Every holder of a reconnaissance permit shall send to the administering authority, an intimation of the commencement of reconnaissance operations within a period of fifteen days of such commencement.
48. Submission of reports about reconnaissance operations- Every holder of a reconnaissance permit shall send to the Director General, Geological Survey of India, Kolkata and the administering authority a six monthly report in Form U along with all the underwater photography, geological, geophysical, geochemical and such other data collected by him as per the conditions stipulated in the reconnaissance permit within a period of thirty days after expiry of every six months beginning from the date of execution of the reconnaissance permit or the expiry of the reconnaissance permit or the abandonment of the reconnaissance permit or termination of reconnaissance permit, whichever is earlier:
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Provided that in the case of investigations pertaining to the atomic minerals, such report shall also be submitted to the Secretary to the Government of India dealing with the Atomic Energy.
CHAPTER IX Exploration Operations
49. Work programme of exploration operations- Every holder of an exploration licence shall submit to the administering authority within a period of sixty days from the date of execution of the exploration licence, a work programme including a scheme of exploration operations indicating the manner in which he proposes to carry out exploration operations in the area covered by the licence, and in particular such work programme shall include-
(a) particulars of the of offshore area such as surface or subsurface extent, boundaries;
(b) the scale of the plan and the area of geological mapping; and
(c) the particulars of the machines and instruments to be used.
50. Modification of scheme of exploration - (1) A scheme of exploration operation prepared and submitted under rule 49 may be modified at any time on geological considerations by the holder of an exploration licence during continuance of the licence.
(2) Any modification carried out under sub-rule (1) shall be intimated to the administering authority by the holder of exploration licence within a period of fifteen days of such modification.