Envis Centre, Ministry of Environment & Forest, Govt. of India
Printed Date: Thursday, January 8, 2026
Important Parliamentary Question: Rajya Sabha
Rajya Sabha
- Year 2024
- Unstarred Question No.386 answered on 25th August 2024: Green Credit Programme
- Unstarred Question No.385 answered on 25th August 2024: Environment impact assessment in cases of forest land acquisition
- Unstarred Question No.384 answered on 25th August 2024: Deaths due to pollution in the country
- Unstarred Question No.383 answered on 25th August 2024: Implementation of Green Credit Programme
- Unstarred Question No.375 answered on 25th August 2024: Environmental impact of the Great Nicobar Project
- Unstarred Question No.48 answered on 25th August 2024: Impact of climate change
- Unstarred Question No.374 answered on 25th August 2024: Failure to combat air pollution
- Unstarred Question No.368 answered on 25th August 2024: Impact of climate change
- Unstarred Question No.127 answered on 22nd August 2024: New Policy To Promote Exploration And Processing Of Critical Minerals
- Unstarred Question No.126 answered on 22nd August 2024: NON-SUBMISSION OF RESTORATION PLANS BY MINES IN KARNATAKA
- Unstarred Question No.57 answered on 22nd August 2024: Infrastructure and logistics for transportation of coal
- Unstarred Question No.55 answered on 22nd August 2024: First Mile Connectivity Projects
- Unstarred Question No.53 to be answered on 22nd August 2024: Database of coal quality
- Unstarred Question No.51 to be answered on 22nd August 2024: SETTING UP OF ECO-PARKS
- Unstarred Question No.48 to be answered on 22nd August 2024: Thermal power generation
- Unstarred Question No.48 to be answered on 22nd August 2024: Thermal power generation
- Unstarred Question No.696 answered on 8th February 2024: Toxic elements in ground water
- Unstarred Question No.696 answered on 8th February 2024: Toxic elements in ground water
- Unstarred Question No.695 answered on 8th February 2024: Guideline for closure of polluted industries
- Unstarred Question No.691 answered on 8th February 2024: Release of funds under National Mission for Green India Scheme
- Unstarred Question No.689 answered on 8th February 2024: Dumping of Waste into Rivers
- Unstarred Question No.685 answered on 8th February 2024: Air pollution in Delhi
- Unstarred Question No.682 answered on 8th February 2024: Environmental Clearances in Eco Sensitive Zones & Protected Areas
- Unstarred Question No.681 answered on 8th February 2024: Top polluted cities in the country
- Unstarred Question No.678 answered on 8th February 2024: Encroachment in forest land
- Unstarred Question No.673 answered on 8th February 2024: Green Credit Programme
- Unstarred Question No.671 answered on 8th February 2024: Reintroduction of Cheetah
- Unstarred Question No.670 answered on 8th February 2024: Recycling of e-waste
- Unstarred Question No.669 answered on 8th February 2024: Concerns regarding the Green Credit Programme
- Unstarred Question No.287 answered on 5th February 2025: Auction Of Mineral Blocks
- Unstarred Question No.285 answered on 5th February 2025: PRADHAN MANTRI KHANIJ KSHETRA KALYAN YOJNA (PMKKKY)
- Unstarred Question No.283 answered on 5th February 2024: Illegal Mining in Jharkhand
- Unstarred Question No.282 answered on 5th February 2024: Auction process for blocks of critical minerals
- Unstarred Question No.208 answered on 5th February 2024: Coal reserves in Jharkhand
- Year 2020
- Unstarred Question No. 808 to be Answered on 19th September, 2020: Exploration of minerals by CMPDI
- Unstarred Question No. 803 to be Answered on 19th September, 2020: Land acquisition under Coal Bearing Areas Act, 1957
- Unstarred Question No. 801 to be Answered on 19th September, 2020: Approval to coal mining projects
- Unstarred Question No. 136 to be Answered on 14th September, 2020: Mining Projects without Environmental Clearance
- Unstarred Question No. 135 to be Answered on 14th September, 2020: Privatisation of Mining Sector
- Unstarred Question No. 25 to be Answered on 14th September, 2020: Auction of coal blocks for commercial mining
- Unstarred Question No. 23 to be Answered on 14th September, 2020: Accidents in Coals Mines
- Unstarred Question No. 19 to be Answered on 14th September, 2020: Offer of Coal Mines to State Governments for commercial mining
- Unstarred Question No. 14 to be Answered on 14th September, 2020: Environmental Violations by Coal Mining Companies
- Unstarred Question No. 12 to be Answered on 14th September, 2020: Coal Mines in Bihar
- Unstarred Question No. 7 to be Answered on 14th September, 2020: Sanctioned Coal Projects
- Unstarred Question No. 6 to be Answered on 14th September, 2020: Auction of Coal Mines
- Unstarred Question No. 2 to be Answered on 14th September, 2020: Coal Gasification and the Auctioning of New Coal Blocks
- Year 2019
- Unstarred Question No. 2360 to be Answered on 09th December, 2019: Sand Mining Policy
- Unstarred Question No. 2245 to be Answered on 09th December, 2019: Land Acquisition for Coal Mining
- Unstarred Question No. 2243 to be Answered on 09th December, 2019: Action Plan to Close Coal Based Power Plant
- Unstarred Question No. 2241 to be Answered on 09th December, 2019: Accidents in Various Coal Mines in the Country
- Unstarred Question No. 1558 Answered on 02nd December, 2019: National Mineral Policy
- Unstarred Question No. 802 to be Answered on 25th November, 2019: Divestment of CIL
- Unstarred Question No. 113 Answered on 18th November, 2019: Action Plan for Prevention of Illegal Mining
- Unstarred Question No. 1046 to be Answered on 01st July, 2019: Illegal Land Acquisition and Mining
- Unstarred Question No. 252 to be Answered on 24th June, 2019: Reservation in Allotment of Mines
- Unstarred Question No. 250 to be Answered on 24th June, 2019: DMF in Ramanujganj
- Unstarred Question No. 249 to be Answered on 24th June, 2019: Overcharging of Royalty
- Unstarred Question No. 139 to be Answered on 24th June, 2019: New Coal mines in Chhattisgarh
- Unstarred Question No. 137 to be Answered on 24th June, 2019: Action plan for increase in production of Coal
- Unstarred Question No. 136 to be Answered on 24th June, 2019: Coal supply rationalisation scheme
- Unstarred Question No. 651 to be Answered on 08th February, 2019: Fire accidents in coal mines
- Unstarred Question No. 650 to be Answered on 08th February, 2019: Production of coal by CIL
- Unstarred Question No. 79 to be Answered on 04th February, 2019: Rat Hole Mines Functioning in the Country
- Unstarred Question No. 75 to be Answered on 04th February, 2019: Status of District Mineral Foundations (DMFs)
- Unstarred Question No. 72 to be Answered on 04th February, 2019: Illegal Mining of Minerals in Jharkhand
- Unstarred Question No. 70 to be Answered on 04th February, 2019: Control on Illegal Mining
- Unstarred Question No. 69 to be Answered on 04th February, 2019: Monitoring of Illegal Mining
- Year 2018
- Unstarred Question No. 2000 to be Answered on 31st December, 2018: Mining Sector in India
- Unstarred Question No. 1999 to be Answered on 31st December, 2018: Sanctioning New Mines
- Unstarred Question No. 1998 to be Answered on 31st December, 2018: Illegal Sand Mining
- Unstarred Question No. 1810 to be Answered on 28th December, 2018: Import of coking coal
- Unstarred Question No. 1807 to be Answered on 28th December, 2018: Production of coal by CIL
- Unstarred Question No. 1805 to be Answered on 28th December, 2018: Production of Coal by re-allocated coal mines
- Unstarred Question No. 1512 to be Answered on 24th December, 2018: Auction of Non-Coal Mines
- Unstarred Question No. 2783 to be Answered on 10th August, 2018: Number of Coal Mines
- Unstarred Question No. 2781 to be Answered on 10th August, 2018: New coal mines
- Unstarred Question No. 2778 to be Answered on 10th August, 2018: Leakage of coal in collieries
- Unstarred Question No. 559 to be Answered on 23rd July, 2018: Mining of Copper and other Metals in H.P. and Uttarakhand
- Unstarred Question No. 4540 to be Answered on 04th April, 2018: Supply of coal to power stations in excess of trigger level
- Unstarred Question No. 3915 to be Answered on 02nd April, 2018: Status of CSR Activities
- Unstarred Question No. 3913 to be Answered on 02nd April, 2018: Effectiveness of MMDR Act
- Year 2017
- Unstarred Question No. 852 to be Answered on 22nd December, 2017: Rehabilitation of families residing along coal mines
- Unstarred Question No. 237 to be Answered on 18th December, 2017: Closed mines operating after MMDR Amendment Act, 2015
- Unstarred Question No. 1655 to be Answered on 31st July, 2017: Payment of mineral royalty to districts
- Unstarred Question No. 1654 to be Answered on 31st July, 2017: Growth in mining sector
- Unstarred Question No. 1606 to be Answered on 31st July, 2017: Coal mines target and rehabilitation in Jharkhand and Chhattisgarh
- Unstarred Question No. 1602 to be Answered on 31st July, 2017: Closure of coal mines
- Unstarred Question No. 802 to be Answered on 24th July, 2017: Coal cess collections for clean energy initiatives
- Unstarred Question No. 148 to be Answered on 17th July, 2017: Disaster at Rajmahal open cast mine
- Unstarred Question No. 66 to be Answered on 17th July, 2017: Impact of Blasting For Extracting Minerals in Chhattisgarh
- Unstarred Question No. 11 to be Answered on 17th July, 2017: Implications on coal based thermal plants
- Unstarred Question No. 05 to be Answered on 17th July, 2017: Check on illegal activities in coal mines
- Unstarred Question No. 4223 to be Answered on 10th April, 2017: Engagement of children in mines
- Unstarred Question No. 4222 to be Answered on 10th April, 2017: Mines sanctioned/ operational in Chhattisgarh
- Unstarred Question No. 4221 to be Answered on 10th April, 2017: Mining activities in border areas of Rajasthan
- Unstarred Question No. 4166 to be Answered on 10th April, 2017: Illegal Coal Mining in Jharkhand
- Unstarred Question No. 4165 to be Answered on 10th April, 2017: Washing of coking coal in BCCL
- Unstarred Question No. 4164 to be Answered on 10th April, 2017: Tendering process in washing coking coal
- Unstarred Question No. 4163 to be Answered on 10th April, 2017: Coal imported from abroad
- Unstarred Question No. 4162 to be Answered on 10th April, 2017: Management of coal stockpiles
- Unstarred Question No. 4161 to be Answered on 10th April, 2017: Interference of coal mafia in management of coal mines
- Unstarred Question No. 4160 to be Answered on 10th April, 2017: Filing of cases against senior officials
- Unstarred Question No. 4159 to be Answered on 10th April, 2017: Buyback Plan of CIL
- Unstarred Question No. 4158 to be Answered on 10th April, 2017: Increasing work efficiency of coal mines
- Unstarred Question No. 4157 to be Answered on 10th April, 2017: Coking coal imports
- Unstarred Question No. 3579 to be Answered on 03rd April, 2017: Proposals from Chhattisgarh
- Unstarred Question No. 3575 to be Answered on 03rd April, 2017: Single window clearance system for mining licence
- Unstarred Question No. 1975 to be Answered on 20th March, 2017: Complaints of illegal mining
- Unstarred Question No. 1925 to be Answered on 20th March, 2017: Environmental clearances for CIL projects
- Starred Question No. 181 to be Answered on 20th March, 2017: Offsetting environmental losses due to illegal mining
- Unstarred Question No. 376 to be Answered on 06th February, 2017: Minerals used in cement manufacturing
- Unstarred Question No. 330 to be Answered on 06th February, 2017: Aligning domestic coal prices with international rates
- Unstarred Question No. 329 to be Answered on 06th February, 2017: Decline in Coal Supply to Power Sector
- Unstarred Question No. 328 to be Answered on 06th February, 2017: Impact of global coal prices on overseas Indian Assets
- Unstarred Question No. 327 to be Answered on 06th February, 2017: Report of Study Group on enhancing coal royalty
- Unstarred Question No. 326 to be Answered on 06th February, 2017: Transfer of upfront payments for auctioned coal mines in Bengal
- Unstarred Question No. 325 to be Answered on 06th February, 2017: Sharing of clean environment cess with State Governments
- Unstarred Question No. 324 to be Answered on 06th February, 2017: Coal linkages to private companies for power projects
- Unstarred Question No. 323 to be Answered on 06th February, 2017: Coal mine accident in Jharkhand and Bihar
- Unstarred Question No. 322 to be Answered on 06th February, 2017: CAG report on shortcomings in coal allocation by auction
- Unstarred Question No. 321 to be Answered on 06th February, 2017: Special spot e-auction of coal by CIL
- Unstarred Question No. 320 to be Answered on 06th February, 2017: Steps taken to prevent coal mine accidents
- Unstarred Question No. 319 to be Answered on 06th February, 2017: Action taken in Lalmatia coal mine accident
- Unstarred Question No. 318 to be Answered on 06th February, 2017: Impact on operation of ECL due to absence of CMD
- Unstarred Question No. 317 to be Answered on 06th February, 2017: Plan to end dependency on coal imports
- Year 2016
- Unstarred Question No. 2886 to be Answered on 12th December, 2016: Closure of washeries in BCCL
- Unstarred Question No. 2885 to be Answered on 12th December, 2016: Functioning of BCCL and ECL
- Unstarred Question No. 2884 to be Answered on 12th December, 2016: Revision of royalty on coal
- Unstarred Question No. 2883 to be Answered on 12th December, 2016: Categorisation of Coal Mines
- Unstarred Question No. 2882 to be Answered on 12th December, 2016: Landslides due to vertical mining of coal
- Unstarred Question No. 2881 to be Answered on 12th December, 2016: Impact of coal mining on environment
- Unstarred Question No. 2106 to be Answered on 05th December, 2016: Damage to forests due to mining in Chhattisgarh
- Unstarred Question No. 2086 to be Answered on 05th December, 2016: Modernizing of coal mines
- Unstarred Question No. 2084 to be Answered on 05th December, 2016: Profit of CIL
- Unstarred Question No. 2081 to be Answered on 05th December, 2016: Royalty Rate on Coal
- Unstarred Question No. 540 to be Answered on 21st Nov, 2016: Illegal Mining
- Unstarred Question No. 51 to be Answered on 21st Nov, 2016: Impact of mining in forest areas
- Unstarred Question No. 2021 to be Answered on 11th May, 2016: Revenue Generated Towards NMET Fund
- Unstarred Question No. 2020 to be Answered on 11th May, 2016: Investment in Exploration
- Unstarred Question No. 1661 to be Answered on 09th May, 2016: Destruction of Wild Life Habitats due to Mining
- Unstarred Question No. 1231 to be Answered on 04th May, 2016: National Mineral Exploration Policy
- Unstarred Question No. 1230 to be Answered on 04th May, 2016: Sick Iron-Ore Mines in the Country
- Unstarred Question No. *106 to be Answered on 04th May, 2016: Funds Allocated, Released and Utilized by NMET
- Unstarred Question No. 1801 to be Answered on 14th March, 2016: Illegal Sand Mining on River Beds
- Unstarred Question No. 751 to be Answered on 02nd March, 2016: National Mineral Exploration Trust
- Unstarred Question No. 750 to be Answered on 02nd March, 2016: Stamp Duty and Registration Fee Under MMRD Act
- Unstarred Question No. 749 to be Answered on 02nd March, 2016: Amendment in Mines and Minerals Act, 1957
- Unstarred Question No. 102 to be Answered on 24th February, 2016: Illegal Mining
- Unstarred Question No. 100 to be Answered on 24th February, 2016: Allotment of Mines without Approval of the Ministry
- Year 2015
- Unstarred Question No. 2033 to be Answered on 16th December, 2015: Identification of Mines for Auctioning
- Unstarred Question No. 2032 to be Answered on 16th December, 2015: Illegal Mining
- Unstarred Question No. 2031 to be Answered on 16th December, 2015: Re-Extracting Gold from Kolar Gold Mines
- Unstarred Question No. 2030 to be Answered on 16th December, 2015: Reserves of Gold and Diamonds
- Unstarred Question No. 1635 to be Answered on 14th December, 2015: Clearance for diversion of forest land for coal mining
- Unstarred Question No. *158 to be Answered on 14th December, 2015: Illegal Coal Mining
- Unstarred Question No. 1232 to be Answered on 09th December, 2015: National Mineral Inventory
- Unstarred Question No. 854 to be Answered on 07th December, 2015: Incidents of illegal sand mining
- Unstarred Question No. 843 to be Answered on 07th December, 2015: Forest Clearances for Mining Projects
- Unstarred Question No. 424 to be Answered on 02nd December, 2015: Handing over Explored Block of Auctioned Mines to States
- Unstarred Question No. 423 to be Answered on 02nd December, 2015: Slurry Pipeline to Carry Iron Ore from Bailadila to Vizag
- Unstarred Question No. 422 to be Answered on 02nd December, 2015: Contributions to District Mineral Foundation (DMF)
- Unstarred Question No. 2665 to be Answered on 12th August, 2015: Establishment of DMF in Jharkhand
- Unstarred Question No. 2664 to be Answered on 12th August, 2015: Reservation of Karlapat Bauxite in Favour of OMC
- Unstarred Question No. 2663 to be Answered on 12th August, 2015: Illegal Mining
- Unstarred Question No. 2662 to be Answered on 12th August, 2015: Royalty Rates of Minerals
- Unstarred Question No. 2661 to be Answered on 12th August, 2015: Schemes to Establish Mineral Based Industries
- Unstarred Question No. 2660 to be Answered on 12th August, 2015: Proposal to Increase Mining Lease Period
- Unstarred Question No. 2659 to be Answered on 12th August, 2015: Revival of Closed and Sick Mines
- Unstarred Question No. 1867 to be Answered on 05th August, 2015: GSI Warning Regarding Himalayan Region
- Unstarred Question No. 1865 to be Answered on 05th August, 2015: Illegal Mining
- Unstarred Question No. 1864 to be Answered on 05th August, 2015: MoU Signed with East African Countries Work
- Unstarred Question No. 1064 to be Answered on 29th July, 2015: Transparency in Mining Work
- Unstarred Question No. 1979 to be Answered on 13th May, 2015: Cases of Violation of Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 1988
- Unstarred Question No. 1978 to be Answered on 13th May, 2015: Bauxite Mining
- Unstarred Question No. 1977 to be Answered on 13th May, 2015: Illegal Mining of Iron-ore and Bauxite in Karnataka
- Unstarred Question No. 1976 to be Answered on 13th May, 2015: New Mineral Policy
- Unstarred Question No. 1975 to be Answered on 13th May, 2015: Promotion and Conversion of Vast Mineral Resources
- Unstarred Question No. 1159 to be Answered on 06th May, 2015: Amount Accrued from Auction of Mines
- Unstarred Question No. 1158 to be Answered on 06th May, 2015: Health Survelliance Studies Under The Mines Act, 1952
- Unstarred Question No. 710 to be Answered on 29th April, 2015: Iron Ores Reserves in Country
- Unstarred Question No. 709 to be Answered on 29th April, 2015: Higher Royalty Demands on Mines by States
- Unstarred Question No. 708 to be Answered on 29th April, 2015: Number of Iron Ore Mines in Goa
- Unstarred Question No. 2340 to be Answered on 18th March, 2015: Cooperation with Australia and South Africa in Mining Sector
- Unstarred Question No. 2339 to be Answered on 18th March, 2015: Rate of Royalty on Minerals
- Unstarred Question No. 2338 to be Answered on 18th March, 2015: Permission of Mining Activities in Area of ST and ST Majority Areas
- Unstarred Question No. 2337 to be Answered on 18th March, 2015: Revision of Royalty Rates on Minerals
- Unstarred Question No. 2336 to be Answered on 18th March, 2015: Production/ Requirment of Iron Ore
- Unstarred Question No. 1543 to be Answered on 11th March, 2015: Amendment to Mining Law
- Unstarred Question No. 1542 to be Answered on 11th March, 2015: Declaration of Geo-heritage Sites
- Unstarred Question No. 1541 to be Answered on 11th March, 2015: Labourers Employed in Mining Sector
- Unstarred Question No. 1540 to be Answered on 11th March, 2015: Introduction of Mineral Resources Rent Tax
- Unstarred Question No. 1539 to be Answered on 11th March, 2015: Dolomite Mines in Chhattisgarh
- Unstarred Question No. 1538 to be Answered on 11th March, 2015: Illegal Mining
- Unstarred Question No. 1537 to be Answered on 11th March, 2015: Auction for Fresh Lease of Iron Ore Deposits
- Unstarred Question No. 1535 to be Answered on 11th March, 2015: Satellite Survey and Aerial photography for identification of Mines
- Unstarred Question No. 1070 to be Answered on 04th March, 2015: Reforms in Mining Sector
- Unstarred Question No. 1069 to be Answered on 04th March, 2015: Proposal to Auction Minerals
- Unstarred Question No. 1068 to be Answered on 04th March, 2015: Loss of Employment Due to Closure of Mines
- Unstarred Question No. 1067 to be Answered on 04th March, 2015: Mineral Based Plants in Maharashtra
- Unstarred Question No. 264 to be Answered on 25th Feb, 2015: Mines and Minerals Development and Regulation Ordinance
- Unstarred Question No. 263 to be Answered on 25th Feb, 2015: Registered/Uregistered Mines in the Country
- Unstarred Question No. 262 to be Answered on 25th Feb, 2015: Usage of Vacant Mines
- Unstarred Question No. 261 to be Answered on 25th Feb, 2015: Health Survey of Mine Workers
- Unstarred Question No. 260 to be Answered on 25th Feb, 2015: Land on Lease for Mining of Limestone in Gujarat
- Year 2014
- Unstarred Question No. 420 to be Answered on 26th Nov, 2014: Study for Exploration of Rare Earth Elements
- Unstarred Question No. 419 to be Answered on 26th Nov, 2014: Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Bill
- Unstarred Question No. 848 to be Answered on 16th July, 2014: Privatization of Mines
- Unstarred Question No. 846 to be Answered on 16th July, 2014: Accidental Insurance Cover for Mine Workers
- Unstarred Question No. 845 to be Answered on 16th July, 2014: New Legislation on Mines and Minerals
- Unstarred Question No. 844 to be Answered on 16th July, 2014: New Legislation for Mining Clearance
- Unstarred Question No. 843 to be Answered on 16th July, 2014: M.P. Shah Commission Report
- Unstarred Question No. 842 to be Answered on 16th July, 2014: Licences for Mining of Granet and Ilmenite
- Unstarred Question No. 352 to be Answered on 09th July, 2014: Mining Activities in Forest Areas in the Country
- Unstarred Question No. 351 to be Answered on 09th July, 2014: Demand by States for Increasing Royalty Rates for Minerals