Lok Sabha Question No. 2994 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-03
Subject: Illegal Mining of Iron Ore
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: PARASURAMAN K.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2994 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2017

## ILLEGAL MINING OF IRON ORE

## 2994. SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of cases relating to illegal mining of iron ore detected/reported in the country during the last three years; and
- (b) the  number  of  cases  registered  in  the  matter  and  the  follow  up  action  taken  by  the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b): As  per  section  23C  of  the  Mines  and  Minerals  (Development  and  Regulation) (MMDR) Act, 1957, State Governments have been empowered to make rules for preventing illegal  mining,  transportation  and  storage  of  minerals  and  for  the  purposes  connected therewith.  Prevention  and  control  of  illegal  mining  comes  under  the  administrative  and legislative jurisdiction of State Governments.

Based  on  the quarterly returns on illegal mining  submitted  by various state governments  to  Indian  Bureau  of  Mines  ( IBM )  (a  subordinate  office  of  the  Ministry  of Mines), the 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 years 2013-14 to 2016-17 are given in Annexure .

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## Annexure

## Statement showing Year wise and State wise Cases of Illegal Mining for Major & Minor Minerals

| Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Action taken from 2013-14 to 2016-17   | Action taken from 2013-14 to 2016-17   | Action taken from 2013-14 to 2016-17   | Action taken from 2013-14 to 2016-17    |
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Sr. No .               | State                  | 2013 -14               | 2014 - 15              | 2015 - 16              | 2016-17                | 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.                  | n. r.                  | n. r.                                  | n. r.                                  | n. r.                                  | n. r.                                   |
| 2                      | Andhra Pradesh         | 7692                   | 9379                   | 9953                   | 9703                   | 3                                      | 4                                      | 2                                      | 12868.52                                |
| 3                      | Assam                  | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | n. r.                  | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                       |
| 4                      | Chhattisgarh           | 3994                   | 4953                   | 5862                   | 4794                   | 2                                      | 19560                                  | 1138                                   | 3006.76                                 |
| 5                      | Goa                    | 1                      | 0                      | 2                      | 0                      | 1                                      | 0                                      | 1                                      | 0                                       |
| 6                      | Gujarat                | 5447                   | 5716                   | 6499                   | 8325                   | 318                                    | 29                                     | 16802                                  | 13182.89                                |
| 7                      | Haryana                | 4548                   | 5333                   | 3912                   | 1345                   | 593                                    | 0                                      | 0                                      | 3615.92                                 |
| 8                      | Himachal Pradesh       | n.r.                   | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                       |
| 9                      | Jharkhand              | 901                    | 1162                   | 1645                   | 694                    | 2226                                   | 343                                    | 2964                                   | 346.95                                  |
| 10                     | Karnataka              | 8509                   | 8464                   | 9185                   | 5692                   | 1439                                   | 458                                    | 10895                                  | 9316.15                                 |
| 11                     | Kerala                 | 4448                   | 4172                   | 3701                   | 4861                   | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 5860.78                                 |
| 12                     | Madhya Pradesh         | 6725                   | 8173                   | 13627                  | 13880                  | 482                                    | 36884                                  | 2978                                   | 67068.01                                |
| 13                     | Maharashtra            | 36476                  | 32717                  | 33621                  | 31173                  | 697                                    | 1                                      | 133987                                 | 25009.31                                |
| 14                     | Mizoram                | 21                     | 26                     | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | 1                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 1.537                                   |
| 15                     | Odisha                 | 76                     | 104                    | 62                     | 45                     | 0                                      | 4                                      | 76                                     | 1048.05                                 |
| 16                     | Punjab                 | n.r.                   | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | n. r                                   | n. r                                   | n. r                                   | n. r                                    |
| 17                     | Rajasthan              | 2953                   | 2945                   | 3661                   | 3945                   | 2379                                   | 35                                     | 9420                                   | 5824.79                                 |
| 18                     | Sikkim                 | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | n. r.                  | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                       |
| 19                     | Tamilnadu              | 1078                   | 205                    | 58                     | 56                     | 10734                                  | 1                                      | 35166                                  | 12285.82                                |
| 20                     | Telangana              | -                      | 3311                   | 6538                   | 5839                   | 0                                      | 0                                      | 3                                      | 4907.31                                 |
| 21                     | Uttar Pradesh          | 8718                   | 10024                  | 11575                  | 5737                   | 562                                    | 439                                    | 0                                      | 9333.57                                 |
| 22                     | West Bengal            | n.r.                   | n. r.                  | 575                    | n. r.                  | 1132                                   | 0                                      | 218                                    | 0                                       |
|                        | Total                  | 91587                  | 96684                  | 110476                 | 96089                  | 20569                                  | 57758                                  | 213650                                 | 173676.40                               |

n. r. - quarterly return not received.