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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND MINING

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND MINING. Rajasthan. Rajasthan is the second largest producer of minerals in the country 79 varieties of minerals of which 58 are being exploited Largest producer of Wolastonite, Lead Zinc, Calcite, Gypsum, Rock phospate, Ochre, Silver, Marble, Sandstone etc

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SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND MINING

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  1. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AND MINING

  2. Rajasthan • Rajasthan is the second largest producer of minerals in the country • 79 varieties of minerals of which 58 are being exploited • Largest producer of Wolastonite, Lead Zinc, Calcite, Gypsum, Rock phospate, Ochre, Silver, Marble, Sandstone etc • Huge reserves of Lignite - 4986 Million Tonnes, Bitumen – 33.2 Million Tonnes Crude Oil – 900 Million Tonnes and Gas about 30 Billion Cubic meter

  3. Rajasthan has 2799 leases of major minerals and 11708 leases of minor minerals • Major source of revenue and employment • Mineral policy promotes mechanized and scientific mining keeping in view environmental measures and mineral conservation • Policy also aims at simplifying procedures and achieving greater transparency in decision making

  4. Causes of Environmental Degradation

  5. Issues in Mining and Sustainable Development • Government Industries Collaboration • Involvement of local people, NGOs, Panchayats • Statutory Provisions - Forest Diversion - Environmental Clearances - Consent to Operate • Consent to Establish • Charagah NOC • Wild life Sanctuaries

  6. Challenges & Interventions • To balance the considerations of growth and environment • Policy interventions • Technological interventions like use of marble slurry as compacting material for roads and use of fly ash in place of Gypsum • Restoration and reclamation of abandoned mines with the help of NGOs/Mines Association • Plantation by mine owners - Cairn India 25000, Hindustan Zinc Ltd 556000, R.K. Marble 156779, RSMML 55000 • Green initiatives like RSMML has taken up Renewable Energy Projects

  7. Illegal Mining Causes of Illegal Mining – • Tedious and lengthy procedure involved in sanction of mining leases. • Difficult to comply with statutory conditions • Part of sale value of minerals is taken by the Government in case of legal mining Remedies – • Simplifying the procedure for sanction of mining leases • Strict actions against offenders

  8. Control of Illegal Mining • Simplification of procedures • Online scrutiny • Mines Department to obtain various clearances before sanction of mines • Changes in rules to incorporate severe penalties against offenders • 500 border home guards deployed to control illegal mining

  9. Action taken to check Illegal Mining

  10. Thanks

  11. Dr. Govind Sharma, IASPrincipal Secretary , Mines and Petroleum.Office: 0141-2227509email: minessecretary@dmg-raj.org

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