Section 2
[Provided that the period of mining leases, other than the mining leases granted through auction, shall be extended on payment ofsuch additional amount as specified in the Fifth Schedule:
2 [Provided that the period of mining leases, other than the mining leases granted through auction, shall be extended on payment ofsuch additional amount as specified in the Fifth Schedule:
Provided further that the Central Government may, by notification in theOfficial Gazette and for reasons to be recorded in writing, amend the Fifth Schedule so as to modify the entries mentioned therein with effect from such date as may be specified in the said notification.
Explanation . — For the removal of doubts, it is hereby clarified that all such Government companies or corporations whose mining lease has been extended after the commencement of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015 (10 of 2015), shall also pay such additional amount as specified in the Fifth Schedule for the mineral produced after the commencement of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2021.]
(9) The provisions of this section, notwithstanding anything contained therein, shall not apply to a mining lease granted before the date of commencement of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015 (10 of 2015), for which renewal has been rejected, or which has been determined, or lapsed.]
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