The Minister of Mines and Development of North Eastern Region Shri B.K. has said, as per information available with Indian Bureau of Mines, the No. of deposits and leases of , dolomite, Manganese are given below:-
the State Governments collect royalty as the owners of minerals. For this reason, the information on total revenue generated from manganese ore is not centrally maintained. The State Government as the owner of minerals grant mining leases for mineral manganese ore in terms of the criteria given in the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act), Mineral Concession Rules, 1960 and Mineral Policy.Since, mineral manganese is included in the First Schedule of the MMDR Act, prior permission of Central Government is mandatory.