Lok Sabha Question No. 403 (STARRED), answered on 2021-03-24
Subject: District Mining Fund
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Sanjay Seth

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 403 ANSWERED ON 24.03.2021

## DISTRICT MINING FUND

- *403. SHRI SANJAY SETH:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any measures have been taken by  this Ministry to increase the spending from the District Mining Fund and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the guidelines for spending District Mining Fund in the State of Jharkhand and the total  amount spent on all the districts including Ranchi during the last three years, work-wise;
- (c)  whether a Committee has been constituted for work planning sanction and to review the above mentioned amount and if so, the names of the members of the Committee;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to have a provision for the role and suggestions of the Members of Parliament in this regard; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  403  FOR  ANSWER  ON  24.03.2021  ASKED  BY  SHRI SANJAY SETH REGARDING DISTRICT MINING FUND.

(a):  Section  9B  of  MMDR  Act  empowers  States  to  establish  DMF  and  to  take-up development  programmes  in  mining  affected  areas.  Ministry  of  Mines  has  circulated guidelines  for  Pradhan  Mantri  Khanij  Kshetra  Kalyan  Yojna  (PMKKKY)  on  16.09.2015 with  the  direction  to  the  State  Governments  to  incorporate the  PMKKKY  into the  DMF rules for taking up development and welfare projects/programs in mining affected areas.

Further, Ministry of Mines on 28.03.2020 and subsequent amendment on 11.6.2020 has issued one time relaxation for using 30% of DMF for projects for medical interventions required for testing and treating patients affected by COVID-19 pandemic. A total of Rs. 519.85crore has been spent till 15th March, 2021 for combating Covid 19 pandemic.

Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  launched  'Garib  Kalyan  Rozgar  Abhiyan'  on  20th  June  2020 focusing on generation of employment and livelihoods and creation of public assets in 116  districts of 6 States.  The  Abhiyan  was  a  convergent  effort  of 12  different Ministries/Departments of Government of India to expedite implementation of 25 public infrastructure  work  and  work  relating  to  augmentation  of  livelihood  opportunities,  DMF being one of them. A total of Rs. 1042.82 crore was spent from DMF for 7583 projects under this scheme generating 50,974 man days of employment during the abhiyaan.

As on 31.1.2021, total collection in DMF is Rs. 45,095.86 Crore and Rs. 20,337.35 Crore has been spent. The year-wise cumulative fund collection and fund utilization is as under:

| Year               | DMF Collection (in Rs. Crore)   | Fund Utilization (in Rs. Crore)   |   Fund utilization (in %) |
|--------------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------------------------|
| Till March, 2018   | 17,791.37                       | 3,236.77                          |                     18.19 |
| Till March, 2019   | 27,529.99                       | 7,178.18                          |                     26.07 |
| Till March, 2020   | 37,861.21                       | 14,170.71                         |                     37.43 |
| Till January, 2021 | 45,095.86                       | 20,337.35                         |                     45.1  |

(b): Government of Jharkhand notified Jharkhand District Mineral (Trust) Rules, 2016 in exercise of the powers conferred by Section 9B,Section 15(4) and Section 15A of the Mines  and  Minerals  (Development  andRegulation)  Act,  1957  in  order  to  manage  the spending  of  funds  available  in  District  Mineral  Foundation.  Information  is  given  in Annexure-I .

(c): Yes, Sir. Two committees respectively Managing Committee & Governing Council is constituted for work planning and Sanction,whose members include people's representative including representative from Hon'ble Member of Parliament.State Level Monitoring  Committee  has  been  formed  under  the  chairmanship  of  Chief  Secretary, Jharkhand. The compositions of the above committees are at Annexure-II .

(d)&(e): Ministry vide its letter dated 25.10.2018 asked all the State and UTs to include the MPs and MLAs/ MLCs in the Governing Council of DMFs for ensuring participation of elected representatives in effective utilization  of  DMF fund  in  larger  public  interest.The Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2021 passed by the Lok Sabha on 19.03.2021 and Rajya Sabha on 22.03.2021 seek to empower the Central Government  to  issue  specific  directions  to  the  State  Governments  with  respect  to composition and functions of DMF.

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## Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (b) of Starred Question No - 403.

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(Data till January 2021)

## District wise Fund Collection, Allocation & Utilization Report for Jharkhand

| Sr. No.   | Name of District   |   Fund Collection (In Cr.) |   Fund Allocation (In Cr.) |   Fund Utilization (In Cr.) |
|-----------|--------------------|----------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
| 1         | Bokaro             |                     588.51 |                     477.41 |                      320.02 |
| 2         | Chaibasa           |                    1364.41 |                     857.47 |                      223.58 |
| 3         | Chatra             |                     812.47 |                     369.85 |                      228.65 |
| 4         | Deoghar            |                      99.54 |                      63.42 |                       20.6  |
| 5         | Dhanbad            |                    1633.25 |                    1909.49 |                     1066.5  |
| 6         | Dumka              |                      17.11 |                       1.1  |                        1.1  |
| 7         | Garhwa             |                       1.85 |                       1.21 |                        1.21 |
| 8         | Giridih            |                      27.49 |                       5.26 |                        3.27 |
| 9         | Godda              |                     427.27 |                     236.06 |                      178.07 |
| 10        | Gumla              |                      49.66 |                      13.88 |                        8.62 |
| 11        | Hazaribagh         |                     289.38 |                     137.67 |                       96.16 |
| 12        | Jamshedpur         |                      69.67 |                      76.48 |                       51.64 |
| 13        | Jamtara            |                       3.3  |                       2.39 |                        1.19 |
| 14        | Khunti             |                       5.03 |                       2.79 |                        2.79 |
| 15        | Koderma            |                       3.58 |                       0.86 |                        0.62 |
| 16        | Latehar            |                      66.65 |                      22.14 |                       15.85 |
| 17        | Lohardaga          |                      21.19 |                       6.35 |                        3.73 |
| 18        | Pakur              |                      92.21 |                      58.59 |                        2.05 |
| 19        | Palamu             |                      41.48 |                       3.28 |                        0.55 |
| 20        | Ramgarh            |                     753.19 |                     884.41 |                      731.88 |
| 21        | Ranchi             |                      93.31 |                      25.65 |                       15.3  |
| 22        | Sahebganj          |                      57.23 |                       1.95 |                        1.95 |
| 23        | Saraikella         |                      10.65 |                       6.86 |                        5.21 |
| 24        | Simdega            |                       4.6  |                       4.43 |                        3.37 |
| Total     | Total              |                    6533.04 |                    5169    |                     2983.91 |

## Sector wise Project and Fund Allocation / Spent Status Jharkhand

| Sector                                                  | No. of Projects Sanctioned   | Amount Sanctioned (In Cr.)   | Amount Spent (In Cr.)   | No. of Projects Completed   |
|---------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
| High Priority                                           |                              |                              |                         |                             |
| Drinking Water                                          | 16748                        | 3974                         | 2305                    | 14764                       |
| Environment Preservation and Pollution Control Measures | 1                            | 0                            | 0                       | 1                           |
| Health Care                                             | 110                          | 58                           | 45                      | 71                          |
| Education                                               | 294                          | 35                           | 24                      | 119                         |
| Women and Child Welfare and Development                 | 1486                         | 26                           | 8                       | 274                         |
| Welfare of Aged and Disable People                      | 2                            | 0                            | 0                       | 0                           |
| Skill Development                                       | 31                           | 14                           | 5                       | 9                           |
| ODF/Sanitation                                          | 18                           | 480                          | 377                     | 0                           |
| Sub Total                                               | 18690                        | 4587.98                      | 2764.69                 | 15238                       |
| Other Priority                                          |                              |                              |                         |                             |
| Physical Infrastructure                                 | 352                          | 443                          | 118                     | 132                         |
| Irrigation                                              | 172                          | 99                           | 64                      | 50                          |
| Energy and watershed Development                        | 0                            | 0                            | 0                       | 0                           |
| enhancing environment quality in mining district        | 9                            | 1                            | 1                       | 5                           |
| Other                                                   | 65                           | 37.11                        | 36.22                   | 57                          |
| Sub Total                                               | 598                          | 581.02                       | 219.22                  | 244                         |
| Total                                                   | 19288                        | 5169.00                      | 2983.91                 | 15482                       |

## Ranchi

| Sector                                                                 | No. of Projects Sanctioned   | Amount Sanctioned (In Cr.)   | Amount Spent (In Cr.)   | No. of Projects Completed   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------|-----------------------------|
| High Priority Areas                                                    |                              |                              |                         |                             |
| Drinking Water Supply                                                  | 111                          | 6.38                         | 4.76                    | 0                           |
| Environment Preservation and Pollution Control Measures                | 0                            | 0.00                         | 0.00                    | 0                           |
| Health Care                                                            | 25                           | 9.11                         | 4.91                    | 18                          |
| Education                                                              | 61                           | 2.61                         | 0.00                    | 0                           |
| Welfare of Women and Children                                          | 67                           | 1.93                         | 1.32                    | 42                          |
| Welfare of Aged and Disable People                                     | 0                            | 0.00                         | 0.00                    | 0                           |
| Skill Development                                                      | 4                            | 1.42                         | 1.04                    | 2                           |
| Sanitation                                                             | 1                            | 3.68                         | 2.84                    | 0                           |
| Sub Total                                                              | 269                          | 25.14                        | 14.88                   | 62                          |
| Other Priority Areas                                                   |                              |                              |                         |                             |
| Physical infrastructure                                                | 3                            | 0.52                         | 0.42                    | 0                           |
| Irrigation                                                             | 0                            | 0.00                         | 0.00                    | 0                           |
| Energy and watershed Development                                       | 0                            | 0.00                         | 0.00                    | 0                           |
| Any other measure for enhancing environment quality in mining district | 0                            | 0.00                         | 0.00                    | 0                           |
| Sub Total                                                              | 3                            | 0.52                         | 0.42                    | 0                           |
| Grand Total                                                            | 272                          | 25.65                        | 15.30                   | 62                          |

## Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (c) of Starred Question No - 403.

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| Managing Committee                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Governing Council                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1. Deputy Commissioner - Chairman 2. Superintendent of Police - Member 3. Deputy Development Commissioner - Member Secretary 4. Forest Officer of Concerned Forest Division of the District - Member 5. District Mining Officer - Member 6. Civil Surgeon-Cum-Chief Medical Officer - Member 7. District Panchayati Raj Officer - Member | 1. Deputy Commissioner - Chairman 2. Deputy Development Commissioner - Member Secretary 3. Superintendent of Police - Member 4. Forest Officer of Concerned Forest Division of the District - Member 5. District Education Officer - Member 6. Civil Surgeon-Cum-Chief Medical Officer - Member 7. Concerned Deputy Director, Mines - Member 8. Concerned Deputy Director, Geology - Member 9. Concerned District Mining Officer - Member 10. Chairman of the District Council - Member 11. Representative of Jharkhand's Small Industries Association - Member 12. Representatives of Honourable Member of Parliament - Member 13. All Honourable MLAs or their representatives under the District - Member 14. Two major mining leaseholders, who will be nominated by the Governing Council - Member 15. Directly elected Pramukh and Up-Pramukh of affected area - Member 16. Elected Mukhiya and Deputy Mukhiya of directly affected area - Member |

## State Level Monitoring Committee

|   SL. No | Designation of Members                                                                                                    | Chairman/Member/Member Secretary   |
|----------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------|
|        1 | Chief Secretary                                                                                                           | Chairman                           |
|        2 | Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/ Secretary, Planning-cum-Finance, Department                               | Member                             |
|        3 | Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/ Secretary, Department of Forest, Environment and Climate Change           | Member                             |
|        4 | Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/ Secretary, Department of Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare     | Member                             |
|        5 | Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/ Secretary, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation                    | Member                             |
|        6 | Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/ Secretary, Department of Higher Technical Education and Skill Development | Member                             |
|        7 | Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/ Secretary, Department of School Education and Literacy Development        | Member                             |
|        8 | Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/ Secretary, Department of Women, Child Development and Social Security     | Member                             |
|        9 | Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/ Secretary, Department of Mines and Geology                                | Member                             |
|       10 | Additional Chief Secretary/Principal Secretary/ Secretary, Department of Rural Development                                | Member                             |
|       11 | Director Mines, Directorate of Mines, Department of Mines and Geology                                                     | Member Secretary                   |

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