Lok Sabha Question No. 1503 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Registered and Illegal Mines
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1503 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 TH  MARCH, 2017

## Registered and Illegal Mines

## 1503.   SHRI ARVIND SAWANT

## Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state: Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

(a) the number of registered working mines in the country, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government has fixed/proposes to fix any target for production from these mines, if so, the details thereof along with the achievements made by these mines during each of the last three years and the current year;

(c) whether the Government has achieved the target set for these mines, if not, the reasons therefor and the steps taken to achieve the same;

(d) whether certain other mines are also working illegally in addition to the registered mines in the country, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and

(e) the action taken by the Government against these illegal working mines?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The details of working mines registered with IBM as on 28.02.2017 in the country, statewise are given at Annexure-I.

(b): The Government does not fix or propose to fix lease-wise target for production. The mining lessees themselves submit proposals for production through the mining plans/schemes of mining etc. The Supreme Court has issued orders capping the production of iron ore in the states of Goa and Karnataka. For the state of Goa, 20 million tonne cap has been fixed for the year 2015-16 against which total production from all mines has been reported as 7.155 million tonne. For the state of Karnataka, cap of 25 million tonne for mines falling under Bellary Hospet area and 5 million tonne for mines falling under Chitradurga and Tumkur districts has been fixed against which all the mines have reported production of 17.79 million tonne during 2013-14, 21.10 million tonne during 2014-15 and 23.12 million tonne during 2015-16.

(c): The production limit is a derivative of the limits prescribed in the approved mining plan, the Environment Clearance and the Mine Development and Production Agreement as the case may be. The Production limits vary from mine to mine; and these details are not maintained centrally.

(d) & (e): The details of instances of illegal mining reported in various parts of the country submitted by the state governments to IBM and the action taken by State Governments during 2014-15 to 2015-16 are given at Annexure-II and Annexure-III.

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## No. of mines registered with IBM uinder Rule 45 of MCDR 1988 as on 28.02.2017

| Sl.   | No.              | Region      | State          | Mineral   | Total no. of registered working mines   |
|-------|------------------|-------------|----------------|-----------|-----------------------------------------|
| 1     | Ajmer            | Rajasthan   | Iron ore       | 13        |                                         |
| 2     | Bangalore        | Karnataka   | Iron ore       |           | 30                                      |
| 3     | Bhubanes war war | Orissa      | Iron ore       |           | 46                                      |
| 4     | Goa              | Goa         | Iron           | ore       | 39                                      |
|       |                  |             | Maharastra     | Iron ore  | 8                                       |
|       |                  |             | Karnataka      | Iron ore  | 0                                       |
| 5     | Hyderaba d       |             | Andhra Pradesh | Iron ore  | 29                                      |
|       |                  |             | Telangana      | Iron ore  | 2                                       |
| 6     |                  | Jabalpur    | Madhya Pradesh | Iron ore  | 34                                      |
| 7     |                  | Kolkata     | Jharkhand      | Iron ore  | 12                                      |
| 8     | Nagpur           | Chattisgarh |                | Iron ore  | 15                                      |

|                       |                       | Madhya Pradesh         | Iron ore                | 1   |
|-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------|-------------------------|-----|
|                       |                       | Maharastra             | Iron ore                | 7   |
| 9                     | Ranchi                | Jharkhand              | Iron ore                | 1   |
| TOTAL (Iron ore)      | TOTAL (Iron ore)      |                        |                         | 237 |
| 1 1                   | Bangalore Bangalore   | Karnataka Karnataka    | Manganese Manganese Ore | 6 6 |
| 2                     | Bhubanes war          | Orissa                 | Manganese Ore           | 8   |
| 3                     | Goa                   | Karnataka              | Manganese Ore           | 0   |
| 4                     | Hyderaba d            | Andhra Pradesh         | Manganese Ore           | 26  |
|                       |                       | Telangana              | Manganese Ore           | 3   |
| 5 5                   | Jabalpur              | Madhya Pradesh Pradesh | Manganese Ore Ore       | 2 2 |
| 6                     | Kolkata               | Jharkhand              | Manganese Ore           | 1   |
| 7                     | Nagpur                | Madhya Pradesh         | Manganese Ore           | 45  |
|                       |                       | Maharastra             | Manganese Ore           | 27  |
| 8                     | Udaipur               | Gujarat                | Manganese Ore           | 0   |
|                       |                       | Rajasthan              | Manganese Ore Ore       | 1 1 |
| TOTAL (Manganese Ore) | TOTAL (Manganese Ore) | TOTAL (Manganese Ore)  |                         | 119 |
| 1                     | Ajmer                 | Rajasthan              | Other than Fe/ Mn       | 52  |
| 2                     | Bangalore             | Karnataka              | Other than Fe/ Mn       | 22  |

|    |              | Kerala           | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 9     |
|----|--------------|------------------|----------------------------------|-------|
| 3  | Bhubanes war | Orissa           | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 42    |
| 4  | Chennai      | Tamil Nadu       | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 272   |
| 5  | Dehradun     | Uttarakhand      | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 3     |
|    |              | Himachal Pradesh | Other than Fe/ Other than Fe/ Mn | 18 18 |
|    |              | Haryana          | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 0     |
|    |              | Jammu& Kashmir   | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 32    |
| 6  | Goa          | Goa              | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 1     |
|    |              | Karnataka        | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 44    |
|    |              | Maharastra       | Other than Fe/ Mn Mn             | 9 9   |
| 7  | Hyderaba d   | Andhra Pradesh   | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 156   |
|    |              | Telangana        | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 38    |
| 8  | Jabalpur     | Madhya Pradesh   | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 300   |
|    |              | Uttar Pradesh    | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 25    |
| 9  | Kolkata      | Jharkhand        | Other than Fe/ Mn Mn             | 6     |
|    |              | West Bangal      | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 0     |
|    |              | Sikkim           | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 0     |
|    |              | Assam            | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 3     |

|                           |         | Meghalaya      | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 13    |
|---------------------------|---------|----------------|----------------------------------|-------|
|                           |         | Manipur        | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 0     |
| 10                        | Nagpur  | Chhattisgarh   | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 86    |
| 10                        | Nagpur  | Madhya Pradesh | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 20    |
| 10                        | Nagpur  | Maharashtra    | Other than Fe/ Other than Fe/ Mn | 30 30 |
| 11                        | Ranchi  | Bihar          | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 5     |
| 11                        | Ranchi  | Jharkhand      | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 65    |
| 12                        | Udaipur | Gujrat         | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 243   |
| 12                        | Udaipur | Rajsthan       | Other than Fe/ Mn                | 19    |
| TOTAL (Other than Fe/ Mn) |         |                |                                  | 1513  |
| Grand Total               |         |                |                                  | 1869  |

Source: Indian Bureau of Mines

Details of illegal mining for the year 2014-15

| Major Minerals                 | Major Minerals                 | Major Minerals   | Major Minerals                                                                | Major Minerals                    | Major Minerals       | Major Minerals                   | Major Minerals           |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------------|--------------------------|
| Sl. No.                        | State                          | No. of Cases     | Quantum of mineral/Ore excavated/st acked/ Transporte d (lakh tonnes) tonnes) | Value of Mineral /Ore (Rs. Lakhs) | No. of FIR s lodg ed | No. of Co urt cas es file file d | Fine realised (Rs. Lakh) |
| 1                              | Andhra Pradesh                 | 295              | 0.049                                                                         | 5998.77 0                         | 0                    | 0                                | 84.36                    |
| 2                              | Arunachal Pradesh              | 0                | 0.000                                                                         | 0.000                             | 0                    | 0                                | 0.00                     |
| 3                              | Assam                          | 0                | 0.000                                                                         | 0.00                              | 0                    | 0                                | 0.00                     |
| 4                              | Chhattisgarh                   | 246              | 0.054                                                                         | 60.55                             | 0                    | 238                              | 109.18                   |
| 5                              | Goa*                           | 0                | 0.000                                                                         | 0.000                             | 0                    | 0                                | 0.00                     |
| 6                              | Gujarat                        | 346              | 6.536                                                                         | 904.010                           | 1                    | 0                                | 161.25                   |
| 7                              | Haryana                        | 0                | 0.000                                                                         | 0.000                             | 0                    | 0                                | 0.00                     |
| 8                              | Jharkhand                      | 220              | 0.097                                                                         | 37.410                            | 186                  | 3                                | 3.96                     |
| 9                              | Karnataka                      | 211              | 0.011                                                                         | 29.200                            | 27                   | 18                               | 50.21                    |
| 10 10                          | Kerala Kerala                  | 4 4              | 0.000 0.000                                                                   | 0.800 0.800                       | 0 0                  | 0 0                              | 1.00 1.00                |
| 11                             | Madhya Pradesh*                | 106              | 0.000                                                                         | 16.450                            | 9                    | 105                              | 76.16                    |
| 12                             | Maharashtra                    | -                | -                                                                             | -                                 | -                    | -                                | -                        |
| 13                             | Mizoram                        | 0                | 0.000                                                                         | 0.000                             | 0                    | 0                                | 0.00                     |
| 14                             | Odisha                         | 104              | 3.117                                                                         | 1327.36                           | 0                    | 0                                | 830.71                   |
| 15                             | Rajasthan                      | 467              | 1.406                                                                         | 45.305                            | 181                  | 0                                | 200.23                   |
| 16                             | Sikkim                         | 0                | 0.000                                                                         | 0.000                             | 0                    | 0                                | 0.00                     |
| 17                             | Tamilnadu                      | 5                | 0.683                                                                         | 11.740                            | 0                    | 0                                | 25.13                    |
| 18                             | Telengana                      | 29               | 0.159                                                                         | 40.630                            | 0                    | 0                                | 49.22                    |
| 19                             | Uttar Pradesh                  | -                | -                                                                             | -                                 | -                    | -                                | -                        |
| Total Total                    |                                | 2033 2033        | 12.112 12.112                                                                 | 8472.22 5 5                       | 404 404              | 364 364                          | 1591.41 1591.41          |
| Note: Quantity of mineral /ore | Note: Quantity of mineral /ore | Madhya Pradesh*  | 368077 cu.mt                                                                  | 368077 cu.mt                      | 368077 cu.mt         | 368077 cu.mt                     | 368077 cu.mt             |

| Sl. No.                                 | State                                   | No. of Cases    | Quantum of mineral/Ore excavated/st acked/ Transporte d (lakh tonnes)   | Value of Mineral /Ore (Rs. Lakhs)   | No. of FIR s lodg ed   | No. of Co urt cas es file d   | Fine realised (Rs. Lakh)   |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1                                       | Andhra Pradesh                          | 9084            | 53.785                                                                  | 9827.15                             | 0                      | 0                             | 3793.33                    |
| 2                                       | Arunachal Pradesh                       | 0               | 0.000                                                                   | 0.00                                | 0                      | 0                             | 0.00                       |
| 3                                       | Assam                                   | 0 0             | 0.000 0.000                                                             | 0.00 0.00                           | 0 0                    | 0 0                           | 0.00 0.00                  |
| 4                                       | Chhattisgarh                            | 4707            | 9.257                                                                   | 921.60                              | 0                      | 470 7                         | 689.54                     |
| 5                                       | Goa*                                    | 0               | 0.000                                                                   | 0.00                                | 0                      | 0                             | 0.00                       |
| 6                                       | Gujarat                                 | 5370            | 12.480                                                                  | 3130.52                             | 31                     | 6                             | 2174.96                    |
| 7                                       | Haryana                                 | 5333            | 5.240                                                                   | 618.830                             | 245                    | 0                             | 1451.71                    |
| 8                                       | Jharkhand                               | 942             | 0.950                                                                   | 126.640                             | 584                    | 88                            | 50.06                      |
| 9                                       | Karnataka                               | 8253            | 3.147                                                                   | 921.26                              | 273                    | 142                           | 2210.90                    |
| 10                                      | Kerala                                  | 4168            | 61.706                                                                  | 17343.0 0                           | 0                      | 0                             | 640.38                     |
| 11                                      | Madhya Pradesh* Pradesh*                | 8067            | 0.000                                                                   | 5241.83                             | 51                     | 802 3 3                       | 3211.71                    |
| 12                                      | Maharashtra                             | 32717           | 0.000                                                                   | 0.00                                | 0                      | 0                             | 4206.19                    |
| 13                                      | Mizoram                                 | 26              | 0.010                                                                   | 0.00                                | 1                      | 0                             | 1.051                      |
| 14                                      | Odisha                                  | 0               | 0.000                                                                   | 0.00                                | 0                      | 0                             | 0                          |
| 15                                      | Rajasthan                               | 2478            | 17.320                                                                  | 624.36                              | 316                    | 3                             | 1301.98                    |
| 16                                      | Sikkim                                  | 0               | 0.000                                                                   | 0.00                                | 0                      | 0                             | 0.00                       |
| 17                                      | Tamilnadu                               | 200             | 51.610                                                                  | 517.36                              | 233 4                  | 0                             | 3446.77                    |
| 18                                      | Telengana                               | 3282            | 4.543                                                                   | 598.49                              | 0                      | 0                             | 750.45                     |
| 19                                      | Uttar Pradesh                           | 10024           | -                                                                       | 621.54                              | 233                    | 199                           | 1917.51                    |
| Total                                   | Total                                   | 94651           | 220.048                                                                 | 40492.5 8 8                         | 406 8 8                | 131 68 68                     | 25846.541                  |
| Note: Quantity of mineral /ore          | Note: Quantity of mineral /ore          | Madhya Pradesh* | 830638 cu. mt                                                           | 830638 cu. mt                       | 830638 cu. mt          | 830638 cu. mt                 | 830638 cu. mt              |
| excavated/stacked/tr ansported given in | excavated/stacked/tr ansported given in | Goa*            | 00 cu. mt.                                                              | 00 cu. mt.                          | 00 cu. mt.             | 00 cu. mt.                    | 00 cu. mt.                 |

Resource: Indian Bureau of

Mines (IBM)

(-) means Information received as (-) in the quarterly returns submitted by the State Governments.

Details of illegal mining for the year 2015-16

| Major Minerals                          | Major Minerals                          |                 |                                                                                       |                                       |                       |                          |                          |
|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| Sl. No.                                 | State                                   | No. of cases    | Quantum of mineral/ Ore excavated excavated / stacked / Transpor ted (in lakh tonnes) | Value of Mineral /Ore (Rs.Lac ks) ks) | No. of FIR lodg ed ed | No. of Court cases filed | Fine realised (Rs. Lakh) |
| 1                                       | Andhra Pradesh                          | 270             | 0.052                                                                                 | 57.390                                | 0                     | 0                        | 96.24                    |
| 2                                       | Chhattisgarh                            | 108             | 0.016                                                                                 | 23.12                                 | 0                     | 105                      | 69.54                    |
| 3                                       | Goa*                                    | 2               | 0.000                                                                                 | 0.000                                 | 1                     | 0                        | 0.00                     |
| 4                                       | Gujarat                                 | 277             | 2.337                                                                                 | 782.960                               | 3                     | 0                        | 232.90                   |
| 5                                       | Haryana                                 | 0               | 0.000                                                                                 | 0.000                                 | 0                     | 0                        | 0.00                     |
| 6                                       | Jharkhand                               | 167             | 0.012                                                                                 | 34.260                                | 79                    | 131                      | 5.00                     |
| 7 7                                     | Karnataka Karnataka                     | 221 221         | 0.009 0.009                                                                           | 8.580 8.580                           | 6 6                   | 4 4                      | 36.00 36.00              |
| 8                                       | Kerala                                  | 7               | 0.005                                                                                 | 37.970                                | 0                     | 0                        | 1.61                     |
| 9                                       | Madhya Pradesh*                         | 86              | 0.000                                                                                 | 45.030                                | 0                     | 86                       | 108.17                   |
| 10                                      | Maharashtra                             | -               | -                                                                                     | -                                     | -                     | -                        | -                        |
| 11                                      | Odisha                                  | 44              | 2.009                                                                                 | 88.17                                 | 0                     | 0                        | 43.68                    |
| 12                                      | Rajasthan                               | 126             | 0.143                                                                                 | 8.790                                 | 50                    | 0                        | 51.05                    |
| 13                                      | Sikkim                                  | 0               | 0.000                                                                                 | 0.000                                 | 0                     | 0                        | 0.00                     |
| 14                                      | Tamilnadu                               | 2               | 0.643                                                                                 | 78.170                                | 1                     | 0                        | 142.52                   |
| 15                                      | Telengana                               | 12              | 0.002                                                                                 | 2.700                                 | 0                     | 0 -                      | 4.87                     |
| 16                                      | Uttar Pradesh                           | -               | -                                                                                     | -                                     | -                     |                          | -                        |
| 17                                      | West Bengal                             | 575             | 0.008                                                                                 | 3.770                                 | 575                   | 0                        | 0.00                     |
|                                         | Total Total                             | 1897 1897       | 5.236 5.236                                                                           | 1170.91 1170.91                       | 715 715               | 326 326                  | 791.58 791.58            |
| Note: Quantity of mineral /ore          | Note: Quantity of mineral /ore          | Madhya Pradesh* | 4450 cu.mt                                                                            | 4450 cu.mt                            | 4450 cu.mt            | 4450 cu.mt               | 4450 cu.mt               |
| excavated/stacked/trans ported given in | excavated/stacked/trans ported given in | Goa*            | 00 cu. mt.                                                                            | 00 cu. mt.                            | 00 cu. mt.            | 00 cu. mt.               | 00 cu. mt.               |

## Annexure-III

| Sl. No.                        | State                          | No. of cases    | Quantum of mineral/ Ore excavated / stacked / Transpor ted (in lakh tonnes)   | Value of Mineral /Ore (Rs.Lac ks)   | No. of FIR lodg ed   | No. of Court cases filed   | Fine realised (Rs. Lakh)   |
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|-----------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|
| 1                              | Andhra Pradesh                 | 9683            | 12.946                                                                        | 2607.83                             | 0                    | 0                          | 2809.73                    |
| 2 2                            | Chhattisgarh Chhattisgarh      | 5754 5754       | 2.389 2.389                                                                   | 202.14 202.14                       | 0 0                  | 5722 5722                  | 795.93 795.93              |
| 3                              | Goa*                           | 0               | 0.000                                                                         | 0.00                                | 0                    | 0                          | 0.00                       |
| 4                              | Gujarat                        | 6222            | 20.458                                                                        | 3007.88                             | 81                   | 2                          | 3065.73                    |
| 5                              | Haryana                        | 3912            | 12.410                                                                        | 324.350                             | 78                   | 0                          | 838.55                     |
| 6                              | Jharkhand                      | 1478            | 0.473                                                                         | 85.540                              | 517                  | 98                         | 127.52                     |
| 7                              | Karnataka                      | 8964            | 5.846                                                                         | 1359.13                             | 218                  | 47                         | 2789.59                    |
| 8                              | Kerala                         | 3694            | 51.265                                                                        | 32137.0 0                           | 0                    | 0                          | 1364.57                    |
| 9                              | Madhya Pradesh*                | 13541           | 0.000                                                                         | 88533.0 7                           | 0                    | 13420                      | 10897.88                   |
| 10                             | Maharashtra                    | 33621           | 0.000                                                                         | 0.00                                | 56                   | 0                          | 7076.63                    |
| 11                             | Odisha                         | 18              | 0.105                                                                         | 113.51                              | 0                    | 0                          | 82.62                      |
| 12                             | Rajasthan                      | 3535            | 31.014                                                                        | 653.51                              | 374                  | 11                         | 1407.42                    |
| 13                             | Sikkim                         | 0               | 0.000                                                                         | 0.00                                | 0                    | 0                          | 0.00                       |
| 14                             | Tamilnadu                      | 56              | 5.013                                                                         | 38.08                               | 4015                 | 0                          | 3041.52                    |
| 15                             | Telengana                      | 6526            | 20.870                                                                        | 1225.85                             | 0                    | 0                          | 1636.60                    |
| 16                             | Uttar Pradesh                  | 11575           | -                                                                             | 989.93                              | 205                  | 129                        | 2849.65                    |
| 17                             | West Bengal                    | 0               | 0                                                                             | 0                                   | 0                    | 0                          | 0                          |
| Total                          | Total                          | 108579          | 162.789                                                                       | 131277. 82                          | 5544                 | 19429                      | 38783.94                   |
| Note: Quantity of mineral /ore | Note: Quantity of mineral /ore | Madhya Pradesh* | 1730650.50 cu. mt                                                             | 1730650.50 cu. mt                   | 1730650.50 cu. mt    |                            |                            |

## Resource: Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM)

(-) means  Information received as (-) in the quarterly returns submitted by the State Governments.