Summary:
State sets mineral royalty targets for distts banking on improving situationBy Kartik Lokhande :Nagpur gets the target of Rs 209.78 crore second-highest in the StateRevenue and Forest Department of State Government has set targets for mineral royalty collection for various districts for the year 2021-22. These include: Nagpur -- Rs 209.78 crore Amravati -- Rs 115.28 crore Bhandara -- Rs 110.93 crore Chandrapur -- Rs 109.28 crore and Yavatmal -- Rs 104.78 crore. “Last year the target of mineral royalty collection was Rs 207 crore and we posted recovery of Rs 183 crore. All these factors will help us meet the royalty target” Kamde said. As far as increase in mineral royalty rates is concerned Altaf Ahmed and various legislators and associations across the State have submitted memorandums seeking stay to hike..