Lok Sabha Question No. 15 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-02
Subject: Use of Forest Land for Mining Purposes
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 15

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2018

## Use of Forest Land for Mining Purposes.

## 15. DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO .

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE  be  pleased  to State:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  of  the  study  done  by  the  Centre  for  science  and environment which revealed that a large part of the forest land in the country has been used for mining purposes;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  raised  the  issue  of  illegal  mining  and  deforestation  with  the State Governments; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the State Governments thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) & (b ) The total area of forest diverted for mining in the last three years is 9608.7145 ha only. The detail is placed at Annexure-A .
- (c) & (d) Cases of illegal mining in forest and deforestation are dealt at state level under the provisions of Indian Forest Act 1927 and State Acts dealing with forest.

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Annexure  'A' referred to in the answer to part (b) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 15 by  Dr. Banshilal Mahato due for written answer on 2 nd February, 2018.

| Statement Showing Total Forest Area Diverted for Mining purpose Under FC ACT, 1980 during last three years (01.04.2015 to 30.01.2018)   | Statement Showing Total Forest Area Diverted for Mining purpose Under FC ACT, 1980 during last three years (01.04.2015 to 30.01.2018)   | Statement Showing Total Forest Area Diverted for Mining purpose Under FC ACT, 1980 during last three years (01.04.2015 to 30.01.2018)   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| S. No.                                                                                                                                  | States                                                                                                                                  | Area Diverted (in Ha.)                                                                                                                  |
| 1                                                                                                                                       | Andhra Pradesh                                                                                                                          | 1241.69                                                                                                                                 |

| 2                | Chhattisgarh   |   1657.287 |
|------------------|----------------|------------|
| Goa              | 17.3051        |       3    |
| Himachal Pradesh | 84.36          |       4    |
| Jharkhand        | 314.16         |       5    |
| Karnataka        | 147.6456       |       6    |
| Madhya Pradesh   | 753.757        |       7    |
| Maharashtra      | 482            |       8    |
| Meghalaya        | 4.82           |       9    |
| Orissa           | 2682.0438      |      10    |
| Telangana        | 1930.34        |      11    |
| Uttarakhand      | 35.356         |      12    |
| West Bengal      | 257.95         |      13    |
| Grand Total      | Grand Total    |    9608.71 |