{"id":369845,"date":"2026-08-19T14:25:47","date_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:55:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/?p=369845"},"modified":"2026-08-19T14:25:47","modified_gmt":"2026-08-19T08:55:47","slug":"key-highlights-of-mines-and-minerals-development-and-regulation-amendment-act-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-highlights-of-mines-and-minerals-development-and-regulation-amendment-act-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Highlights of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"content-box-green\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>News:<\/strong> The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2026\u00a0 was passed in both Houses of Parliament on August 13, 2026, and amends the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act (\u2018MMDR Act\u2019).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"red-h2-box\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">About Key Highlights of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2026<\/h2>\n<figure id=\"attachment_369846\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-369846\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-369846\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/download.png?resize=300%2C188&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Key Highlights of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2026\" width=\"300\" height=\"188\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/download.png?resize=300%2C188&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/download.png?resize=768%2C482&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/download.png?w=799&amp;ssl=1 799w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-369846\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Source: PIB<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>MMDR Amendment Act, 2026<\/strong> amends the existing law to establish a <strong>uniform and balanced fiscal framework<\/strong> for the mining sector.\n<ul>\n<li>Under the amended framework, <strong>State Governments cannot impose fresh taxes on mineral rights or mineral-bearing lands<\/strong>, except under conditions or restrictions prescribed by the Central Government.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Note:<\/strong> Mining activities in India are<strong> governed by the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Major Provisions of the Act<\/strong>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Section 9D of the act places restrictions on State levies:<\/strong> State Governments <strong>cannot impose any tax, cess or other levy on mineral rights or mineral-bearing lands,<\/strong> regardless of the name or form of the levy.\n<ul>\n<li>The restriction applies to levies based on <strong>the quantity of minerals, the value of minerals, royalty or any other basis<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>States may impose such levies only when they comply with the <strong>conditions or restrictions prescribed by the Central Government<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Past unpaid levies are treated as invalid:<\/strong> Any levy that was not paid or collected by a State before the amendment came into effect will be considered invalid.\n<ul>\n<li>However, <strong>amounts that had already been deposited or recovered<\/strong> before the commencement of the amendment will not be refunded.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Section 13 of the act gives rule-making authority to the Centre:<\/strong> The amendment <strong>empowers the Central Government to frame rules specifying the conditions and restrictions<\/strong> under which State Governments may impose such levies.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">It seek to create a <strong>more consistent and predictable fiscal framework<\/strong> for mineral rights and mineral-bearing lands while defining the respective roles of the Central and State Governments.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News: The Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill 2026\u00a0 was passed in both Houses of Parliament on August 13, 2026, and amends the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act (\u2018MMDR Act\u2019). About Key Highlights of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2026 The MMDR Amendment Act, 2026 amends the existing&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/key-highlights-of-mines-and-minerals-development-and-regulation-amendment-act-2026\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Key Highlights of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10366,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1731,1760,12039],"tags":[11872,3590],"class_list":["post-369845","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-bill-and-acts","category-polity-and-nation","category-knolls","tag-9pm-daily-factly","tag-pib","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369845","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10366"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=369845"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369845\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369845"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369845"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369845"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}