The real estate developers would have to submit details of minor minerals being used in construction work in the prescribed proforma to the State Mineral Resources Department. Moreover, the district collectors now would be authorised to allot mining pattas measuring up to 5,000 hectares in the State, officials stated. Earlier, the collectors could allot pattas measuring upto 4,000 hectares.
The State Government has enforced the Minor Minerals Rule 2015 for the first time. In this regard, the State Mineral Resources Department has notified the rule in the Gazette on March 27, 2015. The Government also notified that no mining patta below one acre of land would now be allotted. The holders of old mining plots would also have to submit their mining plans after getting them endorsed within a period of one year.