{
  "id": 8000567,
  "title": "Illegal Mining In Maharashtra: End Users To Be Made Accountable For Minor Mineral Royalty, Says Chandrashekhar Bawankule",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/17/illegal-mining-in-maharashtra-end-users-to-be-made-accountable-for",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-17T09:11:15.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Free Press Journal",
    "slug": "free-press-journal",
    "url": "https://www.freepressjournal.in/pune/illegal-mining-in-maharashtra-end-users-to-be-made-accountable-for-minor-mineral-royalty-says-chandrashekhar-bawankule"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Pimpri-Chinchwad: Maharashtra Revenue Minister Chandrashekhar Bawankule on Thursday said the state government plans to make end users responsible for royalty payments on minor minerals as part of a proposed change in the system to curb illegal mining and transportation. He said the new approach would make a person using materials such as sand, murum and aggregate accountable for the royalty…",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}