Question

Which statements are correct from the following?

(A) Marble development and Conservation Rule - 2002

(B) Rajasthan Mineral Policy - 2015

(C) District Mineral Foundation Trust Rules - 2016

(D) Rajasthan Minor Mineral Concession Rules (Amended upto May 2016)

1. Only (A), (C) and (D)
2. Only (A), (B) and (D)
3. Only (A) and (D)
4. All of these

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 4 : All of these

The correct answer is option 4.

• Marble Development and Conservation Rule - 2002
  • Notified by Government of India in 2002.
• Rajasthan Mineral Policy - 2015
  • ​Rajasthan Mineral Policy 2015 released by the chief minister Vasundhara Raje.
  • It raises the mineral exploitation area in the state to 1.5% from the existing 0.54%.
• District Mineral Foundation Trust Rules - 2016
  • Rajasthan state government issued notification dated 31-05-2016, enacted DMFT Rules, 2016.
  • It will establish District Mineral Foundation trust in each district of the state as a non-profit body in the mining operation affected districts.
• Rajasthan Minor Mineral Concession Rules (Amended up to May 2016)
  • ​In exercise of the powers conferred by section 15 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.
  • The State Government repealed the Rajasthan Mineral Concession Rules, 1986.
  • The new rules are called the Rajasthan Minor Mineral Concession (Amendment) Rules, 2016. 

• As per the available legislations in the country, all minerals have been classified into two categories namely:
• Major Mineral
  • Major Mineral are minerals like Agate, Asbestos, Barytes, Bauxite, Cadmium, Calcite, China Clay, Coal, Copper Lead, Manganese, Mica, Nickel, Rock Phosphate, Soapstone, Tungsten, Wollastonite, Zinc, etc.
  • It is specified in Second Schedule appended with the MMDR Act 1957.
• Minor Mineral 
  • The Minor Minerals are Building Stone, Gravel, Ordinary Clay, Ordinary Sand and any other mineral which the Central Government may by notification in the official Gazette declare as Minor Mineral.
  • The Minor Minerals are Bajri Brick Earth, Chips and Powder making minerals, Diorite, Granite, Kankar, Limestone, Marble, Masonry stones, Sand Stone, Serpentine and other Decorative Stone, etc.