Government of IndiaMinistry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Excise & Customs
North Block, New Delhi
8th July, 2010
To
All Chief Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Prev.).
All Chief Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise.
All Commissioners of Customs / Customs (Prev.).
All Commissioners of Customs (Appeals).
All Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise.
All Commissioners of Customs & Central Excise (Appeals).
Subject: Efficient Mineral Administration– regarding.
Sir/ Madam,
I am directed to invite your attention on the above-mentioned subject and state
that the issue of illegal mining of minerals came up for discussion during a
Committee of Secretaries Meeting dated 20th May, 2010, which was held under the
Chairmanship of Cabinet Secretary.
- In the meeting, it was decided that Customs Commissionerates shall share the
details of minerals exported through the Ports within their respective
jurisdiction with the concerned State Governments on a periodical basis. The
details to be shared may include the name of the ‘State of origin’, name and
details of the exporter, name of the minerals, quantity and value thereof etc.,
so that by cross-verification, any leakage of revenue by way of less payment of
royalty could be detected by the State Government. The exact modalities of
information/data exchange may, however, be worked out in consultation with the
concerned State Government.
- In this connection, it is stated that the sharing of information, as
mentioned in Para 2 above, may not pose any difficulty as in the format for the
shipping bill there is a data field for capturing the ‘State of Origin’.
Accordingly, the Board desires that urgent necessary action may be taken to
implement the above CoS decision in consultation with the State Governments
concerned.
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Difficulties, if any, in implementation of the instruction may be brought
immediately to the notice of the Board.
Yours faithfully,
(Navraj Goyal)
Under Secretary (Cus.IV)
F. No.450/ 66 /2009-Cus.IV