MINISTRY OF MINES

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  • 28.1. PRADHAN MANTRI KHANIJ KSHETRA KALYAN YOJANA (PMKKKY)
    • developmental and welfare programs in mining affected areas
    • minimize/mitigate the adverse impacts, during and after mining, on the environment, health and socio-economics of people in mining districts
    • • To ensure long-term sustainable livelihoods for the affected people in mining areas.
    • • People living in directly affected areas - where direct mining-related operations such as excavation, mining, blasting, beneficiation and waste disposal are located.
    • • Indirectly affected areas on account of economic, social and environmental consequences due to mining-related operations like by way of deterioration of water, soil and air quality etc
    • • Affected and Displaced Persons and families defined under Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013
    • • It will be implemented by the District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) of the respective districts using the funds accruing to the DMF.
    • • DMF are non-profit trusts and is mandated by Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015.
    • • The act says that every mine holder has to contribute 10% of their royalty towards the funds if mining leases are granted after Jan, 2015.
    • • DMF’s objective is to ‘work for the interest and benefit of persons, and areas affected by mining-related operations’.
    • • High priority areas - at least 60% of PMKKKY funds to be utilized like drinking water supply, Environment preservation and pollution control measures, Health care, Education, Welfare of Women and Children, Skill development and Sanitation
    • • Up to 40% of the PMKKKY funds to be utilized under these heads Physical infrastructure, Irrigation, Energy and Watershed Development and any other measure for enhancing environmental quality in mining district
    • • Approval of Gram Sabha will be required for all plans and projects taken under PMKKKY in villages within scheduled areas. 
  • 28.2. OTHER SCHEMES
  • TAMRA (Transparency, Auction Monitoring and Resource Augmentation)
    • • It is a web portal and mobile application, to streamline the process of various statutory clearances required for mining operations. It displays block-wise, state-wise and mineral-wise information of the blocks to be auctioned.
  • Project SUDOOR DRISHTI
    • • It is an MoU between IBM (Indian Bureau of Mines) and National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC) of Department of Space for monitoring of Mining activity through satellite.
    • • Bhuvan-based services will be used for the monitoring of periodic changes of the mining areas within mining lease boundary.

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