Will the Minister of MINES Be Pleased to State: (A) Whether The

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2078 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3RD AUGUST 2015 PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR MINING COMPANIES 2078. DR MANOJ RAJORIA: SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK: SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA: SHRI BAHADUR SINGH KOLI: Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has allowed private participation in the mining sector in the country; (b) if so, the details thereof including the present norms therefor and the number of mining leases granted to public and private sector companies during each of the last three years and the current year, company/mineral and State/UT- wise; (c) the details of the revenue/royalty collected from these companies during the said period, State/UT-wise; (d) whether the Government has received any complaint regarding irregularities/violations of lease agreements by the said companies during the said period; and (e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government against the violators, company-wise? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL AND MINES (SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI) (a): There is no restriction on private sector participation in the mining sector. As per section 5(1) of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Act, 1957, mineral concessions are granted to either an Indian national or a company as defined in clause (20) of section 2 of the Companies Act, 2013. (b): Mineral concessions are granted by State Governments. As mineral concessions are granted and executed by the State Governments, company-wise details of the mining leases granted to public and private sector companies are not maintained centrally. However, as per data available with Indian Bureau of Mines (a subordinate office of the Ministry of Mines) 11104 mining leases have been executed in 24 states as on 31.3.2013, out which, 483 are in favour of public sector and 10621 are in favour of in private sector. State-wise breakup of the mining leases granted in favour of public sector and private sector is given in ANNEXURE - I. (c): Royalty is collected and appropriated by the State Governments. As such, details relating to royalty collection are not maintained centrally. (d): As per section 23C of the MMDR Act, 1957, State Governments have been empowered to frame rules for regulating and controlling illegal mining. As such, regulation of mining for compliance of the lease deed conditions is in the purview of State Governments. Complaints received in the Ministry of Mines regarding irregularities/violations/illegal mining are, therefore, referred to the State Governments for appropriate action. However, based on the quarterly returns on illegal mining submitted by various State Governments to Indian Bureau of Mines (a subordinate office under the Ministry of Mines), state-wise details of instances of illegal mining reported in various parts of the country for last three years along with the details of action taken against the violators is given in ANNEXURE - II. As the returns submitted by the various State Governments are not lease-specific, specific information in this regard, lease-wise, is not maintained centrally. ANNEXURE-I REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2078 FOR REPLY ON 03.08.2015 REGARDING ‘PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR MINING COMPANIES’ ASKED BY DR MANOJ RAJORIA AND ORS STATE-WISE DETAILS OF MINING LEASES GRANTED IN FAVOUR OF PUBLIC SECTOR AND PRIVATE SECTOR (as on 31.3.2013) Sl. State Total No. of No. of leases in No. of leases in No. leases Public Sector Private Sector 1 Andhra Pradesh 2001 47 1954 and Telangana 2 Assam 7 3 4 3 Bihar 9 - 9 4 Chhattisgarh 308 34 274 5 Goa 337 - 337 6 Gujarat 1104 19 1085 7 Haryana 110 - 110 8 Himachal Pradesh 45 2 43 9 Jammu & Kashmir 57 5 52 10 Jharkhand 294 42 252 11 Karnataka 594 61 533 12 Kerala 87 5 82 13 Madhya Pradesh 1117 36 1081 14 Maharashtra 261 43 218 15 Manipur 2 - 2 16 Meghalaya 18 - 18 17 Odisha 490 60 430 18 Rajasthan 3185 89 3096 19 Sikkim 3 3 - 20 Tamil Nadu 924 30 894 21 Uttar Pradesh 23 - 23 22 Uttarakhand 86 2 84 23 West Bengal 42 2 40 Total 11104 483 10621 ANNEXURE-II REFERRED IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2078 FOR REPLY ON 03.08.2015 REGARDING ‘PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR MINING COMPANIES’ ASKED BY DR MANOJ RAJORIA AND ORS Statement showing Year wise State wise Cases of Illegal Mining for Major & Minor Minerals Action taken from 2011-12 to 2013-14, 2014-15 Illegal mining cases ( Quarter ending December 2014) 2014- 15 FIR Court Fine realized 2013 – (Quart Vehicle Sr. 2011- 2012- Lodge Cases by State 14 er Seized No. 12 13 d Filed State Govt. ending (No.) (Nos.) (Nos.) (Rs. Lakh) Dec. 2014 Andaman & 1 3 0 n.r. n.r. 0 0 0 0.05 Nicobar Andhra 2 19913 16592 7692 7281 2 1 2 8400.429 Pradesh 3 Assam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Chhattisgarh 2946 3238 3996 3500 89 12177 0 2313.043 5 Goa 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 Gujarat 3485 6023 5447 4335 248 28 9218 42021.94 7 Haryana 2022 3517 3589 4006 569 0 0 2689.62 Himachal 8 1289 0 n.r. n.r. 186 186 0 38.52 Pradesh 9 Jharkhand 364 663 901 768 1395 37 854 246.05 10 Karnataka 6691 6677 8509 6608 574 549 12755 7198.40 11 Kerala 3175 4550 4448 3312 0 0 0 2031.93 Madhya 12 7147 7169 6725 5883 61 26644 528 12933.57 Pradesh 13 Maharashtra 40642 42918 36476 0 122 0 117291 14988.43 14 Mizoram 2 16 21 17 0 0 0 1.697 15 Odisha 309 314 76 70 8 8 519 1130.56 16 Punjab 314 19 n.r. n.r. 74 0 61 45.80 17 Rajasthan 1201 2861 2953 2339 2191 72 2678 4009.728 18 Tamilnadu 123 295 1078 155 4367 1 37283 10865.368 19 Telangana - - - 2379 0 0 0 281.83 20 Uttar Pradesh 4708 3266 6777 8030 0 0 0 6044.94 21 West Bengal 269 479 n.r. n.r. 929 93 815 0 Grand Total 94604 98597 88689 48683 10815 39796 182004 115241.905 n. r. – quarterly return not received .

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