The government has issued a prakas (directive) on controlling and managing the use of construction mining resources and the revenue for any government infrastructure projects. The joint prakas by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) and the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) on “controlling and collecting royalty revenue from the resources”, dated June 23, stated that the government aims to better control the operation of mining resources and revenue collection. The resources include rocks, sand and soil.
