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UPSC Prelims 2025 GS Paper I Q89 — Minor Minerals and Government PowersUPSC प्रीलिम्स 2025 प्रश्न 89 — गौण खनिज और सरकारी शक्तियाँ

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Question 89
UPSCIndian Polity2025Prelims GS Paper ISeries A
Subject / विषय: Indian Polity

Consider the following statements:

Statement I: In India, State Governments have no power for making rules for grant of concessions in respect of extraction of minor minerals even though such minerals are located in their territories.

Statement II: In India, the Central Government has the power to notify minor minerals under the relevant law.

Which one of the following is correct in respect of the above statements?

निम्नलिखित कथनों पर विचार कीजिए :
कथन I : भारत में, राज्य सरकारों के पास गौण खनिजों के निष्कर्षण के बारे में रियायत देने के लिए नियम बनाने की कोई शक्ति नहीं है, भले ही ऐसे खनिज उनके अपने भूभाग में अवस्थित हों।
कथन II : भारत में केन्द्र सरकार के पास प्रासंगिक विधि के अधीन गौण खनिजों को अधिसूचित करने की शक्ति है।
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