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Planning Commission has set up a High Level Committee under the Chairmanship of Shri Anwarul Hoda Member Planning Commission to review the National Mineral Policy and recommend possible amendments to the Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation (MMDR) Act, 1957 and suggest changes needed for encouraging investment in public and private sector in exploration and exploitation of minerals.
The Committee will also suggest ways for simplification & streamlining of the existing procedures for granting reconnaissance permit; prospective lease and mining lease. Procedures for according clearance to mineral exploration and mining projects under forest (conservation) and environment (protection) Act 1986 would also be reviewed to suggest ways for speedy clearances.
The terms of reference of the Committee also include prioritization of critical infrastructure needs of the Indian mining sector and ways to facilitate investment to meet these needs. It would examine implications of the policy of mineral rich States to make value addition within the State a condition for grant of mineral concession and make appropriate recommendations in this regard.
The High Level Committee will also examine ways of augmenting State revenues from the Mineral sector and any other issue relevant for stimulating investment flows and inducting state of the art technology into the sector.
The High Level Committee will finalize the report by the end of December this year. Members of the Committee include Secretary (Mines), Secretary (Steel), Secretary (Environment & Forest), Secretary (Shipping), Secretary (Road Transport & Highways), Secretary (Revenue), Smt. Adarsh Misra, Pr.Adviser, Planning Commission, Shri Arvind Varma, Ex. Secretary (Mines), Director General (Forest), Chairman (Railway Board), Additional Secretary (Mines), Director General (Geological Survey of India), Controller General (Indian Bureau of Mines), CEO (Infrastructure Leasing & Financing Service), Secretary (Mines & Minerals), Govt. of Rajasthan, Secretary (Mines & Geology), Govt. of Orissa, Secretary (Mines & Geology), Govt. of Karnataka, Secretary (Mines & Geology), Govt. of Chhattisgarh, Secretary (Mines & Geology), Govt. of Jharkhand, President, Confederation of India Industries (CII), Secretary General (Federation of Indian Industries - FIMI), Shri L.P. Sonkar, Adviser (Minerals), Planning Commission and Joint Secretary (Policy Division), Ministry of Mines.
NNK : RK
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