Lok Sabha Question No. 273 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-17
Subject: Unauthorised Mines
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: P. KARUNAKARAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.273 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH  NOVEMBER, 2016

## 'UNAUTHORISED MINES'

## 273. SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received any representation from various quarters regarding unauthorized mines in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to close down these mines;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  cancel  the  licence  of  mines which are violating the rules and regulations; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  POWER,  COAL, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a): No madam.
- (b) to (c): Does not arise in view of reply given at (a) above.

(d) to (e) The mining lease deed which contains the terms and conditions under which the mining operations are to be conducted is executed between the State Governments and  the  lessee.  The  State  Governments,  therefore,  monitor  for  compliance  of  these conditions. Steps taken by the State Governments to cancel the mining leases, if any, for violation of the terms and conditions of rules are not maintained centrally.

The  provisions  of  Mineral  Conservation  and  Development  Rules,  (MCDR) 1988 framed under section 18 of the Mines and Minerals (Regulation & Development) (MMDR) Act, 1957 for conservation and systematic development of minerals and for the  protection  of  environment  by  preventing  or  controlling  any  pollution  caused  by mining  operations,  are  monitored  by  Indian  Bureau  of  Mines  (IBM)  (a  subordinate office of the Ministry)

However, based on the quarterly returns on illegal mining submitted by various state governments to IBM, details of instances of illegal mining (both major minerals and minor minerals) reported in various parts of the country and the action taken by State Governments, for the last three years i.e. 2013-14 to 2015-16 are at Annexure-I

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## Annexure-I, as referred in reply to part (d) to (e) of Lok Sabha Question No-273

(From 2013-14 to 2015-16)

| Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Action taken from 2013-14 to 2015-16   | Action taken from 2013-14 to 2015-16   | Action taken from 2013-14 to 2015-16    |
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Sr. No.                | State                  | 2013 - 14              | 2014 - 15              | 2015 - 16              | FIR Lodged (Nos.)      | Court Cases Filed (Nos.)               | Vehicle Seized (No.)                   | Fine realized by State Govt. (Rs. Lakh) |
| 1                      | Andaman &Nicobar       | n.r.                   | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | 0                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0.05                                    |
| 2                      | Andhra Pradesh         | 7692                   | 9379                   | 9953                   | 2                      | 1                                      | 2                                      | 224.055                                 |
| 3                      | Assam                  | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                       |
| 4                      | Chhattisgarh           | 3996                   | 5040                   | 5862                   | 2                      | 13362                                  | 1138                                   | 2662.42                                 |
| 5                      | Goa                    | 1                      | 0                      | 2                      | 0                      | 0                                      | 1                                      | 0                                       |
| 6                      | Gujarat                | 5447                   | 5716                   | 6499                   | 217                    | 27                                     | 9466                                   | 8888.288                                |
| 7                      | Haryana                | 3589                   | 5333                   | 3912                   | 411                    | 0                                      | 0                                      | 2965.316                                |
| 8                      | Himachal Pradesh       | n.r.                   | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | 0                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                       |
| 9                      | Jharkhand              | 901                    | 1162                   | 1645                   | 1916                   | 324                                    | 1663                                   | 1915.72                                 |
| 10                     | Karnataka              | 8509                   | 8464                   | 9185                   | 622                    | 444                                    | 8521                                   | 7456.95                                 |
| 11                     | Kerala                 | 4448                   | 4172                   | 3701                   | 0                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 2681.28                                 |
| 12                     | Madhya Pradesh         | 6725                   | 8173                   | 13627                  | 60                     | 28356                                  | 528                                    | 16671.131                               |
| 13                     | Maharashtra            | 36476                  | 32717*                 | 30979*                 | 36                     | 0                                      | 100172                                 | 14078.55                                |
| 14                     | Mizoram                | 21                     | 26                     | n. r.                  | 1                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 1.537                                   |
| 15                     | Odisha                 | 76                     | 104                    | 62                     | 0                      | 4                                      | 10                                     | 988.2                                   |
| 16                     | Punjab                 | n.r.                   | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | 0                      | 0                                      | 61                                     | 45.52                                   |
| 17                     | Rajasthan              | 2953                   | 2945                   | 3661                   | 1774                   | 31                                     | 6013                                   | 4087.643                                |
| 18                     | Tamilnadu              | 1078                   | 205                    | 58                     | 8504                   | 01                                     | 29183                                  | 10017.1                                 |
| 19                     | Telangana              | -                      | 3311                   | 6538                   | 0                      | 0                                      | 2                                      | 2436.276                                |
| 20                     | Uttar Pradesh          | 6777                   | 10402                  | 11350                  | 0                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 9312.74                                 |
| 21                     | West Bengal            | n.r.                   | n. r.                  | 575                    | 575                    | 0                                      | 218                                    | 0                                       |
| Grand Total            | Grand Total            | 88689                  | 97149                  | 107609                 | 14120                  | 42550                                  | 156978                                 | 84432.776                               |

n. r. - quarterly return not received.

Source: Indian Bureau of Mines.