Through the amendment in Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) (MMDR) Act, in 2015, Government of India has made provision for establishment of District Mineral Foundation in all the districts affected by mining. Accordingly, Section 9(B) of the MMDR Act provides for the establishment of DMF as a non-profit body, object of DMF, and the power of State Government to prescribe the composition and functions of District Mineral Foundation.

The object of the District Mineral Foundation is to work for the interest and benefit of persons, and areas affected by mining related operations in such manner as may be prescribed by the State Government.

The G.O. Ms. No. 57 Industries (MMD.1) Department, dated 19.05.2017 have issued orders notifying the new Rule viz “The Tamil Nadu District Mineral Foundation Rules, 2017” to establish a trust in each District of the State to collect District Mineral Foundation Fund from the lessees of Major and Minor Minerals as per the rates specified in this Rules with effect from 12.01.2015. The Said Rules have been Notified in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extra-ordinary Issue No.143 dated 19.05.2017 and subsequent amendments as per the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary Issue No.248 dated 27.07.2017.

Accordingly, Managing Committee and Governing Council of the Tiruppur District Mineral Foundation Trust was formed with District Collector as Chairperson, District Revenue Officer as Member Secretary, Assistant Director of Geology and Mining as Convener and with 8 other members has been constituted vide Proceedings of the Chairperson of Tiruppur District Mineral Foundation Trust cum District Collector Roc. No. 339 / Mines / 2016 dated 21.9.2017

Sl.No.	Name	Designation
1	Thiru.T.Christuraj, I.A.S District Collector	Chair Person
2	Thiru.Jai Bhim The District Revenue Officer, Tiruppur	Vice – Chairperson
3	Thiru.M.Prasad The Assistant Director of Geology and Mining, Tiruppur	Convener
4	Thiru.K.Subbarayan Member of LokSabha Constituency – Tiruppur	Member
5	Member of RajayaSabha in Tiruppur District	--NIL--
6	Tmt.Kayalvizhi Member of Legislative Assembly, Dharapuram	Member
7	Thiru.Saminathan Member of Legislative Assembly, Kangeyam	Member
8	Thiru.Dhanapal Member of Legislative Assembly, Avinashi	Member
9	Thiru.Vijeya Kumar Member of Legislative Assembly, Tiruppur North	Member
10	Thiru.K.Selvaraj Member of Legislative Assembly, Tiruppur South	Member
11	Thiru.Anandhan Member of Legislative Assembly, Palladam	Member
12	Thiru.Radhakrishnan Member of Legislative Assembly, Udumalaipet	Member
13	Thiru.Mahendran Member of Legislative Assembly, Madathukulam	Member
14	Tmt.Malarvizhi The Project Director, District Rural Development Agency (DRDA)	Member
15	Thiru.Jayaseelan The Personal Assistant to Collector, Panchayat Development (PAPD)	Member
16	Thiru.Nagarajan The Assistant Director (Rural Development) Tiruppur	Member
17	Tmt.Pushpadevi The District Adi-Dravidar Welfare Officer, Tiruppur	Member
18	Thiru.Senthilkumar The District Environment Engineer, Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board (TNPCB)	Member
19	Thiru.Devendrakumara meena The District Forest Officer, Tiruppur	Member
20	The Chief Engineer, Public Works Department, C & M, Trichy	Member
21	Thiru.Jayakumar The Assistant Director of Survey and Land Records, Tiruppur	Member
22	Thiru.Murugesan The District Treasury Officer, Tiruppur	Member
23	Tmt.Ranjithadevi The District Social Welfare Officer, Tiruppur	Member
24	Thiru.Muralishankar The Deputy Director (Health), Tiruppur	Member
25	Thiru.Mariappan The Joint Director (Agri), Agriculture Department, Tiruppur	Ex-Officio Member
26	Thiru.Rameshkanna The Divisional Engineer, Highways Department, Tiruppur	Ex-Officio Member

Sl.No.	Name	Designation
1)	Thiru.T.Christuraj.,I.A.S. District Collector, Tiruppur.	Chairperson
2)	Thiru.Jai Bhim. District Revenue Officer, Tiruppur.	Member Secretary
3)	Thiru.M.Prasad The Assistant Director of Geology and Mining, Tiruppur	Convener
4)	Tmt.Malarvizhi Project Director, District Rural Development Agency (DRDA),Tiruppur.	Member
5)	Thiru.Muralishankar Deputy Director (Health), Tiruppur	Member
6)	Thiru.Murugesan District Treasury Officer,Tiruppur.	Member
7)	Tmt.Ranjithadevi District Social Welfare Officer,Tiruppur.	Member
8)	Thiru.Nagarajan Assistant Director (Panchayat),Tiruppur	Member
9)	Thiru. K. Balasubramanian, S/o. KandasamyGounder, 269A3, SambakkattuThottam, 63, Velampalayam Village, Mangalam (via), PalladamTaluk, Tiruppur District	Non Governmental Organization Member
10)	Thiru. R. Ramakrishnan, S/o. Ramasamy, 4/563, Karanampettai, PalladamTaluk, Tiruppur District.	Non Governmental Organization Member