THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINES AND COAL
(SHRI HARIBHAI PARTHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)
(a)to(e): As per section 23C of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Act, 1957, State Governments have complete powers to make rules for preventing illegal mining, transportation and storage of minerals and for the purposes connected therewith in the State.
The State Governments have to constitute a Task Force at State and District Level, as part of the strategy which will be the key for prevention of illegal mining. The Task Force at State and District Level has to review the action taken by member departments for checking the illegal mining activities in their respective jurisdiction.
Altogether, 22 State Governments have already constituted the Task Force namely, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand and West Bengal.
Altogether, 23 States have already framed the rules under section 23C of MMDR Act, 1957 suiting to their local conditions for preventing illegal mining. These States are Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Nagaland, Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and West Bengal.
Based on the information given by the State Governments in the quarterly returns on illegal mining submitted to Indian Bureau of Mines, details of instances of illegal mining for both major and minor minerals reported for the last three years along with the details of action taken against the offenders is as under:
Number of Illegal mining cases for major and minor minerals Action taken from 2013-14 to 2017-18 (Up to Quarter ending December – 2017)
Sr.
No. State 2013 –14
2014 – 15
2015 – 16
2016-17
2017-18
(Quarter ending December – 2017) FIR Lodged (Nos.) Court Cases
Filed
(Nos.) Vehicle
Seized
(No.) Fine realized by
State Govt.
(Rs. Lakh)
1 Andhra Pradesh 7692 9379 9953 9703 6269 22 12 9 15047.738
2 Chhattisgarh 3994 4953 5862 4794 3427 2 22987 1138 4004.317
3 Goa 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 1 0
4 Gujarat 5447 5716 6499 8325 6069 394 29 21963 17080.11
5 Haryana 4548 5333 3912 1345 923 656 0 0 3876.213
6 Himachal Pradesh n.r. n. r. n. r. 783 1753 0 331 4 63.166
7 Jammu & Kashmir n.r. n. r. n. r. n. r. 1485 0 0 1485 15.896
8 Jharkhand 901 1162 1645 838 1573 2939 481 4396 542.65
9 Karnataka 8509 8464 9185 5692 4020 1888 468 11597 11649.30
10 Kerala 4448 4172 3701 4861 5721 0 0 0 9204.43
11 Madhya Pradesh 6725 8173 13627 13880 11619 516 42942 2978 115077.685
12 Maharashtra 36476 32717 33621 31173 18974 1329 1 163758 31058.05
13 Mizoram 21 26 n. r. n. r. n. r. 1 0 0 1.537
14 Odisha 76 104 62 45 36 0 4 79 1181.292
15 Rajasthan 2953 2945 3661 3945 3622 2584 41 11695 7772.346
16 Tamilnadu 1078 205 58 87 48 15297 16 45905 15477.082
17 Telangana - 3311 6538 5839 4593 0 0 4 5315.61
18 Uttar Pradesh 8718 10024 11575 5737 6949 1474 3889 0 10718.11
19 West Bengal n.r. n. r. 575 n. r. n. r. 1132 0 218 0
Grand Total 91587 96684 110476 97047 77081 28235 71201 265230 248085.532
n.r* (not reported by State Government)
Source: Indian Bureau of Mines
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