Lok Sabha Question No. 1462 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: District Mineral Foundations in Assam
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Shri Pradyut Bordoloi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 1462

ANSWERED ON 04.12.2024

## DISTRICT MINERAL FOUNDATIONS IN ASSAM

1462 SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) the details regarding  the funds  collected and  utilized by  District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) in Assam, district-wise; (b) the details regarding the number of projects sanctioned and the number of projects completed by DMFs in Assam during the last five years; (c) the details regarding the number of projects that have not been completed by their respective deadlines and the steps being taken by the Government to improve the
- completion rate of projects; and
- (d) the details regarding the projects focused on environmental preservation that have been sanctioned and completed in Tinsukia District and the amount of funds allocated to the same?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COAL AND MINES (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a)  The  district-wise  details  regarding  the  funds  collected  and  utilized  by  District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) in Assam is provided as Annexure-I.

(b) Since April 2020 till September 2024, DMFs in the State of Assam have sanctioned 451 projects of which 376 projects have been completed.

(c) As per the information received from the State Government, the reply is "NIL".

(d) A total of 50 projects with an allocation of Rs.15.34 crores have been undertaken under Environment Preservation & Pollution Control measures in  Tinsukia  District, Assam till September 2024.

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Annexure-I District-wise  details  regarding  the  funds  collected  and  utilized  by  District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) in Assam

| S. No.   | Name of District        |   DMF Collection up to September- 2024 | Utilized Amount till September- 2024   |
|----------|-------------------------|----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1        | Baksa                   |                                 0.71   | 1.64                                   |
| 2        | Barpeta                 |                                 0.48   | 2.08                                   |
| 3        | Biswanath               |                                 0.59   | 0                                      |
| 4        | Bongaigaon              |                                 0.53   | 0.47                                   |
| 5        | Cachar                  |                                 9.5    | 6.01                                   |
| 6        | Charaideo               |                                 0.19   | 0.14                                   |
| 7        | Chirang                 |                                 1.49   | 2.08                                   |
| 8        | Darrang                 |                                 0.1    | 0.10                                   |
| 9        | Dhemaji                 |                                 1.4    | 0.0                                    |
| 10       | Dhubri                  |                                 2.7    | 1.39                                   |
| 11       | Dibrugarh               |                                 3      | 1.74                                   |
| 12       | Dima Hasao              |                                46.41   | 29.93                                  |
| 13       | Goalpara                |                                 1.07   | 0.0                                    |
| 14       | Golaghat                |                                 0      | 0.0                                    |
| 15       | Hailakandi              |                                 0.91   | 0.67                                   |
| 16       | Hojai                   |                                 0.67   | 0.77                                   |
| 17       | Jorhat                  |                                 1.32   | 0.19                                   |
| 18       | Kamrup                  |                                 3.43   | 0.0                                    |
| 19       | Kamrup (Metro)          |                                 3.64   | 0.18                                   |
| 20       | Karbi Anglong           |                                11.28   | 4.78                                   |
| 21       | Karimganj               |                                 0.55   | 1.17                                   |
| 22       | Kokrajhar               |                                 0      | 0.40                                   |
| 23       | Lakhimpur               |                                 5.97   | 3.72                                   |
| 24       | Majuli                  |                                 0      | 0.0                                    |
| 25       | Morigaon                |                                 0.15   | 0.17                                   |
| 26       | Nagaon                  |                                 0.59   | 0.0                                    |
| 27       | Nalbari                 |                                 0.19   | 0.0                                    |
| 28       | Sivasagar               |                                 0.34   | 0.00                                   |
| 29       | Sonitpur                |                                 3.18   | 0.00                                   |
| 30       | South Salmara Mankachar |                                 0.9573 | 0.0                                    |
| 31       | Tinsukia                |                                48.76   | 42.13                                  |
| 32       | Udalguri                |                                 0.68   | 0 .0                                   |
| 33       | West Karbi Anglong      |                                 0.07   | 0.0                                    |
| Total    | Total                   |                               150.85   | 99.76                                  |