(1) At least seventy percent of the trust fund shall be utilized under the following high priority sectors:-
(i) Drinking water supply:
centralized purification systems, water treatment plants, permanent/temporary water distribution network including standalone facilities for drinking water, laying of piped water supply system;
(ii) Environment preservation and pollution control measures:
effluent treatment plants, prevention of pollution of streams, lakes, ponds, ground water, other water sources in the region, measure for controlling air and dust pollution caused by mining operations and dumps, mine drainage system, mine pollution prevention technologies and measures for working or abandoned mines, restoration, reclamation and rehabilitation of mining areas and other air, water and surface pollution control mechanisms required for environment friendly and sustainable mine development, technical infrastructure to curb illegal mining/transportation for preservation of environment and pollution control measures. Identification of mineral-specific pollutants and their hazard potential may be done by involving reputed educational institutes/research institutions, identification of the hazards, setting up air quality monitors and displays, and undertaking measures for the implementation of the recommendations of the research;
(iii) Health care:
(a) focus shall be on people whose health is affected due to mining, creation of primary/secondary health care facilities in the affected areas, provision of necessary staffing (doctors/paramedical/support staff), equipment and supplies required for making such facilities effective;
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(b) effort shall be to supplement and work in convergence with the existing health care infrastructure of the local bodies, State and Central Government.
The expertise available with the National Institute of Miners’ Health may also be drawn upon to design special infrastructure needed to take care of mining related illnesses and diseases, mobile healthcare units in the mining affected areas. Group insurance scheme for health care may be implemented for mining affected persons; and
(c) funds may be utilized for welfare, improvement and protection of health conditions of local mine workers affected by mining operation related health hazards, ex-gratia payment to the eligible patients/their legal heirs under the provisions of the Pneumoconiosis Policy, 2019 of the State, regular health check-up camps, awareness camps, and occupational health surveillance programmes:
Provided that projects and activities mentioned in above clause (i), (ii) and
(iii) shall be carried out either on build operate and transfer basis or on single point contractual services and no temporary or permanent post shall be created for this purpose;
(iv) Education:
construction of school/college/vocational training institute buildings, additional class rooms, laboratories, libraries, art and crafts rooms, toilet blocks, drinking water provisions, residential schools, residential hostels for students of affected areas and teachers in remote areas, sports infrastructure, engagement of teachers/other supporting staff, e-learning setup, other arrangement of transport facilities (bus/van/cycles /rickshaws etc.) and nutrition related programs.
Financial support to students of affected areas for pursuing education in government/government aided institutions of higher education;
(v) Welfare of women and children:
special programmes for addressing problems of maternal and child health, malnutrition, infectious diseases, etc.;
(vi) Welfare of aged and differently abled people:
special program and medical support for welfare of aged and differently abled people and financial assistance to the District Disability Rehabilitation Centers;
(vii) Skill development and livelihood generation:
skill development for livelihood support, income generation and economic activities for local eligible persons. The projects/ schemes may include training, training kits, development of skill development center, incubation center, selfemployment schemes, support to Self Help Groups and provision of forward and backward linkages for such self-employment economic activities, works to improve and showcase the arts and crafts of the affected people and areas, collection and processing of minor forest produce;
(viii) Sanitation:
collection, transportation and disposal of waste, cleaning of public places, provision of proper drainage and sewage treatment plant, provision for disposal of fecal sludge, provision of toilets and other related activities;
(ix) Housing:
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(x) Agriculture:
activities related to agriculture, horticulture and agro forestry. Assistance to farmers through trainings, support to Farmers Producer Organizations/collectives/cooperatives, support for setting up of food processing units, storage including cold storage, marketing facilities like market yards etc., plantation, processing of medicinal herbs; and
(xi) Animal husbandry:
promotion of livestock, poultry, piggery, fishery, feed and fodder development and supporting innovation in animal husbandry, Farmers Producer Organizations, Self Help Groups, Farmer Cooperative Organisations.
(2) Upto thirty percent of the trust fund shall be utilized under following other priority sectors:-
(i) Physical infrastructure:
providing required physical infrastructure viz. roads, bridges, railways and waterways projects;
(ii) Irrigation:
developing alternate sources of irrigation including check dams and diversion weirs, adoption of suitable and advanced irrigation techniques, assistance for micro irrigation facilities including drip irrigation, assistance for bore wells and pump energization;
(iii) Energy and watershed development:
development of alternate sources of energy (including micro-hydel, decentralized solar or other renewable sources) and rainwater harvesting system.
Development of orchards, integrated farming and agroforestry and restoration of catchments; and
(iv) any other measures for enhancing environmental quality in the mining affected district.
(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in these rules, the Government may notify any other sectors as high priority sectors and other priority sectors, from time to time.
(4) Special provisions for scheduled areas:
(i) The process to be adopted for utilization of funds in the scheduled areas shall be guided by the provisions contained in Article 244 read with Schedule-V to the Constitution relating to administration of the Scheduled Areas and Tribal Areas and the Provisions of the Panchayats (Extension to the Scheduled Areas) Act, 1996 and the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006; and
(ii) In respect of villages affected by mining situated within the scheduled areas:
(a) approval of the Gram Sabha shall be required for all plans, programs and projects to be taken up and identification of beneficiaries under these rules;
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(b) report on the works undertaken under trust in the respective village shall be furnished to the Gram Sabha after completion of every financial year.