Lok Sabha Question No. 935 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-07-27
Subject: Revival of Closed Mines
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh, P. KUMAR

**government of india**

**ministry of mines**

**lok sabha**

**unstarred question no. 935**

**to be answered on 27** **TH** **JULY, 2015**

**REVIVAL OF CLOSED MINES**

**935.  SHRIMATI PRATYUSHA RAJESHWARI SINGH:**

**SHRI P. KUMAR:**

Will the Minister of **MINES** be pleased to state:

(a) 	the number of mines in the country, State/UT-wise including Odisha;

(b) 	the number of sick and closed mines in the country including those in Odisha along with the number of affected workers, State/UT-wise;

(c) 	whether the Government proposes to revive some of the closed/sick mines in the country particularly in Odisha; and

(d) 	if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken/proposed to be taken for revival of the said mines and rehabilitation of the affected workers particularly in Odisha?

**answer**

**the minister of state for mines and steel (shri vishnu deo sai)**

(a) and (b): State-wise details of the number of mines in the country of minerals covered under the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 1988 is given in the annexure. State-wise details of the number of non-working mines are also given in the annexure.

There is no separate classification of mines as sick mines, and the number of closed mines and affected workers is not centrally maintained.

(c) and (d): Does not arise in view of  answer to (a) and (b) above.

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| **Annexure mentioned in reply to lok sabha unstarred question number 935 for 27.07.2015 regarding revival of closed mines asked by Shrimati Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh and Shri P. Kumar**  State-wise details of working and non-working mines of MCDR minerals as on 01.04.2015   |                   |                  |                  |                             |                                 |           |
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| **Sl. No.**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         | **Name of State** |                  |                  | **Number of working mines** | **Number of non-working mines** | **Total** |
| 1                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Andhra Pradesh    | Andhra Pradesh   | Andhra Pradesh   | 282                         | 151                             | 433       |
| 2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Assam             | Assam            | Assam            | 2                           | 6                               | 8         |
| 3                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Bihar             | Bihar            | Bihar            | 5                           | 7                               | 12        |
| 4                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Chhattisgarh      | Chhattisgarh     | Chhattisgarh     | 100                         | 88                              | 188       |
| 5                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Goa               | Goa              | Goa              | 0                           | 90                              | 90        |
| 6                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Gujarat           | Gujarat          | Gujarat          | 238                         | 210                             | 448       |
| 7                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Haryana           | Haryana          | Haryana          | 0                           | 4                               | 4         |
| 8                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Himachal Pradesh  | Himachal Pradesh | Himachal Pradesh | 20                          | 21                              | 41        |
| 9                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   | Jammu & Kashmir   | Jammu & Kashmir  | Jammu & Kashmir  | 31                          | 4                               | 35        |
| 10                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Jharkhand         | Jharkhand        | Jharkhand        | 87                          | 82                              | 169       |
| 11                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Karnataka         | Karnataka        | Karnataka        | 99                          | 218                             | 317       |
| 12                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Kerala            | Kerala           | Kerala           | 11                          | 2                               | 13        |
| 13                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Madhya Pradesh    | Madhya Pradesh   | Madhya Pradesh   | 278                         | 390                             | 668       |
| 14                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Maharashtra       | Maharashtra      | Maharashtra      | 75                          | 86                              | 161       |
| 15                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Manipur           | Manipur          | Manipur          | 0                           | 1                               | 1         |
| 16                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Meghalaya         | Meghalaya        | Meghalaya        | 13                          | 5                               | 18        |
| 17                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Odisha            | Odisha           | Odisha           | 123                         | 273                             | 396       |
| 18                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Rajasthan         | Rajasthan        | Rajasthan        | 102                         | 64                              | 166       |
| 19                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Sikkim            | Sikkim           | Sikkim           | 0                           | 02                              | 0         |
| 20                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Tamil Nadu        | Tamil Nadu       | Tamil Nadu       | 290                         | 260                             | 550       |
| 21                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Telangana         | Telangana        | Telangana        | 54                          | 39                              | 93        |
| 22                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Uttar Pradesh     | Uttar Pradesh    | Uttar Pradesh    | 2                           | 2                               | 4         |
| 23                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | Uttarakhand       | Uttarakhand      | Uttarakhand      | 3                           | 2                               | 5         |
| 24                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  | West Bengal       | West Bengal      | West Bengal      | 0                           | 1                               | 1         |
| **Grand Total**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     |                   |                  |                  | **1815**                    | **2008**                        | **3821**  |

##### Source: Indian Bureau of Mines

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