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Official TranscriptGOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1748 ANSWERED ON 30.07.2025 DISTRICT MINERAL FOUNDATIONS FUNDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY 1748. SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE: Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state: (a) the total funds accrued in all District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) across the country till date and the corresponding amount utilised, State-wise...
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1748 ANSWERED ON 30.07.2025 DISTRICT MINERAL FOUNDATIONS FUNDS ACROSS THE COUNTRY
1748. SHRI SHRIRANG APPA CHANDU BARNE:
Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:
(a) the total funds accrued in all District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) across the country till date and the corresponding amount utilised, State-wise particularly in Maharashtra;
(b) the percentage of unutilised funds and the primary reasons identified for this significant underutilisation;
(c) whether the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY) guidelines mandate specific percentages for high-priority sectors (e.g., drinking water, healthcare, education);
(d) the Governments assessment of compliance with these sectoral allocation norms, State-wise; and
(e) whether there are instances where funds are being disproportionately allocated to other sectors and if so, the corrective measures taken/being taken by the Government? ANSWER THE MINISTER OF COAL AND MINES (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)
(a) & (b) As per the information available in the Ministry, a total of Rs.1,09,423 crore has been collected under the DMFs across the country so far, of which Rs.91,514 crore, or 83% of the total funds, has been allocated to various projects sanctioned under the DMFs. Further, the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) operates as a non- lapsable fund and unspent balances continue to be part of the cumulative fund available with each DMF Trust. The State-wise details of the funds collected and allocated are given at annexure-I.
(c) to (e) PMKKKY guidelines, 2024 mandates that at least 70% of DMF funds be utilized in high-priority sectors such as drinking water, healthcare, education, etc.and upto 30% of DMF funds be utilized under other-priority Sectors i.e. Physical Infrastructure, Irrigation and Energy & Watershed Development. Till date, eight States have incorporated the PMKKKY guidelines, 2024 in their State DMF Rules.
The Guidelines also provides that the account of the DMF shall be audited by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) as per schedule decided by CAG. Further, as per the Guidelines, a State Level Monitoring Committee (SLMC) shall be constituted at the State level under the chairpersonship of the Chief Secretary to monitor the performance of DMFs and compliance of transparency norms, audit and annual report of DMFs.
*****Annexure-I State wise cumulative fund collection and allocation under DMF as of May 2025 (Rs. in Crore) Sl. No. Name of the State/UT Collection Allocation 1 Andhra Pradesh 2375.05 2281.19 2 Assam 281.53 143.92 3 Bihar 189.38 92.68 4 Chhattisgarh 15402.43 16183.73 5 Goa 239.38 112.50 6 Gujarat 1912.37 1546.43 7 Haryana 91.24 29.06 8 Himachal Pradesh 376.79 207.07 9 Jammu& Kashmir 88.85 49.22 10 Jharkhand 13791.40 10355.41 11 Karnataka 5919.46 4200.14 12 Kerala 111.23 0.00 13 Madhya Pradesh 8604.71 4642.33 14 Maharashtra 6680.41 4919.40 15 Meghalaya 89.18 13.68 16 Odisha 31323.53 27068.00 17 Punjab 276.39 42.05 18 Rajasthan 10833.39 10489.08 19 Tamil Nadu 1657.40 1039.27 20 Telangana 6134.25 6622.52 21 Uttar Pradesh 2376.21 1058.55 22 Uttarakhand 491.63 346.90 23 West Bengal 177.69 70.92 TOTAL 109423.90 91514.05