MoU with MOPNG not acceptable — NPCC - Eastern Mirror
Dimapur, Oct. 21 (EMN): Nagaland Congress has on Friday strongly objected to the alleged Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) signed between Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas (MOPNG), government of India, and Nagaland state in regard to payment of royalty for exploration of oil in Nagaland. A press release issued by the president of Nagaland Pradesh Congress Committee (NPCC), K Therie, claimed the Nagaland Petroleum and Natural Gas Rules 2012 was a compromised. Therie maintained that the Nagaland Ownership and Transfer of Land and Its Resources Act 1990 give absolute authority to Nagaland sta...