THE MINISTER OF MINES, COAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS
(SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)
(a) & (b): Granite being a building stone comes under Minor Mineral, as defined under clause (e) of section 3 of the Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act). As per section 15 of the MMDR Act, 1957, State Governments have been empowered to make rules for regulating the grant of mining leases or other mineral concessions in respect of minor minerals and for purposes connected therewith. Therefore, the administration of mining of minor minerals including granite is completely within the domain of the respective State Governments.
However, the Granite Conservation and Development Rules (GCDR), 1999 has been framed by Central Government which aims at bringing uniform rules for conservation, systematic development and scientific exploitation of granite resources. Further, Ministry of Mines vide order dated 23.04.2021 has constituted a Granite and Marble Development Council for a period of three years to prescribe a uniform framework with regard to systematic and scientific exploration of Granite and Marble minerals throughout the country.
(c): As per National Mineral Inventory data, the total reserves/resources of Granite (Dimension Stone) as on 01.04.2015 is attached at annexure-I.
(d) : As per the information furnished by Indian Bureau of Mines (a subordinate office of Ministry of Mines), details of the quantum of Granite exported during the last three years are as under:
(Value in Rs. ‘000)
Commodity Unit Export
2018-19 2019-20(P*) 2020-21(P*)
Quantity Value Quantity Value Quantity Value
GRANITE TON 6811728 102014060 6678131 102248504 7514833 113169599
*P-provisional
(e): In the year 2019-2020, export has decreased by 1.9% and in the year 2020-21increased by 12.5% on year basis.
(f): No specific information is available with Ministry of Mines.
(g): Do not arise in view of above.
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National Mineral Inventory, 2015
Annexure - I
Table No. 5.29 : Reserves/Resources of Granite (Dimension Stone) as on 1.4.2015
(By Grades / States)
(In 000''Cum)
Reserves Remaining Resources Total
Proved Probable Total Feasibility Pre-feasibility Measured Indicated Inferred Reconnaissance Total Resources
STD111 STD121 STD122 (A) STD211 STD221 STD222 STD331 STD332 STD333 STD334 (B) (A+B)
All India : Total 35741 201377 26574 263692 38462 51990 8234 837325 2063964 42543908 512216 46056098 46319790
By Grades
Black Granite 6936 6060 3909 16906 0 45690 1 50934 466039 2572581 23538 3158783 3175688
Coloured Granite 28805 195316 22665 246786 38462 6300 8233 786391 1276125 39843847 448438 42407795 42654581
Unclassified 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 321800 127481 40240 489521 489521
By States
Andhra Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2360396 0 2360396 2360396
Assam 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 800 583150 0 583950 583950
Bihar 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 179000 698612 0 877612 877612
Chhattisgarh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50057 0 50057 50057
Gujarat 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8501947 0 8501947 8501947
Haryana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 34000 0 34000 34000
Jammu & Kashmir 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44570 40000 84570 84570
Jharkhand 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 651300 8197110 26930 8875340 8875340
Karnataka 26363 19389 21836 67587 0 0 0 238 1231625 8012784 25659 9270306 9337893
Kerala 140 0 0 140 0 0 0 0 99 2570 0 2669 2808
Madhya Pradesh 0 160 0 160 0 0 0 0 0 1885924 108000 1993924 1994084
Maharashtra 0 0 0 0 0 6300 0 486925 0 665622 0 1158847 1158847
Meghalya 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 286467 286467 286467
Odisha 0 80000 0 80000 0 0 0 330328 0 1432492 5160 1767980 1847980
Rajasthan 5581 100380 4500 110461 38462 0 0 0 0 9021742 20000 9080204 9190665
Tamil Nadu 0 1448 238 1686 0 45690 8234 7 0 503818 0 557749 559435
Telangana 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 45494 0 45494 45494
Uttar Pradesh 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 494819 0 494819 494819
West Bengal 3658 0 0 3658 0 0 0 19827 1140 8802 0 29768 33426
figures rounded off
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