Lok Sabha Question No. 3094 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-19
Subject: Mine-related Data, Safety Measures and Ex-gratia Compensation
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Dr. Angomcha Bimol Akoijam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3094

ANSWERED ON 19.03.2025

## MINE-RELATED DATA, SAFETY MEASURES AND EX-GRATIA COMPENSATION

3094. DR. ANGOMCHA BIMOL AKOIJAM:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of active and closed mines in the country along with the details of mineral during extraction in the last five years, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of mining-related accidents reported during each of the last five years along with the number of casualties and injuries, year-wise and State/UT-wise;
- (c) the safety measures taken by the Government to prevent mining-related accidents and ensure the welfare of mine workers; and
- (d) the details of ex-gratia compensation provided to victims of mining accidents and their families including the recent policy changes or enhancements, if any?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As on 01.04.2024, there are 1206 working and 1789 non-working mines in the country which are administered by Ministry of Mines, Government of India. State wise, mineral wise details of these mines are furnished in Annexure-I .
- (b): As per the information provided by the Ministry of Labor and Employment (MoLE), the number of mining-related accidents in non-coal mines, reported during each of the last five years along with the number of casualties and injuries, year-wise and State/UTwise is given in Annexure-II .
- (c): As per the information provided by the MoLE, the Mines Act, 1952 has been enacted to ensure occupational safety & health of mines workers including coal mines. Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS) has been entrusted the task of inspection of mines to ensure the compliance of the provisions of Mines Act, 1952 and Rules and Regulations framed thereunder for enhancing the safety and welfare of mine workers.

(d): The compensation to the employees and their dependents in case of injury / accident during course of employment is covered under the Employees' Compensation Act, 1923 administered by the State Governments in their respective spheres.

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## Annexure-I

## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3094

|   Sl. No. | State                |   No. of working mines |   No. of non-working mines |
|-----------|----------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|
|         1 | Andhra Pradesh       |                    101 |                        276 |
|         2 | Assam                |                      4 |                          2 |
|         3 | Bihar                |                      1 |                          4 |
|         4 | Chhattisgarh         |                     89 |                         69 |
|         5 | Goa                  |                      1 |                          9 |
|         6 | Gujarat              |                    153 |                        224 |
|         7 | Haryana              |                      0 |                          4 |
|         8 | Himachal Pradesh     |                     26 |                         13 |
|         9 | Jammu & Kashmir (UT) |                      8 |                         29 |
|        10 | Jharkhand            |                     29 |                         72 |
|        11 | Karnataka            |                    105 |                        157 |
|        12 | Kerala               |                      1 |                          4 |
|        13 | Ladakh (UT)          |                      0 |                          1 |
|        14 | Madhya Pradesh       |                    302 |                        342 |
|        15 | Maharashtra          |                     73 |                         38 |
|        16 | Meghalaya            |                     15 |                          8 |
|        17 | Odisha               |                     96 |                         57 |
|        18 | Rajasthan            |                     98 |                         39 |
|        19 | Tamil Nadu           |                     63 |                        392 |
|        20 | Telangana            |                     36 |                         42 |
|        21 | Uttar Pradesh        |                      3 |                          1 |
|        22 | Uttarakhand          |                      2 |                          5 |
|        23 | West Bengal          |                      0 |                          1 |

## Annexure-II

## Annexure referred in reply to part (b) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3094

|                |           | Non-Coal         | Non-Coal   | Non-Coal       | Non-Coal         | Non-Coal       |
|----------------|-----------|------------------|------------|----------------|------------------|----------------|
| Name of State  | Year      | Fatal            | Fatal      | Fatal          | Serious          | Serious        |
| Name of State  | Year      | No. of Accidents | Fatalities | Serious Injury | No. of Accidents | Serious Injury |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2020      | 5                | 5          | 0              | 3                | 3              |
|                | 2021      | 6                | 16         | 0              | 3                | 3              |
|                | 2022      | 5                | 5          | 0              | 1                | 1              |
|                | 2023      | 2                | 3          | 1              | 0                | 0              |
|                | 2024      | 0                | 0          | 0              | 4                | 4              |
| Assam          | 2020      | 3                | 4          | 0              | 2                | 2              |
|                | 2021      | 2                | 2          | 0              | 0                | 0              |
|                | 2022      | 1                | 1          | 0              | 2                | 2              |
|                | 2023      | 0                | 0          | 0              | 1                | 1              |
|                | 2024      | 1                | 1          | 0              | 1                | 1              |
| Bihar          |           | 1                | 1          | 1              | 0                | 0              |
|                | 2020      | 1                | 1          | 0              | 2                | 2              |
| Chhattisgarh   | 2020      |                  |            |                |                  |                |
|                | 2021      | 2                | 2          | 0              | 1                | 1              |
|                | 2022      | 0                | 0          | 0              | 6                | 6              |
|                | 2023      | 2                | 2          | 0              | 0                | 0              |
|                | 2024      | 1                | 1          | 0              | 3 1              | 3 1            |
| Gujarat        | 2020      | 2                | 2          | 1              |                  |                |
|                | 2021      | 2                | 3          | 0              | 2                | 2              |
|                | 2022 2023 | 1 0              | 3 0        | 0 0            | 4 2              | 4 2            |
| Haryana        | 2020      | 1                | 1          | 0              | 0                | 0              |
|                | 2022      | 1                | 5          | 3              | 0                | 0              |
| Jharkhand      | 2020      | 6                | 7          | 1              | 2                | 2              |
|                | 2021      | 2                | 3          | 0              | 3                | 3              |
|                | 2022      | 4                | 4          | 0              | 5                | 5              |
|                | 2023      | 1                | 1          | 0              | 3                | 3              |
|                | 2024      | 3                | 4          | 3              | 4                | 5              |
| Karnataka      | 2020      | 2                | 2          | 0              | 2                | 2              |
|                | 2021      | 2                | 3          | 0              | 7                | 7              |
|                | 2022      | 6                | 10         | 5              | 7                | 7              |
|                | 2023      | 3                | 3          | 1              | 5                | 5              |
|                | 2024      | 5                | 6          | 3              |                  | 6              |
| Kerala         | 2020      |                  | 3          | 0              | 4 0              | 0              |
|                | 2022      | 2 1              | 1          | 0              | 0                | 0              |
| Madhya         | 2020      | 2                | 2          | 1              | 0                | 0              |
| Pradesh        | 2021      | 2                | 2          | 0              | 4                | 4              |

|               |   2022 |   2 |   2 |   1 |   3 |   3 |
|---------------|--------|-----|-----|-----|-----|-----|
|               |   2023 |   5 |   5 |   3 |   2 |   2 |
|               |   2024 |   3 |   4 |   2 |   5 |   5 |
| Maharashtra   |   2020 |   1 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|               |   2022 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   3 |   3 |
|               |   2023 |   2 |   4 |   1 |   4 |   5 |
|               |   2024 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   1 |   3 |
| Odisha        |   2020 |   4 |   4 |   0 |   3 |   3 |
|               |   2021 |   3 |   3 |   1 |  10 |  10 |
|               |   2022 |   3 |   3 |   0 |   3 |   3 |
|               |   2023 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   7 |   7 |
|               |   2024 |   3 |   3 |   1 |   7 |   7 |
| Rajasthan     |   2020 |   6 |   7 |   0 |   9 |  10 |
|               |   2021 |   7 |  10 |   2 |  15 |  16 |
|               |   2022 |  12 |  14 |   4 |  12 |  15 |
|               |   2023 |   4 |   6 |   0 |  11 |  11 |
|               |   2024 |   6 |   7 |  13 |   3 |   3 |
| Telangana     |   2022 |   0 |   0 |   0 |   1 |   1 |
|               |   2023 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|               |   2024 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| Tamil Nadu    |   2020 |   3 |   4 |   2 |   0 |   0 |
|               |   2021 |   3 |   4 |   1 |   0 |   0 |
|               |   2022 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   1 |   2 |
|               |   2023 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|               |   2024 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| Uttar Pradesh |   2020 |   1 |   5 |   2 |   0 |   0 |
|               |   2021 |   2 |   2 |   2 |   0 |   0 |
|               |   2022 |   2 |   4 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
|               |   2023 |   4 |   4 |   1 |   0 |   0 |
|               |   2024 |   3 |   6 |   0 |   0 |   0 |
| West Bengal   |   2022 |   1 |   1 |   0 |   0 |   0 |