Under the provision of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, State Governments are the competent authorities to grant mining leases. Applications for grant of mining leases are received by and processed by the State Governments in terms of this Act and the Rules made thereunder. Hence, information in respect to mining lease applications is not centrally maintained. As per the provisions that were in force prior to 12th January, 2015, the date of amendment of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act), the State Governments were required to seek prior approval of the Central Government under Section 5(1) of the MMDR Act before grant of lease by the State Government only in respect of minerals listed in the First Schedule to the Act. Since 2005 till the amendment of the Act, 1374 applications were forwarded by the State Governments to the Central Government. Out of these, prior approval was granted in respect of 595 cases. The remaining applications were rejected due to non-compliance with the various provisions of the MMDR Act, 1957 and Rules framed thereunder.
State Government of Jharkhand has reported that 36 mining leases have been granted by the State since 2005.
Total number of state-wise proposals received in Ministry of Mines for prior approval of the Central Government and the number of prior approval accorded by this Ministry since 2005: Top of Form
State Total Number of proposals received from State Government for prior approval since 2005 No. of prior approvals conveyed by Ministry of Mines since 2005Andhra Pradesh 372 114Chhattisgarh 59 36Goa 2 1Gujarat 47 9Himachal Pradesh 1 0Jharkhand 33 32Karnataka 139 85Kerala 31 18Madhya Pradesh 345 146Maharashtra 107 58Manipur 5 2Odisha 21 11Rajasthan 128 52Tamil Nadu 75 30Telangana 8 0Uttarakhand 1 1TOTAL: 1374 595State wise Number of Mining Leases granted during year 2005-06 to 2014-15
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