EXTRAORDINARY

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

No. 1804, CUTTACK, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 2018/ASWINA 2, 1940

DEPARTMENT OF STEEL & MINES

NOTIFICATION

The 20th September, 2018

No.7499–IV(A)SM-44/2015(Part-IV)/SM.— In exercise of the powers conferred by

sub-section (4) of Section 15 and Section 15A read with Section 9B of the Mines and

Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (Act 67 of 1957), the State Government

do hereby make the following rules further to amend the Odisha District Mineral

Foundations Rules, 2015, namely:—

1. Short title and commencement:— (1) These rules may be called the Odisha

District Mineral Foundations (Amendment) Rules, 2018.

(2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the

Odisha Gazette.

2. In the Odisha District Mineral Foundations Rules, 2015 (hereinafter referred to

as the said rules), in rule 4,—

(i) in sub-rule (1), after clause (ii) the following clause shall be inserted,

namely :—

“(iia) The Project Director, District Rural Development Agency and the

Chief Executive Officer of the Trust, who shall be its members

ex officio”; and

(ii) after sub-rule(1), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely :—

“(1-a) Project Director, District Rural Development Agency or such

other person as may be decided by the Government shall be the

Chief Executive Officer of the Trust.”

3. In the said rules, in rule 6,in sub-rule (1),—

(i) In clause (b), the word “and” shall be omitted ;

(ii) in clause (c), the words “Chief Executive of the Trust” shall be omitted ;

and

(iii) after clause (c), the following clause shall be inserted, namely :—

“(d) The Chief Executive Officer of the Trust who shall be the Member –

Secretary of the Executive Committee”.

4. In the said rules, in rule 8,—

(i) in sub-rule(1), after the words and brackets “scheduled bank(s)”, the

words “or shall be deposited in Public Account of the Government, as

may be directed by the Government” shall be inserted; and

(ii) in sub-rule(4), after the words “scheduled banks”, the words “or may be

invested in appropriate instruments, as may be directed by the

Government” shall be inserted.

5. In the said rules, in rule 10,—

(i)

the bracket and figure “(1)” appearing after the words “Permissible

activities” shall be omitted;

(ii) in the clause (A), after sub-clause(ix), the following sub-clauses shall be

inserted, namely :—

“(x) Livelihood Programmes:– Support for livelihood, income generation

and economic activities,

(xi) Road connectivity:– Road connectivity to unconnected habitations”;

(iii) in clause (B), in sub-clause (iii), after item (b), the following item shall be

inserted, namely :—

“(c) Improvement of quality of electricity supply through appropriate

augmentation to the transmission and distribution network.”;

(iv) after clause (C), the following clause shall be inserted, namely:—

“(D) Not more than forty percentum of the funds may be utilized for

taking up activities in the indirectly affected areas.”.

6. In the said rules, in rule 11A, in sub-rule (8), for the words “common

infrastructure like construction of roads, bridges etc.”, the words “common social and

economic infrastructure like institutions of higher and technical education, sports

infrastructure, science centres, health institutions in the secondary and tertiary sector,

roads and bridges etc.”, shall be substituted.

7. In the said rules, after rule 18, the following rules shall be inserted, namely :—

“18A. Power of Government to issue directions,– (1) In the interest of

convergence with the State Plans, District Plans or for the interest and benefits

of persons and areas affected by mining related operations, the Government

shall have the powers to issue guidelines and directions to the Trusts.

(2) The Trusts shall abide by such guidelines or directions of the Government.

18B. Monitoring by the State Level Committee, — (1) The Government may

constitute a State Level Committee to monitor and review the functioning of the Trusts

consisting of the following members and such other persons as the Government may

notify.

Chief Secretary

: Chairman

Development Commissioner-cum-Additional Chief

Secretary

: Vice Chairman

Secretary, Forest & Environment Department

: Member

Secretary, Finance Department

: Member

Secretary, Steel & Mines Department

: Member

Secretary, Water Resources Department

: Member

Secretary, Rural Development Department

: Member

Secretary, School & Mass Education Department

: Member

Secretary, Health & Family Welfare Department

: Member

Secretary, Energy Department

: Member

Secretary, Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water

Department

: Member

Secretary, ST & SC Development Department

: Member

Secretary, Works Department

: Member

Director of Mines

: Member

Special / Additional / Joint Secretary Concerned,

Planning & Convergence Department

: Member Convenor

(2) The State Level Committee shall have the powers to call for reports and returns

from the Trusts and issue directives or advisories to the Trusts not inconsistent

with the provisions of these rules.

(3) The State Level Committee may set up a State Project Management Unit to

assist in its functioning. The costs relating to the Project Management Unit may

be met from contributions to be made by the Trusts in such manner and

proportion, as may be determined by the Committee:

Provided that the total amount of the administrative expenses incurred by the

Trusts together with the contribution made to the State Project Management Unit shall not

exceed the limit specified in sub-rule(4) of rule 11A for the administrative, supervision and

overhead costs of the Trust”.

By Order of the Governor

R. K. SHARMA

Additional Chief Secretary to Government

Printed and published by the Director, Printing, Stationery and Publication, Odisha, Cuttack-10

Ex. Gaz. 1281-173+200