Mining sector goes digital; portal for e-filing returns launched
Published: Dec 06, 2016
By TIOLCROP News Service
NEW DELHI, DEC 06, 2016: THE Minister of State in the Ministry of Mines, Power, Coal and New & Renewable Energy, Mr. Piyush Goyal while replying to a question in Rajya Sabha informed that in order to enable e-filing of returns for Star Rating of mines, the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), which is a sub-ordinate office of Ministry of Mines, launched an on-line portal on August 18, 2016
The template for the return is filled by mining lease holder or his authorized representative on self certification basis.
The Ministry of Mines vide its notification No. 31/4/2016-M.III dated 23.05.2016 has issued a notification pertaining to Star Rating of Mines for implementation of Sustainable Development Framework (SDF) in the mining sector. There is no provision of random third party checks to see whether the information provided by operators is correct or not.
The mining leaseholders have to file returns for Star Rating annually based on the performance during previous year. There is no separate deadline fixed by the Government for the mine operators to upload the details of the relevant permissions from Government, but the same would be required to be uploaded while filing the online return for Star Rating on the portal by the mine operators.