Survey should also be conducted for new mines apart from increasing number of valid mines in districts. Effective efforts should be made to increase revenue from minerals. Strict action should be taken in cases of illegal mining and transportation. For this, effective action should be ensured in coordination with Revenue, Police and Forest departments. These directives were given by Secretary Mineral Resources Development Ajatshatru Shrivastava while reviewing departmental activities in Gwalior and Chambal divisions.
The secretary directed director geology and mining that advertisement regarding mining plan should be released at the earliest. A workshop on mining plan and environmental management should be held during current month.
At the meeting, situation of illegal mining, transportation & storage, levying of tax and latest status of applications for mining concessions and renewal of mines were reviewed apart from information regarding auction of mines during last three years, court cases and pending clauses pertaining to Public Accounts Committee.
It was informed at the meeting that revenue worth Rs52.69 crore was generated in Gwalior and Chambal divisions during last fiscal. During the period, 57 cases of illegal mining, 1,302 transport and 45 cases of illegal transportation were registered. Rs30.78 lakh was received from fines in cases of illegal mining, Rs12.03 lakh from illegal storage and fines worth Rs342.18 lakh were recovered in cases of illegal transportation.