New Delhi, Aug. 13 -- Raising concerns over illegal mining and loss of related revenue for states, a parliamentary panel has asked the Centre to write to state governments to complete field verifications of such activities.

The Indian Bureau of Mines generates alerts or preliminary triggers indicating potential illegal mining of major minerals and sends these reports to state governments for confirmation through field verifications, said the standing committee on coal, mines, and steel.

The bureau issued letters to all state governments in October 2022 to complete field verifications, and followed it up with a communication to the ministry of mines in September 2023 to advise state governments on this, the panel noted.

While the bureau...