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The State authorities has reduced the royalty payable to the authorities by laterite chromatic extractors, utilized for constructing buildings, from ₹245 a tonne to ₹100 a tonne, said Puttur MLA Ashok Kumar Rai.
Mr. Rai said successful a video connection that it (reducing royalty) was a superior among 3 demands of laterite chromatic extractors with the government.
Referring to the precocious terms of laterite stones, helium said that it costs a minimum of ₹60 a chromatic now. The chromatic suppliers (transporters) are liable for the precocious price. It is not owed to reduced chromatic extraction activities successful the district.
He said that the authorities has extended the licence play of extractors from six months to 1 twelvemonth and not upto 2 years arsenic demanded by them. The authorities did not see extending the licence play upto 2 years, which was the 2nd request of extractors, taking into relationship issues related to fencing the country extracted oregon filling up the extracted land.
The authorities issued a gazette notification connected September 26, 2025, amending the Karnataka Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 1994.
Regarding the hold of licence period, Karnataka Minor Mineral (Amended) Concession Rules, 2025 said: “...Provided that, but sub-clauses (i), (ii) and (iii), anterior moving support shall beryllium obtained from the jurisdictional Deputy Director oregon Senior Geologist, Department of Mines and Geology earlier commencement of removal and disposal of said insignificant minerals and moving support play shall beryllium 12 months from the day of granting moving support and play whitethorn further beryllium extended up to 12 months by the jurisdictional Deputy Director oregon Senior Geologist for the reasons beyond the power of the moving support holder, arsenic the lawsuit whitethorn be...”
The sub-clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) pertained to digging of good for irrigation oregon drinking h2o oregon rainfall h2o harvesting; digging of instauration for building; and de-silting of ponds, tanks and operation of caller tanks by Irrigation Department oregon different overnment Department, operation of ponds for agriculture oregon fishery, operation and attraction of canals and drainage strategy arsenic notified by the Irrigation Department oregon different authorities department. These activities are exempted from obtaining quarrying lease oregon licence.
Referring to the 3rd demand, the MLA said that the extractors had sought that they should not beryllium made to get the nary objection certificate from the Department of Agriculture to extract laterite stones successful the workplace onshore from much than 3 meters depth. The authorities has agreed to their demand.
In the exempted (from obtaining quarrying lease oregon license) activity, the Karnataka Minor Mineral (Amended) Concession Rules, 2025 said: “...for improvement of patta oregon backstage lands for betterment of agriculture by the landowner, taxable to certification by the Agriculture Department to the effect and taxable to the information that specified enactment shall not render the onshore little acceptable for cultivation than earlier and besides the mineral shall beryllium removed successful a mode that does not airs information to the neighbouring lands...”
