AnnuAl RepoRt 2021-22

1 Government of India Ministry of Mines AnnuAl RepoRt 2021-22 . Ministry of Mines . Ministry of Mines Ministry of Mines Geological Survey of India Indian Bureau of Mines National Aluminium Company Limited Hindustan Copper Limited Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre National Institute of Rock Mechanics ii | Page AnnuAl RepoRt 2021-22 . Ministry of Mines Abbreviations Abbreviations AAS Atomic Absorption Spectrophotometer ACR AnnuAl Confidential RepoRt AIMS Aluminium Import Monitoring System APAR AnnuAl Performance Appraisal RepoRt ASTER Advanced Space borne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer BEE Bureau of Energy Efficiency BGML Bharat Gold Mines Limited BISAG Bhaskaracharya Institute for Space Applications and Geo-informatics BSE BSE - Bombay Stock Exchange CBM Coal Bed Methane CCoM Chief Controller of Mines CEMS Continuous Emission Monitoring Systems CETP Common effluent treatment plant CGPB Central Geological Programming Board CGWB Central Ground Water Board CHQ Central Head Quarter CHWTSDF Common Hazardous Waste Treatment, Storage & Disposal Facility CII Confederation of Indian Industry CIMFR Central Institute of Mining and Fuel Research CMFRI Central Marine Fisheries Research Institute.

2 Kochi CMPDI Central Mine Planning & Design Institute CPCB Central Pollution Control Board CPGRAMS Centeralised Public Grievance Redressal and Monitoring System CSR Corporate Social Responsibility CUSAT Cochin University of Science and Technology, Kochi AnnuAl RepoRt 2021-22 Page | iii Ministry of Mines Abbreviations DGM Directorate of Geology & Mining DGMS Directorate General of Mines Safety DMF District Mineral Foundation DRM District Resources Maps EC Environmental Clearance EEZ Exclusive Economic Zone EIA Environment Impact Assessment EPMA Electron Probe Micro Analyser EPS Enterprises Procurement System ERP Enterprise Resource Planning FC Forest Clearance FDP Forest Diversion Proposal FMCP Final Mine Closure Plan FROF First Right of Refusal FS Field Season FTS File Tracking System FY Financial Year GCM Geochemical Mapping GDP Gross Domestic Product GEM Government e-Market GIGW Guidelines for Indian Government Websites GPM Geophysical Mapping GPR Ground Penetration Radar GQM Geological Quadrangle Maps GR Geological RepoRt GSI Geological Survey of India GSITI Geological Survey of India Training Institute HCL Hindustan Copper

3 Limited HINDALCO Hindustan Aluminium Company Limited iv | Page AnnuAl RepoRt 2021-22 . Ministry of Mines Abbreviations HR-SIMS High-Resolution Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometer IBAAS International Bauxite, Alumina and Aluminium Society IBM Indian Bureau of Mines ICC Indian Copper Complex ICSG International Copper Study Group ICNFMM International Symposium Non-ferrous Minerals & Metals ICT Information and Communication Technology IEBR Internal and Extra Budgetary Resources IEC Information Education and Communication IGC International Geological Congress IMD Indian Meteorological Department IMYB Indian Mineral Year Book ISRO Indian Space Research Organisation ITEC Indian Technical Economic Cooperation ITM Integrated Thematic Mapping JNARDDC Jawaharlal Nehru Aluminium Research Development and Design Centre JV Joint Venture JWG Joint Working Group KABIL Khanij Bidesh India Limited KCC Khetri Copper Complex KMS Knowledge Management System KPA Key performance Area LEWS Landslide Early Warning System LME London Metal Exchange MCDR Mineral Conservation & Development Rules MCP Malanjkhand Copper

4 Project MCR Mineral Concession Rules MDRD Minerals Development & Regulation Division MECL Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited AnnuAl RepoRt 2021-22 Page | v Ministry of Mines Abbreviations ML Mining Lease MMDR Act Mines & Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957. MNRE Ministry of New and Renewable Energy MoC Ministry of Coal MoEFCC Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change MOIL Manganese Ore India Limited MoM Ministry of Mines MoU Memorandum of Understanding MPD Mineral Processing Division MSDE Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship MSMP Monthly Statistics of Mineral Production MSS Mining Surveillance System MT Magnetotelluric MTS Mining Tenement System NALCO National Aluminium Company Limited NER North Eastern Region NFTDC Non-Ferrous Materials Technology Development Centre NGCM National Geochemical Mapping NGDR National Geoscience Data Repository NIIST National Institute for Interdisciplinary Science and Technology.

5 Thiruvananthapuram NIMH National Institute of Miners' Health NIRM National Institute of Rock Mechanics NLCIL Neyveli Lignite Corporation India Limited NLSM National Landslide Susceptibility Mapping NMEP National Mineral Exploration Policy NMET National Mineral Exploration Trust NMH-II National Mission Head-II. NMI National Mineral Inventory NMP National Mineral Policy vi | Page AnnuAl RepoRt 2021-22 . Ministry of Mines Abbreviations NPCIL Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited NRSC National Remote Sensing Centre NRTC NALCO Research & Technology Centre NSDC National Skill Development Corporation NSE National Stock Exchange OAMDR Offshore Areas Mineral (Development & Regulations) Act, 2012. OCBIS Online Core Business Integrated System OGP Obvious Geological Potential OL Official Language OLIC Official Language Implementation Committee OREDA M/s Orissa Renewable Energy Development Agency OSPCB Odisha State Pollution Control Board PERC Project Evaluation and Review Committee PGE Platinoid Group of Elements PGRS Photo Geology and Remote Sensing PL Prospecting Licence PMCP Progressive Mine Closure Plan PMKKKY Pradhan Mantri Khanij Khsetra Kalyan Yojana PRAGATI Pro-Active Governance and Timely Implementation PWDs Persons with Disabilities REE Rare Earth Elements REIL Rajasthan Electronics & Instruments Plant RESCO A Renewable Energy Service Company RMDS Regional Mineral Development Studies RP Reconnaissance Permit RSAC Research & Scientific Advisory Committee RSAS Remote Sensing and Aerial Survey RTI Right to Information R&D Research & Development AnnuAl RepoRt 2021-22 Page |

6 Vii Ministry of Mines Abbreviations SAIL Steel Authority of India Ltd. SCMS Skill Council for the Mining Sector SCSP Special Component Plan for Scheduled Caste SDF Sustainable Development Framework SDGs Sustainable Development Goals SEM Scanning Electron Microscopy SGM Systematic Geological Mapping SGPB State Geological Programming Board SoP Standard Operating Procedure SSAG Standing Scientific Advisory Group SSAMS Single Stage Accelerated Mass Spectrometer STM Specialised Thematic Mapping STP Sewage Treatment Plant STQC Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification SU State Unit TAMRA Transparency, Auction Monitoring and Resource Augmentation TCC Technical-cum-Cost Committee TEFR Techno-Economic Feasibility RepoRt TEFS Techno-Economic Feasibility Study TEM Transmission Electron Microscope TL Thermo Luminescence TOASS Twin Otter Airborne Survey System TSP Tribal Area Sub-Plan TW Territorial Water UNFC United Nations Framework Classification UTs Union Territories VC-NIC Video Conference National Informatics Centre VPN Virtual Private Network WPI Wholesale Price Index viii | Page AnnuAl RepoRt 2021-22 .

7 Ministry of Mines Abbreviations Contents S. No. Chapters Page No. 1. An Overview 1-10. 2. Minerals and Metals in the Country 11-20. 3. Legislative Framework, Mineral Policy and Implementation 21-34. 4. Revenue from Mineral Resources 35-38. 5. International Co-operation 39-46. 6. Attached / Subordinate offices 47-84. 7. Central Public Sector Undertakings 85-132. 8. Science, Technology and Autonomous Bodies 133-144. 9. Corporate Social Responsibility 145-152. 10. Progressive Use of Hindi 153-162. 11. Exploration Activities in the North-Eastern Region 163-174. Welfare Activities for SCs/STs, Women, Minorities & Persons with 12. 175-182. Disabilities. 13. Budget and Audit Paras 183-194. 14. Miscellaneous 195-212. Annexures 213. AnnuAl RepoRt 2021-22 Page | ix 1. Ministry of Mines : An Overview Ministry of Mines An Overview Vision .. Page - 3. Role and Organization of the Ministry .. Page - 3.

8 List of Subjects Allocated to the Ministry .. Page - 3. Organisational Structure .. Page - 4. Major Highlights / Achievements of Ministry of Mines .. Page- 5. Ministry of Mines Ministry of Mines An Overview Vision Role and Organisation of the (i) India is well endowed with natural Ministry resources, particularly minerals, which Main Functions serve as raw material for many industries, paving a path for rapid industrialisation Ministry of Mines is responsible for and infrastructural development. This, in survey, exploration and mining of all minerals, turn, will facilitate the economy's ascent other than natural gas, petroleum, atomic to a path of sustained growth and a five minerals and coal. In the case of atomic trillion-dollar economy. minerals and coal, activities of the Ministry are limited to regional exploration. The Ministry is (ii) During last seven years, the Government responsible for the administration of the Mines has introduced important reforms to and Minerals (Development and Regulation).

9 Open up the mineral sector to ensure its Act, 1957 (67 of 1957) and rules made there contribution in achieving the national under in respect of all mines and minerals policy goals. Major reforms include other than coal, natural gas and petroleum. enactment of the Mines and Mineral The Ministry also administers the Offshore (Development & Regulations) (MMDR). Areas Mineral (Development and Regulation). (Amendment) Act, 2015, which made Act, 2002 and rules made there under. the process of allocation of mineral concessions completely transparent by introducing public auctions with active participation of the State Governments. List of Subjects Allocated to In the federal set up, States are owners the Ministry of Mines of mineral wealth in their respective (a) Legislation for regulation of mines and territories. For realising the benefits of development of minerals within the mineral wealth, States have primary territory of India, including mines and and significant role to come up with minerals underlying the ocean within the auctionable mineral blocks that have territorial waters or the continental shelf, clearance, to start production.

10 Or the exclusive economic zone and (iii) The Vision is to double the production other maritime zones of India as may be of important minerals in next 5 years specified, from time to time by or under with resultant reduction in import any law made by Parliament. dependency, by allocating and regulating (b) Regulation of mines and development minerals in a transparent and sustainable of minerals other than coal, lignite and manner and to promote exploration sand for stowing and any other mineral and mining of deep-seated minerals to declared as prescribed substances for meet country's needs and to effectively the purpose of the Atomic Energy Act, implement other policy goals stated 1962 (33 of 1962) under the control of in the National Mineral Policy, 2019, the Union as declared by law, including thereby enabling the country to progress questions concerning regulation and towards attaining self-sufficiency in development of minerals in various States major mineral production.