District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) in India: An Overview of Funding and Development Priorities

About the Report

The report ‘District Mineral Foundations (DMFs) in India: An Overview of Funding and Development Priorities’ is an extended-research publication by CSRBOX and NGOBOX, presents insights of the amount collected under District Mineral Foundations (DMFs)and their spending in high priority areas and other priority areas as per the guidelines given by Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY). The creation of local institution called District Mineral Foundation (DMF) meant to help fund the projects for socio-economic development of the communities affected by the mining operations in the country. The report gives a glimpse of the overall collection of funds in different states and where these funds are utilised for development as per the priorities.

The amount collected under DMFs has increased in last 3 years, and so as the amount spent, however, the amount spent is still at lower side and the major focus for expenditure is limited to few thematic areas only.

This report focuses mainly on the following key points:

• State-wise total number of DMFs notified and the Total Amount collected in 2018-19
• Status of projects* (sanctioned, completed, on-going, yet-to start) as of July 2019 (*Odisha and West Bengal, as of June 2019)
• State-wise average funding per project based on the total sanctioned project and total amount allocated
• State wise % of number of total sanctioned projects under high priority areas and other priority areas till July 2019
• State wise % of total amount allocated under high priority areas and other priority areas till July 2019
• State wise % of total amount spent under high priority areas and other priority areas till July 2019