MINES AND MINERALS
(DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION) ACT, 1957
(No. 67 of 1957)
(As ammended up to 20th December, 1999)

List Of Amending Act

An Act to provide for the regulation of mines and the development of minerals under the control of the Union.BE it enacted by Parliament in the Eighth Year of the Republic of India as follows:

• Preliminary (Section 1 - 3)
• General Restrictions On Undertaking Reconnaissance, Prospecting And Mining Operations (Section 4 - 9A)
• Procedure For Obtaining Reconnaissance Permits, Prospecting Licences Or Mining Leases in Respect of Land in Which the Minerals Vest in the Government (Section 10 - 12)
• Rules For Regulating The Grant of Reconnaissance Permits, Prospecting Licences And Mining Leases (Section 13 - 16)
• Special Powers of Central Government to undertake Reconnaissance, Prospecting or Mining Operations in Certain Cases (Section 17 - 17A)
• Development of Minerals (Section 18 - 18A)
• Miscellaneous (Section 19 - 33)
• The First Schedule - Specified Minerals
• The Second Schedule - Rates Of Royalty
• The Third Schedule - Rates of Dead Rent