Annual Report 2015-16
Ministry of Mines Government of India Ministry of Mines/Annual Report 2015-16
ministry of mines Website Addresses:
Ministry of Mines : http://mines.gov.in
Geological Survey of India : www.portal.gsi.gov.in
Indian Bureau of Mines : www.ibm.nic.in
National Aluminium Company Limited : www.nalcoindia.com
Hindustan Copper Limited : www.hindustancopper.com
Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited : www.meclindia.com
Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development : www.jnarddc.gov.in and Design Centre
National Institute of Rock Mechanics : www.nirm.gov.in
National Institute of Miners’ Health : www.nimh.gov.in
ii Abbreviations
Abbreviations
AMCG Anorthosite-Mangerite-Charnockite-Granitoid ASTER Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer ASDS Advanced Spatial Data System Division BALCO Bharat Aluminium Company Limited BSE Bombay Stock Exchange CBM Coal Bed Methane CoI Commission of Inquiry C-Tempo Centre for Techno Economic Mineral Policy Options CCoM Chief Controller of Mines CDML Central Dronning Maud Land CCEC Coordination-Cum-Empowered Committee CGPB Central Geological Programming Board CHQ Central Head Quarter CII Confederation of Indian Industry CMR Coal Mines Regulations CoM Controller of Mines CMPDI Central Mine Planning & Design Institute Limited CPPP Central Public Procurement Portal CSO Central Statistical Office CSR Corporate Social Responsibility DCoM Deputy Controller of Mines DGCA Directorate General of Civil Aviation DGR Draft Geological Report DRM District Resources Maps DGM Directorate of Geology & Mining DGMS Directorate General of Mines Safety DRDO Defence Research and Development Organisation EC Environmental Clearance EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone EIA Environment Impact Assessment EPMA Electron Probe Micro Analyser EPS Enterprises Procurement System FICCI Federation of Indian Chamber of Commerce and Industry
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FIMI Federation of Indian Mineral Industries FMCP Final Mine Closure Plan FS Field Season FGR Final Geological Report GAIL Gas Authority of India Limited GSI Geological Survey of India G&IG Geochronology and Isotope Geology GMS Geological Map Series GSITI Geological Survey of India Training Institute GPM Geophysical Mapping GQM Geological Quadrangle Maps GA Geoscience Australia HCL Hindustan Copper Limited HoD Head of the Department HGSS Heliborne Survey System HINDALCO Hindustan Aluminium Company Limited HPC High Power Committee IBM Indian Bureau of Mines ICMM International Council of Mining and Metals ICT Information and Communication Technology IMFAL Indian Metal & Ferro Alloys Limited IDCOL Industrial Development Corporation of Odisha Limited IGC International Geological Congress INSA Indian National Science Academy IGCP International Geoscience Programme ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation IUCN International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources JNARDDC Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre JWG Joint Working Group KCC Khetri Copper Complex LME London Metal Exchange MALCO Madras Aluminium Company Limited MCAS Mineral Concession and Approval System MCDR Mineral Conservation & Development Rules MCP Malanjkhand Copper Project MCR Mineral Concession Rules
iv Abbreviations
MECL Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited ML Mining Lease MMDR Act Mines & Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act MML Mysore Minerals Limited MoC Ministry of Coal MoES Ministry of Earth Sciences MoM Ministry of Mines MoEFCC Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Changes MOIL Manganese Ore India Limited MoU Memorandum of Understanding MTS Mining Tenement System NALCO National Aluminium Company Limited NER North Eastern Region NFTDC Non-Ferrous Materials Technology Development Centre NGCM National Geochemical Mapping NIMH National Institute of Miners’ Health NIRM National Institute of Rock Mechanics NMEEE National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency NMI National Mineral Inventory NMP National Mineral Policy NMRL Naval Material Research Laboratory NPCIL Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited NGCM National Geochemical Mapping NLSM National Landslide Susceptibility Mapping ONGC Oil & Natural Gas Corporation OGRV Oceanographic Research Vessel OMC Odisha Mining Corporation OGP Obvious Geological Potential OCBIS Online Core Business Integrated System OSL Optically Stimulated Luminescence PDAC Prospectors and Developers’ Association of Canada PERC Project Evaluation and Review Committee PGE Platinoid Group of Elements PL Prospecting Licence PSD Polar Studies Division PMCP Progressive Mine Closure Plan
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RA Revision Application RCoM Regional Controller of Mines REY Rare Earth Yettrium RHQ Regional Head Quarter RTI Regional Training Institute RSAS Remote Sensing and Aerial Survey REE Rare Earth Elements RP Reconnaissance Permit RSMML Rajasthan State Mines & Mineral Ltd. RQP Recognised Qualified Persons SAIL Steel Authority of India Ltd. SCEC State Coordination-Cum-Empowered Committee SCPP Standing Committee on Promotional Projects SDF Sustainable Development Framework SGPB State Geological Programming Board. SMIORE Sandur Manganese & Iron Ores SEGEMAR Servicio Geologico Minero Argentino SSAG Standing Scientific Advisory Group STM Specialised Thematic Mapping SMS Seabed Massive Sulphide SoP Standard Operating Procedure SU State Unit SGM Systematic Geological Mapping TIMS Thermal Ionisation Mass Spectrometer ToR Terms of Reference TW Territorial Water TL Thermo Luminescence TOASS Twin Otter Airborne Survey System UCIL Uranium Corporation of India Ltd. UNFC United Nations Framework Classification VAL Vedanta Aluminium Limited VAM Vapour Absorption Machines WPI Wholesale Price Index WRD Water Resource Department WOCS Working Office-cum-Secretariat
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Contents
S.No Chapters Page No.
1 An Overview 01
2 Minerals and Metals in the Country 09
3 Legislative Framework, Mineral Policy and Implementation 23
4 Revenue from Mineral Resources 41
5 International Co-operation 47
6 Attached / Subordinate offices 57
7 Central Public Sector Undertakings 105
8 Science, Technology and Autonomous Bodies 135
9 Corporate Social Responsibility 151
10 Progressive Use of Hindi 157
11 Exploration Activities in the North-Eastern Region 167
Welfare Activities for SCs/STs, Women, Minorities & Persons with 12 181 Disabilities
13 Plan, Budget and Audit Paras 191
14 Miscellaneous 199
Annexes 211
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Ministry of Mines : An Overview Ministry of Mines/Annual Report 2015-16
Ministry of Mines An Overview
• Vision and Mission Page -3 • Role and Organization of the Ministry Page -3 • List of Subjects Allocated to the Ministry Page -4 • Organizational Structure Page -5 • Sustainable Development Framework Page -6 • International Co-operation Page -6
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Vision & Mission petroleum and atomic minerals and coal. In the case of atomic minerals 1.1 Ministry’s Vision and Mission are as below: and coal, activities of the Ministry are limited to regional exploration. Vision The Ministry is responsible for the administration of the Mines i) Achieve optimal utilization of India’s mineral resources through scientific, and Minerals (Development and sustainable and transparent mining Regulation) Act, 1957, (67 of 1957) practices, exploration and geo-scien- and rules made there under in respect tific research & development. of all mines and minerals other than coal, natural gas and petroleum. The Mission Ministry also administers the Offshore i) To develop geo-scientific partnerships Areas Mineral (Development and with State Governments, Industry and Regulation) Act, 2002 and rules made other stakeholders for management there under. of mineral resources both on land and offshore and development of 1.3 A list of subjects allocated to the mineral-based industries on scientific Ministry of Mines, and names and sustainable basis. of Attached Office, Subordinate Office, Public Sector Undertakings ii) To ensure fairness and transparency in allotment of mineral concessions. and Autonomous Bodies under the administrative control of Ministry of iii) To establish an e-governance Mines are given below: mechanism for accountability of mineral resources from mine to end use/export. iv) To ensure that the Geological Survey of India (GSI) and Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) provide high standards of services to stakeholders.
Role and Organisation of the Ministry Main Functions The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee 1.2 Ministry of Mines is responsible for presenting the National Geoscience Awards 2013 survey and exploration and mining of at Rashtrapati Bhawan on 06 April 2015. all minerals, other than natural gas,
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List of Subjects Allocated to the Attached Office/Subordinate Ministry of Mines: Office: a) Legislation for regulation of mines 1.4 Geological Survey of India and development of minerals within (Headquarters at Kolkata) is an the territory of India, including mines attached office and Indian Bureau of and minerals underlying the ocean Mines (Headquarters at Nagpur) is a within the territorial waters or the subordinate office of the Ministry. continental shelf, or the exclusive Public Sector Undertakings economic zone and other maritime zones of India as may be specified, 1.5 There are three Public Sector from time to time by or under any Undertakings under the Ministry of law made by Parliament. Mines, namely:- b) Regulation of mines and development • National Aluminium Company of minerals other than coal, lignite Limited (NALCO), Bhubaneswar and sand for stowing and any other • Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL), mineral declared as prescribed Kolkata substances for the purpose of the • Mineral Exploration Corporation Atomic Energy Act, 1962 (33 of Limited (MECL), Nagpur 1962) under the control of the Autonomous Bodies Union as declared by law, including There are three Research Institutions questions concerning regulation and 1.6 which are autonomous bodies of this development of minerals in various Ministry: States and the matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. • Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design c) All other metals and minerals not Centre (JNARDDC), Nagpur; specifically allotted to any other • National Institute of Rock Mechanics Ministry/Department, such as (NIRM), Kolar Gold Fields, Karnataka, aluminium, zinc, copper, gold , and diamonds, lead and nickel. • National Institute of Miners’ Health d) Planning, development and control (NIMH), Nagpur. of, and assistance to, all industries dealt with by the Ministry. 1.7 In addition to the above, there is one registered Society, namely, the e) Administration and management of Non-Ferrous Materials Technology Geological Survey of India. Development Centre (NFTDC), f) Administration and management of Hyderabad which is non-grant Indian Bureau of Mines. institutions within the administrative g) Metallurgical Grade silicon. purview of Ministry of Mines.
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the Secretary having other officers like one Additional Secretary, three Joint Secretaries, one Joint Secretary & Financial Adviser common for Ministries of Coal, Ministry of Mines and Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports, one Economic Adviser, nine Directors / Deputy Secretaries, five Under Secretaries, in addition to a Joint Director and Assistant Director for Official Language, supported The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee by Section Officers and other Staff. presenting the National Geoscience Awards 2013 Besides this, the Ministry has one at Rashtrapati Bhawan on 06 April 2015. Assistant Director of IES Cadre. Organisational Structure Sanctioned strength and present incumbency of officers/officials in 1.8 The Ministry of Mines is headed by Secretariat proper of Ministry of a Cabinet Minister who is assisted by Mines is at Table 1.1. Organisational a Minister of State. The Secretariat structure of the Ministry of Mines is of Ministry of Mines is headed by shown in Annex 1.1.
Table 1.1 Sanctioned Strength and Present Incumbency of Officers/Officials in Secretariat Proper of Ministry of Mines as on 01.01.2016.
VH/HH/OH Total Number Number of SC/ST/OBC/Minority of Present out of Present Sanctioned Women out of Present Incumbents Group Incumbents Incumbents Strength (Including General) SC ST OBC Minority Women VH HH OH
Group-A 27+01* 20+01* 01 01 02 02 04 - - - Gazetted Group-B 38 30 07 04 04 - 05 - - - Gazetted Group-B Non- Ga- 58 50 11 05 06 02 13 01 - 01 zetted Group-C 96 59 13 01 02 01 04 - - 02 Total 220 160 32 11 14 05 26 01 - 03
*Department of Economic Affairs, Ministry of Finance vide Order No. 13015/1/2015-IES dated 04th December, 2015 transferred 01 post of Junior Time scale of IES Cadre to the Ministry of Mines.
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The President of India, Shri Pranab Mukherjee addressing the audience during the award presentation ceremony of National Geoscience Awards 2013 at Rashtrapati Bhawan on 06 April 2015.
Sustainable Development Strategic assessment in key mining Framework (SDF) for the Mining regions. Sector Managing impacts at the mine level 1.9 As per the recommendations of a through sound management systems. High Level Committee headed by Addressing land, resettlement and Shri Anwarul Hoda, a Sustainable other social impacts. Development Framework specially Community engagement and other tailored to the Indian context was social impacts. developed taking into consideration Community engagement, benefit the work done and being done in sharing and contribution to socio- International Council of Mining and economic development. Metals (ICMM) and International Mines closure and post closure. Union for the Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources (IUCN). The Assurance and reporting. draft SDF was to comprise reporting initiatives, good practice guidelines International Co-operation based on the following seven 1.10 During the year 2015-16, Ministry principles: of Mines continued its cooperation Incorporating environment and social programme in geology and mining sensitivities in decision on leases. with countries such as China, Australia
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and Peru. A MoU for cooperation first two quarters of the financial year in the area of mining and mineral 2015-16 is estimated at ` 1,43,068 sector was signed on 15th May, crore. The sector contributed for 2015 between the Ministry of Mines, about 2.4% of GVA at basic prices. Government of India and the Ministry of Land and Resources of the Peoples’ Republic of China. 9th meeting of the India- Australia Joint Working Group on minerals and energy resources was held in Brisbane, Australia during 17th – 18th June, 2015. First India- Peru Joint Working Group meeting was held in New Delhi on 24th August, 2015 to identify specific issues for cooperation in the area of geology and mineral resources. 4th meeting of India- Russia Sub-Group The Hon’ble Minister for Steel & Mines releasing on Mining under the Working Group GSI publications during the 55th CGPB meeting th of Modernization and Industrial held during 5-6 February, 2016. Cooperation was held on 6th October, 1.13 Amendment to MMDR Act, 1957 2015 at Moscow, Russia. MMDR Act was amended to bring 1.11 In this period, Ministry of Mines led about transparency and fairness in the Indian delegation comprising of the mineral concession regime and other Ministries / Departments, State also to protect the interest of people Governments and PSUs to participate affected by mining operations in leading international mining through the establishment of District events, namely ‘AIMEX- 2015’ held Mineral Foundation. Consequent to during 1st to 4th September, 2015 in Sydney, Australia; ‘China Mining- the amendment a number of new 2015’ held during 20th to 23rd rules have been drafted for giving October, 2015 in Tianjin, China and effect to the amendment provisions ‘Mining Indaba - 2016’ held during including the grant of concessions 8th to 11th February, 2016 in Cape through auction by competitive Town, South Africa. bidding to be conducted by the State Governments. Contribution to GDP 1.14 For the first time Hon’ble President 1.12 The contribution to Gross Value Shri Pranab Mukherjee conferred Addition (GVA) at current prices, from the National Geo Science Award mining and quarrying sector for the to eminent geo-scientists on 6th April, 2015.
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Mining job in progress at Malanjkhand Copper Project, Malanjkhand, MP
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Minerals and Metals in the Country Ministry of Mines/Annual Report 2015-16
Minerals and Metals in the Country
• Mineral Production Page -11 • Mining Page -12 • Gross Domestic Product from Mining and Quarrying Sector Page -12 • Self-reliance in Minerals and Mineral Based Products Page -16 • Production trends Page -16 • State-wise Mineral Scenario Page -17
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National Mineral Scenario Figure 2.3 Value of Minerals Production Mineral Production (By groups) 2.1 Based on the overall trend so far the index of mineral production (base 2004-05) for the year 2015-16 is estimated to be 129.2 as compared to 126.5 for 2014-15 showing a positive growth of 2.1%. The trend of index of mineral production and trend in value of mineral production for the last five years is depicted in Figure 2.1. and Figure 2.2 2.2 The total value of mineral production respectively. The value of minerals (excluding atomic minerals) during produced by groups for the last five 2015-16 has been estimated at years is given in Figure 2.3 ` 2,68,955 crore, which shows Figure 2.1 a decrease of about 5.05% over Index of Mineral Production that of the previous year. During (Base 2004-05=100) 2015-16, estimated value for fuel minerals account for ` 1,82,920 crore or 68.01%, metallic minerals, ` 31,066 crore or 11.55% of the total value and non-metallic minerals including minor minerals ` 54,969 crore or 20.44% of the total value. Information on production and value Figure 2.2 of selected minerals from 2011-12 Trends in Value of Mineral Production, to 2015-16 is given in Annex 2.1. Exports & Imports The details of export and import of minerals during the period 2010-11 to 2014-15 is given in Annex 2.2 and Annex 2.3 respectively.
Price Trend 2.3 The Office of the Economic Advisor, Ministry of Commerce and Industry has shifted the base year from
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1993-94 to 2004-05. The WPI for Mining minerals (base 2004-05=100) stood 2.6 Indian mining industry is at 217.6 in November 2015, and the characterized by a large number corresponding index was 305.39 for of small operational mines. The November, 2014. number of mines which reported 2.4 The minerals included in the mineral production (excluding minor wholesale price index are bauxite, minerals, petroleum (crude), natural chromite, iron ore, copper ore, zinc concentrate, manganese ore, gas and atomic minerals) in India barytes, dolomite, fireclay, gypsum, was 1,878 in 2015-16 as against kaolin, limestone, magnesite, 3,524 in the previous year. Out of phosphorite, graphite, steatite and 1878 reporting mines, 245 were sillamanite. The wholesale price located in Madhya Pradesh followed index for metallic minerals was 289.8 by Jharkhand (208), Gujarat (192), in November, 2015 as compared Tamil Nadu (185), Andhra Pradesh to 413.7 in November, 2014 and (169), Odisha (158), Chhattisgarh that of other minerals was 205.3 (154), Maharashtra (121), Karnataka in November, 2015 as compared (115), West Bengal (101), Goa (75) to 216.2 in November, 2014. The and Rajasthan (66). These 12 States wholesale price index for Coal stood together accounted for 95% of total at 189.9 in November, 2015 as number of mines in the country in compared to 189.8 in November, 2015-16. The numbers of reporting 2014. mines are given in Table 2.1. Area- Gross Domestic Product from wise distribution of Mining Leases all Mining & Quarrying Sector over India pertaining to all minerals 2.5 The Gross Value Added (GVA) excluding fuel, atomic and minor accrued from mining and quarrying minerals is given in Table 2.2. sector at 2011-12 prices for the first two quarters of 2015-16 is estimated at ` 1,37,416 crore, indicated a increase of about 3.6% over that in the same period of previous year. Similarly, the advance estimates of GVA (at current prices) for the first two quarter of the year 2015-16 is estimated at ` 1,43,068 crore. The mining and quarrying sector contribution to GVA accounted for about 2.4 % for the first two Reclamation Mined Out Area quarters of the year 2015-16.
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Table 2.1 Table 2.3 Number of Reporting Mines Number of Underground Mines 2014-15 @ (By Principal Minerals) 2014- 2015- Sector 2013-14 15(P) 16(E) ‘A’ ‘B’ Minerals Total Category Category All Minerals* 3,979 3,524 1,878 Apatite - 1 1
Coal (including Barytes - 3 3 552 552 552 Lignite) Chromite 6 - 6 Copper ore 4 - 4 Metallic 711 637 604 Minerals Gold 4 1 5 Lead & Zinc 8 - 8 Non-Metallic 2,716 2,335 7,22 Manganese ore 8 5 13 Minerals Mica 2 18 20 *Excluding atomic minerals, petroleum (crude), Steatite 2 15 17 natural gas (utilized) and minor minerals. TOTAL 34 43 77
@ Excluding fuel, atomic & minor minerals Table - 2.2 Area Wise Distribution of ‘A’ Mechanized Mines: >150 labour in all or >75 labour in workings below ground.‘B’ Other than ‘A’ Mining Lease* As on 31/03/2014 (All India)
Frequen- Num- Percent- Area in Percent- cy Group ber of age of age of ‘000 (Area in Mining Total Total Hects. Hect.) Leases Leases Area
All Groups 10,982 100 455 100 0 to 10 7,411 67 30 6
10 to 20 949 9 14 3
20 to 50 1,098 10 36 8
50 to 100 718 7 53 12 Systematic Mining 100 to 200 363 3 50 11
200 to 500 257 2 82 18 Mineral Production Above 500 186 2 190 42 2.8 During 2015-16, Mineral production was reported from 33 States/ *excluding fuel, atomic & minor minerals. Union Territories (actual reporting 2.7 The number of underground mines of MCDR & fuel minerals from 23 in operation mineral-wise (excluding states and estimation of minor fuel, atomic and minor minerals) is minerals for all 32 States/Union given Table 2.3. Territories) of which the bulk of
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value of mineral production of 2.9 State-wise analysis revealed that about 93.68% was confined to 13 during 2015-16, the value of States (including off shore areas) mineral production have shown a only. Offshore areas are in leading mixed trend as compared to that position, in terms of estimated value in the previous year. The states of mineral production in the country which have indicated an increase and had the share of 20.20% in the in the value of mineral production national output. Next in order was are Tripura (22.96%), Madhya Rajasthan with a share of 11.93% Pradesh (12.58%), Odisha (4.55%), followed by Odisha (11.49%), Telangana (3.57%), Uttarakhand Jharkhand (9.05%), Gujarat (3.07%), Andhra Pradesh (2.02%) (7.73%), Madhya Pradesh (6.21%), and Kerala (1.15%). However, some Telangana (6.19%), Chhattisgarh of the principal mineral producing (5.22%), Maharashtra (4.33%), states revealed decrease in value Assam (3.75%), Andhra Pradesh of mineral production and those (3.01%), Karnataka (2.34%), Tamil includes Chhattisgarh (29.25%), Nadu (2.22%), and Uttar Pradesh Karnataka (22.08%), West Bengal (2.06%) in the total value of mineral (21.22%), Jharkhand (16.78%), production. Remaining States and Meghalaya (16.77%), Tamil Nadu Union Territories having individual (13.55%), Maharashtra (10.07%), share of less than 2.0% all together Uttar Pradesh (8.19%), Assam accounted for remaining of total (6.71%), Rajasthan (1.68%), value during the year under review. Gujarat (1.36%), Off-shore (0.36%) The contribution of States/Regions percent. The all India Reserves and in the value of mineral production Resources of various minerals as on during 2014-15 estimated is 1.4.2010/2013, as per UNFC System pictorially shown in Figure 2. 4. is given in Annex 2.4.
Figure 2.4 2.10 During 2014-15, the Public Sector Share of States in Value of Mineral continued to play a dominant role Production 2015-16 (Estimated) in mineral production accounting for 73.41% or ` 1,73,675 crore in the total value. Small mines, which were mostly in the private sector, continued to be operated manually either as proprietary or partnership ventures. The minerals which were wholly mined / recovered by the public/joint sector in 2014-15
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were copper ore and concentrate, 2.11 India’s ranking in 2013 as compared to diamond, fluorite (graded), selenite world production was 2nd in barytes, and sulphur. By and large, almost and talc/steatite/pyrophyllite; 3rd in the entire production of sand chromite; 4th in coal & lignite, iron (others), lignite and gypsum was ore, kyanite/andalusite/sillimanite from Public Sector. In 2014-15, and Steel (Crude); 5th in bauxite the Public Sector accounted for and zinc (slab); 6th in manganese sizeable 93% production of coal ore; 7th in aluminium and 8th in and tin concentrate each, 69% of copper (refined). The statistics on Petroleum (crude), 99% of gold, indigenous and world production 91% of phosphorite and 60% of of principal minerals and metals are magnesite. given in Table 2.4.
Table – 2.4 Contribution and Rank of India in World Production of Principal Minerals & Metals, 2013
India’s rank in Unit of Production Contribution Commodity order of quantum quantity (Percentage) World India* of production Mineral Fuels Coal & lignite Million tonnes 7,906 610 7.7 4th Petroleum (crude) Million tonnes 4,425 38 0.9 25th Metallic Minerals Bauxite ‘000 tonnes 2,96,000 21,666 7.3 5th Chromite ‘000 tonnes 28,800 2,853 9.9 3rd Iron ore Million tonnes 3,012 167 5.5 4th Manganese ore ‘000 tonnes 52,800 2,588 4.9 6th Industrial Minerals Barytes ‘000 tonnes 8,400 1,137 13.5 2nd Kyanite, andalusite & ‘000 tonnes 460(e)** 63 13.6 4th sillimanite Magnesite ‘000 tonnes 46,900 195 0.4 12th Apatite & rock phosphate ‘000 tonnes 2,03,000 2,330 1.1 14th Talc/steatite/ pyrophyllite ‘000 tonnes 8,000 1,073 13.4 2nd Mica (crude) tonne 3,50,000 1,610 0.5 16th Metals Aluminium ‘000 tonnes 47,100 1,667 3.5 7th Copper (refined) ‘000 tonnes 21,000 644 3.0 8th Steel (crude/liquid) Million tonnes 1,607 81.7@ 5.0 4th Lead (refined) ‘000 tonnes 10,500 122 1.2 15th Zinc (slab) ‘000 tonnes 13,500 766 5.7 5th * Figures relate to 2013-14, ** Mineral Commodity Summary 2014,USGS. @ Annual Report 2014-15, Ministry of Steel. Source: World Mineral Production, 2009-2013; British Geological Survey.
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Self-Reliance in Minerals & Mineral the domestic cutting and polishing Based Products industry, India continued to depend on imports of raw uncut stones for 2.12 India continued to be wholly or their value-added re-exports. The largely self-sufficient in minerals degree of self-sufficiency in respect which constitute primary mineral of various principal minerals and raw materials to industries, such metals/ferro-alloys in 2013-14 is as, thermal power generation, iron given in Table 2.5. & steel, ferro-alloys, aluminium, cement, various types of refractories, china clay-based ceramics, glass, chemicals like caustic soda, soda ash, calcium carbide, titania white pigment, etc. India is, by and large, self-sufficient in coal (with the exception of very low ash coking coal required by the steel plants) and lignite among mineral fuels; bauxite, chromite, iron and manganese ores, ilmenite and rutile among metallic minerals; and almost Construction of Retaining Walls all the industrial minerals with the exception of chrysotile asbestos, Production Trends borax, fluorite, kyanite, potash, Metallic Minerals rock phosphate and elemental sulphur. Despite high degree of self- 2.13 The value of metallic minerals in sufficiency, some quantities of flaky 2014-15 at ` 38,597 crore decreased and amorphous graphite of high by 9% over the previous year. Among fixed carbon, kaolin and ballclay for the principal metallic minerals, iron special applications, very low silica ore contributed ` 28,534 crore or limestone, dead-burnt magnesite 74.66%, zinc concentrate ` 3,144 and sea water magnesia, battery crore or 6.46%, manganese ore grade manganese dioxide, etc. were ` 1,363 crore or 3.58%, chromite imported to meet the demand for ` 1,819 crore or 5.60%, bauxite either blending with locally available mineral raw materials and /or for ` 1,077 crore or 2.36%, copper manufacturing special qualities of (concentrate) ` 545 crore or 1.58%, mineral-based products. To meet silver ` 1,195 crore or 3.72%, the increasing demand of uncut gold ` 361 crore or 1.0%, while diamonds, emerald and other the remaining was shared by lead precious and semiprecious stones by concentrate and tin concentrates.
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Table 2.5 Degree of Self-sufficiency in Principal Minerals & Metals, 2013-14(p)
Order Demand/Domestic Supply/Domestic Sl. of self- Commodity consumption supply No. sufficiency (‘000 tonnes) (‘000 tonnes) (%) Minerals 1 Asbestos (chrysotile) 104 NA NA 2 Barytes 186 1,137 100 3 Bauxite 12,021 21,666 100 4 Chromite 2,622 2,853 100 5 Dolomite 6,794 7,109 100 6 Felspar 497 1,412 100 7 Fireclay 536 707 100 8 Fluorite 63 3 5 9 Ilmenite 191 722 100 10 Iron ore 1,07,879 1,52,433 100 11 Kyanite 3 2 66 12 Limestone & other calcareous minerals 2,70,518 2,78,8841/ 100 13 Magnesite 491 195 40 14 Manganese ore 4,186 2,588 62 15 Rock phosphate (including apatite) 4,192 1,385 33 16 Rutile 26 13 50 17 Sillimanite 21 62 100 18 Silica minerals 2,136 5,272 100 19 Talc/steatite/pyrophyllite 381 1,074 100 Metals2/ 20 Aluminium 2,308 1,667 72 21 Copper (refined) 638 644 100 22 Lead (primary) 233 123 53 23 Zinc 774 766 99 Ferro-alloys3/ 24 Ferro-chrome 287 944 100 25 Ferro-manganese 125 518 100 26 Ferro-silicon 42 90 100 Note: Even in cases where almost entire domestic demand is satisfied by domestic supplies, some quantities of certain special quality/types of minerals and metals/ferro- alloys are imported to meet the requirement in certain specific end-uses. 1/ Excludes production of limestone as a minor mineral, calcite and chalk. 2/ Apparent demand. 3/ Excludes production in small-scale sector.
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2.16 The production of chromite at 2,164 thousand tonnes in 2014-15 decreased by 25% as compared to the previous year. Odisha reported almost entire output of chromite (99.95%) in the country. A nominal production was reported from Karnataka. Three public sector companies, namely Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC), Mysore Mineral Limited (MML) and Industrial Development Corporation of Odisha Systematic Mining Limited (IDCOL) together reported 37 % of the total production and the 2.14 The production of iron ore at about remaining 63 % was contributed by 128.91 million tonnes in 2014-15 private sector mines. registered a decrease of 15% over the previous year. About 46% of 2.17 The production of manganese ore at 2,345 thousand tonnes in 2014- the total production was shared 15 decreased by 11% compared by Public Sector Companies like to that in the previous year. MOIL NMDC, SAIL and Orissa Mining continues to be the largest producer Corporation etc. The share of of manganese ore with a share of Private Sector was 54% which 49% of the total production in includes Tata Steel (TISCO). During 2014-15. Of the total production of the year Odisha was the leading manganese ore in 2014-15, Madhya producer of Iron Ore accounting Pradesh contributed 37.68%, for 40% of the total production Maharashtra 28.56%, Odisha followed by Chhattisgarh (23%), 13.90%, Andhra Pradesh 10.82% Karnataka (16%),Jharkhand (15%), and the remaining production and remaining (6%) production was from Karnataka, Telangana, was reported from Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand and Rajasthan. Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, 2.18 The production of primary gold Rajasthan and Telangana. at 1,440 kg (excluding by-product gold recovery from imported 2.15 The production of copper concentrates) in 2014-15 registered concentrate at 108 thousand tonnes decrease of about 8% as compared in 2014-15 decreased by about to the previous year. Karnataka 23% as compared to the previous was the leading producer of year. The average metal content in gold accounting for 99% of the copper concentrate was 23.13% total production. The remaining Cu. production was reported from Jharkhand.
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Non-Metallic Minerals 2.21 The value of production of non- metallic minerals at ` 7,323.42 crore during 2014-15 decreased by 3% as compared to the previous year. limestone retained its leading position by contributing 68.30% of the total value of non-metallic minerals in 2014-15. The other non-metallic minerals in the order of importance were phosphorite/ Garland Drainage rock phosphate (6.33%), barytes (4.74%), dolomite (3.57%), 2.19 The production of bauxite at 22.23 gypsum (2.06%), kaolin (1.65%), million tonnes in 2014-15 decreased garnet (abrasive) (1.48%), ball clay marginally by 0.4% as compared to (1.40%), talc/ soapstone/ steatite the previous year. NALCO, Utkkal (1.31%) and Silica Sand (1.29%). Alumina Industrial Ltd., HINDALCO The remaining was from other non- and BALCO. are the major metallic minerals. companies engaged in the mining of bauxite in the country in 2014- 2.22 The production of limestone was 15.Odisha accounted for 42% of at 293 million tonnes in 2014-15 an the total production of bauxite increase by 4% as compared to that during 2014-15 followed by Gujarat in the previous year. Limestone is 25%, Maharashtra 12%,Jharkhand widely produced in India. As much as 9% Chhattisgarh 7%, and Madhya 87.22% of the total output in 2014- Pradesh 4%. 15 was contributed by eight principal States; viz, Rajasthan (21.02%), 2.20 During 2014-15, the production of Madhya Pradesh (13.31%), Andhra lead concentrate at 198 thousand Pradesh (12.10%), Gujarat (8.79%), tonnes increased by 2% and that of Karnataka (8.21%), Telangana zinc concentrate at 1,502 thousand (8.18%), Chhattisgarh (8.03%) and tonnes also increased by 1% over the Tamil Nadu (7.58%). The remaining previous year. Average metal content 12.78% of the total production in lead concentrate was 56.29% Pb was shared by other limestone and that in zinc concentrate was producing states. About 54% of 51.48% Zn. Rajasthan accounted total production was reported by for the entire production of lead principal producers, namely, Ultra concentrate and zinc concentrate Tech Cement Limited (16%), ACC during 2014-15. Limited and Ambuja Cement (7% each), Jaiprakash Associates Limited
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& Shree Cement Limited (6% each), 2.25 The production of kaolin in 2014- The India Cement Limited, Century 15(upto January) at 3,861 thousand Textiles & Industries Ltd., The Ramco tonnes decreased by 20% as Cements Ltd. and Lafarge India Pvt. compared to that in the previous Ltd. (3% each). year. Nearly 63.62% of total output of kaolin in 2014-15(upto 2.23 The production of phosphorite/ January) was reported from Gujarat rock phosphate at 1580 thousand followed by Rajasthan (16.40%), by tonnes, increased by 9% in 2014-15, Kerala (14.54%) and West Bengal as compared to that of the previous (2.1%) while remaining (3.33%) year. The 91% production was from was contributed jointly by Andhra Public Sector. Jhamarkotra mine of Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka and Rajasthan State Mines & Minerals Madhya Pradesh. Ltd. (RSMML) alone accounted for 86% of the total production in 2.26 Production of gypsum at 2,478 India during 2014-15. Rajasthan thousand tonnes in 2014-15(upto and Madhya Pradesh contributed January) registered a decrease of 95.09 and 4.91% of the production 20% as compared to the previous respectively. year. By and large, the entire production of gypsum was reported 2.24 The production of dolomite at from Rajasthan (98.84%) and 6,209 thousand tonnes in 2014- the remaining was from Jammu 15 (upto January) registered 15% & Kashmir. Two Public Sector decrease as compared to the 2013- Companies namely, RSMML and 14. Steel Authority of India Ltd. is Fertilizer Corporation of India Ltd. the major producer of dolomite accounted for almost the entire accounting 13% of total production production. followed by the Rastriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. 7%, South West Mining 6%, 2.27 The production of magnesite at A.N. Patnaik and Manish Singh 276 thousand tonnes during 2014- Banafer (3% each) during 2014- 15 increased by 40% as compared 15 (upto January). Chhattisgarh to the previous year. (39%), Andhra Pradesh (11%), 2.28 The production of talc/soapstone/ and Karnataka (9%), were the steatite in 2014-15(upto January) principal producing States of at 774 thousand tonnes decreased dolomite. The remaining 41% by about 13% over the previous was contributed by eight states year. Rajasthan, the principal State during the year, namely, Madhya accounted for 81.78% of the Pradesh, Telangana, Odisha,Gujarat, total production in 2014-15(upto Rajasthan, Jharkhand, Maharashtra January). Five principal producers and Uttarakhand . contributed 60% of the total
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production of steatite. They are share of remaining minerals was Associated Soapstone Distributing less than 1.0% which together Co. (P) Ltd. (26.40%), Udaipur contributed 2.6 percent of value of Mineral Development Syndicate (P) minor minerals. Ltd. (23.76%), Ratanlal Deedwaniya Scenario of Index of Mineral production (3.58%),P.S Ahluwalia (3.24%) and and value of mineral production after Rajasthan Minerals & Company the amendments in MMDR Act 1957 (3.23%) of total production of talc/ soapstone/ steatite in 2014-15(upto 2.30 The mineral sector has shown 2.3% January). positive growth in nine months of current financial year (April, 2015 Minor Minerals to December, 2016) as compared to the same period during the previous 2.29 The value of production of minor year (April, 2014 to December, minerals was estimated at ` 46,678 2015). The minerals under MCDR crore in 2014-15. Andhra Pradesh 1988 have also reported positive with share of 29.59% in the value growth of 10.4 % as compared to of minor minerals produced in the that in the previous year owing to country occupied the top position. increase in production of bauxite, Gujarat was at second place with chromite, iron ore limestone and a share of 20.24% in the value of minor minerals. Next in the phospherite. order was Rajasthan 16.19%, Maharashtra 12.64%, Uttar Pradesh 8.3%, Karnataka 3.45%,Kerala 2.98%, Jammu & Kashmir 1.13% and Madhya Pradesh 1.03%.The contribution of remaining states and UTs was less than one percent each. Item-wise analysis revealed that building stone had the largest share of 25.7% to the total value of minor minerals followed by road metals 23.9%, brick-earth 15.5%, ordinary Systematic Mining sand 14.0%, marble 4.1%, gravel State-wise Mineral Scenario 3.5%, kankar 2.7%, limestone 2.6%, murrum 2.4%, quartzite 2.31 Status of Mineral Production in 11 & sand stone 1.6%, and ordinary Mineral rich States of India is at earth 1.4 percent. The individual Annex 2.5.
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Gujarat Copper Project at Panoramic View
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• The Legislative Framework Page -25
• National Mineral Policy, 2008 Page -27
• Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Page -29 Amendment Act, 2015
• Measures taken to control illegal mining Page -34
• National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET) Page -35
• National Mineral Exploration Policy (NMEP) Page -36
• Mineral Concession System Page -37
• Revision Applications Page-39
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The Legislative Framework (MMDR) Act, 1957: To provide for the development and regulation of 3.1 In the federal structure of India, the State Governments are the mines and minerals. owners of minerals located within (ii) The Offshore Areas (Development their respective boundaries. The and Regulation) Act, 2002- To Central Government is the owner of provide for development and the minerals underlying the ocean regulation of mineral resource in the within the territorial waters or the “offshore areas” (which means the Exclusive Economic Zone of India. territorial waters, continental shelf, 3.2 In this context, the entry at serial exclusive economic zone and other No. 23 of List II (State list) to the maritime zones of India under the Constitution of India states, Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, ‘Regulation of mines and mineral Exclusive Economic Zone and Other development subject to the Maritime Zones Act, 1976) and provisions of List I with respect to to provide for matters connected regulation and development under therewith or incidental thereto. the control of the Union.’ 3.3 The entry at serial No. 54 of List I (Central list) to the Constitution of India states, ‘Regulation of mines and mineral development to the extent to which such regulation and development under the control of the Union is declared by Parliament by law to be expedient in the public interest.’ Open Cast Copper Mines at Malanjkhand 3.4 In pursuance to the entry at serial No. 3.6 The Mines & Mineral (Development 54 of List I, the Central Government and Regulation) Act, (MMDR Act) have framed legislation titled Mines & Minerals (Development and 1957 is the law governing the Regulation) (MMDR) Act, 1957 as Mineral Sector (other than Petroleum Central Act No. 67 of 1957. and Natural Gas) of the Country. The Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 3.5 Acts under the administrative control of the Ministry of Mines: and the Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 1988 are the (i) The Mines and Minerals rules covering the sector. (Development and Regulation)
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3.7 The scheme of MMDR Act, 1957 Lignite and Part B - Atomic Minerals recognises a substantial role for in the First Schedule to the Act, the State Governments. As per States are required to take prior Section 15 of the MMDR Act, 1957 approval of the Central Government State Governments have complete to grant concessions. The Central powers for making rules for grant Government retains the power of of concessions in respect of minor revision, fixation of royalty etc. in minerals; and levy and collection of respect of major minerals. royalty on minor minerals. Further, as 3.10 The Ministry of Coal exercises all per section 23C of MMDR Act, 1957, powers of the Central Government State Governments have complete with respect to Coal and Lignite powers to make rules for prevention under the Act. The Department of of illegal mining and for purposes Atomic Energy similarly exercises all connected therewith. Therefore, powers for Atomic Minerals. matters relating to regulation of 3.11 Rules framed under subordinate mining of minor minerals and control legislation: of illegal mining of all minerals are matters which lie in the domain of The Mineral Concession Rules State Governments. (MCR), 1960 [framed under section 13 of the MMDR Act, 1957]- 3.8 In exercise of powers under Rules for regulating the grant of section 3 (e) of the MMDR Act, reconnaissance permits, prospecting 1957, the Ministry notifies ‘minor licences and mining leases in respect minerals’. Recently the Ministry (on of minerals and for purposes 10.02.2015) notified 31 minerals as connected therewith. ‘minor minerals’. The notification has been published in the Gazette i) The Mineral Conservation and of India vide S.O. 423(E) dated Development Rules (MCDR), 10.2.2015. The total number of 1988 [framed under section 18 of minerals notified as ‘minor minerals’ the MMDR Act, 1957]- Rules for is 55. the conservation and systematic development of minerals in India and 3.9 The other Minerals are popularly for the protection of environment known as major minerals. In the by preventing or controlling any case of major minerals, States pollution which may be caused by substantially regulate and develop prospecting or mining operations minerals subject to provisions of and for such purposes. the Act. In the case of Minerals covered under Part A - Coal and ii) The Offshore Areas Mineral Concession Rules, 2006 [framed
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under section 35 of the Offshore Areas (Development and Regulation) Act, 2002]- Rules for regulating the grant of reconnaissance permit, or an exploration licence, or a production lease in respect of minerals in “offshore areas” (which means the territorial waters, continental shelf, exclusive economic zone and other maritime zones of India under the
Territorial Waters, Continental Shelf, Mine View Exclusive Economic Zone and Other 3.13 other features of the National Maritime Zones Act, 1976) and for Mineral Policy, 2008, inter alia, purposes connected therewith. are:-
National Mineral Policy, 2008 i) NMP recognizes that minerals are 3.12 The National Mineral Policy valuable natural resources being the (NMP) was notified in 2008. vital raw material for infrastructure, It recommends measures like capital goods and basic industries, assured right to next stage mineral and therefore, development of the concession, transferability of mineral extraction and management of concessions and transparency in minerals has to be integrated into allotment of concessions, in order the overall strategy of the country’s to reduce delays which are seen economic development. as impediments to investment and ii) The exploitation of minerals has to technology flows in the mining be guided by long-term national sector in India. The Mineral Policy goals and perspectives which are also seeks to develop a Sustainable dynamic and responsive to the Development Framework for changing global economic scenario. optimum utilisation of the country’s iii) The NMP also recognizes that natural mineral resources for the the country is blessed with ample industrial growth in the country and resources of a number of minerals at the same time improving the life and has the geological environment of people living in the mining areas, for many others, being a part of which are generally located in the the ancient Gondwana land which backward and tribal regions of the includes parts of Australia, Africa country. and Latin America.
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iv) NMP lays out that the guiding keeps pace, and is in consonance strategy for development of any with the national goals. Some of mineral should naturally keep in the important areas of focus in the view its ultimate end use in terms National Mineral Policy 2008 are: of demand and supply in the short, i) Ushering in greater liberalisation medium and long terms and this and private sector involvement, and would be market oriented. However, to widen the scope of the regulatory a disaggregated approach in respect framework of the Government in of each mineral should be adopted the mining sector by shifting the and a mineral specific strategy be focus from conventional areas of developed to maximise gains from managing the mineral concession the comparative advantage which systems to new areas of regulating the country enjoys, and mineral the mineral sector holistically development be prioritized in through addressing issues of terms of import substitution, value simplification, transparency and addition and export, in that order. sectoral best practices in order to v) Conservation of minerals shall be attract capital and technology in the construed not in the restrictive sense sector from new sources. of abstinence from consumption or ii) Developing partnerships with preservation for use in the distant stakeholders including the State future but as a positive concept Governments, mineral and mineral- leading to augmentation of reserve based industries and various base through improvement in concerned Ministries/Departments mining methods, beneficiation and of the Central Government, for utilisation of low grade ore and the development and conservation of rejects and recovery of associated mineral resources and formulation minerals. of strategy to ensure raw materials Important areas of focus in security. The policy also seeks National Mineral Policy 2008: to deepen the scope of the developmental framework by 3.14 The Policy states that the Central mandating better management of Government in consultation with resources, enhancing the impetus State Governments shall formulate on Research and Development, legal measures necessary for giving as also by developing the Human effect to it to ensure basic uniformity Resources in the sector. in mineral administration across the country, to ensure that the iii) Ensuring that the interests of host development of mineral resources populations and other vulnerable
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sections are fully protected and the necessary changes to the MMDR benefit of the economic activity in Act, 1957 and prepared a draft the mining sector flows equitably to MMDR Amendment Bill, 2014. the stakeholders. 3.18 As the Parliament was not in session and circumstances existed Mines and Mineral (Development which rendered it necessary to take and Regulation) Amendment Act, immediate action, the MMDR Act, 2015 1957 was amended through the 3.15 The NMP 2008 provides for a MMDR Amendment Ordinance, change in the role of the Central 2015 on 12th January, 2015. Government and the State 3.19 Some of the important provisions of Governments to incentivize private the amending Ordinance are: sector investment in exploration and mining and for ensuring level i) grant of mineral concessions through playing field and transparency in the auction by competitive bidding; grant of concessions and promotion ii) extension of validity of lease period of scientific mining within a of existing leases; sustainable development framework iii) establishment of District Mineral so as to protect the interest of local Foundation for the benefit of population in mining areas. This persons and areas affected by necessitated harmonization of the mining operations; extant legislation with NMP 2008. iv) establishment of National Mineral 3.16 Accordingly, the Mines and Minerals Exploration Trust for the purposes of (Development and Regulation) Bill regional and detailed exploration; (MMDR Bill) 2011 was introduced in the Lok Sabha on 12.12.2011 v) simplification and removal of delays which was then referred to the in the method of grant of mineral Standing Committee on Coal concessions; and and Steel (Standing Committee) vi) stronger provisions for checking for examination and report on illegal mining. 05.1.2012. The Standing Committee 3.20 The MMDR Amendment Bill, 2015, submitted its 36th Report on the to replace the MMDR Amendment MMDR Bill on 07.5.2013. However, Ordinance, 2015, was passed by the MMDR Bill, 2011 lapsed with the Parliament and the MMDR dissolution of the XV Lok Sabha. Amendment Act, 2015, was notified 3.17 The Government moved forward in the Official Gazette on 27.3.2015 with the process of making and is deemed to have come into force with effect from 12.1.2015.
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2015 [framed under section 10C] to prescribe the terms and conditions for grant of Non-Exclusive Reconnaissance Permit. iv) The National Mineral Exploration Trust Rules, 2015 [framed under section 9C] to prescribe the manner of usage of funds accrued to the National Mineral Exploration Trust (NMET); the composition and functions of NMET; and the manner Vertical Weat Drilling System for Dust Supression of payment of amount to NMET. 3.21 Rules framed under subordinate v) The Mineral (Mining by Government legislation subsequent to the Company) Rules, 2015 [framed MMDR Amendment Act, 2015: under section 13] to prescribe the period of mining lease granted i) The Minerals (Evidence of Mineral to Government companies or Contents) Rules, 2015 [framed corporation and payments to under clause (a) of sub-section (2) be made by such companies or of section 5] for prescribing the corporation. parameters of existence of mineral vi) The Minerals (Other than Atomic contents. and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) ii) The Mineral (Auction) Rules, 2015 Concession Rules, 2016 and the [framed under section 10B and Atomic Minerals Concession Rules, section 11] to prescribe the terms 2016 [framed under section 13] are and conditions subject to which being prepared and will be finalized mining leases shall be granted; terms shortly. These rules prescribe the and conditions, and procedure, procedures for regulating the subject to which the auction shall grant of reconnaissance permits, be conducted including the bidding prospecting licences and mining parameters for the selection; leases in respect of minerals and for terms and conditions for grant of purposes connected therewith. prospecting licence-cum-mining vii) The Mines and Minerals leases; and terms and conditions, (Contribution to District Mineral and procedure, including the bidding Foundation) Rules, 2015 [framed parameters for the selection. under section 9b] to prescribe the amount of payment to be made to iii) The Mineral (Non-exclusive the District Mineral Foundation. Reconnaissance Permits) Rules,
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3.22 District Mineral Foundation v) Directions have also been issued to all States to incorporate the i) To ensure that the interest of host population are protected and the ‘Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra benefit of the economic activity Kalyan Yojana’ into the rules framed in the mining sector equitably by them for the District Mineral flows to those directly affected, Foundations. provision has been made in the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan MMDR Amendment Act, 2015 Yojana (PMKKKY) for the establishment of District Mineral Foundation (DMF) in any vi) The Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra district affected by mining related Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) will be operations. The object of DMF is to implemented by the DMFs of the work for the interest and benefit respective districts using the funds of persons, and areas affected by accruing to the DMF. At least 60% mining related operations, which is of PMKKKY funds will be utilized to be funded out of the contributions for: (i) drinking water supply; (ii) received from holders of mining environment preservation and lease. pollution control measures; (iii) ii) Ministry of Mines framed the Mines health care; (iv) education; (v) and Minerals (Contribution to welfare of women and children; District Mineral Foundation) Rules, (vi) welfare of aged and disabled 2015 which were published in the people; (vii) skill development; Official Gazette on 17.9.2015. and (viii) sanitation. Up to 40% of the PMKKKY funds will be utilised iii) The rates of contribution to DMF for: (i) physical infrastructure; have been prescribed as follows: (ii) irrigation; (iii) energy and a) 30% of the royalty for leases watershed development; and (iv) granted prior to 12.1.2015; any other measures for enhancing and environmental quality in mining b) 10% of the royalty for leases district. granted on or after 12.1.2015. vii) State Governments of Chhattisgarh, iv) The manner in which the DMF Goa, Karnataka and Telangana have shall work for the interest and benefit of persons and areas established DMFs and notified the affected by mining; as also the rules in this regard. Other States are composition and functions of the also in the process of establishing DMF shall be prescribed by the State DMFs and making rules in this Governments. regard.
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3.23 Mineral Auctions the transaction advisory services for preparation of i) All mineral concessions of major block specific bid documents. minerals will now be granted by the respective State Governments MECON also extended the only through auctions as per the services for identification of amendment made in the MMDR blocks through DGPS and total Act w.e.f. 12th Jan, 2015 to foster station wherever required. transparency and discovery of fair MSTC is extending services of value. e-auction platform to all the blocks being put on action. ii) To facilitate smooth transition to new auction regime, Central 3.24 status of E-auctioning of Mining Government along with other Blocks central agencies extended desired i) For the first round, 43 major mineral hand holding which is of crucial blocks have been notified across importance in rolling out first phase 8 States for auction. The mineral of auctions of mining blocks which blocks of iron ore, limestone, bauxite, are currently going on in mineral tungsten and gold, have been put rich States. Following are the key up on auction by the various State initiatives taken by Ministry of Mines Governments of Andhra Pradesh (6 in this direction:- blocks of limestone), Chhattisgarh (5 Release of model tender blocks out of which 4 are limestone documents. and 1 gold block), Gujarat (5 blocks GSI and MECL shared of limestone), Jharkhand (3 blocks 274 mineral exploration out of which 2 are limestone and one reports with the States for block of gold), Karnataka (14 blocks identification of actionable of iron ore), Maharashtra (4 blocks blocks. out of which one is of bauxite, one for iron ore, one of limestone and To establish mineralization as one of tungsten), Odisha (3 blocks per the Minerals (Evidence out of which 2 blocks are limestone and Mineral Content) Rules, and one of iron ore) and Rajasthan 2015, central agencies of (3 blocks of limestone). MECL and GSI were engaged for scrutiny of GRs and their ii) The auctioning results as concluded digitation. in Jharkhand for two blocks Where State Governments of Limestone on 12.2.2016, in required, central agencies of Chhattisgarh for 2 blocks of MECON and SBICAP extended Limestone concluded on 18 and
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19th February, 2016 respectively Chhattisgarh and Jharkhand in and 1 gold block as concluded on Feb-Mar, 2016 has resulted in the 26.2.2016, and in Odisha in respect following additional revenue- of 1 block of Iron ore as concluded on First 2 Mining leases of ‘Limestone’ 2.3.2016 are overwhelming. It has successfully auctioned in not only put a stamp of approval on Chhattisgarh on 18th and 19th of the auctioning scheme as envisaged February, 2016. by Ministry of Mines, Government of India but, more importantly it ` 4,413 crore & ` 328 crore will harness substantial additional additional revenue over the revenues to the states’ exchequers lease period from the mining much more than what is being leases of 242 hectares & 108 collected through royalty. hectares area having reserves of 155 MT (million tonnes) iii) The summary results of the first six & 67 MT, respectively. The mining blocks put to auction across royalty & other statutory the country show that minerals with payments over the lease estimated value of resources over period are estimated to be ` 29,800 crore have been disposed about ` 1300 crore & ` 570 of in a transparent manner. The crore, respectively. additionality to states’ exchequer through auctions only works out 1 Prospecting cum Mining Lease to be about ` 13000 crore over the of ‘Gold’ also been successfully lease period. Whereas cumulative auctioned by Chhattisgarh royalty, District Mineral Fund (DMF) Government on 26th February, 2016 and National Mineral Exploration ` 81 crore additional revenue Trust (NMET) contributions work out of over the lease period of to be ` 4565 crore, ` 457 crore and 608 hectares of 2.7 tonne. ` 91 crore respectively. It may be seen The royalty & other statutory that anticipated revenue through payments over the lease auction, in fact, is over 2.5 times the period are estimated to be amount of revenue to be accrued to about ` 29 crore. State Governments through royalty, DMF and NMET put together. 2 Prospecting cum Mining Leases of ‘Limestone’ has also been 3.25 Status of Block-Wise mineral successfully auctioned by Jharkhand E-auction Government on 12th February, 2016 The successful auction of first ` 3 crore & ` 5 crore of 6 mineral blocks by Odisha, additional revenue over the
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lease period having an area of as per Section 23 (c) of MMDR Act, 180 hectare & 379 hectare and 1957 (so far 20 States have framed reserves of 0.42 MT & 0.67 Rules). MT, respectively. The royalty & iii) State Governments were requested other statutory payments over to set up Task Forces at State and the lease period are estimated District levels to control illegal to be about ` 4 crore & mining since the year 2005 (so far ` 6 crore, respectively. 22 States have reported to have set up Task Forces). 1 Mining leases of ‘Iron Ore’ successfully auctioned in Odisha iv) State Governments were advised Government on 2nd March, 2016 to set up State Coordination-cum- Empowered Committee (SCEC) to ` 8200 crore additional coordinate efforts to control illegal revenue over the lease period, mining by including representatives from auction, having an area of Railways, Customs and Port of 139 hectares with reserves authorities (13 State Governments of 99.6 MT. The royalty & have set up such committees). other statutory payments over v) All State Governments have been the lease period are estimated advised to adopt an Action Plan to be about ` 3100 crore. with specific measures to detect and control illegal mining including use of remote sensing, control on traffic, gather market intelligence, registration of end-users and setting up of special cells, etc. vi) Railways have instituted a mechanism to allow transportation of iron ore only against permits issued rake-wise and verified by Mine view State Governments, apart from 3.26 Measures taken to control illegal taking measures to fence and set up mining: check posts at the railway sidings. i) The Shah Commission of enquiry vii) Customs Department has issued was set up as reports had been instructions to all its field units to received of illegal Mining more share information on ore export particularly of Iron and Manganese. with State Governments. ii) State Governments were asked to viii) Ministry of Shipping has issued frame rules to control illegal mining a direction to all major Ports
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to streamline the verification minerals to the State Government(s) procedures for movement of and Indian Bureau of Mines. Up to consignment by road and rail to December, 2015, total 8796 mining ports for export. leases have been registered online with IBM. IBM has suspended 967 3.27 Separately, the Central Government mines for noncompliance and through Indian Bureau of Mines recommended 612 cases to State (IBM) has constituted a Special Governments for termination. Task Force for inspection of mines Similarly, as regards to the status of in endemic areas. During the year registration of end users, traders, 2013-14 up to March 2014, IBM stockists and exporters, at the end conducted 204 Special Task Force of December, 2015 total 3118 inspections in the States of Goa, units of endusers, 4909 number of Madhya Pradesh, Jharkhand, traders, 1581 number of stockiest Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, and 824 number of exporters have Gujarat, Rajasthan and Tamilnadu. been registered. Indian Bureau of IBM has suspended 29 mines under Mines has also requested the State rule 13(2) of Mineral Conservation Governments not to issue transit and Development Rules, 1988 due passes for movement of minerals to to serious violations. During the unregistered operators. year 2014-15, special task force inspections were not carried out. 3.29 In order to bring a check on illegal mining, the MMDR Amendment 3.28 The Mineral Conservation and Act, 2015 has made the penal Development Rules, 1988 (MCDR) provisions for illegal mining more provides for measures to ensure stringent. Higher penalties and scientific management of the mining jail terms have been provided. A process. Rule 45 of the MCDR provision has also been made for provides for the mining companies constitution of Special Courts by to provide periodic reports on the State Governments for speedy trial extraction and disposal of the mined of cases related to illegal mining. material. Rule 45 of MCDR also facilitates end-to-end national-scale National Mineral Exploration Trust accounting of all minerals produced (NMET) in the country from the pit head to its end-use, reducing the scope for 3.30 The Central Government has illegal mining, royalty evasion, etc. established the National Mineral The amended Rule 45 now makes Exploration Trust [NMET], a non- it mandatory for all miners, traders, profit body, with the primary stockists, exporters and end-users of objective of promoting regional and minerals to register and report on the detailed mineral exploration in the production, trade and utilisation of country. The Trust was established
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vide section 9(C) of the MMDR Ground and aerial geophysical Amendment, Act 2015. The holder survey and geochemical survey in of a mining lease or a prospecting OGP areas. licence-cum-mining lease shall pay Facilitation for setting up of to the Trust, a sum equivalent to two a national core repository to per cent of the annual royalty paid encourage research. in terms of the Second Schedule of the MMDR Act. The Central Capacity building of personnel Government has also made the engaged in exploration Purposes NMET Rules, 2015 for functions and necessary or expedient in the interest management of the Trust. of conservation, development and exploitation of mineral resources as 3.31 The funds of the Trust are decided by the Governing Body. envisaged to be utilized inter alia for the following activities: National Mineral Exploration Policy Special studies / projects to identify, (NMEP) explore, extract, beneficiate and 3.32 The MMDR Amendment Act has refine deep seated or concealed brought in significant changes in mineral deposits. the provisions related to mineral Studies for mineral development exploration, the most important and sustainable mining adopting feature being the grant of mining advanced scientific technological leases (ML) and prospecting license- practices and mineral extraction cum-mining lease (PL-cum-ML) only metallurgy. through an auction process. For the Regional and detailed exploration continuing growth in mining sector for strategic and critical minerals and optimal extraction of our huge (e.g. rare earth elements, tin, cobalt, untapped mineral resources, there lithium, germanium, gallium, indium, is an urgent need to facilitate and niobium, beryllium, tantalum, provide an impetus to exploration tungsten, bismuth, selenium, moly activity in the country. To meet this bdenum, nickel, etc). objective, the Government took up a comprehensive review of its Regional exploration in brown field exploration strategy and is in the areas of Obvious Geological Potential process of finalizing a National (OGP), for deep seated deposits Mineral Exploration Policy (NMEP). through modern technologies. OGP areas have higher geological 3.33 the exploration strategy will be potential for occurrence of mineral centered on the following basic deposits. features: Detailed exploration in areas where The Government will make regional exploration has been available pre-competitive completed. baseline geoscientific data of the
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highest standards. This data will Administrative structure for be continuously updated and coordination amongst the various benchmarked with those of other agencies engaged in exploration will jurisdictions. The Government will be reviewed and restructured. specify the kind of data that will be provided to potential exploration Offshore Areas Mineral agencies and the timelines for their (Development & Regulation) publication. (OAMDR) Act, 2002. The pre-competitive baseline 3.34 Ministry vide order dated 3.08.2015, geoscientific data will be made constituted a committee for available for open dissemination preparation of rules under section free of charge. 12 of Offshore Areas Mineral Government will create baseline (Development & Regulation) Act, geoscientific data as a public good 2002. The terms of reference were: and fund the generation and i) Framing of rules under Section 12 (1) dissemination of such data. (b) of OAMDR Act 2002 on scientific Government will launch a special parameters to be prescribed to initiative to probe deep-seated/ undertake exploration operations. concealed mineral deposits. ii) Framing rules under Section 12 (1) Public expenditure on regional (c) of OAMDR Act 2002 for work and detailed exploration will be programme to be submitted for prioritized and subject to periodic the area applied supported by data review based on assessment of setting forth the activities to be criticality and strategic interests. proposed/ to be carried out during Private sector participation in the period of exploration licence. exploration will be encouraged iii) To notify the guidelines of UNFC for within the existing legal framework. assessment of Reserves & Resources Government will work out suitable of offshore areas under Offshore models for incentivizing private Areas Mineral Concession Rules, sector explorers. Government will 2006. also take steps to simplify procedural requirements for carrying out Mineral Concession System exploration by private sector. Government will collaborate with 3.35 The State Governments used to scientific and research bodies, grant the mineral concessions universities and industry for [Reconnaissance Permit (RP), the scientific and technological Prospecting License (PL) and Mining development necessary for exploration. Lease (ML)] under the provisions
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of the pre-amended Mines and the existing 30 years to 50 years. Minerals (Development and Thereafter, the Mining Lease would Regulation) (MMDR) Act, 1957. Prior be put up for auction (and not for approval of the Central Government renewal as in the earlier system). was required under Section 5 (1) of 3.36 Major Initiative taken to infuse the Act for grant of RP, PL and ML greater transparency – in respect of Atomic and Metallic (i) All mineral concessions will be & Non- Metallic Minerals specified granted only through auction as in Parts ‘B’ and ‘C’ of the First per Section 10 B & 11 of amended Schedule to the Act. Subsequent MMDR Act, 2015. However, the to the prior approval of the Central provisions of this section shall not Government, mining leases etc. are be applicable to cases covered by executed by the State Governments Section 10A or Section 17A or to in favour of the applicants with the minerals specified in Part A or Part mining agencies after they obtain all B of the First Schedule or to land in statutory clearances and approvals. respect of which the minerals do not The metallic minerals which figure vest in the Government. in Part ’C’ of the First Schedule to (ii) Prior approval of the Central the Act in which prior approval Government under Section 5(1) is required are Asbestos, Bauxite, has been done away with. It will be Chrome Ore, Copper ore, Gold, required only in those cases where Iron ore, Lead, Manganese ore, Zinc the application has been saved under and precious stones. The Central section 10A, where a reconnaissance Government amended the existing permit or prospecting licence has MMDR Act w.e.f 12.1.2015. The been granted in respect of any land State Government will continue for any mineral in favour of the to grant mineral concession but applicant and now they have applied all these grants would be through for prospecting licence followed by auctions, thereby bringing in a mining lease, or a mining lease, as greater transparency and removing the case may be, in respect of that discretion. The tenure of the mineral mineral in that land. concession has been increased from
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(iii) Based on the amendment in MMDR place. The salient features of new Act, 2015, decision on 149 cases system are:- were taken by Ministry of Mines. i) Status of Revision Applications are The 70-80 left over cases are being available on the net; examined in consultation with the ii) Orders are available on the net; respective State Government and IBM/DAE. iii) Order numbers are generated by the system automatically; (iv) Post amendment of MMDR Act, 2015 and formulation of various iv) Hearing details, etc. are available on Rules, this Ministry held regular the net; meetings of the Coordination- v) Revision Application numbers cum-Empowered Committee are generated by the system (CCEC) under the chairpersonship automatically;
of Secretary (Mines) for expediting vi) As far as possible, cases are b e i n g auction of mineral blocks by the heard on chronological order. respective State Governments beside 3.38 Revision Software for monitoring monitoring of implementation of of revision applications filed under other important activities viz DMF, Section 30 of the MMDR Act, 1957 deemed extension of leases, NEMT, has been made fully operational. NERP etc. During April, 2015, to 17th March, 2016, 242 Revision Application Revision Applications were disposed of. 3.37 Disposal of revision application has 3.39 Anybody can get the above details public interface. In order to ensure from the Website, i.e. ras.nic.in. He transparency in Revision Cell, a can also download the copy of Final web based Revision Application Order Hearing Notices from the Monitoring System has been put in Website of Ministry of Mines.
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Pouring of the Fire- assay fused mass into the iron mould at chemical lab of GSI.
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• Royalty - Legal provisions Page - 43 • Revision of rates of royalty and dead rent in respect of Page - 43 major minerals
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Royalty Revision of rates of royalty and dead rent in respect of major minerals Legal Provisions (non-coal minerals)
4.1 Under the provisions of Section 4.2 In exercise of the powers conferred 9(3) of the MMDR Act, 1957, under Section 9(3) of the MMDR the Central Government may, by Act, 1957, the Central Government notification in the Official Gazette, has amended the Second Schedule amend the Second Schedule, so as (Rates of Royalty) to the said Act, and to enhance or reduce the rate at notified/published vide notification which royalty shall be payable in No.G.S.R.630(E) dated 01.9.2014. respect of any minerals with effect Further, in exercise of the power from such date as may be specified conferred under Section 9A (2) in the Notification, provided that of the above said Act, the Central the Central Government shall Government has amended the Third not enhance the rate of royalty in Schedule (Rates of Dead Rent) of the respect of any minerals more than said Act and published/notified vide once during any period of three notification No. G.S.R.631(E) dated years. Similarly under Section 9A (2) 01.9.2014. Royalty accrual for 4 of the Act, the Central Government years for major minerals (other than may, by notification in the official coal, lignite and sand for stowing) Gazette, amend the Third Schedule to the various State Governments so as to enhance or reduce the for the year 2011-12 to 2014-15 are rate at which the dead rent shall given in Table 4.1. be payatble in respect of any area covered by mining lease and such enhancement or reduction shall take effect from such date as may be specified in the notification, provided that the Central Government shall not enhance the rate of the dead rent in respect of any such area more than once during any period of three years. Anode Casting
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Table 4.1 Royalty Accrual for Last 4 Years for Major Minerals other than Coal, Lignite and Sand for Stowing
(Value in ` Lakhs) Sl.No. State 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 1 Andhra Pradesh 44,871.00 51,732.00 48784.20 33571.00 2 Assam 187 101 44.87 139.67 3 Bihar NA NA 128.17 107.31 4 Chhattisgarh 1,34,630.7 1,21,208.16 1,14,535.52 1,55,634.52 5 Goa 94,112 32,802.17 3,650.62 4,838.24 6 Gujarat 22,337.43 27,039.66 35,031 43,476 7 Haryana NA NA 8 40.3 8 Himachal Pradesh 9,008.03 NA 6,625 9,740 9 Jharkhand 64,591.23 69,876.46 62,706.56 82,870.25 10 Jammu & Kashmir NA NA 914.49 1182.14 11 Karnataka 35,271.52 14,674.37 74,304 92,594 12 Kerala 1,116.72 1,232.77 1,239.31 1,390.53 13 Madhya Pradesh 37,577 37,092 36,527 46,697 14 Maharashtra 13,638.91 14,451 16,825.87 14,100 15 Meghalaya NA NA 2465.59 2,199.58 16 Odisha 3,24,954.1 4,06,936.91 3,76,765 3,44,338 17 Rajasthan 1,31,038.91 1,46,554.89 1,59,147 1,97,024 18 Telangana - - - 19,702.72 19 Tamil Nadu 22,081.14 NA 16,741.50 18,087.4 20 Uttara Khand NA NA 1,522 1,619 21 Uttar Pradesh NA NA 1410 1037 Total 9,34,554.89 9,23,878.74 9,59,375.7 10,70,388.66 Source:- Information received from respective State Governments. NA:- Information not received from the respective State DGM.
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4.3 The revised rates of royalty in respect of some important minerals are given in Table 4.2.
Table 4.2 Rates of Royalty in Respect of Important Minerals 1. Bauxite and Laterite: a) Metallurgical Grade: Zero point six zero per cent. of London Metal Exchange Alu- minium metal price chargeable on the contained aluminum metal in ore produced for those dispatched for use in alumina and aluminium metal extraction. b) Non Metallurgical Grade: Twenty five per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis for those dispatched for use other than alumina & aluminium metal extraction. 2. Chromite: Fifteen per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis. 3. Copper: Four point six two per cent. of London Metal Exchange Cop- per metal price chargeable on the contained copper metal in ore produced. 4. Diamond: Eleven point fiveper cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis. 5. Gold: (i) Primary Four per cent. of London Bullion Market Association Price (com- monly referred to as London Price) chargeable on the gold metal in ore produced. (ii) By-product gold Three point three per cent. of London Bullion Market Association Price (commonly referred to as London Price) chargeable on the by- product gold metal actually produced. 6. Iron Ore: Fifteen per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis. (CLO, Lumps, fines and concentrates all grades) 7. Manganese Ore: (i) Ore of all grade Five per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis. (ii) Concentrates One point seven per cent. of average sale price on ad valorem basis. 8. Nickel: Zero point one two per cent. of London Metal Exchange Nickel met- al price chargeable on the contained nickel metal in ore produced. 9. Silver: Seven per cent. of London Metal Exchange Price chargeable on by- (i) By-product product silver metal actually produced. Five per cent. of London Metal Exchange Silver Metal Price charge- (ii) Primary Silver able on the contained silver metal in ore produced. 10. Zinc: a) Nine point five per cent. of London Metal Exchange Zinc metal price on ad valorem basis chargeable on contained zinc metal in ore produced. b) Ten per cent. of London Metal Exchange Zinc metal price on ad valorem basis chargeable on contained zinc metal in concen- trate produced.
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International Cooperation
• Signing of MOU with China in the field of Page - 49 Mining and Mineral Sector:
• Participation in ‘China Mining- 2015 Page - 50
• Participation in ‘Mining Indaba- 2016 Page - 52
• Joint Working Group Meeting Page - 53
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Objectives 5.3 Participation in leading International Mining Events 5.1 Development of mining sector is abroad: essential for a country’s development in industrial sector. India is still in a) Participation in Asia-Pacific’s need of advance technology and International Mining Exhibition expertise in the areas of unexplored (AIMEX-2015) deep seated mining and sustainable Asia Pacific’s International Mining mining. Capacity building in these Exhibition (AIMEX) is considered one areas are also needed. Ministry of the flagship events for mining of Mines has signed cooperation industry not only for Asia Pacific agreements (MoU) with countries Region but also across the world. A like Australia for the benefit of 27 Member Indian delegation led by our mining & geology sector. The Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Ministry has been continuing its Minister of Steel & Mines along effort to project Indian mining and with participants from Ministry of mineral sector at various global Coal, PSUs and Industry Bodies mining exhibitions and conferences participated in this mining event so as to attract investment in India. during 1-4 September, 2015 held in Sydney, Australia. An Indian pavilion Signing of MoU with China in the was set up at ‘AIMEX- 2015’ and field of Mining and Mineral Sector ‘India Day’ was celebrated on 1st 5.2 A Memorandum of Understanding September, 2015 to showcase (MoU) on cooperation in the fields India’s mining industry. of mining and mineral sector was • On the sideline of this event, a signed between Ministry of Mines, MoU on scientific and technical Government of India and the Ministry cooperation between Geological of Land Resources of the People’s Survey of India (GSI) and the Republic of China on 15th May, Geoscience Australia (GA) was 2015 in Beijing, China. The objective signed on 1st September, 2015 in of this MoU is for development of presence of Hon’ble Minister of geological and mineral resources, Steel and Mines. The objective of promotion of investment in the the MoU is to evaluate and enhance area of mining and mining related the capability of GSI. During the activities, encouragement of transfer event in Australia, Hon’ble Minister of technology, promotion of value of Steel & Mines met Mr. Mike Baird, addition in the development of small Premier, New South Wales, Mr. scale mining sector. Andrew Robb, Minister for Trade
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Indian delegation led by Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Steel & Mines in front of India pavilion at AIMEX- 2015 (1-4 September, 2015), Sydney, Australia
& Investment, Mr. Ian Macfarlane, of Land Resources of People Minister of Industry & Science and Republic of China along with Tianjin Mr. Colin Barnett, Premier, Western Municipal Government and China Australia. During these meetings Mining Association. A ten member progress of cooperation programme Indian delegation from Government in mining and minerals between of India led by Dr. Niranjan Kumar India and Australia were discussed. Singh, Joint Secretary, Ministry of Mines along with participants from b) Participation in China Mining -2015: PSUs of Ministry of Mines and Steel participated in the event held during • China Mining Conference and 20-23 October, 2015 at Meijiang Exhibition is one of the World’s largest Convention and Exhibition Centre, mineral investment, cooperation Tianjin, China. An Indian pavilion and trading platforms that cover was set up in order to display the whole value chain, including opportunities in India’s mining sector geological surveys, exploration, and its capabilities. Indian pavilion development, mining rights and was visited by a lot of delegates mineral trading. This exhibition is who showed keen interest on India’s annually organized by the Ministry mining sector and its policies.
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Indian pavilion in ‘China Mining- 2015’ held during 20-23 October, 2015 in Tianjin, China
Inauguration of Indian pavilion during ‘China Mining- 2015’ at Tianjin, China by Mr. Jiang Daming Minister of Land & Resources of the Peoples’ Republic of China
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Indian delegation at AIMEX 2015, Australia under the leadership of Hon’ble Minister of Steel & Mines c) participation in ‘Mining Indaba- delegation led by Shri Balvinder 2016’ Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines along with participants from • ‘Mining Indaba’ in South Africa is one Ministry of Steel, Ministry of Coal of the largest mining exhibitions and and PSUs participated in this mining conferences of the African Continent event. An Indian Pavilion was set organized by Mining Indaba LLC up to showcase India’s capabilities at Cape Town, South Africa in the and requirements of the select month of February every year. This PSUs of the Government of India. annual event of global scale brings An Indian session was held at the together key players not only in Convention Centre on 8th February, mining technology and services 2016. Secretary, Ministry of Mines, but also in key natural resources. Government of India addressed the The government representatives, gathering and briefed about the including most of the countries from India’s requirement from African Africa continent, global investors, continent on mining sector. He also market leaders and analysts, across emphasized on India’s capabilities the world regularly participate in the in mining sector which African event. countries could utilize. A large • ‘Mining Indaba-2016’ was held number of delegates from various th th during 8 to 11 February, 2016 at countries attended the session. Cape Town, South Africa. An Indian
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Meeting with the Government of been established in the year 2000 South Africa for enhancing bilateral co-operation in the energy and mineral sectors for • A bilateral meeting between Indian mutual benefit of India and Australia. delegation led by Shri Balvinder 9th Meeting of the Australia-India Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, JWG on Energy and Minerals was with the delegation of South Africa held in Brisbane, Australia during led by Mr. Ramatlhodi, the Minister 17-18 June, 2015. Shri Arun Kumar, of Natural Resources of South Africa Joint Secretary Ministry of Mines co- was held on the side-line of ‘Mining chaired the meeting from India side Indaba-2016’. During the meeting and Mr. J. Ryan, Associate Secretary, both the countries agreed to work Department of Industry and Science to revive cooperation in geology and co-chaired from Australia side. Five mineral resources. cooperation Work Programme for 5.4 Joint Working Group Meetings 2015-17 viz (1) Mining and Minerals, (2) New and Renewable energy (3) a) 9th Meeting of the Australia-India Petroleum and Natural gas (4) Power JWG on Energy and Minerals: and (5) Coal, have been signed on • The India-Australia Joint Working the conclusion of the Joint Working Group on Energy and Minerals has Group Meeting.
Participants of the 9th Meeting of the Australia-India JWG on Energy and Minerals held Australia during 17-18 June, 2015 in Brisbane,
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b) first JWG meeting between meeting that the two countries India and Peru on Geology and would work for cooperation Mineral Resources: in identified issues relating to training of personnel, exchange First meeting of India and Peru Joint of information on technologies, Working Group for co-operation experiences in different mining in geology and mineral resources activities, experience in the process was held in New Delhi on 24th of formalization of the small scale August, 2015 under the existing and artisanal mining and exchange MoU singed with Peru. Dr. Niranjan of information regarding the scope Kumar Singh, Joint Secretary, and functions of Geological Survey Ministry of Mines co-chaired the of India (GSI) and its counterpart meeting from India side and Ms. institute (INGEMMET) in Peru. Alesssandra Gilda Herrera Jara, Director General of Formalization c) fourth Meeting of the India- of Mining of the Ministry of Energy Russia Sub-Group on Mining: and Mines of Peru co-chaired from The fourth meeting of the India- Peru side. It was agreed in the Russia Sub-Group on Mining of the
First meeting of India- Peru JWG on geology & mineral resources held on 24th August, 2015 at New Delhi
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Working Group on Modernization • Mr. Asset Issekeshev, Hon’ble Minister and Industrial Cooperation under of Investment and Development of the India- Russia Inter-governmental Kazakhstan met Shri Narendra Singh Commission on Trade, Economic, Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Steel & Scientific and Technological & Mines on 15th June, 2015 at New Cultural Cooperation was held Delhi and discussed possible areas on 6th October, 2015 at Moscow, of cooperation in the mining sector Russia. Shri Sudhakar Shukla, between the two countries. Economic Adviser, Ministry of • An Argentinian delegation led by Mines co-chaired the meeting from Mr. Jorge Mayoral, Secretary, Mines Indian side and Mr. Oleg P Tokarev, of the Republic of Argentina met Deputy Director of Department Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary, of Machine Tools Industry and Ministry of Mines on 25th August, Investment and Engineering, of the 2015 in New Delhi when they Ministry of Industry and Trading of discussed about the possibility of Russian Federation co-chaired the signing a fresh MoU between GSI meeting from Russian side. The and Servicio Geologico Minero meeting furthered the cooperation Argentino (SEGEMAR) during the programme between the two meeting and both the side agreed to countries in the area of mining and initiate the process for signing MoU. metallurgy. • Mr. Obeth Kandjoze MP, Hon’ble 5.5 Important Interactions for Minister of Mines & Energy of Cooperation: the Republic of Namibia met Shri • A meeting between Shri Narendra Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Union Minister of Steel & Mines on 27th Minister of Steel & Mines and Mr. October, 2015. They discussed about Colin Barnett MP, Hon’ble Premier the progress of the MoU signed in of Western Australia was held on 9th 2009 between the two countries. April, 2015. Issues for cooperation • A delegation of Australia led by with Australia including Western Dr. Chris Pigram, CEO, Geoscience Australia were discussed in the Australia (GA) met Shri Balvinder meeting. Kumar, Secretary, Ministry of Mines
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on 14th December, 2015. During • A meeting between Mr. Mongi the meeting, they discussed about Marzouk, Hon’ble Minister of Energy finalization of Terms of Reference and Mines, Government of Tunisia (ToR) for capacity building and and Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, technological upgradation of Hon’ble Minister of Steel & Mines GSI under the MoU signed on Government of India was held in 1st September, 2015 between January, 2016. They discussed about Geoscience Australia and Geological the possibilities of cooperation in Survey of India. the mining sector between the two countries.
India-Russia Sub-Group on mining led by Shri Sudhakar Shukla, Economic Adviser - to Moscow in October, 2015
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• Geological Survey of India Page - 59
Mission - I Page - 63
Mission - II Page - 69
Mission - III Page - 70
Mission - IV Page - 73
Mission - V Page - 80
• Central Geological Programming Board Page - 80
• Organising International Geological Congress in 2020 Page - 82
• Indian Bureau of Mines Page - 88
• Key activities and functions of IBM Page - 90
• Inspection of mines Page - 92
• Statistical publication Page - 97
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Geological Survey of India (GSI) i) 13th Training Advisory Committee meeting was held at (Geological 6.1 The Geological Survey of India (GSI) was set up in 1851 primarily to find Survey of India Training Institute coal deposits for the Railways. Over (GSITI), Hyderabad on 28th April, the years, it has not only grown 2015. into a repository of geo-science information required in various ii) The 54th Central Geological fields in the country, but has also Programming Board meeting of GSI attained the status of a geo-scientific was held on 5-6 February, 2015 at organisation of international repute. The main functions of GSI relate to New Delhi. The Annual Field season creation and updation of national program of GSI for 2015-16 was geoscientific information and placed before the Broad in the mineral resource assessment. These meeting. objectives are achieved through ground surveys, air-borne and iii) Meeting with EU Delegation on marine surveys, mineral prospecting Global Navigation Satelite System and investigations, multi-disciplinary (GNSS) application was held at GSI, geoscientic, geo-technical, geo- ER, Kolkata on 08.07.2015. environmental and natural hazards studies, glaciology, seismotectonics, iv) The 1st Meeting of the Expert Group and carrying out fundamental on Geothermal Energy under the research. CGPB Committee V: Energy Minerals Geological Survey of India is an 6.2 and Resources (Coal, Lignite & attached office of the Ministry of Geothermal) was held at V.K.S. Mines, Headquartered at Kolkata. It has six Regional offices located Varadan Auditorium, GSI, Lucknow at Lucknow, Jaipur, Nagpur, on 9th July, 2015. Hyderabad, Shillong and Kolkata and State Unit offices in almost all v) A two-member team comprising the States of the country. CEO and Dy. CEO of Geoscience Highlights Australia (GA) had meetings with GSI during 15-17 December, 2015 Meetings: in connection with the formalizing The meetings of importance that 6.3 technical collaborations between took place during the period are as follows: GSI and GA.
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Maharashtra”- between GSI, CR, Nagpur and the Executive Engineer, Water Resource Department (WRD), Vidarbha Irrigation Development Corporation, Govt. of Maharashtra, Nagpur was signed on 05.08.2015.
ii) “Geotechnical Investigation of the Kochi Barrage Project, Nagpur district, Maharashtra”- between GSI, CR, Nagpur and the Executive Engineer, Water Resource Department (WRD), Stratified alluvial fan deposit in Baspa Vidarbha Irrigation Development River valley, Sangla, H.P. Corporation, Govt. of Maharashtra, Resolutions Nagpur was signed on 05.08.2015. iii) “Geotechnical Investigation to 6.4 During 2015-16 the resolutions that has been adopted by GSI are as study the ground strata of cavity follows: portion of main canal of Nawargaon Medium Project, Tal-Maregaon, i) Resolution on declaration of District Yavatmal”- between GSI, badlands of Karai Formation with CR, Nagpur and the Executive cretaceous fossils along Karai- Engineer, Arunavati Project Division, Kulakkalnattam section, Perambalur Digras, Maharashtra was signed on district, Tamil Nadu as Geoheritage 06.08.2015. site. iv) “Geological mapping of foundation ii) Human Resources Development and media of blocks of Kakraghat Weir Deployment Policy for Group A & B Project, WRD, Gadarwara tehsil, Officers of the Geological Survey of Narsinghpur”- between GSI, CR, th India dt. 7 January 2014. Nagpur and the Executive Engineer, Hiran Water Resources Division Memorandum of Understanding (WRD), district Jabalpur, Govt. of 6.5 GSI entered into MoUs for Madhya Pradesh was signed on collaborative projects, data sharing 20.08.2015. etc with the following organizations/ v) “Geotechnical mapping of COT institutes: and foundation media of blocks of i) “Geotechnical Investigation of the Mohanpura Multipurpose Project, Khindsi feeder canal, Nagpur district, WRD, Rajgarh”- between GSI, CR, Nagpur and the Executive Engineer,
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Mohanpura Project Water Resources Division, Rajgarh (Biaora), District Rajgarh, Govt. of Madhya Pradesh was signed on 12.08.2015. vi) “Application for Hyperspectral and Multispectral Remote Sensing Techniques towards mapping of alteration/ mineralised zone and building up of spectral library in a) Bhukia-Dugocha-Salaumbar-Umra Gold and Copper Deposit. Panoramic view of Lonar Lake (meteorite impact), b) Mundiyawas-Khera Copper Deposit Buldhana district, Maharashtra. (Thana Gazi) areas, Rajasthan”- between the GSI, WR, Jaipur and the iii) Hyperspectral Laboratory at Central Director, Indian Institute of Remote Region, Nagpur on 16.10.2015. Sensing, Dehradun was signed on iv) Renovated National Monument of 14.09.2015. Charnockite at St. Thomas Mount, Chennai on 14.10.2015.
Response to Natural Disasters:
6.7 GSI responded urgently to study the after effects of great Nepal Earthquake 2015 and the landslides that took place in West Bengal, Uttarakhand, Maharastra and NE India along with awareness programmes. The major ones are listed below: Relict of palaeolake deposit at Chango area, Spiti valley, H.P. i) A landslide event in and around Mirik, Kalimpong took away 38 6.6 Inaugurations: lives on 1st July 2015. GSI studied i) Bhuvigyan Bhawan’, SU: this event and submitted a report Chattishgarh, Raipur on 08.08.2015. to Disaster Management, Govt. of West Bengal. ii) Video Conferencing Facility at Central Region, Nagpur office on ii) GSI completed the task and uploaded 06.08.2015. the 12 reports of National Landslide National Landslide Susceptibility
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Mapping (NLSM) which covered iv) Workshop on “United Nations 16,000 sq km areas of Uttarakhand Framework Classification (UNFC) containing Char-Dham routes, system” conducted by GSITI, important townships and major Hyderabad in association with IBM road corridors. at Hyderabad during 26-27 May 2015. iii) Reconnaissance geological post assessment of various landslides in v) Workshop on “Recent Advances in parts of Raigad, Pune, Ratnagiri and Mineral Exploration in Rajasthan” Kolhapur Districts, Maharashtra. conducted by GSI, WR, Jaipur during 29-30 June 2015 at Jaipur. iv) GSI conducted four contact/ awareness programmes (Aizawl, vi) Workshop on “United Nations Darjeeling, Goa and Dehradun) Framework Classification (UNFC)” on landslides in collaboration with conducted by RTI, CR during 08-10 Disaster Management Department July 2015. of the concerned states. vii) Workshop on “NGCM Data Handling v) GSI conducted macro seismic studies and Interpretation” conducted by after the Great Nepal Earthquake of RTI, NR at Lucknow during 27-31 May 25, 2015. The final report is July 2015. also available in GSI portal. Performance of GSI during 6.8 Workshops: 2015-2016 i) Workshop on “Natural Resources 6.9 Summarized performance of of Chitradurga District, Karnataka” Geological Survey of India in terms organised jointly by GSI and Mining of physical targets and achievements Engineers Association of India for the first four financial years of (MEAI) at Chitradurga during 12-13 the XII plan (2012-13, 2013-14, April 2015. 2014-15 and 2015-16) is given at ii) Training cum Workshop on “ICPMS Annex 6.1. Technique in Geochemical Analysis” conducted by GSITI at Hyderabad Reorganization of GSI during 15-24 April 2015. 6.10 Geoscientific work of GSI iii) National Conference on “Paleogene encompasses practically the entire of the Indian Subcontinent” gamut of earth sciences and thus organised by GSI & Birbal Sahni great responsibilities are bestowed Institute of Palaeobotany (BSIP) at on the organisation. In accordance Lucknow during 23-24 April 2015. with the HPC recommendations,
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the activities of GSI have been total coverage to 98.5%. An area reorganized into 5 Missions in of 300 sq. km has been initiated line with its future challenges, for Systematic Geological Mapping namely, Baseline Geosciences data around Songtal, Churachandpur generation (Mission I), Natural district of Manipur. Resource Assessments (Mission 6.12 specialised Thematic Mapping II), Geoinformatics (Mission III), (STM) Fundamental and Multidisciplinary Geoscience (Mission IV) and Training a) GSI has launched specialized theme and Capacity Building (Mission oriented large-scale (1:25,000 or V). Three Support Systems, Policy larger) studies/mapping items under Support System (PSS), S&T Support Specialised Thematic Mapping from System (STSS) and Administrative VIII Plan period. This mapping involves Support System (ASS) were collection of multidisciplinary data, introduced and structured to which is complemented by precision provide support and cross-cutting laboratory studies and has immense co-ordination. (Figure: 6.1) application in prognostication of natural resources; environmental Brief Description of Activities analysis; natural hazard recognition; Under Missions risk management; land use management; evaluation of MISSION I: Baseline Geoscience major civil engineering projects Data Generation etc. This integrated geoscientific 6.11 systematic Geological Mapping data bank helps resolving many (SGM) of the geological ambiguities and sometimes opens up new avenues Systematic Geological Mapping for future investigations. Against an on 1:50,000 scale, the most initially set target of 2.40 Lakh sq km fundamental mapping programme, area, Specialized Thematic Mapping adopted by GSI in past decades of 2.29 Lakh sq. km has been generated the basic data stream achieved till March 2015, bringing which catered to our National the total coverage to 95.41%. Geoscientific Information and knowledge base. Out of the 3.146 b) During FY 2015-16 (up to October million sq. km mappable area, 3.099 2015) an area of 5,108 sq. km has million sq. km has so far been covered been covered by specialised thematic by systematic mapping, bringing the mapping against the target of 16, 875 sq. km.
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Figure 6.1 : GSI - Mission Region Matrix
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6.13 Geophysical Mapping which commenced in 2001-2002 field season and is planned to Systematic ground gravity - magnetic continue till the entire surface surveys under the Geophysical area of the country is covered Mapping Programme (GPM) has by geochemical sampling. It will been initiated during X Plan Period continue in a systematic manner and is being continued in XI and XII and progress toposheet wise on Plan Period. The mapping process 1:50,000 Scale. The NGCM work is involves acquisition of gravity and to generate geochemical elemental magnetic data with an average baseline data (samples collected at station density of one station per 1km x 1km grid) for use in managing 2.5 sq km area for compilation of and developing natural resources; standardized gravity and magnetic for application in environmental, maps of the country on 1:50,000 agricultural, human health, other scale. The main objective of the social concerns and also to search survey is to generate base line for hidden mineral deposits. As the Geoscience data to be used as end objective of this project is to input to locate and delineate create a seamless geochemical map subsurface geological structures of different elements for the entire and help in postulating conceptual country a common denominator models along with the geochemical of sampling technique has to be and geological maps to focus on designed that should be valid potential/probable target areas of statistically. interest for mineral exploration of deep as well as shallow level. Out of the country’s total mappable A total of 2.80 Lakh sq km area is area of 3.146 million sq km, an area completed by Geophysical Mapping of 5.71 lakh sq km was identified Programme till March 2015. as Obvious Geological Potential (OGP) area, where geological During FY 2015-16 (up to October potential for occurrence of mineral 2015), an area of 9,715 sq. km deposit as studied is highest. has been covered under GPM As NGCM is a systematic survey programme against the target of done toposheetwise, 491 such 76,100 sq. km. toposheets have been identified in 6.14 Geochemical Mapping the whole country where the OGP The National Geochemical Mapping area coverage is 90% or more (Core (NGCM) is an all India programme, OGP).The cumulative area of these
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toposheets are 3,44,214 sq km and procured one helicopter with state- out of which 1,58,206 sq km area of-the art TM domain, EM system has already been covered till March fitted on a heliborne platform 2015. Remaining about 1,65,000 sq along with the latest magnetic, km area, excluding unapproachable spectrometric and gravity heliborne area, has been planned to be geophysical survey systems. The covered by the end of the current first Heliborne survey operation plan period, i.e., by March, 2017 covered 165 line km over Aladahalli- and during FS 2015-16 an area of Nuggihalli schist belt, Hasan District, 21566 sq. km has been covered till Karnataka, for testing the response October 2015 against the target of of different sensors after their 1,01,688 sq km. installation is over by M/s PICO Envirotech Ltd, Canada. During FS 6.15 Remote Sensing and Airborne Survey 2014-15, 300 line km have been covered. During FS 2015-16 regular Airborne Geophysical Surveys are Heliborne surveys were planned in being carried out by the Twin Otter Dhani-Punagarh area, Pali district, Airborne Survey System (TOASS) Rajasthan and Sitampundi belt in with Magnetic and Gamma Ray Tamil Nadu. However, in a mishap Spectrometric sensors acquired by the tow rope snapped causing the GSI in 1986. Since then (up to F.S. loop to fall off and suffer irreparable 2010-2012) a total of 5,12,062 damage. Efforts are continuing to line km over an area of 3,04,142 restart the survey at the earliest. sq.km was covered by deploying multi sensor systems. During 2013- 6.16 Aerogeophysical Data Processing 14, 52,380 line km have been The Remote Sensing Division of RSAS, covered in Vengurla-Jamnagar in Bengaluru carried out interpretation parts of Maharashtra & Gujarat and integration of geological, remote and Chandrapur –Brahmapuri area sensing and aero geophysical data in parts of Maharashtra. Till March over the trap-covered Gondwana 2015 the total achievement of the Basin in Nagpur-Wardha area of TOASS in Multi-sensor Geophysical Maharashtra. Remote sensing data Survey is 5.93 Lakh line km. During products namely the IRS-LISS –III FS 2015-16 the aircraft could not be FCC, LADSAT ETM+ and Digital flown till September 2015 due to Elevation Model (DEM) products like major technical snag. As part of the ASTER DEM and Carto DEM were modernization programme, GSI has used apart from the NGLM data.
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Multisensor aerogeophysical data is available for the area as images and counter maps.
During FS 2014-15, an area covering 6,000 sq km was covered. The interpretation of remote sensing data and its integration with the interpreted aero geophysical data and geological data was carried out. Lineament fabric map for the entire study area was prepared Honeycomb structure due to wind action in from interpretation of ETM+ and orthogneiss rock, Stornes Peninsula, Larsemann IRS LISS III images. Basin analysis of Hills, East Antarctica. the Wardha river basin in the study 6.17 Hyperspectral Remote Sensing area was attempted from hydrology Technique Exploration module in ArcGIS and the basin morphometry brought out five Development of hyperspectral basins of variable tectonic stability. sensor for mineral mapping is being stressed upon as it is very effective Aero geophysical maps as colour and sophisticated tool for identifying ramp images, contour maps, ternary mineral deposits. With the objective images for radiometric data have of detailed study of mineralized zone been interpreted and anomaly zones /alteration zone using Hyperspectral were identified. Aero geophysical and ASTER multispectral data, for anomaly maps for magnetic, building up of spectral library for radiometric including Total count, minerals and application of the U, Th and K were prepared as results in extension / virgin areas six vector files for integration in GIS. projects are being pursued during Integration of all the thematic 2015-16. layers viz. lithology, structure, aero- i) Application of multispectral and magnetic, aero-radiometric data, hyperspectral remote sensing remote sensing data, DEM, drainage towards mapping of alteration / and geomorphology was carried mineralized zone in Kesarpur copper out. Based on the integration of belt, Orissa and Baraganda copper- multi thematic data, nine target lead-zinc mineralised belt, Bihar. blocks have been identified for ii) Hyper spectral mapping and detailed study. development of spectral database
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of mineralized zones of Pollucite out using hired small mechanical deposit of Belamu and Khatanga boats. The main purpose of the areas, Purulia district, West Bengal. Marine Survey is not only to discover the undersea hidden treasure of iii) Hyperspectral studies and economic minerals but also to development of spectral database of unravel the evolutionary history of mineralized zones of Panchpatmali formation of seabed morphology and Pottangi Bauxite deposit of and its continuous transformation Koraput district, Odisha. under the influence of various iv) Application of hyperspectral/ dynamic processes still operative on multispectral remote sensing different scales in different parts of techniques for mapping of alteration the globe. mineralized zone and building up of Up to March 2015, Geological spectral library in Chitradurga Schist Survey of India has completed Belt including G. R. Halli & Ajjanahalli seabed mapping of 1,32,585 sq km Gold prospects, Karnataka. out of 1,50,000 sq km in 5 km x 2 v) Application of hyperspectral km grid within Territorial Waters and techniques towards mapping of 18,54,534 sq km out of 18,64,900 alteration/mineralized zone and sq km in the EEZ beyond Territorial building spectral Library in Ramagiri Waters on reconnaissance scale. The Schist Belt, Anantapur district, total EEZ coverage including TW is Andhra Pradesh. 19, 87,119 sq km out of a total EEZ vi) Application of hyperspectral/ area of 20,14,900 sq km. multispectral remote sensing During FS 2015-16 (up to October techniques towards mapping of 2015) parametric studies have been alteration/mineralized zone and carried out within EEZ and 4,961 building up of spectral library in l. km of bathymetry, 6,537 l.km of Thanewasna area, Chandrapur and magnetic survey and 14,674 l.km Gadchiroli district, Maharashtra. of gravity survey, 13,786 l. km of 6.18 Marine and Coastal Surveys sub bottom profiling, 872 l. km of seismic survey, multi beam swath Geological Survey of India carried bathymetry of 55,232 sq. km and out off-shore geo-scientific studies 7,530 sq. km area for preliminary both in Exclusive Economic Zone mineral investigation within EEZ was (EEZ) and Territorial Water (TW) covered by the cruises of RV Samudra along the East and West coasts of Ratnakar, Samudra Kaustubh and India. Surveys in the near shore zones Samudra Saudikama with collection (0m-10m isobaths) were carried of 36 seabed samples.
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MISSION: II Natural Resource under ‘Mineral resource assessment’ Assessment (M-IIA, ores and minerals); 32 belong to ‘Natural energy resources’ 6.19 Mineral Resource Assessment (except Oil & Gas) [M-IIB coal, lignite i) The New Mineral Policy (2008) and geothermal] and 11 belong to envisages GSI to perform the the ‘offshore mineral investigation’ tasks of regional survey and (MCSD) projects out of which 4 are exploration for minerals. The in the EEZ for Rare Earth Yttrium exploration activities of GSI have (REY), Seabed Massive Sulphide been prioritized keeping in view the (SMS), Phosphatic sediments, Lime mud and phosphorite; 3 in the TW thrust accorded by the Government for placer and construction sand of India, the directives given by Niti and 4 in the 0-10m Zone for placer Aayog, the recommendations of mineral resource evaluation. Central Geological Programming Board (CGPB) and State Geological iv) During F.S. 2015-16, till the end of Programming Board (SGPBs). October 2015 coverage by Large Scale Mapping stood at 1,470.30 ii) GSI’s work under mineral explora- Sq. km while coverage by Detailed tion programme is mainly confined Mapping stood at 14.437 sq. km within the limits of ‘reconnaissance’ and Drilling in mineral exploration [G4] and ‘prospecting’ [G3] though items stood at 47,717.50m. in some cases it also encompasses 6.20 ‘Mineral resource assessment’ ‘general exploration’ [G2] [United (ores and minerals): Nations Framework Classification (UNFC): G- axis]. Thus the resource Among 131 Mineral Resource estimates by GSI comes under the Assessment Projects, 16 are on Ferrous Minerals (Iron, Manganese, category of ‘334’ [reconnaissance Chromite), 35 Precious Metals mineral resource]; ‘333’ [inferred & Minerals, 54 for Non-Ferrous mineral resource] and ‘332’ [indi- and Strategic Minerals and 26 on cated mineral resource] under the Industrial & Fertilizer Minerals. UNFC. Mineral commodity-wise exploration block database is also 6.21 ‘Natural energy resources’ being prepared, which is in conso- (except Oil & Gas) [coal and nance with GSI’s ‘geoinformatics’ lignite] programme initiated during the year GSI has augmented coal resource 2000. in different states during FS 2013- iii) During FSP 2015-16, a total of 174 14 and the total resource of coal of mineral investigation programs have the country stands at 3,06,595.56 been taken up of which 131 are million tonnes and that of lignite
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stands at 44,114.24 million tonnes information to various stakeholders as on 01.04.2015. in an effective way. The tool for dissemination of information in GSI 6.22 Geothermal Studies is its portal (www.portal.gsi.gov.in) During the FS 2015-16 the following and in the form of hard copy map, items have been taken up: Publication and unpublished reports. The portal provides structured, i) Assessment of geothermal fields logically organised information to along Satluj Spiti river from Tattapani different categories of users. to Sumdo- Chuza area, in Shimla, Kinnaur and Lahul-Spiti districts, All GSI offices including Central Head Quarter (CHQ), Regional Head Himachal Pradesh for direct heat Quarters (RHQ) and State Units utilization. (SU) are connected through an ii) Assessment of geothermal fields enterprise Virtual Private Network along Tista-Rangit river in North, (MPLS IP VPN) with converged data South and West districts of Sikkim voice-video communication. Mission for direct heat utilization and for III is also taking an active role in ascertaining the variation with cold e-governance of GSI by updating water located in and around the administrative database and adjoining area. implementing different transactional modules (payroll, claims, HRMS, iii) Evaluation of geothermal energy FSPMIS, etc.) for office automation. resources in Pagaderu and Bugga Besides, Mission III is currently geothermal manifestation area, Go- implementing an integrated IT- davari geothermal field, Khammam enablement system - Online Core district, Telangana. Business Integrated System (OCBIS) iv) Monitoring discharge, temperature with a goal towards comprehensive and monitoring of hot springs in data management across Missions Bihar, West Bengal, Jharkhand and and Support systems. The Requirement & Design stage and Odisha states. Infrastructure build-up is currently in MISSION III – Geoinformatics progress. After implementation of OCBIS project GSI will be able to align 6.23 Geo-informatics of GSI include itself towards national data sharing activities under Data repository policies and meet the demands of and Management, and Information all stakeholders. OCBIS is scheduled Delivery. The Mission III aspires for Pilot Go-live in August 2016. to maintain and manage IT Mission III is pursuing IGCP 624- infrastructure, archive and ‘One-Geology’ project where disseminate data and deliver geo-
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four spatial databases are being Mission-III actively participates compiled on themes covering India in all national and international (i) 1:2M Geological Map data which collaborative initiatives (NSDI, NDSAP, will include lithology, structure NGIS etc.) concerning dissemination and mineral information, (ii) 1:2M of geo-information as well as Tectonic map data with fault/thrust/ coordinates with the Policy Support shear Zone, (iii) Geomorphological System of GSI and Ministry of Mines data in 1:250K with lineaments and regarding the issues pertaining to (iv) Creation of Spatial Database on information dissemination policies Geothermal Springs of India. The and guidelines. compiled map data of the above themes will be made available from GSI portal using the OGC WMS/ WFS protocols and consumed by One geology portal as service link. Mission III has also engaged in “Revision of Seismotectonic Atlas of India and its Environs [SEISAT] updating it to digital (GIS) version” where earthquake data and related CMT solutions, Isoseismal maps of older earthquakes, tectonic base, Orientation Training for Geologists conducted at fault, lineament, fold layers are Field Training Centre of GSI, Bhimtal. being updated. 6.24 Data Repository and Mission III has also taken “Synthesis Management and updation of All India Unified Legend for 1:50K Geological Map The Mission maintains Territorial Series (GMS), creation of Geometric Water (TW), NGCM, NGLM, Map and id and implementation in 50K Publication database of GSI. Efforts Geodatabase in Portal” with the are on to develop Geological data objective of final rank-categorization model for 1:250K /50K geological of all the lithological units in the map sheets of GSI. Standard Unified 1:50K GMS sheets by formulation Modelling language (UML) as of compatible Geometric ID and prescribed by ISO1903 has been Alpha- numeric; and subsequent used in developing the geological implementation of the stratigraphic data model. A UML class diagram has legend in lithology layer of 50K been prepared for 250K/50K sheets Geodatabase in portal. of GSI in Enterprise Architecture.
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In addition, several Regions are Bulletin, Records, Special Publication, pursuing “Creation of Geoscientific Misc. Publications, catalogues, Database” degree sheet wise for Palaeontologia Indica, Indian journal themes map50K, mining, drilling, of Geosciences, e-news) are placed geochemical, PGRS, environmental in the portal as per the existing data geology, rock sample analysis, sharing and access policy of GSI geophysics, natural hazard etc. published in January 2014.
Data integration modelling, a thrust Existing map services (Meta area in Mission III, has been done data search, 50K Geological on Ramagiri Schist Belt and part map, Seismotectonic atlas, 1:2M of Jonnagiri Schist Belt of SR for geological map with mineral base-metal and gold mineralisation; information, Coal, Marine, RVSR Copper mineralization in Singhbhum daily report, Geomorphological Shear Zone, ER. In FS 2015-16, map in 1:50K, Recent Landslide the integration exercise is on in occurrences in India etc.) and related (i) Sakoli fold belt in Maharashtra query based application has been (for gold, basemetal and tungsten) enhanced utilizing Arc GIS server. and Laterite Belt, Maharashtra (for Mission III is creating a second bauxite, gold, chromite) in CR; edition of GQM from compiled (ii) South Purulia shear zone for 50K map database all over India basemetal in ER; (iii) Mahakoshal and will be published in GSI portal. belt in NR for gold; (iv) Eastern Ghat In addition, Mission III is compiling mobile belt and Peninsular Gneissic and publishing sea bed sediment Complex (DS 58E and 58I) for PGE maps of TW and EEZ; Geological and REE in SR; (v) Degreesheet 45K and Mineral maps of States, District for lead, zinc and copper in WR. Resource Maps, Mineral Belt Maps 6.25 Information Delivery etc. in a regular basis and continuing in FS 2015-16. The Metadata and GSI is the only premier organisation representative images of the Maps in the country to prepare and publish is available through GSI Portal. geological maps of India in parts or whole. All unpublished reports, 6.26 Maps and Publication: maps (Gelogical Quadrangle Maps During the period GSI has released (GQM), District Resources Maps 7 scientific publications and 2 Maps. (DRM), Geological and mineral The Metadata and representative maps of states, Mineral belt maps, images of the maps is available Coal Field maps, Marine maps etc.) through GSI Portal. Another 16 and publications of GSI (Memoirs,
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Publications are likely to be released MISSION: IV Fundamental and during Field Season 2015-16. Multidisciplinary Geosciences and Special Studies The various publications of GSI till November 2015 include 134 During FS 2015-16, 166 items have been volumes of Memoirs, 55 volumes of taken up in total under Mission-IV including Palaentologia Indica, 148 volumes 28 items in Engineering Geology, 43 items (with several parts) of Records, on Landslide studies, 10 items on seismic 101 volumes of special Publication, and earthquake studies, 6 glaciological 72 volumes of Miscellaneous items, 6 items on environmental and Publication, 63 volumes of Bulletin quaternary geology, 73 R&D items. Series A, 66 volumes of Bulletin Series B, 09 volumes of Bulletin 6.28 Laboratory Studies, Research series C, 09 volumes of catalogue and Development Series, 62 volumes of Indian Minerals As a result of up gradation and and 7 volumes of Indian Journal of establishment of state-of- the-art Geoscience and 04 volumes Manual instrumental facilities in the fields Series. of Petrology, Geochronology and 6.27 Advanced Spatial Data Systems Isotope Geology, Palaeontology, Photogeology and Remote Sensing, Advanced Spatial Data Systems Geophysics, Mineral Physics, Division (ASDS), a Division under Mission III, has been contributing Analytical Chemistry etc. intensive meta-data & 50K map data to laboratory studies were carried National Spatial Data Infrastructure out to generate precise analytical (NSDI) India Geo portal. ASDS is database in consonance with the also engaged in compilation of global trend and to keep pace with the colour code list value for the the research activities carried out in Geological Units pertaining to 50K similar Surveys elsewhere. Geological maps, compiling the code list values Survey of India possesses state of for the Chronostratigraphic and the art facilities in three different Geochronologic Units, preparing a National Centres of excellence in Schema for Geologic Portrayal for Geoscience Research to carry out 50K map on Enterprise Architect research on isotope geology and software. ASDS is carrying out these dating of rocks, minerals, sediments activities in continuous interaction and organic matters covering with the NSDI in connection with the entire geological time scale geo-spatial data re-engineering for from Archaean to Recent. These the provision of processable data laboratory facilities are : through WFS/ GML.
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i) isotopic studies of radioactive the upgradation of laboratories. element to date crystalline rocks Research projects are being taken using Rb-Sr and U-Pb systematics up commensurate to the need of in Thermal Ionisation Mass Mission–I & Mission-II for effective Spectrometer (TIMS); implementation of Missions Matrix mode. ii) Laser Ablation Multi-collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass 6.29 RAMAN Spectroscopy: Spectrometer (LA-MC-ICPMS) for The Gem Testing Laboratory, CHQ isotopic analysis of U-Pb, Rb-Sr, Hf has been a regular user for the etc from dry insitu or wet samples; Raman spectroscopic technique iii) 14C dating of carbon extracted for gemstone classification and from organic samples in Liquid identification of differ inclusions and Scintillation Counter (LSC), all three fillers. in Kolkata; The different run products of the iv) Laser Ablation Quadrupole Experimental Petrology Laboratory, Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass CHQ has been studied under Spectrometer (LA-QP-ICPMS) at Raman spectroscopy. The synthetic Faridabad is used mainly for analyses compositions of the nascent of trace elements in minerals, rocks crystals produced under different and volcanic glasses, to study trace hydrothermal run conditions were element zonation in minerals and studied to understand the crystalline determining mineral-melt partition condition, phases and alterations. coefficients. It can also be used to study for fluid and melt inclusions in Specialized Investigations minerals isotope ratios. Geotechnical Surveys v) stable isotope studies of C, O and S 6.30 Geological Survey of India has in Isotope Raito Mass Spectrometer made commendable contribution (IRMS) in Bangalore and at different stages of geotechnical vi) Thermoluminiscence (TL) and investigations for the successful Optically Stimulated Luminiscence completion of large numbers (OSL) at Faridabad for dating of of Water Resource Projects like recent and Quaternary sediments. hydroelectric, irrigation and river Three National Centers of linking projects within and outside Excellence in Geoscience Research” the country. During the FS 2015- (NCERG) at Kolkata, Bengaluru and 16, 80 items of on Geotechnical, Faridabad respectively have been Landslide and Seismic Hazards have formally established to further been taken up.
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6.31 landslide Hazard Studies • Within this period of FS, all the reports of FS 2014-15 that were due • GSI has been engaged in seismic for circulation on 30.09.2015 have macro-zonation within the affected been circulated. Amongst landslide parts of India out of the Great Nepal investigation reports, the notable Earthquake 2015 as an additional ones include reports of 12 prioritised assignment and its report is NLSM items of Uttarakhand of circulated in September 2015. FS 2014-15 which covered about • Mission IV has also been engaged 16,000 km2 areas, one Landslide in post-disaster studies in Darjeeling Compendium of Eastern Himalayas District, West Bengal after the fatal which present salient information landslide event of July 01, 2015 at on 815 landslide inventories, 14 Mirik and Kalimpong areas. macro-scale (1:25,000) landslide • Developing GIS-based, qualitative/ susceptibility zonation maps, large quantitative landslide hazard and scale (1:2000 or larger) geological risk analysis methods on macro- maps of 49 major landslides and scale (1:50,000/ 25,000) by meso scale (1:10,000/ 12,500) incorporating the consequences of landslide susceptibility zonation an extreme event – an application in of Mirik, Kalimpong and Gangtok the Mandakini valley, Rudraprayag townships. District, Uttarakhand. • Mission IV has already engaged in • In FS 2015-16, GSI has been engaged a task of revamping the “Landslide in 36 programmes of National Hazard” page of GSI Portal and Landslide Susceptibility Mapping some modifications have already (NLSM) – a flagship national been uploaded. programme of Mission IV, GSI and • Mission IV is also engaged in revising all the items have been initiated. the SOP of landslides and currently Through these 36 NLSM items, the comments and suggestions of 1:50000 scale landslide susceptibility the internal peer reviewers are being maps will be prepared for about considered for further modifications. 44000 km2 areas of landslide prone The same exercise in its final stage terrains in North-east, Eastern and and the same will also be uploaded Northern Himalayas, Western Ghats soon. & Konkan Plains. Apart from the • As part of GSI’s international NLSM items, GSI is also engaged in commitments, GSI has sent 6 (six) other landslide investigations competent engineering geologists which have been successfully to PHPA, Bhutan and some projects initiated.
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of Nepal as requested by Water • During the Field Season 2015-2016 and Power Consultancy Services seismic hazard microzonation of (WAPCOS) Ltd. urban agglomeration is being carried • As a notable achievement in the out in Amritsar, Srinagar, Greater field of Engineering Geology, Baroda, Satara, Koyna and Warna GSI’s engagement in a DPR stage areas, Kohima, Shillong, Darbhanga investigations of Turga Pumped and Kochin areas. Storage Project (Installed capacity • During the Field Season 2015-2016, 1000 MW), Purulia District, West active fault mapping and DGPS Bengal, whose DPR (Geological based crustal deformation studies volume) has also been accepted by are carried out in West Patna Fault, the concerned competent authority Bihar. Netectonic studies along of Central Electricity Authority Satlitta (Soan ) thrust in Himalayan (CEA). frontal belt are carried out in Punjab • A research item was taken up and Himachal Pradesh, Katrol for Geotechnical assessment and Hill Fault (KHF), Kachchh District, instrument aided monitoring of Gujarat. Barkot landslide, Tehri Garhwal • Strain modelling through GPS district, Uttarakhand, for developing geodesy on transverse tectonics of Early Warning System (EWS). Ganga foredeep and adjoining areas • Geotechnical Evaluation of of Bihar communication and transportation • The permanent GPS station at projects in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab Lucknow (established by DST since and Haryana. 1999) is engaged in round the clock • Creation of a Landslide Compendium monitoring of GPS data. The data of Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalayas, is supplied regularly to National North-western Himalayas and GPS Data Centre, Survey of India, Western Ghats are being carried out Dehradun for further processing/ by utilizing available data of GSI on interpretation. landslide inventory and zonation. • REAL TIME SEISMO-GEODETIC 6.32 earthquake Geology DATA RECEIVING AND PROCESSING • GSI undertakes the study of active CENTRE (RTSG-DRPC) recently has faults (study of source region of been established at Kolkata with earthquake) and seismic micro- five remote station observatories zonation (site of interest) of urban equipped with sophisticated broad agglomerations in various geological band seismographs, accelerographs domains of the country. and high precision GPS in the
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1st phase at Itanagar, Agartala, Himalaya undertaken during the last Mangan, Nagpur and Jammu. four decades have revealed overall These permanent seismo-geodetic negative annual specific balance remote observatories are interlinked with a range between (-) 0.11 and through satellite to transmit the (-) 1.47m, indicating a considerable recorded signals by the remote mass wastage. The documentation stations in a real time mode to the of the retreat of about 50 glaciers, Central Receiving Station at Kolkata. during the last hundred years or so, has revealed that almost all the 6.33 Environmental Geology & Medical Geology glaciers of Himalaya are retreating at variable rates. • During the FS 2015-16 six items of environmental geology were taken ii) Secular movement studies of up regarding studies on Fluoride Glaciers in Sikkim Himalaya. contamination, geo-environmental iii) Glaciological studies in Central assessment; Geo-scientific studies Dronning Maud Land, East on desertification and its impact Antarctica assessment in areas of Thar Desert, iv) Recessional history of the polar Rajasthan as well as studies on ice sheet in Schirmacher Oasis, fluoride contamination in ground Antarctica water in parts of Tonk district, Rajasthan. v) Glaciological studies in the Larsemann Hills East Antarctica 6.34 Glaciological Studies vi) Integrated monitoring of Vastre Under Glaciological studies the Broggerbreen Glacier, Svalbard following items have been taken up Arctic. during FS 2015-16. 6.35 Arctic / Antarctic Studies i) Long term monitoring of Mass Balance of Hamtah glacier, Lahaul • The Arctic and Antarctic are the two and Spiti district, Himachal Pradesh- most extraordinary places on Earth. On expedition basis. Assessment of Their unique geographical position glacier resources of Indian Himalaya along with their extremities has made has revealed that Indian part of them very special for the scientists Himalaya alone contains 9575 and researchers from all over the glaciers locking up about 1100 km3 world. These pristine regions of the of ice in water equivalent (w.eq.). earth serve as natural laboratories Appraisal of glacier mass balance, rendering sharper and easier to on eight glaciers in northwest interpret scientific observations.
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• Geological Survey of India is also • In the ongoing studies pertaining engaged in research activities in the to Climate Change, snout of Polar Regions through the research Dakshin Gangotri glacier and its projects undertaken by Polar Studies western extension of the polar ice Division (PSD) under Mission IV sheet overriding Schirmacher Oasis located at Faridabad. is being monitored since 1996. Antarctic Studies: It shows continuous recession. • PSD has made significant The annual recessional pattern contributions especially in the indicates that there is a peak of Antarctic Earth Sciences apart from major recession every five years with shouldering major administrative minor peak of recession every 2 to and logistic responsibilities over 3 years. Nearly 4800 sqm of area more than three decades in smooth has been vacated due to shrinking execution of Antarctic expeditions. It is involved with the Indian Antarctic of the snout of Dakshin Gangotri Programme since its inception in glacier. This recession has led to 1981-82. A total of 120 GSI officers the disappearance of about 672 X have participated so far in all the 103 m3 of ice which is equivalent 34 Indian Antarctic Expeditions to 576 X 103 MT of water. Thermal undertaken till date. Polar Studies and density profiling has established Division (erstwhile Antarctica that gradual decrease in polar cold Division) has contributed in the front occurs upto a depth of 25m National Antarctic Programme in beyond which temperature starts a very significant way by providing 12 Leaders, 4 Dy. Leaders, 3 Voyage rising and warmest temperatures Leaders and 4 Observers in various were recorded at the bottom of the Antarctic Expeditions. Following are glacier. Density of topmost layers of some salient studies conducted by firn is around 0.4g/cm3 and the first GSI in Antarctica : appearance of blue ice has a density • GSI has mapped ~19,000 sq km of 0.86g/cm3 with an average value area in difficult terrain of Wholthat of 0.91 g/cm3 for the blue ice. Mountains range in Antarctica • Limnological studies utilizing thereby elucidating the lithology, lake bottom sediment cores have structure, deformational and documented palaeo climate metamorphic episodes of the Central Dronning Maud Land (CDML). changes.
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taken up. In addition, research items involving geochronological studies to decipher the relationship of metapelites and adjoining gneisses will be taken up in the Larsemann Hills area. Arctic Studies: • Since 2008, 20 geologists have participated in Indian Arctic Expedition and worked mainly in Vestre Broggerbreen glacier of Ny- Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Steel & Mines arriving at NASC Complex, Alesund, Svalbard area of Arctic Pusa, New Delhi for the 55th Central Geological region. Programming Board meeting • Thematic geological studies have • Detailed Ground Penetrating Radar also been carried out in Arctic (GPR) investigations have been region to study the macro and carried out to record spatial pattern micro-structures in the ductile shear of ice thicknesses along with zones of the west Spitsbergen fold- determination of loci for L-I-S (Land- thrust belt with implications on the Ice-Sea) at latitude 70°51.09’S and tectonic evolution of the Svalbard longitude 12°14.43’E represented area. In the current year apart from by a steeply sloping land-ice the ongoing glaciological projects, interface juxtaposed against gently a programme on Quarternary sloping sea-ice interface. sediments has been initiated with • PSD had also participated in a purpose to understand the recent an International Ocean Drilling past history of the area and sea level Programme (IODP) Expedition changes. in 2010 from Wellington, New 6.36 Publications and other Zealand, onboard Research vessel contributions: JOIDES RESOLUTION where 33 PSD has made significant contributions scientists from Australia, China, in form of publishing research papers in Holland, India, Japan, New Zealand, various journals. In the last 10 years, PSD Norway, Spain, South Korea, UK and has around 20 international publications USA had participated. apart from number of publications • In the coming year(s), research in national journals. PSD has been projects on emphasis on climate participating in International as well as changes through glaciological National conferences, symposiums and monitoring, lake sediments will be seminars on regular basis.
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Societal Services: in various disciplines of geological sciences PSD had rendered its GPR services to for scientific, technical and administrative organisations like Border Security Forces streams. Adding to its programmes, the Jammu Sector, Delhi Police Crime Branch, Institute has been imparting sponsored training in collaboration with DST, ISRO, Delhi Metro, Kedarnath tragedy, Mussoorie Central and State Departments, Indian Landslide etc. Railways, A.P. Ground water department, PSD also maintains the only polar museum etc. The ISRO sponsored GIS course is done and rock repository of its kind in the country. periodically. This facility introduces and encourages young minds and visitors to know and During F.S. 2015-16, 58 training programs understand science of Polar Regions. were completed up to October 2015 and 5 items are in progress. A total of 1380 nos. MISSION: V Training and Capacity of personnel were trained out of which Building 1313 are from GSI, 34 from State DGMs, 20 from other organizations and 13 from 6.37 Human Resource Development foreign countries. In addition assistance The specialized divisions of GSITI is provided to a large no. of University/ headquarters at Hyderabad and six (6) College Students and lectures. Regional Training Institutes, one each at the Regional Headquarters of GSI, viz., 6.38 Central Geological Programming Board [CGPB] Lucknow, Jaipur, Nagpur, Hyderabad, Kolkata and Shillong together with the The Central Geological Programming twelve (12) Field Training Centres at Board (CGPB) is the apex body at the Aishmuqam, Saketi, Bimtal, Zawar, Kuju, national level to overview the programme Aizawl, Raipur, Sukinda, Kothagudem, of geoscientific activities including Chitradurga, Vajrakarur and Dindigul mineral exploration in the country. It was backed by the state-of-the-art GSI established through Government of India Resolution dated 27th July, 1966. CGPB laboratories imparts training in different was reconstituted as per resolution of 12th disciplines of earth science. March, 2009, supported by 12 theme- In addition to conducting the various based Committees. induction level training programs, the 54th meeting of the CGPB was held on 5th- institution has diversified its activities 6th February 2015 at Vigyan Bhawan, New and conducts training for middle level Delhi on the themes of activities of Mission professionals Basic, Refresher, Advance IV (Fundamental and Multidisciplinary courses, workshops, etc. and allied research Geosciences) and Mission V (Training and
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Capacity Building) of Geological Survey of review from various Regions/Divisions of India (GSI) and release of eleven sea bed GSI pertaining to FS-2013-14. surface sediment maps of Arabian Sea and The external peer review of 20% of GSI Indian Ocean. reports pertaining to FS: 2014-15 and FSP Prior to the 55th CGPB, 23 states had held proposals for FS: 2016-17 will be carried their SGPB meetings. The 11th CGPB out in due course of time. Committee meetings (I-XII) were held from 30th July, 2015 to 10th October, 2015. 6.39 ISO certification of Chemical Laboratories Formalities for ISO: 17025-2005 accreditation of XRF and ICPMS laboratories of GSI has been completed. NABL authorities have undertaken pre-audit of these laboratories and suggested some technical points. The non-conformities are being removed by each laboratory. NABL authorities will be visiting the respective Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, the Hon’ble Minister of Steel & Mines, launching laboratories for ‘final audit’ soon. ‘Project Uncover’ during the 55th CGPB meeting held during 5-6th February, 2016 6.40 Quality Management (QM) Cell of GSI 6.41 Internal Resource Generation One of the important recommendations of During the period from April to September the High Powered Committee (HPC) set up 2015, a total amount of ` 11,46,46,085 by the Govt. of India in Jan. 2008 was for (Rupees Eleven Crores Forty Six Lakhs Forty enhancing the Quality of services rendered Six Thousand and Eighty Five only) + $80 by the Geological Survey of India. After has been generated as Internal Resource the acceptance of the HPC report by the and ` 1,39,73,670/- (Rupees One Crore Govt. the Ministry of Mines, issued an Thirty Nine Lakhs Seventy Three Thousand order dated 1st February 2010, for setting Six Hundred and Seventy only) collected up a Quality Management Cell in GSI, at as service tax and educational cess by New Delhi. way of undertaking various commercial activities such as sponsored commercial QM Cell, GSI, DGCO has got the external geotechnical works, sale of Maps, peer review done for 20% reports unpublished Reports, testing and analysis generated during FS: 2013-14. In total 71 (petrological / chemical / mineral physics reports were randomly identified for peer Labs.) of samples, EPMA Studies/ Gem testing, Exploration for minerals etc.
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6.42 International Cooperation The International Affairs and IGC cell, was set up under Policy Support System (PSS) The activities of GSI in the international arena of GSI in June, 2015 to monitor the 36 IGC include bilateral exchange programme on related field season programmes including geoscientific projects with various foreign field excursions, guidance to the officers governmental organisations/ scientific of all the Regions of GSI in generation and agencies. GSI participates in international submission of abstracts for 35 IGC. seminars/symposia/workshops, advanced During the period mentioned two foreign training programmes and trainings meetings were held with WOCS to resolve abroad on the purchased/ procured certain matters related to IGC 2016 and instruments. pave way for smooth communication and 6.43 Organizing International functioning of affairs related to IGC 2020 Geological Congress in 2020: in which GSI will be playing a major role. India along with Bangladesh, Nepal, 6.44 International Geoscience Pakistan and Sri Lanka will host the 36th Programme (IGCP) International Geological Congress (IGC) During 2015-16, five IGCP projects are in the year 2020 at Delhi. The event will being pursued in India on subjects like be hosted jointly by the Ministry of Mines Biostratigraphy, Isotopic characterization, (MoM) and Ministry of Earth Sciences Sedimentation history, Petrological charac- (MoES) with active support from Indian terization, Palaeobiogeography, Sedimen- National Science Academy (INSA) and tology etc. science academies of co-host nations. 6.45 Bilateral Collaborative Activities All major geoscience institutions and GSI continued its participation in bilateral organizations will be associated. GSI has cooperation and collaborative programmes been designated as Nodal Agency for with other countries on several geoscientific organising the IGC. arenas for mutual benefit. Ministry of The 36th International Geological Congress Mines as well as GSI had entered into Working Office-cum-Secretariat (WOCS) MoUs with different countries in various set up at GSI, DGCO, C-II, Pushpa spheres of geosciences. Bhawan, New Delhi has been coordinating Presently, MoUs are operative with 8 preparatory activities for organizing 36th countries/institutions viz. Afghanistan, IGC in year 2020. The WOCS, as per the Australia, Canada (NRCan, Saskatchewan), decision taken by the Co-Chairs of National China Colombia, Mali, Peru and Saudi Steering Committee, is functioning with Arabia. The MoU with Argentina is under two geoscientist seconded by GSI/MoM process of renewal. Status of the bilateral and one from Ministry of Earth Sciences. cooperation is summarized below:
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AUSTRALIA An Australian delegation led by Dr. Chris Pigram, CEO, Geoscience Australian After the 9th meeting of the India- visited GSI during December, 2015 and Australia Joint Working Group on Energy had detailed discussion with GSI. and Minerals, held in June, 2015 at Brisbane, Australia, MoM decided to ARGENTINA explore possibilities of a collaborative A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) study between GSI and Geoscience pertaining to scientific and technical Australia (GA) for preparing a short and cooperation in the earth sciences between a long term road maps for exploration Servicio Geologico Minero Argentino programmes and other thrust areas of GSI. (SEGEMAR) of the Argentine Republic In this regard, a draft Terms of reference and Geological Survey of India was signed (ToR) and a draft MoU for collaboration 14.10.2009. The MoU expired on October between GA and GSI was prepared. In 2015. Process to review the MoU is underway. the pursuit of achieving breakthrough in identifying deep seated deposits an MoU CANADA (NRCan) between Geological Survey of India and GSI and NRCan has been engaged in st Geoscience Australia was signed on 1 negotiation for a collaborative project on September 2015. Director General, GSI remote sensing based landslide monitoring visited Australia for participation in AIMEX and early warning for some selected Indian 2015 and signing of the MoU. The Terms landslide sites. Earlier a draft implementing of Reference (ToR) for preparing a road arrangement was formulated wherein GSI map for GSI is under finalization. proposed for three landslide sites, 14th Mile (Gayabari) Landslide on National Highway-55 in Darjeeling district, West Bengal; Semi Village, National Highway No. 109, Rudraprayag district, Uttarakhand and Hospital slide near Conoor, Tamil Nadu, for the collaborative studies.
In consideration of the recent disastrous earthquake in Nepal, which extended beyond Nepal into India, NRCan felt the urgency for the proposed cooperation in hazards monitoring. In this connection, Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary Mines delivering Mr. James Ikkers, Senior Advisor, his address at the 55th CGPB meeting International Affairs, NRCan with
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Dr. Vern Singhroy visited India from another five years. The 1st JWG meeting 16th-26th November, 2015. The with Peru was held on 24th august, 2015 implementing arrangement was signed on in New Delhi wherein Peru has expressed 25.11.2015 during their visit to India. interest in collaboration with India on the CHINA following issues:
The Ministry of Mines, Government of i) Exchange of information regarding India and the Ministry of Land Resources the scope and functions of the of the People’s Republic of China signed Geological Survey of India (GSI), a Memorandum of Understanding for Ministry of Mines of India and Cooperation in the fields of Mining and the Instituto Geologico Mineroy Mineral sector on 15th May, 2015 in Metalurgico - INGEMMET Beijing, China during the visit of Hon’ble (Geological, Mining and Prime Minister to China. Metallurgical Institute), Ministry of Energy & Mines of Peru.
ii) Training of personnel: Exchange of best practices, Training and Internships, short term courses in specific areas related to mineral exploration and small scale mining.
iii) Exchange information, technologies, experiences in different mining activities such as prospecting,
Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister for exploration, mining development, Steel & Mines addressing the delegates of the processing of minerals, the 55th CGPB meeting held during 5-6th February, 2016 regulation and legal framework, environmental instruments, etc. PERU 6.46 Collaborative Projects with A MoU was signed between India and Peru Other Organisations: on cooperation in the field of geology and A total of 70 programmes have been mineral resources on 13.07.2012 for five taken up on request or sponsorship. Out years with a provision of auto renewal for of these 70 programs, 13 have been
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taken up on State request, one on MOU process. Expression of Interest (EOI) with De Beers, one on recommendation from different yards have already of Parliamentary Standing Committee, been called and tender process will nine under collaboration with National be started soon. Agencies (NRSC, BSIP & DTRL), five items 6.49 Scheme wise plan budget are IGCP programmes, three are University expenditure of GSI against the collaboration items and one is sponsored approved plan outlay during the mineral exploration item. 11 items have last two years and BE grant and been sponsored by Ministry of Coal and 26 expenditure till October of 2015-16 Geotechnical items have been sponsored is presented in Table 6.1. by various agencies. 6.47 Modernization programme in Human Resources GSI 6.50 The total sanctioned strength of GSI has acquired Oceanographic Research GSI 12,369. As on 30.10.2015 Vessel ‘Samudra Ratnakar’ with State- of- 7087 posts are occupied. The group the- art equipment like Acoustic Doppler wise sanctioned strength of Current Profiler, multi-beam echosounder, personnel as on 31.10.2015 is given sub bottom profiler, acoustic positioning in Table. 6.2. system, single streamer multi- channel seismic system, marine magnetometer, side scan sonar, synthetic aperture sonar system, ROV, and different kinds of sampling devices. Regular scientific cruises are being taken up since FS 2014-15.
6.48 The procurement process of Geotechnical vessel with shallow drilling capability has been started afresh. The Director General, The Hon’ble Minister for Steel & Mines GSI has constituted a task force interacting with the press / media during the th for overseeing the procurement 55 CGPB meeting held during 5-6th February, 2016
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Table 6.1 Year wise Scheme-wise Financial Performance of GSI against the approved plan outlay during the last two years (2013-14 & 2014-15) and BE Grant and expenditure till October of CURRENT YEAR (2015-16) (` in crore)
2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Actual Actual Schemes Grant Grant RE/FE Actual Expenditure RE Expendi- BE Grant Expenditure (up to Oct’ ture 2015) Survey and 71.83 71.83 71.66 165.84 129.90 129.39 156.22 76.29 Mapping Mineral Exploration 25.25 25.25 25.02 42.04 31.74 31.54 53.51 21.73 Spl. Investigation 6.12 6.12 6.00 8.17 5.62 5.54 11.00 6.54 Research & 8.33 8.33 8.25 25.89 12.91 12.56 12.63 7.68 Development Information 16.22 16.22 15.67 101.57 24.09 23.84 144.46 48.07 Dissemination HRD 7.78 7.78 7.75 15.21 11.56 11.33 11.82 6.01 Mod. & 249.31 352.45* 351.49 105.63 39.93 39.61 62.94 28.58 Replacement TSP 7.16 8.56# 8.55 19.35 10.75 10.69 10.00 4.02 Total 392.00 496.54 494.39 483.70 266.50 264.50 462.58 198.92 % of Utilisation of Fund against 99.57% 99.25% 43.00% allotment (RE) * ` 5.00 crore received in the RE stage for FY 2013-14for payment to the Indian and foreign consultant of the OGRV. # Additional grant of ` 1.40 crore received under Tribal Sub Plan Head from Ministry.
Table 6.2 Statement showing sanctioned & filled up strength in Geological Survey of India as on 30.10.2015 Total No. of Total Sanctioned No. of employees SC ST OBC PH (SC,ST,OBC Strength** Women in position Women, PH) GROUP-A 4,080 2,257 412 160 514 494 3 1,583 GROUP-B 786 400 95 42 72 99 5 313 GROUP-B(NG) 1,130 701 142 73 18 159 10 402 (Min.) GROUP-B(NG) 1,524 685 136 74 58 67 5 340 (Tech.) GROUP-C (Min.) 925 548 94 55 76 125 8 358 GROUP-C (Tech.) 1,924 1,055 235 121 95 16 4 471 MTS (Erstwhile 2,000 1,441 352 171 200 210 31 964 Gr. D ) Total 12,369 7,087 1,466 696 1033 1170 66 4,431 **Sanctioned strength as per the Cabinet approval and vide GSI Notification date 29.12.2011 and it will achieve in 2018
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National Aerogeophysical Mapping project is about ` 3500 crore spread Project (NAGMP) over a duration of about seven years. The funds are proposed Acquisition, processing and 6.51 to be sourced from NMET and interpretation of pre-competitive government grants over and above baseline geoscience information the plan budget of GSI. plays a pivotal role in any successful exploration process. An important 6.53 The analog/digital aeromagnetic component of baseline data is map and data will be provided in aerogeophysical data. In keeping public domain free of cost. with the above need as well as the international best practices Digitization of Exploration Reports of providing pre-competitive 6.54 As part of the endeavor of aerogeophysical data to the disseminating directly analyzable stake holders, GSI is gearing up exploration data to the stakeholders, to undertake national airborne GSI is in the process of digitizing geophysical survey in a mission its exploration reports which are mode. currently available in pdf format. 6.52 Initially, in the first three years, the More than 8000 mineral investigation most potential areas of the country reports of GSI will be covered in the measuring about 8 lakh sq km will process. The exploration data will be taken up, thereby generating be made available in a geospatial close space high resolution data. format for easy access and analysis Subsequently, the rest part of by explorers. This is expected to have the country will be covered. The a far reaching impact on planning approximate cost of the NAGMP of further investigation programs by stakeholders.
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Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) 6.58 Mission
6.55 The Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) i) To ensure effective regulation is a subordinate office under the of Indian Mineral Sector which promotes long term benefits for its Ministry of Mines. It is engaged in the sustainable growth. promotion of scientific development of mineral resources of the country, ii) To provide capacity building to State conservation of minerals, protection regulatory agencies and also to provide quality technical assistance of environment in mines, other than to the mineral industry, and coal, petroleum and natural gas, atomic minerals and minor minerals. iii) To work as data bank on mines and minerals and to disseminate mineral It performs regulatory functions information for policy formulations. with respect to the relevant provisions of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 and enforcement of the rules framed there under, namely Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 1988 and Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 and Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986 and Rules made there under.
6.56 It undertakes scientific, techno- Inauguration Ceremony of IBM, economic, research oriented studies Bhubaneswar, Regional Office in various aspects of mining, 6.59 Objectives geological studies, ore beneficiation • To work as National Technical and environmental studies. Regulator operating at national- 6.57 Vision for IBM level designing systems, processes and guidelines for regulation of the “IBM to perform as a National mining sector; Technical Regulator and to discharge • To function as a facilitator for the developmental functions for creation and improvement of the sustainable development of the state-level regulatory mechanisms mineral industry and to work as and to facilitate state agencies to repository of database on mines and ensure adherence to standards minerals”. and parameters for scientific and systematic mining in the sector;
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• To work as catalytic agent for i) Collect, collate and organize into development of mineral sector by a database, all information on evolving capability & proficiency exploration, prospecting, mines and in beneficiation techniques; minerals in the country in the shape dissemination of knowledge and of a National Mineral Information skills in mining and allied areas Repository and take steps to publish through its training facilities; and disseminate the same; consultancy services. ii) Function as the National Technical • To play crucial role of that of an Regulator in respect of the mining Advisor to the Government in sector, and lay down regulations, matters and issues relating to the procedures and systems to guide mineral sector in areas of short the State Governments (first tier of medium and long-term mineral- regulation); wise strategies, mineral taxation iii) Build up capacity in the system, and legislative processes. both for regulatory as well as the developmental work, at the central • To play the role of National Repository level as well as at the level of the of mineral data through maintaining States; a data bank of mines and minerals in the country by developing advanced iv) Establish institutional mechanisms IT based Mineral Information System of coordination between the centre, enabling the industry to report and the States, mineral industry, research access information online,and and academic institutions and all stake holders, so as to proactively • To broaden its interactive base develop solutions to the demands and reach out to overseas counter and problems faced by the industry; parts through consultations and v) Promote research on all aspects of exchange programmes and to build practical relevance to the Industry capacity, skill & expertise through and to act as bridge between academic and training programmes research institutions on the one at institutes of international repute. hand and user industry on the other; 6.60 present Charter of Functions vi) Provide Technical Consultancy In the wake of liberalization of the policy Services; regime governing mineral sector and vii) Participate in International increasing need for adequate environment collaborative projects in the area of management as part of systematic and regulation and development of the scientific mining, the mandated functions mineral sector; for IBM.
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viii) Advise Government on all matters v) Monitoring of Environmental Impact relating to the mineral industry; and Assessment (EIA) and Environmental ix) Undertake any such other activity as Management Plan (EMP) aspects of has become necessary in the light of mining operations (Rule 13 and 31 developments in the field of geology, to 41of MCDR 1988 and Section 10 mining, mineral beneficiation and of EP Act 1986); the environment. vi) Calculation of state-wise, mineral- 6.61 Key Activities and Functions wise and month-wise royalty on ad valorem basis (Rule 64D of MCR In light of the role and charter of IBM, the 1960 and Rule 45 of MCDR 1988); key functions being performed by IBM can be broadly classified as (1) Regulatory vii) Mine Closure Plan - Inspections, Functions, and (2) Developmental approval and monitoring (Rule 23A Functions. to 23F of MCDR 1988);
6.62 Regulatory Functions viii) Co-ordination with State i) Approval of Mining Plan & Scheme Governments for curbing illegal of Mining -Inspections and Approval mining activities (intimation of (Rule 22(4), 24A of MCR 1960; Rule violation of Section 4(1) of MMDR 9, 10, 11 & 12 of MCDR 1988); Act 1957 to State Government ii) Accreditation to qualified persons as agencies), and Recognized Qualified Persons (RQP) ix) Grant of mineral concessions and to prepare Mining Plans (Rule 22B & monitoring of its activities in the 22Cof MCR 1960); offshore areas [under provisions iii) Mining Regulations for ensuring of Offshore Areas Mineral implementations of Mining Plan, (Development and Regulation) Scheme of Mining, Mine Closure Act 2002 and the Offshore Areas Plan and other statutory provisions Mineral Concession Rules, 2006]. of MCDR 1988 and launching of 6.63 Developmental Functions prosecutions (Section 22 &24 of MMDR Act 1957); i) R&D in Mineral Processing - To promote & develop the much- iv) Inspections and grant of permissions needed R&D in mineral processing to carry out ‘stoping’ operations in underground mines (Rule 26 of in the field of mineral beneficiation, MCDR1988); mineral characterization, chemical
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analysis of ores and minerals and vi) Training and Capacity Building – To analysis of environmental samples; provide training facilities for human resource development and to ii) Information Support and Advisory develop required technical expertise Services- To function as an and skill in the personnel manning advisory body to the government the mineral industry. in formulation of mineral policy, lending technical guidance & Organizational set up of IBM support for framing Mineral Acts 6.64 IBM has its headquarters at Nagpur, and in articulating provisions, rules 3 Zonal Offices at Ajmer, Bengaluru & regulations thereof and lend it the and Nagpur, and 12 Regional credentials to formulate strategies, Offices at Ajmer, Bengaluru, articulate policy requirements and Bhubaneswar, Chennai, Dehradun, oversee their implementation at Goa, Hyderabad, Jabalpur, Kolkata, both national and State levels; Nagpur, Ranchi and Udaipur and iii) National Mineral Inventory – 2 sub-regional offices at Guwahati Periodical Updation of National and Nellore. In Principle Approval’ Mineral Inventory reflecting the for opening of a new Regional micro-level status and possession Office of IBM at Raipur has been of various mineral resources of the approved by the Ministry vide letter No./3/2016-M.III dated 15th country as per the international January, 2016. standards like UNFC; IBM has well-equipped ore dressing iv) Repository on Mines & Minerals – 6.65 laboratories and pilot plants at To shoulder the responsibility for Ajmer, Bengaluru and Nagpur. A clay collection, processing and storage laboratory has also been established of statistical data in respect of all at Kolkata to cater to the needs of major minerals; the North–Eastern Region. v) Publications on topical interest – To 6.66 performance of IBM assort process and analyze mines and mineral information generated The activities of IBM have been conducted on account of statutorily and non- through the following continuing schemes: statutorily collected information and Scheme No. 1. Inspection of mines for supply them as important inputs for scientific and systematic mining, mineral policy interventions, and conservation and mine environment;
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Scheme No. 2. Mineral beneficiation 2015-16 (up to December 2015) is studies, utilization of low-grade and sub- given hereinafter. grade ores and analysis of environmental Inspection of Mines samples; During the year 2015-16 (up to Scheme No. 3. Technological upgradation 6.69 December, 2015), 1106 inspections and modernization, and for enforcement of the provisions Scheme No. 4. Collection, processing, of Mineral Conservation and dissemination of data on mines and Development Rules (MCDR) 1988 minerals through various publications and for examination of mining plans/ schemes of mining/mine Scheme No. 5. Mining Tenements System closure plans were carried out. (under implementation) Consequent to inspection of mines, 6.67 These schemes are being 1465 violations were pointed out implemented by the following as against 3724 violations in 2014- divisions of IBM: 15 in respect of 2427 mines. Total 696 violations were rectified during i) Minerals Development & Regulation the year. 33 prosecution cases were Division (MDRD) erstwhile Mines launched in various courts, 69 cases Control & Conservation of Minerals (including previously launched) were Division (MCCM); decided in favour of IBM as against 25 ii) Mineral Processing Division (MPD) in 2014-15. Mining operations were erstwhile Ore Dressing Division (OD); suspended under Rule 13(2), 45 and 56 of MCDR 1988 in 53 mines for iii) Technical Consultancy, Mining not carrying out mining operations Research and Publication Division; in accordance with the approved iv) Mineral Economics Division; mining plan/scheme of mining and for non-submission of online v) Mining and Mineral Statistics returns/ discrepancies in submitted Division and returns. A list of principal violations vi) Planning and Coordination Division. observed during inspection of mines for the year 2014-15 and 2015-16 is Performance relating to various 6.68 given at Table 6.3. activities of IBM during the year
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Table 6.3 Rule description Principal Violations of MCDR, 1988 Rule 12 (3) - Submission of detected by IBM during 2014-15, and i. scheme of mining 2015-16 (up to December, 2015) Rule13 (1) - Mining operations in ii. accordance with mining plans No. of No. of Violations Violations Rule 22(1) - Notice of opening of Rule No Pointed out iii. Pointed out mine 2015-16 2014-15 Rule 23B(2) - Submission of iv. progressive mine closure plan 12(3) 345 71 Rule 23E(2) - Responsibility of the 13(1) 603 260 v. holder of mining lease to submit yearly report 22(1) 38 10 Rule 23F(1) - Calculation of vi. 23B(2) 30 13 Financial assurance Rule 23F(3) - Submission of 23E(2) 227 109 vii. financial assurance 23F(1) 32 42 Rule 24 - Notice of temporary viii. discontinuance of mining 23F(3) 158 15 operations Rule 27(4) -Maintenance of plans 24 103 60 ix. and sections. 27(4) 86 43 Rule 29 - Copies of plans and x. sections to be submitted 29 77 41 Rule 31 - Protection of xi. environment 31 03 - Rule 33(2) - Storage of xii. 33(2) 11 11 overburden, waste rock, etc. Rule 42(1)(c)(i) -Employment of 42(1)(c)(i) 146 70 xiii. whole time Mining Engineer/ 42(1)(c)(ii) 100 23 Geologist Rule 42(1)(c)(ii) -Employment 45(1) 10 12 xiv. of Part time Mining Engineer/ Geologist 45(5)(a) 556 189 xv. Rule 45 (1) - Submission of returns 45(5)(b) 712 245 Rule 45 (5)(a) - Submission of xvi. Others 487 251 Monthly Return Rule 45 (5)(b) - Submission of Total 3724 1465 xvii. Annual Return
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6.70 The status of mining leases and Mining Plan, Scheme of Mining mines in India in respect of scheduled and Mine Closure Plan minerals is given in Annex 6.2. 6.71 The existing mining regulations i.e. State-wise break-up of inspection of the Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 mines carried out during 2015-16 is and the Mineral Conservation and given at Table 6.4. Development Rules, 1988 stipulate Table 6.4 that mining operations are required Inspection of Mines carried out to be conducted as per an approved by IBM during 2015-16 Mining Plan and after extraction of (up to December, 2015) minerals, the mines are required to be reclaimed as per an approved No. of S No State Mine Closure Plan. The Mining Plans inspection 1 Andhra Pradesh 140 are approved by the IBM and in case 2 Assam 0 of mines of minor minerals including 3 Bihar 10 31 notified (on 10.02.2015) non- 4 Chhattisgarh 39 metallic or industrial minerals; the 5 Goa 66 powers have been delegated to 6 Gujarat 132 respective State Governments. 7 Haryana 0 The Mine Closure Plan is required 8 Himachal Pradesh 34 to comprise of a Progressive Mine 9 J & K 1 Closure Plan (PMCP) prepared for 10 Jharkhand 85 five yearly periods of the successive 11 Karnataka 95 mining schemes and a Final Mine 12 Kerala 9 Closure Plan (FMCP). Mine Closure 13 Madhya Pradesh 105 Plan is expected to address issues 14 Maharashtra 24 relating to environment protection 15 Manipur 0 including air, water and land 16 Meghalaya 20 protection, management of top soil 17 Odisha 105 and overburden, reclamation and 18 Punjab 0 rehabilitation of land and control on 19 Rajasthan 120 ground vibration, surface subsidence 20 Sikkim 0 and restoration of flora. 21 Tamil Nadu 90 6.72 As on December 2015, Financial 22 Telangana 27 Bank Guarantees for a value of 23 Uttarakhand 03 `201,37,35,186/- (excluding expired 24 Uttar Pradesh 01 financial bank guarantees and bank 25 West Bengal 0 guarantees returned to lessees of Total 1106
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Table 6.5 State-wise Mining Plans/Schemes of Mining/Final Mine Closure Plans approved by IBM during 2015-16 (up to December 2015).
Mining Plans Scheme of Mining FMCP S. State Not Not Not No Approved Approved Approved Approved Approved Approved
1 Assam 1 0 0 1 0 0
2 AP 2 1 13 27 0 0
3 Jharkhand 1 1 8 4 2 0
4 Bihar 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Chhattisgarh 4 1 11 3 0 0
6 Delhi 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Goa 0 0 7 0 0 0
8 Gujrat 3 1 30 14 3 0
9 Himachal 1 1 2 0 0 0
10 Haryana 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 J & K 2 0 2 0 0 0
12 Karnataka 2 3 31 5 5 0
13 Kerala 1 0 1 0 1 0
14 MP 17 18 67 16 3 0
15 Maharashtra 1 1 17 0 0 0
16 Meghalaya 1 0 0 1 0 0
17 Odisha 4 4 33 10 2 2
18 Rajasthan 23 27 11 1 4 0
19 Sikkim 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 Tamilnadu 1 7 40 28 0 1
21 Telangana 0 0 2 1 0 0
22 UP 0 0 0 0 0 0
23 Uttarakhand 0 0 1 0 0 0
24 W.B. 1 0 0 5 0 0
Total 65 65 276 116 21 3
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recently notified 31 MCDR minerals which are given at Table 6.6 and as minor minerals) have been Table 6.7, respectively. collected and certificates under Rule 29A of MCR 1960 have been issued Table 6.6 for 17 cases (excluding 31 minor Status of Reconnaissance Permits in st minerals) of partial or full surrender India as on 31 December, 2015.
of lease. Total No. of No. of RPs RPs granted where final 6.73 During the year 2015-16 (Up S. by the State explora- State to December, 2015), 65 Mining No Government tion data Plans were approved and 65 not till date (as on submitted 31.12.2015) to IBM approved, 276 Schemes of Mining Andhra 1 56 44 were approved and 116 not Pradesh approved and 21 Final Mine Closure Arunachal 2 01 00 Plans approved and 03 were not Pradesh approved. State-wise break-up is 3 Chhattisgarh 42 26 given at Table 6.5. 4 Gujarat 04 00 5 Jharkhand 04 02 Technical Studies 6 Karnataka 66 26 7 Kerala 01 00 The performance of Annual 6.74 Madhya 8 91 28 Programme of IBM including Pradesh technical studies, investigations and 9 Maharashtra 10 08 preparation of mineral inventory/ 10 Manipur 01 00 maps etc. is indicated in the 11 Odisha 26 19 Annex 6.3 12 Rajasthan 74 29 13 Uttar Pradesh 21 08 IBM monitors the progress of 6.75 14 West Bengal 04 01 reconnaissance permits and Total 401 191 prospecting licences, the details of
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Table 6.7 6.76 preparation of Mineral Maps Status of Prospecting Licences in India During 2015-16 up to December, as on 31st December, 2015 2015, 88 multi-mineral lease hold No. maps on a scale of 1:50,000, with Total No. of of PLs PLs granted corresponding forest overlays in where by the State S. final ex- respect of Andhra Pradesh, Tamil State Government No ploration till date from Nadu and Kerala were updated. data sub- Nov.2007 to mitted to 31st Dec., 15 6.77 Mineral Beneficiation IBM Mineral beneficiation studies Andhra 1 134 45 Pradesh including mineralogical testing and chemical analysis is intimately Arunachal 2 17 01 related to both conservation and Pradesh development of mineral resources. 3 Chhattisgarh 147 73 During the year 2015-16 (up to 4 Gujarat 16 00 December 2015), 35 ore dressing investigations, 25,461 chemical Himachal 5 07 03 Pradesh analyses, 1,882 mineralogical examinations and 01 in-plant study 6 Jharkhand 26 05 were completed. Ore Dressing 7 J & K 01 00 officers are also associating with 8 Karnataka 10 06 officers of MDRD division in carrying
9 Kerala 01 00 out Regional mineral Development Studies (RMDS). Madhya 10 543 151 Pradesh National Mineral Inventory (NMI) 11 Maharashtra 44 04 6.78 Synthesis of inventories of freehold 12 Manipur 15 01 and leasehold Public & Private sector 13 Meghalaya 12 04 deposits and generation of summary
14 Odisha 06 06 outputs in respect of 06 minerals completed and remaining are under 15 Rajasthan 234 08 progress. 16 Tamil Nadu 18 00
17 Uttarakhand 43 00 Statistical Publications 18 Uttar Pradesh 03 00 6.79 IBM disseminates statistical 19 West Bengal 03 00 information on mines, minerals, metals and mineral-based industries Total 1280 307
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through various publications. evaluation of feasibility report Information on mineral production, prepared by other consultants, stocks, dispatches, employment, financial institutions, etc. inputs in mining, mining machinery and related matters received from Technical Publications the mine owners on statutory basis 6.82 IBM brings out technical publications under the MCDR, 1988 and ancillary relating to mines and minerals, statistics on metals production, mineral-based industries, trade, mineral trade and market prices of beneficiation, R&D activities, etc. minerals, revenue fromthe mining During the year 2015-16, Half-yearly sector, rent, royalty and cess on Bulletins on Mineral Information minerals, etc from other agencies is (April 2014 – September 2014 & compiled regularly by IBM. October 2014– March 2015 issue), 6.80 The statistical publications released Bulletin on ML/ PL/RP-2014 (Web during the year 2015-16 (up to Version) and Volume – 1 and 3 of December 2015) include Indian IMYB – 2014 were released. Mineral Industry at a Glance 2013- 14 issue, Statistical profiles of Training minerals 2013-14 and 07 issues 6.83 IBM imparts training to technical (September, 2014 to March, 2015) and non-technical officials of of Monthly Statistics of Mineral IBM and also to persons from the Production (MSMP). Further, Indian mineral industry and other agencies Mineral Industry at a Glance 2014- in India and abroad. During the 15, Statistical profiles of minerals 2014-15 and April 2015 to August year 2015-16 up to December, 2015 MSMP issues are under 2015, 12 training programmes progress. were conducted in which a total of 199 IBM personnel, 190 industry Consultancy Service personnel, 15 State DGM personnel and 26 NER (DGM) personnel 6.81 IBM provides technical consultancy participated. During the year 2014- services on prescribed charges for 15, 16 training programmes were geological appraisals, survey of conducted in which a total of the areas, preparation of feasibility 319 IBM personnel, 280 industry study reports, environment impact personnel, 03 officers of Directorate assessment and environment management plan, selection and Geology and 45 personnel from of suitable mining equipment, NER states participated.
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Measures for Abatement of given for systematic and scientific Pollution and Environmental development of mine including Protection protection of environment. While approving the mining plans, 6.84 The IBM undertakes inspections/ studies for the enforcement of schemes of mining and mine closure provisions of MCDR, 1988 which plans, IBM ensures that environment include provision on protection of impact assessment studies have mine environment to ensure that been carried out and to that effect due care is being taken by the environmental management plan mine operators. During inspection has been incorporated for its it ensures that mine operators are effective implementation, besides taking due care for preservation reclamation and rehabilitation of and utilization of top soil, storage mined-out areas. of overburden / waste rocks, 6.85 IBM also ensures that mining reclamation and rehabilitation of operations are carried out in land, precaution against ground accordance with the approved vibration, control of ground mining plan / scheme of mining. subsidence, abatement measures 6.86 As a result of follow up for against air, water and noise implementation of EMP, extensive pollution, restoration of flora, etc. afforestation has been undertaken in addition to other conservation in the mines by the mine owners. and developmental measures. During the year 2015-16 (up to Necessary guidance to mine December, 2015) about 0.57 million managements/ operators are also saplings have been planted over an area of 626 hectares in and around mine areas. So far, 110.62 million saplings have been planted over an area of about 45,455 hectares with a survival rate of 67.85 percent.
6.87 During the year 2015-16 (up to December 2015), simultaneous reclamation/ rehabilitation is going on in 265 working mines covering an area of about 297 hectares taking the cumulative figure up to Signing of MoU between IBM & NRSC for 2821 working mines covering an monitoring mining activities through satellite imageries area of about 16,583 hectares. So
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far, 94 abandoned mines covering established LAN facility, besides an area of 1043 hectares have been WAN system to communicate and reclaimed / rehabilitated. exchange data with Regional, Zonal offices and Headquarter offices. 6.88 IBM continued to take initiative to organize Mines Environment and 6.91 A new Web Portal of IBM as per Mineral Conservation (MEMC) the guidelines of Government of Week every year in important India was designed by National mining centres through its regional Informatics Centre (NIC) and offices to promote awareness hosted on its server in July, 2010 among mine owners for minimizing at www.ibm.gov.in. Further, to environmental pollution. fulfill the assurance given to Third Subcommittee of Parliament on Revenue Generation Official Language Committee, the Bilingual Website of IBM has been 6.89 IBM generates revenue through consultancy, training, statutory made live since 15th January 2015 processing and sale of publications and is being updated as and when &data etc. Revenue generated required. during 2015-16 (up to December 6.92 As a result of amendment to Rule 2015) is `106.12 lakhs comprising 45 of MCDR, 1988 vide notification ` 6.63 lakhs from consultancy work No. 75(E), dated 9th February, in mining and geology; `57.94 2011, it was decided to create a lakhs from mineral beneficiation portal of IBM to facilitate online assignments; `0.79 lakhs from registration of miners, traders, mining research assignments; stockiest, exporters and end users `23.98 lakhs from processing of of mineral and submission of mining plans/schemes of mining monthly and annual return thereon. and compounding fees & fines; Accordingly, after introduction of `14.55 lakhs from training and online submission of returns system, balance `2.23 lakhs from sale of the mine owners have commenced publications, mineral maps, mineral submission of monthly and annual inventory data etc. returns online. IBM is monitoring and guiding/encouraging the mine Computerization owners and their representatives 6.90 The Regional/Zonal offices and for online submission of monthly Headquarters of IBM have been returns. All queries received linked through a sophisticated regarding the problems faced by the system based on client server mine owners are resolved from time architecture established with the to time. The month-wise monthly help of BRGM, France. IBM has well returns submitted online are given
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in Table - 6.8. This year a new web Mining Tenement System domain ibmreturns.ibm.gov.in has 6.93 MTS has been taken up by the IBM been developed for facilitating the during the programme year 2009- stakeholders to submit the Monthly 10. The objective of the Scheme & Annual returns online and also scrutiny of the same by IBM. is to develop an online National Mineral Information System for Table 6.8 investors by linking Central and Month-wise Returns Submitted online State organizations engaged in (up to December, 2015) administration of mineral resources
No. of monthly in the country. The MTS would have Sl Month returns received No. graphical information database (GIS) online as well as information in textual 1 April, 2015 1,461 form. 2 May, 2015 1,434 3 June, 2015 1,445 6.94 These two databases would be
4 July, 2015 1,481 seamlessly integrated so as to 5 August, 2015 1,493 retrieve graphical information as 6 September, 2015 1,488 well as relevant textual information. 7 October, 2015 1,516 The system will be web enabled 8 November, 2015 1,642 for online access to prospective
IBM Family
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investors, government organizations compliance by the mine owners. and private public through internet Subsequently, circulars highlighting as per policy of the Government. procedure to be followed for exploration within the leaseholds in 6.95 The revised Request for Proposal respect of which the threshold values (RFP) in line with the MMDR have been significantly changed Amendment Act 2015 for selection i.e. for iron ore, chromite, bauxite, of an implementing agency for limestone & dolomite, wollastonite design, development, maintenance and magnesite were also issued for and operations of Mining Tenement reassessing the reserves/resources. System (MTS) is uploaded in CPP Portal as well as IBM website on Committee for Review and 04.08.2015 and further corrigenda Restructuring of the Functions and are also published for revision of Role of IBM some clauses, clarification on pre- 6.97 A committee was constituted on 23 bid queries, revision of financial July, 2009 by the Ministry of Mines bid worksheet, extension of bid for reviewing and restructuring of submission date etc. The RFP had the functions and role of IBM in terms been floated twice in the past but of the Policy directions given in the could not get adequate participation. National Mineral Policy 2008. Based The last date for submission of bid on deliberations with stakeholders in this revised RFP was 20th January and Industry personnel through 2016. IBM is targeting to award of various meeting the final report was contract by the end of April, 2016. submitted to the Government in May, Threshold Values of Minerals 2012. The Committee had made 73 major recommendations for overall 6.96 In the interest of systematic restructuring of the IBM including development of mineral deposits creation of additional 933 posts and conservation of minerals, and infrastructure development Controller General, IBM issued like opening of new offices, new directives under Rule 54 of MCDR, environmental laboratories, training 1988 notifying threshold value centres, etc. IBM has initiated of minerals vide Notification No. to implement 26 non-financial T 45031/CGBM/2007(PF) dated recommendations of Review and 16 October, 2009, for general Restructuring Committee. Ministry information and immediate
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role of IBM is being redefined in the wake of these developments and this will be reflected in the subordinate legislation by way of amendment in MCR, 1960 and MCDR 1988. The changes made in the regulatory & legal framework by way of MMDR Amendment Act 2015, require that most of the action will be taken by the State Governments in implementing
Secretary Mines addressing gathering during the the provisions of the amended Act. inauguration ceremony of Bhubaneswar, An important provision made under Regional Office of IBM. section 5(2) for enabling the self- has considered 2 non-financial certification of mining plans has recommendations regarding national to be implemented by making a level awards and RQP examination system by the States, which most of as having financial implication and the states are yet to initiate. The 31 dropped them. Hence, 24 such minerals have been transferred from recommendations have been taken major to minor minerals, which need up for implementation. So far, to be administered & regulated by action has been initiated in respect the states. Some states like Madhya of 20 recommendations. Pradesh, Karnataka etc. have sought the continued assistance of 6.98 Significant developments have IBM for regulation of these minerals taken place since the Restructuring as they lack capacity in this regard. Committee submitted the Report Thus the role of IBM would depend on 04.05.2012, inter-alia lapsing of a lot on the implementation by the MMDR Bill 2011 with dissolution of State Governments. IBM Advisory XV Lok Sabha in 2014. The MMDR Board has been reconstituted. The Act 1957 has undergone substantial restructuring of IBM will be one and significant changes with the of its important areas for advice. It passage of the MMDR (Amendment) will be a forum of members from Act, 2015. Government has also various stakeholders, viz – Ministries/ notified 31 minerals as minor Departments related to mining, minerals. These will now be industry representatives, etc. and regulated by States exclusively. The
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research/ educational institutions, Human Resources whose suggestions would be 6.99 The total sanctioned personnel helpful for the restructuring of IBM. strength of IBM is 1477. The present Ministry is examining the proposal filled-in strength is 1034 as on 31st for re-organization and redefining December 2015. The cadre-wise role of IBM in the changed legal employment position in IBM as on scenario in consultation with them. 31.03.2015 is given in Table 6.9
Table 6.9 Employment of Personnel In IBM as on 31.12.2015
Number of Personnel Total No. of Sanctioned Group employees Physically strength SC ST OBC Minorities Women in position Handicapped
A 245 144 22 11 15 15 09 ---
B (Gaz.) 176 106 10 07 08 04 12 ---
B (NG) 362 265 37 12 19 31 42 05
C 694 519 115 42 79 21 61 06
Total 1477 1034 184 72 121 71 124 11
IBM Budget 2015-16 (` in crore)
Expenditure Head B. E. R.E * (Up to December 2015)
Plan 53.00 44.45 24.59
Non-Plan 53.17 # 53.17 40.68
# After 10% mandatory cut * Indicates that Ministry vide letter No. 1 (5)/ 2015 – IF (295) dated 18.06.2015 asked IBM to surrender ` 7.35 crores out of Plan Budget to allocate BGML.
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Central Public Sector Undertakings
• National Aluminium Company Ltd. Page – 107
• On-going projects of NALCO. Page – 109
• Aluminium industry in India Page – 118
• Hindustan Copper Limited Page – 119
• R&D activities of HCL Page – 122
• Copper industry in India Page – 123
• Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited Page – 126
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National Aluminium Company ISO 14001, OHSAS 18001 & SA Limited (NALCO) 8000 certification; the Company has also adopted ISO 50001 standards Introduction for energy management system. 7.1 National Aluminium Company Limited (NALCO) is a Navratna CPSE Existing Operations & their under Ministry of Steel & Mines. Locations th It was established on 7 January, Bauxite Mines 1981, with its registered office at Bhubaneswar. The Company 7.3 The Company has its bauxite mines is an integrated and diversified situated on a plateau in Damanjodi, mining, metal and power group ‘A’ Koraput, in the State of Odisha. This CPSE with gross sales turnover of bauxite deposit is mined by a fully ` 7,771 crore in financial year mechanised system having a capacity 2014-15, Export sales accounted of 6.825 MT per year. Panchpatmali around 43% of turnover plateau stands at an elevation of (` 3,307 crore) and business 1,154 m to 1,366m above mean sea in more than 15 countries. In level. Bauxite occurs over the full 2013-14, the Company ranked length of the Panchpatmali plateau, among top three net foreign which spans over 18 km. The mined- exchange earning CPSEs’ of India out bauxite is transported from and is a winner of Top Export the mine to refinery by a 14.6-km- Award of CAPEXIL since 1988 and long single-flight multi-curve 1800 Star Performer Award of EEPC in tonnes-per-hour (TPH)- capacity exports. As on 31.03.2015, net cable belt conveyor. worth of Company is ` 12,797 crore. Presently, Government of India holds 80.93% equity of NALCO. Nalco paid a dividend of ` 365.01 crore to the Goverment of India for the year 2014-15.
7.2 NALCO is the first Public Sector Company in the Country to venture into international metal market in a big way with London Metal Exchange (LME) registration since May, 1989. The Company is listed at Shri Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD, NALCO, handing Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) since over the final Dividend to Shri Narendra Singh 1992 and at National Stock Exchange Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Steel & Mines, in the (NSE) since 1999. Besides, ISO 9001, presence of Shri Balvinder Kumar, IAS, Secretary, Ministry of Mines, GoI, in New Delhi
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Alumina Refinery Operations
7.4 The alumina refinery is located at 7.7 The aluminium smelter entered into Damanjodi, Odisha, approximately production progressively from 1987. 14 km from the bauxite mine at The present capacity of smelter is Panchpatmali. The alumina produced 4.60 lakh tonnes per year. Alumina is transported to aluminium smelter is converted into primary aluminium at Angul (Odisha) and to Vizag through a smelting process using electrolytic reduction. From the (Andhra Pradesh) port by rail with pot-line, the molten aluminium is NALCO’s captive wagons. routed to either the casting units, Operations where the aluminium can be cast into ingots, sow ingots, tee ingots, The present capacity of alumina 7.5 billets, wire rods, cast strips and alloy refinery is 2.275 million tonnes per ingots, or to holding furnaces at annum. Alumina produced is used flat aluminium products unit where to meet Company’s requirements the molten aluminium is rolled into for production of primary aluminium various cold-rolled products or cast at smelter. The surplus alumina that into aluminium strips. remains after internal consumption is sold to third parties in the export Captive Power Plant markets. A small portion is also sold 7.8 The aluminium smelter and coal- to the domestic market. based pit head captive power Aluminium Smelter plant at Angul are strategically located. The Power Plant is located 7.6 The aluminium smelter is located at approximately 5 km away from Angul, Odisha, approximately 699 aluminium smelter. km from the refinery and 5 km away from the captive thermal power 7.9 The location of captive thermal power plant at Angul is also strategic plant. The aluminium produced at to the availability and supply of the smelter is transported to Vizag coal. NALCO sources its major coal port (548 km away), Kolkata Port requirement for captive thermal (526 km away) and Paradeep port power plant from the Talcher (183 km away) by rail for export. coalfields of Mahanadi Coalfield Aluminium in the forms of ingots, Ltd. (a subsidiary of Coal India Ltd.), sow ingots, tee ingots, billets, located approximately 15 km from wire rods, cast strips, alloy ingots Angul. The 18.5-km captive railway and chequered sheets is also sold system links the captive thermal in the domestic market through power plant to the Talcher coalfields, its stockyards located across the enabling transport of the critical and country. bulk equirement of coal.
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Operations 7.14 Physical Performance, Financial Performance and Sales Performance 7.10 The captive thermal power plant commenced operations in 1986. are presented at Table 7.1, Presently the captive thermal power Table 7.2 and Table 7.3. plant has a generation capacity of 1200 MW by way of 10 turbo- On-Going Projects generators, each rated at 120 MW. Utkal-D & E Coal Block While the captive thermal power plant provides entire electric power 7.15 Ministry of Coal, Govt. of India has requirement of aluminium smelter, directed the Nominated Authority it also provides for approximately 35 in Sept’15 for allotment of Utkal- D MW of the power requirement to & E coal mines in favour of NALCO the alumina refinery. under Rule 8(2)(a)(ii) and Rule 11(1) Wind Power Plants of the Coal Mines (Special Provision) Rules, 2014. 7.11 The 1st wind power plant of capacity 50.4 MW (2.1MW, 24 nos. WEGs) 7.16 Central Mine Planning and Design in Gandikota, Andhra Pradesh was Institute (CMPDI) is compiling commissioned in December 2012 information on upfront amount, and the 2nd wind power plant of Geological Report (GR) cost, capacity 47.6 MW (0.85 MW, 56 performance security amount, nos. WEGs) in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan was commissioned in Jan’2014. mine snapshot along with PRC Both the plants are in operation. (Peak Rated Capacity) as desired by nominated Authority. NALCO has Rooftop Solar System submitted details of Specified End 7.12 NALCO has commissioned 260 Use Plant in Dec’15. KWp Rooftop Solar Power plant at Corporate Office and NALCO 5th stream Alumina Refinery Township at Bhubaneswar. Expansion
Port Facilities 7.17 1.0 MTPA refinery is being set up in Damanjodi, based on mineral On the Northern Arm of the Inner 7.13 available from Pottangi (Odisha) Harbour of Visakhapatnam Port Bauxite. Keeping in view higher yield on the Bay of Bengal, Nalco has established mechanized storage and & its associated benefits, Medium ship handling facilities for exporting Pressure Digestion technology is Alumina in bulk and importing being considered for which DPR has Caustic Soda. been prepared.
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Table-7.1 Physical Performance of NALCO
2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2015-16 2015-16 Total Product Unit MOU Actual till Projected (Jan Actual Actual Actual 2015-16 Target Dec’15 ’16 to Mar’16) Bauxite Lakh MT 54.19 62.93 57.39 66.25 45.74 17.26 63.00 Alumina Lakh MT 18.02 19.25 18.51 21.50 14.37 4.63 19.00 Hydrate Aluminium Lakh MT 4.03 3.16 3.27 3.59 2.76 0.98 3.74 Metal Net power MU 6076 4989 5131 5683 4351 1559 5910 MT= metric tonne
Table 7.2 Financial Performance of NALCO (` in crore) Sl. 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Annual Budget Actual upto Particulars No. Actual Actual Actual Estimate (2015-16) Sept’15 1. Income 7,427 7,339 8,055 8,965 3,563 2. Operating Cost 6,010 5,896 5,528 6,861 2,744 3. Interest & Transaction Loss 7 0 0 - 1 4. Depreciation & Amortization 505 525 414 455 206 Net Profit before Income tax 5. 905 918 2,113 1,649 612 and Dividend
Table 7.3 Sales Performance of NALCO
2015-16 Target Actual 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 Projected Estimated Sales Unit for Upto Actual Actual Actual (Jan’16 to 2015-16 2015-16 Dec’15 Mar’16)
Total Alumina/ Lakh MT* 9.83 13.42 12.25 14.50 8.21 3.15 11.36 Hydrate Sale
Aluminium Lakh MT 1.44 1.01 0.61 1.00 0.67 0.32 0.99 Export
Domestic Lakh MT 2.59 2.18 2.65 2.59 2.02 0.73 2.75 Aluminium Sale
Total Aluminium Lakh MT 4.03 3.20 3.26 3.59 2.69 1.05 3.74 Sale
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7.18 Due to delay in allotment of Pottangi for setting up a 20 MW solar power deposit, alternate arrangement for project on suitable Govt. land in sourcing bauxite from Panchpatmali MP. Techno Economic Feasibility Mines is also being considered. In Report (TEFR) for the project has the meanwhile, Govt. of Odisha has been prepared. Madhya Pradesh decided to recommend Pottangi has been assessed to be suitable for Bauxite deposit in favour of NALCO the project. Board has approved for selection of solar power developer to Govt. of India. for the project. 7.19 Pre-project activities, such as obtaining Environmental Clearance 50 kWp rooftop solar power project: from MoEF & CC, GoI, water 7.21 The Company also plans to install allocation approval from Deptt. of 50 kWp rooftop solar power project Water Resources, Govt. of Odisha, at Nalco Research and Technology Consent to Establish from State Centre (NRTC) buildings at Pollution Control Board, Odisha etc. Bhubaneswar. are presently in progress. Nuclear Power in JV with NPCIL:
New Schemes/Diversification 7.23 JV Company “NPCIL-NALCO Power Company Ltd. (NNPCL)” has been 100 MW Wind Power Project incorporated in March, 2012. Kakrapar Atomic Power Station The Company has awarded LOA to 7.20 (KAPS) – 3 & 4 (2×700 MW) has set up 100 MW Wind Power Project been taken up as the 1st JV Project. in Rajasthan (50 KW) and Maharastra The Atomic Energy Amendment (50.4 MW) with an investment of Act, 2015, which will allow NPCIL ` 700 crore. to have collaboration with other PSUs in the nuclear field has been 20 MW Solar Power Project in enacted since 1.1.2016. Madhya Pradesh: Caustic Soda Project: 7.21 The Company plans to set up approx. 20 MW Solar Power Project to meet 7.24 NALCO has formed a JV Company Renewable Purchase Obligation “GACL-NALCO Alkalies & Chemicals (RPO). NALCO has signed Letter Private Limited” with Gujarat Alkalis of Understanding with MP New & Chemicals Ltd. (GACL) on 4th Renewable Energy Dept (MPNRED) December, 2015 for development during MP Global Investor Summit of 2.7 LTPA Caustic Soda plant – 2014 held at Indore in Oct,2014 including a 100 MW CPP at Dahej
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in Gujarat. Pre-project activities have aluminium per year for a period of been initiated by GACL/JV Company. 20 years to the JV Company. Titanium Slag Project: Green Field Smelter in the Country:
7.25 NALCO has signed a MoU with Indian 7.28 Based on surplus alumina available Rare Earth Ltd (IREL) in July, 2014 for from Refinery and availability of development of 1 LTPA titanium slag coal block Company has plans to project at Chhatrapur in Odisha in set up green field smelter within the JV. RFP is under finalisation by IREL Country either at Sundergarh or in in consultation with NALCO for Madhya Pradesh for which various selection of technology provider. activities are underway.
Overseas Smelter: Computerisation 7.26 NALCO is exploring the opportunity 7.29 NALCO has a strong usage of to set up a Greenfield aluminium Information and Communication smelter in a country where energy Technology (ICT) for its day to day would be available at a competitive operations. Nalco’s ERP (SAP) price. Based on a study carried out applications cover Materials & by the Consultants, Company has Contracts (MM), Sales & Distribution identified Oman and Indonesia (SD), Production Planning (PP), as the potential destinations to Finance & Controlling (FICO) and pursue further. In view of recent Human Resource Management developments, a study has been (HR) modules. These modules are commissionned for detailed study implemented organisation wide, of Iran. including all its Works sites, Offices and facilities. For Maintenance Angul Aluminium Park: Management, Nalco uses the Ramco 7.27 NALCO and Odisha Industrial e.Apps maintenance module. Infrastructure Development The major non-SAP applications Corporation (IDCO) have formed have also been centralized, and a JV Company in July, 2010 for balance few are in the process of establishment of Angul Aluminium centralisation. Park Pvt Ltd (AAP) at Angul to 7.30 The Data Centre facilities at promote downstream and Corporate Office are supported by a ancilliary industries that would Disaster Recovery site at Damanjodi, increase value addition within so as to effectively implement the state. NALCO has committed Business Continuity Plan for the to supply 50,000 MT of molten IT based processes. NALCO has
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established fault tolerant redundant environment in all its production data links across Units and to the units. All production units are internet to ensure un-interrupted certified to International Standards data connectivity. The Local Area on Environmental Management Networks (LAN) at all the Works Systems (ISO14001) as well as sites and Corporate Office have Occupational Health and Safety been replaced with high bandwidth Management Systems (OHSAS and fault tolerant, state of the art 18001). technologies. 7.33 The Global Climatic Change scenarios 7.31 Towards e-governance, E-tendering along with Global Warming have is now widely implemented in forced the regulators to enforce various spheres of tendering stringent Environmental regulation activity like Materials procurement day by day. However being certified through SRM 7 module of SAP, to international Standards Nalco Works/Service tenders through proactively take steps to face the CPPP procurement portal of GoI, challenges of upcoming stringent and exports tenders using bespoke statutory regulations from time to application, all using secure tools time. like SSL and Digital signature 7.34 For developing awareness on systems. In the area of HR, GET environmental issues, Nalco recruitment, parallel recruitment, imparts internal as well external etc, are being done using online training to its employees as well applications, etc. Biometric based as contract workers on Pollution attendance solutions have been Control measures and prevention implemented for employees as well of pollution. NALCO also Celebrates as contract labor. Access to email Environmental functions like World has been enabled on the go for Environment Day, Vanamahotsav, middle and senior management. Chemical Disaster Prevention Implementation of online employee Day, Ozone Day and also made services is on the anvil. publication of Bulletins, Newsletter and Annual journal in some of its Action Taken on Pollution Control units. and Environment 7.35 NALCO’s overall common efforts 7.32 As a Responsible Corporate Entity, and achievement to-wards Pollution NALCO is pioneer in the front of Control and Environmental issues Pollution Control and Environment in all its production units during Management and is committed for the financial year 2015-16 being a cleaner, greener and safe working complied are indicated below:
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• All operating units of Nalco are Odisha & M/s Indocan technology operated with valid “Consent to solution as the first Public sector operate” under Water Act (PCP) in the country to implement of Act’1974 & Air (PCP) Act’1981, valid pilot-cum-demonstration project of Authorizations under Hazardous carbon sequestration from flue gas Waste Management and Handling by Algae. Rules, Municipality Solid Waste • Bauxite Mines has received Pollution Management Rules, Biomedical Control Excellence Award -2015 Waste Management and handling from OSPCB. Rules & valid licenses under Factory Act, Explosive Act etc. applicable to • Bauxite Mines has received 2nd the organization. prize in the overall performance of Group-A category (large mechanized • All operating units of Nalco have open cats mines) organized by adopted Zero Discharge with respect DGMS for the year 2015-16. to their waste water management as well as sewage waste water Energy Conservation: management. The treated waste water were recycled and reused in 7.37 Energy Conservation initiatives are the process/ horticulture purposes. vital for sustainability of all industrial ventures. NALCO, a Navaratna • Nalco has adopted rooftop Rain Company, gives utmost importance water Harvesting, surface run off to the Energy Conservation rain water harvesting systems at its Measures in its all production units. different operating units during the year. 7.38 ISO 50001, the International Standard on Energy Management • The hazardous waste, Bio-medical System, is implemented in energy- waste and the municipality solid intensive production unit: Captive waste are disposed off in line with Power Plant, Alumina Refinery Plant the authorization conditions and & Aluminium Smelter Plant. The concerned regulations. units were certified to ISO 50001 7.36 Awards & Accolades Received in February’2013, March’2014 & During the Year 2015-16 for August’2014 respectively. performance in Pollution Control 7.39 Further to above, NALCO has & Environment: implemented auto switching of light • CPP,NALCO has been awarded for system, installation of LED lights, ‘‘proactive climate change’’ in a Energy Efficient lighting system, seminar organized jointly by SPCB, Variable Frequency drives, Energy
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Efficient Compressors, preventing various mutual collaborative R&D idle running of Machineries, adoption Projects. Nalco has signed R&D co- of slotted anodes, Graphatised operation agreement with Chalieco, Cathodes for reduction of loss in China in Dec’15. potlines etc in its production units. 7.43 Benefits Derived as a Result of the R&D (In-House & Collaborative): Research & Development • New alternative process based on 7.40 Thrust has been laid on patenting of Emrion nano technology, for removal process know-how developed in the of fluoride from effluent water of company either through in-house smelter plant established through or collaborative R&D efforts. Since pilot plant experimentation. Based inception 26 patents have been filed on the findings. it is planned to set out of which 9 have been granted up a full fledged water treatment and 5 have been commercialized. plant for fluoride removal at Smelter Board level technology Committee Plant. and Research & Scientific Advisory Committee (RSAC) meetings are • Based on the findings of R&D project being held periodically to review on high speed extrusion alloy, billets the R&D activities of the company produced in billet casting facility on including technological up gradation experimental basis was successfully and innovative modification tested in an extrusion industry in carried out in different units and India. benefits derived thereon for further • “Development of low energy improvements in the process and cell technology for smelter plant productivity. Nalco’s R&D centres at (AP2XN)” in collaboration with Rio Refinery & Smelter are recognized by Tinto Alcan (RTA) has been initiated Department of Scientific & Industrial with an objective to reduce specific Research (DSIR), Govt of India. energy consumption. 7.41 The company is in the process • The 1st phase for extraction of of establishing a Corporate level alumina from Fly ash/Partially research & development centre Lateritized Khondalite(PLK) using named Nalco Research & Technology nitric acid with CSIRO, Australia. Centre (NRTC) at Bhubaneswar. Under optimum condition >90% 7.42 Development co-operation efficiency has been achieved. agreement between Rio Tinto The 2nd phase of the project for Alcan, Canada and NALCO has been separation of aluminium from iron is signed in July, 2015 which will cover being taken up with CSIRO.
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• A process has been successfully • Up gradation of Alumina in NALCO developed for extraction of Fly ash through bio leaching of silica vanadium pentoxide (V2O5) along and subsequent recovery of alumina with other impurities in the form through piro/hydrometallurgical of sludge from process liquor. The routes- continuing. Alumina recovery process was successfully tried in the was found more than 90% through pilot scale using existing facilities in hydrothermal leaching followed by Refinery. Efforts are on to sell the sulphonation roasting. sludge for establishing the market. • Technology with use of fly ash • After identifying suitable Synthetic in tiles developed successfully in flocculants to replace Wheat Bran, laboratory scale. Fine tuning for the natural flocculent, presently in use in the conventional Washers, industrial scale trials with minimum plant scale trial of one of the of 50% use of coal ash to produce identified synthetic flocculent wear resistant ceramic tiles with completed successfully. qualities comparable with market available tile at a lesser cost has • A portable spectrometer developed been completed. The cost of tiles for measurement of impurities like is expected to be cheaper by about Fe, Si, Ca, Ti, V2O5, and P2O5 40% from the conventional tile etc in Aluminate liquor, Hydrate cost. Development of an innovative and Calcined Alumina samples, in process for fabrication of wear collaboration with M/s JNARRDC, resistant ceramic tiles from NALCO Nagpur. coal ash at industrial scale has been • A collaborative Study on lab found to be satisfactory. scale extraction of Rare earth elements from Red Mud with NML, Industrial Relations Jamshedpur completed. Scale up 7.44 In keeping with the emphasis on work is being planned. employee welfare, and workers’ participation in achieving the goals • Development of ceramic of the company, the policy of joint proppant from Partially Lateritized deliberations starting from the shop Khondalite(PLK)and Fly ash- floor level up to the Chief Executive continuing. Preparation of green level remained the mainstay of pellets completed successfully so far, industrial relation activities during and firing of pellets are in progress the year. The overall industrial to further ascertain the strength. relation situation across the company
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remained conducive for maintaining and in FY15-16, it is expected to the ethos of high productivity in all increase to about 2.3 million tonnes. units except for local incidents of The total domestic consumption of inter union/ association issues and primary aluminium metal in 2014- small law and order situations. The 15 was 1.6 million tonnes and is management took adequate steps expected to be 1.9 million tonnes to maintain discipline and improve during 2015-16. The Indian primary work culture in the company with aluminium industry consists of cooperation from all quarters. Bold three major players i.e. National initiatives were also taken in the Aluminium Company Limited areas of CSR, rehabilitation of land (NALCO), Hindalco Industries and affected persons in order to create a Vedanta Ltd., having total installed conducive business environment for smelting capacity of about 4.1 the company, especially keeping in million tonnes, presently. view long term growth objectives. 7.47 The aluminium per capita MOU rating of NALCO during the consumption level in India continues last three years to be very low i.e. it stands currently at around 2.2 kg as against the Composite Grade Year world average of roughly 8 kg. The Score demand for aluminium in India is 2011-12 2.49 Very Good projected to grow, largely in line 2012-13 1.50 Excellent with the annual GDP growth rate. 2013-14 1.562 Very Good In India, the power sector continues
1.257 Excellent to be the major consumer of 2014-15 (provisional) (provisional) aluminium. Besides this, demand growth is also likely to be high in Aluminium Industry in India transport, packaging, building and 7.45 India is richly endowed with bauxite construction sectors. resources, which is the basic raw 7.48 The total domestic production of material for aluminium production. aluminium metal by aluminium Estimated bauxite reserves of the producers in the years 2013-14 to country (proven and probable) stand 2015-16 is at Table 7.4. The sales at 540 million tonnes. figures of aluminium (Domestic 7.46 The total domestic production of Sales of Aluminium & Export Sales aluminium metal during FY 2014- of Aluminium in India are given in 15 was about 2.05 million tonnes Table 7.5 and Table 7.6.
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Table 7.4 Production of Aluminium in India (Figs. in MT)
Sl. 2015-16 Producer 2013-14 2014-15 No. (Apr-Dec)
1 NALCO 316,492 327,070 275,771
2 HINDALCO 618,286 835,896 827,777
VEDANTA 3 795,355 883,590 698,623 GROUP Total 17,30,133 2,046,556 1,802,171
(Note: Production figures pertaining to other To promote meritorious BPL girl students, ‘NALCO primary producers are based on available market Ki Ladli’ Scheme under Govt of India’s ‘Beti Bachao, Beti Padhao’ programme was launched data; by Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Table 7.5 Steel & Mines, at Angul, Odisha Domestic Sales of Aluminium (Figs. in MT) Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) 7.49 Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL), Sl 2015-16 Producer 2013-14 2014-15 No (Apr-Dec) a Mini Ratna Government of India (GoI) Enterprise under the 1 NALCO 218,420 265,327 202,050 administrative control of the 2 HINDALCO 473,651 484,702 481,656 Ministry of Mines, was incorporated VEDANTA 3 547,251 506,758 465,208 on 9th November 1967 under the GROUP TOTAL 1,239,322 1,256,787 1,148,914 Companies Act., 1956. It is the only company in India engaged in mining Table 7.6 Export Sales of Aluminium of copper ore and owns all the (Figs. in MT) operating mining lease of copper Sl 2015-16 ore and also the only integrated Producer 2013-14 2014-15 No. (Apr-Dec) producer of refined copper (vertically 1 NALCO 101,243 60,752 66,801 integrated company). Major 2 HINDALCO 138,366 334,167 344,431 activities of HCL include mining, ore VEDANTA 3 247,472 374,156 227,911 beneficiation, smelting, refining and GROUP casting of refined copper metal into TOTAL 487,081 769,075 639,143 Note: Sale figures pertaining to other primary downstream products. producers are based on available market data.
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b) Issued, Subscribed and Paid-Up Capital
92, 52, 18,000 equity i) ` 4,62,60,90,000/- shares of ` 5/- each
Total ` 4,62,60,90,000/-
7.51 Present capacities of HCL’s Mines, Smelters and Wire Rod are given in Table 7.8, Table 7.9 and Table 7.10.
Table 7.8
Hon’ble Minister of Steel & Mines, Shri Narendra Production Capacity of Mines Singh Tomar, receiving dividend cheque from under HCL CMD, HCL in the presence of Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary to the Government of India, Ore Capacity (lakh tonnes per Minister of Mines Location of Mines annum) (As per IBM approved Highlights of 2015 Mine Plan) • The Company has paid dividend Khetri Copper Complex, 14.00 of ` 16.70 crore (including tax on Rajasthan # Malanjkhand Copper dividend) to the Government of 20.00 Project, Madhya Pradesh India for the year 2014-15. Indian Copper Complex, 4.00 • HCL acquired assets of Jhagadia Jharkhand Copper Limited – refined copper Total 38.00 producing unit using secondary # - includes production capacity of Khetri, Kolihan and Banwas mines (which is under development) route. • HCL won NIPM National Award Table 7.9 (Runner-up trophy) for best HR Production Capacity of Smelters practices. under HCL
Metal Capacity 7.50 The capital structure of the Company Location of Smelters (Tonnes per annum) as on 31st March, 2015 is given in Khetri Copper 31,000 Table 7.7 Complex, Rajasthan* Table 7.7 Indian Copper 18,500 Authorized Capital Structure of HCL Complex, Jharkhand Gujarat Copper a) Authorized Capital: 50,000 Project, Gujarat** 180 crore Equity i) ` 900 crore shares of ` 5/- each Total 99,500 20 lakh Preference ii) ` 200 crore *-Plant not operational since Dec., 2008 due to shares of `1000/- each economic reasons Total ` 1,100 crore ** Plant is under refurbishment
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Table 7.10 7.52 Production of ore, metal in Production Capacity of Wire concentrates, refined copper Rod Plant under HCL (cathode) and wire rod during Capacity the year 2013-14, 2014-15 and Location of Plant (Tonnes per annum) 2015-16 (upto November, 2015) Taloja Copper Project, 60,000 and Physical Performance and Maharashtra Financial Performance are shown in Total 60,000 Table 7.11 and Table 7.12.
Table 7.11 Physical Performance of HCL
2015-16 Actual 2013-14 2014-15 Target for 2015-16 Product (upto November, Actual Actual 2015-16 (Anticipated) 2015)
Ore Production(‘000MT) 3,827 3,505 3,600 2,518 3,600
Metal in Concentrate (MT) 32,276 24,878 34,000 20,589 32,456
Refined Copper (Cathode) 22,825* 21,205* 22,706 14,455* 25,500* (MT)
Wire rod (MT) 22,976 19,576 22,392 15,254 25,512
*includes tolled cathodes.
Table 7.12 Financial Performance of HCL (` in crore) Actuals for the 2015-16 previous 2 years Target for Sl (upto Sept., 2015-16 Details 2015-16 No 2015) (Anticipated) 2013-14 2014-15 audited
1. Turnover 1,615.90 1,127.49 1,531.00 488.53 1,281.39
Net Profit/(Loss) 2. 430.64 80.45 131.47 21.88 39.07 before Income Tax
Net Profit/(Loss) 3. 286.42 67.60 86.78 21.98 25.74 after income tax
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Sales Performance Smelter plant to decrease furnace oil consumption. 7.35 The Company has achieved total sales of 12663 tonnes of copper • Pilot scale study for processing MCP during 2015-16 (upto November, concentrate to produce refined 2015). The anticipated sales of copper through hydrometallurgical wire rod, cathode and MIC during route. 2015-16 would be around 32000 • Erection of Pilot plant at KCC for tonnes. recovery of valuable metals from copper ore tails of KCC & MCP Mine Expansion Schemes origin.
7.54 The Company’s strategy is to • Implementation of innovative aggressively expand its mine and technology at ICC to recover nickel ore beneficiation capacities. Such as pure metal and sulphuric acid a strategy would also enable the from spent electrolyte of Refinery. company to sustain its profitability • Study of “scale ban” technology for even at significantly lower copper water conservation by utilizing ETP prices and also position it to remain water in cooling circuit. a dominant copper player in the country. A road map has been Information Technology (IT) prepared for enhancing its mine Initiatives production from current level of 7.56 The following IT initiatives, spanning 3.4 million tonne per annum to all operational areas taken up 12.4 million tonne per annum in by the Company for bringing the next 5 years. The Company is about dynamism, transparency concurrently implementing eight and business efficiency, are being mining projects. The Company’s maintained and updated. Major capital requirement for expansion initiatives are: of existing mines and re-opening of closed mines is estimated at Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) ` 3435 crore, spread over a period implementation of 5 years. 7.57 Maintaining ERP (eBiz Suite R12) implementation has enabled HCL R&D Activities to adopt a centralized business 7.55 During the year the Company has management platform based on taken following projects: which the entire company has been thoroughly unified, increased real- • Replacement of high pressure time visibility of critical business burner with low pressure burner at parameters, thereby strengthening
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financial management & spares • Covering top soil & plantation at the control, supply chain management, waste rock dump at Malanjkhand, customer service and HR functions. Madhya Pradesh. Audited financial results have been • Installation of solar street lights finalized within scheduled planned • Water conservation by recycling time. of mine water from Kolihan mines E-Procurement/EPS to the concentrator plant by 8 KM cross country pipelines, 7.58 Procurement of Stores & Spares items above Rs 1.0 lakh continues • Gradual replacement of conventional to be done through Enterprise lights with LED (Light Emitting Procurement System (EPS), Diode) in all Units. conducted by third party namely 7.61 The total Manpower Strength of the M-Junction, Kolkata. Company is at Table 7.13
Real time LME booking Table 7.13 Manpower Strength Position at HCL 7.59 The web based system is in place as on 30.11.2015 to enable customers to place on- line orders for copper wire rod and Gen- Category SC ST OBC Total cathode with the Company in a eral Real time LME rate scenario. Web Executives 89 26 73 437 625 based booking of orders for items Non-Exec- 483 439 283 1,529 2,734 like sulphuric acid, copper sulphate utives & mill scale is also in place and the Total 572 465 356 1,966 3,359 system helps customers to monitor MoU ratings achieved by HCL the order booking status and view Year Grade HCL’s price circulars. 2009-2010 Very Good Sustainable Development 2010-2011 Very Good 7.60 HCL adheres to the sustainable 2011-2012 Excellent development requirement as per 2012-2013 Very Good the guidelines and policy of the 2013-2014 Very Good Department of Public Enterprises 2014-2015 Grading awaited (DPE). Following projects are Copper Industry in India implemented under sustainable development plan for the year 7.62 Copper finds widespread use in 2015-16: a wide range of application in all
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major sectors namely, construction, copper producer in the country, electric & electronic products, while M/s Hindalco Industries at industrial machinery & equipment, Dahej in Gujarat and M/s Sterlite transportation equipment & Industries in Tuticorn in Tamil Nadu consumer and general products. have set up port based smelting 7.63 At present, the demand for copper and refining plants. Production of minerals in the country for primary copper cathode by major players copper production is met through in copper industry for the year two sources i.e. copper ore mined 2014-15 was 7,65,569 tonnes and from indigenous mines and imported during 2015-16 (upto November, concentrates. The indigenous 2015) are 5,20,897 tonnes as given mining activity among the primary at Table 7.14 copper producers is limited to only Table 7.14 Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL). Production of Copper in India The other primary copper producers in the private sector import the (in tonnes) Produc- Produc- required mineral in the form of Num- tion tion during Commod- ber of Installed during 2015-16 concentrate. ity Facto- Capacity 2014-15 (upto Nov., ries 2015) Cathode 2 49,500 15,243 10,573 a) HCL b) Sterlite Industries 1 4,00,000 3,62,373 2,47,632 Ltd. c) Hindalco Ind. Ltd. 1 5,00,000 3,87,953 2,62,692 (Unit:Birla Copper) Total 9,49,500 7,65,569 5,20,897
Reserves & Resources 7.65 India has very limited known reserves of copper ore exploitable Malachite stains in phyllite with quartz veins about 200 m from Rumtek, Sikkim for copper production. The total resources of copper ore as on 7.64 Currently, three major players 1.4.2010 as per UNFC system are dominate the Indian Copper estimated at 1.56 billion tonnes. Industry. Hindustan Copper Of these, 394.37 million tonnes Limited (HCL) in Public Sector, (25.30%) fall under ‘reserves’ M/s. Hindalco Industries and M/s. (proved and probable) categories Sterlite Industries in Private Sector. while the balance 1164 million HCL is the only vertically integrated tonnes (74.69%) are ‘remaining resources’ category. India’s share
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of world reserve & resource is Refined Copper Consumption 1.9% only. Total known reserves 7.68 Presently, electrical and electronic and resource of copper (in metal products are the largest sector terms) are estimated to be around consuming copper in India, 630 million metric tonnes. Globally, accounting for 34% of total Chile has the largest reserves of Indian copper consumption. copper accounting for about 24% of the total world reserves followed Indian domestic refined copper by Peru 14%, Australia 13%, USA consumption has grown at a CAGR 6%, Indonesia & Russia 5% each of 7% between 2000 and 2014. and other countries 33%. This has been supported by strong growth in end user segments such Price of Copper as winding wires, power cables and other user applications. The 7.66 The domestic price of copper is total consumption of refined linked to London Metal Exchange copper within the country is around (LME) price. The LME Cash `5.8 lakh tonnes. Although the Settlement Price (CSP) is the basis country is an importer of copper on which prices of copper products are declared by domestic producers. concentrate, it is a net exporter of refined copper. 7.67 The year wise average LME price per tonne of copper is as indicated at 7.69 Annual per capita copper Table 7.15 consumption in India is of the order of 0.56 Kg. It is much lower Table 7.15 compared to the developed nations. The Year-wise Average LME Annual per capita consumption of Price of Copper copper of China and other European countries are given at Table 7.16. Average LME price of Year Copper (US $ per tonne) Table 7.16 2006-2007 6,970 Per capita consumption of copper of 2007-2008 7,584 China and other European countries. 2008-2009 5,864 2009-2010 6,101 i. China 5.82 kg/person
2010-2011 8,140 ii. Germany 16.32 kg/person 2011-2012 8,485 iii. Italy 10.42 kg/person 2012-2013 7,855 iv. Russia 3.05 kg/person 2013-2014 7,103 2014-2015 6,554 v USA 5.64kg/person 2015-16 5,493 (upto Nov., 2015) Source: ICSG
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Mineral Exploration Corporation Nagpur. The business generation Limited (MECL) and commercial activities of the Company are being looked after by 7.70 Mineral Exploration Corporation Business Development and Planning Limited (MECL), a ‘Miniratna’ PSU Division at Nagpur. In addition, one under Ministry of Mines, is carrying Business Development unit is in out mineral exploration activities operation at New Delhi and a Liaison and is the premier exploration office at Kolkata. agency in the country. It carries out its exploration activities under 7.72 In accordance with the national Promotional programme funded by priorities identified in the Five Govt. of India and on contractual Year Plan(s) and potentiality of the basis on behalf of other agencies prospects, detailed exploration including Public Sector, Private schemes are formulated and after Sector and State Government(s) due approval of Standing Committee on mutually agreed terms and on Promotional Projects (SCPP) conditions. It has added 156 billion and Ministry of Mines, projects are tonnes of mineral resources to executed. Since its inception, MECL National Mineral Inventory upto has carried out detailed exploration December, 2015. for ferrous, non ferrous, precious, industrial and other minerals on 7.71 The authorised share capital and behalf of Ministry of Mines and paid up equity of the company a total of 5.46 billion tonnes of are ` 125.00 crores and ` 119.55 reserves have been established in crores, respectively. The equity is respect of above said minerals. fully held by Govt. of India. The company’s registered office is at 7.73 MECL is also engaged in regional Nagpur, (Maharashtra). To facilitate exploration of coal & lignite on behalf the prompt maintenance of plants of Ministry of Coal. The schemes and machineries deployed at various of exploration are being finalised projects, two Regional Maintenance by the Core Group of Committee Centres at Ranchi and Nagpur are on Energy Minerals and Resources, being operated. Technical guidance Group V of Central Geological to the projects, finalisation of Programming Board (CGPB). So far, geological reports, close liaisoning a total of 48.58 billion tonnes of coal with the clients and looking for and 30.44 billion tonnes of lignite new business opportunities is being resources have been established by carried out through the Zonal Offices MECL on behalf of Ministry of Coal located at Ranchi, Hyderabad and upto December 2015.
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7.74 In addition to mineral exploration MoU Performance activities, MECL has taken up 7.76 MoU rating of the company for the diversification programme(s) in the field of drilling for CBM, geothermal year 2014-15 is “Excellent”. and geotechnical exploration/ investigation. Dividend Paid 7.77 MECL has paid a dividend of Physico-Financial Performance ` 11.96 Crores to Govt. of India for 2014-15 the year 2014-15. 7.75 The physical performance in drilling, developmental mining and geological reports for 2013-14, 2014-15, 2015-16 (Anticipated) is given in Table-7.17 and the financial performance is given in Table- 7.18.
Table No. 7-18 Financial Performance of MECL (` in crore) Details 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Antici- Actual pated MoU Achmt. Actuals Actuals (Upto Hon’ble Minister of Steel & Mines, Shri Narendra Target (Upto March Nov’15) Singh Tomar receiving dividend cheque from Dr. ’16) Total Gopal Dhawan, CMD, MECL. in the presence of 198.56 275.57 266.00 154.99 287.44 Revenue# Operating Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary to Govt. of India, 151.72 176.32 194.98 116.99 212.51 Cost Ministry of Mines Depreciation 7.40 5.36 10.02 4.80 6.36 and DRE Net profit 25.46 59.44 39.91 23.02 44.47 After Taxes # Including other income
Table – 7.17 Physical Performance of MECL
Items 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16
Actual Achmt. Anticipated Actuals Actuals MoU Target (Upto Nov’ 15) (Upto March’ 16)
Drilling (Mtrs) 3,46,553 4,09,536 3,85,000 2,41,628 3,85,000
Mining (Mtrs) 8,926 6,957 6000 2232 6000
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Perspective on non-ferrous Sale of Report minerals 7.81 Under the “Pricing Policy for Sale of 7.78 During the year 2015 -16 (upto MECL Reports” of Ministry of Mines, December, 2015) exploration for MECL sold 23 Geological Reports to non-ferrous minerals has been different entrepreneurs. As a follow carried out by MECL in 9 projects. up of the MMDR Amendment Act, Out of these 9 projects, 2 projects 2015, the Ministry of Mines has scrapped the Pricing Policy for Sale have been completed and geological of MECL Reports so as to facilitate reports submitted viz. i) Lumthalary MECL in handing over its Geological (Limestone) Block, Meghalaya, ii) Reports to the respective State Parasi West (Gold) Block, Jharkhand. Governments for auctioning of 7.79 In six projects viz. Ajjanahalli mineral blocks. Accordingly, MECL East (Gold) Block-A, Karnataka, handed over 58 Geological Reports Thanewasna (Copper) Block, of different commodities to the Maharashtra, Lumshortoh respective State Governments. (Limestone) Block, Meghalaya, Action Taken on Abatement of Kuhi-Zone-I (Tungsten) Block, Pollution and Environment Maharashtra, Muariya (Polymetallic) Block, Madhya Pradesh and 7.82 The exploration activities of MECL do Kempinkote (Gold) Block, Karnataka, not cause any significant pollution. the exploratory drilling has been However, as a part of exploration completed and analytical work work, MECL is carrying out and documentation of geological environmental studies to generate report is under progress. Exploratory baseline environmental data such drilling is being carried out in one as: Geology & Geomorphology, Meteorology, Air Quality, Noise, project namely Vellampatti South Land use/ Land cover studies, Soil (Molybdenum) Block, Tamil Nadu. quality, Biota, Water regime & Socio- Baseline Environmental Studies economic studies
7.80 Baseline environmental / land use / 7.83 For helping the exploration land cover studies through Remote agencies to plan measures for Sensing in Kuhi Zone-I (Tungsten) abating possible pollution and Block, Nagpur district, Maharashtra Environmental Impact Assessment and Mauriya (Polymetallic) Block, (EIA) in various exploration projects Betul district, Madhya Pradesh have a report on the same is included as a been carried out during the year. part of Geological Report of various exploration projects.
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Information Technology (IT) Digitization and printing of maps for 7.84 Data processing of 30 Nos. MoC/ MoM Proposals and for CGPB of Geological reports for the / SGPB Presentations etc. blocks explored by MECL under 7.86 Data processing of 9 Nos. Promotional and Contractual C-Category Iron ore mine reports exploration were carried out during for DMG Karnataka, and Lumthalary the financial year 2015-16. Total Limestone Block in Meghalaya. 20 Nos. of Geological Reports (Draft Geological Report (DGR)/ 7.87 Data processing of Geological Final Geological Report (FGR) have reports for 5 Nos. of coal blocks been submitted till December-2015. such as, Ghughra, Barapara, Banai, The mineral wise reports completed Karichhapar & West Mahuda blocks, were, Coal (5). Lignite, Gold, Lead- located in different coalfields was Zinc & Limestone (1- each), Iron ore done on different parameters for for DMG-Karnataka (9) and for BSP- both opencast and underground Chhattisgarh (2). potential.
7.88 Processing of Geological Report data for Gold ore exploration in Parasi West Block, Jharkhand and Data processing for Lignite Exploration in East of Sethithope Block, Neyveli Lignite Field, Tamil Nadu.
7.89 Digital conversion & Marking of Block Boundaries as per DGPS Co- ordinates for 15 Blocks identified
Graphic Litholog with Fe, SiO2 and Al2O3 of M/s under MOM Blocks for auction is in Ramrao Paol Iron Ore Block, Karnataka progress which include Scanning, 7.85 Data processing of another 12 Nos. Vectorisation, Printing & Preparation of Geological Reports for coal (6), of Softcopies. Lignite 7.90 Baseline environmental/Land use/ Land cover studies through Remote (1) Limestone (1) and 4 Nos. of Sensing within 10 km radius from Base metal/iron ore are in progress. the center of the exploration block The work includes computerized in Kuhi Sub Block (Zone-I) District: database creation, Vectorisation Nagpur, Maharashtra has been of Maps, Generation of graphical completed. & numerical outputs. Scanning,
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7.91 Geological 3D modeling for Coal CHQ premises, the existing FTTH blocks such as Ghughra, Barapara, fiber Internet broadband facility will Banai, Karichhapahar and West be upgraded to a higher plan. Mahuda blocks were completed. This 7.94 As per the guidelines of Ministry includes Modeling of Coal Seams of Mines, MECL has implemented intersected in the boreholes. The e-Procurement on CPP Portal, 2D Plans viz-Floor Contours, Roof developed by M/s NIC, with the contour, Seam folios, iso parting assistance of Facility Management between the seams, Iso-pachytes of Personal (FMP), from NIC. 14 Overburden and Over & Inburden, Nos. new DSC’s (Digital Signature Geological Cross sections etc. were Certificates) were procured for generated from the Model. Reserves e-Procurement through the CPP were computed from the Geological Portal. model. 7.95 MECL is in the process of providing Email accounts, of the domain mecl. gov.in to all its officers. Management of the Email accounts is being done
Geological Cross Section of West Mahuda Coal through Delegated Admin Console Block drawn from 3D model (Minex Software) in-house.
7.92 Provided support for development 7.96 In order to have wide publicity about of “Online Compliant lodging” CSR Activities undertaken by MECL, module on MECL Website, for a dedicated CSR Website, displays all Vigilance division. Development of the photos, videos and details, of the “Vigilance Clearance Monitoring activities carried out at our project Application” on oracle platform sites/ offices. The interactive website for speedy vigilance clearance was also provides Monthly/ Quarterly/ completed. Final Report Generation of various CSR Activities completed/ under 7.93 Wi-Fi Internet facility was introduced progress, for Project Managers, for officials of projects, zonal HOD’s and CSR nodal Office, for offices and RMC’s. As per the IT monitoring purpose. Policy, buyback of laptops was implemented for the first time, on 7.97 The exploration/ geological retirement of DGM (Exploration), EZ, softwares like GDM, MINEX, Ranchi. For improving the existing SURPAC were upgraded during the internet facility and accommodating year and the use of the upgraded the increase in number of users, in version of software in preparation
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of geological report, has resulted in for various clients and Promotional using recent technology particularly work on behalf of Ministry of Mines in 3D modeling. Due to increase in and Ministry of Coal. The extension number of reports for submission, of MoU with the major client i.e. one more License of MINEX Software CMPDI on longterm basis is in was procured. progress. This may generate work of around 5 lakh metres of exploratory 7.98 MECL Website has been re-designed drilling work and matching and quarterly updation of the same geological activities per annum. was carried out in respect of Current Further, MECL is also planning to Projects, Physical Performance of have MoU with OMCL and other MECL since Inception. Coordinating prospective clients for increasing its and providing technical assistance in business opportunity in ferrous and carrying out necessary upgradations other minerals. in MECL Website as per the guidelines issued from time to time, Future Plan by the Ministry of Mines, in areas like Web Security, Web Content 7.101 To achieve its VISION 2015-20, Accessibility, Domain Registration, MECL has prepared ‘Comprehensive VPN renewal, Cyber Security, etc. Strategic Plan for Enhancement in Growth and Profitability of Optimal utilization of existing 7.99 MECL’. MECL has planned to invest resources, for time bound Geological ` 208 crore in next 5 years for Report Processing and Financial modernization and upgradation. Applications with cost efficiency. Salient feature of the Strategic Plan are given below: Business Development Activity • Replacement of old conventional 7.100 Through business development drills with modern Hydrostatic drills division, vigorous efforts are being in phased manner made to obtain work from both public and private sectors through • Achieve higher production with submission of competitive techno- increased productivity in all sectors commercial offers and MoU route with maintaining 80 drill machines and a series of techno-commercial and 1604 manpower in next 5 years discussions. As a result the total • Switching over from conventional value of order book position upto to high capacity Hydrostatic drills December 2015 is ` 354.36 crores (addition of 25 Hydrostatic drills by which includes Contractual works 2020)
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• Planned recruitment and Skill projects and to provide engineering development of Technical manpower support to field operations. It carries and supporting divisions. out repairing/ overhauling of drilling and mining equipment and light/ • Modernization and expansion heavy vehicles. It manufactures of laboratory by purchasing of Tungsten Carbide (TC) bits and AAS, XRF, XRD Derivatograph etc. spares & accessories for coring and for enhancing analytical studies non-coring drill machines. Also, capacity. it has CNC lathe machine for the • Infrastructure Development: manufacturing of drill tubular. Construction of modern and State During 2015-16 (upto November of the Art building for Laboratories 2015), a total of 7,000 items were and Workshop at Utility Complex of manufactured, which include 2,220 MECL, Nagpur Nos. of TC bits and 1,799 Nos. of • Gearing up for faster & more other drill accessories and 2,981 accurate survey by addition of DGPS Nos. threading / re-threading of drill etc rods & casings.
• Up gradation of workshop by Salient Aspects of the Work Being installation of Induction Hardening Done by Advisory Boards/Councils. Plant, setting up diamond bit 7.103 During the period April to December manufacturing plant, Gear Hobbing 2015, MECL participated in the Machine, CNC etc. for reliable following meetings. supply of accessories • CMD, MECL was nominated as • Preparation of FR/ DPR as a measure a member of the Committee of diversification constituted by the Secretary, Mines • Increase in outsourcing of drilling along with Controller General, IBM work to meet additional drilling and Additional Director General, requirement National Mission Head (NMH)-II to examine the exploration reports Entering into production mining for • from the point of view of their perennial source of income. amenability to auction. Manufacturing Unit • MECL participated in Coordination- Cum-Empowered Committee 7.102 MECL has a well equipped central Meeting on MMDR, 2015 held workshop and manufacturing unit under the chairmanship of Secretary at Nagpur to cater to the needs of Mines on 24th September, 2015 at drilling and developmental mining
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Bengaluru and on 15th December, company was also transferred to 2015 at New Delhi. the Strategic Partner namely Sterlite • CMD, MECL made a presentation in Opportunity Venture Limited (SOVL) the 1st Governing Body Meeting of on 11th April, 2002. At present NMET chaired by Hon’ble Minister of Government of India is holding Mines at New Delhi on 20.11.2015. 29.53% shares in HZL. • MECL representative have attended 7.106 Government of India is given various CGPB Committee meetings. dividend by HZL every year. In the year 2015-16, HZL has given Interim 7.104 Employment dividend of ` 2,371,106,121.00 The category wise employment and special interim dividend of position including General /SC /ST ` 2,371,106,121.00, @ 95% each /OBC /Minorities /Women (As on on the Government holding in the 30.11.2015) in the company is given company. in Table-7.19. Bharat Gold Mines Limited (BGML) Table – 7.19 Employment of Personnel 7.107 Bharat Gold Mines Limited (BGML) as on 30.11.2015 has been closed since 1st March, 2001. The Cabinet had taken a Total Mi- No. of Gen- O. Wom- decision in the year 2006 to dispose Group SC ST nori- employ- eral B. C en ties off the assets and liabilities of the ees Company through an open tender, A 226 137 034 16 039 11 15 with First Right of Refusal (FROF) in B 043 029 008 03 003 04 02 favour of the co-operative society formed by the ex-employees of the C 1045 665 165 85 130 71 20 company. However, the Cabinet D 07 004 003 - - 01 04 decision could not be implemented Total 1321 835 210 104 172 87 41 due to litigation. Finally in 2013, the Supreme Court allowed the Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) Government to go ahead with 7.105 Hindustan Zinc Limited (HZL) was the tender. Presently the matter of disinvested on 28th March, 2002 disposal of assets of BGML is under and the management control of the consideration.
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• Research & Development Page - 137
• Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Page - 139 Development & Design Centre
• National Institute of Rock Mechanics Page - 143
• National Institute of Miners’ Health Page - 144
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Research & Development broad thrust areas for supporting research in mining sector include – 8.1 Recognizing the paramount importance of safety, economy, (i) Prospecting exploration for strategic speed and the efficiency in rare and rare earth minerals. extraction of ore resources and in its (ii) Research in mining methods. This convergence into viable economic includes rock mechanics, mine alloy and metals, National Mineral designing, mining equipment, Policy has accorded higher priority to energy conservation, environmental R&D programmes. For fructification protection and mine safety. of principles as enunciated in the National Mineral Policy, guidelines (iii) Improve efficiency in process, for support to ‘Mining Research’ was operations, recovery of by-products issued in May 2013. With a view to and reduction in specification and promoting R&D in the mining sector, consumption norms. Ministry of Mines has launched a (iv) Research in metallurgy and mineral comprehensive Science & Technology Programme which includes (i) beneficiation techniques to utilize R&D component (ii) Information lower grade and finer size ores. Education and Communication (IEC) (v) Extraction of value added products and (iii) one-time capital component from mine waste, plant tailings etc. for up-gradation of R&D facilities of Jawaharlal Nehru Research (vi) Development of new alloys and Development & Design Centre, metal related products etc. National Institute of Miners’ Health (vii) Evolve low capital and energy saving and National Institute of Rock processing systems Mechanics. (viii) Production of materials of high Science & Technology Programme purity. (R&D component) 8.3 Based on scrutiny which passes 8.2 The underlying principle behind R&D through different stages of evaluation Component is to foster utilisation including presentation of short- of the available mineral resources listed projects before the Project judiciously, economically efficient Evaluation and Review Committee and environmentally sustainable (PERC) and final approval of an manner. Under the R&D component inter-ministerial Standing Scientific of the Science & Technology Advisory Group (SSAG) chaired by Programme, Research projects are Secretary (Mines), grants are given funded through grant–in–aid. The to the projects submitted by R&D institutions.
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8.4 During the Financial Year 2015-16 Information Education and (till December, 2015) 10 projects Communication component (IEC) which have been considered as 8.7 The purpose of this component of relevant to the identified priorities the Scheme is to create awareness have been approved by SSAG in regarding issues relating to the mining its meeting held on December and mineral sector by organizing or 02, 2015, for grant-in-aid by the being associated with promotional Ministry under S & T programme. events, like seminars, workshops, 8.5 The Grant-in-aid released to the exhibitions etc. evaluation studies, various institutes in the country surveys, awareness programmes, under the scheme for the year consultation with stakeholders, 2015-16 (up to 17.2.2016) can be organization of national and seen at Annex 8.1. international events/conference, creating audio-visual publicity 8.6 Plan and Non-Plan Grants provided materials and propagation of to the three autonomous institutions policies and programmes. under Ministry of Mines is given Table 8.1 and Table 8.2. 8.8 Industry associations, recognized universities, recognized academic Table 8.1 and research bodies having at least Plan three years experience in the mining (` in crore) and mineral sector are eligible for receiving funds under the scheme. Component of one time 4.60 grant to JNARDDC One-time capital component for Component of one time up- gradation of R&D facilities 0.75 grant to NIMH 8.9 The quality of R&D hinges upon Component of one time availability of state of art research 2.35 grant to NIRM facilities in the country. In the mining sector R&D activities are being Table 8.2 pioneered by the three autonomous Non Plan Grant bodies functioning under Ministry (` in Lakhs) of Mines i.e. Jawaharlal Nehru Research Development & Design NIMH 140 Centre, Nagpur National Institute of NIRM 500 Miners’ Health, Nagpur and National Institute of Rock Mechanics, Kolar. JNARDDC 440 As these Institutions were carrying
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out R&D related work with obsolete the cause of R&D from bauxite to equipment, need was felt to replace finished product under one roof. the capital equipment which have 8.12 The objective of the Centre is to outlived their life. Since these assimilate the technology available autonomous bodies are unique from in the country and abroad for the point of view of the national the production of alumina and importance and keeping their core aluminium including aluminium competence in mind, the Ministry alloys as well as to develop technical modified the S&T Scheme after know-how for the basic engineering due evaluation by an impartial and process and downstream areas and independent agency and considered to add one more component in to provide training to the personnel the Scheme viz “One-Time Grant employed in the Indian aluminium to the Autonomous Bodies under industries. the Ministry of Mines for Capacity 8.13 The Centre caters to R&D needs of Building”. During the year 2015-16 both primary and secondary (till February, 2016) grant to the tune producers. It has made key of ` 7.70 crore has been released to contribution in the areas of these Institutions. beneficiation, characterization, The Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium technological evaluation, Research Development and Design upgradation of bauxites, reduction Centre (JNARDDC), Nagpur of energy consumption and environmental pollution by the 8.10 JNARDDC an autonomous body effective utilization of aluminium under Ministry of Mines is a “Centre of Excellence” set up in 1989 as a industry residue materials such as joint venture of Ministry of Mines, red mud, dross & scrap etc. and Government of India and UNDP process modeling for the overall with a view to provide major R&D interest of the aluminium industry support system for the emerging and the nation as a whole. modern aluminium industry in India. Major Activities 8.11 The Centre is also recognized as 8.14 The Centre completed two projects a scientific & industrial research in the field of aluminium andeleven organization by the Department R&D projects were in progress of Scientific & Industrial Research, till November, 2015 for various Ministry of Science & Technology, government and non-government Government of India. It is the only institute of its kind in India pursuing organization. The agencies are
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National Aluminium Company Ltd. 8.16 Projects sponsored by (NALCO), Bhubaneshwar, VEDANTA, aluminium industries and other Jharsuguda, Odisha , BALCO, Korba, organizations Mineral Exploration Corporation Ltd. • Development of a suitable process (MECL), Nagpur, L&T etc. [Several for conversion of waste aluminium are under negotiation with BALCO, dross into value added product VEDANTA, etc.] VEDANTA, Jharsuguda, Odisha 8.15 Science & Technology Projects • Process for detoxification of SPL 1st sponsored by Ministry of Mines cut for recovery of mineral values • Upgradation & utilization of laterite (Carbon, Soda etc) VEDANTA, of east and west coast deposits. Jharsuguda, Odisha • Development of Super Thermal • Detailed study on melt loss Aluminium (STAL) conductor for generation and suggest measures Indian power sector (Joint project for melt loss reduction, BALCO, with NFTDC, Hyderabad) Korba • Development of a real time • Study on scale formation in instrument/ system to measure bath precipitation tank based on the ratio, alumina concentration, bath operating parameters to optimize temperature and superheat of the the uptime of tanks at Alumina aluminium electrolysis bath Refinery plant,NALCO , Damanjodi • Integrated approach for • Development of Ceramic Proppant development of process models and form PLK and Fly Ash at Laboratory pilot production of aluminium alloy Scale NALCO, Odisha extrudates using porthole dies • Characterization and Technological • Development of hard and high Testing of Kutrumali and Sijimali temperature refractory material/ bauxite in Odisha, Larsen & Toubro aggregate from Saprolite Ltd. Mumbai
Conversion of Saprolite un-utlised material into Development of process models and pilot refractory aggregates production of aluminium alloy extrudates using porthole dies
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included personnel from aluminium & aluminium related industries along with young scientists, engineers/ technologists and technicians. Aluminium Extruder’s Meet
8.19 JNARDDC successfully organised one day National Extruder’s Meet on “Aluminium extrusions in the Workshop on ‘‘Microscopic Techniques in strategic applications and challenges Aluminium Industry’’ ahead” on 29th April, 2015. The meet 8.17 The Bureau of Energy Efficiency was inaguarated by the Chief Guest (BEE), Ministry of Power has once Shri Saurabh Kumar GM OFAJ and again nominated JNARDDC as a Guest of honour, Shri Ranjit Kapoor, sector expert for the aluminium (M.D. White Metals Limited). sector under the PAT (Perform, Achieve & Trade) Scheme in the National Mission for Enhanced Energy Efficiency N ( MEEE) under Climate Change Project launched by the Hon’ble Prime Minister of India. The services of JNARDDC are utilized by BEE as a sector expert for evaluation of energy audit reports of Indian aluminium industries. 8.18 silver jubilee year of JNARDDC Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary (Mines) alongwith As a culmination of Silver Jubilee Dr. Anupam Agnihotri, Director, JNARDDC during Celebrations in April 2015, the lab visit. and inauguration of new XRF Lab Centre organised a workshop 8.20 Aluminium India on “Microscopic Techniques in 2015: JNARDDC Aluminium Industry” from 16th was a key partner th to 18 April, 2015. The objective for Aluminium India- of this workshop was to impart 2015 organized by in depth knowledge in the areas Reed SI Exhibitions Pvt Ltd which of optical/electron microscopy, focused on the entire aluminium sample preparation techniques, industry. This international exhibition microstructural evaluation & and conference was held at Bombay identification of phases & image Exhibition Centre, in Mumbai (India) analysis techniques. Participants during September 7-9, 2015.
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room temperature for in-situ 8.21 “IBAAS - CHALIECO quantitative geo-analytical 2015” symposium applications. IBAAS 2015 in CHINA: • Development of process for JNARDDC associated with IBAAS conversion of Saprolite into for organizing the “CHALIECO refractory aggregate. 2015” International symposium. • Development of process for “The Development and Future production of low soda hydrate of Aluminium Industry in China - in precipitation step of Bayer Reality and Dream” was held in process using specialized seed Suzhou (Near Shanghai), Jiang with increased yield at high Su, China from November 25-27, temperature. 2015 in cooperation with China Aluminum International Engineering 8.24 Review of JNARDDC by Secretary Corporation Limited (CHALIECO) (Mines) and Suzhou Research Institute for Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary Nonferrous Metals (SINR). JNARDDC (Mines) visited the Centre on 13th delegation actively participated July 2015 to review the activities in the symposium and presented of the Centre. The completed various technical papers in the and ongoing R&D projects were event. . reviewed by Secretary (Mines) 8.22 The scientists of the Centre which was followed by lab visit and presented/published several inauguration of the new XRF lab. technical papers in international & Finances: national seminars/journals. 8.25 The Centre achieved an Internal 8.23 The scientists of the Centre filed and Extra Budgetary Resource the final patent application for the generation (IEBR) of `1.41 crore following indigenous R&D process up to November, 2015. A non-plan developed by JNARDDC under the budgetary grant of `2.23 crore and research projects of Ministry of S&T plan grant of `5.85 crore was Mines. sanctioned from the Ministry of • Development of process steps Mines in 2015-16 upto November for the selective dissolution 2015. of alumina and silica bearing mineral phases in bauxite at
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river-linking projects (irrigation tunnels) and other infrastructure projects. b) projects Undertaken
During the year 2015-16 (upto June, 2015), NIRM carried out investigations for 13 research projects, of which 7 are new projects taken up this year. The projects of national importance Shri Balvinder Kumar, Secretary (Mines) alongwith carried out by the Institute during Dr. Anupam Agnihotri, Director, JNARDDC during the year include the geological lab visit. and inauguration of new XRF Lab mapping and design of rock support 8.26 national Institute of Rock systems for the underground Mechanics (NIRM) tunnels and structures for irrigation projects in Telangana, geophysical a) The Institute is recognized as a Scientific & Industrial Research investigations to identify oil leakage Organization (SIRO) by the at MRPL, Mangalore, investigations Department of Scientific & to identify hard bed rock for dam Industrial Research, Ministry of construction Uppinangady, Kerala, S&T, Government of India, and 3D numerical modelling for mine as a Certified Testing Centre shafts and underground caverns of for mining machineries & wire hydroelectric projects, rock blasting ropes by Directorate General of close to structures, and a training Mines Safety. The Institute carries program on controlled blasting out research projects funded by for the engineers of Border Roads various Government Ministries/ Organization. Departments, public sector and The activities in traditional areas such private organizations related to as non-coal mining sector (Hindustan excavation in rock. Copper Ltd, Hindustan Zinc Ltd, NIRM is expanding its activities Uranium Corporation Ltd, Hutti Gold into newer areas, such as oil & gas Mines Ltd, and other companies (for projects related to excavation which are mining strategic metals & of large underground caverns for non-metals like manganese, bauxite, strategic storage of these fuels), aluminium, chromium, limestone metro rails (underground rail tunnels and dimensional stone), coal mining and underground stations) major sector (Singareni Collieries Co Ltd,
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Western Coalfields Ltd and South- to the nation in conducting research Eastern Coalfields Ltd) and hydro- and promoting occupational health power sector (NHPC Ltd, NTPC Ltd, & hygiene among mine workers. and a host of private consortia) are 8.28 The institute has state of the art being further strengthened. infrastructure, facilities and trained manpower to offer Technical Support Services for; • Routine Initial and periodic medical examinations as per Mines Rules, 1955. • Health surveillance as recommended by Conferences on Safety in Mines. • Personal exposure assessment studies for noise, dust, vibration, heat & humidity as Inauguration of NOISE MAPPING Laboratory, OHy dept., by Secretary Mines, Shri Balvinder required under the Mines Act, Kumar, IAS 1952 and recommended by Safety Conferences. 8.27 National Institute of Miners’ • Work environment evaluation Health (NIMH) for dust, noise, vibration, National Institute of Miners’ Health, illumination, etc as required an autonomous Institute under under Metalliferrous Mines Ministry of Mines, conducts applied Regulations 1961 and Coal research in the field of occupational Mines Regulations,(CMR) health and hygiene among persons 1957. employed in mining and mineral • Evaluation of mining based Industry with the vision of machineries for vibration, “Safe Mines and Healthy Miners” noise, dust emission etc. and the mission “Indian mining and • Ergonomic assessment of mineral industry sans occupational Mining Machinery as per ISO diseases”. The Institute is recognized Standards. as a Scientific & Industrial Research • Training of airborne dust Organization by the Department survey in-charge as per of Scientific & Industrial Research, circulars of Directorate Ministry of Science & Technology, General of Mines Safety Government of India. The Institute (DGMS). has completed 25 years of service
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• Health awareness and by Shri. Balvinder Kumar, IAS, promotion programme on Secretary, Ministry of Mines, occupational health issues. Government of India on 7th October, 2015.
8.31 Delegates from Datta Meghe Institute of Medical Sciences (DMIMS) Dr. Mrunal Chaudhary, Dean, DMIMS, Nagpur, Dr. S. R. Tankhiwale, Dean, Academics, JNMC, DMIMS, Nagpur, visited NIMH, Nagpur, for verification and recognition of institute for HIGHER Secretary being briefed about Noise th Mapping Laboratory LEARNING AND RESEARCH on 6 June 2015. 8.29 The main objectives of the Institute include: 8.32 Training programme on “Occupational health practice” for • Promotion of health and Western Coalfields Limited (WCL) prevention of diseases among Hospital Staff conducted from 5th persons employed in mines to 9th October, 2015. and mineral based industries. 8.33 Training programme on “Spirometry, Research & development • Audiometry and ILO Classification to ensure safe and healthy of chest Radiographs” for doctors extraction of the country’s of ACC Cements Limited was mineral wealth. conducted from 14th to 16th October • Assessment of health hazards 2015. in the work environment of mines and allied industries for regulatory and remedial measures.
• Develop human resources in the field of occupational health, hygiene and safety.
Important Achievements 8.30 NIMH officially launched India’s First
NOISE MAPPING LABORATORY in NIMH instructor during training programme with Occupational Hygiene department doctors of ACC Limited
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8.34 Training programme on “Detection • Personal Noise Dosimetry & Vibration of Pneumoconiosis and use of ILO Survey at NMDC BIOM Bacheli Classification 2000” for Doctors Complex, Bailadila Iron Ore Mines, of Western Coalfields Limited was Dantewada Dist., Chhattisgarh. conducted from 4th to 6th November, 2015. • Respirable Dust Monitoring Study at NALCO, Damanjodi, Panchpatmali 8.35 Training programme on Bauxite Mines, Koraput Dist., Orissa. “Occupational health practice” for WCL Hospital Staff conducted from • Respirable Dust Monitoring Study at dated 16th to 20th November 2015. Chanda Cement works, ACC Ltd., 8.36 Training programme on “Spirometry Cement Nagar Dist., Chandrapur. and Audiometry” for paramedics • Dust, Noise, Vibration, Illumination of ACC Cements Limited was and Noise Mapping study at Ambuja conducted on dated 26th & 27th November, 2015. Cement Ltd., Maratha Cement works, Upparwahi, Tah, Korpana Activities during the year 2015-16 Dist., Chandrapur.
8.37 Clientele/ Sponsored Projects; • Equipment vibration studies and Clientele / sponsored projects Assessment of Associated Health undertaken during the year are Risk in TRB Iron ore Mines at TRB given below; Iron ore Mines, Tensa, Sundargarh Dist., Orissa (Jindal Steel and Power). • Respirable Dust Monitoring Study at Kymore Cement Work, ACC • Dust, Noise, Vibration, Noise Ltd., Kymore Dist., Katni, Madhya Mapping Studies at NMDC BIOM Pradesh. Bacheli Complex, Bailadila Iron Ore Mines, Dantewada Dist., Chhattisgarh.
• Dust, Noise, Vibration and Noise Mapping at NMDC BIOM Kirandul Complex, Bailadila Iron Ore Mines, Dantewada Dist., Chhattisgarh.
• Respirable Dust Monitoring at ACC Gagal Ltd., Himachal Pradesh.
• Dust, Noise, Vibration studies at NIMH scientist, along with Director, NIMH during NALCO, Damanjodi, Panchpatmali training programme with WCL doctors Bauxite Mines, Koraput Dist., Orissa.
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• Airborne Respirable Dust Studies, Noise Level Studies, Vibration studies at M/s.NMDCL, Donimalai & Kumarswamy Iron Ore Mines, Bellary, Karnataka.
• Periodical Medical Examination of employees of Gujarat Mineral Development Corporation (GMDC).
Area Dust survey in mines • Expert opinion on medical examination reports of workers • Dust, Noise, Vibration studies at working in quartz grinding factories NMDC Panna (Diamond Mines), of Rajasthan. Katni Dist., Madhya Pradesh. • Chest X-rays evaluation of employees • Airborne Respirable Dust Studies, from Chitradurga mines of M/s John Noise Level Studies, Vibration mines, Karnataka. studies, Illumination studies at M/s. Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd, S&T Projects Cuddalore Dist, Tamil Nadu. 8.38 The Institute is implementing Airborne Respirable Dust Studies • following four S&T projects at Kallakudi, Kovandakurichi, sponsored by Ministry of Mines. Perianagalur Aminabad Khairulabad & Periathirukonam Limestone • Development of Standard Mine, M/s.Dalmia Cement (Bharat) Framework and Guidelines for Noise Ltd.,Ariyalur Dist, Tamil Nadu mapping in mines and surrounding community. • Noise Level Studies, Illumination studies, Vibration studies at • Multi Centric Study of dust Madukkarai & Walayar Lime stone Related Diseases in Stone Mines mine, M/s. ACC Ltd., Coimbatore, and Development of Sustainable Tamil Nadu (TN). Preventive Programme
• Noise Level Studies at Velliperingiyam • Development of standard protocol & Alanthuraiyarkattalai Limestone of field audiometry for notifying Mine, M/s. UltraTech Cements Ltd., noise induced hearing loss Ariyalur Dist., TN.
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• Evaluation of biomarkers for early 8.42 Visit of Secretary (Mines) to detection of Noise Induced Hearing NIMH Loss (NIHL) in the mine workers. Shri. Balvinder Kumar, IAS, Secretary, Students’ Dissertation Projects Ministry of Mines, Government of 8.39 The institute has been providing India visited NIMH on 28th August research facilities for dissertation 2015 to review activities of NIMH. to students from Biochemistry and Publications/Presentations Biotechnology stream as part of its academic contribution. 8.43 The officers and staff of Institute In house training programme at published five (05) scientific papers Occupational Hygiene Dept., NIMH in national and international journals. 8.40 In-house-training programme on Environmental Monitoring of Conferences /Workshops/ Training workplace hazards for Project Programme Assistants (Occupational Hygiene 8.44 The officers of the Institute attended dept.) and JRF, SRF(Occupational six (06) conferences / seminars / Health dept.) was conducted from workshops and contributed as 5th to 31st August, 2015. faculties and delegates. Financial Performance of Institute 8.45 Activities projected up to 8.41 The chart below depicts financial March 2016 position of the Institute for last five • Dust Monitoring, Noise Mapping years. and Vibration studies at Ultratech (Amount in `) cements, Awarpur, Chandrapur.
• Dust Monitoring at Sadhera mines, Maihar Dist., Madhya Pradesh.
• Dust Monitoring, Noise and Vibration studies at Athiya cements, Chittorgarh.
• Airborne Respirable Dust Studies at M/s. UltraTech Cements Ltd., Ariyalur Dist., Tamil Nadu. Note: 2015-16 - Projected figure.
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• Airborne Respirable Dust Studies, Ariyalur Dist., Tamil Nadu. Noise Mapping at M/s. UltraTech • Noise Mapping at M/s. NMDCL, Cements Ltd., Ariyalur Dist., Tamil Donimalai & Kumarswamy Iron Ore Nadu. Mines, Bellary, Karnataka. Airborne Respirable Dust • • National workshop on Noise and Studies, Noise Level Studies, Vibration in mines is scheduled to Illumination studies, Vibration be held during 23-25th Feb, 2016 studies at Velliperingiyam & • Workshop will be organized on Alanthuraiyarkattalai Limestone proteomics by Biochemistry dept. at Mine, M/s. UltraTech Cements Ltd., NIMH, Nagpur.
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Eye camp under corporate social responsibility of HCL
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National Aluminium Company amount, ` 1,312 lakhs is assigned to Limited (NALCO) be spent on Peripheral Development activities to be recommended by 9.1 periphery Development & CSR the RPDACs of both M&R and S&P Initiatives: High Lights on CSR Complex. For Corporate level CSR activities for the financial year activities a total amount of ` 341.89 2015-16 are furnished below. lakhs has already been committed • Every year NALCO allocates 2% as on December, 2015. However, of its net profit on CSR activities. the amount assigned can be spent 1% of this allocable amount is in line with the provisions of the spent for periphery development Companies Act, 2013. activities as per the provisions of For bringing the Tribal students the Companies Act, 2013 and look • to the mainstream of education, into commissioning the projects as an important CSR initiatives, recommended by Rehabilitation and 655 students from 16 periphery Periphery Development Advisory villages of Damanjodi sector Committees (RPDACs) & NALCO have been sponsored for formal Foundation. education in 3 residential schools i.e. (i) Kalinga Institute of Social Sciences, Bhubaneswar, (ii) Koraput Development Foundation, Koraput & (iii) BikashVidyalaya, Koraput. NALCO Foundation has taken the responsibility for funding the total cost related to study, lodging and boarding of those students till they complete schooling.
• Four Mobile Health Units (MHUs) Shri Naveen Patnaik , Hon’ble Chief Minister of are being operated in collaboration Odisha being greeted by Shri Narendra Singh with Wockhardt Foundation in Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Steel & Mines at the State Secretariat, Bhubaneswar periphery villages of M&R Complex, Damanjodi. Similarly Four Mobile Total provisional fund allocation for • Health Units (MHUs) are operating in CSR activities for the financial year Angul Sector with the help of Lions 2015-16 is 2,624 lakhs i.e. average Club, Angul. Each MHU provide of 2% of the net profit of last 03 primary health service at the villages preceding years. Out of this allocable with a doctor and paramedical
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staff providing free medicines, Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) diagnostics and awareness building 9.2 HCL embraces the principles of through Information Education United Nations Global Compact Communication (IEC) activities. (UNGC). HCL’s CSR Policy revolves From April, 2015 to 31stDecember, round the principles laid down in 2015, total 2134 nos. of Health the Millennium Development Goals Camps were conducted and total (MDGs) and Targets. CSR Plan for the 96,511 patients from periphery financial year 2015-16 was prepared villages were treated at free of cost. in alignment with the Companies • At S&P Complex, Angul, Nalco is Act, 2013 and also considering the operating an OPD centre meant for learning from project implemented out patient treatment of people of during financial year 2014-15. HCL periphery villages since July, 2014 in allocated CSR Budget of 2% of the the Training Centre of S&P Complex. average net profits of the company The Centre is functioning with a made during the three immediately qualified Doctor and free medicines preceding financial years to the are provided. Till 31st December, extent of ` 6.10 crore for financial 2015, 954 no. of patients have been year 2015-16. availed the services.
• NALCO has joined the National movement of Swachh Bharat Mission and is fully committed for its success.
• As regards to Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan, 202 Schools from the list of MHRD have been blocked and the Company has already completed construction of 354 toilets in 202 schools in time. In addition to Support to farming under CSR of HCL that, Company has constructed 79 9.3 The projects are being implemented additional toilets as per the ground in the target communities with the realities and requests from school help of recommended local NGOs. authorities. Therefore the total nos. Following CSR activities have been of toilets constructed by Nalco taken up during the year. stands at 433.
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• Drinking Water, Health and • Sports: Provision of sports items and Sanitation: Construction of Drinking organizing sports tournaments. Water Structures (Borewell with • Rural Development Projects: motor fitting) including soak pit for Installation of LED based solar water recharging, health camps, street lights at community places, support to e-health centre, drinking Construction of bus terminus at water services by mobile tankers for prominent locations, Repair of nearby villagers. existing bituminous road at Chaonra • Education, Vocational skills and village. Livelihood: ‘Kaushal Vikas Yojna’, • Swachh Bharat Abhiyaan: Installation Training on Hand Glove Making of small Dustbins (RCC) in the market Unit, Training on Handloom Unit, and other public places, Developing Exposure visit of progressive farmers/ awareness to keep our workplace women, strengthening of existing and surrounding villages/area clean. SHGs, Distribution of Sprinkler Set Distribution. 9.4 The actual expenditure in the CSR activities during last three years is given in Table 9.1.
Table 9.1 (` in crore) Financial Years Spent 2013-14 7.11 2014-15 7.26
2015-16 3.24 (provisional) (upto Nov.,2015)
Skill Improvement Program under CSR of HCL Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL) • Environment and Animal Welfare: Veterinary camps, Maintenance of 9.5 MECL has drawn a long term existing plantation, Plantation of Corporate Social Responsibility perennial saplings (including RCC Policy; Posts fencing with GI Barbed Wires), 9.6 For the year 2015-16, an approximate Covering by top soil & Plantation at amount of ` 107.44 lakhs has been the waste rock dump in MCP. envisaged under Corporate Social Responsibilities as given below:
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Promoting Sanitation: Employment enhancing vocational Skills • Construction of toilets • Imparting training to youth • Bore well for Drinking Water and women through NSDC & with submersible pumps. NSDF • Medical equipment to hospitals 9.7 skill Development
Promoting Education All the three PSUs have committed to utilize a portion of their CSR funds • Scholarship for higher Study for Skill Development. All three PSUs to the 2 top students of have signed MoUs with NSDC. Navodaya Vidyalaya
• Provision of computers to students of Government schools.
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• Official Language Implementation Committee Page - 159 • Inspection of Parliamentary Committee on Official Language Page - 160 • GSI Page - 161 • IBM Page - 163 • NALCO Page - 164 • HCL Page - 165 • MECL Page - 165 • JNARDDC Page -166 • NIMH Page –166
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Introduction The Quarterly Hindi Progress Reports received from the Sections 10.1 The Ministry of Mines continues of the Ministry are reviewed in the to take various steps to ensure meetings of the Committee and compliance of the Official Language remedial measures are suggested Policy of the Union in the Ministry as to improve the progressive use of well as in its attached/subordinate official language Hindi. Efforts are Offices/ PSUs. Utmost efforts have made to hold quarterly meetings of been made for due compliance of the Committee regularly. Section 3(3) of Official Languages Act, 1963. Official Language Inspection
Salahakar Samiti 10.4 In order to assess the progress made in the use of official language in 10.2 In order to propagate and review attached/ subordinate offices/Public the progress of official language in Sector Undertakings under the the Ministry as well as in attached/ administrative control of the Ministry subordinate Offices/ PSUs under of Mines, Officers from Ministry, its administrative control, process mainly from Rajbhasha Division, has already been initiated for conduct inspections regarding reconstituting Hindi Salahakar progressive use of Hindi in official Samiti, a high-powered Committee work in attached/subordinate under the chairmanship of the offices of the Ministry from time Minister of Mines, after expiry of to time. Any shortcomings noticed the tenure of erstwhile committee. during the course of inspection It recommends various measures to are brought to the notice of the promote the use of Official language and to ensure the compliance of Official Language Policy.
Official Language Implementation Committee
10.3 The Official Language Implementation Committee has been constituted in the Ministry headed by the Joint Secretary. All officers of the rank of Under Secretary and above up to the rank of Director are members of the Committee. Celebration of Hindi Pakhwada NIMH
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offices concerned and measures for of the Ministry to work in Hindi, overcoming the shortcomings are various Cash Award Schemes of the also suggested. Department of Official Language have been implemented. Inspection of Parliament Committee on Official Language Training and Workshops 10.8 Under Hindi Teaching scheme 10.5 Committee of Parliament on Official of Ministry of Home Affairs, Language conducts inspections Department of Official Language regarding progressive use of Hindi the officers/employees are in official work of various Central nominated for training in Hindi Government Offices, Undertakings, Language (Prabodh, Praveen & corporations etc. During the year Pragya), Hindi stenography/typing 2015-2016 the Committee visited by the Establishment unit . In order Hindustan Copper Limited, New to encourage officials/ employees to Delhi on 06.04.2015; GSI, regional perform their official work in Hindi, office, Gangtok on 11.04.2015; Hindi workshops are organized from GSI, regional office, Itanagar on time to time as per requirement . 21.05 2015; GSI, camp office, New Delhi on 09.06.2015; IBM regional Rajbhasha Fortnight office, Chennai on 27.01.2016, GSI regional office, Faridabad on 10.9 With a view to create a conducive 28.01.2016. atmosphere for the progressive use of official language in the Ministry, Website of the Ministry Rajbhasha fortnight/month is organized during September every 10.6 The website of the Ministry serves year. This year also Rajbhasha as a vital link with the masses. The Hindi Prayog Protsahan Month was material on website is available in observed from 1st to 30th September, bilingual form. Material available 2015. A message by Hon’ble Minister on website is updated from time to Shri Narendra Singh Tomar was also time by concerned sections. circulated . Various competitions i.e. Measures for Implementation of Hindi Noting/Drafting competition, Official Language Policy Hindi Sulekh and Dictation, Quiz Competition, Hindi typing, 10.7 It is the policy of the Government extempore speech competition were to propagate the use of official conducted during the month. The language through inspiration and winners of the competitions were incentive. In order to inspire and given cash awards. encourage the officers/employees
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Publication of ‘Khan Sampada’ implementing the policy of official language of the Government of 10.10 Ministry of Mines has been publishing India. its Hindi house journal ‘Khan Sampada’ since 1998. Publication of 10.13 The main achievements of Geological 37th issue is in progress and is likely Survey of India in promoting and to be published by May, 2016. encouraging Hindi during the year 2015-2016 are illustrated below: Translation Work In-house Magazines 10.11 All translation work relating to Work in the direction of publication Meetings of Standing Committee, 10.14 of Hindi In-house magazine audit paras, Cabinet Notes, annual “Bhumanthan” is under progress report, outcome budget, material and scheduled to be published in the relating to Demand for grants, month of January, 2016. Geological MMDR(Amendment) Act, MoUs Survey of India, Eastern Region for International Cooperation in Headquarter, Kolkata has published the field of mines & mineral with its In-house magazine ‘PUBALI’. various countries was carried out. In addition to routine translation Implementation of Hindi Incentive related to compliance of section 3(3) Schemes of the OL Act was also carried out. 10.15 To promote the use of Hindi in the Official work the following incentive Geological Survey of India (GSI): schemes are being implemented in 10.12 Geological Survey of India (GSI) is Geological Survey of India. one of the premier and prestigious Cash award and personal pay to organizations amongst the the officers/employees for passing Geological Surveys of the world the Pragya, Praveen, Prabodh, that deals with geo- scientific and Hindi typing, and stenography technical activities of the country since examinations under the Hindi its birth (1851A.D.). Despite being a Teaching Scheme of Government of scientific and technical organization, India, Ministry of Home affairs. GSI is also engaged in promoting the use of Hindi in the scientific, Cash award to the officers/ technical and administrative employees for noting and drafting work. The organization achieved in Hindi. impressive success in using Hindi in A number of officers were awarded its official activities with a view to under these schemes in 2015.
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Inspection of Various Offices operations of Geological Survey of India in the month of September. 10.16 In order to assess the progress made During this period different kinds of in the use of Hindi in various offices competitions comprising Hindi essay of the Geological Survey of India, the writing, Hindi noting and drafting, Deputy Director (Official Language) Hindi debate, Hindi typing, Hindi inspected two offices of GSI. The poem writing/reciting and quiz on offices inspected include Northern Hindi terminology were organized. Regional Headquarters and State A large number of Officers and unit, GSI, Lucknow. employees participated in the Hindi Workshop celebration. 10.17 As per the Directives of Government Hindi Translation: of India, Ministry of Home Affairs, Gazette Notifications, Office Orders, Department of Official Language, 10.20 Summaries, RTI materials, Parliament Hindi workshops were organized documents sent from the parliament for the North-Eastern Regional cell and other correspondence Headquarter, Shillong, State Unit: received have been translated into Gujrat, Gandhinagar, RTI, NR, Hindi and have been released in Lucknow, ERO, Kolkata and M&CSD, bilingual format, thus fulfilling the Kolkata. In the One Day Workshop requirement of Official Language held at Central Headquarters, Act, 1963 Section 3(3). Kolkata ‘Use of Unicode to work in Hindi on Computers’ was taught. Review of quarterly progress report of Regions Portal of the GSI in Bilingual Form 10.21 The review of Quarterly Progressive 10.18 As per the policy of the Government Report (QPR) of all regions and of India, necessary steps have been Missions is carried out regularly and taken to make the web portal feedback is given regarding shortfall of GSI in bilingual form. A sub for necessary action. folder reflecting the activities of department pertaining to Hindi Inspection of Parliamentary work in the department also made Committee on Official Language available in the portal. 10.22 During the year 2015 three Offices Hindi Fortnight of Geological Survey of India were inspected by the Parliamentary Hindi Fortnight /Week was 10.19 Committee on Official Language celebrated in all the Regional namely State Unit: Sikkim, Gangtok, headquarters, State Units and
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State Unit: Arunachal Pradesh, progress related to Hindi are as Itanagar and DGCO, New Delhi. follows.
Training of Official Language Cadre Meeting of the Departmental Official Language Implementation Committee 10.23 During the year 2015 all the officers in headquarter: and employees of the Official th th Language Cadre were provided 10.25 The 94 and 95 meetings of the a two week Official Language Departmental Official Language Training at regional Training Institute Implementation Committee were held respectively on Jaipur, Rajasthan as prescribed in 29-06-2015, and 29-09-2015 under the Recruitment Rule of the Official the Chairmanship of the Controller Language Cadre. General, IBM. Discussions were made on important topics such Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) as review of the Hindi Progress 10.24 Indian Bureau of Mines constantly report, status of Hindi teaching and implements the official language training, purchase of Hindi books, policy of the Govt. of India. IBM organizing workshops in head has it’s headquarter situated in ‘B’ quarter and regional offices etc. and Region. Five of its Regional offices necessary directions were issued by are in ‘A’ Region and the rest are the Chairman. situated in ‘C’ Region. As far as Hindi Fortnight in the Headquarter the ‘A’ Region is concerned, all 10.26 The Hindi Fortnight was successfully the offices achieved the target organized from 01-09-2015to of correspondence fixed by the 14.09.2015. During the fortnight, Department of Official Language. various competitions such essay, Many programmes were organized noting and drafting, sulekhan, for the spread and implementation debate, extempore speech and quiz of Hindi. All the offices of IBM in Hindi were organized. The final situated in ‘A’ and ‘B’ Region, have day function of the Hindi fortnight been notified under Rule 10 (4). In was held on 15-09-2015 and with the office situated in ‘B’ Region, prizes distribution to the winner in Hindi correspondence were done the Hindi competitions. according to the target fixed by the Hindi Diwas in the Headquarter Government and other activities 10.27 ‘Hindi Diwas’ was celebrated on the i.e. Hindi Fortnight were organized. 14th of September, 2015 under the During 2015-16, the details of the Chairmanship of Controller General.
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On the occasion the message of National Aluminium Company the Hon’ble Union Home Minister, Limited (NALCO) Shri Rajnath Singh was read out by 10.32 As per the Official Language Dr. P.K. Jain, Rajbhasha Adhikari. Act-1963 and Official Language Translation work Rules-1976, implementation of Hindi is being done in Nalco. 10.28 During the year, different important To promote Hindi usage Hindi technical and administrative Fortnight and Hindi Day were documents were translated in to observed from 01-09-2015 to 14- Hindi. Participation of IBM officials 09-2015 at Corporate Office and in competitions organized under many Hindi Competitions were the aegis of Town official Language organised separately for Hindi Implementation Committee, speaking and Non-Hindi speaking Nagpur: employees. Likewise Hindi Fortnight was observed from 01-09-2015 to 10.29 The officers and staff of Indian 14-09-2015 at S & P Complex, Angul Bureau of Mines actively participated and Hindi Week was observed from in different competitions organized 08-09-2015 to 14-09-2015 at M & under the aegis of Town Official R Complex, Damanjodi where many Language Implementation competitions were held among Committee, Nagpur and at other employees and students. Regional offices. Meeting of the Town Official Official Language Inspection Language Implementation Committee (TOLIC), Angul was 10.30 During the year, official language held at S&P Complex on 16-11- inspection was carried out in the 2015. Similarly Meeting of Town ME Division, MS Division, Training Official Language Implementation Centre. GM Cell, TS Section, TC Committee (Undertaking) Division, Gazetted Section, Mineral Bhubaneswar was held on Processing Division and Non 28.04.2015 at Corporate Office, Gazetted Section, IBM. Bhubaneswar.
Hindi Work Shop Hindi workshop was organized on 10.31 Two day Hindi workshop was 16-17 November, 2015 at S & P organized in the Head Quarter on Complex with faculty Assistance 05 and 06 Nov., 2015 in which 17 of Dy. Director (Implementation), East Zone, Department of Official Officers and Staff to part.
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Languages, Govt. of India, where Language Committee (PSUs), 38 Nos of employees and officers Kolkata held on 29th August, 2015. participated from member offices of The Hindi edition of House Journal TOLIC, Angul. “Tamralipi” of HCL was awarded by Town Official Language Committee Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) (PSUs), Kolkata under “Rajbhasha 10.33 During the year 2015-16, HCL made Award Scheme-2014-15” on 29th constant endeavour to increase use August, 2015. of Hindi in its Units/Offices. Raj 10.35 The progressive use of Hindi is being Bhasha Pakhwara and Hindi Diwas reviewed regularly at the Board were celebrated in the Units/Offices meetings. Hindi books have also from 14th to 28th September, 2015. been purchased during the year. The messages of Hon’ble Home The Company’s in-house journal Minister, Hon’ble Union Minister “Tamralipi” is published in Hindi for Steel & Mines Shri Narendra and English and distributed among Singh Tomar and CMD, HCL were employees regularly and also mailed circulated/read out in all Offices/ to the members of the Hindi Advisory Units on this occasion. Various Committee. Effort is continuously competitions were organized made to ensure that the Company’s with a view to enhance interest advertisements for recruitment/ among employees towards Official tenders, etc. are also published Language. Prizes were distributed bilingually. “One Hindi Word Every to the winners. Employees are Day” scheme is operational for constantly motivated to use Hindi in improving the Hindi vocabulary their day-to-day official work. Hindi of employees. The use of Hindi in Workshops were conducted in the computers has been reinforced and Units/Offices at regular intervals. advanced Unicode Software Hindi Regular review of progressive use Open Office has been provided to of Hindi and difficulties faced were all Units/Offices of the Company. carried out in Quarterly meetings of Official Language Implementation Mineral Exploration Corporation Committee under the Chairmanship Limited (MECL) of CMD at Corporate Office and 10.36 In accordance with the policy of Unit Heads in Units. the Govt. of India for extensive use 10.34 During the year 2015-16, the of Hindi in official work, all out Company participated in the half- efforts were continuously made for yearly meeting of Town Official increasing the use of Hindi during
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the period 1st April 2015 to 30th computers of MECL. November, 2015. Efforts made during the years are as under:- Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design From 01.09.2015 to 15.09.2015 Centre (JNARDDC) ‘Hindi Divas’ and ‘Hindi Pakhwara’ was observed in the premises of 10.37 JNARDDC continued its efforts MECL. Several competitions were to promote the progressive use organized and prizes were given of Hindi. The Centre celebrated away so as to encourage employees Hindi Pakwhada during th th towards greater use of Hindi 16 -28 September, 2015 language. which included several competitions. Shri G.P. Kundargi, Employees are time and again CMD, MOIL inaugurated the encouraged for greater use of Hindi pakwhada and the concluding in all official correspondence. ceremony was presided by Shri Two workshops were organized Gopal Dhawan, CMD, MECL. on increased use of Hindi wherein Director, JNARDDC emphasized the 48 executives and non-executives need for further use of Hindi in participated day-to-day official use of the Centre’s activities. In the year 2015-16 cash award scheme for progressive use of Hindi National Institute of Miners’ was continued wherein ` 300/- per Health (NIMH) month was given to 69 employees. Celebration of Hindi Pakhwada Under the chairmanship of CMD, a Rajbhasa Steering Committee 10.38 Staff and Officers of NIMH at Nagpur meeting of each quarter was held on and KGF branch enthusiastically the progressive use of Hindi and the celebrated ‘Hindi Pakhwada’ from problems faced therein. A quarterly 1st to 15th September, 2015 for report of the progressive Hindi usage the enrichment of Hindi language was generated on the basis of status throughout the society and the reports of Hindi usage each month. Institution. Several programs like Sangoshti, Quiz session, etc., were According to the directives of the conducted during ‘Hindi Pakhwada’. Ministry, Unicode encoding font for Hindi has been installed in all the
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• Work done by GSI in North-Eastern Region Page - 169 • Landslide hazard studies Page - 175 • Work done by IBM in North-Eastern Region Page - 178 • MECL Page - 179
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Introduction Work done by Geological Survey of India (GSI) in North Eastern 11.1 The North Eastern Region has an Region unique geomorphological and geological setup. The rocks ranging MISSION: I Baseline Geoscience in age from Precambrian to Recent Data Generation age are exposed here. This part of 11.3 systematic Geological Mapping the country attains significance with (scale: 1:50 K) the presence of mighty Himalayan Mountain Belt in the north; Shillong One item of Systematic Geological Massif Plateau in the south and Mapping initiated around Songtal, gorgeous Brahmaputra valley Churachandpur district, Manipur forming the extensive Assam plain in during FS 2015-16. A total of 32 between and Indo-Myanmar Range sq. km area has been covered by in the east. systematic mapping between April, 2015 and October 2015. Review of Progress of Ongoing Projects in North-Eastern Region 11.2 GSI is diligently working for the development of the North Eastern Region (NER). To intensify GSI’s activities in NER an office was set up at Shillong in 1961. Since then with the changing need of the country and in conformity with the laid down policies of Government as envisaged under various policies and Five Year Plans, Burrows in Barail Sandstone, near Bukpi village. GSI is continually striving for the Specialised Thematic Studies development of NER states through (scale: 1:25 K) augmentation of baseline geological data, natural resource assessment, 11.4 In North Eastern Region 13 items redressal of societal issues (involving of Specialized Thematic Mapping geotechnical, seismic, landslide of which two RP items were taken studies), publication of maps, up in the States of Arunachal literatures, geo-spatial data base Pradesh (2 items), Assam (1 item), and helping the states of NER in Meghalaya (5 items), Mizoram training, capacity building, technical (1item), Nagaland(2 items),Tripura and scientific assistance. (1 item) and Sikkim (1 item) during
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FS 2015-16 with a total coverage of districts, Manipur (6 toposheets) with 578 sq. km up to October 2015. the help of remote sensing studies on 1:50,000scale with limited field checks, have been taken up during the F.S. 2015-16.
Mission II: Natural Resource Assessment (Mineral Exploration)
Introduction
Gold: 11.8 Search for gold and associated Interbedded dark grey shale and light brown mineralisation in metasedimentary siltstone and fine grained, compact, thinly bedded sequence of Bomdila Group in sandstone of Middle Bhuban Papumpare and Lower Subansiri Member, Nagaland Districts, Arunachal Pradesh (G-4) Geochemical Mapping (GCM) has been taken up in which an area of 14 sq km has been covered by 11.5 A total of four programmes have large scale mapping. been taken up in the states of Assam (2) and Meghalaya (2) during Iron: FS 2015-16. An area of 924sq. km 11.9 Search for iron and associated has been covered between April to sulphide mineralisation in October, 2015 for FS 2015-16. metasedimentary sequence of Geophysical Mapping (GPM) Bomdila Group in West Siang and Upper Subansiri Districts, Arunachal 11.6 Geophysical Mapping in parts of Pradesh (G-4) has been taken up in Darrang, Kamrup, Nagaon of Assam which an area of 19 sq km has been and Ri-Bhoi, East Khasi Hills and covered by large scale mapping. Jaintia Hills districts of Meghalaya has been initiated. Chromium Photo Geology & Remote Sensing 11.10 Investigation for chromium and associated basemetals in Ophiolite 11.7 Two items of Geological Mapping belt around Ziphu, Phek district, in parts of Kameng district, Nagaland (G-4) has been taken up in Arunachal Pradesh (2toposheets) which an area of 16 sqkm has been and Churachandpur & Tamenglong covered by large scale mapping.
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Titaniferous-Vanadiferous Magnetite:
11.13 Investigation for Titaniferous- Vanadiferous Magnetite around Myniar area, West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya (G-4) has been taken up in which an area of 7.5 sq km has been covered by large scale mapping. Base metals:
11.14 Investigation for Pb & Zn and Azurite encrustations hosted within basalt. Loc.: associated minerals around About 3km SW of Satuza, Nagaland Phophonga hills, Goalpara districts, W, Sn & REE Assam (G-4) has been taken up.
11.11 Investigation for W, Sn & REE in 11.15 Investigation of basemetal in the Chakrasila, Nadangiri and Dikling-Pirik-Martam Area, east Bhumeswar in the Bongaigaon, district, Sikkim (G-4) has been taken Dhubri and Kokrajhar districts and up in which an area of 11.8 sq km Kumarkuchi and Chagaligaon, has been covered by large scale Kamrup district, Assam(G-4) has mapping. been taken up. Large scale mapping of 19.5 sq km has been covered till Graphite: October, 2015. 11.16 In the preliminary investigation for 11.12 Evaluation of potentiality of REE in graphite occurrences in Khetabari the area around Bhoilymbong and and Ragidoke Formations of between Mynsynghat-Nartiang, Bomdila group, West Siang district, Jaintia Hills & Ri-Bhoi District, Arunachal Pradesh (G-3) an area of Meghalaya (G-4) has been taken up 9 sq km has been covered by Large in which an area of 10 sq km has scale mapping and 0.15 sq km by been covered by large scale mapping. detailed mapping. Investigation of REE in Titaniferous- Lateritic Bauxite / Bauxite:: Bauxite cappings over ultramafic rocks of Sung Valley Complex in and 11.17 Investigation for lateritic Bauxite around Lumkynthang, East Khasi around Rambrai area, West Khasi Hills district, Meghalaya (G-3) was Hills district, Meghalaya (G-3) has kept under abeyance due to local been taken up and an area of 0.25 law & order problem. sq km has been covered by detailed
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mapping. Preliminary investigation Coal for bauxite in south west of 11.20 Regional Exploration for Gondwana Nongstoin area, West Khasi Hills Coal in and around Bhutidanga area, district, Meghalaya (G-4) has been Singrimari Coalfield, Dhubri district, taken up in which an area of 7 sq Assam at the border of Assam and km has been covered by large scale Meghalaya (G-3) has been taken up mapping. and drilling of 285.5m completed Limestone till the end of October, 2015. Chromite: 11.18 In the detailed investigation for limestone in Shyrwang block, Litang 11.21 Magnetic Survey for Chromite and Valley, East Jaintia Hills district, associated mineral zones in Harbui Meghalaya(G-2) an area of 0.20 Khayui-Gamnom Ophiolite belt, sq km was covered by detailed Ukhrul District, Manipur is initiated. mapping. Drilling of 798.10m was Mission: III Geoinformatics completed till the end of October, (Dissemination of Information) 2015 11.22 During the period from April, 2015 to October, 2015 the following activities were taken:
• Compilation of Quadrangle Geological Map of degree-sheets 83G on 1:250,000 scale based on 50K geological database is under progress.
• Synthesis and updation of all India unified legend for 50K GMS, creation of Geometric Id and Upper Sylhet Limestone, Location: Shyrwang Implementation in 50K Database in Village, Meghalaya which compilation of legend upto 11.19 Detailed investigations for limestone litho unit level for entire NER is in Um-Maju block, west of Litang completed. River, Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya • Creation of theme-based database and in Jalaphet block, Litang valley, of degree sheet no 83C covering Jaintia Hills district, Meghalaya were parts of Jaintia, East Khasi Hills & initiated. Ribhoi districts of Meghalaya and
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Karbi Anglong, Nagaon, North 1: 0.5M scale and uploading on to Cachar Hills & Cachar districts of GSI Portal is taken up of all 8 States Assam is in progress in which total of of NER on 1:1M scale is under 3463 records under analytical result progress. of geochemical sample uploaded in • Materials from different divisions/ Oracle database. State Units were collected, compiled • District Resource Maps (DRM) of and edited for Publication of Rec. GSI, two districts of Arunachal Pradesh Vol. 149, Pt. 4 (Extended Abstracts (Tirap and Longding districts) have for F.S. 2014-15), Rec. GSI, Vol. 149, been compiled and compilation of Pt. 1 (Annual General Report for F.S. for Lower Dibang Valley and Lohit 2014-15) and GSI, e-News (NER), districts is in progress Vol. 25 (April 2014-March 2015).
• Preparation of Geological • The manuscript entitled ‘Modelling Quadrangle Map of degree-sheets seismic susceptibility of Gangtok 83B and 83F on 1:250,000 scale city, Sikkim’ Bulletin Series B, No. based on 50K geological database 67 authored by S.K. Som, et al. uploaded to the GSI portal is in was processed and published on progress 04.09.2015.
• Preparation of Geological • Modifications/corrections in the Quadrangle Map of Degree sheet manuscript of Bulletin Series A 79 M & 79N in which preparation entitled “Sillimanite deposits of of legend, write up, status map, Sonapahar area, West Khasi Hills symbolization of features as per the district, Meghalaya” and submitted unified colour code etc is in progress. to the Publication & Information Division, GSI, CHQ, Kolkata for • Preparation of Geological approval. Quadrangle Map of Degree sheet 84 A in which generalization of • Compilation and updation of lithology and structure layers as Coalfield data of North Eastern per the standardized legend is in Region for publication of Bulletin progress in GIS Platform. Series A entitled “Coalfields of North Eastern Region”-updated 2nd • Updation, editing, finalisation edition is in progress. and digitization of 2nd edition of Geology and Mineral Maps of NER • 6 scientific papers/ abstracts were on 1: 2M and also for individual scrutinized and processed for states of all 8 States of NER on technical/scientific publications.
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Mission: IV Fundamental & Studies. Preliminary identification of Multidisciplinary Geosciences fossils shows presence of Productus, and Special studies (Specialized Spirifer, Ammonites, Gastropods Investigations) and Crinoids etc.
Palaeontological Studies: Geotechnical investigations: 11.23 During FS 2015-16, search and study 11.26 NER may be termed as the ‘power of fossils with their evolutionary house’ of India as it possesses history in the Mahadek and Langpar hydropower potential, which is Formations, Jaintia Hills district, about 30% of the total hydel Meghalaya has been taken up in potential of the country. The hydel which 11 sq km area has been scanned potential of major river basin of for fossils. The fossils recovered are Arunachal Pradesh like Kameng, bivalves, gastropods and echinoids. Subansiri, Siang, Lohit and Dibang Restoration and processing of the totals production of 34,920 MW at fossils for identification is under 60% load factor (CEA) i.e. about progress. Study of Cretaceous 90% of the total hydropower Fossils to delineate Cretaceous resources of NER. Geotechnical Ecosystem in the East Khasi Hills District, Meghalaya has also been Investigations were carried out in taken up in which several fossils of the following projects: invertebrates and one vertebrate i) Kameng Hydro Electric Project fossil is collected. (KaHEP), Arunachal
11.24 Preparation of Palaeontological ii) Ganol Stage – I, Meghalaya Catalogue of North Eastern Region was taken up in which inventory of iii) Umngot Hydroelectric Project fossils of northeastern states and Stage-II, Meghalaya Meghalaya in particular is being iv) Kolodyne Hydroelectric prepared. Project Stage-II, Mizoram 11.25 Biostratigraphy, Palaeobiogeography, 11.27 Geotechnical Evaluation of and Sedimentology of the Tethyan Communication and Transport Sequence of North Sikkim Himalaya, Projects in NER, has been carried out Sikkim was taken up during FSP in which geotechnical investigations 2015-16 in which three sections have been measured and 35 nos. of the rock-mass and their of samples collected mainly from classification in terms of hard and Lachi Formation for Palaeontological soft rocks etc. of the excavated four-
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laning road under construction from Meghalaya Nrimbanglo to Harangajao section, 11.32 Preparation of GIS–Based Landslide covering total length 58km. NH-54 Susceptible Maps (1:50,000 Scale) (E) has been carried out. for Mountainous / Hilly Region in which the Geomorphology map, Landslide Hazard Studies: Landuse/Landcover map and 11.28 The following items were taken up the Landslide Incidence map for during FS 2015-16 in the North Toposheet No. 83K/6 is completed. Eastern Region 11.33 Macro-scale (1:50,000) Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in parts Assam: of East Khasi Hills, West Khasi 11.29 Macro-Scale (1:50,000) Landslide Hills & West Jaintia Hills districts, Susceptibility Mapping in parts Meghalaya in which pre-field of Kamrup, Darrang, Nalbari, Geomorphological Map, Landuse / Marigaon, Karbi Anglong, Ri-Bhoi in Landcover map, Landslide inventory Assam & Meghalaya. map, Slope forming material map was prepared. 48 nos. of landslide 11.30 Macro-Scale (1:50,000) Landslide data have been collected of which Susceptibility Mapping in parts of in most are due to extensive cut slope Karbi Anglong, Nagaon and North along the roads. Two nos. of massive Cachar Hills (Dima Hasao) Districts in debris slide have been identified Assam. LULC, Slope Morphometry, in toposheet nos. 780/15 along NH40 and data are collected in 41 point geo-parametric data sheet and remedial measures have been suggested.
11.34 Macro-Scale (1:50,000) Landslide Susceptibility Mapping in Parts of East Khasi Hills, West Jantia Hills & Karbi Anglong Districts, Meghalaya and Assam was completed. During the field work the geomorphology Landslide at Joyguru, Kalipahar, Guwahati and land use and land cover, along with the slope forming material 11.31 Macro-Scale (1:50,000) Landslide and regolith depth were observed, Susceptibility Mapping in parts of studied and validated. North Cachar Hills (Dima Hasao) and Cachar districts in Assam .
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11.35 Updation of Existing Landslide 11.38 Macro-Scale (1:50,000) Landslide Inventory of North Eastern Region Susceptibility Mapping in parts with Photographs and Index Maps of Senapati, Tamenglong & Peren in which Data collation and analysis Districts Of Manipur & Nagaland. of the landslides documented from 11.39 Macro-Scale (1:50,000) Landslide parts of Phek district, Nagaland was Susceptibility Mapping in parts carried out as part of the NLSM item of Mokokchung and Wokha comprising 14 debris slides, 2 soil Districts of Nagaland in which slides and 2 rock falls. Analysis of the Geomorphological Map of 1100 same has shown that majority of the Sq. Km in Toposheet no 83 J/11 and debris slides are found occurring in 83J/8 has been prepared. Landslide the variably thick clayey overburden Inventory Map of 600 Sq. Km in underlain by Disang country rocks. Toposheet no 83 J/11 and 83J/8 has Manipur & Nagaland been prepared. Total of 32 Nos. of Landslides have been identified in 11.36 Macro-Scale (1:50,000) Landslide field. 15 Nos., 13 Nos. and 04 Nos. Susceptibility Mapping in parts of of Landslides have been identified Toposheet Nos. 83K/3 & 83K/4, in Mokokchung, Zunheboto and Senapati, Imphal East, Ukhrul & Phek Tuengsang Districts of Nagaland Deistricts of Manipur & Nagaland in respectively. which geomorphological map was Sikkim generated and recorded 32 slides of smaller to larger dimensions recorded 11.40 Meso Scale (1:10,000) Landslide in the 41 points geoparametric Susceptibillity Mapping in and format. around Mangan Urban Area, North District, Sikkim in which an Macro-Scale (1:50000) Landslide 11.37 area of 0.05 sq.km covered under Susceptibility Mapping in parts detailed mapping on 1:10000 scale of Toposheets Nos. 83K/7 & K/8, for preparation of base map for Senapati, Ukhrul and Phek districts landslide susceptibility with the help of Manipur and Nagaland in which of surveying. An area of 0.05 sq. km most of the landslides observed covered for collection of field data here are due to the destabilization for preparation of different thematic of slopes for road cut. They are maps and SMR studies. completely weathered debris and 11.41 Macro-scale (1:50,000) Landslide clay portions, rainfall activated and fall geomorphologically on Susceptibility Mapping in parts of transportational midslope part. Toposheets nos.78A /11,12,8,7, East, South, West Districts, in Sikkim
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in which the Slope Morphometry the seismic micro zonation by paying (slope, aspect & curvature) and more attention to the overburden/ Drainage maps with the help of Arc- soil rich areas. GIS software covering 1974sq km • Active fault mapping and area was carried out. Neotectonic studies around the foot Tripura & Mizoram hills of Assam-Arunachal Himalaya in parts of East and West Siang 11.42 Macro-scale (1:50,000) Landslide districts, Arunachal Pradesh & Assam Susceptibility Mapping in parts of in which by remote sensing studies North Tripura & Dhalai districts in and retrieval of existing tectonic Tripura in which field data collection informations, potential active and field validation/ checking of fault zones are being identified by all thematic maps are in progress. detailed geological mapping. Regolith depth and collection of landslide inventory data are in • Compilation and collation of existing progress. base line information for first level Seismic Hazard Assessment of 11.43 Macro-Scale (1:50,000) Landslide Shillong Urban Agglomeration area Susceptibility Mapping in parts is also carried out to generate base of Aizawl, Serchip and Mamit line data to take up the work in the districts, Mizoram in which field future. data collection and field validation/ checking of all thematic maps are Climate Change and Ecosystem: in progress. Regolith depth and 11.45 One expedition item on secular collection of landslide inventory movement studies of Glaciers in data are in progress. Talung Basin, North and West Earthquake Studies: Districts, Sikkim Himalaya, has been 11.44 During the field season programme taken up during FS 2015-16. Final of FS 2015-16, three items are taken maps of both detailed mapping up in NER on the study of; on 1:2000 and geomorphological mapping at 1:25000 scale have • Seismic Hazard Assessment of been prepared. After synthesizing Itanagar urban agglomeration, and analysing the data gathered so Arunachal Pradesh, which is a first far it is tentatively interpreted that level evaluation of the study area the East Rathong Glacier has melted for moderate intensity earthquake. and the snout has been changed Various data on geology and with comparison to other older geophysices is integrated to arrive at available data.
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Table 11.1
Expenditure S. from April Schemes BE No. 2015 to October 2015 Survey & 1 5.90 4.17 Mapping Mineral 2 4.19 3.34 Exploration Special 3 Investigation & 5.16 3.85 Antarctica Expl. 4 R & D 1.04 0.68 Information Glacier Snout of East Rathong Glacier, Sikkim 5 1.93 0.88 Dissemination Fundamental Geosciences Human Resource 6 Development 0.92 0.52 Sedimentological, Palaeontological (Training) Modernization & and Petrographic 7 2.52 1.41 Replacement 11.46 A Research Programme item has 8 TSP 0.00 1.05 been taken up in the current field Total 21.66 15.90 % utilization of season 2015-16 on genesis of REE 73.41% budget enrichment in weathered crust developed over Nongpoh Granitoids Work done by Indian Bureau of of the Nongpoh District of Mines in North Eastern Region Meghalaya. The aim of the project 11.48 The Sub-Regional Office of IBM at is to identify REE bearing horizon in Guwahati continued to undertake weathered profile developed over inspection of mines and studies on variants of Nongpoh Granitoids development of resources in North- which will facilitate in the taking Eastern Region. During the year up of REE mineral investigation 2015-16 (up to December, 2015), programme in the future. The work 20 mines / areas were inspected is in progress. for enforcement of provisions of MCDR, 1988 and for processing and 11.47 Budget and Expenditure of the disposal of mining plan/scheme of Northeast Region for the Financial mining. Year 2015-16 (Allocated Plan Outlay for NER) is given in the Table-11.1 11.49 Two training programmes viz. (i) North-East Special Assistance
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meeting at Nagpur on 28th- 29th May carried out geo-technical studies on 2015 and (ii) Training Programme behalf of Brahmputra Flood Control on Chemical analysis of rocks & Board in the state of Assam and minerals for NER personnel during Arunachal Pradesh and consultancy 05 – 09 October, 2015 at Nagpur work for remote sensing studies were conducted, in which 26 at Tripura on behalf of Ministry of Government officials from North- Mines. Exploration services were Eastern Region participated. also rendered to Atomic Minerals Division involving survey, drilling & Work Carried Out by MECL in mining in Umarangaon / Domiaset North Eastern Region block, West Kasi Hill district.
11.50 MECL has been associated with 11.51 In addition to above, on behalf of mineral exploration activities and Directorate General of Hydrocarbon, geo-technical studies for the Govt. of India, MECL with BRGM development of mineral industry in France has completed studies for the North Eastern Region in last 32 resource estimation in respect of years. It has completed exploration oil shale deposit in an area of 254 for coal in 16 blocks in the states sq.km. of Assam & Arunachal of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Pradesh. Nagaland and Meghalaya on behalf of Ministry of Coal, North Eastern 11.52 The exploration works carried out in Council and CMPDIL. Under its North East Region during 2015-16 promotional programme funded by are: Ministry of Mines, it has completed LUMTHALARY LIMESTONE eleven schemes which include BLOCK, DISTRICT JAINTIA HILLS, copper, sillimanite, glass sand, shell MEGHALAYA limestone and ferro-silicon grade LUMSHORTOH (LIMESTONE) quartzite in the states of Assam, BLOCK, DISTRICT – JAINTIA HILLS, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Sikkim and MEGHALAYA Arunachal Pradesh. In addition, it has
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Geological Cross Section LUMTHALARY Limestone Block, Meghalaya
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Welfare of Scheduled Castes (SCs), vacancies not less than three per Scheduled Tribes (STs), Women and cent for persons or class of persons other Weaker Sections with disability, of which one per cent shall be reserved for persons Ministry of Mines suffering from (i) blindness or low vision; (ii) hearing impairment, and 12.1 The Ministry of Mines, with its (iii) locomotor disability or cerebral attached office, subordinate office, autonomous bodies and the Public palsy in the posts identified for each Sector Undertakings under its disability. administrative control follow the Government guidelines with regard Geological Survey of India (GSI) to welfare of weaker section of 12.4 The Geological Survey of India GSI), the society, in letter and spirit. For an attached office of Ministry of upliftment of weaker sections of Mines, has undertaken a number society, PSUs identify and implement of activities for the welfare of a number of programmes in the Scheduled Caste (SC)/Scheduled peripheral area of their units/ Tribe (ST), Other Back ward Class locations. (OBC), personnel with disabilities 12.2 A number of activities like (PWD) and other weaker sections of community education programmes, the society. facilitating availability of drinking water, development/repair of approach roads of surrounding areas, arranging health awareness programmes and medical camps in rural areas were undertaken by the PSUs for upliftment of the community in and around their townships as part of their social responsibility. 12.3 For the welfare of persons with disabilities, due attention is being Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Union given to Section 33 of the Persons Minister of Steel & Mines, along with other with Disabilities (Equal Opportunities, distinguished guests at NALCO’s 36th Foundation Protection of Rights and Full Day celebration at Bhubaneswar Participation) Act, 1995, which (i) Due care has been taken to followe provides that every appropriate the Govt. of India/DOPT order Government shall appoint in every from time to time for extending establishment such percentage of reservation during recruitment and
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promotion for the above category, employees and address the matters wherever applicable. related to their welfare.
(ii) SC/ST cells have been established Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) in the headquarters as well as in 12.5 IBM strictly adheres the various all the regional offices of GSI with instructions of the Government one Liaison Officer for SC/ ST/OBC issued from time to time regarding in each region of GSI. Regular reservation of vacancies for persons meeting with the Liaison Officer and with physical disabilities. As on administration are being arranged 31st December 2015, 11 physically to find out the problem/difficulties handicapped persons were under and suggest remedial measures. employment in IBM of which 03 Prior LO SC/ST concurrence has been are visually handicapped, 01 is hearing handicapped and 07 are obtained wherever necessary before orthopedically handicapped. conducting DPC for promotion as well as for direct recruitment. GSI National Aluminium Company is in the process of recruitment of Limited (NALCO) 2,580 DR vacancies in the grade of 12.6 Welfare of activities for SCs/STs, Group B (NG) and group C posts Women, Minorities and Persons including MTS wherein, 286 SC, 171 with disabilities.
ST, 596 OBC and 70 PWD quotas are The Presidential Directives issued earmarked for the above categories from time to time on reservation of for the year 2015-16. SC/ST persons in employment has been scrupulously followed by the (iii) The Liaison Officers (SC/ST/OBC) Company. There are exclusive Cells meeting is being held regularly once constituted for the welfare of the SC/ in a year for discussing on SC/ST/OBC ST employees Welfare Associations grievances and to take appropriate which meet and discuss their view actions. The last All India LO SC/ST points at regular intervals both at meeting was held in GSI Jaipur on Complex level as well as Corporate 16.9.2015. level.
(iv) Periodical meetings with the office The following concession/relaxations are given to SC/ST candidates in the bearers of the All India GSI SC/ matter of direct recruitment. ST employees are conducted to redress the grievances of GSI SC/ST (a) Age relaxation of 5 years.
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(b) Exemption from payment of organised with the help of the application fee. faculty assistance of Dept.of Public Enterprises, Govt.of India on regular (c) Re-imbursement of travelling intervals at our Training Centre. expenses for attending both written The dealing officials on the subject, test and interviews. members of SC/ST Cell and office (d) Relaxation of experience up to one bearers of SC/ST Employees Welfare year. Associations are nominated to such (e) Relaxation in qualifying marks for programmes. In addition to above, eligibility (for GET/MT). office bearers of SC/ST Associations & HRD Executives are deputed for (f) Relaxation of 10% marks both in External Training programme on SC/ written test and interview. ST reservation policy conducted by Relaxation/concession in Promotions- different agencies. Relaxation of 10% of marks both in NALCO SC/ST Employees’ Welfare written test and interview is given to Associations functioning at SC/ST employees in promotion up to different units/office are celebrating lowest rung of Group-A. the Dr. Ambedkar Jayanti, 10% reservation in A & B type PanditRaghunathMurmuJayanti, quarters & 5% in C, D & E type Sahid Divas of Sahid LaxmanNaik& quarters is given to SCs/STs Annual Day celebration every year employees in allotment of residential for which financial assistance is quarters. extended by the Management.
Liaison Officers have been 20% of the scholarships are reserved appointed for each of the units for the children of SC/ST employees for implementing the Presidential under Nehru Memorial Scholarship Directives as well as to look after awarded to the children of NALCO the welfare of SC/ST employees. SC/ employees. ST Cell have also been constituted Invariably in all the Selection under the control of the respective Committees/Boards for recruitment Liaison Officers to ensure the and the Departmental Promotion prompt disposal of Grievances and Committees for promotion, an representations of SC/ST employees. officer from SC/ST category of The in-house programme on appropriate status is included as one Govt. Directives on reservation of the members in order to take the of posts for SC/ST & OBC is being interest of the SC/ST candidates.
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12.7 Minority Welfare: - Trust of Welfare from 24.10.2015 to 27.10.2015 at Kalinga Stadium, A member of the minority community is associated in the Selection Bhubaneswar. Committees for Recruitment in order 12.10 As on 31.12.2015, there are to give a fair deal to the minority 83 persons with Disability in community. Advertisement to fill employment of the company in up the vacancy position is notified various identified posts. Employment in regional languages in order to in company of SC/ST/Ex-SM/PH/LDP/ encourage the minority candidates Minorities is given at Table 12.1. about recruitment especially in Group- ‘C’ & ‘D’ posts. Table 12.1 The Company takes due care Employment in the Company of towards the sentiment of various SC/ST/Ex-SM/PH/LDP/Minorities minority communities with a greater as on 31.12.2015 objective of communal harmony. TOTAL NO OF EX- Mi- GROUP SC ST PWD LDP The Persons with Disability: EM- SM nority PLOYEES Execu- 12.8 The Company has been taking efforts 1756 235 119 02 09 22 72 tives to achieve representation in all posts Non- in Group: A, B, C & D as per section execu- 5315 923 1171 21 68 1885 192 tives 33 of the Persons with Disabilities Trainees 80 13 06 -- 06 08 03 (Equal Opportunities, Protection of 1171 1296 TOTAL 7151 23 83 1915 267 Rights and Full Participation) Act, 2467 1995 in spite of its state-of the-art technology requiring mostly healthy It may be seen from above that every third and competent technical personnel. employee of the organization belongs to As per Section -33 of the above Act, SC or ST Community. 3% of vacancies are being reserved Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) for persons with disabilities of which Employees Participation in 1% each is reserved for persons Management suffering from (i) Blindness or low vision, (ii) Hearing impairment & (iii) 12.11 Employees Participation in Locomotors disability or cerebral Management over the years has been the backbone of harmonious palsy. Industrial Relations in HCL. The 12.9 The Company sponsored Blind Cricket successful operation of various Bi- Tournament organized by Bichhand partite forums at all three levels,
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namely, at the Apex level, Unit level Number of physically chal- Group and Shop floor level has immensely lenged persons contributed in the smooth A 1 performance of the Company. Quality B 0 Circles which were introduced in all the production units of the company C 21 have been successfully functioning D 13 and contributing towards reduction Total 35 of cost and increasing productivity. Human Resource Development Representation of SC/ST and OBC 12.15 Training and Development of all 12.12 The representation of SC, ST levels of employees is given due and OBC employees out of the priority by the Company to increase total manpower of 3359 as on effectiveness. Special emphasis 30.11.2015 is 17.02%, 13.84% was given to organization building and 10.60% respectively. and shaping right attitudes, team building and work culture besides Industrial Relations preparing employees to understand 12.13 Industrial Relations situation in all the the trends in fast changing Units of the Company continued to technology/switching over to latest be harmonious and peaceful during technology for achieving higher the year 2015-16. results in production, productivity Implementation of the Persons with and profitability. Disability Act, 1985 Mineral Exploration Corporation 12.14 During last few years, there has Limited (MECL) been limited recruitment in the 12.16 MECL gives due importance to meet company. Therefore, there was socio-economic needs of the SC and hardly any scope of fresh inductions ST communities. of physically challenged persons. In addition, the mining operations of 12.17 During 2015-16, MECL has decided the Company being hazardous in to distribute ` 25,000/- each to nature, the scope of engagement students of Navodaya Vidyalaya of physically challenged persons is belonging to SC/ST/OBC Category. limited. The number of physically The same is mentioned under challenged persons employed in the the guidelines for regulation and Company as on 30.11.2015 is as payment of scholarships under under:- MECL.
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SC/ST
12.18 The Institute is following all the standard guidelines & policies issued by Govt. / Ministry towards the SC/ST employee’s reservation in recruitment. Dr. B. B. Mandal, Dy. Director has been nominated as nodal officer to handle the grievances of the SC/ST employees & till date the Institute has not received any grievance from any SC/ Welfare Activities of Jnarddc ST employee. Physically Handicapped Gender Equality
12.19 The Institute is following all the Ministry of Mines standard guidelines & policies issued by Govt. / Ministry towards 12.21 A complaint committee under the Physically Handicap employee’s chairpersonship Smt. Sujata reservation in recruitment. Dr. B. Prasad, JS&FA was reconstituted on B. Mandal, Dy. Director has been 29.05.2014 to look into the cases nominated as nodal officer to handle of sexual harassment of women the grievances of the Physically at work place. A meeting of the Handicapped employees. committee was held on 30.1.2015.
Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) Research Development and Design 12.22 Women employees constitute about Center (JNARDDC) 11.99 per cent of the total strength. 12.20 The Centre is following the various Training is imparted to women government guidelines w.r.t PWD, employees in the field of technical SC & ST reservation. The Centre used as well as administrative matters. the services of visually handicapped persons for canning of office chairs 12.23 A Committee has been constituted and provided indirect employment in IBM to redress the complaints to handicapped persons. Persons made by the victims of sexual with disabilities actively participated harassment at work place in a time in various programs such as Hindi bound manner. Week etc.
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National Aluminium Company Limited the society. (NALCO) Hindustan copper Limited (HCL) 12.24 The Company has adopted the principle of equal opportunity to the 12.28 In pursuance to the judgment of women employees in the matter of the Supreme Court, HCL has set up employment and the Company has committees in all the units/offices 357 no. of women employees at of the company for the prevention different levels and categories. of sexual harassment of women 12.25 Need based developmental and in work place. A provision in this functional training programs are regard has also been incorporated provided to the women employees. in the Conduct, Discipline and Institutional mechanism through Appeal Rules of HCL. During the conduct rules has also been put in year under report, no incidence of place to avoid sexual harassment of discrimination amongst employees women. The internal committees to on the basis of gender has come to deal with sexual harassment cases are in place in M&R Complex, S&P light. Complex and Corporate Office. Mineral Exploration Corporation As a mark of development in their Limited (MECL) individual leadership, women executives of the company have got 12.29 Women and weaker sections: Being a place as Coordinator/member of a CPSE, MECL is committed for National Organizations like Women raising and improving the socio- in Public Sector (WIPS) and they economic status of women and play active roles in policy making of weaker sections of the society. For WIPS. this purpose, under the CSR activities 12.26 Regular trainings are conducted during 2015-16, the company will for women empowerment and provide Scholarship to meritorious awareness sexual harassment in female student of Navodaya work place. Vidyalaya to promote education of 12.27 The ladies clubs in all units have women. extended necessary assistance for carrying out their various 12.30 In order to avoid sexual harassment activities which in turn enhances of women at work places a their leadership and organizing Grievance Committee on ‘Sexual capabilities in addition to welfare of Harassment’ on women at work
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place is functioning in the company. National Institute of Miners’ Health (NIMH) 12.31 MECL gives equal status to its women employees and the Service 12.33 The Institute is following all the Rules, etc. are uniformly made standard guidelines & policies issued applicable. The women employees by Govt. / Ministry towards the in the Company are provided women employees. Dr. Shubhagi Pingle, SRO has been nominated Maternity benefits as per rules. as nodal officer to handle the National Institute of Rock Mechanics grievances of the women employees (NIRM) and till date, the Institute has not 12.32 NIRM has set up a committee to received any grievance from any woman employee. check any form of harassment against women employees at the Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium work place. NIRM gives equal status Research Development and Design to its women employees and the Centre (JNARDDC) Service Rules etc are uniformly made 12.34 The Institute is following all the applicable. The women employees in directions and policies issued by the Institute are provided maternity Government of India respect of benefits as per rules. women employees.
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• XII Five Year Plan and Annual Plans Page - 193 • Annual Plan 2015-16 Page - 193 • Annual Plan 2016-17 Page - 193 • Audit paras Page - 198
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Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17) Modernization and Replacement and Annual Plans (` 54.45). IBM has been provided an outlay of ` 53.00 crore for 2015- 13.1 This Ministry had projected the 2016. The IBM’s outlay is for five Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) ongoing schemes. The proposal of Outlay of ` 4923.57 crore for the IBM is mainly on account of Mineral 12th Five Year Plan 2012-17. As Beneficiation studies- Utilization of against this, the Ministry has been low grade and sub-grade ores etc. allocated ` 2332.00 crore in the (` 7.45 crore) Mining Tenement 12th Five Year Plan. The 12th Five System (` 20.85 crore). Ministry Year Plan (2012-17) proposed GBS of Finance had allocated ` 570.58 outlay and allocation is given in the crore to the Ministry for the Annual Table -13.1 below and the Scheme- Plan 2015-16. wise allocation of 12th Five Year Plan is given at Annex-13.1. 13.3 The Annual Plan 2015-16 allocation is given in the Table-13.2. Table-13.1 XII Five Year Plan 2012-2017 Table-13.2 (Proposed) GBS and Allocation Annual Plan 2015-2016 Allocation (` in Crore) (` in Crore)
Sl.No Organisation Proposed Allocated Sl. No. Organisation Allocated 1 MECL Promotional 50.00 50.00 1 MECL Promotional 40.00 2 GSI 4,333.00 1,876.42 2 GSI 462.58 3 IBM 198.53 198.53 3 IBM 53.00 4 S&T Programme 49.05 49.05 4 S&T Programme 15.00 5 Construction Total 570.58 GSI 292.99 128.00 IBM 30.00 30.00 Annual Plan 2016-17 Total 4,923.57 2,332.00 13.4 Considering the 12th Five Year Plan Annual Plan 2015-16 (2012-17) objectives and allocation 13.2 Keeping the 12th Five Year Plan given in the first four years of the (2012-17) objectives in view, the 12th Five Year Plan, the Ministry Ministry provided GBS of ` 462.58 had proposed GBS of ` 652.45 crore to GSI for Annual Plan 2015- crore for the Annual Plan 2016-17. 16, of which the major portion of GSI has been provided an outlay of the outlay is for Survey & Mapping ` 480.00 crore for its 8 schemes. The (` 156.22 crore), Information major portion of the Outlay is for Dissemination (` 144.46 crore) and Survey & Mapping (` 118.68 crore),
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Modernization and Replacement of the Ministry of Mines is given in (` 170.14 crore) and Information the Table-13.3. Dissemination (` 79.91 crore). Table-13.3 13.5 IBM has been provided an outlay of Annual Plan 2016-2017 Allocation ` 47.23 crore for 2016-2017 for its five on-going schemes. The proposal (` in Crore) of IBM for 2016-17 is mainly on account of Inspection of Mines Sl. No. Organization Allocated for Scientific & Systematic Mining 1 MECL Promotional 29.15 (` 17.01 crore), Computerization of 2 GSI 480.00 Online Register on Mining Tenement System (` 8.00 crore), Technological 3 IBM 47.23 up gradation & Modernization 4 S&T Programme 13.62 (` 5.53 crore) and Mineral Total 570.00 Beneficiation studies utilization of low grade & sub-grade ores & 13.7 The Organization-wise distribution analysis of environmental (` 7.39 of outlay for Annual Plan 2015- crore). 16 and 2016-17 showing Internal 13.6 As against the total requirement Resources (IR), Extra Budgetary of ` 652.45 crore, the Ministry of Resources (EBR), Gross Budget Finance has allocated an amount of Support (GBS), North Eastern Region ` 570.00 crore for the Ministry. The (NER), and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) is proposed outlay organization-wise given at the Table-13.4. Table -13.4 Annual Plan 2015-16 & 2016-17 (` In crore)
ANNUAL PLAN 2015-16 ANNUAL PLAN 2016-17
S. Schemes / BUDGET ESTIMATE BUDGET ESTIMATE No Programme Plan Outlay Outlay earmarked Plan Outlay Outlay earmarked Outlay IR EBR GBS North-East TSP Outlay IR EBR GBS North-East TSP 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Central Sector Schemes 1 NALCO 1142.21 1142.21 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5233.15 5233.15 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 2 HCL 399.03 399.03 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 668.00 668.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 3 MECL Promotional 15.00 0.00 0.00 15.00 0.00 0.00 4.15 0.00 0.00 4.15 0.00 0.00 Capital 36.52 11.52 0.00 25.00 0.00 0.00 33.00 8.00 0.00 25.00 0.00 0.00 4 GSI 462.58 0.00 0.00 462.58 21.66 10.00 480.00 0.00 0.00 480.00 25.58 11.00 IBM 53.00 0.00 0.00 53.00 5.30 2.12 47.23 0.00 0.00 47.23 4.73 1.70 6 S&T 23.67 0.00 8.67 15.00 0.00 0.00 23.57 13.62 0.00 13.62 0.00 0.00 Total 2132.01 1552.76 8.67 570.58 26.96 12.12 6489.10 5922.77 0.00 570.00 30.28 12.70
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Note: The total approved Outlay of the Geological Annual Plan 2016-17 Survey of India (GSI) is of ` 480.00 crore consists 13.9 Considering the XII Five year Plan of ` 219.00 crore which is for payment to SCI (2012-17) objectives and allocation towards maintenance of GSI vessels (` 66.00 crore) given in the first four years of the for OCBIS project ` 45.00 crore and Geotechnical 12th Five year Plan, GSI has proposed vessel is ` 108.00 crore. The GSI has proposed an outlay of ` 524.50 crore in for exemption from DoNER for making provision the Annual Plan for FY 2016-17 for NER. Hence more than 4% of the balance of against the eight schemes of GSI ` 261.00 crore (` 480.00 crore – ` 219.00 crore), excluding the Construction Budget. i.e. ` 11.00 crore has been kept for TSP and more The major portion of the Outlay is than 10% for NER which comes to ` 25.58 crore. for Modernization & Replacement Geological Survey of India (GSI) (` 158.60 crore), development of Phase III of the portal (OCBIS) 13.8 The proposed GBS and allocation (` 74.20 crore) and Survey & for GSI for the year 2015-16 and Mapping ‘OC’ head (` 88.20 crore). 2016-17 are given at Table 13.5 and 13.6 respectively. Table – 13.6 Annual Plan 2016-17 (Proposed) GBS Table – 13.5 and Allocation Annual Plan 2015-16 (Proposed) (` in crore) GBS and Allocation Sl.No. Organization Proposed Allocated (` in crore) Geological Sl. 1. 524.50 480.00 Organization Proposed Allocated Survey of India No. Geological 1. 425.50 462.58 Survey of India
13.10 The distribution of outlay for Annual Plan 2015-16 and 2016-17 including proposed allocation for North Eastern Region (NER) and Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) is given in the Table 13.7. Table – 13.7 Annual Plan 2015-16 & 2016-17 (` in crore) ANNUAL PLAN 2015-16 ANNUAL PLAN 2016-17 BUDGET ESTIMATE BUDGET ESTIMATE Sl. Schemes / Outlay Outlay Plan Outlay Plan Outlay No. Programmes earmarked earmarked North North Outlay IR EBR GBS TSP Outlay IR EBR GBS TSP East East Geological Survey 0.00 4. 462.58 0.00 0.00 462.58 21.66 10.00 480.00 0.00 480.00 25.58 10.00 of India Construction Geological Survey 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 77.30 0.00 0.00 77.30 - - of India
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The total proposed outlay of Geological has started from the F.S. 2015-16. Survey of India (GSI) is of ` 480.00 crore ` 83.04 crore has been kept under and consists of ` 88.20 crore under Survey the Information & Dissemination & Mapping OC head for payment to SCI Scheme for development of Phase against maintenance of the three GSI III of the portal (OCBIS) and other IT vessels and also for payment towards related expenditure like procurement TOASS and Heliborne Survey System, of hardware and software, portal ` 74.20 crore for OCBIS and other IT related maintenance etc. expenditure, ` 108 crore as 1st instalment 13.13 R & D has been increased to payment for the Geotechnical Vessel and ` 14.35 crore for procurement another ` 50 crore for procurement of of gadgets, chemicals, gases etc. laboratory and drilling instruments. Besides for smooth running of the labs of Mineral Exploration expenditure has been GSI. The funds under the Special increased to ` 49 crore to accommodate Investigation scheme (` 1.82 crore) increased number of mineral exploration has been reduced slightly as the SPT programmes including G2 and G1 stage item in Western Region has been exploration with additional drilling. discontinued from the current year. Annual Plan 2016-17 13.14 There has been a sharp increase in 13.11 GSI has proposed a provision of the HRD scheme to ` 17.15 crore to ` 524.50 crore in the Annual Plan accommodate the 50% expenditure for FY 2016-17. The scheme wise for IGC 2020 which is to be borne submitted Annual Plan Budget by GSI and Ministry of Mines the includes ` 132.88 crore under Survey other half of which is to be borne by & Mapping for maintenance of the Ministry of Earth Sciences. three marine vessels of GSI besides Major increase under Modernization maintenance of the TOASS Aircraft & Replacement scheme has & Heliborne Survey System (HGSS) been made of ` 182.34 crore and for outsourcing of analysis of for procurement of essential NGCM samples and outsourcing of laboratory and drilling equipment vehicles. along with a provision of ` 108 13.12 Under Mineral Exploration scheme, crore for 1st instalment payment increase in budget has been made regarding procurement of the (` 68.73 crore) to accommodate Geotechnical vessel in case the for large number of exploration requisite permissions are available, programmes and also for additional another ` 50 crore is to be utilized outsourced drilling related to G1 for procurement of laboratory and G2 stage exploration which GSI and drilling instruments in the F.Y.
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2016-17. Under Minor Works of this IBM’s proposed outlay was mainly scheme an amount of ` 18.70 crore for five ongoing schemes. Proposed has been provided for maintenance GBS and Allocation for annual plan and upkeep of the GSI buildings, 2015-16 is given in Table 13.8. ` 4.30 crore has been kept under Table 13.8 Motor Vehicles for procurement Annual Plan 2015-2016 (proposed GBS of field vehicles, buses for training and Allocation institute and logger vans. (` in crore) 13.15 Under FTE budget an amount of Proposed Organization Allocated ` 4.50 crore has been proposed Outlay for travel expenses of about 150 IBM 54.44 53.00 delegates from GSI to South Africa IBM – Construction 4.91 3.00 in connection with IGC 2016. 13.18 Ministry had allocated an outlay of 13.16 The Tribal Sub Plan budget has been ` 53.00 crore for 2015-2016 for kept at ` 10 crore for expenditure five ongoing schemes. Proposed on operations in Tribal areas. GBS and Allocation for annual plan 2016-17 is given in Table 13.9 Table 13.9 Annual Plan 2016-2017 (proposed GBS and Allocation) (` in crore)
Proposed Organization Allocated Outlay
IBM 49.74 47.23
IBM – Construction 0.50 --- Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Union Minister of Steel & Mines along with other distinguished 13.19 The outlay for Annual Plan guests at the foundation-stone laying ceremony for NALCO’s Modern Eye Hospital and rural piped- 2015-16 and proposed outlay for water supply project at Angul, Odisha 2016-17 showing Internal Resources (IR), Extra Budgetary Resources Annual Plan 2015-16 (EBR), Gross Budget Support Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) (GBS), Net Budget Support (NBS), 13.17 IBM had proposed an outlay of North Eastern Region (NER), and ` 54.44 crore for 2015-2016 The Tribal Sub Plan (TSP) is given at the Table 13.10.
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Table 13.10 Annual Plan 2015-16 and 2016-17 (` in crore)
Annual Plan 2015-16 Annual Plan 2016-17 (proposed) Budget Estimate Budget Estimate S. Schemes / Plan Outlay Outlay earmarked Plan Outlay Outlay earmarked No. Programmes North North Outlay IR EBR GBS NBS TSP Outlay IR EBR GBS NBS TSP East East 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 IBM (Cen- 1 tral Sector 53.00 0.00 0.00 53.00 53.00 5.30 2.12 49.74 0.00 0.00 49.74 49.74 4.97 1.99 Schemes)
Audit Review by the SAC and the concerted efforts, 2 Paras have 13.20 The Audit Paras are being reviewed been settled during the year and quarterly in the Standing Audit two are pending. There have been Committee (SAC) meeting under 12 meetings in series, since the the Chairmanship of the Secretary inception of the Committee, which (Mines). There were 4 Audit Paras was set up on 11th August, 2010. pending in the Ministry as on The latest status of these Audit Paras 31.3.2015. Due to the Quarterly is given in Annex-13.2.
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• National Informatics Centre (NIC) page - 201 • E-Office page - 201 • Website of the Ministry page – 202 • E-samiksha page - 203 • Skill Development page - 203 • Redressal of public grievances page - 204 • Vigilance cases page - 206 • Swachh Bharat Mission page - 206 • RTI page - 207 • Citizens’ / Clients’ Charter page - 209
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National Informatics Centre (NIC) 14.3 Following Centralised Systems from NIC are also implemented IT Support by NIC at Ministry of Mines in the Ministry: 14.1 National Informatics Centre (NIC) • eOffice of the Department of electronics and Information Technology is • Comprehensive DDO package for providing network backbone and pay related data processing e-Governance support to the • Public Grievance Monitoring System Ministry of Mines. The following are the IT Services that NIC provided • ACC Vacancy Monitoring System during the year: • RTI Information System
Management Information Systems • Visitor Management System (eVisitor) 14.2 Ministry of Mines with the help of National Informatics Centre (NIC) • AEBAS (Aadhar enabled Biometric is implementing various decision Attendance System) support system required for better planning, monitoring and decision making. The computerization has been done in the area of prior approval for Mineral Concession Applications, Registration under Rule 45, Revision Applications, and Payroll etc. The various Applications which are operational in the Ministry are as follows:
• Mineral Concession Approval Under Swachh Vidyalaya Abhiyan, NALCO System (MCAS) constructed 433 toilets in 206 schools of Odisha and Andhra Pradesh, more than the target set by • Revision Application System (RAS) Ministry of HRD • Registration under Rule 45 of MCDR E-Office 1988 14.4 The e-office was implemented in the • Post approval activities of mineral Ministry of Mines from May, 2013. concessions at Indian Bureau of The following modules have been Mines successfully adopted.
• Online Network/Internet Complaint • e File – (File Management System) System – eFile system has been started
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with migrated data of File Tracking • Intra Mines link i.e. earlier version System(FTS ). All new files in most of automated office work has been of the Sections are being opened fully incorporated in e-Office. as e-files. All legacies files are being • E-Office Adoption for all employees digitized for bringing them into to monitor their pendency of VIP/ e-file system. PMO categories receipt and take • LMS- (Leave Management System) necessary action accordingly. – LMS has been started in August, 2012 and now no physical leave Website of the Ministry: application is being accepted. 14.6 Web site of Ministry of Mines is • KMS-(Knowledge Management developed and maintained by NIC. It System)- KMS is a central repository provides comprehensive information for all employees to share all the on various subjects like Acts & documents/O.M./Office Order Rules and working of the Ministry, which they want to share with all as Right to Information Act, National well as for personal use if they want Mineral Policy, Information about to restrict. the Indian Mineral Sector, current status of the Revision Applications PIMS - (Personal Information • and Mineral Concession (RP/PL/ML) Management System) – PIMS has Cases, Annual Report of the Ministry started 1st June, 2013 for all the and provides links to its PSUs and employees to access their eService other offices. The Department of Book online via e-Office. Administrative Reforms and Public • eTour-(Tour Management System)- Grievances, in association with eTour has started in September, National Informatics Centre (NIC) 2013 and all officer(s) apply for tour has formulated Guidelines for Indian and obtain approvals in this module. Government Websites (GIGW) and the website of Ministry of Mines 14.5 Other than these applications is GIGW compliant and accessible the additional activities which have been carried out in e-Office to physically disabled persons and are as follows: on all platforms like on computers, laptops, tablets, mobile phones • 100% Pay slips being generated etc. It is citizen-centric and user and being made available online via friendly. The Standardisation Testing e -office. and Quality Certification (STQC) • SMS alert regarding pay and was awarded to Ministry of Mines deductions to all personnel. website on 19th January, 2016.
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Agency on the e-samiksha portal and replies to issues raised by the Ministries /Departments and State Governments are taken up on priority and reply/status uploaded on e-samiksha every month.
Skill Development 14.9 Keeping in view the significance of the first ever World Youth Skills Day function scheduled for 15/07/2015, Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of the Ministry of Skill Development Steel & Mines, accompanied by Shri Tapan Kumar Chand, CMD, NALCO at Aluminium Smelter, and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) had Angul, Odisha requested the Ministry of Mines to enter into a formal Memorandum Local Area Network (LAN): of Understanding to firm up the 14.7 LAN has been established in the strategic partnership between MSDE Ministry, which interconnects and MoM, before 15/07/2015. various officers/staff in the Ministry. MoU between Ministry of Mines This LAN is being maintained by and Ministry of Skill Development NIC. There are approximately two and Entrepreneurship was signed hundred users connected to the on 10/07/2015 at New Delhi. LAN. Thereafter, Mineral Exploration Company Limited (MECL) entered E-Samiksha into an MoU with National Skill 14.8 e-Samiksha is a real time, on-line Development Corporation (NSDC) system for monitoring of follow-up on 29/09/2015, Hindustan Copper action on the decisions taken during Limited on 01.10.2015 and National the presentations made by different Aluminium Company Limited Ministries/Departments to the Prime (NALCO) on 19/11/2015. Minister, Centre State Coordination, 14.10 A meeting was held on 18/11/2015 Committee of Secretaries etc. to review the progress made in the The follow-up action in respect Skill Development Initiative by the of all issues concerning other PSUs. The meeting was chaired by Ministries/Departments and State Secretary (Mines) and was attended Governments is to be updated by by the Secretary, MSDE and the the concerned Ministry/Department/ CMDs of the three PSUs.
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14.11 Federation of Indian Mineral Authority for taking further Industries (FIMI) with the approval necessary action in the matter. of NSDC has set up Skill Council for Mining Sector (SCMS) in 2013. Geological Survey of India (GSI) The SCMS is apex body for skill 14.13 The public grievance redressal development in the mining sector. system is a part and parcel of SCMS is a company registered the administrative machinery of under Section 25 of the Companies Geological Survey of India and it Act. SCMS has entrusted Deloitte has stabilised into an efficient and Touche Tohmatsu India Pvt. Ltd for effective mechanism as per guide nd conducting “Human Resource and lines of 2 Administrative reform Skill Requirement Study for the commission report. It has successfully resolved various types of problems period 2014-17 and 2017-22 for under the guidance of the Director Indian Mining Sector”. General, Geological Survey of India Redressal of Public Grievances at Central Headquarters Kolkata. 14.14 Grievance cases are received are Ministry of Mines replied/acknowledged within a 14.12 Department of Administrative fortnight and all efforts are made to redress the grievance within Reforms & Public Grievances stipulated period of 60 days. The (DAR&PG) is implementing a web pending grievances are directly based Centralized Public Grievance monitored by the Director General, Redressal and Monitoring System Geological Survey of India, through (CPGRAM) vide which grievances regular meetings with all concerned of Ministries / Departments are nodal officers and administrative forwarded for redressal. One of the officers and departmental heads. Joint Secretary has been designated 14.15 A standing committee on grievance as the Nodal Officer of Public was formed by the Director General, Grievances. During the year 2015- headed by Dy. Director General 16 (upto 31st December, 2015), (personnel) and regional grievance 1095 cases were received. 110 cases officers to review and examine old were brought forward. Total 975 and complicated grievance cases cases have been disposed during pending for a long time. the period and rest cases have been 14.16 During the year 2015-16 (up to 26th referred to concerned Organization/ November, 2015), 330 cases of both
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portal and non-portal were received. 2015-16 (up to December, 2015), 118 cases have brought forward. A 45 grievance petitions were total 244 cases have been disposed received. So far 39 cases had been during the period and rest cases disposed of including 03 grievance have been referred to concerned cases pending at the beginning of Regions/ Authority for taking further the year. Remaining 09 cases were necessary action in the matter. These under processing at various stages. pending cases are directly monitored Online facility for registration of by the Director General/ Dy. Director public grievances has already been General (P), GSI through regular provided by linking IBM website meetings with all concerned Nodal with the grievance portal of DoPT Officers and administrative Officers “Central PGRAMS”. and departmental heads. Majority Hindustan Copper Limited (HCL) of cases are related to NFU/ACP/ Organised service benefit etc. and 14.18 All complaints so received are efforts are being made for speedy registered in the Govt. web-site disposal of the pending grievance and accordingly disposed off. These cases. are being regularly monitored. Forty three public grievances were received during the period April to December, 2015, of which thirty seven were disposed off as on 31st December, 2015.
14.19 A link to public grievances site on Govt. of India www.pgportal.gov. in is provided in company’s website www.hindustancopper.com main page as ‘public grievance’ in other information section at the bottom. Shri Narendra Singh Tomar, Hon’ble Minister of Public grievances can be lodged Steel & Mines, presenting the maiden NALCO Smiles Award on the occasion of company’s 36th through this link. Foundation Day celebration at Bhubaneswar Mineral Exploration Corporation Indian Bureau of Mines Limited (MECL)
14.17 At the beginning of the year, 03 14.20 During the period under review, grievance cases were pending at 12 Public Grievance cases were various stages. During the year disposed of out of 13 received.
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Vigilance cases Swachh Bharat Mission Ministry of Mines Ministry of Mines 14.24 Ministry of Mines observed “Swachh 14.21 During the year 2015-16 (upto 31st Bharat Day” on 2nd October, 2015. December, 2015), 88 complaints A function was held on 2nd October, were received. Out of these 88 2015 in the Ministry of Mines to complaints 84 were brought to their commemorate the occasion. The logical conclusion and 4 complaints oath on Swachh Bharat Day was are still under investigation. Vigilance administered to the officers/staff of Awareness Week was observed from Ministry of Mines. 26.10.2015 to 31.10.2015. During the week, Essay Competition related to vigilance activities was organized.
Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM)
14.22 During the year 2015-16 (up to December 2015), 04 complaints were received of which 02 were 14.25 Employees of Ministry were brought to their logical conclusion sensitised to the need of cleanliness of the surroundings and personal after investigation. The remaining hygiene. Employees were also 02 cases were under investigation. requested not to throw waste and Ministry has imposed minor penalty leftovers in corridors corners and against one officer and a charge in wash-basins, Cooperation of the sheet issued against one officer. A staff was solicited for the upkeep training programme on refresher of the premises and success of the course of vigilance subject was Swachh Bharat Mission. organized on 07.12.2015 to all newly recruited officers of IBM. 14.26 Loose cables i.e. telephone, electrical and Internet wires in the corridors Vigilance Awareness Week was 14.23 were Identified and confined to observed in the IBM HQs at channels inside the corridors. Nagpur and in all Zonal/ Regional Regular exercise is under taken to Offices during 26.10.2015 to weed out old files and unwanted 31.10.2015. During the Week, a papers and documents. Legacy files vigilance awareness rally had been are being digitized for bringing them organized. Besides, essay and into the e-office systems. debate competitions for vigilance 14.27 Two Swachhta Abhiyan were carried awareness were also organised. out during the year.
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14.28 Detailed reports of contribution internal and external communication under the Swachh Vidyalaya is mostly over e-mail. Mass Programme in the Ministry of Mines communications like to shareholders are given at Table 14.1 : has been implemented over email, annual reports also sent by email Table 14.1 to reduce paper consumption Progress of Construction of Toilets and communication time. Paper conservation is also strengthened Work Status Name Target Work- Sl. by staged implementation of of Set of able Work in No Complete Document Management System, PSUs toilets target progress where our dependence on paper 1. NALCO* 355 354 - 354 documents is reduced. 2. MECL 27 27 - 27 National Institute of Miners’ Health 3. HCL 206 206 - 203 14.31 On 2nd October Swatchta shapath Total 588 587 - 584 was solemnized to all the employees *Out of 203 schools allotted to NALCO by MHRD, of the Institute. The Institute carried one school of Angul, viz, Bantala NCLP has cleanliness drive of its premise on been closed permanently (Govt Communication this day. Each & every employee of Available). Hence, the revised target is 354 toilets the Institute was educated & briefed in 202 school, instead of 355 toilets in 203 schools. on the issue. 14.29 All PSUs/ Attached Offices/ Subordinate offices and autonomous Right to Information Act, (RTI) bodies under administrative control Ministry of Mines of the Ministry of Mines undertook 14.32 The Ministry of Mines and its a pledge to implement the Swachh subordinate office, attached Bharat Abhiyan launched by Hon’ble office, Autonomous Bodies and Prime Minister Shri Narendra Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) Modi. All offices have undertaken have appointed Central Public cleanliness of all labs and office Information Officers and Appellate premises, toilets etc which includes Authorities. The Ministry has also disposal of old and obsolete set up a ‘Public Information Cell’ for materials. processing of the requests received from the public under the RTI Act, National Aluminium Company Limited 2005 and for their monitoring. (NALCO) During the period 2015-2016 (from 14.30 NALCO continues to step along 01.04.2015 to 31.12.2015), the green computing by cutting down Ministry received 574 applications on both the quantity of printers under the RTI Act, which were and the amount of printing. Both timely responded. 69 Appeals
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received against the decisions of disposal of RTI Applications/Appeals the CPIOs were disposed of by the in Ministry and its offices is given concerned Appellate Authorities at Table 14.2, Table 14.3 and within the stipulated time frame. Table 14.4 respectively. The status regarding receipt and Table 14.2 RTI Application/Request Status (w.e.f. 1st April, 2015 to 31st December, 2015)
No. of cases Pendency Informa- No. of RTI tion denied Request/ under sec- Organiza- Previous Application Dis- Bal- 0-3 4-6 7-9 10-12 tion 8 (1), tion pendency received posal ance months months months months 9,11,24 & during the Others of period RTI Act. Ministry of 64 574 616 22 6 10 0 12 0 Mines (Sectt.)
NALCO 18 160 135 43 20 30 5 6 2 HCL 18 195 197 16 19 16 0 0 0 MECL 4 43 44 3 4 3 0 0 0 IBM 12 358 329 41 34 41 0 0 0 GSI 50 838 822 66 7 66 0 0 0 NIMH 0 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 NIRM 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 JNARDDC 0 6 6 0 1 0 0 0 0
Table 14.3 RTI Appeal Status (1st April, 2015 to 31st December, 2015) No. of cases Pendency No. of No. of 1st Appeals Appeal Previous Dis- rejected/ 0-3 4-6 7-9 10-12 Organization received Balance pendency posal inf. denied months months months months during the under period Section Ministry of 9 69 69 0 9 1 1 7 0 Mines (Sectt.) NALCO 0 35 33 2 0 0 0 0 0 HCL 0 21 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 MECL 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 IBM 1 20 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 GSI 20 129 138 2 9 9 0 0 0 NIMH 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 NIRM 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 JNARDDC 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
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Table 14.4 CIC 2nd Appeal Status (1ST April, 2015 to 31st December, 2015)
No. of cases
No. of 2nd Decided Previous Organization Appeals Balance pendency In favour of In favour of filed in CIC Appellant Organisation Ministry of Mines 0 7 3 3 1 (Sectt.) NALCO 0 7 4 3 0 HCL 0 19 16 3 0 MECL 0 0 0 0 0 IBM 16 2 0 0 18 GSI 1 29 4 24 2 NIMH 0 0 0 0 0 NIRM 0 0 0 0 0 JNARDDC 0 0 0 0 0
Citizens’ / Clients’ Charter and Ministry’s commitments to the clients. Separately, information with Ministry of Mines reference to Attached / Subordinated 14.33 The Citizens’ / Clients’ Charter of the Offices/ Autonomous Bodies of Ministry of Mines has been reviewed, the Ministry has been incorporated based on the guidelines of the along with contact details and Department Administrative Reforms addresses of their websites. & Public Grievances (DAR&PG) and 14.34 The Ministry makes continuous Performance Management Division efforts to achieve its goals and of the Cabinet Secretariat. The fulfill commitments to the clients. charter has been put on the website Computerised Information http:/ /mines.gov.in for easy access Facilitation Centre in the Ministry has by public. The Citizens’/Clients’ been set up which is rendering all Charter contains the information necessary assistance to the public by with respect to vision, mission, making miscellaneous information services / transaction of activities available on various activities and with persons responsible (with schemes of the Ministry and the contact details), service standards organizations under its fold.
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Copper Wire Rod
210 Annexes Ministry of Mines/Annual Report 2015-16
Annexes
Annex 1.1 Organizational Structure of Ministry of Mines Annex 2.1 Production of Selected Minerals, 2011-12 to 2015-16 Annex 2.2 Data on Exports of Ores and Minerals for the year 2010-11 to 2014-15 Annex 2.3 Data on Imports of Ores and Minerals for the year 2010-11 to 2014-15 Annex 2.4 Reserves/Resources of Minerals as on 1.4.2010/13 India Annex 2.5 Scenario of Mineral Rich States Annex 6.1 Target and Achievements during the first four years of XII plan (2012-2017) of Geological Survey of India Annex 6.2 Status of Mining Leases in the country as on 31.03.2014 (First Schedule Minerals) Annex 6.3 Performance of Annual Programme of IBM including Technical Studies, Investigations and Preparation of Mineral Inventory/Maps in 2013-14 to 2015-16 (up to 30th December 2015) Annex 8.1 Grant-in-aid released to the various institution in the country under the Science & Technology scheme for the year 2015-16 (up to 17.2.2016). Annex 13.1 Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17) Scheme-wise Allocation of Ministry of Mines. Annex 13.2 Present Status of C&AG Paras Pending in the Ministry of Mines.
212 Annexes Ministry PSUs Bodies Offices Attached / Autonomous Subordinate Annex - 1.1 ( P age 5) E.A S hukla S hri udhaker Economic Adviser JS (SC) Chandra S hri ubhash Joint Secretary
(MECL), Nagpur (NIMH), Nagpur Miners’ Health Mineral E xploration Corporation L imited JS (NKS) N ational Institute of Dr. N iranjan Dr. Kumar S ingh Joint Secretary Secretary (Mines) Secretary S h. Balvinder Kumar omar, Hon’ble Minister of S teel & Mines omar, JS (NBD) Bihari Dhal S hri N ikunja Joint Secretary Nagpur Kolkata tructure of Ministry Mines O rganizational S tructure Karnataka (NIRM), KGF, Mines (IBM), L imited (HCL), Rock Mechanics Indian Bureau of Indian Bureau Hindustan Copper Shri Vishnu Deo Sai, Hon’ble Minister of State for Steel & Mines Shri Vishnu N ational Institute of arendra S ingh T S hri N arendra P rasad Ms. S ujata Joint Secretary & Joint Secretary Financial Advisor Kolkata (NALCO), S hri R. Bhubaneshwar of India (GSI), Design Centre Design Centre Secretary Additional S ridharan Company L imited Jawaharlal N ehru Development and (JNARDDC), Nagpur Geological S urvey N ational Aluminium Aluminium Research Aluminium Research
213 Ministry of Mines/Annual Report 2015-16 NA NA NA 55.34 411.78 870.03 763.63 595.95 307.14 6,456.38 2,907.77 2,039.03 1,528.42 5,180.34 Value 21,642.19 31,065.94 67,804.72 26,244.42 83,690.31 ` Crore) 1,82,919.80 2,68,954.65
NA NA NA 2015-16 ( E ) 37.31 39.06 258.19 135.88 139.73 578.03 Qty 1,354.59 2,001.35 2,280.57 1,282.11 32,686.59 30,996.86 31,734.00 (Value in (Value Annex - 2.1 ( P age 11) 92.05 61.35 225.18 269.35 559.66 544.57 360.76 7,323.42 3,143.66 1,196.22 1,362.55 1,076.93 1,818.55 6,418.09 Value 28,533.66 38,596.57 26,946.56 68,093.72 89,175.45 1,90,633.81 2,83,232.03
2014-15( P ) 37.46 48.29 910.96 197.67 107.54 128.91 610.21 Qty 6,209.48 1,910.06 1,501.59 2,345.36 2,163.94 1,440.00 35,724.00 22,226.06 32,583.00 61.41 268.39 105.54 356.14 437.25 999.69 668.10 422.53 7,516.05 2,738.93 1,580.15 1,518.18 2,375.95 5,967.53 Value 31,649.18 42,389.95 29,282.04 68,682.61 82,534.75 1,86,466.93 2,83,051.18
2013-14 37.79 44.27 194.43 139.31 152.18 565.77 Qty 7,310.60 2,131.00 1,170.52 1,490.66 2,626.29 2,878.32 1,564.00 37,517.00 22,319.15 35,407.00 78.07 36.65 261.89 531.41 330.09 799.46 628.90 517.25 7,464.60 2,125.92 2,394.87 1,283.62 2,262.76 5,511.41 Value 32,824.44 43,167.30 68,817.11 33,642.05 74,718.66 1,82,689.24 2,79,999.37
2012-13 37.86 46.45 Qty 184.49 123.65 136.62 556.40 7,233.96 1,750.56 1,789.43 1,492.78 2,342.17 1,588.00 2,833.90 31,988.00 16,611.61 40,679.00 69.37 19.82 173.70 168.60 245.45 612.60 538.58 531.16 6,134.56 1,158.78 1,986.22 1,177.70 2,424.50 5,337.65 Value 38,357.03 47,032.02 69,201.73 34,210.70 70,171.91 1,78,921.99 2,84,579.06
2011-12 roduction of S elected Minerals, 2011-12 to 2015-16 P roduction 38.09 42.33 Qty 161.85 130.46 168.58 539.95 5,968.55 1,646.52 1,776.98 1,414.01 2,411.87 2,194.00 2,923.44 18,490.00 13,599.57 47,559.00 U nit th. tonnes th. tonnes th. tonnes crt
th. tonnes th. tonnes th. tonnes th. tonnes th. tonnes kg th. tonnes M. tonnes
m c M. tonnes M. tonnes M. tonnes
Dolomite Ball Clay Barytes Diamond N on Metalic Minerals Other Met. Minerals Zinc Conc. Lead Conc. Manganese Ore Bauxite Copper Conc. Gold Chromite Ore Iron Metallic Natural Gas (ut.) Petroleum(crude) Lignite Coal F uel All Minerals
214 Annexes NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2.48 50.05 66.46 16.16 40.48 65.24 351.10 5,809.07 Value 48,512.54
- NA NA NA NA NA NA NA NA 2015-16 ( E ) 8.41 71.62 76.19 Annex - 2.1 Contd. 249.52 183.68 292.97 Qty 1,790.07 - 3.62 66.81 47.06 95.03 16.22 24.40 87.75 13.11 70.27 88.82 390.51 321.74 128.39 110.02 5,211.75 Value 46,678.24
- - 2014-15( P ) 66.03 78.92 16.15 275.68 774.28 186.52 712.79 292.81 Qty 2,100.56 3,047.49 1,579.56 4,650.60 2,477.85 3,861.38 0.08 3.52 44.56 40.82 98.33 15.71 24.49 96.62 18.57 68.78 475.48 314.54 111.32 154.51 124.05 5,133.20 Value 46,678.24
- 2013-14 2.99 67.27 18.75 196.94 887.93 192.71 920.81 483.56 280.86 Qty 3,724.24 1,453.58 2,577.87 3,115.36 3,475.37 4,853.42 1.80 4.19 45.92 88.84 12.75 35.21 20.18 18.27 92.47 70.28 100.20 680.72 302.71 169.98 115.74 4,797.32 Value 46,678.24
- 2012-13 43.74 58.56 24.04 Qty 224.32 971.78 145.67 999.93 768.25 285.03 4,303.88 1,941.16 2,638.42 3,556.72 4,258.70 4,121.19 3.31 4.08 35.50 87.86 16.00 71.41 52.27 16.30 15.80 98.16 65.24 39.55 749.63 193.81 168.60 4,085.54 Value 52,490.49
- 2011-12 59.21 86.03 33.23 Qty 224.10 998.44 184.45 983.16 262.88 2,259.73 4,867.67 2,625.11 1,717.90 3,978.81 3,076.80 2,815.28 U nit th. tonnes th. tonnes th. tonnes th. tonnes th. tonnes th. tonnes th. tonnes th. tonnes th. tonnes th. tonnes th. tonnes th. tonnes th. tonnes th. tonnes M. tonnes
3. Value of Petroleum (crude) and Natural gas on the basis price received from NAD, CSO. 3. Value 10th February 2015. The data for these minerals 2014-15 is upto January 2015. 4. 31 minerals have been declared as minor w.e.f b) Petroleum (crude) and Natural Gas : Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas, New Delhi c) Minor Minerals : State Governments Magnesite Steatite Wollastonite Phosphorite Silica Sand Sillimanite Other Non-Met. Min. Pyroxenite Sand (others) Minor Minerals Fireclay* Garnet (abrasive) Gypsum Limeshell Kaolin Laterite Limestone M.Tonnes - Million tonnes th.tonnes Thousand M.C.M. cubic metre Kg Kilogram M.Tonnes (P) Provisional and based on monthly returns to the extent available with IBM. if any recovered incidental to coal mining * Excludes the production of fireclay, (E) Estimated figures The value figures pertain to pithead value. NOTE : 1. 2. Data based on the returns received under MCDR, 1988 except coal, lignite, petroleum (crude), natural gas (utilised) and minor minerals. Kolkata Source: a) Coal and Lignite : Controller,
215 Ministry of Mines/Annual Report 2015-16 ... ++ ++ 3.00 94.00 16.00 66.00 52.00 696.00 567.00 288.00 711.00 777.00 400.00 453.00 3,212.00 Value 9,832.00 1,595.00 1,405.00 3,297.00 1,48,056.00 1,78,077.00 ... ** ** ** 1.00 2014-15( P ) 484.00 7,491.00 1,220.00 Qty 65,645.00 25,361.00 31,901.00 (Value in ` ’Crore’) (Value 2,58,330.00 7,75,192.00 4,48,559.00 5,89,820.00 6,51,571.00 65,63,271.00 25,19,515.00 13,00,083.00 68,08,588.00 15,61,612.00 Annex - 2.2 ( P age 11) 7,09,28,812.00 ... 2.00 2.00 11.00 24.00 105.00 873.00 606.00 223.00 335.00 347.00 627.00 386.00 674.00 870.00 Value 9,481.00 9,869.00 2,157.00 1,084.00 2,542.00 1,58,005.00 1,94,784.00 ... ** ** ** 2013-14 2,524.00 2,188.00 Qty 16,302.00 48,924.00 38,912.00 16,023.00 2,76,165.00 6,86,264.00 4,80,774.00 4,37,144.00 1,95,125.00 68,02,309.00 16,86,357.00 12,25,568.00 34,92,546.00 10,67,755.00 12,94,651.00 8,38,50,627.00 ++ ++ ++ 4.00 74.00 10.00 43.00 511.00 189.00 900.00 311.00 581.00 316.00 676.00 Value 8,985.00 1,416.00 7,942.00 2,679.00 1,192.00 1,883.00 1,26,568.00 1,60,101.00 ** ** ** ++ 30.00 2012-13(R ) 717.00 2,511.00 Qty 18,122.00 44,142.00 41,323.00 1,91,953.00 7,91,735.00 5,05,281.00 4,01,422.00 1,96,435.00 9,27,800.00 60,61,302.00 15,40,625.00 11,14,907.00 41,97,804.00 17,40,203.00 6,55,60,577.00 … ++ ++ 8.00 6.00 58.00 92.00 50.00 350.00 152.00 545.00 587.00 489.00 631.00 270.00 541.00 1,150.00 6,382.00 1,644.00 Value 22,184.00 1,33,881.00 1,75,310.00 ... ** ** ** 2011-12 20.00 968.00 2,025.00 Qty 47,153.00 51,732.00 49,356.00 1,84,734.00 8,79,522.00 4,28,716.00 3,94,277.00 2,25,084.00 4,01,027.00 8,86,412.00 46,05,078.00 16,30,292.00 10,33,552.00 10,36,798.00 6,26,54,023.00 ++ 1.00 1.00 42.00 14.00 30.00 545.00 173.00 119.00 363.00 139.00 286.00 436.00 180.00 315.00 119.00 Value 5,593.00 1,152.00 4,187.00 21,416.00 1,34,064.00 1,74,370.00 ** ** ** 2010-11(R) 412.00 1,688.00 4,272.00 Qty 46,890.00 19,701.00 1,12,016.00 1,00,918.00 2,28,663.00 3,51,266.00 1,72,864.00 6,37,692.00 1,16,066.00 8,66,236.00 1,60,639.00 10,19,268.00 45,00,060.00 12,70,142.00 26,60,432.00 7,89,51,465.00 res & Minerals for the years 2010-11 to 2014-15 Data on E xports of O res
U nit tonne 000 t tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne
C rt tonne tonne 000 t tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne Kaolin Iron Ore Ore Iron Titanium and Ores Concs.(Ileminite) Gypsum & Plaster Granite Garnet (Abrasive) Felspar (Cut & Uncut): Total Flint Felspar (Natural) Emerald (Cut & Uncut): Total Diamond (Mostly Cut) Corundum (Natural) Copper Ores & Conc. Copper Ores Coal (Excl.Lignite) Chromite : Total Chromite Building & Monumental Stones NES Bentonneite Bauxite Barytes Alumina
All Minerals Abrasives (Natural)
216 Annexes ++ ++ 1.00 6.00 7.00 2.00 29.00 34.00 22.00 616.00 371.00 216.00 187.00 852.00 639.00 294.00 490.00 426.00 599.00 467.00 Value 1,299.00 ** ** 41.00 41.00 2014-15( P ) 509.00 1,216.00 4,332.00 1,901.00 Qty 17,864.00 10,751.00 11,026.00 Annex - 2.2 Contd. 3,97,399.00 1,58,405.00 1,00,447.00 6,27,008.00 4,10,483.00 1,38,168.00 1,40,960.00 3,25,705.00 47,76,491.00 38,12,679.00 ++ ++ 3.00 3.00 31.00 37.00 28.00 19.00 720.00 162.00 395.00 203.00 169.00 758.00 656.00 223.00 168.00 376.00 570.00 343.00 Value 1,697.00 ** ** 7.00 2013-14 32.00 4,497.00 5,444.00 1,619.00 1,401.00 4,922.00 Qty 45,660.00 19,033.00 86,090.00 66,030.00 5,77,695.00 1,49,343.00 5,40,874.00 3,08,409.00 1,27,882.00 3,37,937.00 49,56,931.00 27,79,074.00 ++ ++ 4.00 3.00 28.00 46.00 25.00 27.00 296.00 337.00 122.00 147.00 516.00 528.00 161.00 162.00 345.00 544.00 270.00 Value 1,104.00 1,156.00 ** ** 86.00 14.00 2012-13(R ) 4,689.00 7,342.00 2,322.00 1,388.00 Qty 75,870.00 18,765.00 27,736.00 72,242.00 3,69,960.00 1,17,568.00 1,08,028.00 4,43,010.00 2,33,274.00 1,27,610.00 3,71,222.00 45,97,507.00 29,91,810.00 1.00 8.00 5.00 30.00 91.00 38.00 51.00 13.00 44.00 167.00 153.00 387.00 260.00 151.00 138.00 289.00 386.00 139.00 254.00 2,521.00 1,164.00 Value ** ** 2011-12 450.00 5,591.00 6,699.00 1,393.00 Qty 23,759.00 10,020.00 21,044.00 22,218.00 75,183.00 10,226.00 1,63,372.00 1,00,562.00 1,13,257.00 3,70,238.00 2,14,969.00 1,31,777.00 3,25,241.00 27,12,076.00 26,91,026.00 … 3.00 21.00 98.00 84.00 16.00 21.00 14.00 80.00 68.00 285.00 153.00 321.00 208.00 121.00 119.00 226.00 327.00 389.00 Value 1,636.00 1,005.00 ... ** ** 2010-11(R) 4,031.00 1,605.00 Qty 67,501.00 17,759.00 12,451.00 18,218.00 27,244.00 98,979.00 39,195.00 1,67,113.00 1,15,581.00 1,17,644.00 3,04,138.00 2,11,253.00 1,26,554.00 5,21,723.00 18,54,898.00 10,34,830.00 U nit
tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne
tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne - Other Minerals Zinc Ores & Concs. Zinc Ores Wollastonite Sulphur (Excl. Sublimed,Ppt. & Colloidal) Steatite Slate Silica Sand Sand Stone Sand, Excl. Metal Bear ing Salt ( other than com - mon salt) Quartz and Quartzite :Total Titanium and Ores Concs.(Rutitle) Precious & Semi-Precious & Semi-Precious Precious Stones NES:Total Ochre (Red Oxide) Ochre Nickel Ores & Concs. Nickel Ores Natural Gas Mica Marble Manganese Ore Manganese Ore
Lead Ores & Concs. Lead Ores Lime Stone Source : DGCI & S, Kolkata P : Provisional , R Revised ++ : Negligible figures however have full coerage ** : Quantity not given due to partial coverage,Value
217 Ministry of Mines/Annual Report 2015-16 8.00 96.00 24.00 856.00 447.00 148.00 297.00 226.00 134.00 675.00 166.00 2,124.00 1,717.00 4,375.00 6,306.00 6,595.00 Value 28,503.00 1,25,035.00 1,04,513.00 10,71,689.00
** ** 2014-15( P ) 5,775.00 Qty 66,749.00 65,265.00 28,549.00 12,093.00 93,322.00 7,90,305.00 3,96,493.00 1,25,384.00 1,46,301.00 7,66,721.00 2,17,785.00 1,55,673.00 Annex - 2.3 ( P age 11) (Value in ` ‘Crore’) (Value 18,00,690.00 32,90,324.00 17,02,247.00 44,21,048.00 15,04,87,349.00 6.00 92.00 21.00 366.00 355.00 115.00 241.00 240.00 124.00 525.00 342.00 142.00 2,754.00 1,330.00 6,795.00 2,233.00 Value 92,335.00 33,227.00 1,34,117.00 12,15,827.00 ** ** 2013-14 369.00 4,312.00 Qty 42,448.00 71,378.00 22,916.00 80,204.00 2,85,870.00 1,30,804.00 4,21,612.00 1,12,775.00 9,58,905.00 1,66,861.00 1,17,254.00 11,69,523.00 41,67,206.00 20,48,240.00 32,31,930.00 14,66,12,350.00 8.00 25.00 104.00 150.00 298.00 126.00 224.00 186.00 119.00 501.00 110.00 2,459.00 1,901.00 5,687.00 3,746.00 2,577.00 Value 86,850.00 30,970.00 1,17,568.00 11,00,800.00 ** ** 2012-13(R ) 5,850.00 3,056.00 Qty 66,742.00 95,046.00 59,956.00 98,043.00 64,739.00 19,485.00 87,867.00 4,60,445.00 1,56,527.00 1,45,790.00 11,13,927.00 12,11,434.00 30,77,258.00 22,96,421.00 32,18,900.00 13,57,29,330.00 9.00 17.00 94.00 102.00 160.00 262.00 132.00 464.00 160.00 398.00 689.00 108.00 Value 1,322.00 1,199.00 4,758.00 1,063.00 78,827.00 26,451.00 1,32,181.00 9,44,430.00 ** ** 2011-12 978.00 7,940.00 Qty 78,980.00 96,994.00 41,627.00 64,982.00 19,287.00 73,647.00 5,48,891.00 3,78,122.00 1,91,310.00 1,02,841.00 1,83,662.00 11,37,648.00 23,64,688.00 21,24,501.00 27,76,177.00 15,28,10,849.00 6.00 14.00 64.00 46.00 64.00 692.00 120.00 243.00 153.00 496.00 233.00 116.00 221.00 Value 1,003.00 3,120.00 1,028.00 41,549.00 20,023.00 6,69,010.00 1,52,657.00 ** ** 2010-11(R) 1,867.00 res and Minerals for the years 2010-11 to 2014-15 Data on Imports of O res Qty 10,082.00 63,584.00 68,918.00 20,409.00 55,554.00 14,348.00 52,663.00 2,81,285.00 3,65,795.00 1,26,695.00 1,12,225.00 9,09,936.00 1,61,925.00 14,90,210.00 19,02,026.00 16,97,746.00 18,22,27,342.00 U nit
tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne 000 tonnes tonne tonne Crt
tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne 000 tonnes tonne
All Minerals Abrasives (natural) Alumina Asbestos Ball Clay Bauxite Borax Building & monumental stones NES Coal (Ex Lignite) Coke Copper Ores Copper Ores & Conc. Diamond (Mostly Cut) Emerald (Cut & Uncut) Felspar (natural) Fluorspar Granite Graphite (natural) Gypsum & plaster Iron ore ore Iron Kaolin
218 Annexes ++ ++ 2.00 6.00 70.00 56.00 333.00 384.00 169.00 2,196.00 3,467.00 2,385.00 1,468.00 6,180.00 1,745.00 5,268.00 Value 56,340.00 7,09,375.00 ** ** 20.00 19.00 2014-15( P ) 121.00 191.00 Annex - 2.3 Contd. 2,240.00 4,185.00 Qty 76,529.00 35,696.00 1,02,077.00 7,79,330.00 1,87,911.00 31,72,858.00 82,58,191.00 16,26,419.00 1,38,34,373.00 1,32,89,155.00 ++ 2.00 3.00 1.00 56.00 94.00 222.00 121.00 156.00 2,158.00 2,831.00 2,211.00 1,257.00 5,518.00 1,100.00 3,381.00 Value 51,699.00 8,69,657.00 ** ** 2013-14 20.00 17.00 61.00 232.00 2,049.00 1,343.00 66,001.00 Qty 97,526.00 33,113.00 7,57,948.00 1,89,176.00 21,79,334.00 71,60,798.00 12,89,979.00 1,32,14,179.00 1,30,20,689.00 ++ ++ 4.00 3.00 55.00 81.00 58.00 278.00 827.00 500.00 1,667.00 2,562.00 2,032.00 7,310.00 1,736.00 3,334.00 Value 41,142.00 7,85,602.00 ** ** 1.00 1.00 2012-13(R ) 865.00 107.00 2,285.00 1,121.00 Qty 79,080.00 54,380.00 7,57,793.00 1,85,534.00 1,11,912.00 23,26,729.00 81,60,950.00 15,47,267.00 1,11,39,331.00 1,31,35,869.00 ++ 5.00 1.00 1.00 60.00 60.00 228.00 201.00 830.00 240.00 1,189.00 Value 2,063.00 1,447.00 8,315.00 2,283.00 2,548.00 32,874.00 6,43,689.00 ** ** 2011-12 44.00 769.00 327.00 109.00 2,458.00 Qty 72,475.00 41,729.00 63,194.00 6,35,962.00 1,65,712.00 1,29,490.00 85,57,181.00 19,61,396.00 97,29,592.00 20,37,635.00 1,31,99,608.00 ++ ++ 1.00 41.00 14.00 12.00 41.00 704.00 159.00 705.00 342.00 Value 1,781.00 1,032.00 3,211.00 1,098.00 1,757.00 14,648.00 4,21,616.00 ** ** 1.00 4.00 2010-11(R) 156.00 219.00 1,687.00 1,086.00 Qty 54,929.00 93,741.00 88,171.00 5,12,169.00 1,53,120.00 50,35,678.00 12,99,643.00 97,65,763.00 51,94,203.00 13,56,774.00 U nit tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne 000 tonnes
tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne tonne
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Kieselgurh Lime stone Magnesite Manganese Ore Marble Mica Natural gas Nickel Ores & Nickel Ores Concs. Petroleum Petroleum (crude) Precious & Precious Semi-Precious Stones (Cut & Uncut) Ochre :Red Ochre Oxide Rock Phos - phate Silica sand Sulphur (excl. sublimed,ppt & colloidal) Tungsten ores ores Tungsten & concs. Vanadium Vanadium & Conc. Ores & Zinc ores concs. Other Miner als P: Provisional ++ : Negligible. Source:DGC I & S, Kolkata figures however have full coverage. **:-Quantity not given due to partial coverage,Value
219 Ministry of Mines/Annual Report 2015-16 174 4917 44.91 74204 10588 18450 267816 321751 otal 1511018 2705208 3739051 12218.53 T (A+B) 31861307 20945448 72733874 83393504 22166603 22661140 568367346 Resources 585 174 44.91 74204 10588 18450
267219 214530 (B) otal 9221.56 1273445 2528050 2908856 T 30876432 18281110 41149746 66615662 19655762 22630348 543306838 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 A NNE X-2.4 ( P age 14) 5060 15.18 52675 21922 60338 97476 74204 46644 57800 105721 sance 1017646 ST D334 25730000 Reconnais - 0 269 174 0.28 92389 53376 10588 18450 763892 4064.35 1651286 3805598 1161536 6132768 29047514 32491229 41650863 10528926 ST D333 Inferred 265309715 0 2 0 0 0 0 38 32994 233913 412852 431524 2077.81 1524317 1236864 1269214 2279330 2527918 11481250 ST D332 225744237 Indicated 0 0 0 0 0 13 30.63 21249 304601 123569 284781 653773 207384 268486 100687 1589.19 9122235 2281521 26519818 ST D331 Measured 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 127 62872 61061 36806 71270 625.88 348925 3126218 2608562 3257941 1225345 12387575 ST D222 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 763 3067 32161 20171 22980 338.00 227265 131749 491818 4288189 3906958 3072849 ST D221 P re-feasibility 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 184 58469 53789 28011 24543 511.15 665454 134706 179447 109641 6122450 ST D211 Remaining Resources F easibility 0 0 0 0 0 597 4332 30792 otal (A) 984875 237573 107221 177158 830195 2996.97 T 2664338 2510841 25060508 31584128 16777842 Reserves/Resources of Minerals as on 1.4.2010/2013* in India Reserves/Resources 0 0 0 0 0 0 188 528 1680 36286 42006 190401 375948 806101 2565.22 1360678 1935312 4134190 ST D122 13644526 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 310 537 6521 4588 61.44 14045 11034 38525 52254 90844 350832 P robable ST D121 11415982 0 0 0 0 0 0 100 Reserves 3266 40650 56890 29112 370.31 984875 124118 401993 1265135 1700152 29557972 12292820 P roved ST D111 Carats tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes U nit mill.tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes Mineral Diamond* Corundum* Chalk Metal Copper Ore* Ore Cobalt Ore* Chromite* China Clay Calcite Borax Bentonite Bauxite* Barytes BallClay Asbestos Apatite* Metal Antimony* Ore Andalusite
220 Annexes 5.86 2885 640.41 713519 185368 otal 1286498 8084572 5984818 T (A+B) 10747355 20575708 46230300 26121000 56962824 18187541 188673471 494804026 256652079 132335451 Resources 5.86 2885 568.5
683415 168231 (B) otal 1247402 T 7300667 3125144 10712763 13969145 45966608 26121000 37638032 13614193 87832212 Annex - 2.4 Contd. 180204794 480188061 256693879 0 0 0 0 0 10 60.5 1190 8637 46068 584402 467296 145183 149895 212535 sance 2415382 ST D334 135967175 144569333 Reconnais - 3.57 2251 21471 206.78 428272 529173 6344986 4358014 5167039 1306306 19280299 42499338 23569000 26995243 41549070 ST D333 Inferred 3522536.6 223529973 255681539 0 2.29 1164 143.8 54377 710853 912340 746919 133360 1984616 1320700 7366997 2063964 2552000 9874858 70136727 10226689 6218421.1 ST D332 Indicated 0 0 0 0 8455 144.5 47666 24516 738607 837325 117887 269812 248880 1513195 1105212 1713833 4191330 38101248 ST D331 Measured 0 0 0 0 4.35 8234 61453 17659 21775 207041 571311 107597 464085 488395 1009051 3629229 1104647 12967154 ST D222 0 0 0 0 3.59 4717 17354 73651 51990 81901 19215 745390 268984 714316 1018515 3427932 1260000 4427797 ST D221 P re-feasibility 0 0 0 130 634 4.98 8502 9270 38462 10020 206758 697519 171293 187821 2742272 9794555 1486133 14672107 ST D211 Remaining Resources F easibility
0 0 0 71.91 34592 39096 58200 30104 17137 otal (A) 263692 783905 T 6606562 8468677 4573348 2859674 14615965 19324793 44503240 0 0 0 0 7.75 8371 2243 16412 16363 26574 58200 830431 863529 143039 283691 3030005 ST D122 11360484 11679685 0 0 0 0 0 0 239 7.72 3013 7358 63860 746910 201377 146050 P robable 2832000 4712202 8278221 1106296 ST D121 0 0 0 0 Reserves 56.44 18180 22494 35741 14376 14894 494815 5029221 5435659 3252107 4509488 1469687 10920436 24545334 P roved ST D111
tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes U nit 000’tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes th.cu.m 000’tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes tonnes Mineral Iron Ore Ore Iron (Magnetite)* Iron Ore Ore Iron (Heamatite)* Gypsum Graphite* Granite (Dimension Stone) Metal(Placer) Ore (Placer) Ore Metal(Primary) Gold * Ore (Primary) Ore Garnet Fuller’s Earth Fuller’s Fluorite* Fireclay Fireclay Feldspar Dunite Dolomite* Diatomite Diaspore
221 Ministry of Mines/Annual Report 2015-16 189 2406 140.82 584176 328111 709043 558675 35856.1 12003.8 otal 1931463 12668.37 T (A+B) 19371698 144261265 532236979 151681020 184935112 103245620 Resources 189 1978 24963
140.82 379666 307339 606248 498777 (B) otal 9888.89 1654968 T 12668.37 1.02E+08 89319089 19371698 11704870 341496531 170008720 Annex - 2.4 Contd. 0 0 0 0 0 45 988 4952 4530 50.34 22.37 101.65 769250 167800 228415 210860 sance 4396981 ST D334 Reconnais - 0 0 63 118.45 160561 133356 349641 229259 6444.94 1445708 11198.03 14131.04 32701243 17098594 94427443 95914312 ST D333 Inferred 124835558 0 0 0 53 287 1628 31884 59652 569304 107129 208111 8563.08 2421.79 3232246 3590902 42504035 22040640 ST D332 Indicated 0 0 0 0 31 83 24 6184 36000 59010 18465 854.76 411.87 578607 5.3E+07 2477593 6858999 ST D331 Measured 0 0 0 0 21 307 72289 67787 43905 10507 20989 493.21 198.23 6309489 1238407 21008598 ST D222 118867638 0 0 21 683 1050 7384 7341 5025 29842 42343 25917 330.29 230.44 1500000 3739470 ST D221 13232482 11317310 P re-feasibility 0 0 0 0 0 0 3987 7654 65956 30992 488.97 181.62 322622 2.1E+07 1827583 15897677 11704870 ST D211 Remaining Resources F easibility
0 0 0 0 428 20773 59898 otal (A) 276495 204510 102795 10893.1 2114.91 T 1574853 54942176 14926392 190741448 139976150 0 0 0 0 98 288 7812 5481 2306 7077 135.6 35.61 498839 5631767 2090000 2297234 ST D122 14395680 0 0 0 0 0 1837 6111 46485 66200 7041.1 1422.3 683093 172661 524485 P robable 4650000 3650574 ST D121 15268960 0 0 0 0 140 657 Reserves 13455 34289 46710 3716.4 103736 150213 551529 8978583 39863403 P roved ST D111 169840721 133236150 U nit 000’tonnes tonnes mill.tonnes tonnes tonnes Kgs tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes tonnes Mineral Perlite Ochre Nickel* Cotained MoS2 Molybdenum* Ore Mica Marl Marble Manganese Ore* Magnesite* Limestone Lead & Zinc Metal Zinc Metal Lead Metal Lead & Zinc Ore* Ore Laterite* Kyanite
222 Annexes 210 450 15.7 2369 5349 15911 16026 21815 otal 1251247 3499031 1674401 29788.35 T (A+B) 66987437 56082901 519569959 314511549 Resources 0 210 580 450 15.7 2369 5113 21815
(B) otal 1164648 T 3069808 1674401 21880.38 62902385 32807450 401288894 249119998 Annex - 2.4 Contd. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 83 22 1.5 2548 14402 308766 sance 3849600 2678275 ST D334 Reconnais - 0 6.5 210 252 450 1069 1623 3652 669453 1907994 9786686 1527356 15706.59 16152473 ST D333 Inferred 199821729 181859733 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 77729 18142 113611 259116 1995.36 3549750 3963980 47676000 17795772 ST D332 Indicated 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 286 9590 93116 58683 3625.20 4579816 2912633 3976532 53600000 ST D331 Measured 0 0 0 0 7.7 245 1187 3165 32597 403.00 147686 321760 6595687 81338273 20082855 15432125 ST D222 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 113 42.85 124000 105018 322454 1484543 4919285 ST D221 P re-feasibility 34990335 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33217 27129 107.38 317869 185399 7697147 3256515 17368349 ST D211 Remaining Resources F easibility
0 0 0 0 0 0 236 15331 16026 86599 otal (A) 429223 7907.97 T 4085052 65391551 23275450 118281065 0 0 0 0 0 0 93 263 5990 25948 789824 121173 2694.00 4241055 ST D122 44900000 10257699 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 76 1647 35079 P robable 1602228 1763187 6888351 ST D121 0 0 0 0 0 0 143 Reserves 14992 10036 59004 272972 5213.97 1693000 73381065 53370665 12146045 P roved ST D111 U nit 000’tonnes 000’tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes 000’tonnes Kgs Kgs 000’tonnes tonnes 000’tonnes 000’tonnes tonnes 000’tonnes of Metal cont. mill.tonnes In tonnes Mineral Sulphur (Native) Slate Metal Silver* Ore Sillimanite Shale Sapphire Ruby Rock Salt Rock Phosphate* Quartzite Quartz & Silica Sand Pyrophyllite Pyrite Potash Platinum of Group Metals (PGM)
223 Ministry of Mines/Annual Report 2015-16
269023 otal 3133953 2507010 3345000 1044160 64594.01 T (A+B) 16569873 24633855 87387464 40620157 13397528 83726166 142094.35 102274.84 335589072 393995917 Resources
803003 343943 178996 (B) otal 1786483 3345000 T 64594.01 142094.4 101093.7 14082751 24633855 87387464 40209202 12147688 83719193 315919861 371965694 Annex - 2.4 Contd. 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 558 3600 4566.28 sance ST D334 16581246 Reconnais -
0 716279 569012 341949 115195 3206885 8584030 54133.29 13128.16 18297225 25356049 35629202 29064387 ST D333 Inferred 103415.15 269835940 314391121
0 7256 487.2 24930 231.63 338525 232000 561080 3325042 3630000 3345000 3331042 20180.92 23435954 39870981 50177023 ST D332 Indicated 0 0
0 9914 1994 4460 6403 81741 76088 35195 813.29 950000 168457 1090326 2046780 19611152 ST D331 Measured 0
0 0 0 0 0 0 450 71744 54033 27080 6032.4 173063 3724191 4108100 31330038 ST D222 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 0 2835 2372 75790 12773 656.84 151888 151888 1720000 ST D221 P re-feasibility
0 0 0 3568 9732 22733 649938 276530 228156 1106.12 32230.7 3750545 2230000 4970726 5198882 22592860 ST D211 Remaining Resources F easibility
0 0 0 0
0 6973 90026 otal (A) 410955 700217 1181.19 T 1347470 2487122 1704007 1249840 19669211 22030223 0 0 0 0
0 1709 33.37 50939 25625 26640 175443 197253 117416 132553 2209232 2484826 ST D122 0 0 0 0 0
0 0 0 976 8772 24593 189.56 146085 183785 P robable 4090393 4274178 ST D121 0 0 0 0
0 Reserves 4288 54615 958.26 293539 674592 933502 1025942 2289869 1628475 13369586 15271219 P roved ST D111 U nit tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes
tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes tonnes 000’tonnes Mineral Zircon Wollastonite Vermiculite Contained V2O5 Vanadium* Ore Contained WO3 Ore Tungsten Titaniferous Magnetite Anatase Leucoxene Rutile Ilmenite Titanium Minerals Metal Tin* Ore Talc / Steatite Talc Soapstone *The reserves are as on 1.4.2013. are *The reserves
224 Annexes - ` Crore) (Value in (Value 9 Annex - 2.5 ( P age 21) certain minerals Share of the State in country’s production of production of the State in country’s Share diamond 100%, pyrophyllite 78.5%, copper 78.5%, pyrophyllite 100%, diamond ore 68.6%, copper conc. 53.5%, manga - nese ore 37.7%,clay (others) 16.3%, coal 14.0% and shale 13.8%. felsite 100%, gold 99.2%, 10.0%,manganese 15.6%,dolomite ore shale iron 23.1%, 6.4% quartz and 8.2%, limestone 8.3%, ore flint stone 100%, graphite (r.o.m.) 35.6%, coal 20.4%,iron ore 14.9% 9.2%. and bauxite chalk 100%, marl 67.4%, 99.9%, kaolin clay 63.6%,silica (others) sand lignite 28.7%, 25.6%,bauxite 24.8%, (crude) 12.4%, limestone petroleum 8.8% and quartz 7.5%. bauxite 1.1%. tin conc. and moulding sand 100% each, dolomite 39.3%, 22.0%,,limestone 8.0% and bauxite 7.0% . iron ore 22.8%,coal mica (crude) and apatite 100% each, bar ytes 97.4%, vermicilite 85.6%, 78.3%, garnet (abrasive) 70.7%, sillimanite quartzite and 37.9% 40.8%,laterite sand 51.2%,silica quartz 36.8% 8 0.00 (0.00) thesis) 58.50 (54.43) 74.70 (81.03) 2014-15 (base 160.46 (143.82) 156.58 (144.23) (Previous year’s year’s (Previous - index in paren 175.61 (167.62) 166.79 (221.30) Index of mineral 2004-05 = 100), production during production 7 71.00 376.00 183.00 224.00 410.00 215.00 470.00 No. of during - report 2014-15 ing mines 40.14 6 480.46 443.35 439.04 1,608.30 9,449.03 5,914.00 2014-15 ( ` In crore)# Value of mi - Value nor minerals production in production - 5 the State * S cenario of Mineral rich tates Leading minerals produced in Leading minerals produced coal, limestone,manganese copper conc., iron ore, and bauxite. ore,diamond limestone, iron ore, dolomite, ore, iron limestone, and manganese ore gold ore, dolomite coal, iron ore, bauxite, ore, coal, iron limestone, copper conc. and dolomite petroleum (crude), natural (crude), petroleum lignite,limestone (ut.), Gas and bauxite bauxite coal, iron ore, limestone, do - ore, coal, iron lomite and bauxite natural Gas(ut.), limer (crude), petroleum stone, barytes, manganese ore, garnet ore, dolomite, iron (abrasive),laterite 8.52 8.03 5.03 – 0.46 – 8.38 10.39 4 – 4.21 year compared compared in value as % Change to previous to previous 446.63 3 8,072.94 7,945.18 14,843.66 29,052.86 21,079.44 19,854.93 mineral In crore) Value of Value 2014-15 (Rs. production in production 2 State Name of the Madhya Pradesh Karnataka Jharkhand Gujarat Goa Chhatisgarh Andhra Pradesh 7 6 5 4 3 1 2 1 Sl. No.
225 Ministry of Mines/Annual Report 2015-16 9 Annex - 2.5 Contd. certain minerals Share of the State in country’s production of production of the State in country’s Share sand (others) 84.7%, laterite 40.87%, fel - lime - 8.6%, coal 26.6%, quartz 29.9%, spar stone 8.2% and dolomite 7.8% lime kankar 100%, dunite nesite 98.5%, mag - 78.1%,graphite lignite55.0%, (r.o.m.) fireclay 23.8% 62.6%, 14.4% ,vermiculite ,garnet (abrasive) 13.2% and lime - stone 7.6% . selenite, wollostonite, lead and zinc conc. 100% each, silver 99.9%, gypsum 98.8%, calcite 95.5%, phosphorite 95.1%,ball clay 92.2%, ochre 89.5% steatite 81.8%, cop - per conc 41.1%, petroleum(crude) 23.6%, natural and 19.5% lignite 21.0%, limestone gas 3.3% chromite chromite 99.9%,bauxite 41.5%, iron 40.4%, ore sillimanite 27.7% , garnet(abrasive) coal 20.2%, 15.2%, 13.9%, and dolomite 6.7% manganes ore fluorite (graded) 100% , kynite 29.7%, man - 29.7%, kynite , 100% (graded) fluorite ganese ore 28.6%, sand (others) bauxite 13.9%, 11.8%,shale 10.5% and quartzite 10.3%. 8 thesis) 138.72(158.25) 2014-15 (base (Previous year’s year’s (Previous - index in paren 227.17 (211.57) 113.20 (109.40) Index of mineral 2004-05 = 100), production during production “NA” 117.76 (117.26) 7 541.00 172.00 162.00 No. of during - report 2014-15 ing mines 154.00 292.00 85.68 6 7,576.11 5,898.15 2014-15 ( ` In crore)# Value of mi - Value nor minerals production in production 7,897.30 409.35 5 the State * Leading minerals produced in Leading minerals produced coal, limestone, dolomite, lat - erite lignite, natural gas (ut.), (crude) limestone, petroleum and magnesite. petroleum (crude), limestone, petroleum lead & zinc conc.,natural gas (ut.), silver and phosphorite. iron ore, coal,chromite, baux - coal,chromite, ore, iron and lime - ite, manganese ore stone. coal,manganese ore, iron ore, ore, iron coal,manganese ore, limestone, bauxite and silica sand. 1.77 2.29 2.52 – 0.72 4 – 10.70 year compared compared in value as % Change to previous to previous 3 6,896.26 16,075.21 32,621.96 29,570.23 12,961.95 mineral In crore) Value of Value 2014-15 (Rs. production in production 2 State Name of the Telangana Tamil Nadu Tamil Rajasthan Odisha Maharashtra 1 9 8 Sl. 12 11 10 No. * Except minor minerals. # Figures of 2013-14 repeated due to non availability data from State Governments.
226 Annexes Nil Nil Nil 32 872 9,751 5,108 4,961 6,537 21,566 14,674 13,786 55,232 till O ct’15) Achievement Nil (Apr’15-Mar’16) 2,217 7,450 51,735 76,100 16,875 14,925 18,300 10,060 55,965 30,449 12,485 Annex - 6.1 ( P age 62) arget Vs Achievement arget 1,01,688 T T 0 600 300 2,541 3,188 3,829 8,177 46,068 14,393 17,014 82,988 20,307.9 1,11,871 Achievement 700 (Apr’ 14-Mar’ 15) 1,650 7,000 8,000 33000 13485 20140 18000 33,000 18,000 85,000 10,000 60,000 arget Vs Achievement arget T T 165 W 2,640 2,375 5,531 9,630 52,380 34,398 57,382 20411.5 92275.5 ment Achieve - 2,000 1,500 3,000 3,000 (Apr’ 13-Mar’ 14) 30,000 15,000 27,000 18,000 75,000 40,000 arget T arget Vs Achievement T # $ 1,289 1,775 3,923 4,596 27,535 80,318 59,342 ment 21,566.50 MI SS I ON -I : BA SEL NE G EOS CI EN C E Achieve - 1,960 1,700 1,700 5,000 (Apr’12-Mar’13) 25,000 10,000 22,000 50,000 arget T 15,000@ 46,000@ arget Vs Achievement T roject / P rogramme N ame of the S cheme / P roject (i)Multisensor /Aeromagnetic b)Aerial S urvey (i)Multisensor /Aeromagnetic Otter (lkm.) Survey* (with Twin (ii)Heliborne Survey(lkm) Geophysical Mapping (in sq.km.) (1:50,000 scale) Spl. Thematic Mapping (sq. km.) (1:25,000 scale) Geochemical Mapping (in sq. km.) (1:50,000 scale) a)Ground S urvey a)Ground Systematic Geological Mapping (sq km) 6) Sub bottom Profiling (lkm) ^ 6) Sub bottom Profiling +EEZ (sq.km) Water ii) Territorial 5) Gravity (lkm) ^ 4) Seismic Survey (l. km) ^ 2) Magnetic (lkm) 3) Swath Bathymetry(Sq.km) c)Marine S urvey i) Parametric Survey within EEZ and beyond 1) Bathymetry (lkm) Target and Achievements during the first four years of X ii P lan (2012-2017) Geological S urvey India Target
227 Ministry of Mines/Annual Report 2015-16 62 86 45 7,530 14.437 1,470.30 till O ct’15) 47,717.50© 5 are running 5 are Achievement 58 completed & Annex - 6.1 Contd. 62 63 86 100 (Apr’15-Mar’16) 58.59 85847 15,000 arget Vs Achievement arget 5078.50 T T 30 87 69 97 73.9 16,225 5,422.34 87,465.87© Achievement 50 30 77 45 80 (Apr’ 14-Mar’ 15) 4,500 71,000 15,000 arget Vs Achievement arget T T Y G EOS CI EN C E 30 36 77 81 £ 62.525 T IC S 68,037© 5,263.65 ment ACI TY B U I L DI N G Achieve - 50 30 85 30 75 4,500 TU RA L R ESOU RC E (Apr’ 13-Mar’ 14) 70,000 arget T arget Vs Achievement T IDI S CI PL I N AR A L N D M ULT 30 89 36 104 45.43 MI SS I ON -III : G EO NFO RMA 4,916.59 ment MI SS I ON -II : N A Achieve - 70,006.95© 40 30 91 36 80 MI SS I ON -V : T RAI N G A D CA P 2,500 (Apr’12-Mar’13) 66,000 arget T arget Vs Achievement T MI SS I ON -IV : FUN DAM ENT roject / P rogramme N ame of the S cheme / P roject a) Large Scale Mapping (sq.km.) c) Drilling (metre) b) Detailed Mapping (sq.km.) mineral investigation within d)Preliminary EEZ(sq.km) (Geotechnical, Earthquake Geology & Seismol - Geothermal Glaciology, Geo-environment, ogy, etc.) (in nos) (Map, Publication, Information Technology, (Map, Publication, Information Technology, Library etc) (in nos) Core & Development Research (No of investigation including Deep Research Geol., Polar studies) Training (in GSITI) No of Types (No of courses) (in GSITI) No of Types Training * Flying Season: normally in October – March -2100 was not working. # No Airborne survey conducted 2012-13 as Navigational system PNAV $ Sensors was under installation to the helicopter @ Upward revision of target made with the induction new officers in Dept. © Includes drilling under M-IV also. £ Four Items were sponsored items and could not be taken up as there was no request from the Sponsor Agencies. W test flight over Aladahalli covering 165 lkm. ^ Instrumentation on RV Samudra Ratnakar lkm – line kilometer
228 Annexes
Annex 6.2 (Page 94) Status of Mining Leases in the country as on 31.03.2014 (First Schedule Minerals)
Mineral State Total No. of Mining Leases Asbestos Andhra Pradesh 5 Odisha 2 Total 7 Bauxite Chhattisgarh 25 Goa 3 Gujarat 147 Jharkhand 45 Karnataka 5 Kerala 2 Madhya Pradesh 67 Maharashtra 33 Odisha 8 Tamil Nadu 4 Total 339 Chromite Karnataka 6 Maharashtra 1 Manipur 1 Odisha 26 Total 34 Copper ore Gujarat 1 Jharkhand 3 Karnataka 2 Madhya Pradesh 2 Rajasthan 3 Sikkim 3 Total 14 Diamond * Madhya Pradesh 2 Total 2 Gold Andhra Pradesh 4 Jharkhand 1 Karnataka 9 Rajasthan 2 Total 16
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Annex - 6.2 Contd.
Mineral State Total No. of Mining Leases Iron ore Andhra Pradesh 67 Chhattisgarh 17 Goa 229 Jharkhand 51 Karnataka 123 Kerala 1 Madhya Pradesh 19 Maharashtra 26 Odisha 117 Rajasthan 14 Total 664 Lead & Zinc ore Andhra Pradesh 1 Madhya Pradesh 2 Odisha 1 Rajasthan 8 Total 12 Manganese ore Andhra Pradesh 50 Goa 35 Gujarat 1 Karnataka 53 Madhya Pradesh 80 Maharashtra 42 Odisha 46 Rajasthan 1 Total 308 Ruby * Karnataka 3 Odisha 3 Total 6 Sapphire * Jammu & Kashmir 1 Total 1 *Precious Stone
230 Annexes - 1 35 1,882 25,461 Achievement ANNEX 6.3 ( P age 96) (as on 31.12.2015) RMDS are under progress. RMDS are 7991 NMI sheets updated. 2 RMGS are under progress. 2 RMGS are 2 survey investigations and 2015-16 1,106 - Synthesis of inventories free hold and leasehold Public & Pri - vate sector deposits and gen - eration of Summary outputs in of 6 minerals completed. respect 88 multi-mineral leasehold maps on a scale of 1:50,000, with cor - overlays in re forest responding spect of Andhra Pradesh, TN and updated. Kerala were 01 ground vibration study com - 01 ground pleted 12 --- 03 60 arget 2,300 T 40,000 2 RMGS 8990 NMI sheets 1,600 Updation of Nation - al Mineral Inventory as on 01.04.2015 of private in respect leaseholds for 71 minerals Updation of 100 Multi Mineral Maps in Andhra Pradesh Kerala (un-divided), States & Tamilnadu 02 16 December 2015) th --- 03 58 2,244 34,660 4 RMGS 2014-15 reparation of echnical S tudies, Investigations and P reparation 2,427 Synthesis of inventories and leasehold of freehold Public & Private sector 12 of in respect deposits Sum - minerals. Further, mary outputs in respect of 21 minerals complet - ed. Updation of 100 multi mineral maps in Andhra Pradesh and Bihar States was completed 01 16 --- 04 55 2,356 41,483 2013-14 12 RMGS 2,512 Synthesis of inventories of freehold and Synthesis of inventories freehold leasehold Public & Private sector deposits and generation of summary outputs in respect of 12 minerals viz. Copper, Lead- Manganese Diamond, Zinc, Gold, Iron, Apa - Silver, Molybdenum, Tin,Tungsten, - pro under are Rock Phosphate and tite gress. Updation of 100 multi mineral maps in Andhra Pradesh and Bihar States was completed 03 16 Item Mineral Inventory/Maps in 2013-14 to 2015-16 (up 30 MCDR/MP/MS/FMCP Inspec - tions RMGS@/Updation of NMI as of on 1.04.2010 in respect Private Sector Leaseholds Updating of National Min - eral Inventory (NMI) adopting UNFC. Preparation of multi-mineral Preparation overlays maps with forest Technical Consultancy Assign - Technical ments including Mining Research Studies Environ-mental In-Plant studies Mineralogical Studies Chemical Analysis (No. of radicals) OD Investigations Training S l. N o 1 2 3 4 8 9 8 7. 6 5 10 rogramme of IBM including T P erformance of Annual rogramme MCDR-Mineral Conservation & Development Rules; MP-Mining Plan; MS-Scheme of Mining; FMCP- Final Mine Closure Plan; @ Regional Mining Geological Studies MCDR-Mineral Conservation & Development Rules; MP-Mining Plan; MS-Scheme of Mining; FMCP- Final Mine Closure
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ANNEX 8.1 (Page 138) Grand-in-aid released to various institutions in the country under the Science & Technology Scheme for the year 2015-16 up to 17.2.2016. (` in lakh) Sl.No. Name of project/Institution Funds released Novel Syntheis routes for high purity kesterites, NFTDC, 1. ` 42.712 Hyderabad. Development of process for making value added materials ` 9.80 2. from ilmenite, IMMT, Bhubaneswar Development of a real time instrument/system, JNARDDC, 3. ` 13.806 Nagpur Development of Super Thermal Aluminium (STAL), Jointly by ` 112 (JNARDDC) and 4. JNARDDC, Nagpur & NFTDC, Nagpur. ` 124.40 (NFTDC) Mineral systematic and pre-concentration of PGE values, 5. ` 9.67968 IMMT, Bhubaneswar 6. Federation of Indian Mineral Industries (FIMI), Delhi (IC) ` 10 7. National Institute of Technology, Rourkela (IC) ` 1.20 8. GSI, Karnataka (IC) ` 2.5 Upgradation & Utilization of laterite of east and west coast 9. ` 7.11 deposits, JNARDDC, Nagpur 10. Evaluation of Biomarker for early detection, NIMH, Nagpur ` 14.103 11. Development of standard framework, NIMH, Nagpur ` 9.18 Development of multilayered materials for melting, NFTDC, 12. ` 5.094 Hyderabad 13. Thin film and thin wire sensors, NFTDC Hyderabad ` 114.75 Synergistic utilization of aluminium industrial wastes, 14. ` 13 JNARDDC and Swarnlata Holdings, Raipur (jointly) Rare earth mineral concentration, SDM College of Engg and 15. ` 18.20560 Tech, Dharwar Recyclability strategy or value-added utilization, IMMT, 16. ` 25 Bhubaneswar 17. Development of standard protocol, NIMH Nagpur ` 23.60 18. Assessment and prediction of land surface, ISM Dhanbad ` 25.60 Production of geopolymer based construction material, 19. Gandhi Institute of Engineering and Technology, Gunupur. ` 9.30 Odisha Study the feasibility of treatment of seepage water from 20. ` 16 chromite, NIT, Rourkela 21. Institution of Engineer, Telangana (IC) ` 6.99014 Developing downstream applications of strip cast aluminium ` 15 (JNARDDC, 22. alloy, JNARDDC, Nagpur, VNIT, Nagpur and NALCO, Nagpur) and ` 6 (VNIT) Bhubaneswar (Jointly)
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Annex - 13.1 (Page 193)
Twelfth Five Year Plan (2012-17) Scheme-wise Allocation of Ministry of Mines
(` in Crores)
Sl. No. Name of the Scheme GBS Allocation
1. MECL promotional 50.00 2. S & T Programme 49.05 Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) 3 Inspection of Mines 45.60 4 Mineral Beneficiation 39.88 5 Technological Upgradation 23.64 6 Dissemination of Data 13.44 7 Mining Tenement System 5.53
8 New Scheme- Ore Accounting Software 50.00
9 Tribal Sub-Plan 5.63
10 NER(Capital+Revenue+Major Works) 14.81
11 Total (Sl. 3 to 10) 198.53 12 Construction 30.00
13 Total IBM (Sl. 11+Sl. 12) 228.53
Geological Survey of India (GSI) 14 Survey & Mapping 545.29 15 Mineral Exploration 181.90 16 Information & Dissemination 210.51 17 Research & Development 56.35
18 Specialized Investigation + Antarctica Expe. 39.26
19 Human Resource Development 48.34 20 Modernization & Replacement 745.25 21 Tribal Sub-Plan 49.52 22 Total (Sl. 14 to 21) 1876.42 23 Construction 128.00
24 Total GSI (Sl. No. 22+ Sl. 23) 2004. 42
25 Grand Total (Sl. 1+ 2+13+24) 2332.45
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( P age 198) June, 2015. th Annex- 13.2 Current status as reported by the Administrative Division status as reported Current December, 2015. December, th The Action Taken was sent to C&AG for their observations/vetting remarks, was sent to C&AG for their observations/vetting remarks, The Action Taken letter No.1/2/2015-Met.III dated 9 vide this Ministry’s HCL, vide their letter dated 27.01.2016 has that replied they have been taken of give the process up the matter with State Bank of India, Kolkata wherein & take of formats/documents between HCL & SBI is going on to finalize the FTP of HCL so that bank will be able to transmit the data HCL’s requirement format HCL has stated that the Server setup, Data transfer with agreed server. development will take check report development and cross with bank, program 2 months to implement. The C&AG, vide their letter dated 20.11.2015 returned the ATN giving their vet - their giving ATN the returned 20.11.2015 dated letter their vide C&AG, The They have stated in all the points that para may be dropped ting remarks. ‘ Bank pay - or para may not be pursued further except one point i.e. (iv) in ATN system, so that system to be linked with HCL ERP payment receipt ment receipt generated automatically with no manual user intervention It has are receipt at RSO East Kolkata. planned with SBI, Kolkata to implement a pilot project In the meantime HCL started periodic confirmation of balances of the party so that any erroneous entry in the party ledger may be rectified’. Against this that “ the company is still pursuing to link bank point they have remarked system, the para may be with E R P payment receipt payment receipts pursued further ”. to furnish HCL was requested their comments on Accordingly, letter dated of Audit on the para, vide this Ministry’s vetting remarks 14 S ubject IT Audit on implementation of Oracle e-Business Suite (EBS). implemented Oracle Copper Limited Hindustan E-Business Suite R12 ERP system after investing ` cost towards of and 13.22 software hardware. crore noted that the IT System did not It was, however, con - access logical and policies, IT documented have The quality of Master Data was also found to be trol. We noted deficiencypoor. in the system on applica - tion of of depreciation fixedrequiring assets manual intervention in financialrecords and delay in imple - module. mentation of Payroll resent S tatus of C&AG P aras ending in the Ministry Mines P resent Report, P ara N o. & concerned S ections Report No.21 of 2015 (Para No.2.1) Compli - ance Audit Observations (Volume-II). (Commercial) Copper L im - Hindustan ited S l. N o. 1.
234 Annexes Annex - 13.2 Contd. Current status as reported by the Administrative Division status as reported Current HCL has been reminded, vide this letter Ministry’s No.1/3/2015-Met.III dated HCL is awaited. Reply from 22.09.2015 and 11.02.2016 to furnish the ATN. S ubject Fraudulent accounting activities. followed by Hindustan Cop - As per the procedure per Limited (the Company), the customer has to de - form of RTGS,in advance posit money pay order, of copper cheque of demand draft (DD) for purchase receipt issuing delivery order, Thus, before product. of payment/availability of sufficient credit balance in It was, the customers’ account was to be ensured. however, observed in Audit that benefits were ex - the manipulating forging, by to customers tended documents as well as by passing fictitious entries in the system to camouflage the accounts of the Com - pany. Report, P ara N o. & concerned S ections Report No.21 of 2015 (Para No.2.2) Compli - ance Audit Observations (Volume-II). (Commercial) Copper L im - Hindustan ited S l. N o. 2.
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