Lok Sabha Question No. 2823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Illegal Mining
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2823

ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

## ILLEGAL MINING

†2823:  SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether illegal mining has caused huge losses to the national treasury;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether  the  State  Governments  have  been  given  the  right  to  enact  laws  to prevent illegal mining; and
- (d) if  so, the details thereof along with the details of the State Governments which have   enacted laws in this regard so far?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINES, COAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

(a) to (d): As per section 23C of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 ( 'MMDR Act 1957' ), State Governments are empowered to make rules for prevention of illegal mining, transportation and storage of minerals for both major and minor minerals and for purposes connected therewith. Therefore, information regarding the  cases  of  illegal  mining  is  not  maintained  centrally.  However,  based  on  the information  received  from  the  State  Governments  in  the  quarterly  returns  on  illegal mining submitted to Indian Bureau of Mines (a subordinate office under the Ministry), year-wise  details  of  cases  of  illegal  mining  detected  and  action  taken  by  State Governments are given in Annexure. As per information provided by Indian Bureau of Mines, 21 State Governments namely, Andhra  Pradesh,  Bihar, Chhatisgarh Goa,  Gujarat,  Haryana,  Himachal Pradesh,  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Jharkhand,  Karnataka,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra, Kerala, Telengana, Orissa, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand & West Bengal have framed the rules to curb illegal mining under section

23C of the MMDR Act, 1957.

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## Year wise cases of Illegal Mining for both Major & Minor Minerals and action taken

| Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Action taken from 2013-14 to 2018-19   | Action taken from 2013-14 to 2018-19   | Action taken from 2013-14 to 2018-19   | Action taken from 2013-14 to 2018-19    |
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| S. No                  | State                  | 2013 - 14              | 2014 - 15              | 2015 - 16              | 2016- 17               | 2017-18                | 2018- 19               | FIR Lodge d (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.                                  | n. r.                                  | n. r.                                   |
| 2                      | Andhra Pradesh         | 7692                   | 9379                   | 9953                   | 9703                   | 8128                   | 7644                   | 32                                     | 19                                     | 440                                    | 38064.695                               |
| 3                      | Assam                  | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                       |
| 4                      | Chhattisgarh           | 3994                   | 4953                   | 5862                   | 4794                   | 4857                   | 5060                   | 2                                      | 29477                                  | 1138                                   | 4743.754                                |
| 5                      | Goa                    | 1                      | 0                      | 2                      | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 1                                      | 0                                      | 1                                      | 0                                       |
| 6                      | Gujarat                | 5447                   | 5716                   | 6499                   | 8325                   | 7827                   | 7679                   | 542                                    | 48                                     | 29627                                  | 30979.080                               |
| 7                      | Haryana                | 4548                   | 5333                   | 3912                   | 1345                   | 1391                   | 1380                   | 988                                    | 0                                      | 0                                      | 4318.352                                |
| 8                      | Himachal Pradesh       | n.r.                   | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | 783                    | 1753                   | 590                    | 0                                      | 410                                    | 4                                      | 69.771                                  |
| 9                      | Jammu & Kashmir        | n.r.                   | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | 1485                   | n. r.                  | 0                                      | 0                                      | 1485                                   | 15.896                                  |
| 10                     | Jharkhand              | 901                    | 1162                   | 1645                   | 838                    | 2772                   | 3132                   | 3810                                   | 975                                    | 8847                                   | 3933.925                                |
| 11                     | Karnataka              | 8509                   | 8464                   | 9185                   | 5692                   | 4669                   | 4101                   | 3692                                   | 906                                    | 12132                                  | 14296.615                               |
| 12                     | Kerala                 | 4448                   | 4172                   | 3701                   | 4861                   | 8315                   | 7797                   | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 14980.600                               |
| 13                     | Madhya Pradesh         | 6725                   | 8173                   | 13627                  | 13880                  | 15205                  | 16405                  | 542                                    | 52803                                  | 3005                                   | 152108.53 1                             |
| 14                     | Maharashtra            | 36476                  | 32717                  | 33621                  | 31173                  | 26628                  | 13436                  | 4462                                   | 1                                      | 174051                                 | 44863.330                               |
| 15                     | Mizoram                | 21                     | 26                     | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | 1                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 1.537                                   |
| 16                     | Odisha                 | 76                     | 104                    | 62                     | 45                     | 47                     | 29                     | 2                                      | 4                                      | 83                                     | 1750.327                                |
| 17                     | Punjab                 | n.r.                   | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | n. r                                   | n. r                                   | n. r                                   | n. r                                    |
| 18                     | Rajasthan              | 2953                   | 2945                   | 3661                   | 3945                   | 6632                   | 17118                  | 4400                                   | 75                                     | 299927                                 | 20208.558                               |
| 19                     | Sikkim                 | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                      | 0                                       |
| 20                     | Tamilnadu              | 1078                   | 205                    | 58                     | 87                     | 132                    | 113                    | 31461                                  | 48                                     | 68924                                  | 22997.992                               |
| 21                     | Telangana              | -                      | 3311                   | 6538                   | 5839                   | 6143                   | 6553                   | 0                                      | 0                                      | 4                                      | 7198.900                                |
| 22                     | Uttar Pradesh          | 8718                   | 10024                  | 11575                  | 5737                   | 20214                  | 24455                  | 1239                                   | 4862                                   | 0                                      | 21010.100                               |
| 23                     | West Bengal            | n.r.                   | n. r.                  | 575                    | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | n. r.                  | 575                                    | 0                                      | 218                                    | 0                                       |
| Grand Total            | Grand Total            | 91587                  | 96684                  | 110476                 | 97047                  | 116198                 | 115492                 | 51749                                  | 89628                                  | 599886                                 | 381541.96 3                             |

n. r. - quarterly return not received