Lok Sabha Question No. 2103 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-03-12
Subject: Strengthening of MSS
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Shri Azad Kirti Jha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2103

ANSWERED ON 12.03.2025

## STRENGTHENING OF MSS

2103.  SHRI AZAD KIRTI JHA:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of cases flagged by the Mining Surveillance System (MSS) during each of the last five years, State-wise;
- (b) the total number of cases out of these verified as illegal mining sites, State-wise;
- (c) the number of verified cases of illegal mining against which action has been taken, State-wise and Year-wise;
- (d)  the  details  of  States  and  Union  Territories  that  have  not  yet  implemented  the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) and the reasons for their non-implementation; and
- (e) the details of steps being taken to strengthen the MSS and ensure compliance with  DMF  provisions  to  enhance  mining  oversight  and  welfare  in  mining-affected communities?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c):     State-wise  year-wise  MSS  triggers  generated,  field  verification  by  the concerned State Governments and unauthorized mining cases identified are given in Annexure-I.

(d) Section 9B introduced through the MMDR Amendment Act, 2015, prescribes that the State Government shall, by notification, establish a trust, as a non-profit body, to be  called  the  District  Mineral  Foundation  in  any  district  affected  by  mining  related operations. As per information provided by the State Governments, District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) have been constituted in 23 out of 36 states and Union territories in the country. Rest of 13 states and Union territories with no significant mining activity have  not  established  DMFs.  These  includes  the  States  of  Arunachal  Pradesh, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura and Union Territories of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Chandigarh, Ladakh, Dadra & Nagar Haveli and Daman & Diu, Delhi, Lakshadweep, and Puducherry.

- (e)       the details of steps being taken to strengthen the MSS:-
1.        Existing Data layers are updated from time to time.
2. Triggers which were earlier generated once a year are being generated twice a year from the year 2021-22.
3. Technological upgradation of MSS has been commenced including  strengthening the database of the system.

Ministry of Mines has issued the revised PMKKKY guidelines in January 2024 that include provisions to ensure compliance with DMF provisions and welfare in miningaffected  communities.  These  includes  establishment  of  a  three-level  grievance redressal  mechanism  at  District  administration,  State  Government  and  Central Government  level,  mandatory  audit  of  DMF  accounts  by  Comptroller  and  Auditor General (CAG), a State Level Monitoring Committee (SLMC) to monitor performance of DMFs and compliance of transparency norms, audit and annual report of DMFs. Further,  these  guidelines  introduced  a  compliance  mechanism  with  provision  for suspension of sanction of works or execution works; and/or suspension of release of funds, in case of non-compliance by DMFs.

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## State wise details of triggers generated and action taken thereon

Phase-I -2016-17 (Major)

| State            |   Total Trigger |   Verification |   Pending | (%) Completion   |   Unauthorised Mining Cases |
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------|------------------|-----------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH   |              29 |             29 |         0 | 100%             |                           4 |
| CHHATTISGARH     |               6 |              6 |         0 | 100%             |                           1 |
| GOA              |              42 |             42 |         0 | 100%             |                          12 |
| GUJARAT          |              32 |             32 |         0 | 100%             |                          12 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH |              11 |             11 |         0 | 100%             |                           0 |
| JHARKHAND        |               1 |              1 |         0 | 100%             |                           0 |
| KARNATAKA        |              35 |             35 |         0 | 100%             |                           1 |
| MADHYA PRADESH   |              46 |             46 |         0 | 100%             |                           5 |
| MAHARASHTRA      |               8 |              7 |         1 | 87%              |                           1 |
| MEGHALAYA        |               8 |              1 |         7 | 12%              |                           0 |
| ODISHA           |              20 |             20 |         0 | 100%             |                           0 |
| RAJASTHAN        |              23 |             22 |         1 | 95%              |                           1 |
| TAMIL NADU       |              29 |             29 |         0 | 100%             |                          10 |
| TELANGANA        |               6 |              6 |         0 | 100%             |                           0 |
| Total            |             296 |            287 |         9 | 96.96%           |                          47 |

## Annexure-I

## Phase-II-2018-19 (Major)

| State            |   Total Trigger | Verification   |   Pending | (%) Completion   | Unauthorised Mining Cases   |
|------------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------|------------------|-----------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH   |               8 | 8              |         0 | 100%             | 1                           |
| CHHATTISGARH     |               4 | 3              |         1 | 75%              |                             |
| GUJARAT          |               7 | 7              |         0 | 100%             | 2                           |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH |               2 |                |         2 |                  |                             |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR  |               2 | 2              |         0 | 100%             |                             |
| JHARKHAND        |               1 |                |         1 |                  |                             |
| KARNATAKA        |               4 | 4              |         0 | 100%             |                             |
| MADHYA PRADESH   |               4 | 4              |         0 | 100%             |                             |
| MAHARASHTRA      |               3 | 3              |         0 | 100%             | 1                           |
| ODISHA           |               2 | 2              |         0 | 100%             |                             |
| RAJASTHAN        |               8 | 8              |         0 | 100%             |                             |
| TAMIL NADU       |               7 | 4              |         3 | 57%              | 1                           |
| Total            |              52 | 45             |         7 | 86.54%           | 5                           |

## Phase-II-2018-19 (Minor)

| State          |   Total Trigger | Verification   |   Pending | (%) Completion   | Unauthorised Mining Cases   |
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------|------------------|-----------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH |               8 | 8              |         0 | 100%             |                             |
| CHHATTISGARH   |               4 |                |         4 |                  |                             |
| GOA            |               3 | 3              |         0 | 100%             |                             |
| GUJARAT        |              27 | 27             |         0 | 100%             | 4                           |
| HARYANA        |               4 | 2              |         2 | 50%              |                             |
| JHARKHAND      |              11 | 4              |         7 | 36%              |                             |
| KARNATAKA      |              12 | 12             |         0 | 100%             |                             |
| KERALA         |               5 | 3              |         2 | 60%              | 3                           |
| MAHARASHTRA    |               2 |                |         2 |                  |                             |
| RAJASTHAN      |              37 | 35             |         2 | 94%              | 1                           |
| TAMIL NADU     |              10 | 7              |         3 | 70%              | 1                           |
| TELANGANA      |               3 | 3              |         0 | 100%             |                             |
| Uttar Pradesh  |               4 |                |         4 |                  |                             |
| Total          |             130 | 104            |        26 | 80.00%           | 9                           |

## Phase-III-2021-22 (Major)

| State           |   Total Trigger |   Verification |   Pending | (%) Completion   | Unauthorised Mining Cases   |
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------|------------------|-----------------------------|
| ANDHRA PRADESH  |              28 |             23 |         5 | 82%              | 4                           |
| CHHATTISGARH    |              23 |              0 |        23 | 0%               |                             |
| GOA             |               3 |              3 |         0 | 100%             | 1                           |
| GUJARAT         |              34 |             32 |         2 | 94%              | 4                           |
| JAMMU & KASHMIR |               4 |              0 |         4 | 0%               |                             |
| JHARKHAND       |               5 |              0 |         5 | 0%               |                             |
| Karnataka       |               4 |              4 |         0 | 100%             |                             |
| MADHYA PRADESH  |              27 |             16 |        11 | 59%              | 1                           |
| MAHARASHTRA     |               3 |              3 |         0 | 100%             | 1                           |
| MEGHALAYA       |              10 |              0 |        10 | 0%               |                             |
| ODISHA          |               7 |              3 |         4 | 42%              |                             |
| RAJASTHAN       |              14 |              9 |         5 | 64%              | 1                           |
| TAMIL NADU      |              13 |              4 |         9 | 30%              |                             |
| TELANGANA       |               1 |              1 |         0 | 100%             |                             |
| UTTAR PRADESH   |               1 |              0 |         1 | 0%               |                             |
| Total           |             177 |             98 |        79 | 55.37%           | 12                          |

## Phase-IV-2022-23 (Major)

| State          |   Total Trigger |   Verification |   Pending | (%) Completion   | Unauthorised Mining Cases   |
|----------------|-----------------|----------------|-----------|------------------|-----------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |               9 |              2 |         7 | 22%              |                             |
| Bihar          |               1 |              0 |         1 | 0%               |                             |
| Chhattisgarh   |               8 |              0 |         8 | 0%               |                             |
| Goa            |              15 |              9 |         6 | 60%              | 6                           |
| Gujarat        |              15 |              4 |        11 | 26%              | 1                           |
| Jharkhand      |              17 |              0 |        17 | 0%               |                             |
| Karnataka      |              13 |              6 |         7 | 46%              |                             |
| Madhya Pradesh |              16 |             16 |         0 | 100%             |                             |
| Maharashtra    |              12 |              2 |        10 | 16%              |                             |
| Meghalaya      |               4 |              0 |         4 | 0%               |                             |
| Odisha         |               4 |              1 |         3 | 25%              |                             |
| Rajasthan      |              11 |              0 |        11 | 0%               |                             |
| Tamil Nadu     |              13 |              0 |        13 | 0%               |                             |
| Total          |             138 |             40 |        98 | 28.99%           | 7                           |

Phase-V-2023-24 (Major)

| State             |   Total Trigger |   Total Inspection |   Pending | (%) Completion   | Unauthorized Mining Cases   |
|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------|-----------|------------------|-----------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh    |               8 |                  6 |         2 | 75%              |                             |
| Assam             |               2 |                  0 |         2 | 0%               |                             |
| Bihar             |               1 |                  0 |         1 | 0%               |                             |
| Chhattisgarh      |              30 |                  0 |        30 | 0%               |                             |
| Goa               |              10 |                  0 |        10 | 0%               |                             |
| Uttar Pradesh     |               2 |                  0 |         2 | 0%               |                             |
| Gujarat           |              14 |                  0 |        14 | 0%               |                             |
| Himachal Pradesh  |               3 |                  0 |         3 | 0%               |                             |
| Jammu and Kashmir |               7 |                  7 |         0 | 100%             |                             |
| Jharkhand         |               7 |                  0 |         7 | 0%               |                             |
| Karnataka         |               5 |                  0 |         5 | 0%               |                             |
| Madhya Pradesh    |              23 |                  0 |        23 | 0%               |                             |
| Maharashtra       |               7 |                  0 |         7 | 0%               |                             |
| Meghalaya         |              22 |                  0 |        22 | 0%               |                             |
| Odisha            |               2 |                  0 |         2 | 0%               |                             |
| Rajasthan         |               2 |                  0 |         2 | 0%               |                             |
| Tamil Nadu        |               7 |                  0 |         7 | 0%               |                             |
| Telangana         |               5 |                  4 |         1 | 80%              |                             |
| Grand Total       |             157 |                 17 |       140 |                  |                             |

List  of  Triggers  Generated  During  Phase-VI  (Part  I)  (Major)  of  Year  2024-25 (Recently generated triggers):

| Sr. No   | State            |   Total Triggers |
|----------|------------------|------------------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |                8 |
| 2        | Chhattisgarh     |                6 |
| 3        | Goa              |                1 |
| 4        | Gujarat          |                6 |
| 5        | Himachal Pradesh |                5 |
| 6        | Jammu & Kashmir  |                2 |
| 7        | Jharkhand        |                3 |
| 8        | Karnataka        |                3 |
| 9        | Madhya Pradesh   |                8 |
| 10       | Maharashtra      |                2 |
| 11       | Meghalaya        |                5 |
| 12       | Odisha           |                1 |
| 13       | Rajasthan        |                5 |
| 14       | Tamil Nadu       |                6 |
| 15       | Telangana        |                1 |
| 16       | Uttar Pradesh    |                1 |
|          | Total            |               63 |