Indian Industry Plus A Pratisrutiplus Suppliment
Details of welfare schemes in mining areas, State-wise and fund allocated are as per Annexure-I.
Government has taken following actions to check the ensure misuse of District Mineral Foundation Trust Fund which is for welfare of people and areas affected by mining related activities:
i. To ensure effective implementation of the PMKKKY scheme in transforming the living standards / social upliftment of people and development of areas affected by the Mining related operations, a 2 – tier administrative set up for DMF consisting of Governing Council and Managing Committee has been proposed in the Model Trust Deed circulate by the Central Government. Accordingly, most of the States have included in State DMF Rules an administrative set up consisting of a two-tier mechanism for DMF.
ii. As per PMKKKY guidelines, the accounts of the DMF shall be audited every year by the Chartered Accountant appointed by the DMF, or in such other manner as the Government may specify, and the report thereof shall be placed in the public domain. Additionally, the Annual Report shall be submitted to the Government within one month from the date of its approval by the DMF and shall also be hosted on the website of the Foundation. The Annual Report of each Foundation shall be laid before the State Legislative Assembly.
iii. Through an order dated 12.07.2021, Central Government has issued directions regarding the utilization of funds by the District Mineral Foundations which prohibits District Mineral Foundations to transfer funds to the State exchequer or State level fund (by whatever name called) or Chief Minister’s Relief Fund or any other funds or schemes. Also no sanction or approval of any expenditure out of the fund of the District Mineral Foundation shall be done at the State level by the State Government or any State level agency.
Annexure-I
State wise Fund allocation to projects under PMKKKY and implementation of projects thereof (Till October 2021)
| S.No. State | Total amount
collected under DMF (In Cr.) |
Amount Allocated for Projects under
PMKKKY (In Cr.) |
No. of Projects implemented | |
| 1 | Andhra Pradesh | 1367.77 | 1253.85 | 6287 |
| 2 | Chhattisgarh | 7833.28 | 7653.95 | 35339 |
| 3 | Goa* | 224.52 | 70.83 | 6 |
| 4 | Gujarat | 1002.03 | 1104.30 | 8213 |
| 5 | Jharkhand$ | 7479.63 | 5004.98 | 2941 |
| 6 | Karnataka | 2975.89 | 3687.08 | 2569 |
| 7 | Maharashtra^ | 2796.48 | 1917.20 | 1857 |
| 8 | Madhya Pradesh | 4380.67 | 2671.90 | 4801 |
| 9 | Odisha | 15437.82 | 15444.31 | 14904 |
| 10 | Rajasthan | 5577.75 | 5177.28 | 13609 |
| 11 | Tamilnadu | 888.89 | 706.98 | 1459 |
| 12 | Telangana^ | 3224.05 | 3713.27 | 15761 |
| 13 | Assam^ | 92.63 | 73.19 | 102 |
| 14 | Bihar$ | 95.73 | 27.09 | 46 |
| 15 | Himachal Pradesh$ | 215.41 | 48.31 | 104 |
| 16 | Jammu & Kashmir | 39.62 | 16.51 | 174 |
| 17 | Kerala*** | 36.08 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 18 | Meghalaya^ | 70.77 | 13.68 | 6 |
| 19 | Uttarakhand | 186.53 | 41.33 | 34 |
| 20 | Uttar Pradesh | 1037.03 | 556.78 | 236 |
| 21 | West Bengal^ | 77.44 | 25.65 | 611 |
| 22 | Punjab** | 70.45 | 0.00 | 0 |
| Grand Total | 55110.47 | 49208.46 | 109059 | |
* Data till July 2021
^ Data till August 2021
$ Data till September 2021
*** Data till May 2021
** Data till March 2021
This information was given by the Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.
