Lok Sabha Question No. 57 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-25
Subject: Functional Mines
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 57 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  APRIL, 2016

## FUNCTIONAL MINES

## †57. SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  functional  and  non-functional  mines  in  the  country  at  present,  State/UTwise;
- (b) the details of the yearly revenue earned from leasing of the functional mines in the country during each of the last three years, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to restore production in the closed mines; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINES AND STEEL (SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)

- (a)  The  details  of  the  number  of  major  mineral  mines  in  the  country  (functional  and  nonfunctional) as on 20/04/2016 is given at Annexure-I.
- (b) Royalty on minerals produced or dispatched from the mines, is collected and appropriated by the  State  Governments.  In  case  of  a  non-functional  mine  the  State  Government  collects  dead rent. Details of collections of royalty and dead rent are not maintained centrally.
- (c)  &  (d)  Closure  of  a  mine  can  be  ordered  by  the  State  Government  in  case  of  statutory violations  which  are  serious  in  nature.  If  the  violations  are  rectified  by  the  lessee  the  State Government  allows  resumption  of  mining.  Action  for  resumption  of  mining  activity  is  an ongoing activity undertaken by the State Government on a case-to-case basis.

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ANNEXURE MENTIONED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 57 FOR 25.04.2016  REGARDING  FUNCTIONAL  AND  NON-FUNCTIONAL  MINES  ASKED  BY SHRI NAGAR RODMAL

## State-wise number of functional and non-functional major mineral mines as on 20/04/2016

| Sl No.   | State            |   Functional |   Non-Functional |   Total |
|----------|------------------|--------------|------------------|---------|
| 1        | Andhra Pradesh   |          266 |              147 |     413 |
| 2        | Assam            |           02 |               06 |      08 |
| 3        | Bihar            |           05 |               07 |      12 |
| 4        | Chhattisgarh     |           99 |               88 |     187 |
| 5        | Goa              |           23 |               40 |      63 |
| 6        | Gujarat          |          240 |              207 |     447 |
| 7        | Haryana          |            0 |                4 |       4 |
| 8        | Himachal Pradesh |           18 |               23 |      41 |
| 9        | Jammu &Kashmir   |           32 |               03 |      35 |
| 10       | Jharkhand        |           90 |               79 |     169 |
| 11       | Karnataka        |          102 |              210 |     312 |
| 12       | Kerala           |           11 |                2 |      13 |
| 13       | Madhya Pradesh   |          281 |              304 |     585 |
| 14       | Maharashtra      |           75 |               85 |     160 |
| 15       | Manipur          |            0 |               01 |      01 |
| 16       | Meghalaya        |           13 |               05 |      18 |
| 17       | Odisha           |           85 |              311 |     396 |
| 18       | Rajasthan        |           81 |               82 |     163 |
| 19       | Sikkim           |            0 |               02 |      02 |
| 20       | Tamil Nadu       |          292 |              248 |     540 |
| 21       | Telangana        |           46 |               50 |      96 |
| 22       | Uttar Pradesh    |           02 |               02 |      04 |
| 23       | Uttarakhand      |            3 |                2 |       5 |
| 24       | West Bengal      |            0 |               01 |      01 |
|          | Grand Total      |         1766 |             1909 |    3675 |

Source: Indian Bureau of Mines