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Keralam CM urges Modi to reconsider provisions of amended mining Bill
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The Hindu Bureau
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Keralam Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to reconsider the Mines and Minerals Amendment Bill, 2026. The state government argues that the bill infringes on constitutional fiscal powers by restricting the state's ability to tax mineral rights.
Keralam Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging a relook at the provisions of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2026, that “restrict the taxation powers of States over mineral rights and mineral-bearing lands.”
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