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“Mineral Movement Administration through innovative use of ICT”

Bellary : In news for all wrong reasons

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Lapses in the manual procedure of issuing transit Lapses in the manual procedure of issuing transit passes investigated by Lokayutkapasses investigated by Lokayutka

– irregularities in mining beyond the leased area

– illegalities in transport of the minerals

– illegalities in granting transport permit

– permitting transportation of the illegally mined ore from the forest areas

– On the strength of fraudulent forest passes/ transport permits, it is reported that the State has been deprived of its revenues

Forest Produce Tracking System

• Web based providing online submission of application for the Transit PassesTransit Passes

• OnlineOnline payment and approval of release order • Weigh Bridge Integration at loading points to generate Transit

Passes • Tracking of mineral movement from source to sink• Provides for a simplified SMS based verification - Virtual Virtual

Check Posts.Check Posts.

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Shift in Approach - Transit Management

• Regime of paper transit pass to e-transit passe-transit pass• Eliminates any possibility of fraudulent counterfeit fraudulent counterfeit

paper passpaper pass• KFD regulation to Self regulation Self regulation • Real time track Real time track in public domain • Discretion of inspecting officers at the loading is

removed - machine integrated weigh-bridge machine integrated weigh-bridge

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Seeing is believing : A video on Mineral Movement Administration in Karnataka

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