5.(1) A State Government shall not grant a reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence
•or mining lease to any person unless such person—
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(b)satisfies such conditions as may be prescribed:
•Procided that in respect of any mineral specified in Part A and Part B of the
•First Schedule, no reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or mining lease
•shall be granted except with the previous approval of the Central Government:
•Provided further that the previous approval of the Central Government
•shall not be required for grant of reconnaissance permit, prospecting licence or
•mining lease in respect of the minerals specified in Part A of the First Schedule,
•where,—
8A.(1) * * * * *
(8)Notwithstanding anything contained in this section, the period of mining leases,
•including existing mining leases, of Government companies or corporations shall be such as
•may be prescribed by the Central Government.
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8B.(1) The provisions of this section shall apply to minerals, other than the minerals
•specified in Part A and Part B of the First Schedule.
(2)Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act or any other law for the time being in
•force, the successful bidder of mining leases expiring under the provisions of sub-sections (5)
•and (6) of section 8A and selected through auction as per the procedure provided under this
•Act and the rules made thereunder, shall be deemed to have acquired all valid rights, approvals,
•clearances, licences and the like vested with the previous lessee for a period of two years:
•Provided that subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, such new lessee shall
•apply and obtain all necessary rights, approvals, clearances, licences and the like within a
•period of two years from the date of grant of new lease.
(3)Notwithstanding anything contained in any other law for the time being in force, it
•shall be lawful for the new lessee to continue mining operations on the land, in which mining
•operations were being carried out by the previous lessee, for a period of two years from the
•date of commencement of the new lease.
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9B.(1) * * * * *
(3)The composition and functions of the District Mineral Foundation shall be such as
•may be prescribed by the State Government.
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•Provisions for
•transfer of
•statutory
clearances.
•Period of grant
•of a mining
•lease for
•minerals other
•than coal,
•lignite and
•atomic
minerals.
•District
•Mineral
Foundation.
•Restrictions
•on the grant
•of prospecting
•licences or
•mining leases.
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(5)The holder of a mining lease or a prospecting licence-cum-mining lease granted on
•or after the date of commencement of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation)
•Amendment Act, 2015, shall, in addition to the royalty, pay to the District Mineral Foundation
•of the district in which the mining operations are carried on, an amount which is equivalent
•to such percentage of the royalty paid in terms of the Second Schedule, not exceeding one-
•third of such royalty, as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
(6)The holder of a mining lease granted before the date of commencement of the
•Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015, shall, in addition
•to the royalty, pay to the District Mineral Foundation of the district in which the mining
•operations are carried on, an amount not exceeding the royalty paid in terms of the Second
•Schedule in such manner and subject to the categorisation of the mining leases and the
•amounts payable by the various categories of lease holders, as may be prescribed by the
•Central Government.
9C.(1) The Central Government shall, by notification, establish a Trust, as a non-profit
•body, to be called the National Mineral Exploration Trust.
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10A.(1) * * * * *
(2)Without prejudice to sub-section ( 1), the following shall remain eligible on and
•from the date of commencement of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation)
•Amendment Act, 2015: —
(a)applications received under section 11A of this Act;
(b)where before the commencement of the Mines and Minerals (Development
•and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015 a reconnaissance permit or prospecting licence
•has been granted in respect of any land for any mineral, the permit holder or the
•licensee shall have a right for obtaining a prospecting licence followed by a mining
•lease, or a mining lease, as the case may be, in respect of that mineral in that land, if the
•State Government is satisfied that the permit holder or the licensee, as the case may
•be,—
(i)has undertaken reconnaissance operations or prospecting operations,
•as the case may be, to establish the existence of mineral contents in such land in
•accordance with such parameters as may be prescribed by the Central
•Government;
•(ii) has not committed any breach of the terms and conditions of the
•reconnaissance permit or the prospecting licence;
•(iii) has not become ineligible under the provisions of this Act; and
•(iv) has not failed to apply for grant of prospecting licence or mining lease,
•as the case may be, within a period of three months after the expiry of
•reconnaissance permit or prospecting licence, as the case may be, or within such
•further period not exceeding six months as may be extended by the State
•Government;
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10B.(1) The provisions of this section shall not be applicable to cases covered by
