Lok Sabha Question No. 1748 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-30
Subject: District Mineral Foundations Funds across the Country
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Shri Shrirang Appa Chandu Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1748

ANSWERED ON 30.07.2025

## DISTRICT MINERAL FOUNDATIONS FUNDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY

1748. SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

(a) the total funds accrued in all District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) across the country till date and the corresponding amount utilised, State-wise particularly in Maharashtra; (b) the percentage of unutilised funds and the primary reasons identified for this significant underutilisation; (c)  whether  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Khanij  Kshetra  Kalyan  Yojana  (PMKKKY) guidelines  mandate  specific  percentages  for  high-priority  sectors  (e.g.,  drinking water, healthcare, education); (d)  the  Governments  assessment  of  compliance  with  these  sectoral  allocation norms, State-wise; and (e)  whether  there  are  instances  where  funds  are  being  disproportionately allocated to other sectors and if so, the corrective measures taken/being taken by

- the Government?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) As per the information available in the Ministry, a total of Rs.1,09,423 crore has been collected under the DMFs across the country so far, of which Rs.91,514 crore, or 83% of the total funds, has been allocated to various projects sanctioned under the DMFs. Further,  the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) operates as a nonlapsable  fund  and  unspent  balances  continue  to  be  part  of  the  cumulative  fund available  with  each  DMF  Trust.  The  State-wise details  of  the  funds  collected  and allocated are given at annexure-I.

(c)  to  (e)  PMKKKY guidelines, 2024 mandates that at least 70% of DMF funds be utilized  in  high-priority  sectors  such  as  drinking  water,  healthcare,  education,  etc.

and  upto 30%  of  DMF  funds  be  utilized  under  other-priority  Sectors  i.e.  Physical Infrastructure,  Irrigation  and  Energy  &  Watershed  Development.  Till  date,  eight States have incorporated the PMKKKY guidelines, 2024 in their State DMF Rules. The Guidelines also provides that the account of the DMF shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) as per schedule decided by CAG. Further, as  per  the  Guidelines,  a  State  Level  Monitoring  Committee  (SLMC)  shall  be constituted  at  the  State  level  under  the  chairpersonship  of  the  Chief  Secretary  to monitor the performance of DMFs and compliance of transparency norms, audit and annual report of DMFs.

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## Annexure-I

## State  wise  cumulative  fund  collection  and  allocation  under  DMF  as  of  May 2025

(Rs. in Crore)

| Sl. No.   | Name of the State/UT   |   Collection |   Allocation |
|-----------|------------------------|--------------|--------------|
| 1         | Andhra Pradesh         |      2375.05 |      2281.19 |
| 2         | Assam                  |       281.53 |       143.92 |
| 3         | Bihar                  |       189.38 |        92.68 |
| 4         | Chhattisgarh           |     15402.4  |     16183.7  |
| 5         | Goa                    |       239.38 |       112.5  |
| 6         | Gujarat                |      1912.37 |      1546.43 |
| 7         | Haryana                |        91.24 |        29.06 |
| 8         | Himachal Pradesh       |       376.79 |       207.07 |
| 9         | Jammu& Kashmir         |        88.85 |        49.22 |
| 10        | Jharkhand              |     13791.4  |     10355.4  |
| 11        | Karnataka              |      5919.46 |      4200.14 |
| 12        | Kerala                 |       111.23 |         0    |
| 13        | Madhya Pradesh         |      8604.71 |      4642.33 |
| 14        | Maharashtra            |      6680.41 |      4919.4  |
| 15        | Meghalaya              |        89.18 |        13.68 |
| 16        | Odisha                 |     31323.5  |     27068    |
| 17        | Punjab                 |       276.39 |        42.05 |
| 18        | Rajasthan              |     10833.4  |     10489.1  |
| 19        | Tamil Nadu             |      1657.4  |      1039.27 |
| 20        | Telangana              |      6134.25 |      6622.52 |
| 21        | Uttar Pradesh          |      2376.21 |      1058.55 |
| 22        | Uttarakhand            |       491.63 |       346.9  |
| 23        | West Bengal            |       177.69 |        70.92 |
|           | TOTAL                  |    109424    |     91514.1  |