Section 8(3)(a) in Minerals (Other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) Concession Rules, 2016
(a)furnish a performance security to the State Government in the form of a bank guarantee in the format specified in Schedule IV or as a security deposit for an amount equivalent to 0.50% of the value of estimated resources, which may be invoked by the State Government as per the terms and conditions of the Mine Development and Production Agreement, published by the Government of India in the Ministry of Mines, vide Part I, Section-I of the Gazette of India, dated the 2nd July, 2015, and the mining lease deed. The performance security shall be adjusted every five years to correspond to 0.50% of the reassessed value of estimated resources; and