As per the provisions of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Act, 1957, State Governments are empowered to grant mining leases for all minerals. However, prior approval of the Central Government is required for granting mineral concessions in respect of minerals specified in Parts ‘B’ and ‘C’ of the First schedule to the MMDR Act, 1957, including iron ore. As per information received from the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), the details of mining leases for iron ore granted to private companies during the last three years is:
| Mineral |
State |
2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | |||
|
|
No. | Area
(Hect.) |
No.
|
Area
(Hect.) |
No.
|
Area
(Hect.) |
|
| Iron ore | Andhra Pradesh | 1 | 4.17 | –
|
– | 01
– |
32.92 |
| Chhattisgarh | 1 | 220.00 | – | – | – | – | |
| Karnataka | 4 | 115.57 | 3 | 19.65 | – | – | |
|
Iron ore & Associates |
Karnataka | 3 | 405.67 | 3 | 178.57 | – | – |
| Maharashtra | 1 | 32.25 | 1 | 32.25 | – | – | |
|
Madhya Pradesh |
– | – | 2 | 9.70 | 1 | 4.95 | |
| Rajasthan | – | – | – | – | 1 | 433.10 | |
Royalty collected by the State Governments in respect of iron ore for the years 2008-09 to 2011-12(public as well as private sector) as informed by IBM is:
(In Rs. Lakhs)
| State | 2008-09 | 2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 |
| Andhra Pradesh
|
1651.00 | 2986.00 | 1085.00 | 713.00 |
| Chhattisgarh | 6119.81 | 35898.36 | 103149.00 | NA |
| Goa | 2678.34 | 28546.54 | 95876.00 | 94248.80 |
| Gujarat | – | 0.09 | – | NA |
| Jharkhand | 3497.05 | 15442.56 | 37950.58 | 57714.59 |
| Karnataka | 10616.59 | 31959.96 | 57079.31 | NA |
| Madhya
Pradesh |
90.00 | 212.00 | 856.45 | NA |
| Maharashtra | 46.12 | 128.84 | 2002.79 | NA |
| Odisha | 14949.72 | 66844.58 | 185191.66 | NA |
| Rajasthan | 12.93 | 51.88 | 37.33 | NA |
NA: Not Available
There is no provision for auction in the MMDR Act, 1957 for non coal minerals. The mining leases are granted by the State Governments under the MMDR Act, 1957.
This information was given by the Minister of Mines, Shri Dinsha Patel in a written reply to a question in Rajya Sabha today.