Consider the following statements :
Statement I :
In India, State Governments have no power for making rules for grant of concessions in respect of extraction of minor minerals even though such minerals are located in their territories.
Statement II :
In India, the Central Government has the power to notify minor minerals under the relevant law.
Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?
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Answer: D. Statement I is wrong: Section 15 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 lets State Governments make rules for concessions of minor minerals. Statement II is correct: Section 3(e) of the same Act lets the Central Government notify any mineral as a minor mineral.
Watch for: The Centre notifies which minerals are minor, but the States frame the concession rules.
Why the other options are wrong
- A. Statement I is wrong, so this cannot be right.
- B. Statement I is wrong.
- C. Statement I is wrong and II is correct, the reverse of this option.
Source to check: Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, Sections 3(e) and 15; Ministry of Mines website.
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