Section 9B of MMDR Act, 1957 empowers State Governments to establish District Mineral Foundation (DMF) to work for welfare and benefit of persons, and areas affected by mining related operations and make rules for composition and functions of the DMFs in the State. In 2015, Central Government circulated Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) guidelines and further vide order dated 15.01.2024 Central Government revised the PMKKKY guidelines with directions to State Governments to incorporate the same into the DMF rules framed by them. Details of State wise projects sanctioned and completed under the PMKKKY is attached as Annexure I.

As per the PMKKKY guidelines 2024, at least 70% of the funds are to be spent on High Priority Sectors like drinking water supply, environment preservation and pollution control measures, health care, education, welfare of women and children, welfare of aged and differently abled, skill development and livelihood generation, sanitation, housing, agriculture, and animal husbandry. Up to 30% of the funds are to be spent on Other Priority Sectors like physical infrastructure, irrigation, energy and watershed development, and any other measures for enhancing environmental quality in the mining affected district. The details of projects sanctioned and completed under the PMKKKY for the State of Odisha including details of ongoing and sanctioned projects yet to start, district-wise is provided in Annexure II.

Annexure-I referred to in reply to part (a) of Unstarred Question No – 285

	States	Total amount collected under DMF (In ₹ Cr.)	Amount Allocated (In ₹ Cr.)	Amount Spent (In ₹ Cr.)	No. of Projects Sanctioned	No. of Projects Completed
1	Andhra Pradesh	1911.66	1678.59	678.29	19508	8151
2	Chhattisgarh	12396.51	13489.66	9440.62	88496	56661
3	Goa	243.40	76.09	53.23	39	12
4	Gujarat	1516.85	1651.10	693.03	26114	13904
5	Jharkhand	11960.27	9413.09	5978.23	24548	15042
6	Karnataka	4587.16	4011.18	2119.71	12452	5809
7	Maharashtra	4940.51	2463.42	1915.17	9963	6734
8	Madhya Pradesh	6829.98	4956.22	2693.75	13899	6137
9	Odisha	25426.39	24964.82	15072.76	28501	17119
10	Rajasthan	8897.64	9509.94	4121.44	35676	14174
11	Tamil Nadu	1327.69	872.25	763.14	2830	1981
12	Telangana	3746.58	5476.35	3282.57	46651	23876
13	Assam	123.21	105.44	80.16	446	291
14	Bihar	132.78	66.50	40.16	186	99
15	Himachal Pradesh	315.19	125.36	52.11	774	196
16	Jammu & Kashmir	68.19	34.68	20.45	498	336
17	Meghalaya	89.18	13.68	7.68	12	6
18	Uttarakhand	384.91	186.90	148.95	1914	1291
19	Uttar Pradesh	1633.64	1109.72	746.02	7421	240
20	West Bengal	149.13	46.38	37.46	1515	995
	Total	86680.88	80251.38	47944.96	321443	173054

 

Annexure-II referred to in reply to part (b) and (c) of Unstarred Question No – 285

 

Name of the District	No. of Projects Sanctioned	No. of Projects yet to start.	No. of Ongoing Projects	No. of Projects Completed
Angul	5345	375	699	4246
Bolangir	50	0	8	38
Balasore	130	25	21	82
Bargarh	139	36	34	68
Bhadrak	5	2	0	3
Boudh	8	0	7	1
Cuttack	1	1	0	0
Dhenkanal	546	90	176	280
Gajapati	17	1	0	16
Ganjam	550	0	309	238
Jagatsinghpur	4	0	0	4
Jajpur	6207	827	1886	2994
Jharsuguda	1443	129	382	888
Kalahandi	381	24	235	121
Kandhamal	3	0	0	3
Kendrapara	1	0	0	1
Keonjhar	2777	783	1039	937
Khurdha	17	0	7	10
Koraput	2680	79	663	1867
Malkangiri	9	0	7	2
Mayurbhanj	649	28	410	208
Nawarangpur	8	0	0	8
Nayagarh	11	0	0	11
Nuapada	13	0	2	11
Puri	6	0	0	6
Rayagada	1160	325	231	559
Sambalpur	222	110	83	29
Sundergarh	6119	156	1475	4488
Total	28501	2991	7674	17119

This information was given by Union Minister of Coal, Mines and Parliamentary Affairs Shri Pralhad Joshi in a written reply in Rajya Sabha today.

 

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