e-Gazette statutory gazette instrument G.S.R. 687(E) · 31 Jul 2026
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The Offshore Areas Mineral Conservation and Development Amendment Rules, 2026
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Check the official recordThe Ministry of Mines amends the Offshore Areas Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 2024. These amendments align the penalty provisions with the Offshore Areas Mineral Adjudication of Penalties Rules, 2026. The rules now require authorities to initiate adjudication for contraventions under the new 2026 adjudication framework. References to specific penalty amounts previously listed in the Second Schedule are removed. The rules also omit the Second Schedule and the Third Schedule from the principal rules. These changes take effect on August 1, 2026.
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5867 GI/2026 (1) रजिस्ट्री सं. डी.एल.- 33004/99 REGD. No. D. L.-33004/99
xxxGIDHxxx xxxGIDExxx असाधारण EXTRAORDINARY भाग II—खण् ड 3—उप-खण् ड (i) PART II—Section 3—Sub-section (i) प्राजधकार से प्रकाजित PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
सं. 625] नई दिल्ली, नृहस्ट् पजतिार, िुलाई 30, 2026/श्रािण 8, 1948
No. 625] NEW DELHI, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2026/SHRAVAN 8, 1948
सी.जी.-डी.एल.-अ.-31072026-274997 CG-DL-E-31072026-274997
खान मंत्रालय अजधसूचना नई दिल्ली, 30 िुलाई, 2026 सा.का.जन. 687(अ).— केंद्रीय सरकार, अपतट क्षेत्र खजनि (जिकास और जिजनयमन) अजधजनयम, 2002 (2003 का 17) की धारा 35 द्वारा प्रित्त िजियों का प्रयोग करते हुए, अपतट क्षेत्र खजनि संरक्षण और जिकास जनयम, 2024 का संिोधन करने के जलए जनम्नजलजखत जनयम ननाती है, अर्ाात्:—
[फा. सं. एम.VI.-16/51/2026-खान VI (भाग-5)] कुलिीर ससह यािि, संयुि सजचि टटप्पण.— मूल जनयम भारत के रािपत्र, असाधारण, भाग II, खंड 3, उपखंड (i) अजधसूचना संख्या सा.का.जन. 791(अ), तारीख 31 दिसंनर, 2024 में प्रकाजित दकए गए र्े।
MINISTRY OF MINES NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the 30th July, 2026 G.S.R. 687(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 35 of the Offshore Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002 (17 of 2003), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Offshore Areas Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 2024, namely: —
(2) They shall come into force on the 1st day of August, 2026.
(a) in sub-rule (4), for clause (ii), following clause shall be substituted, namely: –
“(ii) take action to initiate adjudication of penalty for contravention in accordance with Offshore Areas Mineral Adjudication of Penalties Rules, 2026;”;
(b) in sub-rule (5), –
(i) in clause (ii), in sub-clause (a), for the words “such amount as specified in the Second Schedule”, the words “penalty in accordance with Offshore Areas Mineral Adjudication of Penalties Rules, 2026 “shall be substituted;
(ii) in clause (iii), for the words “such amount as specified in the Second Schedule”, the words “penalty in accordance with Offshore Areas Mineral Adjudication of Penalties Rules, 2026 “shall be substituted.
“60. Penalty. – Whoever contravenes the provisions of these rules shall be liable to penalty in accordance with the provisions of section 28 of the Act and the rules made thereunder (i.e., the Offshore Areas Mineral Adjudication of Penalties Rules, 2026).”.
[F. No. M.VI -16/51/2026-Mines VI (Part 5)] KULVEER SINGH YADAV, Jt. Secy.
Note: – The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide notification number G.S.R. 791 (E) dated the 31st December, 2024.
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