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Sand and mineral extraction will be restricted to transparent auctions

Promised in the manifesto

Mineral resources and sand extraction will be permitted solely through transparent auctions and in accordance with the law.

From the manifesto: Inbam (Joy) › 10. People's Government; Truthful and Honest Governance › C. Zero Tolerance Against Bribery, see page 88

Where it standsSaid

Announced on 11 Jun 2026. No budget mention or order recorded yet.

The government announced it will auction government lands to manage mineral extraction.

So far

plans to identify and auction government waste lands for mineral production

Not yet seen

Specific procedures for transparent sand and mineral auctions are not yet fully detailed.

Summary written by AI from the documents below, with figures checked against them.

Documents behind this

11 Jun 2026 · Press release
DIPR press release 21950
- The government will take steps to identify suitable land in government waste lands and auction them to increase mineral production and distribution.
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