National Mineral Policy 2006 - Department of Mines

esources to take up prospecting singly by themselves but can do so collectively oreven outsource the work. [1.76]PROCEDURES FOR GRANTING MINERAL CONCESSIONSSINGLE WINDOW: CO-ORDINATION-CUM-EMPOWERED COMMITTEE APPROACH• In order to streamline procedures and minimise delays, Coordination-cum-Empowered Committees should be set up at the levels of state and Centralgovernments for taking decisions on applications for RP, LAPL, PL, and ML. [2.14]• All applications for mineral concessions should be accepted at the state headquartersoffice of the DMG of the state government and not at its district office or at theDistrict Collectorates. [2.14]• The applications should be sent by the DMG simultaneously to designated officers atthe district level of all the concerned departments, viz. mining, revenue, forests,Panchayati Raj (rural development), etc., for scrutiny of the proposals in relation tothe records and applicable rules for the area for which the concession is being sought.Copies of the applications should be sent to the concerned secretariat departments forinformation and follow-up. The district-level officers should send their responses tothe DMG within a time-bound framework under intimation to their respectivesecretariat departments. As against the present system in which the applicant appliesfor environmental and forest clearance after having received the clearance forLAPL/PL or ML, and for aerial reconnaissance after grant of RP, the applicant shouldhave the possibility of making all these applications simultaneously, with copy to theDMG. [2.14]• The state government should set up a Coordination-cum-Empowered Committee atthe state level, headed by the Chief Secretary with state-level representatives from allthe concerned departments (Mining, Forest, Environment, and Revenue, and wherenecessary, Industry and Panchayati Raj) as members. The Coordination-cum-Empowered Committee should be serviced by the DMG and meet at least once in twomonths. The main function of the Committee would be to provide oversight ofclearance of the applications by various departments and act as a pressure point on the197