Lok Sabha Question No. 2326 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: DMF Fund
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Gomati Sai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2326

ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## DMF Fund

2326: SHRIMATI GOMATI SAI:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to State:

- a.  whether the Ministry has taken any measures to increase the expenditure from the District Mineral Foundation (DMF)Trust Fund in Chhattisgarh and if so, the details thereof;
- b.  the  guidelines  stipulated  for  incurring  expenditure  from  DMF  fund  and  the  total amount spent by all districts  including  Raigarh  and  Jashpur  during  the  last  three years, work-wise;
- c.  whether any committee has been constituted to sanction the action plan and review the expenditure and if so, the names of the members of the committee;
- d.  whether the Government also proposes to make a provision to define the role of the Members of Parliament and invite their suggestions in this regard; and
- e.  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a). Section 9B of MMDR Act empowers State Governments to establish District Mineral Foundation  (DMF)  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 to be implemented by the District Mineral Foundations (DMF)  for  taking  up  development  and  welfare  projects/programs  in  mining  affected areas.
- (b) Chhattisgarh Government has framed Chhattisgarh District Mineral Foundation Trust Rules 2015, which has provision to make expenditure from DMF fund for the welfare of people and areas affected by mining activities.  Further, the details of total amount spent by all districts including Raigarh and Jashpur during the last three years, district wise and sector-wise are at Annexure- I & Annexure-II .
- (c) Yes Sir. As per the information provided by Govt. of Chhattisgarh, provision has been made for constitution of Governing Council of DMF in all the districts affected by mining related activities. Governing Council of DMF Trust sanctions the action plan and review the expenditure incurred from the DMF. The details of members of the DMF Committee in Chhattisgarh are at Annexure-III .
- (d) & (e).  All Members of Parliament are ex officio Member in the Governing Council of each  district.  Members  of  Parliament  may  give  their  valuable  suggestions  in  the meetings of the Governing Council.

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## Chhattisgarh DMF Fund Status - Till January 2022

Rs in Crore

| S.No.   | Name of the District   |   Total DMF Collection |   Amount Spent |
|---------|------------------------|------------------------|----------------|
| 1       | Balod                  |                 651.37 |         239.83 |
| 2       | Baloda bazar           |                 438.89 |         167.32 |
| 3       | Balrampur              |                 123.11 |          84.19 |
| 4       | Bastar                 |                  16.8  |         351.95 |
| 5       | Bemetara               |                   5.46 |          18.53 |
| 6       | Bijapur                |                   0.34 |         255.67 |
| 7       | Bilaspur               |                  42.48 |         216.86 |
| 8       | Dantewada              |                2528.9  |         650.08 |
| 9       | Dhamtari               |                   6.32 |          25.53 |
| 10      | Durg                   |                 111.48 |         165.65 |
| 11      | Gariyaband             |                  11.46 |           9.8  |
| 12      | Gourela-pendra-marwahi |                   0.08 |          13.97 |
| 13      | Janjgir-champa         |                  86.87 |         513.25 |
| 14      | Jashpur                |                   3.71 |         189.07 |
| 15      | Kabirdham              |                  29.23 |          32.23 |
| 16      | Kanker                 |                 216.85 |         236.7  |
| 17      | Kondagaon              |                   1.51 |          98.93 |
| 18      | Korba                  |                3028.59 |        1158.35 |
| 19      | Koriya                 |                 346.2  |         268.26 |
| 20      | Mahasamund             |                   6.73 |          38.62 |
| 21      | Mungeli                |                   3.79 |          23.12 |
| 22      | Narayanpur             |                   0.54 |          91.77 |
| 23      | Raigarh                |                 416.87 |         244.95 |
| 24      | Raipur                 |                  61.77 |          97.91 |
| 25      | Rajnandgaon            |                  35.24 |         113.49 |
| 26      | Sukma                  |                   0.48 |         208.53 |
| 27      | Surajpur               |                 116.6  |         102.31 |
| 28      | Surguja                |                 146.66 |         121.24 |
| Total   | Total                  |                8438.33 |        5738.11 |

## Annexure-II

Rs in Crore

| S.No.   | Sector wise work                                        | Number of Sanction work   | Sanction Amount   | Expenditure Amount   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------|-------------------|----------------------|
| 1       | 2                                                       | 3                         | 4                 | 5                    |
|         | High Priority work-60%                                  |                           |                   |                      |
| 1       | Drinking water supply                                   | 3353                      | 229.41            | 155.39               |
| 2       | Environment preservation and pollution control measures | 653                       | 68.33             | 46.75                |
| 3       | Health                                                  | 1760                      | 435.04            | 329.13               |
| 4       | Education                                               | 3952                      | 679.88            | 508.34               |
| 5       | Welfare of Women and Children                           | 1350                      | 256.67            | 199.27               |

| 6              | Agriculture & allied activities     | 5602   | 449.83   | 369.64   |
|----------------|-------------------------------------|--------|----------|----------|
| 7              | Welfare of aged and disabled people | 104    | 26.90    | 20.41    |
| 8              | Skill Development                   | 597    | 101.97   | 79.49    |
| 9              | Sanitation                          | 474    | 69.48    | 48.91    |
| 10             | Ujjawala Yojana                     | 220    | 80.02    | 71.74    |
| 11             | Sustainable Livelihood              | 178    | 21.63    | 17.10    |
| Total :-       | Total :-                            | 18243  | 2419.16  | 1846.17  |
|                | Other Priority work-40%             |        |          |          |
| 1              | Physical Infrastructure             | 6043   | 703.11   | 492.17   |
| 2              | Irrigation                          | 210    | 53.34    | 38.22    |
| 3              | Energy and Watershed Development    | 1067   | 142.05   | 114.79   |
| 4              | Public Transport                    | 6      | 9.36     | 8.42     |
| 5              | Conservation of Culture Values      | 159    | 5.00     | 3.86     |
| 6              | Promotion of Youth Activites        | 77     | 8.90     | 7.57     |
| 7              | Basic facilities                    | 22     | 5.15     | 3.92     |
| 8              | Others                              | 124    | 27.68    | 25.50    |
| Total :-       | Total :-                            | 7708   | 954.58   | 694.45   |
| Grand Total :- | Grand Total :-                      | 25951  | 3373.74  | 2540.62  |

## Annexure - III

| S.No.   | Name of the Post/Details of the Trustee                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Designation in the Trust   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|
| (1)     | (2)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | (3)                        |
| 1A.     | Collector of the concerned District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Ex officio Chairperson     |
| 1B.     | All Member of Legislative Assembly of the concerned District                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               | Ex officio Member          |
| 1C      | Member of parliament (MP), Lok Sabha of the district shall be a member of the Governing council. In case, there are more than on MPs of Lok Sabha in a district, all MPs of Lok Sabha of the districts shall be member of the Governing Council and In case, the constituency of one MP of Lok Sabha falls in more than one districts, the MP of Lok Sabha shall be member of the Governing Council of all such districts. | Ex officio Member          |
| 1D      | MPof Rajya Sabha from a State shall be a member of the Governing of one district selected by him/her. (The Rajya Sabha MP shall intimate name of the district selected by him/her to the Secretary in- charge of Mining Department of the State who in turn shall inform the concerned District Magistrate/Deputy Commissioner/District Collector.)                                                                        | Ex officio Member          |
|         | Chairman of Jila Panchayat                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 | Members                    |
| 2.      | Three Public Representatives (Nominated by the Settlor)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    | Members                    |

| 3.   | Up to three Representatives from among the Mineral Concession Holders in the District (Nominated by the Collector)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              | Members                      |
|------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 4.   | Any two Sarpanchs of Gram Panchayats of directly affected areas(Nominated by the Collector)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Members                      |
| 4a   | 10 members from Gram Sabha of affected area (nominated by theCollector) (a) Only two members, including one woman, will be nominated from each Gram Sabha. (b) In addition to the members of Gram Sabha of the mining areas, preference will be given to members in nomination from adjacent Gram Sabha. (c) In case of affected area being the urban area, two members of the urban local body shall be nominated. (d) In case of scheduled area, at least 50 percent of the total nominated member from Gram Sabha for each trust, shall be nominated from Scheduled Tribes." | Member                       |
| 5.   | Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Ex officio Member- Secretary |
| 6.   | Superintendent of Police                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Ex Officio Member            |
| 7.   | Divisional Forest Officer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Ex Officio Member            |
| 8.   | Deputy Director(Mineral Administration)/ Mining Officer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | Ex Officio Member            |
| 9.   | Deputy Director Panchayat                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       | Ex Officio Member            |
| 10.  | Superintending Engineer/Executive Engineer Chhattisgarh State Power Distribution Company Ltd;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Ex Officio Member            |
| 11.  | District Education Officer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      | Ex Officio Member            |
| 12.  | Assistant Commissioner Tribal Welfare                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           | Ex Officio Member            |
| 13.  | Chief Medical and Health Officer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                | Ex Officio Member            |
| 14.  | Deputy Director Agriculture                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Ex Officio Member            |
| 15.  | Deputy/Assistant Director Horticulture                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          | Ex Officio Member            |
| 16.  | Executive Engineer, Public Works Department                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Ex Officio Member            |
| 17.  | Executive Engineer, Rural Engineering Services                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Ex Officio Member            |
| 18.  | Executive Engineer, Water Resources Department                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Ex Officio Member            |
| 19.  | Executive Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        | Ex Officio Member            |
| 20.  | District Employment Officer                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     | Ex Officio Member            |

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