Telangana Mines and Geology Department

About Telangana Mines and Geology Department

Telangana Mines and Geology Department is the department of Telangana State which has started in the year 1921 with the name “HGS”. HGS stands for “Hyderabad Geological Survey” which carries out the Exploration, Prospecting and investigating the deposits of Minerals. In all over South India the Telangana is the one and only Indian State which is producing the huge amount of Coal. The Singareni Collieries Company Limited is the Company of State Government is mining the Black Gold

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Mines and Geology Department of Telangana Functions

The following are the functions of Mines and Geology Department of Telangana:

  • Promotional
  • Regulation
  • Mineral Revenue Collections

The above functions of Mines and Geology Department of Telangana are explained briefly in the following:

Promotional

In this function of Promotional includes the following tasks:

  • Mineral Deposits Exploration in coordination with Geological Survey of India (GSI)
  • State Mineral and Geological Information dissemination
  • Seminars
  • Investigation of Minerals
  • Workshops
  • Mineral Exploration Corporation Limited (MECL)
Mines and Geology Department of Telangana
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Regulation

In this function of Regulation includes the following tasks:

  • Mineral Concessions Processing and Granting
  • Transportation
  • Stocking
  • Mineral Mining and Transporting
  • Receipt
  • Trading and Suppressing of Unauthorized/Illegal quarrying
  • Extraction
  • Trading and Suppressing of Unauthorized/Illegal quarrying
  • Selling

Mineral Revenue Collections

In South India, the Mineral Revenue Collections Department has stood 01st in India for the huge collection

About TS Mines and Geology Department Taskforce

The TS Mines and Geology Department has implemented “State Level Taskforce” based on the Government of India guidelines from the Ministry of Mines

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It is implemented under the Telangana Departments including Telangana Industries Department, Chairmanship of the Secretary

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Same like State Level Taskforce the District Level Taskforce of all Telangana Districts implemented under the District Collector Chairmanship in order to review regularly, in order to monitor and in order to regulate activities of the minerals in the Telangana State


Important Details of TS Mines and Geology Department

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