Parliament Question: District Mineral Foundation Funds and Beneficiaries in Andhra Pradesh

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3981 ANSWERED ON 12.08.2026 DISTRICT MINERAL FOUNDATION FUNDS AND BENEFICIARIES IN ANDHRA PRADESH

3981. SHRI PUTTA MAHESH KUMAR:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

(a) the details of funds accrued, allocated and utilized under the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) in Andhra Pradesh during the last five years, year and district- wise;

(b) the number and nature of projects undertaken under the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) during the said period, district-wise;

(c) the number of beneficiaries covered under the projects funded through the District Mineral Foundation (DMF), district-wise; and

(d) the details of the monitoring and evaluation mechanisms adopted to assess the impact of projects funded through the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) in mining- affected areas? ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR COAL AND MINES (SHRI SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY)

(a) to (c) Mines and Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act. 1957, provides that the Central Government may give directions regarding composition and utilisation of funds by the District Mineral Foundation (DMF). Accordingly, Central Government has issued the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana

(PMKKKY) Guidelines, 2024, which have to be incorporated into the State DMF Rules. The PMKKKY guidelines mandate that at least 70 percentages of the DMF funds be utilised in High Priority sectors such as drinking water supply, healthcare, education, skill development & livelihood generation, etc. Further, up to 30 percentage of funds be utilised in other priority sectors such as physical infrastructure, irrigation, energy and watershed development and any other measures for enhancing environmental quality.

In accordance with the PMKKKY Guidelines, 2024, the power to sanction projects and approve expenditure from the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) funds lies with the Governing Council of the concerned DMF, headed by the District Magistrate.Further, the PMKKKY Guidelines mandate that the DMFs prepare and maintain an updated list of affected persons and local communities, which is reviewed and updated at least once every five years.

As per the information received from the Government of Andhra Pradesh, the year- wise and district-wise details of funds accrued, allocated, and utilized under the DMF in Andhra Pradesh during the last five years are enclosed at Annexure-1. Further, the district-wise details of the number and nature of projects undertaken under DMF, along with the beneficiaries covered during the said period, are enclosed at Annexure-2.

(d) PMKKKY Guidelines, 2024 provide for the constitution of a State Level Monitoring Committee under the Chairpersonship of the Chief Secretary to monitor the performance of DMFs, compliance with transparency norms, audit requirements, and annual reporting obligations.

Further, to strengthen accountability and transparency in the utilization of DMF funds, the PMKKKY Guidelines stipulate audit of DMF accounts by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) as per the schedule decided by CAG. Additionally, the Ministry of Mines in December 2025 directed all DMFs to conduct annual audits of DMF accounts through Chartered Accountants empanelled by CAG.

*****Annexure-1 District wise status of funds accrued, allocated and utilized under DMF in Andhra Pradesh in last Five Years (Rs. in Cr) Sl 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 Name of the N CollectioAllocatioSpenCollectioAllocatioSpenCollectioAllocatioSpen District o n n t n n t n n t Alluri 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.23 0.00 0.00 Sitharama 1 Raju 2 Anakapalli 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 28.08 2.11 0.00 Ananthapura 19.71 16.32 5.53 14.53 2.48 3.05 6.52 11.77 6.03 3 mu 4 Annamayya 0.00 0.46 0.34 24.39 7.42 3.57 37.11 6.37 2.94 5 Bapatla 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 44.31 1.15 0.00

9.19 10.20 0.28 8.92 0.61 0.45 60.91 20.91 21.5 6 Chittoor 2 DR.B.R 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.18 0.63 0.00 0.42 1.34 0.78 Ambedkar 7 Konaseema East 0.33 4.67 0.11 1.80 3.90 0.74 0.84 22.12 7.92 8 Godavari 9 Eluru 0.00 0.00 0.00 4.33 0.49 0.46 27.22 15.44 6.72

21.53 15.86 14.2 8.04 0.20 18.8 2.94 0.00 54.7 10 Guntur 4 2 2

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 5.30 42.33 20.0 11 Kakinada 7 12 Krishna 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 32.49 25.44 7.28

1.00 6.94 28.9 1.02 5.22 39.4 1.63 1.32 9.46 13 Kurnool 7 5

46.74 57.04 51.9 47.47 14.53 7.43 56.08 63.51 20.1 14 Nandyal 2 6 15 Nellore 12.64 10.81 4.26 6.24 4.45 4.14 9.20 5.80 5.440.00 0.00 0.00 26.36 31.28 0.00 135.62 20.29 16.0 16 NTR 9

0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 47.98 52.06 43.6 17 Palnadu 1 Parvathipura 0.00 0.00 0.00 1.23 0.00 0.00 0.36 0.12 0.00 18 m Manyam 19 Prakasam 40.15 0.00 0.00 23.34 0.00 0.00 15.26 13.01 5.98 20 Sri Sathya Sai 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 19.82 0.00 0.00

7.86 5.13 10.2 8.56 4.54 4.73 11.34 16.11 10.6 21 Srikakulam 2 5 22 Tirupati 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 26.16 0.09 4.39 Vishakapatna 16.28 0.35 0.00 0.63 0.00 0.35 1.79 0.00 0.00 23 m 24 Vizainagaram 6.67 5.98 1.45 2.91 4.97 4.70 9.64 3.25 2.57 West 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.31 0.00 0.00 25 Godavari

69.08 53.68 23.1 39.21 54.70 30.9 45.23 76.17 45.0 26 YSR Kadapa 3 3 2 District wise status of funds accrued, allocated and utilized under DMF in Andhra Pradesh in last Five Years (Amt Rs. In Cr) 2024-25 2025-26 Sl Name of the No District Collection Allocation Spent Collection Allocation Spent Alluri Sitharama 10.62 0.00 0.00 6.30 3.11 0.10 1 Raju 2 Anakapalli 7.81 12.12 0.00 16.06 6.09 0.00 3 Ananthapuramu 9.42 5.86 0.92 18.68 26.78 4.79 4 Annamayya 26.64 36.92 12.80 21.93 43.16 3.51 5 Bapatla 4.99 4.62 5.61 6.46 2.51 2.516 Chittoor 7.63 0.00 0.76 27.50 14.81 1.46

0.97 0.39 0.39 0.13 0.36 0.00 DR.B.R Ambedkar 7 Konaseema 8 East Godavari 1.74 7.54 2.09 3.02 9.39 0.97 9 Eluru 1.25 0.00 0.00 5.57 4.96 0.00 10 Guntur 8.68 0.90 0.11 11.45 0.22 17.07 11 Kakinada 16.47 6.72 1.42 17.11 17.20 8.00 12 Krishna 0.85 21.57 3.77 0.30 0.09 0.10 13 Kurnool 1.48 1.22 1.02 4.44 3.98 3.92 14 Nandyal 59.72 35.38 22.84 61.37 62.69 9.25 15 Nellore 1.57 8.98 3.43 12.18 13.03 0.39 16 NTR 37.29 2.03 2.46 44.68 38.52 19.55 17 Palnadu 22.10 5.90 1.44 19.65 64.84 3.55 Parvathipuram 0.02 0.67 0.34 0.52 0.45 0.00 18 Manyam 19 Prakasam 19.36 24.91 9.63 46.92 116.28 4.66 20 Sri Sathya Sai 1.15 0.27 0.27 3.40 19.86 1.47 21 Srikakulam 7.28 3.73 2.01 16.69 19.11 11.62 22 Tirupati 2.54 0.00 0.00 8.21 23.04 0.00 23 Vishakapatnam 1.36 0.73 0.00 1.65 0.00 0.73 24 Vizainagaram 21.72 0.81 0.44 14.11 9.43 2.09 25 West Godavari 0.12 0.00 0.00 0.16 0.00 0.00 26 YSR Kadapa 45.05 81.81 31.08 39.01 49.07 11.65Annexure-2 District wise number of Projects taken under different projects in last five years under DMF Sl Name of Environme Agricultu Animal Drinkin Educatio Energy and Healt N District nt re Husbandrg Water n watershed h o Preservatio y Supply Developme Care n nt 1 Alluri 1 1 Sitharama Raju 2 Anakapalli 31 3 Ananthapura 238 1125 4 mu 4 Annamayya 7 698 42 1 9 5 Bapatla 28 1 6 Chittoor 7 2 7 DR.B.R 6 3 1 Ambedkar Konaseema 8 East Godavari 16 2 2 9 Eluru 2 32 15 15 10 Guntur 6 1 4 11 Kakinada 34 15 1 10 12 Krishna 63 113 14 13 Kurnool 1 19 22 4 14 Nandyal 38 16 3 235 13 2 15 Nellore 27 51 1 2 16 NTR 15 5 3 17 Palnadu 77 3 18 Parvathipura m Manyam19 Prakasam 30 36 3 20 Sri Sathya Sai 47 21 Srikakulam 2 27 216 2 22 Tirupati 17 40 1 23 Vishakapatna 37 m 24 Vizainagaram 80 42 18 25 West Godavari 26 YSR Kadapa 1 13 761 123 135 District wise number of Projects taken under different projects in last five years under DMF Sl Name of Irrigatio Other Physical Sanitatio Skill Welfare No of N District n s Infrastructu n Developme of Benificiari o re nt Women es covered and Childre n 1 Alluri 1 1 31500 Sitharama Raju 2 Anakapalli 3 13 41 1 2 5500 3 Ananthapura 291 21500 mu 4 Annamayya 19 387 45 15900 5 Bapatla 2 2 31 1 1 2 32500 6 Chittoor 35 37000 7 DR.B.R 13 6 4500Ambedkar Konaseema 8 East Godavari 24 215 302 1 30000 9 Eluru 8 93 27 2 93900 10 Guntur 4 4 27 1 52860 11 Kakinada 53 142 20 47 2005139 12 Krishna 260 15600 13 Kurnool 1 32 57 3 35000 14 Nandyal 243 120 753 17 1 1416322 15 Nellore 20 48 635500 16 NTR 123 40 95500 17 Palnadu 579 22 21500 18 Parvathipura 8 5 2950 m Manyam 19 Prakasam 2 349 1 7 18 935175 20 Sri Sathya Sai 94 63155 21 Srikakulam 340 46 2 44500 22 Tirupati 40 76 48451 23 Vishakapatna 1 12940 m 24 Vizainagaram 33 173 2 41500 25 West 0 Godavari 26 YSR Kadapa 2 1021 94 76 7 464180