BHUBANESWAR | May 05, 2015: The state government is expecting an income of nearly Rs 600 crore by allowing 29 mines to resume operations.
The money will come from stamp and registration fees when the mine owners sign lease agreements with the government, official sources here said. The agreements, called supplementary lease deeds, are the first concrete step before the mines seek further clearances to restart operations.
After they were granted permission on the basis of recommendations by the inter-departmental high-level committee headed by the development commissioner, all the mines have been directed to sign the deeds within three months.
"The supplementary agreements with the mines is a mandate of the law. I have heard some mine owners expressed reservation about stamp and registration fees saying they are very high. But I have not got any written complaint from anyone. However, these are fees the mine owners have to pay as per the law," steel and mines minister Prafulla Kumar Mallick said.
In reply to a query, the minister said that in case any mine owner failed to sign the lease deed afresh, the government would decide on the next course of action.
(Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/)