**Subject:** Response to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3907 Regarding Sambhar Salts Limited
**Date:** August 12, 2025
**Summary:**
This document summarizes the response provided by the Minister of State for Heavy Industries to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3907, concerning Sambhar Salts Limited in Rajasthan. The question addressed the conservation of Sambhar Lake, potential global platform integration for Sambhar Salt Limited, and policies for protecting salt traders and industries in the Sambhar Lake area.
**Key Points:**
* **Conservation Efforts:** The Government of Rajasthan has established the Sambhar Lake Management Agency, featuring a Governing Body chaired by the Minister of Forest, Environment and Climate Change, and an Executive Body chaired by the Chief Executive Officer & Special Secretary, Environment and Climate Change Department. This agency has developed a Management Plan for the conservation of Sambhar Lake.
* **Global Platform Integration:** There are no current proposals to bring Sambhar Salt Limited onto a global platform.
* **Policy for Salt Traders/Industries:** The government does not propose formulating a new special policy for the protection of salt traders and industries operating in the Sambhar Lake area. The existing Sales and Discounts Policy of Sambhar Salts Limited is deemed sufficient to support and protect these stakeholders.
Key Entities Referenced
Sambhar Salts Limited: A salt manufacturing company operating in the Sambhar Lake region.
SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL: Member of Parliament who raised the question about Sambhar Salts Limited in Lok Sabha.
HEAVY INDUSTRIES: The Ministry to which the question was addressed.
Lok Sabha: The lower house of the Parliament of India, where the question was raised.
Sambhar Lake: A lake in Rajasthan where Sambhar Salts Limited operates.
Government of Rajasthan: The state government responsible for the conservation and management of Sambhar Lake.
Sambhar Lake Management Agency: Agency constituted by the Government of Rajasthan for the conservation and management of Sambhar Lake.
SHRI BHUPATHIRAJU SRINIVASA VARMA: The Minister of State for Heavy Industries who provided the answer to the question.
GOVERNMENT OF INDIA
MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES
LOK SABHA
UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3907
ANSWERED ON 12.08.2025
SAMBHAR SALTS LIMITED
†3907. SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL:
Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:
(a) the steps taken by the Government for the conservation of the lake under Sambhar Salts
Limited in Rajasthan during the last four years;
(b) whether the Government proposes to bring Sambhar Salt Limited on the global platform;
(c) if so, the details thereof;
(d) whether the Government proposes to formulate any special policy for the protection of salt
traders and industries operating in the Sambhar lake area;
(e) if so, the details thereof and the time by which the said policy is likely to be formulated; and
(f) if not, the reasons therefor?
ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES
(SHRI BHUPATHIRAJU SRINIVASA VARMA)
(a): For conservation and management of Sambhar Lake, the Government of Rajasthan has
constituted a Sambhar Lake Management Agency, which has a Governing body under the
Chairpersonship of the Minister, Forest, Environment and Climate Change, Government of
Rajasthan and an Executive Body under the Chairpersonship of the Chief Executive Officer
(Special Secretary, Environment and Climate Change Department, Government of Rajasthan).
The Sambhar Lake Management Agency has prepared a Management Plan for effective
conservation and management of Sambhar Lake.
(b): No.
(c): Does not arise.
(d): No.
(e): Does not arise.
(f): Sambhar Salts Limited has already in place a comprehensive Sales and Discounts Policy,
from time to time, which inter alia is aimed at supporting and protecting salt traders and
industries operating in the Sambhar Lake region.
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