Lok Sabha Question No. 295 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-19
Subject: Minerals Mining in Tribal Areas
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: RAHUL KASWAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.295

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2018

## MINERALS MINING IN TRIBAL AREAS

†295. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a)  the estimated cost of minerals mined from the tribal areas of the country during the last three years;
- (b)  the percentage of amount provided for the welfare of these areas out of it and the number of persons affected as a result of mining operations during the said period;
- (c)  whether  there  are  any  provisions  to  spend  a  fixed  percentile  of  the  income earned from minerals for the welfare of tribal category under the Pradhan Mantri Khanij  Kshetra  Kalyan  Yojana  (PMKKKY) and if  so,  the  details  thereof,  Statewise including Rajasthan; and
- (d)  the regulatory measures taken by the Government to ensure the implementation of the said provisions?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINES AND COAL(SHRI HARIBHAI PARTHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

(a)  to(d):  Mines  and  Minerals  (Development  and  Regulation)  (MMDR)  Act,  1957 provides  for  establishment  of  District  Mineral  Foundation  (DMF)  in  each  district affected  as  a  result  of  mining  operations.  DMF  is  to  be  funded  in  the  following manner:

- i. 10%  of  the  royalty  in  respect  of  mining  leases  or  prospecting  licence-cummining lease granted on or after 12.01.2015.
- ii. 30% of the royalty in respect of mining leases granted before 12.01.2015.

Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) will be implemented through  the  fund  collected  under  DMFs  for  welfare  and  development  of  mining affected areas and people. Directions in this regard have been issued under section 20A of MMDR Act on 16.09.2015 to all the States Governments to incorporate the PMKKKY into the rules framed by them for the DMF.

Para-3 of the PMKKKY  guidelines  provides  for Special provisions for Scheduled areas, which read as under:

'The process to be adopted for utilization of DMF and PMKKKY funds in the scheduled areas shall be guided by the provisions contained in Article 244 read with Schedule V and Schedule VI to the Constitution relating to administration of the Scheduled Areas and Tribal Areas and the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 and the Scheduled Tribes  and  Other  Traditional  Forest  Dwellers  (Recognition  of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.'

The  said  guidelines  further  stipulate  that  in  respect  of  villages  affected  by mining situated  within  the  scheduled  areas,  approval  of  the  Gram  Sabha  shall  be required for:

- (a)  all plans, programs and projects to be taken up under DMF and PMKKKY; and
- (b) identification of beneficiaries under the existing guidelines of the Government.

As  per  the  statement  submitted  by  the  State  Governments,  the  funds collected, allocated and spent on various projects under DMF/PMKKKY in respect of 12  major  minerals  rich  States  including  Rajasthan  as  on  31.05.2018  is  provided below:

(figures in rupees in Crore)

| Sr. No.   | State          |   Total Amount Collected |   Amount Allocated for projects under PMKKKY |   Amount Spent for projects under PMKKKY |
|-----------|----------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh |                   487.86 |                                        28.73 |                                     5.88 |
| 2         | Chhattisgarh   |                  2825.77 |                                      3551.69 |                                  1841.81 |
| 3         | Goa            |                   181.52 |                                         0    |                                     0    |
| 4         | Gujarat        |                   366.65 |                                       253.2  |                                    52.53 |
| 5         | Jharkhand      |                  2819.5  |                                      1805.86 |                                   560.02 |
| 6         | Karnataka      |                  1019.11 |                                       619.85 |                                    23.78 |
| 7         | Maharashtra    |                   753.04 |                                       185.99 |                                    40.52 |
| 8         | Madhya Pradesh |                  1653.93 |                                       582.37 |                                   454.81 |
| 9         | Odisha         |                  4648.86 |                                      2808.25 |                                   554.02 |
| 10        | Rajasthan      |                  2089.56 |                                      1457.54 |                                   164.46 |
| 11        | Tamilnadu      |                   281.28 |                                        14.21 |                                     0.31 |
| 12        | Telangana      |                  1696.46 |                                        52.2  |                                    14.36 |
| Total     | Total          |                 18823.5  |                                     11359.9  |                                  3712.5  |

Source: State Governments

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