these rules practical. The Government has also directed to provide copies of these directives to all public representatives.
Madhya Pradesh Minor Minerals Rules-1996 was amended on March 23, 2013. As per the rules, mining of soil or sand was prohibited within 100 meters of bridges, national/state highways, rail lines, public buildings, crematorium land, riverbanks, canals, dams, water bodies and water
conservation structures, within 50 kilometer of other pucca roads and nullahs and within 100 meter of rural kuchcha roads.
As per new provisions, verification of the persons exempted from provisions of new rules will be done by tahsildar or naib tahsildar of concerning area. In the verification, mention of area’s location, quantity of minerals and timeframe will be made.
After verification, mineral transit passes will be issued by in-charge officer, Mining Branch of concerning district.
The State Government has also laid down a procedure for making new rules practical. According to it, an exempted person can mine minor minerals on his own land, others’ land with their consent or on government land. Before it, concern area’s patwari will scrutinise application and give his report in Form-8 which will be sent for further evaluation.
Tashildar or naib tahsildar of concerning area will obtain report from in-charge officer, Mining Branch of concerning district the area applied for is not under possession or applied for mining lease/reconnaissance permission/excavation lease/commercial mining/temporary permission.
The districts having deposits of major minerals will also have to certify that the area applied for is not an area of major mineral. For this, Tahsildar or Naib Tahsildar of concerning area will send copies of applications received by them to in-charge officer, Mining Branch who will in turn send reports to tahsildar or naib tahsildar of concerning area along with certification.
Exempted person will apply to tahsildar or naib tahsildar of concerning area for obtaining transit pass following which they will be issued the same. Tahsildar or naib Tahsildar of concerning area will give transit permission to exempted person free of cost to transport minerals required by them.
They will make it entry in transit possbooks received from in-charge officer, Mining Branch of concerning district.
A separate entry will also be made by tahsildar or naib tahsildar of concerning area in Form-6 after which an official entry will be made.
Official stamp will be put on every page of transit letter. In case of issuance of transit pass for second time, second copy of used transit pass with physical verification will be obtained.
Thus, minerals will be transported under transit pass. Tahsildar or naib tahsildar
of concerning area will maintain a register of transit passes.
In-charge officer, Mining Branch of concerning district will issue stamped transit passes to tehsil offices.
Transit passes will be printed by Directorate of Geology and Mining. Such printed transit books will be made available to all district offices.