Lok Sabha Question No. 1479 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Bauxite Mines
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1479 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09/ 03/2017

## Bauxite Mines

## 1479   SHRI  HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI :

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of Bauxite mines in the country including Uttar Pradesh, State -wise;
- (b) the total quantity of Bauxite reserve in the said mines, location -wise;
- (c) whether the  Government has privatised some of the mines in the country including Uttar Pradesh; and
- (d) if so, the details thereo f?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) MINES, COAL, NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) The total number of  Bauxite  mines in the country is 374 out of which 218 are working mines and 156 are non -working mines. State -wise details  are  given in  Annexure -I.
- (b) The total quantity of bauxite reserve in the mines as on 1/4/2013 is 8,30,194 thousand tonnes. The location -wise details are given in Annexure -II.
- (c)& (d)  Both public and private sector entities can be granted mining lease as per the law. A central public sector enterprise, namely Bharat Aluminium Company Ltd. (BALCO) was privatised in the year 2001. At that time, the company had mining lease over three mines in the state of Chhatisgarh, namely Mainpat, Bodai Daldali, and Hazaridadar.

## Referred to in reply of part (a) of Un -starred Question No.1479 to be answered on 9.3.2017

State -Wise Number of Working and Non -Working Mines for Bauxite including Uttar Pradesh

| State          |   Working |   Non - Working Mines |   Total |
|----------------|-----------|-----------------------|---------|
| Andhra Pradesh |         0 |                     0 |       0 |
| Assam          |         0 |                     0 |       0 |
| Bihar          |         0 |                     0 |       0 |
| Chhattisgarh   |        12 |                    17 |      29 |
| Goa            |         1 |                     2 |       3 |
| Gujarat        |       106 |                    39 |     145 |
| Haryana        |         0 |                     0 |       0 |
| HP             |         0 |                     0 |       0 |
| J&K            |         0 |                     0 |       0 |
| Jharkhand      |        38 |                     6 |      44 |
| Karnataka      |         0 |                     5 |       5 |
| Kerala         |         0 |                     0 |       0 |
| Maharashtra    |        14 |                    18 |      32 |
| Manipur        |         0 |                     0 |       0 |
| Meghalaya      |         0 |                     0 |       0 |
| MP             |        42 |                    59 |     101 |
| Odisha         |         5 |                     6 |      11 |
| Rajasthan      |         0 |                     0 |       0 |
| Sikkim         |         0 |                     0 |       0 |
| Tamilnadu      |         0 |                     4 |       4 |
| Telangana      |         0 |                     0 |       0 |
| Uttarakhand    |         0 |                     0 |       0 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |         0 |                     0 |       0 |
| West Bengal    |         0 |                     0 |       0 |
| Total          |       218 |                   156 |     374 |

## Referred to in reply of Part (b) of Un -starred Question N o. 1479 to be answered on 09/03/2017

## Location -wise reserve of Bauxite in India

(Unit : in 000tonnes)

| STATE          | DIST            | CATEGORY      | RESERVE       |
|----------------|-----------------|---------------|---------------|
| All India      |                 | Public        | 357645        |
|                |                 | Private       | 472549        |
|                |                 | TOTAL         | 830194        |
|                |                 | Public        | 345           |
|                | Kabirdham       | Pvt.          | 2583          |
|                | Surguja         | Public        | 9666          |
|                | Surguja         | Pvt.          | 7750          |
| Goa            | South Goa       | Pvt.          | 16376         |
| Gujarat        | Amreli          | Pvt.          | 791           |
|                | Jamnagar        | Pvt.          | 128988        |
|                | Kheda           | Pvt.          | 73            |
|                |                 | Public        | 16846         |
|                | Kutch           | Pvt.          | 1359          |
|                | Porbandar       | Pvt.          | 4535          |
|                | Sabarkanta      | Pvt.          | 27            |
| Jharkhand      | Gumla           | Pvt.          | 50363         |
| Jharkhand      | Lohardaga       | Pvt.          | 17810         |
| Jharkhand      | Palamau         | Pvt.          | 2799          |
| Karnataka      | Belgaum         | Pvt.          | 5003          |
| Madhya Pradesh |                 | Public        | 5885          |
|                | Anuppur         | Pvt.          | 1112          |
|                | Jabalpur        | Pvt.          | 651           |
|                | Katni           | Pvt.          | 3477          |
|                | Rewa            | Public        | 405           |
|                |                 | Pvt.          | 814           |
|                |                 | Public        | 1741          |
|                | Satna           | Pvt.          | 1218          |
|                | Sidhi           | Pvt.          | 392           |
| Maharashtra    | Kolhapur        | Pvt.          | 4488          |
|                | Raigard         | Pvt.          | 19196         |
|                | Ratnagiri       | Pvt.          | 7965          |
|                |                 | Public Public | 322403 322403 |
|                | Koraput Koraput | Pvt.          | 10624         |
|                | Raygada         | Pvt.          | 182587        |
|                |                 | Public        | 353           |
|                | Sundargarh      | Pvt.          | 1004          |
|                | Salem           | Pvt.          | 565           |