Amendment status not verified — confirm the current text below against the official source.
Power of Central Government to make rules in respect of minerals.―(1) The Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make rules for regulating the grant of 2[reconnaissance permits, prospecting licences and mining leases] in respect of minerals and for purposes connected therewith. (2) In particular, and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing power, such rules may provide for all or any of the following matters, namely:― (a) the person by whom, and the manner in which, applications for 3[reconnaissance permits, prospecting licences or mining leases] in respect of land in which the minerals vest in the Government may be made and the fees to be paid therefor; (b) the time within which, and the form in which, acknowledgement of the receipt of any such application may be sent; (c) the matters which may be considered where applications in respect of the same land are received on the same day; 4[(d) the terms and conditions of auction by competitive bidding for selection of the company under section 11A;] (e) the authority by which 2[reconnaissance permits, prospecting licences or mining leases] in respect of land in which the minerals vest in the Government may be granted; (f) the procedure for obtaining 5[a reconnaissance permit, a prospecting licence or a mining lease] in respect of any land in which the minerals vest in a person other than the Government and the terms on which, and the conditions subject to which, such 6[a permit, licence or lease] may be granted or renewed;