Lok Sabha Question No. 86 (STARRED), answered on 2017-12-21
Subject: Lease for Bauxite Mining
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 86* TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 TH  DECEMBER, 2017

## LEASE FOR BAUXITE MINING

## *86.    SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  is  considering  eleven  Bauxite  mining  lease applications

of  the  Gujarat  Mineral  Development  Corporation  (GMDC)  in  Jamnagar  and Kutch districts forwarded to them in March, 2012 and if so, the details thereof;

- (b) whether the clarifications sought by the Union Government have been attended to  by the State Government of Gujarat and replies were furnished to them for consideration; and
- (c) if  so,  the  time  by  which  these  Bauxite  mining  leases  would  be  approved  in favour of GMDC?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINES, RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of  Lok Sabha Starred Question  No.  86  for  21 st December,  2017  asked  by  Shri  Devusinh Chauhan regarding Lease for Bauxite Mining.

(a) to  (c):    The  State  Government  of  Gujarat  had  forwarded  11  proposals  to  the Ministry of Mines for the grant of Mining Leases of bauxite mineral in favour of Gujarat Mineral  Development  Corporation  (GMDC)  in  Jamnagar  &  Kutch  District  for  seeking prior approval of the Central Government under Section 5(1) of the Mines and Minerals (Development  and  Regulation)  (MMDR)  Act,  1957  along  with  seeking  relaxation  of maximum  area  under  section  6(1)  (b)  of  the  MMDR  Act.  The  details  of  these  11 proposals are given in Annexure.

The Ministry of Mines examined these proposals in consultation with the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), which is the technical arm of the Ministry. The 4 proposals (Sl. No. 4-7 of Annexure) were returned to the State Government on 1.9.2015 on the technical advice of  IBM  that  due  to  insufficient  mineralization,  the  optimal  and  scientific  mining  plan cannot be prepared. The remaining 7 proposals (Sl. No. 1-3 & 8-11 of Annexure) were also  returned  to  the  State  Government  on  25.11.2016 due  to  technical  deficiencies  in exploration pointed by Indian Bureau of Mines, and that proposals were also not found to be saved under Section 10 A (2) (b) of amended MMDR Act.

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## ANNEXURE

MENTIONED  IN  THE  STATEMENT  TO  THE  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION  NO.  86  FOR  REPLY  ON  21 ST   DECEMBER,  2017  ASKED  BY  SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN

The  details  of  11  proposals  for  the  grant  of  Mining  Leases  of  bauxite  mineral  in favour of M/s GMDC in Jamnagar & Kutch District forwarded by State Government of Gujarat to Ministry of Mines for seeking prior approval under Section 5(1) of the MMDR Act, 1957:

|   Sl.No | File No.       | Name of Party   | Mineral(s)   | Area         | Village/ District.   |
|---------|----------------|-----------------|--------------|--------------|----------------------|
|       1 | 4/11/2012-M.IV | M/s. GMDC       | Bauxite      | 248.83 Hect. | Bhopalka JAMNAGAR    |
|       2 | 4/12/2012-M.IV | M/s. GMDC       | Bauxite      | 332.8 Hect.  | Bandiya KUTCH        |
|       3 | 4/13/2012-M.IV | M/s. GMDC       | Bauxite      | 686.56 Hect. | Kenedi JAMNAGAR      |
|       4 | 4/14/2012-M.IV | M/s. GMDC       | Bauxite      | 10.15 Hect.  | Habardi JAMNAGAR     |
|       5 | 4/15/2012-M.IV | M/s. GMDC       | Bauxite      | 30 Hect.     | Mevasa JAMNAGAR      |
|       6 | 4/16/2012-M.IV | M/s. GMDC       | Bauxite      | 17.27 Hect.  | Mevasa JAMNAGAR      |
|       7 | 4/17/2012-M.IV | M/s. GMDC       | Bauxite      | 51.29 Hect.  | MotaAsota JAMNAGAR   |
|       8 | 4/18/2012-M.IV | M/s. GMDC       | Bauxite      | 70.63 Hect.  | Bhalia JAMNAGAR      |
|       9 | 4/19/2012-M.IV | M/s. GMDC       | Bauxite      | 497.33 Hect. | Ran JAMNAGAR         |
|      10 | 4/20/2012-M.IV | M/s. GMDC       | Bauxite      | 70.75 Hect.  | Nandana JAMNAGAR     |
|      11 | 4/21/2012-M.IV | M/s. GMDC       | Bauxite      | 105 Hect.    | Bankodi JAMNAGAR     |