The Minister of State for Mines, Steel, Labour and Employment, Shri Vishnu Deo Sai has said that the Manavalakurichi area in southern Tamil Nadu does not hold 30% of world’s thorium resources.

 

In a written reply in the Rajya Sabha today, Shri Vishnu Deo Sai said, as per the information furnished by the Government of Tamil Nadu, there are 81 mining leases granted for garnet in the State. Ministry of Mines does not separately maintain the details of mining lease granted by the State Government. Therefore, lessee wise details provided by the State Government are given below:-

 

Name of the lessee	District	Total
Tvl. Indian Rare Earth Ltd	Kanyakumari	03
Tvl. V.V Mineral	Madurai	02
	Tirunelveli	27
Tvl. V.V Mineral	Kanyakumari	06
	Thoothukudi	01
Tvl. Trans world Garnet India Pvt. Ltd.	Tirunelveli	14
	Thoothukudi	02
Tvl. Beach Mineral Company	Tirunelveli	09
	Thoothukudi	01
Tvl. Tamil Nadu Minerals	Tirunelveli	01
Thiru M. Ramesh	Tirunelveli	01
Thiru K. Thangaraj	Tirunelveli	01
Tvl. Southern Enterprises	Trichy	03
Tvl. Indian Garnet Sand Company	Trichy	03
	Thoothukudi	01
Tvl. S.S. Minerals	Trichy	01
Tvl. Riverways Mines & Minerals	Trichy	01
Tvl. Cauvery Garnet Pvt. Ltd.	Trichy	01
Tvl. Nexus Corporate	Trichy	01
Tvl. Industrial Mineral India Pvt. Ltd.	Thoothukudi	01
Tvl. Maruthi Minerals	Trichy	01
	Total	81

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Minister said as per the information furnished by the Government of Tamil Nadu, there are 42 mining leases granted for ilmenite in the State. Ministry of Mines does not separately maintain the details of mining lease granted by the State Government. Therefore, lessee wise details provided by the State Government are given below:-

 

Name of the lessee	District	Total
Tvl. Beach Minerals Company.	Tirunelveli	09
	Thoothukudi	01
Tvl. V.V. Mineral	Tirunelveli	23
	Kanyakumari	04
	Thoothukudi	01
Tvl. Indian Rare Earths Ltd.	Kanyakumari	03
Tvl. Industrial Mineral Pvt. Ltd.	Thoothukudi	01
	Total	42

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

He said the applications seeking mineral concessions (reconnaissance licence/prospective licence/mining lease) in case of beach sand minerals, submitted to the respective State Government, is forwarded by the State Government to the Ministry of Mines, which in turn sends the same to Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) for comments/ NOC. Such applications are referred to Atomic Mineral Directorate for Exploration and Research (AMD) for comments by DAE. Subsequently, DAE conveys its decision on issue of NOC. Based on such NOC, the Ministry of Mines grants prior approval under the provisions of the Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation)Act and the Rules& guidelines framed thereunder. Before allowing grant of mining licence, the State Governments ensure compliance of other applicable Acts and Rules including Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980, Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 and Environmental Impact Assessment Notification dated 14.9.2006 as issued and amended by the Ministry of Environment and Forests from time to time.

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