Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1636, to be answered on 10.12.2025, concerns jobs for local people in mines in the Robertsganj Lok Sabha constituency of Sonbhadra district, Uttar Pradesh. The Minister of Coal and Mines, Shri G. Kishan Reddy, responded that Coal India Limited, operating through Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL), ensures local people are accommodated in various works through the contract system. As of 01.11.2025, 3628 Project Affected Family (PAP's)/Locals have been employed out of the total 6154 contract workers, which is 58.95%. According to the Minister, this demonstrates that there is no lack of employment opportunities for local people in the parliamentary constituency, with approximately 59% of locals and PAPs employed by major contractor agencies functioning in NCL.
Key Entities Referenced
Ministry of Coal: The central ministry responsible for the coal sector, responding to the parliamentary question.
Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL): Subsidiary of Coal India Limited, operating in the Sonbhadra district and employing local people through contracts.
Robertsganj Lok Sabha constituency: Parliamentary constituency where the coal mine is located, and the focus of the employment concerns.
Uttar Pradesh: The state in which Sonbhadra district and Robertsganj Lok Sabha constituency are located.
Project Affected Family (PAP): Category of local residents given employment priority.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF COAL
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1636
TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2025
Jobs to Local People in Mines
1636. † Shri Chhotelal:
Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:
(a) whether the local people are not provided any employment despite the fact that a huge coal
mine is located in Robertsganj Lok Sabha constituency of Sonbhadra district of Uttar Pradesh
where many large companies are engaged in mining work;
(b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of local people and outsiders provided
employment so far; and
(c) the reasons for not providing employment to the local people of the said Lok Sabha
Constituency?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF COAL AND MINES
(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)
(a) & (b): In Sonbhadra district of Robertsganj Lok Sabha Constituency in Uttar Pradesh, Coal
India Limited operates through Northern Coalfields Limited (NCL). Northern Coalfields
Limited in its various contracts ensures that local people are adequately accommodated in
various works being carried out through the contract system. The numbers of employment
given to Project Affected Family (PAP’s)/Locals by major contractors agencies of NCL as on
01.11.2025 in Sonbhadra district under Robertsganj Lok Sabaha Constituency of Uttar Pradesh
is 3628 out of the total 6154 contract workers i.e. 58.95%.
(c): There is no lack of employment particularly for the local people of the above said
parliamentary constituency as is evident from the above that about 59% of the locals and PAPs
have been engaged for employment by the major contract agencies functioning in NCL.
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