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  SC allows states to levy taxes on minerals, land holding minerals from 2005 | Details

  India | August 14, 2024 12:02 IST

  Supreme Court's ruling is a landmark decision as the verdict overruled a 1989 judgement, which held that only the Centre has the power to impose a royalty on minerals and mineral-bearing land. Now, states can also levy taxes on mineral rights and mineral-bearing land.

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  Believe it or not! Bihar has country's largest deposit of Gold ore

  India | July 27, 2021 11:33 IST

  This revelation has been made by Union Minister of mines, coal and parliamentary affairs in reply to a question in the Lok Sabha on Monday.

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  Mines ministry eyes Rs 50,000 cr mop-up in 4 months as govt proposes changes to mineral auction rules

  Business | November 10, 2017 17:15 IST

  The amendments are with the Ministry of Law for its approval and the notification can be expected by this November, Mines Secretary Arun Kumar said.

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  Exhaustible minerals should be used with value addition: Munda

  Politics | July 17, 2012 18:41 IST

  Ranchi, Jul 17:Jharkhand Chief Minister ArjunMunda today stressed on judicious use of mineral resources as natural resources were exhaustible.“Keeping in mind that mineral resources like coal and iron ore are exhaustible, we should use them