MINERAL CONSERVATION & DEVELOPMENT RULES, 1988

As ammended upto 18.01.2000

New Delhi, the 24^th October, 1988

NOTIFICATION

G.S.R.No.1023 (E). In exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 of the Mines and Minerals (Regulation and Development) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules for conservation and development of minerals, namely:

• CHAPTER I - Preliminary (Rule 1 - 3)

• CHAPTER IA - Reconnaissance Operations (Rule 3A-3E)

• CHAPTER II - Prospecting Operations (Rule 4 - 8)

• CHAPTER III - Mining Operations (Rule 9 - 26)

• CHAPTER IV - Plans and Sections (Rule 27 - 30)

• CHAPTER V - Environment (Rule 31 - 41)

• CHAPTER VI - Employment of Qualified Persons (Rule 42 - 44)

• CHAPTER VII - Notices and Returns (Rule 45 - 53)

• CHAPTER VIII - Examination of Minerals and Issue of Directives (Rule 54 - 56)

• CHAPTER IX - Revision and Penalty (Rule 57 - 58)

• CHAPTER X - Miscellaneous (Rule 59 - 66)

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