Lok Sabha Question No. 3890 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-16
Subject: Environmental Clearance to Lloyds Metals and Energy Limited
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shri Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3890

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2026

## Environmental Clearance to Lloyds Metals and Energy Limited

## 3890. SHRI SANJAY UTTAMRAO DESHMUKH

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received any proposal regarding compliance of environmental norms issues in reference of Lloyds Metals and Energy and Limited, Surjagarh, Maharashtra and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the action taken by the Government so far against the environmental issues raised in the said proposal and letter;
- (c) the current status of environmental clearance issued for the Company's projects along with its terms and conditions;
- (d) the mandatory conditions imposed on the company to control air, water and land pollution and the manner in which the compliance of these conditions are being monitored;
- (e) whether the Government has conducted any independent study to assess the potential impact on the health of local citizens, water sources and agricultural land; and
- (f) whether any environmental norms have been violated and if so, the punitive or corrective action taken by the Government so far against the company?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH)

(a) to (b) Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has received proposal regarding compliance of environmental norms with reference to Lloyds Metals and Energy and Limited, Surjagarh,  Maharashtra.  Accordingly,  the  Regional  Office  (RO)  of  the  Ministry  at  Nagpur monitored the said project on 05.12.2024 and the Certified Compliance Report (CCR) for the same was issued on 10.02.2025.

(c) to (f) Environmental Clearance (EC) was granted to M/s Lloyds Metals and Energy Limited on 29.05.2006 under the provisions of Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 1994, which was valid for a period of 5 years. However, the Project Proponent (PP) continued mining  operations  after  2011  without  obtaining  prior  EC  under  the  provisions  of  the  EIA Notification, 2006, thereby resulting in violation of the said notification.

Subsequently,  the  PP  submitted  a  proposal  for  expansion  under  the  violation  category  in accordance  with  the  statutory  provisions  i.e.  Standard  Operating  Procedure  (SoP)  dated 07.07.2021  issued  by  the  Ministry.  The  proposal  was  appraised  by  the  Expert  Appraisal Committee (EAC), which recommended the Terms of Reference (ToR) under the violation category.  Based  on  the  recommendations  of  the  EAC,  the  Ministry,  on  18.07.2022,  issued directions to the Secretary, Department of Environment, Government of Maharashtra to initiate action against the PP under the provisions of Section 19 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. The ToR under the violation category was also issued on 18.07.2022.

Upon submission of the proposal for grant of EC, the same was appraised by the EAC as per due procedure, and the EAC recommended the proposal for grant of EC subject to submission of a bank guarantee of Rs. 26.64 crore (towards implementation of the Remediation Plan and Natural  and  Community  Resource  Augmentation  Plan  for  addressing  the  impacts  of  past violations) & penalty of Rs. 5.48 crore. Upon submission of the penalty amount of Rs. 5.48 crore and bank guarantee of Rs. 26.64 crore by the PP, the Ministry granted EC on 24.02.2023. Subsequently, the PP applied for expansion of its project which was duly appraised and an EC for expansion was granted on 25.06.2025.

As per the provisions of the EIA Notification, 2006, Environmental Clearances are granted only after a comprehensive appraisal of the EIA Report and the corresponding Environmental Management Plan (EMP)  prepared for  the  project.  The  EC  is  accorded  subject  to  specific safeguards relating to  statutory compliances; monitoring and  preservation of air,  water and noise quality; energy conservation measures; waste management; development and maintenance  of  green  belts;  transport  management;  safeguards  for  human  health  and environment;  protection  of  livelihoods  of  indigenous  and  local  communities;  and  risk mitigation and disaster management.

Further, it is mandatory for the PP to submit half-yearly compliance reports in respect of the stipulated prior EC terms and conditions, in soft copies, to the concerned regulatory authority on 1 st  June and 1 st  December of each calendar year. All such compliance reports submitted by the  PP  are  public  documents,  and  copies  of  the  same  could  be  provided  to  any  person  on application  to  the  concerned  regulatory  authorities.  The  State  Pollution  Control  Boards  / Pollution Control Committees are empowered to take remedial and penal action in cases of violation  of  Consent  to  Establish  (CTE)  and  Consent  to  Operate  (CTO)  conditions  in accordance with the provisions of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 and the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.

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