GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION OF RETURNS
A. Authority to who to be sent:
The Owner, Agent, Manager or Mining Engineer shall submit to the (I)
Controller General, Indian Bureau of Mines, Nagpur, (ii) the concerned
Controller of Mines and the Regional Controller of Mines, as notified from
time to time under Rule 62 of Mineral Conservation and Development Rules,
1988 and (iii) the State Government concerned:
(a) Monthly return in Form-F
(b) Annual Return in Form-G, and
(c) Annual Return in Form-H.
B. Time Schedule:
1. Monthly Return in Form-F: Before 15th day of every month in respect of
preceding month.
2. Annual Return in Form-G: Before 1st July each year for the preceding
financial year in respect of mines using explosives.
3. Annual Return in Form-H: Before 1st July each year for the preceding
financial year.
C. General Instructions:
1. Do not leave any column blank. In case information is ‘Nil’
in respect of any item(s) or certain item(s) are ‘Not
applicable’ the same should be indicated against all such
items. For any clarification/instructions, consult the
Controller General,Indian Bureau of Mines, Nagpur.
2. If more than one mineral is produced from the same mine,
indicate the names of all the minerals produced.
3. The return is to be submitted even during the period of
discontinuance, furnishing necessary information inclusive of
‘NIL’ information.
4. In case ownership of the mine changed during the reference
period, separate returns have to be filled by each for the
respective periods of ownership.
D. Lease Details:
1. Where any State Government itself is the owner of the mine,
the name of the State Government as well as the name and
address of the exploiting agency should be indicated.
2. Where any State Government itself is the owner of the mine,
indicate the area of operation.
3. In case the lease is expired and not renewed, clarify whether
mine is working under Working Permit.
E. Employment of Labour and Wages Paid: Part-II (Annual Return)
1.(a) Give day of the week and the date and month on the day of maximum
employment.
2.(b) Total number of Mandays worked is obtained by adding the
daily attendance for the whole period.
3(c) Average daily employment is obtained by dividing the number
of man days worked by the number of working days. The total
shown in column (4C) shoul;d agree with the quotient obtained
by dividing the total shown in column (2C) by the number of
working days shown in column(3).
4.(d) Wage includes all cash payments including bonus.
Employers’ contributions to provident funds, welfare activities
etc. Concessions in kind should not be included in wages.
5.(e) Persons employed in the removal of overburden should be
included among ‘Others’ and not among ‘Miners and Loaders’ or
‘Face worker and Loaders’.
F. Pit’s Mouth Value:
1. The Pit’s Mouth Value should represent the sale value of the
mineral at the pit head. In case of sales effected on F.O.R. or
F.O.B. or any other basis, pit head sale value should be arrived
at after deducting all the expenses incurred from mine to
railway station or port or other point of sale, as the case
may be (such as expenses on transportation, loading and
unloading charges, railway freight, sampling and analysis,
port handling, export duty, cess, etc.)
2. In case of captive mines, cost of production may be
considered to represent the Pit’s Mouth Value.
3. The Pit’s Mouth Value may be indicated in respect of each
grade of ore sold in accordance with definition. In case, there
is no sale of a particular grade or grades produced during
the period, the sale value of each grade in any of the
immediate earlier period may be indicated.
G. Production:
1. In case of mines producing more than one mineral from the
same mine, a combined return (except production part) may be
submitted for all such minerals. However, production part of
the return may be submitted separately for each mineral in the
prescribed formats.
2. Give complete chemical analysis of a representative sample
of each grade of ore sold/despatched during the period in a
separate sheet and attach with the return. (Give the analysis
in respect of the sale/despatch grades which are different
from the production grades already covered.)
H. Abbreviations used in the above Form:
Govt. Government Ltd. Co. Limited Company
& and No. Number
Rs. Rupees Col. Column
Ltrs. Litres Cu.Mtrs. Cubic Metres
Kgs. Kilograams Kwh. Kilo Watt Hour
R.O.M. Run-of-Mine F.O.R. Free on Rail
Km. Kilometre % Percentage
F.O.B. Free on Board MCM Million Cubic Metre
mm Millimetre
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