Section 18(1)

{
    "act_title": "THE MINES AND MINERALS (DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION) ACT, 1957",
    "act_slug": "mines-and-minerals-development-and-regulation-act-1957",
    "section_label": "Section",
    "section": {
        "number": "18",
        "title": "Section 18(1)",
        "chapter": null,
        "content": "18. Mineral development.-(1) It shall be the duty of the Central Government to take all such steps as may be necessary [for the conservation and systematic development of minerals in India and for the protection of environment by preventing or controlling any pollution which may be caused by prospecting or mining operations] and [for such purposes the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, make such rules as it thinks fit.",
        "footnote": "37 of 1986",
        "is_definition": false,
        "sort_order": 1620
    },
    "prev_section": "162",
    "next_section": "18"
}