The Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules, 1959

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Sector Oil and Gas
Country India
Year 1959
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Contract transparency and monitoring, Legislation and regulation, Licensing and negotiation, Mandatory payment disclosure, Open data, Revenue management, Revenue sharing, State-owned enterprises, Subnational governance, Tax policy and revenue collection
Document Type Statute
RGI Sub-component Licensing
RGI Questions 1.1a: How does the country legally define the ownership of subsoil extractive resources?,
1.1.9a: Is the government required to publicly disclose all signed licenses/contracts with extractive companies?,
1.1b: Who is the licensing authority (i.e. who has the authority to grant exploration and extraction rights to companies)?,
1.1.3d: Is the licensing authority independent from the SOE?,
1.1.3b: Prior to each licensing process, is the licensing authority required to disclose a list of biddable terms or negotiable terms?,
1.1.5d: Are there rules that companies can follow to appeal licensing decisions?,
1.2.5b: Do rules specify the royalty rate(s) applying to extractive companies?,
1.4.7d: Are there rules that require the SOE or government to publicly disclose information on the sale of production by the SOE?,
2.2.2a: Do rules specify a formula governing the transfer of extractive resource revenues between the central government and subnational governments?
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Publisher Government of India
Author Government of India
Source or API link http://www.petroleum.nic.in/pngrules.pdf
Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email Natural Resource Governance Institute