Section 3(t) in The Mineral Conservation And Development Rules, 1988
(t)"stopping" means making any underground excavation other than development working made for the purpose of winning ores or minerals and includes extraction or splitting or reduction of pillars or blocks of minerals;(tt)[ "temporary discontinuance" means the planned or unplanned suspension of mining operations in a mine or part thereof and where the operations are likely to be resumed after certain time;] [ Inserted by G.S.R. 330(E), dated 10.4.2003 (w.e.f. 10.4.2003).](u)"year" means the twelve months period beginning from the first day of April and ending on the thirty-first day of March of the following year;(v)all other words and expressions used in these rules but not defined shall have the meanings respectively assigned to them in the Act.
