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Mining Amendment Act to simplify procedures, avoid delays

 The Dollar Business Bureau The Steel & Mines Minister, Narendra Singh Tomar, on Thursday, said the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation (MMDR) Amendment Act will simplify the procedures and avoid delays in mining sector. Addressing the media, the Union Minister informed that once the Act is notified in a week’s time, the States will be provided with the draft rules of the Act to go ahead with the simplified mining procedures. The Union Minister further informed that the States will no longer have to wait for the Centre’s approval for a mining process, as the Act (Section 5(2)(b)) allows the State Governments to devise a system for filing of a mining plan avoiding the need for prior approval ...