Sir, I beg to move:
“That in amendment No.3555 of the List of Amendments, for the proposed entry 66 of List I, the following be substituted:-
’66. Superintendence, direction, control, regulation, development and preservation of mines, oil fields and mineral resources including such questions as-
(a) the regulation and safety of mining employees,
(b) proprietory rights in or over lands where mines and mineral resource are found to exist,
(c) power to frame rules regarding terms and conditions for grant of prospecting licenses and mining leases,
(d) power to modify conditions and terms of existing leases,
(e) power to make rules for proper working of mines with due regard to the health and welfare of workmen employed in mines,
(f) power to establish Inspectorate of Mines to enforce these rulers,
(g) power to enforce improved mining methods to ensure conservation of minerals and mineral products;
(h) power to control production, supply and movement of minerals and mineral products, and
(i) any other matter connected with mines, oil fields and mineral resources which may be declared by Parliament to be necessary or expedient in the public interest“