THE MINISTER OF MINES AND MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
(SHRI B. K. HANDIQUE)
(a) to (e) : A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
Statement referred in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 22 for 27.7.2010 regarding
illegal mining by Shri Uday Singh and Shrimati Darshana Jardosh.
(a) and (b) : Instances of illegal mining of minerals have come to the notice of the
Government in various parts of the country. As per available information, details of
illegal mining of minerals detected in various States of the country in the last four years
upto March, 2010 is given in the Annexure-I.
(c): States are the owners of mineral resources and royalty on minerals is collected by the
State Governments. Data on loss to the State exchequer due to non-payment of royalty is
not centrally maintained.
(d) and (e) : Yes, Sir. There is a Central Empowered-cum-Coordination Committee which has
been meeting six monthly to discuss various issues relating to the mining sector including
illegal mining and measures to prevent, detect and control it. The Ministry of Mines has
been issuing various guidelines and suggestions on the issue and monitors the progress
through the Central Committee. As per information received, State Governments of Andhra
Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat, Goa, Haryana, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan
and West Bengal have set up an Coordination-cum-Empowered Committee. Other States have been
requested to ensure setting up of similar Committees at the earliest. So far, States
Government of Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Maharashtra, Orissa, Rajasthan,
Tamilnadu, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand have prepared Action Plan in terms of the advice of
the Central Government. Details of action taken by State Governments in terms of the Action
Plan are given at Annexure-II.
ANNEXURE-I
State-wise and year-wise statement of cases of illegal mining reported by the State Government
S.No. State Nos. of cases detected Action Taken 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 Vehicle FIRs Court Fine upto Seized Lodged Cases realized March filed (Rs.in Lakhs) 2010
1 Andhra Pradesh 5385 9216 13478 11591 3943 844 18 3281.35
2 Chattisgarh 2259 2352 1713 1078 925 3206 562.035
3 Goa 313 13 159 9 458 16.72
4 Gujarat 7435 6593 5492 5416 722 330 192 08 9001.183
5 Haryana 504 812 1209 1372 481 103 178 21 241.176
6 Himachal Pradesh478 - 503 1114 711 21.04
7 Jharkhand 631 82 225 15 5592 205 39 108.41
8 Karnataka 3027 5180 2997 1687 1996 73238 995 788 4304.236
9 Kerala 1595 2593 2695 1321 576.62
10 Madhya Pradesh 5050 4581 3895 3868 1407 05 17564 1412.229
11 Maharashtra 4919 3868 5828 8270 10368 30565 13 01 2750.83
12 Orissa 284 655 1059 758 180 1419 + 58 87 3549.9 266 Cycles
13. Punjab 218 26 50 73 56 18 00 136.66
14. Rajasthan 2359 2265 2178 4711 482 397 624 61 763.59
15. Tamilnadu 2140 1263 1573 215 109 24935 765 607 7903.43
16. Uttarakhand 191 683 38.50
17. West Bengal 80 426 315 80 33 3948 1108 196 Total 36677 39925 43560 41578 20702 142778 4179 23289 34667.91
Annexure-II
Steps taken by State Governments on suggestions circulated by the Central Government for inclusion in Action Plan
# Use of Satellite imagery and digitization of data- Five States (Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Jharkhand and Uttarakhand) have digitized the total mining area. Tamilnadu has digitized 100 cadastral maps. Rajasthan has digitized mining area in GIS environment & superimposed on digital topo-sheets supplied by Survey of India.
# Price monitoring- Four States (Jharkhand, Gujarat, Karnataka & Uttarakhand) have started monitoring of price trends for important minerals like iron ore, Manganese, Bauxite, coal, soap stone, china clay and white clay.
# Issue of transportation permits- Nine States (Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Tamilnadu, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand) have started monitoring issue of transport permits.
# Securitization of transport permits- Six States (Gujarat, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Orissa, Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand) have started hologram marking/bar-coding of transport permits.
# Registering of end users Two State Governments (Andhra Pradesh & Gujarat) have reported registering end-users.
# Inviting local representatives of Ministry of Railways and Port authorities to State Committee meetings for co-ordination. State Government of Orissa has held co-ordination meetings with East Coast Railways, South Eastern Railways, Paradeep Port Trust and other concerned departments of the State Government to prevent transportation of illegally mined minerals.
