Lok Sabha Question No. 3043 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2026-03-11
Subject: Mining Surveillance System (MSS)
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Shri Bapi Haldar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3043

ANSWERED ON 11.03.2026

## MINING SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM (MSS)

3043. SHRI BAPI HALDAR:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of alerts issued by Mining Surveillance System (MSS) of suspected illegal mining of major and minor minerals in the Country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the number of cases in which action was taken;
- (c) the number of cases where illegal mining was detected; and
- (d) the details of the action taken on illegal mining along with the reasons for non-action on the alerts issued?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR COAL AND MINES (SHRI SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY)

- (a) to (d): The State/UT-wise number of triggers issued by Mining Surveillance System (MSS) along with verification thereon and the number of cases of illegal mining detected are furnished below:

## (As on 30.01.2026)

| States           |   Generated Triggers |   Verified Triggers |   Unauthorized Mining Confirmed |
|------------------|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------------------|
| Aasam            |                    2 |                   0 |                               0 |
| Andhra Pradesh   |                  100 |                  83 |                               9 |
| Bihar            |                    2 |                   0 |                               0 |
| Chhattisgarh     |                   84 |                  11 |                               1 |
| Goa              |                   74 |                  72 |                              29 |
| Gujarat          |                  148 |                 102 |                              23 |
| Haryana          |                    4 |                   2 |                               0 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                   21 |                  11 |                               0 |
| Jammu & Kashmir  |                   26 |                  22 |                               1 |
| Jharkhand        |                   48 |                   5 |                               0 |
| Karnataka        |                   79 |                  79 |                               3 |
| Kerala           |                    5 |                   3 |                               3 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |                  143 |                 105 |                               9 |
| Maharastra       |                   38 |                  15 |                               3 |
| Meghalaya        |                   56 |                   1 |                               0 |
| Odisha           |                   42 |                  26 |                               0 |

| Rajasthan     |   105 |   73 |   3 |
|---------------|-------|------|-----|
| Tamilnadu     |    87 |   46 |  12 |
| Telangana     |    14 |   13 |   0 |
| Uttar Pradesh |    10 |    0 |   0 |
| Total         |  1088 |  669 |  96 |

As per Section 23C of the MMDR Act, 1957, State Governments have been empowered to frame rules for prevention of illegal mining, transportation and storage of minerals (both major minerals and minor minerals) and for purposes connected therewith. Therefore, matters  relating  to  prevention  and  control  of  illegal  mining  including  extraction  and transportation of minerals come under the administrative jurisdiction of the concerned State Government.

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