(TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA EXTRAORDINARY) [PART II - SECTION 3 -SUB-SECTION (i)) GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES NOTIFICATION New Delhi, the10th April,2003. G.S.R.330(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 18 of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (67 of 1957), the Central Government hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 1988, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called Mineral Conservation and Development (Amendment) Rules, 2003. (2) They shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 2. In rule 3 of Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 1988 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), - (i) clause (a) shall be renumbered as (aa) thereof ,and before clause (aa) as so renumbered, the following clause shall be inserted, namely:- ‘(a) “abandonment of mine” means final closure of a mine either whole or part thereof when the miner...