Lok Sabha Question No. 57 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-11-30
Subject: Operable Mines
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.57 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.11.2015 OPERABLE MINES

## 57. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of operable mines in Jharkhand;
- (b) the total number  of lease applications received by different mineral rich State Governments since 2005 particularly in the State of Jharkhand;
- (c) the details of those operable mines in the State of Jharkhand for which no application has been received along with the reasons therefor;
- (d) the main reasons of turning down these applications; and
- (e) the number of leases granted for mining since 2005 in different mineral rich States, Statewise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  :  According to information received from State Government of Jharkhand, total number of Non-Coal operable Mines for Major Mineral in the State are 176.
- (b)  to (d): Under the provision of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, State Governments are the competent authorities to grant mining leases. Applications for grant of mining leases are received by and processed by the State Governments in terms of  this  Act  and  the  Rules  made  thereunder.  Hence,  information  in  respect  to  mining  lease applications is not centrally maintained. As per the provisions that were in force prior to 12 th January, 2015, the date of amendment of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act,  1957  (MMDR Act),  the State  Governments were  required to seek prior  approval of the Central Government under Section 5(1) of the MMDR Act before grant of lease by the State Government only in respect of minerals listed in the First Schedule to the Act. Since 2005 till the amendment of the Act, 1374 applications were forwarded by the State Governments to the Central Government. Out of these, prior approval was granted in respect of 595 cases. The remaining applications were rejected due to non-compliance with the various provisions of the MMDR Act, 1957 and Rules framed thereunder. The State-wise details are at annexure-I.
- (e)  State Government of Jharkhand has reported that 36 mining leases have been granted by the  State  since  2005.  The  details  of  grant  of  mining  leases  by  other  mineral  rich  States  as reported by them to Indian Bureau of Mines are at annexure-II.
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Total  number  of  state-wise  proposals  received  in  Ministry  of  Mines  for  prior  approval  of  the  Central Government and the number of prior approval accorded by this Ministry since 2005:

| State            |   Total Number of proposals received from State Government for prior approval since 2005 |   No. of prior approvals conveyed by Ministry of Mines since 2005 |
|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh   |                                                                                      372 |                                                               114 |
| Chhattisgarh     |                                                                                       59 |                                                                36 |
| Goa              |                                                                                        2 |                                                                 1 |
| Gujarat          |                                                                                       47 |                                                                 9 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                                                                                        1 |                                                                 0 |
| Jharkhand        |                                                                                       33 |                                                                32 |
| Karnataka        |                                                                                      139 |                                                                85 |
| Kerala           |                                                                                       31 |                                                                18 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |                                                                                      345 |                                                               146 |
| Maharashtra      |                                                                                      107 |                                                                58 |
| Manipur          |                                                                                        5 |                                                                 2 |
| Odisha           |                                                                                       21 |                                                                11 |
| Rajasthan        |                                                                                      128 |                                                                52 |
| Tamil Nadu       |                                                                                       75 |                                                                30 |
| Telangana        |                                                                                        8 |                                                                 0 |
| Uttarakhand      |                                                                                        1 |                                                                 1 |
| TOTAL:           |                                                                                     1374 |                                                               595 |

Annexure-II

## State wise Number of Mining Leases granted during year 2005-06 to 2014-15

| State          |   2005-06 |   2006-07 |   2007-08 |   2008-09 |   2009-10 |   2010-11 |   2011-12 |   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |
|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Andhra Pradesh |        73 |        87 |        78 |       134 |        61 |        24 |        30 |        14 |        48 |         2 |
| Tamil Nadu     |        42 |        26 |        16 |        28 |        42 |         4 |         6 |        11 |        11 |         0 |
| Chhattisgarh   |         5 |         3 |         3 |         9 |        16 |        12 |         6 |         1 |         1 |         4 |
| Gujarat        |        20 |        23 |        43 |        15 |        47 |         7 |        18 |         9 |         4 |         8 |
| Karnataka      |         7 |         8 |        17 |         6 |        10 |         7 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| Kerala         |        14 |        13 |         9 |        10 |        12 |         7 |         0 |         0 |         6 |         7 |
| Madhya Pradesh |        15 |        14 |        13 |        36 |        33 |        20 |        17 |        14 |        12 |         5 |
| Maharashtra    |        14 |         5 |         2 |         1 |         3 |         4 |         3 |         0 |         0 |         0 |
| Rajasthan      |       104 |       253 |       353 |       528 |       216 |       210 |       193 |       255 |       370 |       357 |
| Odisha         |         0 |         0 |         1 |         1 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |         0 |