Reflection from few major mining states
DMFs prepare Projects under high priority and other priority areas
Some 6 years ago, when communities heard that they will be shareholders and they can carry forward their ruined lives with some strength, they realised later they were day dreaming. The Government under pressure from several quarters withdrew from such a provision, stating that it is practically not feasible. While introducing District Mineral Foundation (DMF) as an institution at district level for the welfare of people, a fund proposed under MMMDR (Amendment) Act 2015 came into being which whitewashed the earlier proposed provision of 100% equivalent of royalty. Now the miners have to contribute 10% of proportionate royalty in addition to the royalty on minerals for leases issued after 12.1.2015 and those which were issued before 12.1.2015 should be depositing 30% equivalent of royalty to this fund. What a slide? The States are bound by the Scheme announced by Central Government i.e. PMKKKY to be followed in formulating rules, procedures and choosing activities! Act Now to atleast make DMF a working reality for affected. Just don’t leave it to the Bureaucratic control?
Notification of Ministry of Coal on Contribution by Coal Miners in District Mineral Foundation Trusts
Document on Mining, DMF and State Briefs
Order dated 12th July 2021 Regarding transfer of funds to State Mineral Fund
Order dated 23rd April 2021 Regarding Managing Committee and Governing Council
Status of DMF Funds as on 20 January 2020
How to read this map:
- States highlighted are those for which DMF data exists.
- Hovering over the state will open a popup with the DMF data
- Clicking the state will open the state DMF page
- Data available till November 2021 as of February 2022
DMFs become a project machine…..
PMKKKY (Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana) is a guideline for framing rules by States for the District Mineral Foundation proposed under the amended MMDR 2015 Act. The guidelines categorise two major heads for expenditure viz. high priority areas and other priority areas thereby also emphasising the utilisation of funds collected under respective DMFs. The following table will provide state wise ategorisation of sectors and amounts allocated for each sector. One would find that rather than directly benefiting the ‘mining affected communities’ government is building projects from these funds for providing basic essential services as if communities are burden in the absence of such a fund.
DMFs become a project machine…..
PMKKKY (Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana) is a guideline for framing rules by States for the District Mineral Foundation proposed under the amended MMDR 2015 Act. The guidelines categorise two major heads for expenditure viz. high priority areas and other priority areas thereby also emphasising the utilisation of funds collected under respective DMFs. The following table will provide state wise ategorisation of sectors and amounts allocated for each sector. One would find that rather than directly benefiting the ‘mining affected communities’ government is building projects from these funds for providing basic essential services as if communities are burden in the absence of such a fund.
Data as on March 2019
| SNo | Name of Projects | Odisha | Chhattisgarh | Madhya Pradesh | ||||||
| No of Projects | Allocated (INR in cr) | Spent (INR in cr) | No of Projects | Allocated (INR in cr) | Spent (INR in cr) | No of Projects | Allocated (INR in lakh) | Disbursed(INR in lakh) | ||
| 1 | Drinking Water Supply | 3061 | 1531.55 | 252.48 | 2639 | 312.65 | 00 | 467 | 5903.56 | 2589.56 |
| 2 | Environment Preservation and Pollution Control | 30 | 95.48 | 12.40 | 647 | 201.44 | 78 | 2726.66 | 1131.17 | |
| 3 | Health Care | 133 | 652.58 | 184.11 | 1459 | 286.85 | 186 | 6952.57 | 29836.24 | |
| 4 | Education | 390 | 529.61 | 120.14 | 7344 | 965.89 | 670 | 9889.41 | 6475.65 | |
| 5 | Women and Children Welfare | 59 | 107.29 | 16.23 | 2927 | 110.54 | 117 | 419.76 | 30.22 | |
| 6 | Irrigation | 285 | 669.40 | 64.02 | 918 | 163.83 | 38 | 605.29 | 188.23 | |
| 7 | Power | NIL | – | – | NIL | – | – | NIL | – | – |
| 8 | Physical Infrastructure | 373 | 1961.85 | 189.78 | 6845 | 1286.84 | 1079 | 28647.16 | 13365.23 | |
| 9 | Skill Development | 7 | 80.08 | 15.29 | 475* | 83.10 | 995 | 2190.11 | 396.77 | |
| 10 | Public Facilities | NIL | – | – | NIL | – | – | NIL | – | – |
| 11 | Energy | 50 | 76.63 | 40.48 | 1512 | 182.29 | – | NIL | – | – |
| 12 | Sanitation | 14 | 27.06 | 1.99 | 1226 | 89.66 | 164 | 999.68 | 412.38 | |
| 13 | Sports | NIL | – | – | NIL | – | – | NIL | – | – |
| 14 | Housing | 5 | 5.41 | 0.66 | NIL | – | – | NIL | – | – |
| 15 | Welfare of Aged and Disabled People | NIL | – | – | 91 | 18.71 | 12 | 627.28 | 492.32 | |
| 16 | Watershed Development | NIL | – | – | 1079* | 121.74 | 15** | 3216.78 | 1632.70 | |
| 17 | Agriculture & Allied Activities | NIL | – | – | 2599 | 228.61 | NIL | – | – | |
| 18 | Infrastructure | NIL | – | – | 14 | 2.44 | NIL | – | – | |
| 19 | Human Resources | NIL | – | – | 9 | 5.06 | NIL | – | – | |
| 20 | Government schemes/Programmes | NIL | – | – | 4 | 0.58 | NIL | – | – | |
| 21 | Training & Capacity Building | NIL | – | – | 90 | 6.32 | NIL | – | – | |
| 22 | Administrative or Establishments & etc | NIL | – | – | 15 | 0.42 | NIL | – | – | |
| 23 | Other Social Development Activities | 46.90 | 38.93 | NIL | – | – | NIL | – | – | |
| 24 | Afforestation | 21.59 | 12.56 | NIL | – | – | NIL | – | – | |
| 25 | Road Connectivity | 9.29 | 2.97 | NIL | – | – | – | |||
| 26 | Livelihood Programmes | 623.48 | 59.00 | NIL | – | – | – | |||
| TOTAL | 4407 | 6438.20 | 1011.04 | 29893 | 4076.97 | – | 3821 | 62178.26 | 56550.45 | |
