THE OILFIELDS (REGULATION AND DEVELOPMENT) ACT, 1948

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Field Value
Sector Oil and Gas
Country India
Year 1948
RGI Edition Year 2017
Topic Revenue management, Revenue sharing, Subnational governance, Tax policy and revenue collection
Document Type Statute
RGI Sub-component Open data
RGI Questions 1.2a: What is the fiscal system for extractive resources?,
2.2a: Does the central government transfer extractive resource revenues to subnational governments?,
2.2c: Do rules specify that subnational governments of producing areas should receive a higher share of extractive resource revenues than those of non-producing areas?
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Publisher Government of India
Author
Source or API link http://petroleum.nic.in/ordact.pdf
Maintainer Natural Resource Governance Institute
Maintainer Email Natural Resource Governance Institute