Lok Sabha Question No. 565 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-07-23
Subject: District Mineral Foundation Fund
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Shri Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu, Shri G M Harish Balayogi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 565

ANSWERED ON 23.07.2025

## DISTRICT MINERAL FOUNDATION FUND

565. SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU: SHRI G M HARISH BALAYOGI:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  amount  of  funds  collected,  utilised  and  currently  available  under District  Mineral  Foundation Fund during the last five years in Andhra Pradesh, district and year-wise;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  projects  proposed,  ongoing,  pending  and  completed  through funding from District Mineral Foundation Fund in Andhra Pradesh, district-wise;
- (c)  the details of the areas identified to be directly and indirectly affected by mining and related activities in Andhra Pradesh, district-wise;
- (d)  the details of the affected and displaced families by mining and related activities in Andhra Pradesh, district-wise;
- (e)  whether the Government has conducted audits of the District Mineral Foundation Funds in Andhra Pradesh; and
- (f) if so, the details of the findings, if not, the reason therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As per the information received from the State Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, the details are given at annexure-I.
- (b) As per the information received from the State Govt. of Andhra Pradesh, the details are given at annexure-II.
- (c) & (d) Section-1 of revised PMKKKY-2024 guidelines states that the directly affected area is an area within such radius from a mine or cluster of mines as may be specified by the State Government but shall not extend beyond 15 km from the

boundary  of  the  mines  of  mineral  other  than  minor  minerals.  Further,  indirectly affected  area  is  an  area  beyond  the  directly  affected  area  and  within  such  radius from a mine or cluster of mines as may be specified by the State Government but not more  than  25  km  from  boundary  of  mines  of  mineral  other  than  minor  minerals, irrespective of whether this falls within the district concerned or adjacent district. The identification of affected areas and people/families is governed by Andhra Pradesh State DMF Rules 2016, Rule 2(b)(c)(d).

(e) & (f) Section-9 of revised PMKKKY guidelines 2024 stipulates that the accounts of  DMF  shall  be  audited  by  the  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  (CAG)  as  per schedule  decided  by  CAG.  In  addition  to  this,  the  accounts  of  the  DMF  shall  be audited  every  year  by  Chartered  Accountant  appointed  by  the  DMF,  or  in  such  a manner as the Government specify, and the report thereof shall be placed in public domain. As per the information received from the State of Andhra Pradesh, DMF are conducting audit of accounts as per the Andhra Pradesh state DMF rule 2016.

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## District-wise DMF fund status for Andhra Pradesh

(C: Collection, S: Spent, B: Balance)

## Annexure: I

(Rs. in Crore)

|    | S.NoDistrict              | 2020-21    | 2020-21    | 2020-21   | 2021-2022   | 2021-2022   | 2021-2022   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   | 2022-23   |
|----|---------------------------|------------|------------|-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|    | S.NoDistrict              | C          | S          | B         | C           | S           | B           | C         | S         | B         |
| 1  | Alluri Sitharama Raju     | -          | -          | -         | -           | -           | -           | 0.69      | 1.97      | -         |
| 2  | Anakapalli                | -          | -          | -         | -           | -           | -           | 6.88      | -         | 6.88      |
| 3  | Ananthapur                | 19.77      | 8.86       | 59.53     | 19.96       | 7.04        | 72.44       | 12.57     | 3.05      | 81.96     |
| 4  | Annamayya                 | -          | -          | -         | -           | -           | -           | 24.34     | -         | 24.34     |
| 5  | Bapatla                   | -          | -          | -         | -           | -           | -           | 5.14      | -         | 5.14      |
| 6  | Chittoor                  | 9.96       | 10.05      | 38.1      | 8.02        | 0.26        | 45.85       | 5.51      | -         | 51.36     |
| 7  | DR.B.R Ambedkar Konaseema | -          | -          | -         | -           | -           | -           | 0.18      | 0.47      | -         |
| 8  | East Godavari             | 7.16       | 6.46       | 21.00     | 3.83        | 0.3         | 24.53       | 1.9       | -         | 43.99     |
| 9  | Eluru                     | -          | -          | -         | -           | -           | -           | 2.09      | 2.44      | -         |
| 10 | Guntur                    | 20.3817.38 |            | 71.88     | 18.7614.82  |             | 75.82       | 3.61      | 26.39     | 53.04     |
| 11 | Kakinada                  |            |            | -         |             |             |             | 2.43      | 18.62     | -         |
| 12 | Krishna                   |            | 33.1330.95 | 105.6     | 34.99       | 4.35        | 136.23      | 4.13      | 2.56      | 137.8     |
| 13 | Kurnool                   |            | 40.6746.17 | 107.83    | 47.9728.56  |             | 127.24      | 7.5       | 34.25     | 100.49    |
| 14 | Nandyal                   |            |            | -         |             |             |             | 38.08     | -         | 38.08     |
| 15 | Nellore                   | 7.68       | 6.83       | 29.16     | 9.21        | -           | 38.37       | 3.85      | 7.25      | 34.97     |
| 16 | NTR                       | -          | -          | -         | -           | -           | -           | 30.44     | -         | 30.44     |
| 17 | Palnadu                   | -          | -          | -         | -           | -           | -           | 15.04     | -         | 15.04     |
| 18 | Parvathipuram Manyam      | -          | -          | -         | -           | -           | -           | 1.23      | -         | 1.23      |
| 19 | Prakasam                  | 39.2918.61 | 39.2918.61 | 98.08     | 37.53       | 7.11        | 128.5       | 17.9      | -         | 149.01    |
| 20 | Sri Sathya Sai            | -          | -          | -         | -           | -           | -           | 1.54      | -         | 1.54      |
| 21 | Srikakulam                | 9.82       | 8.02       | 19.63     | 7.85        | 14.7        | 12.78       | 6.91      | 2.87      | 16.82     |
| 22 | Tirupati                  | -          | -          | -         | -           | -           | -           | 7.82      | -         | 7.82      |
| 23 | Vishakapatnam             | 15.62      | 6.15       | 41.5      | 13.8        | 0.54        | 54.76       | 1.69      | 0.35      | 56.11     |
| 24 | Vizainagaram              | 7.18       | 5.86       | 22.35     | 5.94        | 3.02        | 25.27       | 8.64      | 2         | 31.91     |
| 25 | West Godavari             | 6.9        | 1.87       | 14.06     | 3.91        | 0.05        | 17.92       | 0.25      | -         | 18.17     |
| 26 | YSR District, Kadapa      | 46.3       | 39.64      | 207.55    |             | 66.7922.79  | 251.55      | 35.98     | 31.19     | 256.34    |

| S.No   |                       | 2023-24   | 2023-24   | 2023-24   | 2024-25   | 2024-25   | 2024-25   |
|--------|-----------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        | District              | C         | S         | B         | C         | S         | B         |
| 1      | Alluri Sitharama Raju | 0.43      | -         | 0.43      | 0.1       | -         | 1.23      |
| 2      | Anakapalli            | 8.35      | -         | 15.23     | 5.16      | 12.88     | 7.51      |
| 3      | Ananthapur            | 7.71      | 5.89      | 83.79     | 3.06      | 2.57      | 84.27     |
| 4      | Annamayya             | 31.1      | 3.28      | 52.16     | 7.56      | -         | 59.73     |

|   5 | Bapatla                   | 3.67   | 0.3   | 8.52   | 1.82   | 2.14   | 8.19   |
|-----|---------------------------|--------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
|   6 | Chittoor                  | -      | -     | 51.36  | 0.32   | -      | 57.39  |
|   7 | DR.B.R Ambedkar Konaseema | 0      | -     | -      | -      | 0.62   | -      |
|   8 | East Godavari             | 0.52   | -     | 45.92  | 0.2    | 1.5    | 44.61  |
|   9 | Eluru                     | 21.67  | 0.21  | 21.1   | 0.49   | 3.05   | 18.54  |
|  10 | Guntur                    | 0.68   | 23.49 | 30.23  | 0      | -      | 82.05  |
|  11 | Kakinada                  | 2.15   | -     | -      | 1.73   | 4.94   | -      |
|  12 | Krishna                   | 0.15   | -     | 178.6  | 0.04   | -      | 179.32 |
|  13 | Kurnool                   | 1.61   | -     | 102.1  | 0.87   | -      | -      |
|  14 | Nandyal                   | 54.98  | -     | 93.06  | -      | 3.73   | 114.44 |
|  15 | Nellore                   | 3.8    | 4.02  | 34.75  | 0.64   | -      | 41.67  |
|  16 | NTR                       | 38.9   | 56.06 | 13.28  | 14.17  | -      | 70.5   |
|  17 | Palnadu                   | 21.51  | -     | 36.55  | 7.06   | 123.98 | -      |
|  18 | Parvathipuram Manyam      | 0.43   | -     | 1.66   | 0.06   | -      | 1.72   |
|  19 | Prakasam                  | 13.17  | 1.44  | 160.74 | 5.17   | 1.51   | 164.41 |
|  20 | Sri Sathya Sai            | -      | -     | 1.54   | 0      | -      | 1.54   |
|  21 | Srikakulam                | 0.22   | 2.28  | 14.76  | 0.22   | -      | 17.25  |
|  22 | Tirupati                  | 5.56   | -     | 13.38  | 0.68   | 0.32   | 13.74  |
|  23 | Vishakapatnam             | 1.6    | -     | 57.71  | 0.27   | -      | 77.94  |
|  24 | Vizainagaram              | 4.71   | 2.55  | 34.06  | 1.43   | 0.29   | 35.2   |
|  25 | West Godavari             | 0.02   | -     | 0.02   | -      | -      | 20.1   |
|  26 | YSR District, Kadapa      | 39.84  | 51.62 | 244.56 | 12.84  | 17.11  | 240.29 |

## District-wise Project Details

|   S.No | Name of the District      |   Project Sanctioned |   Projects yet to start |   Project Completed | Ongoing Projects   |   Projects Scrapped / Cancelled |
|--------|---------------------------|----------------------|-------------------------|---------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------|
|      1 | Srikakulam                |                  797 |                     164 |                 323 | 93                 |                             217 |
|      2 | Vizianagaram              |                  558 |                     316 |                 125 | 33                 |                              84 |
|      3 | Visakhapatnam             |                   82 |                      14 |                  64 |                    |                               4 |
|      4 | East Godavari             |                  353 |                       0 |                  48 | 305                |                               0 |
|      5 | West Godavari             |                    0 |                       0 |                   0 | 0                  |                               0 |
|      6 | Krishna                   |                  290 |                     170 |                  55 | 59                 |                               6 |
|      7 | Guntur                    |                  271 |                      87 |                 150 | 10                 |                              24 |
|      8 | Prakasam                  |                 2621 |                       1 |                1360 | 606                |                             654 |
|      9 | Nellore                   |                  415 |                      12 |                 317 | 17                 |                              69 |
|     10 | Chittoor                  |                  298 |                      55 |                  51 | 19                 |                             173 |
|     11 | Anantapur                 |                 2433 |                       0 |                1014 | 981                |                             438 |
|     12 | YSR District, Kadapa      |                 6180 |                    2245 |                2165 | 32                 |                            1738 |
|     13 | Kurnool                   |                 1373 |                     403 |                 581 | 374                |                              15 |
|     14 | Alluri Sitharama Raju     |                    0 |                       0 |                   0 | 0                  |                               0 |
|     15 | Anakapalli                |                  547 |                      70 |                 226 | 9                  |                             242 |
|     16 | Annamayya                 |                  194 |                       5 |                 101 | 78                 |                              10 |
|     17 | Bapatla                   |                   32 |                      11 |                  11 | 10                 |                               0 |
|     18 | DR.B.R Ambedkar Konaseema |                   10 |                       0 |                   8 | 2                  |                               0 |
|     19 | Eluru                     |                  179 |                     117 |                  42 | 19                 |                               1 |
|     20 | Kakinada                  |                  294 |                       0 |                  69 | 95                 |                             130 |
|     21 | Nandyal                   |                  447 |                       0 |                  19 | 428                |                               0 |
|     22 | NTR                       |                  930 |                     381 |                 405 | 123                |                              21 |
|     23 | Palnadu                   |                 2078 |                     106 |                 964 | 720                |                             288 |
|     24 | Parvathipuram Manyam      |                    8 |                       5 |                   1 | 2                  |                               0 |
|     25 | Sri Sathya Sai            |                    0 |                       0 |                   0 | 0                  |                               0 |
|     26 | Tirupati                  |                   81 |                       0 |                   5 | 76                 |                               0 |

## Annexure: II