Govt. of Kerala issued the Kerala Minor Mineral Concession (Amendment) Rules, 2025

The Industries (A) Department, Govt. of Kerala, on April 24, 2025, issued the Kerala Minor Mineral Concession (Amendment) Rules, 2025, to further amend the Kerala Minor Mineral Concession Rules, 2015.

The following has been stated namely:-

• In Rule 14, after sub-rule (1), a new sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:-  “1A” Every quarrying permit for ordinary earth under sub-rule (1) shall be granted subject to the following conditions, namely:- (a) Quarrying shall be strictly confined to the area allotted for the purpose. 

• (b) the permit holder shall not carry on or allowed to be carried on any quarrying operations at or to any points within a distance of 25 meters from the boundary or boundaries of adjacent properties or 50 meters from any residential building except with the consent of the owners of such property or building or 75 meters from any railway line, 50 meters from any bridge, reservoir, tanks and canals or other public works except with the previous permission of the authorities concerned or State Government or competent authority, as the case may be Provided that, in case the quarrying is carried out for the sole purpose of supply of ordinary earth to Government works, the permit holder shall not carry on or allowed to be carried on any quarrying operations at or to any points within a distance of 25 meters from the boundary or boundaries of adjacent properties or 50 meters from any bridge, reservoir, tanks, and canals or other public works except with the previous permission of the District Geologist concerned. In such a case, proper study by the Government Engineers who supervise the Government work shall be conducted to excavate ordinary earth scientifically and such excavation shall be carried as per the recommendations of the engineers based on the guidelines and conditions stipulated by the Government. The permit holder shall abide by the conditions imposed by the District Geologist concerned which are found proper and necessary. Provided further that, the area of the extraction of ordinary earth may be extended upto 5 hectares, in case the quarrying is carried out for the sole purpose of supply of ordinary earth to Government works. Provided also that, in the case of extraction of ordinary earth in connection with the construction of buildings, the person who obtained building permit and plan from the Local Self Government Institutions may extract ordinary earth as per the conditions imposed by the authorities concerned in this regard and in such case, the condition No.3 in Form N shall not apply. In cases where the environmental clearance under Environment Impact Assessment Notification is mandatory for the development of land and extraction of ordinary earth, such activities shall be carried out as per the conditions stipulated therein. In the event of failure to complete at least the construction of basement of building within two years from the date of issuance of mineral transit passes the act of extraction of minor minerals shall be treated as illegal and the offender shall be liable to pay an amount equal to five times the royalty of the minor mineral extracted from the area, in addition to the amount already paid. 

Detailed notification is attached below.

[Notification no. S. R. O. No. 472/2025]