Bill states no expenditure from Consolidated Fund of India

This Bill amends the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, to bring the regulation of 'mineral bearing lands' under Union control and restricts State Governments from imposing taxes, cesses, or other levies on mineral rights or mineral-bearing lands unless specific conditions are met by the Central Government.

State Governments (regarding their power to impose taxes/levies), the Central Government (regarding rule-making and control), and entities holding mineral rights or owning mineral-bearing lands.

• Inserts 'and mineral bearing lands' into Section 2 of the principal Act, extending Union control to these lands.
• Defines 'mineral bearing land' in Section 3 as land having mineral contents according to parameters prescribed under Section 5(2)(a).
• Inserts new Section 9D, prohibiting State Governments from imposing tax, cess, or other levies on mineral rights or mineral-bearing lands (based on quantity, value, royalty, or otherwise) except as prescribed by the Central Government.
• Deems any such tax, cess, or levy not deposited or recovered by the State Government before the commencement of this Amendment Act to be invalid at all material times.
• Specifies that taxes or levies already deposited or recovered before the commencement of this Act are not liable to be refunded.
• Amends Section 13 to empower the Central Government to make rules prescribing conditions or restrictions on the imposition of such taxes or levies.

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