The Government of Kerala on March 31, 2023 published the Kerala Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Storage and Transportation) Amendment Rules, 2023 to further amend the Kerala Minerals (Prevention of Illegal Mining, Storage and Transportation) Rules, 2015. These Rules shall come into force on April 01, 2023. The following that has been amended namely: In rule 2 which states "definitions" in sub-rule (1) – (i) for clause (x), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:- “(x) "Mineral product” means mineral that has been processed into a marketable form by means of a mineral processing unit or value addition unit using methods like crushing, grinding, sizing, sorting, concentrating, or washing but without undergoing any chemical change.”; (ii) in clause (xii), after the figures “1960” the words, brackets, symbols and figures “or Minerals (Other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) Concession Rules, 2016 or Atomic Mineral Concession Rules,2016” shall be inserted. (iii) in clause (xv), the words, symbols and figures “and includes a person who has a Registered Metal Crusher Unit under the Kerala Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2015” shall be omitted,
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