MDL Form PDF
MDL Form PDF
No person, other than a mineral concession holder or a stone crushing unit operator, shall
stock, sell or offer for sale any minor mineral or mineral products, in raw or processed form, for
commercial purposes or trade in the State without holding a license. However, retail sale of
construction material from a premises of up to 200 square meters area, situated within the
Municipal limits of towns or the Lal Dora of a village, shall be exempt from the requirements of
obtaining a mineral dealer license;
2. As per Rule 82 of State Rules, 2012:
a. One kilometer from the site of source of such mineral for which license is sought;
b. Fifty meters of the outer edge of the berm of any National Highway or a State Highway
or a Major District Road; and
c. Ten meters from the outer edge of the berm of all other roads in the State.
d. One acre of land preferably situated outside the municipal limits of any town situated at
a reasonable distance from any Urbanised area is required.
3. As per Rule 84 of State Rules, 2012:
• An application for the grant or renewal of a license for storage and sale of mineral(s) in nay
form, outside a mineral concession area and a stone crushing unit premises, shall be made to
Director through the officer-in-charge of the district concerned in
Form MD-1
Every application shall be accompanied by
o Location map or survey sketch showing the exact location of stockyard (survey
number and other details of the area proposed to be used as stockyard where the
applicant intends to store and conduct the sale of minerals or its products shall be
delineated on the map);
o Proof of the ownership or lease agreement and possession of the property or land
proposed to be used as stockyard by the applicant.
4. As per rule 87 of State Rules, 2012:
The fee for grant or renewal of a Mineral Dealer License shall be as under:-
• For a period exceeding two years but up to five years: Rs. 2.00 lakh
• The Officer-in-charge of the district concerned shall forward the application to the Director,
after verifying the contents of the application and inspection of the site proposed for the
stockyard along with his comments or recommendations for grant or renewal of the license
or refusal of the same within a period of 15 days of the receipt of the application.
• The application for grant or renewal of a license shall be disposed of by the Licensing
Authority (Director) within 90 days from the date of receipt of the application, complete in
all respect.
• In case of incomplete application, the Licensing Authority after issuing notice for personal
hearing to the applicant, may reject the application after taking into consideration the
reasons as laid down in rule 85(3) of the State Rules, 2012.