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2023
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| TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY EXTRAORDINARY | ||
No. 316] CHENNAI, TUESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2023 Aavani 5, Sobakiruthu, Thiruvalluvar Aandu–2054
Part III—Section 1(a)
General Statutory Rules, Notifications, Orders, Regulations, etc.,
issued by Secretariat Departments.
NOTIFICATIONS BY GOVERNMENT
NATURAL RESOURCES DEPARTMENT
AMENDMENTS TO THE TAMIL NADU MINOR MINERAL CONCESSION RULES, 1959.
[G.O. Ms. No. 4, Natural Resources (MMC.1), 22nd August 2023,
ஆவணி 5, சோபகிருது, திருவள்ளுவர் ஆண்டு-2054.]
No. SRO A-28(b)/2023.
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) and (1A) of section 15 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (Central Act 67 of 1957), the Governor of Tamil Nadu hereby makes the following amendments to the Tamil Nadu Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1959, namely:-
2. The amendment hereby made shall come into force on and from 5th September 2023.
Amendments.
In the said Rules,-
(1) in rule-35B, in the proviso to sub-rule (1), for the words "twenty percentage" the words "fifty percentage" shall be substituted;
(2) after rule 43, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-
"43-A Revision of Seigniorage fee, Area assessment, Dead Rent and Prospecting fee.—The Committee consisting of the following members shall recommend to the State Government, the revised rates of Seigniorage fee, Area assessment, Dead Rent and Prospecting fee once in every three years.
S.No. Designation and Department
1. Secretary to Government, Natural Resources - Chairman
Department
2. Secretary to Government, Industries, Investment - Member
Promotion and Commerce Department
3. Secretary to Government, Environment, Forest and - Member
Climate Change
4. Secretary to Government, Finance Department - Member
5. Secretary to Government,
- Member
Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Department
6. Director of Geology and Mining
- Member – Convenor" ; and
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III-1(a) Ex. (316)2 TAMIL NADU GOVERNMENT GAZETTE EXTRAORDINARY (3) for Appendix-II, the following Appendix shall be substituted, namely:-
"APPENDIX-II
| Sl. No. (1) | Name of the Minor Mineral (2) | Rates of Seigniorage fee (in Rs.) (3) | |
| Per Cubic Meter | Per Metric Tonne | ||
| 1. | Building and road construction materials/ stones other than Granite | ||
| (a) Rough stones-including Khandas, boulders, size reduced (broken and crushed) materials including metal jelly, ballast, millstone and hand chakais | 90/- | 60/- | |
| (b) Pebbles and nodules of chalcedony, flint etc. | 263/- | 100/- | |
| (c) Laterites and Gravel | 56/- | 28/- | |
| (d) Ordinary Earth | 56/- | 28/- | |
| 2. | Granite- | ||
| (a) Black Granite | 5210/- | 1680/- | |
| (b) Red, Pink, Grey, Green, White or multi-coloured granites or any other rock suitable for use as oranamental and decorative stones | 3133/- | 1180/- | |
| (c) Granite waste: (i)Irregular pieces of granite which cannot be used as dimensional blocks and (ii) the granite pieces having size less than 15cm X 10cm | 265/- | 100/- | |
| 3. | Ordinary sand | 160/- | 80/- |
| 4. | Ordinary clay / Tile clay that can be used for brick, tile manufacturing and potteries. | 56/- | 28/- |
| 5. | Lime shell that can be used in kilns for manufacture of lime required for use as building materials | 176/- | 78/- |
| Per Metric Tonne | |||
| 6. | Ball clay | 100/- | |
| 7. | Barytes | 540/- | |
| 8. | Calcareous sand | 110/- | |
| 9. | Calcite | 110/- | |
| 10. | Chalk | 100/- | |
| 11. | China clay | 100/- | |
| 12. | Diaspore | 540/- | |
| 13. | Dolomite | 110/- | |
| 14. | Dunite or Pryoxenite | 150/- | |
| 15. | Felsite | 150/- | |
| 16. | Felspar | 135/- | |
| 17. | Fireclay | 45/- | |
| 18. | Fuschite Quartzite | 135/- | |
| 19. | Gypsum | 175/- | |
| 20. | Jasper | 230/- | |
| 21. | Kaolin and clay varieties other than Sl.Nos. 4, 6, 11 and 17. | 45/- | |
| 22. | Laterite (Non-Metallurgical: Cement Grade, Chemical Grade) | 285/- | |
| 23. | Lime kankar | 110/- | |
| 24. | Crude Mica, Waste Mica, Scrap Mica | 2,700/- | |
| 25. | Ochre | 36/- | |
| 26. | Pyrophyllite | 270/- | |
| 27. | Quartz | 230/- | |
| 28. | Quartzite | 100/- | |
| 29. | Shale | 80/- | |
| 30. | Silica sand | 160/- | |
| 31. | Slate | 60/- | |
| 32. | Steatite or Talc or Soap stone. | 100/- | |
| 33. | Sand stone (all varieties) not containing high value minerals | 110/- | |
| Per Carat | |||
| 34. | Agate | 135/- | |
| 35. | Corundum | 3,510/- | |
| 36. | All other minor minerals not specified above | 30% (thirty percent) of the local market value of the mineral at pit mouth |
Note: 1. In respect of the minerals specified in serial numbers 1 to 5, the seigniorage fee shall be levied
in terms of cubic metres only where the transport permits are issued manually and the seigniorage fee shall
be levied in terms of metric tonnes only where the transport permits are issued through e-permit system.
2. While making pit measurements of quarries, the volume of the mineral shall be measured in cubic
metres and the quantum of the Rough Stone shall be assessed using the density as 2.75.
| Serial Number (1) | Name of the Minor Mineral (2) | Rate of Area Assessment per hectare Per annum (in Rs.) (3) |
| 1. | Rough stones including khandas and boulders, size reduced (broken and crushed) materials including metal jelly, ballast, millstone and hand chakais, ordinary sand, laterites, ordinary earth, gravel, ordinary clay / tile clay that can be used for brick, tile manufacturing and potteries, lime shell and kankar that can be used in kilns for manufacture of lime required for use as building materials, pebbles and nodules of chalcedony, quartzite, flint etc, steatite and other stones used for making household utensils and carving. | 500/- |
| 2. | Agate, Ball Clay, Barytes, Calcarious Sand, Calcite, Chalk, China Clay, Corundum, Diaspore, Dolomite, Dunite or Pyroxenite, Felsite, Felspar, Fireclay, Fuschite Quartzite, Gypsum, Jasper, Kaolin, Laterite (Non- Metallurgical:Cement Grade, Chemical Grade), Lime-kankar, Crude Mica, Waste Mica, Scrap Mica, Ochre, Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Quartzite, Sand (others), Shale, Silica sand, Slate, Steatite (or) Talc (or) Soap Stone | 1,000/- |
| 3. | Granite – Black and Color | 1,000/- |
| 4. | All other minor minerals not specified above. | 1,000/- |
C. DEAD RENT.
| Serial Number (1) | Name of the Minor Mineral (2) | Rate of Dead rent per hectare per annum (in Rs.) (3) |
| 1. | Rough stones including Khandas and boulders, Size reduced (broken and crushed) materials including metal jelly, ballast, millstone and hand chakais, Laterites, Ordinary sand, Lime shell and Kankar that can be used in kilns for manufacture of lime required for use as building materials. | 1,00,000/- |
| 2. | Gravel, ordinary earth, ordinary clay / tile clay that can be used for brick and tile manufacture and other potteries, pebbles and nodules of chalcedony, quartzite, flint etc, steatite and other stones used for making household utensils and carving. | 80,000/- |
| 3. | Agate, Ball Clay, Barytes, Calcarious Sand, Calcite, Chalk, China Clay, Corundum, Diaspore, Dolomite, Dunite or Pyroxenite, Felsite, Felspar, Fireclay, Fuschite Quartzite, Gypsum, Jasper, Kaolin and other clays, Laterite (Non-Metallurgical:Cement Grade, Chemical Grade), Lime-kankar, Crude Mica, Waste Mica, Scrap Mica, Ochre, Pyrophyllite, Quartz, Quartzite, Sand (others), Shale, Silica sand, Slate, Steatite (or) Talc (or) Soap Stone. | 80,000/- |
| 4. | Granites- Black and Colour | 2,00,000/- |
| 5. | All other minor minerals not specified above | 80,000/- |
D. PROSPECTING FEE FOR GRANITE.
| Serial Number (1) | Name of the Minor Mineral (2) | Rate of prospecting fee / per hectare/ Per annum (in Rs.) (3) |
| 1. | Granites (irrespective of colour) | 1,00,000/- |
K. PHANINDRA REDDY, Additional Chief Secretary to Government (FAC).
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