Enforcement Directorate conducted searches related to a money laundering investigation. The case involves alleged misappropriation of the D...

The central government has strengthened its oversight of District Mineral Foundations (DMFs), introducing stricter guidelines for fund expe...

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla raised concerns about Members of Parliament not being invited to District Mineral Foundations (DMF) meetings in ...

The total funds available under DMF as on March 28, 2020 was to the tune of Rs 14,694.47 crore, the ministry said. "State governments are c...

District Mineral Foundation (DMF) is a non-profit statutory 'Trust', which been created in each district under the provisions of Mines and ...

"A corpus of Rs. 23510 crores of unutilized DMF fund is available which if liquidated can bring great relief to the people in mineral state...

"A sum of Rs 23,606 crore has been collected in DMF (District Mineral Foundation) till now from across the country," the mines minister tol...

The DMF has been created in each district under the provisions of Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Amendment Act, 201...

"The total contribution received in the DMF Trust Fund till October this year stands at Rs 3,548 crore," Chief Secretary A P Padhi said.

The collected amount is not from all the mining districts so the potential corpus can be higher, CSE experts said. DMF is yet to be rolled ...

The Mines Ministry is monitoring the implementation of the DMF and the Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana (PMKKKY).

A green body today said the DMF rules by Goa Directorate of Mines recently will not only fall "short" of realising its objectives but can a...

The new iron ore miners' contribution regulations notified last week will see miners coughing up around Rs 1,530 crore to the DMF, says a r...

The government expects to raise around Rs 6,000 crore annually that will be used for various welfare schemes.

A steep fall in prices of major minerals has generated an appeal for moderation in tax rates in the mining sector. The issue pertains to mi...

The Mines Ministry is likely to set miners' contribution to the District Mineral Foundation (DMF) at 30 per cent and will notify the guidel...

Out of the 11 mineral bearing states, some work has been done on creating the fund only in Gujarat, Tamil Nadu and Jharkhand.