(a) the royalty on minerals paid to the mineral producing States during each of the last three years;
(b) the royalty rate per tonne of mineral as on date;
(c) whether the Government proposes to empower the States to revise royalty rate at a
regular intervals;
(d) if so, the details thereof; and
(e) if not, the reasons therefor?
THE MINISTER OF MINES AND MINISTER OF DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (SHRI B. K. HANDIQUE)
(a): States are the owner of minerals and royalty on minerals is collected by the
State Governments. The data on payment of royalty to mineral producing states is not
centrally maintained. However, as per information available with Indian Bureau of Mines,
the details of royalty collected by State Governments is given in Annexure.
(b): The rates of royalty are available on website of the Ministry of Mines
http://mines.gov.in/.
(c) to (e): No, Madam. However the State Governments are consulted before any revision
in rates of royalty for minerals is taken up by the Government.
ANNEXURE
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3359 FOR REPLY ON 30.11.2010
REGARDING RATE OF ROYALTY BY SHRI MURARI LAL SINGH AND SHRI TATHAGATA SATPATHY:
Royalty accrual for major minerals (excluding coal and lignite)
(In Rs. Crore) State Royalty 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 (P)
Assam 0.74 0.63 0.94 Andhra Pradesh 232.37 242.85 370.38 Bihar NA 2.69 NA Chattisgarh 148.80 153.89 474.39 Gujarat 168.45 157.86 250.00 Goa 26.48 27.46 285.91 Haryana NA 0.06 NA Himachal Pradesh 40.16 NA NA Jammu & Kashmir NA 2.93 NA Jharkhand 86.88 63.23 319.04 Karnataka 135.53 184.13 433.12 Kerala 7.05 7.24 8.81 Madhya Pradesh 208.88 191.42 351.49 Maharashtra 78.97 107.42 85.10 Meghalaya NA NA 7.26 Orissa 336.23 431.35 654.46 Rajasthan 761.79 641.81 997.28 Tamilnadu 86.82 104.24 130.56 Total 2319.15 2319.21 3997.42
NA: Not available
(P): Provisional
Source: Indian Bureau of Mines