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Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), a subordinate office under the control of Ministry of Mines carries out inspection for implementation of mineral conservation and development rules. It detects violations and takes up follow up action in the matter. It also approves mining schemes. During the period April to December, 2004, IBM has inspected 1986 mines and approved 275 mining plans. During the period, it pointed out 2291 violations and after issue of show cause notices 919 violations were fully rectified. The violations detected and follow up action taken during last three years is given below :
Year
No. of mines inspected
No. of violations pointed out
No. of violations rectified
No. of show cause notices issued
No. of violations rectified after issue of show cause notices
No. of prosecution cases launched
2001-02
2219
3857
1186
394
219
114
2002-03
2719
4180
1319
785
588
207
2003-04
2462
2994
1200
534
695
134
New Delhi: March 04, 2005 / Phalguna 13, 1926
Ministry of Mines
DS/SCH
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