(a) whether the amended Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulations) Act, (MMDR) is in contravention of recommendations
Hoda Committee;
(b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto; and
(c) the status of implementation of the recommendations of the Hoda Committee including constituting the Empowered
Committee?
THE MINISTER OF MINES AND MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (SHRI B.K. HANDIQUE)
(a) : The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 has not been amended recently. It was last amended in
1999.
(b) : Does not arise.
(c) : Based on the recommendations of the Hoda Committee, Government have announced the new National Mineral Policy, 2008.
Separately, a Coordination-cum-Empowered Committee has been constituted in the Central Government on 4.3.2009 which
includes representatives from Ministries of Mines, Environment and Forest, Defence, Home Affairs, Steel, Directorate
General of Civil Aviation, Indian Bureau of Mines and Geological Survey of India. The first meeting of the Committee was
held on 24.7.2009.