Question : TURN OVER OF NMDC



(a) the total turn-over of National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) from mining of iron ore during each of the last three years and current year alongwith the share of Chhattisgarh in it;

(b) the details of the corporate tax and dividend paid by the NMDC to the Government during the said period; and

(c) the amount of royalty paid by NMDC to the Government of Chhattisgarh during the same period?

Answer given by the minister

MINISTER OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS AND MINISTER OF STEEL(SHRI RAM VILAS PASWAN)

(a) Iron ore turnover of NMDC during previous 3 years are as under:

(Rs. In crore)

Year	Iron Ore Turn-Over	Iron Ore Turn-Over from Chhattisgarh
2002-03	1177.28	900.81
2003-04	1411.39	1062.53
2004-05 (Provnl)	2108.17	1578.03

Current year 2005-06 has just begun.

(b) The details of corporate tax and dividend paid are as under: -

(Rs. in Crore)
Year	Corporate Tax Total	Dividend (Excl.Dividend Tax)	Share of	Government
2002-03 107.98 39.65 39.00 2003-04 183.39 46.25 45.50 2004-05 (Provnl) 419.80 50.88 50.06#


# Interim dividend paid and final dividend yet to be decided.

(c) Royalty paid by NMDC to the Government of Chhattisgarh is as follows: -
(Rs. in Crore)
Year	Royalty
2002-03	25.04
2003-04	25.94
2004-05	31.20