Keonjhar with Rs 2,500 crore in DMF funds holds enormous potential to improve human development indicators and create livelihood security for the mining-affected people, says CSE report

CSE || FEBRUARY 28, 2019

CSE has analyzed the gaps in socio-economic and human development parameters in mining-affected areas of Keonjhar district and has proposed an outcome-oriented model plan for the DMFT.

Keonjhar is the top mining district in India in terms of DMFT collection, total funds in DMFT is more the Rs.2,600 crore. This is about 43% of Odisha’s DMFT collection, The state has a total of Rs. 6,100 crore in DMFT combining all mining districts. Read more

DMF fund: Chhattisgarh puts a brake on misplaced priorities, no more non-mining urban areas

The New Indian Express || Published: 25th February 2019

The Bhupesh Baghel government gave a strong missive to the collectors to ensure effective utilisation of funds but no construction activities out of it in the urban areas.

RAIPUR: A query by the Chhattisgarh chief minister to all collectors apparently left the officials poker-faced and tongue-tied adding strength to the contention on how the funds released under the district mineral foundation (DMF) scheme actually didn’t reach the people affected by various mining activities in the state. Read more

DMF Trust offices to be set up at district level

TEAM HERALD || February 23, 2019

PANJIM: For better coordination, planning and monitoring, Government has decided to set up District Mineral Foundation (DMF) Trusts office at the district level-North and South.
After being pulled up by the Bombay High Court at Goa over constitution of DMF, the State Government has notified it as a trust, which would be headed by District Collectors.
Directorate of Mines and Geology (DMG) in January notified the Goa District Mineral Foundation (Trust) Rules, 2018. Read more

Mining royalty to water 54 Jharkhand villages

The Telegraph || Correspondent in Daltonganj || Published 22.02.19

Cash-rich Palamau District Mineral Foundation Trust (PDMFT) will now sponsor from its royalty infrastructure water supply to 54 villages impacted by mining, revamp of anganwadis, advanced training of auxiliary nurses-cum-midwives, among others.

This was decided at a meeting of the mineral foundation trust in the office of Palamau DC Shantanu Kumar Agrahari, who also happens to be the trust chairman, on Wednesday evening. Chhatarpur BJP MLA Radha Krishan Kishore, vice-chairman of Palamau zilla parishad Sanjay Singh, district mining officer Manoj Toppo, several pramukhs and up-pramukhs were among those who attended the meeting. Read more

Paving way to register DMF as trust: govt submits draft of rules to HC

The state government has submitted draft of Goa District Mineral Foundation (Trust) Rules 2018, before the High Court of Bombay at Goa.

The High Court has allowed the petitioner NGO to make submissions over the draft rules. The High Court by its order in October 2018 had barred office bearers of District Mineral Foundations of both North and South Goa districts from taking any financial decision or dealing with amounts of Foundations. Read more

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