Keonjhar with Rs 2,500 crore in DMF funds holds enormous potential to improve human development indicators and create livelihood security for the mining-affected people, says CSE report
CSE || FEBRUARY 28, 2019
CSE has analyzed the gaps in socio-economic and human development parameters in mining-affected areas of Keonjhar district and has proposed an outcome-oriented model plan for the DMFT.
Keonjhar is the top mining district in India in terms of DMFT collection, total funds in DMFT is more the Rs.2,600 crore. This is about 43% of Odisha’s DMFT collection, The state has a total of Rs. 6,100 crore in DMFT combining all mining districts. Read more