Meghalaya Minerals Cess Act, 1988 (Act No. 7 of 1988). Pays/Territoire Inde Type du document Législation Date 1988 Source FAO, FAOLEX Titre completAn Act To provide for the levy and collection of cess on some minerals of the State for the development of Primary education and for development and improvement of mining areas and for matters connected therewith. Sujet Ressources minérales Mot clé Minéraux Taxe/impôt Exploitation minière Autorisation/permis Aire géographique Asie, Asie et Pacifique, Océan Indien, Mer de l'Asie du Sud-Est, Asie du Sud Résumé This Act provides for the levy and collection of cess on some minerals of the State for the development of Primary education and for development and improvement of mining areas and for related matters. It establishes that there shall be levied and collected as cess a tax on coal, silliminate, limestone and fire-clay from any person who extracts or removes the minerals from any mine or quarry in the State. The rate of the cess to be levied and collected shall be, in the case of: a) coal, rupees ten per matric tonne; b) sillimanite, rupees ten per matric tonne; c) limestone, rupees two and paise eighty per matric tonne; and d) fire clay, rupees one and paise twenty-five per matric tonne. Texte intégral Anglais Site web indiacode.nic.in