"The registration fee related to grant of renewal and transfer of mining leases has been brought down to five per cent of the stamp duty from the earlier 100 per cent," Chief Minister Laxmikant Parsekar said, speaking to reporters.
Manohar Parrikar, Parsekar's predecessor, had increased the registration fee which worked out to hundred percent of the stamp duty.
The cabinet, which met at Porvorim this afternoon, approved the reduction in the fees.
"The mine owners had refused to pay the fees, and requested the government to cut them. We have taken this decision for speedy resumption of industry," Parsekar said.