Lok Sabha Question No. 158 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Illegal Mining
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN, AJAY NISHAD, ABHISHEK SINGH, PARASURAMAN K., GEETHA KOTHAPALLI, S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA, SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI, P.P. CHAUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 158 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 TH  NOVEMBER 2015

## ILLEGAL MINING

## 158. SHRI K. N. RAMACHANDRAN:

SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

SHRI S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA:

SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the reported cases of alleged illegal mining in the country, State/ UT-wise during the last three years and the current year and the action taken by the Government thereon along with the details of the steps taken by the Government to check the illegal mining;
- (b) whether any payment has been made by the Union Government to the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) and other remote sensing organisations for tracing out illegal mining in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  sanction  has  been  granted  by  the  Union  Government  and  State Governments to certain companies found involved in illegal mining in different parts of the country and also violating the orders of the Supreme Court;
- (d) if so,  the  details  thereof and the reasons therefor, company-wise and State/ UT-wise; and
- (e) whether  reports  regarding  the  status  of  alleged  illegal  mining  have  been sought by the Union Government from some of the State Governments and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): State  Governments  are  empowered,  under  Section  23C  of  the  Mines  and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 ( MMDR Act, 1957 ) to make rules for prevention  of  illegal mining,  transportation  and  storage of  minerals; and, therefore, matters relating to illegal mining  come  under the legislative and administrative jurisdiction of State Governments.

However,  based  on  the  quarterly  returns  on  illegal  mining  submitted  by various  State  Governments to  Indian  Bureau  of  Mines  ( IBM )  (a  subordinate office under the Ministry of Mines), state-wise details of instances of illegal mining reported in various parts of  the  country  for last three years  along  with the  details  of  action taken by the State Governments thereon including details of realization of fines is given in ANNEXURE .

- (b): No  Madam.  However,  IBM  has  procured  thirteen  satellite  imageries  from National  Remote  Sensing  Centre,  Indian  Space  Research  Organization  (ISRO), Hyderabad at a cost of Rs.1,08,000/- for identification of mining excavations towards

formulation  of  mineral  development  plans  pertaining  to  Adityana  &  Bhakharala villages in Porbandar district of Gujarat.

- (c): No Madam.
- (d): Does not arise in view of the reply given to (c) above.

(e): Matters relating to illegal mining come under the legislative and administrative jurisdiction of State Governments.

However, State Governments send quarterly returns on illegal mining to IBM giving details of instances of illegal mining reported in various parts of the country for last  three  years  along  with  the  details  of  action  taken  by  the  State  Governments thereon including details of realization of fines.

The Ministry of Mines has constituted a 'Central Coordination-cumEmpowered Committee (CCEC)' under the Chairmanship of Secretary (Mines) with members  which  include  the  Central  Ministries/Departments  of  Environment  and Forests & Climate Change, Home Affairs, Steel, Civil Aviation, Railways, Shipping, Revenue, Fertilizers,  Atomic  Energy;  twelve  important  mineral  producing  States  of Andhra  Pradesh,  Chhattisgarh, Goa,  Gujarat,  Jharkhand,  Karnataka,  Madhya Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Orissa,  Rajasthan,  Tamil  Nadu,  Telangana;  and  the  Indian Bureau of Mines, and Geological Survey of India (subordinate offices of the Ministry of Mines).

The CCEC holds quarterly meetings to consider and review all mining related issues, including matters relating to illegal mining and the steps being taken by the State Governments in detecting and preventing illegal mining.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.158  FOR REPLY ON 30.11.2015 REGARDING 'ILLEGAL MINING' ASKED BY SHRI K N RAMACHANRAN AND OTHERS

## STATEMENT SHOWING YEAR-WISE STATE WISE CASES OF ILLEGAL MINING FOR MAJOR AND MINOR MINERALS

| Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases   | Illegal mining cases               | Action taken from 2012-13 to 2015- 16 (Up to Qtr ending June - 2015)   | Action taken from 2012-13 to 2015- 16 (Up to Qtr ending June - 2015)   | Action taken from 2012-13 to 2015- 16 (Up to Qtr ending June - 2015)   | Action taken from 2012-13 to 2015- 16 (Up to Qtr ending June - 2015)   |
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Sl. No.                | State                  | 2012- 13               | 2013 - 14              | 2014 - 15              | 2015 - 16 (Qtr ending June - 2015) | FIRs Lodged (Nos.)                                                     | Court Cases Filed (Nos.)                                               | Vehicles Seized (No.)                                                  | Fine realized by State Govt. (Rupees in Lakhs)                         |
| 1                      | Andaman & Nicobar      | 0                      | n.r.                   | n. r.                  | n. r.                              | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 0.05                                                                   |
| 2                      | Andhra Pradesh         | 16592                  | 7692                   | 9379                   | 2004                               | 2                                                                      | 1                                                                      | 2                                                                      | 8302.865                                                               |
| 3                      | Assam                  | 0                      | 0                      | 0                      | 0                                  | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      |
| 4                      | Chhattisgarh           | 3238                   | 3996                   | 5040                   | 1746                               | 2                                                                      | 12482                                                                  | 1138                                                                   | 2502.47                                                                |
| 5                      | Goa                    | 0                      | 1                      | 0                      | 0                                  | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      |
| 6                      | Gujarat                | 6023                   | 5447                   | 5716                   | 973                                | 229                                                                    | 27                                                                     | 8113                                                                   | 41265.02                                                               |
| 7                      | Haryana                | 3517                   | 3589                   | 5333                   | 1209                               | 583                                                                    | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 2856.706                                                               |
| 8                      | Himachal Pradesh       | 0                      | n.r.                   | n. r.                  | n. r.                              | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      |
| 9                      | Jharkhand              | 663                    | 901                    | 1162                   | 441                                | 1656                                                                   | 177                                                                    | 1061                                                                   | 1962.37                                                                |
| 10                     | Karnataka              | 6677                   | 8509                   | 8464                   | 2375                               | 569                                                                    | 512                                                                    | 9171                                                                   | 6930.31                                                                |
| 11                     | Kerala                 | 4550                   | 4448                   | 4172                   | 655                                | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 2068.36                                                                |
| 12                     | Madhya Pradesh         | 7169                   | 6725                   | 8173                   | 2911                               | 61                                                                     | 24848                                                                  | 528                                                                    | 13226.97                                                               |
| 13                     | Maharashtra            | 42918                  | 36476                  | n.r.                   | n.r.                               | 12                                                                     | 0                                                                      | 104556                                                                 | 13286.14                                                               |
| 14                     | Mizoram                | 16                     | 21                     | 26                     | n. r.                              | 1                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 2.342                                                                  |
| 15                     | Odisha                 | 314                    | 76                     | 104                    | 22                                 | 4                                                                      | 4                                                                      | 513                                                                    | 1212.74                                                                |
| 16                     | Punjab                 | 19                     | n.r.                   | n. r.                  | n. r.                              | 74                                                                     | 0                                                                      | 61                                                                     | 45.80                                                                  |
| 17                     | Rajasthan              | 2861                   | 2953                   | 2945                   | 687                                | 2183                                                                   | 52                                                                     | 3631                                                                   | 3979.294                                                               |
| 18                     | Tamilnadu              | 295                    | 1078                   | 205                    | 12                                 | 6515                                                                   | 1                                                                      | 33665                                                                  | 10553.139                                                              |
| 19                     | Telangana              | -                      | -                      | 3311                   | 1365                               | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 2                                                                      | 1083.426                                                               |
| 20                     | Uttar Pradesh          | 3266                   | 6777                   | 10402                  | 2020                               | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 0                                                                      | 7151.75                                                                |
| 21                     | West Bengal            | 479                    | n.r.                   | n. r.                  | 270                                | 827                                                                    | 0                                                                      | 485                                                                    | 0                                                                      |
| Grand Total            | Grand Total            | 98597                  | 88689                  | 64432                  | 16690                              | 12718                                                                  | 38104                                                                  | 162926                                                                 | 116429.8                                                               |

n.r.  -  not reported