Lok Sabha Question No. 4811 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-24
Subject: Minerals Conservation and Development Rules
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Sukanta Majumdar, Nisith Pramanik, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Bhola Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4811

ANSWERED ON 24.03.2021

## MINERALS CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT RULES

4811. SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR;

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR;

SHRI NISITH PRAMANIK;

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK;

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGHDEO;

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY;

SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA);  and

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

## Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  recently  amended  the  Mineral  Conservation  and Development Rules to make timely supply of mineral by the mines, which is an annual mandatory exercise;
- (b)  if so, details thereof;
- (c)  whether the Government has collected data for 700 mines of major minerals in the country for rating under sustainable development framework;
- (d)  if so, the details thereof;
- (e)  whether  the  Indian  Bureau  of  Mines  recently  felicitated  star  ratings  to  various mines in the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (f) the other steps  and  measures  being  taken  by the Government  for  the strengthening of mines sector in India?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): No, Sir.
- (b): Does not arise.
- (c) & (d): Yes, Sir. 931 lessees have filed online self-assessment report for 2019-20 and validation of these reports is being carried out by IBM through field inspection   for  star  rating  of  mines   under  Mineral  Conservation  and  Development Rules, 2017. Result of the inspection is as under:-

| Rating         |   No of leases (Provisional Rating) |
|----------------|-------------------------------------|
| 5 Star rating  |                                 197 |
| 4 Star rating  |                                 310 |
| 3 Star rating  |                                 261 |
| 2 Star rating  |                                  56 |
| 1 Star rating  |                                  90 |
| no Star rating |                                  17 |
|                |                                 931 |

(e)  &  (f):   57  mines  were  felicitated  for  the  year  2016-17  for  star  rating  during  the third  National  Conclave  on  Mines  and  Minerals  held  on  20th  March  2018  at  New Delhi. The facilitation for 2017-18 & 2018-19 are yet to be done. Star rating of mines for  the  performance  of   year  2019-20  is  under  progress.  State-wise  details  of facilitation (2016-17) is as under:

| Sl. No.   | State            | 2016-17   |
|-----------|------------------|-----------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh   | 1         |
| 2         | Bihar            | -         |
| 3         | Chhattisgarh     | 7         |
| 4         | Goa              | -         |
| 5         | Gujarat          | 12        |
| 6         | Himachal Pradesh | -         |
| 7         | Jharkhand        | 2         |
| 8         | Karnataka        | 8         |
| 9         | Madhya Pradesh   | 8         |
| 10        | Maharashtra      | 8         |
| 11        | Meghalaya        | -         |
| 12        | Odisha           | 1         |
| 13        | Rajasthan        | 9         |
| 14        | Tamilnadu        | 1         |
| 15        | Telangana        | -         |
|           | Total            | 57        |

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