Lok Sabha Question No. 2678 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-27
Subject: Bauxite Mining Lease
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: VINOD CHAVDA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2678

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2018

## BAUXITE MINING LEASE

2678 . SHRI VINOD LAKHAMASHI CHAVDA:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether 11 Bauxite Mining Lease Applications from Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation  which  were  forwarded  to  the  Union  Government  in  2012  are  under consideration;
- (b)  if so, the details and the present status thereof; and
- (c)  the time by which these 11 bauxite mining leases are likely to be approved by the Union Government?

## ANSWER

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

(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 Jamnagar & Kutch District in favour of Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC), a State Public Sector Undertaking, 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.  No  proposal  of  M/s  GMDC  is  at  present  under  consideration  with  the Union Government.

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## ANNEXURE

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     |