DIMAPUR, APRIL 23 (MExN): The Government of Nagaland has constituted a Committee for review of royalty collection relating to minor minerals such as sand, stone boulders, gravel, stone chips and others, a notification issued by the Chief Secretary, Temjen Toy informed on Monday.
The Committee will be headed by Principal Secretary, Department of Environment, Forest & Climate Change (EF&CC) as chairperson while the members will include Principal Chief Conservator of Forests, Secretary Finance, Secretary Justice and Law Department, Director of Geology and Mining and Secretary, EF & CC.
The term of reference of the Committee will be to examine the applicability of Nagaland Minor Mineral Concession Rules (NMMCR) 2004 vis-a-vis to various Acts/Rules and directions from the Supreme Court and National Green Tribunal and to recommend regulatory measures in consonance with the existing Acts and Rules with adequate environmental safeguards. The Committee will also formulate and regulate transit regime of minor minerals both within and outside the State. It will categorize minor minerals based on their extend, method of extraction and end uses. The Committee has been directed to submit its report within one month from the date of the notification.
Consequently, all matters pertaining to the collection of boulders, stone, sand etc stand reverted back to the EF & CC department till the Committee submit its report to the government for further action, the notification stated.
