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 manganese ore. As per the information furnished by the Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), the details of the mining leases(ML) for manganese ore granted to private companies during the last three years is:
| State |
2009-10 |
2010-11 |
2011-12 |
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| No. of ML | Area (Hect.) | No. of ML | Area (Hect.) | No. of ML | Area (Hect.) | |
| Andhra Pradesh | 3 | 17.85 | – | – | 1 | 10.51 |
| Karnataka | 3 | 31.60 | – | – | – | – |
| Madhya Pradesh | 8 | 109.97 | 3 | 28.92 | 1 | 17.56 |
| Maharashtra | 1 | 15.90 | – | – | 1 | 17.51 |
| Total | 15 | 175.32 | 3 | 28.92 | 3 | 45.58 |
As per the information furnished by the State Governments to the IBM, State wise royalty collected for manganese ore(public as well as private sector) during 2008-09 to 2010-11 is:
(In Rs. Lakhs)
| Year | Andhra Pradesh | Goa | Gujarat | Karnataka | Madhya
Pradesh |
Maharashtra | Odisha | Rajasthan |
| 2008-09 | 148.34 | 0.74 | 49.95 | 682.54 | 2194.00 | 2238.65 | 1063.57 | 50.68 |
| 2009-10 | 328.85 | 0.07 | 40.96 | 72.91 | 1703.00 | 2151.45 | 1568.99 | 31.28 |
| 2010-11 | 403.02 |
0.63 |
91.11 | 158.69 | 2320.22 | 2428.96 | 2534.52 | 12.13 |
There is no provision for auction in the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 in respect of 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.