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LOK SABHA

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List of Questions for ORAL ANSWERS

Monday, December 18, 2017/Agrahayana 27, 1939 (Saka)

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(Ministries of Commerce and Industry; Culture; Human ResourceDevelopment; Labour and Employment; Micro, Small and Medium

Enterprises; Petroleum and Natural Gas; Skill Development andEntrepreneurship; Steel; Tourism; Tribal Affairs)

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Total Number of Questions — 20

Rankings of Indian Institutions

*21. SHRI A.P. JITHENDERREDDY:

DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA:

Will the Minister of HUMANRESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

ekuo lalk/ku fodkl ea=h

be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is true that none of theIndian Universities rank amongst theWorld’s top 500 universities and if so, thedetails thereof and the reasons therefor;

(b) whether the Government is awareof the declining position of Indianinstitutions in the Times World HigherEducation Universities Rankings, 2016-17and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has dwelledupon this declining position and tried tofind the cause behind such decline andif so, the details of the findings;

(d) whether the Government has takenany steps to improve the ranking/standardof Indian institutions and to bring them atpar with world universities; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and if not,the reasons therefor?

Slowdown in Employment Growth

†*22. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will the Minister of LABOUR ANDEMPLOYMENT

Je vkSj jkstxkj ea=h


(a) whether the signs of slowdown inthe growth of employment have becomevisible in the State of Maharashtra;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of employment growthregistered in the State of Maharashtra during

†Original notice of the question received in Hindi.

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the last two years and the current year; and

(d) the details of corrective measurestaken by the Government in this regard andthe achievement therefrom, sector -wise?

Curbing of Child Labour

†*23. SHRI BHAIRON PRASADMISHRA:




(a) whether the new initiativesundertaken by the Government have beensuccessful in curbing the Child Labour;

(b) if so, the comparative data for thelast three years; and

(c) the time by which child labour islikely to be eliminated completely?

Transfer of ESI Medical Colleges

*24. SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN:




(a) whether the Government proposesto take over the ESI Medical Collegestransferred to State Governments and ifso, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government has takena decision on the basis of the judgment ofDelhi High Court in the matter and if so,the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government hascommunicated the decision to the StatesGovernments;

(d) if so, the details thereof along withthe further course of action likely to betaken by the Government in this regard;and

(e) whether the Government proposesto file appeal against the judgment of theDelhi High Court with respect to the ESIMedical Colleges and if so, the detailsthereof along with the action taken thereon?

Setting up of Industrial TrainingInstitutes

†*25. SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH

SHINDE:

Will the Minister of SKILLDEVELOPMENT ANDENTREPRENEURSHIP

dkS'ky fodkl vkSj m|ferk ea=h


(a) the details of the Industrial TrainingInstitutes (ITIs) functioning in the countryat present along with the skill trades beingtaught in these institutes, State/UT-wiseincluding Maharashtra;

(b) the total estimated number ofstudents getting training in these institutesand the existing vacancies in variouscategories along with the plan to fill upthese vacancies, State/UT-wise;

(c) whether the Government proposesto set up new ITIs in the country and if so,the details thereof, State/phase-wise;

(d) whether the Ministry has preparedany fresh plan to upgrade ITIs in thecountry and if so, the details thereofincluding integration of ITIs with skilldevelopment programmes; and

(e) the details of the amount spent onimprovement of ITIs in the country duringeach of the last three years, State-wise?


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Allotment of Petrol Pumps/LPGAgencies/CNG Pumps

†*26. SHRI RATTAN LALKATARIA:

Will the Minister of PETROLEUMAND NATURAL GAS

isVªksfy;e vkSj izkd`frd xSl ea=h


(a) the number of petrol pumps/LPGagencies/CNG pumps allocated to variouscategories of people including SCs/STs bythe Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs)during the last three years, OMC/State/UT/Category-wise separately;

(b) the number of allotted petrol pumps/LPG agencies/CNG pumps where theLetter of Intent has not been issued to thepeople belonging to SCs/STs, OMC-wiseand State/UT-wise; and

(c) the details of the facilities providedto the SC/ST beneficiaries?

Developmental Activities undertakenby Coffee and Tea Boards

*27. SHRI B.S. YEDIYURAPPA:

Will the Minister of COMMERCEAND INDUSTRY

okf.kT; vkSj m|ksx ea=h


(a) the details of the developmentalactivities undertaken by the Coffee Boardand the Tea Board during the last three yearsand the impact thereof on enhancingproductivity as well as improving thequality of tea and coffee in the country;

(b) the details of the steps taken bythese Boards for improving their positionin the world as well as in the domesticmarket;

(c) whether these Boards have been ableto discharge their basic regulatory roleeffectively; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not,the reasons therefor along with thecorrective measures taken by theGovernment in this regard?

Impact of GST on MSMEs

†*28. SHRI GANESH SINGH:SHRI ANANDRAO

ADSUL:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALLAND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

lw{e] y?kq vkSj e/;e m|e ea=h


(a) whether the Micro, Small andMedium Enterprises (MSMEs) arereportedly facing difficulties due to variousreasons after implementation of the Goodsand Services Tax (GST) and if so, the detailsthereof, State-wise;

(b) whether the Small and MediumEntrepreneurs have raised concern over theimpact of the GST on MSMEs and if so,the details thereof; and

(c) the corrective steps taken/proposedto be taken by the Government in this regardto boost the growth of MSMEs in thecountry?

New Industrial Units in MSMESector

†*29. SHRI RAM KUMARSHARMA :


lw{e] y?kq vkSj e/;e m|e ea=h

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(a) whether several new industrial unitshave been set up in the Micro, Small andMedium Enterprises (MSMEs) sector inthe country from March, 2015 to March,2017;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;

(c) whether the said units have beenprovided with necessary capital investmentand funds for their operations as per theirdemand; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not,the reasons therefor along with the gap indemand and supply for capital investmentand funds for the purpose during the saidperiod, year-wise?

Promotion of Medical Tourism

†*30. SHRI KUNWARPUSHPENDRA SINGHCHANDEL:

SHRI RAJIV PRATAPRUDY:

Will the Minister of TOURISM

i;ZVu ea=h


(a) whether India is emerging as apopular destination for medical tourism andif so, the details thereof;

(b) whether medical tourism in thecountry is projected to be a $9 billionopportunity by 2020 and if so, the detailsthereof along with the current achievementof medical tourism;

(c) whether the Government proposesto bring out a new policy to promote Indiaas a key destination for medical tourismand if so, the details thereof along with thesteps taken by the Government to ease thetravel processes and promote medicaltourism;

(d) whether the Government isconsidering to integrate AYUSH streamstherein and set up medical facilitationcentres/medical hubs to cater to the medicaltourists and if so, the details thereof alongwith the names of the cities where thesecentres/medical hubs are likely to be setup, State/UT-wise; and

(e) the details of the number of foreigntourists who visited the country for health/medical tourism along with the revenue andemployment generated therefrom duringeach of the last three years and the currentyear?

Working-Age Population

*31. DR. BHAGIRATH PRASAD:




(a) the details and ratio of working-agepopulation to non-working age populationof India in comparison to China, Korea,and Brazil at present;

(b) whether the Government proposesto improve the ratio of working-agepopulation in the country by 2030; and

(c) if so, the details thereof along withthe steps taken/being taken by theGovernment to improve the quality ofhuman resource for increasing productivityin the country?

Turning Educational Institutions intoUniversities

*32. ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR:



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(a) whether the University GrantsCommission (UGC) has asked 12standalone educational institutes to turninto universities;


(c) whether the Government has anyproposal to disallow the institutions whichdo not comply with the said direction fromoffering diplomas and certificate course; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

Claims on Forest Land Titles

*33. SHRI RABINDRA KUMARJENA:

SHRI VIJAY KUMARHANSDAK:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS

tutkrh; dk;Z ea=h


(a) the details of the community claimsfor land titles filed under the Forest RightsAct, 2006 and the number of titles grantedtill date, State-wise along with the annualrate of rejection of community claims onforest land titles during the last threeyears;

(b) whether the Ministry regularlyconducts any awareness programmes ordrives to make tribals aware of theircustomary rights over forest land and if so,the details thereof;

(c) whether land notified as CommunityForest Resources and/or issued titles ofIndividual Forest Rights for tribals can beused for the purpose of CompensatoryAfforestation and if so, the detailsthereof;

(d) whether the Government has takencognisance of the fact that tribal land isincreasingly being notified as non-forestland for the purpose of CompulsoryAfforestation in the country, especially indistricts like Keonjhar in Odisha and if so,the details thereof; and

(e) whether the said Act has not beenimplemented effectively by some of theStates and if so, the reaction of theGovernment thereto along with the stepstaken by the Government in this regardand the achievements made as a resultthereof?

Removal of Scrap from Bokaro SteelPlant

†*34. DR. RAVINDRA KUMARRAY:

Will the Minister of STEEL

bLikr ea=h


(a) whether the process of removal ofscrap from Bokaro Steel Plant has not beenstarted even after a lapse of one yearrendering about 500 workers asunemployed;

(b) if so, the details thereof and thereasons therefor;

(c) whether the Government has fixedthe accountability of officers of the SteelAuthority of India Limited in this regard,if so, the details thereof and if not, thereasons therefor;

(d) whether the Government proposesto cancel the contract of the companywhich had not started the said work and toaward it to other company; and



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Encroachment of historical Sites/Monuments

*35. SHRIMATI MEENAKASHILEKHI:

SHRI RAM MOHANNAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of CULTURE

laLd`fr ea=h


(a) the number of historical sites/monuments protected by theArchaeological Survey of India in thecountry, including in Delhi region andAndhra Pradesh;

(b) the number of such sites/monumentsencroached upon;

(c) whether the Government is planningto adopt strict measures to preventencroachment of these sites/monuments;and

(d) if so, the details thereof along withthe action taken by the Government toaddress the issue?

Vacant Posts in Higher EducationSector

*36. SHRIMATI RAKSHATAIKHADSE:




(a) whether many top management andsensitive posts in the field of HigherEducation like University GrantsCommission are lying vacant;

(b) if so, the details of such posts;

(c) the time from which these postshave been lying vacant, Post-wise;

(d) whether the charges have been givenfor such posts and if so, the details thereofincluding the duration of such charge foreach post; and

(e) the steps taken by the Governmentin this regard?

Audit of Central Universities

*37. SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:SHRI B. SRIRAMULU:




(a) whether the Government hasreceived complaints of corruption inappointments by Vice-Chancellor of BabaSaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar University,(BBAU), Lucknow and if so, the detailsthereof along with the action taken by theGovernment in this regard;

(b) whether the Government hasdirected the University Grants Commissionto conduct audit of 10 central universitiesincluding BBAU, Lucknow followingcomplaints about their functioning andif so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the museum in BBAU hasbeen completed and if so, the details thereofalong with the sanction of budget andexpenditure; and

(d) whether the Government has alsoreceived complaints regarding atrocities onSC/ST employees of BBAU and if so, thedetails thereof including the reaction of theGovernment thereto?

Budget Allocation for ScheduledTribes

*38. SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS

tutkrh; dk;Z ea=h

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(a) whether the Government has madeany budget allocation for the development

/ upliftment of the Scheduled Tribes inaccordance with the percentage of populationand if so, the details thereof; and

(b) the details of the percentage ofScheduled Tribes population and thebudget allocation for the last three yearsfor their development/upliftment?

Import Price of Areca Nuts

*39. ADV. NARENDRAKESHAV SAWAIKAR:


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(a) whether the Government hasrecently enhanced the base import price ofAreca nuts;


(c) whether the said increase in importprice of Areca nuts has not given the desired

benefits to the Areca nut farmers; and

(d) if so, the reasons therefor along withthe measures being contemplated by theGovernment to help the Areca nut growers?

Strengthening of CNG Network

*40. SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:


isVªksfy;e vkSj izkd̀frd xSl ea=h


(a) whether the Government proposesto reduce oil demand by promoting/strengthening CNG services and if so, thedetails thereof;

(b) the details of existing CNG networkin the country and the areas covered thereinat present, State/UT-wise;

(c) the time by which the entire countryis likely to be covered with the economicfuel services; and

(d) the details of the proposal to meetthe future demand of natural gas which isexpected to reach 600 MMSCMD by2021-22 against the present demand of 475MMSCMD?

NEW DELHI; SNEHLATA SHRIVASTAVA

December 12, 2017 Secretary General

Agrahayana 21, 1939 (Saka)

INDEX(Ministry-wise)

Commerce and Industry : 27, 39

Culture : 35

Human Resource Development : 21, 32, 36, 37

Labour and Employment : 22, 23, 24, 31

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises : 28, 29

Petroleum and Natural Gas : 26, 40

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship : 25

Steel : 34

Tourism : 30

Tribal Affairs : 33, 38.

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Growth of Core Sectors

231. SHRI ARKA KESHARIDEO:


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(a) whether the growth of core sectorshave shown an increase during the last threequarters of the current fiscal year;

(b) if so, the percentage of growthduring the said period; and

(c) the steps taken/proposed to betaken by the Government to keep thisgrowth rate in upward scale?

Tobacco Control Programme

232. SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:


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(a) as per the guidelines of NationalTobacco Control programme the numberof schools which have conducted activitiesin past two years;

(b) the number of students, teachers ,parents and guardians who have attendedthese activities, school-wise for all theStates; and

(c) if not, the reasons for the sameand the steps taken by the Government inthis regard?

Central Universities

233. DR. ANUPAM HAZRA:




(a) whether the Ministry hasauthority to interfere with reportedviolations of laws and regulations by theVice-Chancellor and Registrars of differentCentral Universities like Visva-BharatiUniversity etc. in the country; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

Ashram Schools for ST Students

234. KUMARI SHOBHAKARANDLAJE:

SHRIMATI KAMLADEVI PAATLE:

Will the Minister of TRIBALAFFAIRS

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(a) whether the Scheme of “Setting

up of Ashram Schools in Tribal Sub-Plan

(TSP) Areas” is demand-driven and

implemented through the State

Governments/UTs and if so, the details

thereof;

(b) whether the Government has

opened/proposed to open Ashram Schools

for students belonging to Scheduled Tribes

(STs) in the country and if so, the details

thereof, State/UT-wise;

(c) the current number of Ashram

Schools opened for ST boys and girls

by various State Governments as

on date, State/UT-wise including

Chhattisgarh;

(d) the details of the funds allocated

for Ashram Schools during the last

three years and current year

and performance of the Scheme during the

said period; and

(e) whether the various State

Governments have submitted proposals

for setting up new Ashram Schools and to

build buildings for such schools and if so,

the details thereof, State/UT-wise and

the time by when funds are likely to be

released for the construction of

such buildings?

Under-Employment

235. SHRIMATIKOTHAPALLIGEETHA:

SHRI J.C. DIVAKARREDDY:


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(a) whether NITI Aayog has pointedtowards severe under-employmentsituation in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the corrective steps taken/beingtaken by the Government so far in thisregard and extent of success achievedtherefrom?

Guidelines to Access Genuineness ofArtefacts

236. SHRI CHANDRAPRAKASH JOSHI:


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(a) whether there is any method orguideline to assess genuineness of preciousartefacts stored in museums across thecountry;

(b) if so, the details thereof and if not,the reasons therefor;

(c) the steps taken by Government inlast three years to have uniform guidelinesto preserve and secure the artefacts inmuseums; and

LOK SABHA______

List of Questions for WRITTEN ANSWERSMonday, December 18, 2017/Agrahayana 27, 1939 (Saka)

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(Ministries of Commerce and Industry; Culture; Human Resource Development;Labour and Employment; Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; Petroleum

and Natural Gas; Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; Steel;Tourism; Tribal Affairs)

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Total Number of Questions — 230

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(d) the further steps taken byGovernment to check siphoning of valuableartefacts from central museums to theinternational markets?

Teachers Training

237. SHRI V. ELUMALAI:




(a) whether the Government hasapproved the proposal to extendthe deadline for teachers training till2019;

(b) whether many State Governmentshave demanded for the extension of teacherstraining;

(c) whether a large number of teachersat the elementary level are still untrained inthe country; and


Education Status of ScheduledTribes

238. DR. MANOJ RAJORIA:




(a) the details of the steps taken bythe Government to improve the educationalstatus of Scheduled Tribes;

(b) the details of the funds allocatedand expenditure incurred on the educationof Scheduled Tribes during the last threeyears; and

accounts which are inoperative for a longperiod; and


Skill Development Schemes

†241. SHRI LAXMI NARAYANYADAV:

SHRI KUNDARIYAMOHAN BHAIKALYANJI BHAI:


ÛúÖî¿Ö»Ö ×¾ÖÛúÖÃÖ †Öî¸ü ˆª×´ÖŸÖÖ ´ÖÓ¡Ößbe pleased to state:

(a) the details of the schemes beingimplemented by the Government in thecountry for skill development amongst theyouth;

(b) the amount of funds allocated andutilized for each of the above said schemesduring the last one year;

(c) the total number of peopleprovided training, State-wise includingSagar district of Madhya Pradesh along withthe place-wise details of the traininginstitutes being run at present under thesaid schemes; and

(d) the details of people trained underthe Rural Self Employment TrainingInstitutes (RSETIs) programme during thelast two years and the current year and thecredit linkage/financial assistance, if any,provided during the said period, State-wise?

MSME Backward Districts

†242. SHRI LAKHAN LALSAHU:


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(c) out of the total funds, the share offunds which have been earmarked forimproving the educational status of tribalwomen?

Regulatory Framework for Explosives

239. SHRIMATI POONAMMAHAJAN:




(a) the details regarding the existingregulatory framework that broadly governsthe manufacture, possession, use, sale,transport, import and export of explosivesin India; and

(b) whether the Government isplanning to evolve guidelines with respectto encouraging model rocketry industryand if so, the details thereof?

Inoperative Accounts

240. SHRI K.PARASURAMAN:




(a) the details about the total numberof EPF unclaimed accounts cleared by theGovernment during the last three years,State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government providesinterest to the inoperative account andif so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Governmentproposes to divert the corpus of EPF


(a) whether the Government hasidentified small scale industrially backwarddistricts of various States including MadhyaPradesh and Chhattisgarh and if so, thedetails thereof;

(b) whether the Government has anyproposal to promote Micro, Small andMedium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the saiddistricts, particularly in scheduled caste/scheduled tribe dominated areas and if so,the details thereof; and

(c) the targets set and fund sanctionedfor the said purpose for the next three years?

Development of Buddhist Circuit

243. SHRI DEVUSINHCHAUHAN:


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(a) whether proposals have beenreceived by the Government from variousStates including Gujarat under the SwadeshDarshan Scheme for development ofInternational Buddhist Circuit covering thevarious places in those States;

(b) if so, the details thereof along withthe present status of the proposals;

(c) whether any such project is beingconsidered as a special project underSwadesh Darshan Scheme and its planningand implementation is being supplementedby accessing funds from variousinternational Multilateral Agencies andif so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether the Government hasidentified an international funding agencyfor financing the project and if so, thedetails thereof?

† Original notice of the question received in Hindi.

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Life Expectancy of Tribals

244. SHRI OM BIRLA:




(a) whether the Government hascarried out any survey or published anyreport regarding the life expectancy of theTribal population across various States inIndia and if so, the summary and the keyfindings thereof, State/UT-wise; and

(b) whether the Government has takenany initiative for the betterment of healthconditions, especially of tribal women andchildren and to increase the life expectancyof the tribals and if so, the details thereofand if not, the reasons therefor?

Functioning of AICTE

†245. SHRI ASHOKMAHADEORAONETE:




(a) whether the Government is takingany concrete measures to improve thefunctioning of All India Council forTechnical Education (AICTE) in view ofthe alleged deteriorating standard ofVocational (Technical) Education in PrivateSector;


(c) whether the Government proposesto take any measures to develop atransparent mechanism in AICTE forrecognising and monitoring the privateinstitutes; and


(a) the details of mandate given bythe Andhra Pradesh (AP) ReorganisationAct, 2014, to the Ministry, section-wise;

(b) the steps taken by the Governmentduring last three years to fulfill the abovemandate, section-wise;

(c) the details and status of each ofthe institution set up by the Ministry,funds allocated, sanctioned, released, spent,appointment of teaching and non-teachingstaff in this regard;

(d) the reasons for not establishingpermanent campuses for many institutionsin spite of getting land and other thingsfrom the State Government of AndhraPradesh; and

(e) the reasons for delay inestablishing Central University and TribalUniversity?

UN report on Indigenous People

248. SHRI TEJ PRATAPSINGH YADAV:




(a) whether the Government has takennote that the indigenous tribes in Indiasuffer disproportionately high levels ofpoverty, illiteracy, poor health and humanrights abuse, according to United NationsState of World’s Indigenous PeoplesReport and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether large dams and otherinfrastructural projects have displacedthese indigenous tribes withoutadequate compensations and if so, thedetails thereof;


Trade Infrastructure for ExportScheme

246. SHRIMATI KIRRONKHER:




(a) the number of projects approvedunder the Trade Infrastructure for ExportScheme (TIES), State-wise along with thedetails of grant-in-aid sanctioned to themunder the scheme;

(b) the details of total increase inexports since implementation of TIES,State-wise along with the overview of theprojects sanctioned under the scheme;

(c) the manner in which TIES hasbridged infrastructural gaps in exports sofar along with the details and the numberof projects approved under TIES whichhave had funding from other sources suchas bank financing;

(d) the details of major problems facedin implementation of the scheme along withthe measures taken by the Government inthis regard; and

(e) whether the Government has anyplan on easing the 20 crore per project capto promote infrastructure building in certainexport sectors and if so, the details thereof?

Central University in AP

247. SHRI Y.V. SUBBAREDDY:



(c) whether arbitrary actions havebeen taken against these people as a resultof their mobilisation to defend their rightsagainst Government and if so, the detailsthereof;

(d) whether there is need foracceptance of their collective rights; and

(e) steps taken by the Government inthis regard?

Fee Structure in Private Schools

†249. SHRI ALOK SANJAR:


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(a) whether various private schoolslocated in different States of the countryhave different fee structure and if so, thedetails thereof;

(b) whether the Government proposesto constitute any committee to regulate thesame;

(c) whether the Union and StateGovernments are not able to increase theirparticipation in school education inaccordance with the increase in populationof the country and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government has takennote of the requirement of opening newGovernment schools in order to promoteschool education; and

(e) if so, reaction of the Governmentthereto?

Publication of Text Books

250. SHRIMATI VANAROJAR.:



† Original notice of the question received in Hindi. † Original notice of the question received in Hindi.

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(a) whether from next year onwardsthe National Council of EducationalResearch and Training (NCERT) will bethe only agency to publish school textbooks;


(c) whether the Central Board ofSecondary Education is expected toconcentrate only on its mandate forexamination and affiliation of schools; and


Memorial on all FormerPrime Ministers

251. SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:




(a) whether the Government proposesto make / convert Nehru Museum Memorialand Library into a monument for all formerPrime Ministers; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and thereasons therefor?

Social Security Law

252. DR. P. VENUGOPAL:




(a) whether the Government intendsto implement its proposed social securitylaw in a phased manner, exempting smallfactories employing upto 10 workers fromits ambit initially and if so, the detailsthereof;


(a) whether the Government proposesthe introduction of ‘pick them young asper skill’ concept through a more practicalnew education policy;

(b) if so, the details thereof and if not,the reasons therefor; and

(c) whether the Government alsoproposes for introduction of compulsoryexposure of young school/college levelstudents to basic defence/policy trainingand if so, the details thereof and if not, thereasons therefor?

Heavy School Bags

255. SHRI M. RAJA MOHANREDDY:




(a) whether the Government has takenany steps in consultation with StateGovernments to lessen the burden of schoolbags of young students; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and if not,the reasons therefor?

Teachers’ Absenteeism

256. SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI:




(a) the ratio of teacher absenteeism inGovernment schools in rural districts inthe country, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether factories employing lessthan 10 workers can also be brought underthe framework of the proposed socialsecurity law after two years and if so, thedetails thereof;

(c) whether it is the first time that theGovernment had proposed a law forproviding universal social security toworkers which have been one of the keydemands of the central trade unions; and


Setting up of Universities

253. SHRI BADRUDDINAJMAL:




(a) whether the Government hasreceived proposals/demands regardingsetting up of new National Universities orupgradation of existing universities intonational universities from various Statesof the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof,State-wise including Assam;

(c) the number of national universitiesproposed, to be established in the countryin the current year and next year, State-wise; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not,the reasons therefor?

New Education Policy

254. SHRIMATI DARSHANAVIKRAM JARDOSH:



(b) the number of teachers, bothpermanent and contractual employed in theGovernment schools in rural districts ofIndia;

(c) the reasons identified by theGovernment for high rates of teacherabsenteeism in rural areas;

(d) whether the Government is takingany measures to incentivise teachers postedin Government schools in rural areas and toremedy the reasons stated above; and

(e) if so, details thereof and if not, thereasons therefor?

Textbook Purchase Policy

257. SHRI NINONG ERING:




(a) whether the Government has a

textbooks purchase policy by the school

students and if so, the details thereof,

if not, the reasons therefor;

(b) the steps taken by the Government

for the safeguard of students against the

reported school-private textbook

companies nexus;

(c) whether the Government has made

it mandatory for the schools affiliated by

the Central Government to leave purchasing

of the textbooks to the discretion of the

students; and

(d) whether the Government has

made it mandatory for the schools

to prescribe only NCERT textbooks to

students?

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Perspective Plan for EngineeringCourses

258. DR. K. GOPAL:




(a) whether All India Council for

Technical Education (AICTE) has asked the

States to submit a ten year perspective plan

for engineering courses;


(c) whether there is an increasing

number of vacant seats in engineering

colleges across the country; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and the

steps proposed to be taken up by the

Government in this regard?

Polytechnics under SkillDevelopment

259. SHRI NISHIKANTDUBEY:


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(a) the number of polytechnics set upin the country under the Skill Development

Mission, State-wise and district-wise,

including Jharkhand; and

(b) whether Government propose to

have collaboration with global education

providers to improve the quality, if so, the

details thereof?

List of Institutions withapproval AICTE

262. SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU:




(a) whether All India Council ofTechnical Education (AICTE) sendsperiodically the list of institutionsrunning courses without its approval toState Government for taking action;


(c) whether AICTE receives anycompliance report from them; and

(d) if not, the follow-up action takenin this regard?

Expenditure Incurred by OilCompanies

†263. SHRI SADASHIVLOKHANDE:


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(a) the details of expenditure incurredby each public sector Oil company onadvertisements during each of the last threeyears and the current year till date;

(b) whether the Government hasissued or proposes to issue any guidelinesto all public sector oil companies regardingthe advertisements of their companies;

(c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) the norms laid down by the publicsector Oil companies to select print andelectronic media for publicity?

Anti-dumping Duty on ChineseProducts

260. SHRI M.I. SHANAVAS:




(a) the details of products importedfrom China on which anti-dumping dutyis in force;

(b) Whether there has been a surge insuch products imported from China in thelast four quarters of the financial year andif so, the details thereof;

(c) whether such items include fooditems and consumer goods; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along withthe details of initiatives taken by theGovernment to prevent dumping,specifically from China?

Foreign Trips by Officials

261. SHRI RAM CHARITRANISHAD:




(a) whether the Government has askedits public sector companies to give detailsof perks, foreign trips performed by theirofficials;


(c) whether the Government hasreceived response from these public sectorcompanies; and


Gas Contracts with Australia

264. DR. BOORA NARSAIAHGOUD:

SHRI SANJAYHARIBHAU

JADHAV:




(a)whether the Government hassuccessfully re-negotiated withExxonMobil of Australia for supply of gas;

(b) if so, details thereof along with thesalient features of the said deal and theextent to which our country is going to gainthrough the said renegotiation;

(c) whether GAIL has also re-negotiatedwith Cheniere Energy to get 3.5 million tonnesof LNG annually and 2.3 tonnes fromDominion Energy and if so, the details thereof;and

(d) whether the Government/GAILproposes to renegotiate with United Statesof America firms or likely to cancel LNGcontracts and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) whether India and Australia haveformed/proposes to form panel and signeda Memorandum of Understanding onsupply of cheap LNG for power plants inthe country and if so, the details thereof;

Internet Access Facilitation

265. SHRI PARVESH SAHIBSINGH:





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(a) whether career counselling asenvisaged under the National Career ServiceProject is available to those who do nothave access to online facilities, if so, thedetails thereof;

(b) whether those who are financiallyincapable of regular access to onlinefacilities can avail information on careeropportunities via convenient means, if so,the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government is awarethat there are job applicants who do nothave regular access to internet and worldwide web in order to check job opportunitiesand if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government hasplanned any measures to facilitate internetaccess to those who cannot afford it; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

Inclusion of Chennai inUNESCO List

266. SHRI C. MAHENDRAN:




(a) whether Chennai was recentlyincluded in United Nations Educational,Scientific and Cultural Organization(UNESCO) creative cities network forcontribution in Music;


(c) whether this will fosterinternational cooperation with and betweencities committed to investing in creativityas a driver for sustainable urbandevelopment, social inclusion and culturalvibrancy and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether the Government has anyspecial arrangements to utilize this




(a) Whether the Government had anyplan to set up new industries in the countryincluding Uttar Pradesh and AndhraPradesh during the last year and the currentyear; and

(b) if so, the details thereof along withamount of funds allocated for the purposeindustry and State-wise?

Name Change of Universities

269. DR. C.GOPALAKRISHNAN:




(a) whether the Government has anyproposal to change the names of AligarhMuslim University (AMU) and BanarasHindu University (BHU);

(b) if so, the details thereof and thereasons therefor; and

(c) the time by when it is likely to beimplemented?

Supply of Gas to Power Plants

270. SHRI KUNDARIYAMOHAN BHAIKALYANJI BHAI:

SHRI MANSUKHBHAIDHANJIBHAI VASAVA:



international recognition and if so, thedetails thereof?

Import of Oil and Petroleum Products

267. SHRIMATI V. SATHYABAMA:

SHRI BHARATHIMOHAN R.K.:

SHRI PR. SENTHILNATHAN:




(a) whether the Governmentproposes to develop integrated petroleumand oil and gas zones in the country and ifso, the details thereof along with numberof such zones created during the last threeyears and the current year;

(b) whether the Government haschalked out any comprehensive strategyto make India self-reliant in the oil, gas andpetroleum sector and to reduce import ofoil and other petroleum products and if so,the details thereof; and

(c) the quantum of petroleumproducts and crude oil imported and totalexpenditure incurred thereon in terms ofrupee and dollar during the last three yearsand the current year, product/country-wiseincluding United States of America andMiddle East Countries?

Setting up of New Industries

†268. DR. SWAMI SAKSHIJIMAHARAJ:

DR. P.K. BIJU:DR. NARAMALLI SIVA

PRASAD:


(a) whether gas based power industrieshave been badly affected and several plantsare lying idle/closed and production andprofitability of the companies adverselyimpacted due to non-availability of gassupply and if so, the details thereof and thereaction of the Government thereto alongwith the steps taken/being taken in thisregard;

(b) whether various StateGovernments including Gujarat haverequested the Government to either allocateAdministered Price Mechanism gas orprovide an incentive or allow such gas basedcapacity to run on gas available in the marketand its generation be purchased by CentralPublic Sector Undertakings and if so, thedetails thereof along with response of theGovernment thereto; and

(c) whether power plants of Gujaratare being supplied gas by Indraprastha GasLimited (IGL) and if so, the details thereof,along with the quantum of gas suppliedduring the last three years and the currentyear, plant-wise; and

(d) whether the gas is reportedly beingshort supplied by the IGL and if so, thedetails thereof along with action taken bythe Government in this regard?

Social Security Schemes

271. SHRI K. ASHOKKUMAR:




(a) whether the Government proposesto cover 40 crore workers from unorganizedsector under social security schemes such


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as Employees’ State Insurance andEmployees’ Provident Fund and if so, thedetails thereof;

(b) whether the Government proposesto implement reforms and new ways andmeans for employment generation and ifso, the details thereof;

(c) whether India is the only countrywhich has launched Shram Suvidha Portalfor effective compliance and ease of doingbusiness; and


New Degree Colleges

272. SHRI DILIP PATEL:




(a) whether the Government hasframed any policy for opening of newdegree colleges in the country and if so, thedetails thereof;

(b) whether the Government proposesto open new degree colleges in the countryincluding Gujarat; and

(c) if so, the details thereof,State/UT-wise?

Shortage of Manpower

273. PROF. SADHU SINGH:




(a) whether there is shortage of skilled/unskilled manpower in the country;

traffic to the country from the present 14.4million to 40 million in the next five years;


(c) whether the Government proposesto include more countries in visa on arrivalscheme;

(d) if so, the details thereof and theexpected ratio of employment and revenueto be generated by this move; and

(e) the follow up actions taken by theGovernment in this regard?

Funds for Education

†276. SHRIMATI NEELAMSONKER:




(a) the details of funds allocated andspent on education during the last threeyears and the current year along with thepercentage of Gross Domestic Product(GDP) spent on education during the saidperiod;

(b) the State-wise details of theamount of funds allocated for educationunder various schemes to States/UTsincluding Uttar Pradesh;

(c) whether the Government has theintent to increase the fund allocation as perinternational standards in order to improvethe standard of education and if so, thedetails thereof and if not, the reasonstherefor;

(d) whether the standard of educationin Government Institutions is deterioratingdue to paucity of funds and privateeducational institutions are flourishing;and

(b) if so, the details thereof andresponse of the Government thereto;

(c) whether this shortage hasadversely affected the progress of majorinfrastructure projects in the country;

(d) if so, the details thereof along withthe projects reportedly affected as a resultthereof during each of the last three yearsand the current year; and

(e) the corrective measures taken bythe Government in this regard?

Movie on Bal Gangadhar Tilak

274. DR. UDIT RAJ:




(a) whether the Government hadsanctioned funds for production of a moviebased on Bal Gangadhar Tilak in 2005;

(b) if so, the status of production ofsuch movie;

(c) whether files and documentsrelated to such sanction of funds arereportedly missing; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along withthe status of the movie and the utilizationof the sanctioned funds?

Inclusion of more Countries in Visaon Arrival Scheme

275. SHRI DUSHYANTCHAUTALA:




(a) whether the Governmentproposes to boost annual foreign tourist

(e) if so, the policy formulated by theGovernment to improve the standard ofGovernment Educational Institutions?

Regional Branch of National Schoolof Drama

277. DR. A. SAMPATH:




(a) whether the GOI has any proposalto open regional branches of National Schoolof Drama (NSD) to tap the regional talents;

(b) if so, the time by which suchregional centres of NSD are proposed to beset up; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

Setting up of Regional Petroleum Hub

278. SHRI SANJAYHARIBHAU JADHAV:

SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:




(a) whether the Government proposesto extend support to Mauritius to meet itsenergy requirement and help in developingnecessary infrastructure for becoming aregional petroleum hub and if so, the detailsthereof;

(b) whether the said issue wasdiscussed at the meeting with the MauritiusPrime Minister during his visit to India andif so, the details thereof; and

(c) whether Petronet LNG proposesto send a team for working out future course


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of action with authority and stakeholdersin Mauritius and if so, the details thereof?

Development of Madurai underPRASAD Scheme

279. SHRI R.GOPALAKRISHNAN:




(a) whether the Government has

identified and selected/proposes to select

Madurai for development as one of the

important religious site/city under

PRASAD Scheme; and

(b) if so, the details thereof along with

the steps taken/being taken in this regard

and if not, the reasons therefor?

Amendment in EPF Scheme

280. SHRI A.ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:




(a) whether the Government isconsidering to amend EmployeesProvident Fund Scheme, 1952 with themain aim of bringing back small privateprovident fund trusts within the foldof EPFO; and


Onion Export

281. DR. GOKARAJUGANGA RAJU:

Sponsoring of Events through NGOs

283. ADV. CHINTAMANNAVASHA WANAGA:




(a) whether the Ministry hassponsored or sponsoring some eventsthrough Non-Governmental Organisations(NGOs);

(b) if so, the details thereof along withthe details of the said NGOs including itsChairman; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

Stipend to North East and Hilly AreasStudents

284. SHRI SISIR KUMARADHIKARI:




(a) whether the Government paysstipend to the students of North-East andhilly areas of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and faculty-wise during the last threeyears and the current year;

(c) whether the Government is awarethat few stipends including those by theUniversity Grants Commission (UGC)have been stopped by the Government inthe middle of the education period therein;and

(d) if so, the reasons therefor and thecorrective steps taken by the Governmentin this regard?




(a) whether onion exports havedeclined in the current fiscal and if so, thedetails thereof indicating the percentage ofdecline;

(b) whether it is true that on the onehand the end users/consumers arepurchasing onions at exorbitant price andon the other hand farmers are not gettingremunerative price for onion due to its non-export; and

(c) if so, the details thereof along withthe steps taken by the Government toincrease onion export?

Inclusion of Tribes inScheduled Tribes List

†282. SHRI LAXMANGILUWA:

SHRI RAM TAHALCHOUDHARY:




(a) whether the State Government ofJharkhand has made recommendation tothe Union Government in the year 2004 toinclude kurmi/kudmi/mahto/tanti caste ofNorthern Chota Nagpur and southernChota Nagpur of Jharkhand in the list ofscheduled tribes; and

(b) whether the Governmentproposes to include the above castes inthe list of scheduled tribes and if so, thetime by when it is likely to be done and ifnot, the reasons therefor?

Production and Export of Gems andJewellery

†285. SHRIMATIJAYSHREEBEN PATEL:




(a) the total production of gems,jewellery and diamond in India during thelast three years and the current year alongwith the total quantity and value of theirexports during the said period;

(b) whether there has been an increase/decrease in the trade of old gold jewellery,diamond and pearls during the said period;and

(c) if so, the details thereof along withthe reasons therefor?

Supply by SAIL

286. SHRI D.K. SURESH:


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(a) whether Steel Authority of IndiaLtd. (SAIL) is reportedly lagging behind tomeet demand for new rails of the IndianRailways for track renewal and capacityaugmentation;

(b) if so, the details thereof includingthe demand received by the SAIL duringeach of the last three years;

(c) whether the SAIL has taken stepsto supply all the required quantity to theconcerned agencies including Indianrailways; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along withthe extent of success achieved therefrom?


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Teaching Posts

287. SHRIMATI P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER:

SHRI M.B. RAJESH:




(a) whether a large number of teachingposts are lying unfilled in KVs throughoutthe country;

(b) if so, the details thereof along withthe number of permanent faculty currentlyworking and number of contract teachers,State/UT-wise;

(c) whether the Government proposesto take immediate steps to fill up vacanciesof permanent faculty and if so, the detailsthereof;

(d) whether the contract teachers arepaid out of Vidyalaya Vikas Nidhi; and

(e) whether contract teachers are oftenlaid off during academic year due to shortageof fund and if so, the details thereof?

Protection of Monuments

†288. SHRI KIRTI AZAD:




(a) the details of the monuments beingprotected by Archaeological Survey of Indiain the country, State/UT-wise;

(b) the details of the staff providedfor each such monument; and

(c) whether the Government has setup or proposes to set up any regional officeof Archaeological Survey of India for

(b) the details of export performanceof these items during the last five yearsalong with the reasons for slow growth;

(c) whether the restriction of cattletrade for slaughter has been a reason forslow growth of meat products and if so,the details thereof; and

(d) the measures taken or proposedto be taken by the Government to enhanceexport growth of these major items?

Pre-Paid CNGSmart Cards

291. DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:SHRI DHANANJAY

MAHADIK:DR. HEENA

VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:




(a) whether the Government haslaunched pre-paid CNG smart cards toprovide CNG consumers a digitaloption for making payments and if so, thedetails thereof along with the objective ofthe same;

(b) whether the Government has takensteps for smooth roll out of these pre-paidCNG smart cards and if so, the detailsthereof;

(c) the steps taken by the Governmentto introduce pre-paid cards across thecountry; and

(d) the other steps taken by theGovernment to provide clean CNG andPNG for transportation and cooking atcustomers’s convenience to promote gasbased economy?

monitoring the protection of thesemonuments and if so, the details thereof?

Revival of SAIL/RINL

289. SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI:




(a) whether the Government hasconstituted a Committee in July 2017 forrevival of Rashtriya Ispat NigamLimited (RINL) and Steel Authority ofIndia Limited (SAIL), if so, the detailsthereof;

(b) whether the Committee hassubmitted its report, if so, the detailsthereof along with the recommendationsmade by the Committee;

(c) if not, the time by which theCommittee is likely to submit the report;and

(d) whether RINL & SAIL arerunning in loss and if so, the details thereofand the reasons therefor along with thesteps taken/being taken by the Governmentin this regard?

Export Growth

290. SHRI M.B. RAJESH:




(a) whether export growth of majoritems like Gems and Jewellery, Textiles,Dairy, Meat and Poultry and Leather haveslowed down in the current financial yearand if so, the details thereof and the reasonstherefor;

Housing Facility to Beedi Workers

292. SHRI PARTHA PRATIMRAY:




(a) whether the Government has takenany steps to provide housing facility tobeedi workers in the country;


(c) the details of the funds allocatedfor the purpose during the last three yearsand the current year and the number ofworkers likely to be benefited therefrom,State/UT-wise?

Excavation of Saraswati River

293. PROF. SAUGATA ROY:




(a) whether the Government hasstarted the excavation in search of river‘Saraswati’;

(b) if so, the details thereof and thepresent status of the excavation along withthe outcome of the said excavation; and

(c) the total expenditure incurred sofar for the excavation of River Saraswati;State-wise?

KVIC Units

294. SHRI RAJESHBHAICHUDASAMA:





(a) the number of Khadi and VillageIndustry Commission (KVIC) unitsfunctioning in the country at present, State/UT-wise including Gujarat;

(b) whether the Government hasundertaken skill development programmefor workers in these units;

(c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Gujarat and if not, thereasons therefor; and

(d) the steps taken by the Governmentfor promoting KVIC products abroad?

Setting up of PetrochemicalUniversity

†295. COL. SONARAMCHOUDHARY:




(a) whether the Government proposesto formulate any scheme for the welfare oflocal people and providing skill training inthe oil exploration sector and if so, thedetails thereof;

(b) whether the Governmenthas received any proposal/proposes toset up a Petrochemical University inBarmer district which accounts for 25 percent of the total oil production of thecountry; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

Chennai-Bangalore IndustrialCorridor

296. SHRI Y.S. AVINASHREDDY:

(a) whether the Government has takenany decision to announce Paika Bidroha asfirst war of independence; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and thereasons therefor?

Impact of Demonetisation and GSTon Commerce and Industry Sector

299. SHRI ANTO ANTONY:




(a) whether the demonetisation andthe implementation of Goods and ServicesTax have badly affected key sectors likemanufacturing sector, export, import andconstruction industry in the country;


(c) whether the Government has anystatistics regarding revenue generation fromthese sectors in the country; and

(d) if so, the details of revenuegeneration during the last 12 months,month-wise?

Revival of Closed MSMEs

†300. SHRI UDAY PRATAPSINGH:




(a) whether many Small ScaleIndustries have been shut down in thecountry during the last three years and thecurrent year;

(b) if so, the details thereof and thereasons therefor, State/UT-wise; and




(a) whether the Governmenthas entered into any agreement totake up execution of Chennai-BangaloreIndustrial Corridor and if so, the detailsthereof;

(b) whether the Ministry has receivedany DPRs from the Government of AndhraPradesh in this regard and if so, the detailsthereof; and

(c) the time by when actual work ofthe project is likely to commence?

Schemes for Jail Inmates

297. SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI:




(a) whether the Government has anyscheme that aims to train jail inmates acrossthe country and if so, the details thereof;and

(b) the details of the placements ofjail inmates after obtaining skilldevelopment training, State-wise?

Decision on Paika Bidroha

298. SHRI MULLAPPALLYRAMACHANDRAN:




(c) the measures taken/being taken bythe Government to revive them?

Forest Rights Act, 2006

†301. SHRI ARJUN LALMEENA:




(a) whether any mechanism or agencyis in place with the Government to monitorand implement the Scheduled Tribes andother Traditional Forest Dwellers Act, 2006and if so, the details thereof and if not, thereasons therefor;

(b) whether the Government has madesome amendments in the said Act orpropose to amend it; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

Expansion of Natural Gas Pipelines

302. SHRI BAIJAYANT JAYPANDA:




(a) whether the Petroleum and NaturalGas Regulatory Board has grantedpermission to GAIL for laying andexpanding natural gas pipeline along theSurat-Paradeep route and if so, the detailsand the current status thereof;

(b) the status of the expressionof interest made by H-Energy PrivateLimited for laying and operating natural gaspipeline on the Contai-Paradeep-Dattapuliaroute;

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(c) whether the Government is awarethat lack of availability of natural gaspipeline infrastructure in Odisha isadversely affecting the ability to establishCNG stations as a measure against vehicularpollution and if so, the details thereof andthe reaction of the Government thereto;and

(d) the concrete steps taken by theGovernment to ensure the availability ofnatural gas, pipeline infrastructure andestablishment of CNG stations in Odishain a time-bound manner?

Accidents at Steel Plants

303. SHRI CHANDRAKANTKHAIRE:




(a) the details of the number ofaccidents occurred in the integrated steelplants both in public and private sectorsduring the last three years, plant-wise;

(b) the number of workers both regularand under contract died and injured in thoseaccidents during the said period, plant-wise; and

(c) the details of compensation paidto the affected workers/families?

Financial Assistance to NGOs forTribal Welfare

†304. SHRIMATI KAMLADEVI PAATLE:







(a) whether the Government has anyproposal to conduct medical andengineering admission exams, NationalEligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET) andJoint Entrance Examination (JEE) twice ayear to reduce pressure on students;


(c) the way students are likely to bebenefited by the said pattern?

Labour Conference

307. SHRI G. HARI:




(a) whether the Government hasfinalised the agenda for the 47th IndianLabour Conference;


(c) whether providing social securitycover for the entire workforce may be thecentral theme of the 47th Indian LabourConference and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government hasreceived comments/suggestions from allstakeholders for finalising the agenda ofIndian Labour Conference; and


GST Literacy under PMKVY

308. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH:


(a) the details of financial assistanceprovided to NGOs/voluntaryorganizations by the Government for thewelfare of tribals in the country during eachyear of the last three years and the currentyear, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the cases ofmisappropriation of such funds bythe non-governmental organizations orvoluntary organizations have come tothe notice of the Government and if so,the details thereof, State/UT-wiseand the action taken by theGovernment against such organizations;and

(c) the steps taken/being taken toensure appropriate utilization of such fundsby the above organizations?

Out of School Students

305. SHRI R. DHRUVANARAYANA:




(a) whether 2.8 million children areout of school in the country as per theUNESCO report;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and

(c) whether the Government has takennote of it and if so, the details of thecomprehensive measures taken by theGovernment to bring these children toschool?

Biannual NEET and JEE

306. SHRI BHAGWANTMANN:



(a) whether any support has beenprovided under the Pradhan Mantri KaushalVikas Yojana (PMKVY) to create a GSTliterate workforce that can assist smallerenterprises for their GST filings and if so,the details thereof; and

(b) the details of the curriculum of thecourses, number of people trained andduration of the course, State-wise?

Differently Abled Children

309. SHRI B.SENGUTTUVAN:




(a) whether it is true that theattendance of the differently abled childrenin the age group of 5-19 years at schoolhas gone up and if so, the details thereof;and

(b) the percentage of the differentlyabled children attending schools in thecountry during the last three years, State/UT-wise?

Steel Consumption

†310. DR. BANSHILALMAHATO:




(a) whether the steel consumption hasgone up in the country during the last fewyears;

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(b) if so, the details of the totaldemand, production, consumption andimport of steel during each of the last threeyears and the current year along with thepercentage of increase registered in thisrespect;

(c) whether the steel industry,specially small and medium steel plantsare suffering due to inadequate supply ofiron ore and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government proposesto raise the import duty on steel and exportduty on iron ore, if so, the details thereofand if not, the reasons therefor; and

(e) the steps taken by the Governmentto stop illegal export of iron ore and ensureadequate supply of raw material includingiron ore for the domestic steel industry?

Production of Iron Ore and Steel

311. SHRI JANARDAN SINGHSIGRIWAL:




(a) the details of the total quantum ofiron ore and steel produced and importedalong with the per capita consumption ofsteel in the country during the last threeyears and the current year;

(b) the estimated demand and supplyprojections of iron ore and steel separatelyfor the public and private sectors duringthe next three years;

(c) the steps taken/proposed to betaken by the Government to meet theprojected demands;

(d) whether the import of iron ore hasincreased during the said period and if so,the details thereof and the reasons therefor;and

(b) if so, the detatils thereof;

(c) whether all the appointments havebeen made in accordance with the laid downeligibility conditions; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along withthe number of candidates appointed, State/UT-wise?

Performance of Central Universities

314. SHRI JAGDAMBIKAPAL:




(a) the details of Central Universitiespresently functioning in the country;

(b) whether the Government hasevaluated the performance of the CentralUniversities on various parameters likecontent, quality, research, innovation,faculty development and affirmativeaction;

(c) if so, the details thereof and thedetails of the directives issued by theUniversity Grants Commission (UGC) forimplementation of reservation policy forScheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes inacademic and non-academic posts in theCentral Universities and the extent to whichthey have been implemented; and

(d) the concrete steps being taken bythe Government to improve theperformance of the Central Universities inthe country?

Salt Production

†315. SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:


(e) whether the steel prices in thecountry are higher as compared to the othermajor steel producing countries and if so,the reasons therefor along with thecorrective steps taken by the Governmentin this regard?

Coir Training Institutes

†312. SHRI HARINARAYANRAJBHAR:




(a) the number and details of thetraining institutes of Coir Board functioningin the country at present, State-wiseincluding Uttar Pradesh;

(b) the number of beneficiaries of eachtraining institute during each of the lastthree years, State-wise;

(c) whether the Governmentproposes to increase the number of suchtraining institutes in the country includingUttar Pradesh; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not,the reasons therefor?

Appointment in ESIC

†313. SHRI RAJESH VERMA:




(a) whether examination forappointment to the post of Junior MedicalRecord Technicians in Employees’ StateInsurance Corporation in various States hasbeen conducted in the recent past;



(a) whether sufficient amount of saltis being produced in the country includingfrom Rajasthan;

(b) if so, whether the Government isconducting any survey and research tofurther increase the production of salt inthe country and if so, the details thereofalong with the main features of the currentsalt policy;

(c) whether the Government isconsidering to formulate any new schemefor the development of salt industry and ifso, the details thereof along with its mainfeatures;

(d) the details of the welfare funds/financial assistance provided to the workersengaged in salt industry and their familiesduring the last three years and the currentyear, State/UT-wise; and

(e) the steps being taken for thewelfare of salt workers in the country?

e-Biz Portal

316. DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:




(a) the details of the services includingState level services currently offered on thee-Biz portal of the Government;

(b) whether the e-Biz portal hasexperienced any technical glitches and ifso, the details thereof and the correctivesteps taken by the Government to preventsuch technical glitches in the future; and

(c) whether the e-Biz portal hasimproved the ease of doing business in thecountry and if so, the details thereof?

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Code on Wages

317. SHRIMATI K.MARAGATHAM:




(a) whether the Government intendsto introduce the labour code on wages andif so, the details thereof;

(b) whether intra-ministerialdiscussions were held for the proposedlabour code on safety and workingconditions; and

(c) if so, the details and the outcomethereof?

Revision of NCERT Books

318. SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR:




(a) whether the Government has setup or proposes to set up a Committee torevise NCERT text books with a view toremove Urdu, Persian and English wordsin Hindi books; and

(b) if so, the progress made in thisregard so far?

Welfare of Contractual Workers

319. SHRI HARIOM SINGHRATHORE:



(e) whether adequate funds areavailable for regular maintenance andup-gradation of this system inschools already established in thetribal belt of Odisha and if so, the detailsthereof?

Reservation Roster in SOL

321. PROF. RICHARD HAY:




(a) whether all the reserved categoriesposts of Scheduled Castes (SCs) andScheduled Tribes (STs) in the School ofOpen Learning (SOL), Delhi Universityhave been filled up/promoted;

(b) if so, the details thereof,category-wise during the last three yearsand the current year and if not, the reasonstherefor along with the steps taken orproposed to be taken by the Governmentin this regard;

(c) whether the reservation roster forfilling up of SCs/STs posts and theirpromotion is being followed in SOL as perDoPT guidelines; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not,the reasons therefor along with the actiontaken or proposed to be taken by theGovernment in this regard?

CGF for Startups

322. SHRI INNOCENT:





(a) whether the Government is notencouraging the regular employment at thelower level, as the practice of hiring ofMulti-Tasking Staff & Data EntryOperator through empanelled vendors ison rise;

(b) if so, the details thereof and thereaction of the Government thereto; and

(c) the steps taken/being taken by theGovernment to ensure the welfare of hired/contractual manpower?

Model Schools in Odisha

320. SHRIMATI PRATYUSHARAJESHWARI SINGH:




(a) the details of targets andachievements in setting up of model schoolin the educationally backward blocks ofthe country including in Odisha during thelast three years along with the reasons forshort fall, State/UT-wise;

(b) the financial assistance providedby the Union Government for this purposeduring the last two years and the currentyear to the States, State/UT-wise includingOdisha;

(c) whether the Government is likelyto consider all the model schools bothrecurring and non-recurring sanctionedunder EBB Scheme for providing financialassistance and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether Union Government isconsidering to give priority for setting upModel schools from class-I to class X inStates/UTs especially in Odisha and if so,the details thereof; and

(a) The achievements made under“Startup India” programme beingimplemented in the country;

(b) whether Government proposes tointroduce certain schemes including CreditGuarantee Fund to enable Startups to getcollateral free loans for their operations inthe country;

(c) if so, the details thereof includingthe terms and conditions of the schemes;and

(d) the details of other financialsupport and incentives being extended tothe Startups in the country?

Private Technical Institutions

†323. SHRI RAM CHARANBOHRA:




(a) the total number of privatetechnical institutes being run in the country,State/UT-wise, Genre-wise includingRajasthan;

(b) whether the institutes are boundto comply with certain basic criteria asmandated by All India Council for TechnicalEducation (AICTE);

(c) if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government hasformulated any mechanism to ensure thatall institutes have basic facilities and areadhering to the basic criteria mentioned inthis regard; and

(e) whether the Government has anyscheme in place to ensure employability ofstudents qualifying from such technicalinstitutes and if so, the details thereof?

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Free Trade Agreements

324. SHRI KALIKESH N.SINGH DEO:




(a) the details of Free TradeAgreements (FTAs) signed/proposed to besigned by India with other countriesincluding those signed or proposed to besigned with Asian countries/EurasianEconomic Union along with their presentstatus;

(b)whether the Government hasassessed the impact of these FTAs on steel,agriculture and domestic industries and ifso, the details thereof along with benefits/net inflow of foreign investment and thesteps taken to protect the agricultural sectorfrom the negative effect of FTAs;

(c) the details of the export and importmade with the countries India has enteredinto FTAs/Extensive EconomicParticipation Agreement during the lastthree years, region/ quantity/price-wise; and

(d) whether the Government is in talkswith many foreign countries to sign newFTA agreements and if so, the norms beingfollowed and the action plan formulatedand priority areas identified in this regardalong with the progress made with regardto implementation of these agreements,country-wise?

Farzad-B Oil Fields

325. SHRI ASADUDDINOWAISI:




(a) whether the Government provides/proposes to provide special incentives toKhadi and Village Industries to export moreof its products;


(c) the details in terms of value andquantity of the khadi products exportedduring each of the last three yearsfrom various States/UTs, product/country-wise?

Recommendations onNew Education Policy

328. KUMARI SUSHMITADEV:




(a) whether the Governmenthas accepted any of the recommendationsmade by the T.S.R. SubramanianCommittee in the New Education Policy-2016 and if so, the details of therecommendations that were accepted andimplemented;

(b) whether the Government has notaccepted any of the recommendations andif so, the reasons therefor;

(c) the reasons for not publishing thecomplete report of the 2016 draft in thepublic domain; and

(d) whether the Governmentintends to Publish the complete report andif so, the details for the estimated time framefor the same and if not, the reasonstherefor?



(a) the present position of developingFarzad-B oil field taken over by Indianentities in Tehran;

(b) whether Tehran has threatened torope in Russian oil companies to developthe oil field in retaliation against India’smove to cut the purchase of Iranian oilover Tehran’s delay in awarding the block;

(c) if so, the details thereof along withthe present position in this regard; and

(d) the time by which India is likelyto get the said oil field for development?

EAS Economic Ministers’ Meeting

326. SHRI VENKATESH BABUT.G.:




(a) whether India has participated inthe East Asia Summit (EAS) EconomicMinisters’ Meeting held in Manilarecently;


(c) whether India and China have setup panels to promote export and bilateralrelations;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) if not, the reasons therefor?

Export of KVIC Products

327. SHRI RADHESHYAMBISWAS:


Petrochemical Investors Conclave2017

329. SHRI J.C. DIVAKARREDDY:




(a) whether the Government has heldPetrochemical Investors Conclave 2017 andalso Hydrocarbon related conference inVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh recently;and

(b) if so, the details thereof and issuesdiscussed therein and the outcome thereof?

Recognition of CA Course

330. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:




(a) whether the Government isaware that the Institute of CharteredAccountants (ICA) of India have beenrequesting to recognize CharteredAccountant(CA) Intermediate as equivalentto graduation and CA (Final) equivalent aspost-graduation and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Association ofIndian Universities has recognized this andmany universities/Indian Institutes ofManagement(IIMs) and Indian Institutesof Technology(IITs) have alsorecognized this and if so, the details thereof;and

(c) the reasons for acceding to theirrequest?

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Employment through Tourism

331. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:




(a) whether the Government hasannounced to create 100 million jobsthrough tourism and attract 40 millionforeign tourists annually in the next fiveyears;

(b) if so, the details thereof along withthe action plan chalked out by theGovernment to ensure the realization ofthese goals; and

(c) the detailed measures taken/beingtaken by the Government to ensure thatthe inflow of tourists do not reduce owingto the fear caused by incidents of attackson tourists reported in various parts of thecountry in the recent past?

Global Competitiveness Index

†332. SHRI NANA PATOLE:




(a) whether the World EconomicForum (WEF) has identified corruption asthe biggest problem in doing business inIndia as per the survey conducted this year;

(b) if so, the details thereof along withthe corrective steps taken by theGovernment to check corruption; and

(c) the ranking of India among the listof most competitive countries in terms ofglobal competitiveness index of WorldEconomic Forum?

(c) the details of S&P Global PlattsTop 250 GEC rankings in terms of auditedfinancial performance and the debt positionof all Indian energy companies listed in thesaid rankings; and

(d) the details of merger/acquisitionproposals of the energy PSUs of thecountry at present?

Budget Cuts for NavodayaVidyalaya Samiti

†335. SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:




(a) the instances wherein the budgetprovisions of schools run by NavodayaVidyalaya Samiti have been modifiedduring the last five years; and

(b) the details thereof State/UT-wise?

Facilities in Madarsas

†336. SHRI TAMRADHWAJSAHU:




(a) whether the Government issensitive towards the education of minorityMuslim community and if so, the detailsof number of Madarsas set up during thelast three years, State/UT-wise;

(b) the details of facilities provided tostudents studying in these Madarsas, State/UT-wise;

(c) the number of staff working alongwith the number of students enrolled inthese Madarsas; and

Import of Artificial Diamonds fromChina

333. SHRI G.M.SIDDESHWARA:


¾ÖÖ×ÞÖ•µÖ †Öî¸ü ˆªÖêÝÖ ´ÖÓ¡Ößbe pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is awarethat artificial diamonds are being importedfrom China in large numbers which looklike real ones but have no resale value;

(b) if so, the reaction of theGovernment thereto;

(c) whether the Government is alsoaware that Indian consumers are beingcheated due to lack of identification ofgenuineness of imported diamonds fromChina; and

(d) if so, the steps taken byGovernment to save the Indian consumersfrom being cheated?

Global Energy Company Rankings

334. SHRI DIBYENDUADHIKARI:




(a) whether the Indian Energy PublicSector Undertakings (PSUs) havereportedly lost their rankings in the GlobalEnergy Company (GEC) Rankings ascompared to the Indian MultinationalAgencies;

(b) if so, the details thereof duringthe last three years along with the financialstatements of the Indian companiestherein;

(d) the facilities provided for the staffand the amount of funds spent on theirsalaries and perks?

Institutions of Eminence

337. ADV. JOICE GEORGE:




(a) whether the University GrantsCommission (UGC) has rolled out anapplication process for Universitiesand higher education institutes, public orprivate seeking “institutions of eminence”status;

(b) if so, the details thereof and thereasons therefor; and

(c) the extent to which the schemewould help higher education institutions tobreak into top global rankings?

Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalaya

338. SHRI B.V. NAIK:




(a) whether the Government isplanning to introduce Intermediateeducation in Kasturba Gandhi BalikaVidyalayas (KGBVs) throughout thecountry and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government hasreceived any representation from the Statesincluding Karnataka with regard to sanctionof necessary funds for starting Intermediate

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education in KGBVs and if so, the detailsthereof; and

(c) the response of the Governmentto the requests and the quantum of fundsbeing allocated for this purpose, State/UT-wise and if not, the reasons therefor?

Assistance for Higher Education

†339. SHRI SUSHIL KUMARSINGH:




(a) whether the various subordinatedepartments of the Governmentparticularly University GrantsCommission (UGC) provide assistance towomen, people from weaker sections,differently abled and financially weakersections for higher education;

(b) if so, the details of such assistanceschemes;

(c) whether the UGC has reviewedsuch schemes being implemented inuniversities; and

(d) if so, the features of such schemesand the effective steps taken by theGovernment so as to provide the benefit ofsuch schemes to the beneficiaries?

Literacy Rate amongScheduled Tribes

340. SHRI P. KUMAR:




(c) the details of the targets set andachievements made under this programmeduring the said period along with itsresponse period, State/UT-wise;

(d) the details of the maximum limitof amount provided to one startup, atpresent; and

(e) whether the Government isplanning to increase this amount or theGovernment has received any proposalfrom some of the States to increase thisand if so, the details thereof and the reasonstherefor and the action taken by theGovernment in this regard, State/UT-wise?

Budget Allocation for Sarva ShikshaAbhiyan

342. SHRI HARI OMPANDAY:




(a)whether the Government hasutilised the total budget allocated undereducation awareness programme underSarva Shiksha Abhiyan for current fiscalyear;

(b) if so, the details of total budgetallocated alongwith the used and unusedamounts;

(c) the details of NGOs who recievedthe funds under the ambit of aforesaidscheme; and

(d) the details of guidelines/ criteriafor allocating funds under above scheme?

VIP Quota in Kendriya Vidyalayas

†343. SHRI KAUSHALKISHORE:

(a) the details of the literacy rateamong Scheduled Tribes as per 2011Census, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government is awarethat the Literacy rate is lower compared toliteracy rate of total population as perCensus 2011 and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government hasidentified Scheduled Tribe communitieshaving a literacy rate of less than 30% inthe country and if so, the details thereof,gender-wise and State-wise; and

(d) whether the Government hasformulated any scheme to upgrade theliteracy rate of STs up to the nationalaverage in a time-bound manner and if so,the details thereof and if not, the reasonstherefor?

Startup India Programme

341. SHRI GEORGE BAKER:SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:DR. KAMBHAMPATI

HARIBABU:SHRI M.I. SHANAVAS:SHRI R. PARTHIPAN:SHRI KAUSHALENDRA

KUMAR:




(a) the salient features of the StartupProgramme along with the number ofstartup schemes launched by theGovernment and number of persons likelyto be benefitted therefrom so far, State/UT-wise including West Bengal;

(b) the details of the funds sanctioned,allocated and utilised under this programmeduring the last three years across thecountry, State/UT-wise;




(a) whether the Government is awareof instances wherein children of one familyare admitted in different shifts by drawsystem and under VIP quota in KendriyaVidyalayas due to which the routine of theparents gets disturbed;

(b) if so, whether the shifts are notchanged in spite of difficulties of the parentsregarding getting admission in same shift;

(c) the reaction of the Government inthis regard; and

(d) the details of the guidelinesproposed to be issued by the Governmentto simplify the process of changing shift?

Pre-school Regulation

344. SHRI NARANBHAIKACHHADIYA:

SHRI BIDYUT BARANMAHATO:

KUNWAR HARIBANSHSINGH:

SHRI ASHOKSHANKARRAOCHAVAN:

SHRI S.R.VIJAYAKUMAR:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:SHRI GAJANAN

KIRTIKAR:




(a) whether the State Governmentshave set their own laws for pre-school

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regulation due to the lack of Centralregulation and if so, the details thereof alongwith the reasons therefor;

(b) whether the National Council ofEducational Research and Training(NCERT) proposes to come up with amodel for pre-school education;

(c) if so, the details thereof along withthe salient features thereto;

(d) the time by which it is likely tocome into force; and

(e) whether the Government is awarethat a large number of children are notattending pre-schools in the country andif so, the details thereof along with theremedial steps taken/being taken by theGovernment in this regard?

Private Universities

†345. DR. RAMESHPOKHRIYAL“NISHANK”:




(a) the steps taken to determinequality of curriculum and research facultyin private universities in the country;

(b) whether the Government issuesany guidelines to determine the criteria foruniversities of the State Governments; and

(c) if so, the efforts being made toappoint eligible candidates to the post ofVice Chancellor and other such topmanagement posts in private universities?

Ragging in Educational Institutions

346. SHRI P.C. MOHAN:


(d) the steps taken/proposed to betaken by the Government in this direction?

Correction in Date of Birth

†348. SHRI NIHAL CHAND:




(a) whether the Central Board ofSecondary Education (CBSE) allowscorrection in date of birth within five yearsfrom the date of declaration of Exam-result;


(c) the details of the process laid downby the CBSE regarding the applicationsubmitted after the standard period of fiveyears;

(d) whether the Government isconsidering to amend the said rule toprovide relief to the students;

(e) if so, the details thereof; and

(f) if not, the reasons therefor?

Survey of Schemes for Tribals

†349. SHRI MANSUKHBHAIDHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

SHRI VIJAY KUMARHANSDAK:




(a) the details of survey conductedby the Government to ensure as to whetherthe benefits of tribal related schemes arereaching out to the people of scheduledtribe category in tribal areas;



(a) whether the Ministry is aware ofany complaints received by UniversityGrants Commission (UGC) regardingragging in higher educational institutionsin the country;

(b) if so, the details of such complaintsreceived during the last three years and thecurrent year, State-wise;

(c) whether UGC has framed anyguidelines defining ragging in detail andif so, the steps taken for implementationof these guidelines;

(d) the action taken by theGovernment/UGC against the erringpersons or institutions in this connectionincluding severe punishment; and


Student/Teacher Ratio

†347. PROF. CHINTAMANIMALVIYA:

SHRI SHER SINGHGHUBAYA:

DR. RAVINDRAKUMAR RAY:




(a) whether there is a skewed student-teacher ratio in various schools in thecountry and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government intendsto correct the student-teacher ratio in theschools in the country and if so, the detailsthereof;

(c) if not, the reasons therefor; and

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(b) the reaction of the Governmentthereto;

(c) the details of the steps taken bythe Government during the previous yearto ensure that the benefits of such schemesreach upto the last person belonging toscheduled tribe in the tribal area; and

(d) the details of the outcome of suchsteps taken by the Government?

National Skill QualificationsFramework

350. SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:SHRI BHARTRUHARI

MAHTAB:

Will the Minister ofSKILL DEVELOPMENT ANDENTREPRENEURSHIP



(a) the salient features of the NationalSkill Qualification Framework (NSQF) andother major schemes/programmes of theGovernment for imparting vocationaleducation/training for development of skillof youth in the country;

(b) whether the Government hasprovided adequate funds under the saidschemes/programmes during each of the lastthree years and the current year and if so,the details thereof, Scheme/Programme-wise;

(c) whether the Government hasreceived complaints of irregularities/corruption/diversion of funds inimplementation of the said schemes/programmes during the said period andif so, the details thereof, Scheme/Programme-wise;

(d) whether the Government hasaccepted the recommendations of the


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National Knowledge Commissionpertaining to increase of vocationaleducation in the country and if so, thedetails thereof along with theimplementation status of such acceptedrecommendations; and

(e) the other steps taken/being takenby the Government in this direction?

Sanskrit Education

†351. SHRI HARISHCHANDRA ALIAS

HARISH DWIVEDI:SHRIMATI NEELAM

SONKER:




(a) whether the Government proposesto encourage Sanskrit Education in thecountry and if so, the details thereof alongwith the steps taken/being taken by theGovernment in this regard;

(b) the details of the funds allocatedfor the said purpose during each of the lastthree years along with the details of thefunds utilized so far;

(c) whether the Government proposesSanskrit as a mandatory subject insecondary/ middle schools in the countryand whether Sanskrit teachers are availablein all the Government Schools and if so,the details thereof;

(d) the number of Sanskrit colleges inthe country, State/UT-wise; and

(e) the total number of Sanskritteachers available in the country andwhether their strength is adequate for allGovernment schools and colleges andif so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

Unemployment

352. SHRI RAJESH KUMARDIWAKER:

SHRI DEEPENDERSINGH HOODA:

SHRI M.B. RAJESH:SHRI NISHIKANT

DUBEY:SHRI MANSHANKAR

NINAMA:SHRI MALLIKARJUN

KHARGE:SHRI KAPIL

MORESHWARPATIL:

SHRI VENKATESHBABU T.G.:

SHRI OM PRAKASHYADAV:

SHRI P. KUMAR:




(a) whether unemployment is on therise in the country during the last one yearsince November, 2016 and is reportedly atan all time high at present and if so, thedetails thereof and the reasons thereforalong with the employment generated bothin organised and unorganised sectors duringthe last three years and the current year,State/UT-wise;

(b) the schemes/programmes beingimplemented by the Government foreradication of unemployment in thecountry and the achievements thereofduring the said period, year-wise and State/UT-wise including Maharashtra;

(c) whether any evaluation has beendone by the Government to ascertainemployment and unemployment situationin the country and if so, the details and the

findings thereof along with the follow-upaction taken/being taken thereon; and

(d) the other steps includingidentification of certain Core Sectors thatcan create high employment growth taken/being taken by the Government to removeunemployment/create more employmentopportunities in the country?

Agreement of Natural GasImport with Japan

353. DR. KULAMANISAMAL:




(a) whether India has entered into apact with Japan to create a cargo swappingarrangement in order to facilitate exchangeof gas to reduce India’s logistical costs fornatural gas import;

(b) if so, details thereof; and

(c) whether such a deal is first of itskind or the Government has entered into asimilar agreement earlier too with any othercountry and if so, the details thereof?

Industrial Output

354. SHRI RAVINDRAKUMAR PANDEY:




(a) the details of industrial output inthe country during the last one year andthe current year, month-wise and sector-wise;

(b) the growth of consumer demandduring the above period; and

(c) the reaction of the Governmentthereto and the efforts being made to revivethe industrial output in the coming year?

Trade Deficit

355. SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M.

SCINDIA:SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI

TUMANE:




(a) whether it is a fact that India’sexports and imports have registered growthin the last quarter and if so, the detailsthereof;

(b) whether the country’s trade deficitjumped to three years high in October thisyear which may further widen currentaccount deficit;

(c) if so, the factors responsible forcountry’s increase in trade deficit;

(d) whether the Government has takenany concrete steps to resolve the grievancesof exporters to overcome widening of tradedeficit; and


Spiritual Values in Education

356. SHRI RAYAPATISAMBASIVA RAO:





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(a) whether the Government has takenany steps to “Revisit the EducationSystem” to integrate spiritual values;


(c) whether any changes have beenbrought about by the Government tointegrate spiritual values in our educationsystem during the last three years; and

(d) whether the Government like tohave a fresh view of our education systemor thinking of revamping it keeping in viewthe changing time?

Vacant Top Posts

357. SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:Dr. ANUPAM HAZRA:




(a) whether the Government is awarethat a large number of centrally sponsorededucational institutions includinguniversities are not filling up the vacanciesof top posts and if so, the details of theseinstitutions, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the visitors to theseinstitutions have intervened to fill up theseposts;

(c) if so, the details thereof and theaction taken by the Government in thisregard; and

(d) whether the Government has takenany steps for amendment of relevant laws/regulations for making over and taking overof charges between the predecessors andsucessors incumbents for the posts of ViceChancellor (VCs) in Central Universitiesand if so, the details thereof ?

Excavations in Tamil Nadu

358. SHRI BHARATHI MOHANR.K.:

SHRIMATI V. SATHYABAMA:

SHRI K.N.RAMACHANDRAN:

SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN:




(a) whether the Government is awareof the fact that the ancient artefacts andarticles found during archaeologicalexcavations of ancient sites in Tamil Naduhave been moved out of the State and arekept in excavation branch at Mysore;

(b) if so, the details of the antiquitiesfound along with the list of publicationsand memoirs made on variousarchaeological excavations in Tamil Naduby ASI and the reasons for keeping thearticles at Mysore instead of Tamil Nadu;

(c) whether the Government has anyproposal to keep the artefacts in TamilNadu by building an on-site museum andif so, the details and if not, the reasonstherefor along with the funds allocated bythe Government to conduct more suchexcavations;

(d) whether the Archaeological Surveyof India (ASI) has discovered somesignificant evidence of very old civilizationduring excavation in various places of TamilNadu in the recent past and if so, the detailsthereof; and

(e) whether the Chinese madeartefacts recovered in Ukkirankottaiexcavation site suggest trade links betweenthe Pandya Kingdom and China and if so,the details thereof?

Performance of SAIL/RINL

359. SHRI PR. SENTHILNATHAN:

SHRIMATI K.MARAGATHAM:

SHRI HARIOM SINGHRATHORE:

MOHAMMED FAIZAL:




(a) whether the Steel Authority ofIndia Limited (SAIL) and the RashtriyaIspat Nigam Limited (RINL) are focusingon opening new market, to maximize salesand provide high standards of customerservices;

(b) if so, the details thereof and thesteps taken in this regard;

(c) the total production capacity,actual production, consumption, importand export of both iron ore and finishedsteel of all steel plants in the country duringeach of the last three years, plant-wise;

(d) whether there is any lack of supplyof iron ore or raw material for the steelplants in the country; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and thesteps taken by the Government to makesteel industry more efficient?

TADF for MSMEs

360. SHRI J.J.T. NATTERJEE:




(a) whether the TechnologyAcquisition and Development Fund

(TADF) introduced by the Government willfacilitate Micro, Small and MediumEnterprises (MSMEs) to acquire clean,green and energy efficient technologies;


(c) whether the mechanism will alsocatalyze the manufacturing growth inMSME sector with an aim to contribute to‘Make in India’ initiative; and


Trade Facilitation Agreement of WTO

†361. SHRI HARI MANJHI:




(a) the salient features of TradeFacilitation Agreement (TFA) of WorldTrade Organisation (WTO) along with thestatus of ratification of the said TFA;

(b) whether there is a possibility ofratification of WTO’s TFA by India verysoon and if so, the details thereof along withthe benefits likely to accrue as a resultthereof;

(c) whether there is a possibility ofwithdrawal of Free Trade Agreementbetween India and European Union in nearfuture; and


Implementation of Skill DevelopmentProgramme

362. SHRI MOHD. SALIM:SHRI MD.

BADARUDDOZAKHAN:


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(a) whether the Government hasconducted any review of theimplementation of schemes beingimplemented for Skill Development andif so, the details thereof; and

(b) the details of Institutionsproviding Skill Development TrainingState-wise including West Bengal?

Programme on Nirwan Diwas ofSaint Kabir

†363. SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI:




(a) whether there is any plan toorganize a grand programme on the occasionof 500th Nirwan Diwas of great saint Kabirin January next year and if so, the detailsthereof;

(b) whether the Government ispublicising /proposes to publicise theideology of Indian Sufi culture as it hasbeen a main stream of Indian culture; and

(c) if so, the details thereof along withthe steps taken by the Government in thisregard?

Impact of Taxes on Price ofPetroleum Products

†364. PROF. PREM SINGHCHANDUMAJRA:

SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGHDEO:




(a) whether the retail selling price ofpetrol and diesel increased by almost 100per cent in comparison to its actualproduction cost due to imposition of highertaxes and if so, the details thereof alongwith the steps taken by the Governmentto reduce the prices of petroleum products;

(b) whether the Governmentproposes to bring petroleum productsunder Goods and Services Tax and if so,the details thereof and if not, the reasonstherefor;

(c) whether petrol and diesel havebeen/are being sold to consumers inproportion to international crude oil pricesduring the last three years and the currentyear and if so, the details thereof;

(d) the revenue and profit earned bythe public sector oil companies from thesale of petrol and diesel by taking advantageof low international crude oil prices duringthe said period, company-wise;

(e) whether the Government monitorsthe prices of various petroleum productsincluding petrol and diesel fixed by theprivate companies to ensure that the pricesare in conformity with the variation in thecrude oil prices in the internationalmarkets; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and thesteps taken against private companies fornot passing the benefit of low crude oilprices to the consumers and also tosafeguard the interest of the consumers?

Modernisation of Libraries

†365. SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI

LEKHI:




(a) the number of libraries beingmaintained by the Government across thecountry including Rajasthan;

(b) the expenditure incurred perannum on such libraries during the last threeyears;

(c) whether the Government iscontemplating on any scheme to modernizethese libraries including Delhi PublicLibrary and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Governmentproposes to open any extension branch ofDelhi Public Library; and


Database on Antiquities

366. SHRI BISHNU PADA RAY:SHRI KANWAR SINGH

TANWAR:




(a) whether there is a scheme fordeveloping a national database of all artobjects and antiquities available with themuseums at national level, State level andin regional and local museums across thecountry in order to provide enhancedaccessibility to scholars, researchers andinformed visitors and if so, the detailsthereof; and

(b) the funds released by theGovernment during the last three yearsunder this scheme including Uttar Pradeshand Andaman and Nicobar Islands?

Skill India Mission

367. KUNWARBHARATENDRA:



be pleased to state whether the Governmenthas assessed the effect of the Skill IndiaMission on different sectors and if so, thedetails thereof?

Quality of Education

†368. SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:SHRI VISHNU DAYAL

RAM:SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN

YADAV:PROF. RAVINDRA

VISHWANATHGAIKWAD:

SHRI BHAIRON PRASADMISHRA:




(a) whether the Government hasnoticed the poor level of primary andsecondary education in the country andif so, the details thereof and reasons therefor;

(b) the details of the measures taken/to be taken by the Government to improvethe quality of education in the country,particularly in rural areas;

(c) whether the Government proposesany scheme to improve the syllabus andevaluation system of primary and secondaryeducation and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government is awarethat the level of education of the Governmentschools is deteriorating continuously and ifso, the reasons therefor; and


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(e) whether the Government proposesto make new laws to improve the conditionof the Government schools and make itmandatory for senior Government officialsto admit their wards in Government schoolsand if so, the details thereof ?

Preservation of Folk Arts andTraditions

†369. SHRIMATI BHAVANAPUNDALIKRAOGAWALI PATIL:

SHRI D.K. SURESH:ADV. JOICE GEORGE:




(a) whether the Government has anyscheme to promote the dying culturaltraditions, arts, literature, folk arts and folksongs of the rural and tribal areas of thecountry and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government hasconducted any study in this regard;

(c) if so, the details and the findingsthereof along with the details of the fundsallocated/spent in this regard during the lastthree years and the current year State/UT-wise including Maharashtra and kerala;and

(d) whether the Government proposesto set up regional offices, cultural centres/opera houses/museums to promote andprotect various cultural folk arts, literatureand tradition of the country and if so, thedetails thereof, State/UT-wise?

CNG Filling Stations

†370. SHRIMATI REKHAVERMA:

DR. SWAMI SAKSHIJIMAHARAJ:




(a) the total number of CNG fillingstations and petrol pumps being operatedin the country including Uttar Pradesh,State/UT-wise and reserved category-wise;

(b) the total number of CNG stationsand petrol pumps proposed to be set upin each State during the current financialyear, State/UT-wise;

(c) whether the existing CNG stationsand petrol pumps are adequate to meet theincreasing demand of vehicles and if so,the details thereof along with the stepsproposed to be taken to operate requirednumber of CNG stations and petrol pumpsin the country, State/UT-wise; and

(d) the State-wise number of CNGfilling stations and petrol pumps providedto the Scheduled Castes during the lastthree years and the current year?

Revision of Syllabus for NET

371. SHRI A. ANWHARRAAJHAA:




(a) whether the University GrantsCommission (UGC) has set up aCommittee to revise the syllabus/curriculum of each subject of the NationalEligibility Test (NET) for teaching jobs incolleges and universities;


(c) the time by when the Committeeis likely to submit its report to theGovernment; and

(d) the reasons to change/revisesyllabus for NET?

Job Losses

372. SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M.SCINDIA:

SHRI KAMAL NATH:




(a) whether the Government has anyinformation about job loss in the countryduring the last three years;

(b) if so, the details thereof and thefactors responsible for such job losses;

(c) whether the textile, banking,infrastructure, information technology andeven organized sectors have been affectedby job losses; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and thestrategies formulated by the Governmentto address the job losses in various sectorsin an effective way?

Import of Cheap Quality Pepper

373. SHRI PINAKI MISRA:




(a) whether the prices of superiorquality pepper have fallen due to increasein its production and if so, the detailsthereof;

(b) whether it is a fact that the cheapand low quality Vietnamese pepper isfinding its way into India through Sri Lankaunder the South Asia Free Trade AreaAgreement which is severely impacting thepepper growers in the South Indian States,particularly Kerala and Karnataka; and

(c) if so, the measures proposed to betaken by the Government to stop theunethical inflow of inferior quality ofpepper of Vietnam through Sri Lanka sothat the prices of pepper get stabilized andits growers are protected?

Indian Strategic Petroleum ReservesLimited

374. DR. KAMBHAMPATIHARIBABU:

SHRI BAIJAYANT JAYPANDA:




(a) whether Indian Strategic PetroleumReserve Limited (ISPRL) has constructed/proposes to construct crude oil reserves atVisakhapatnam, Mangalore and Padur andif so, the details thereof along with the costincurred and storage capacities of the saidcaverns, cavern-wise;

(b) the timeline proposed for thecompletion of all phases of India’s strategiccrude oil storages and efforts made by theGovernment to ensure completion ofconstruction of said crude oil storages in atime-bound manner;

(c) the time by which crude oil storageis likely to be started in the said cavernsand for how many days reserve of crude oilwould last if required to be used;


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(d) the details of the existing storagecapacity of various Oil MarketingCompanies (OMCs) along withexpenditure incurred on construction ofcaverns and reasons for delay inconstruction of the said caverns, location/State/UT/OMC-wise; and

(e) whether ISPRL proposes to leasededicated strategic oil storage facilities inthe country to foreign oil companies and ifso, the details thereof along with thebenefits likely to be accrued to ISPRL andforeign oil companies?

Poster Ban in Campuses

375. PROF. K.V. THOMAS:




(a) whether the Government has anyproposal to ban posters and notices in theeducational campuses of the countryincluding those of Delhi University; and


Welfare of Tribal Women

376. SHRI R.P..MARUTHARAJAA:




(a) whether the Government hasimplemented any programme to addressspecific concerns of tribal women in theschemes for Tribal Sub-Plan and if so, thedetails thereof;

(b) whether the Government has anynew plan to monitor the implementation

of schemes in tribal areas and strengthenmeasures to improve the nutritional statusof tribal children and pregnant and lactatingmothers and if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the details of the action taken bythe Government with regard to the aboveprogrammes, State/UT-wise includingTamil Nadu?

Evaluation of FTAs

377. SHRI RAMESHCHANDER KAUSHIK:




(a) whether the Government/anyother Government department or officecarries out any evaluation of Free TradeAgreements (FTAs) signed by India withJapan, South Korea, Malaysia, Thailandand ASEAN;

(b) if so, the details thereof indicatingthe deficit or surplus with these countriesduring the last five years;

(c) the details of main sectors whereinIndia is facing trade deficit and enjoyingtrade surplus with these countries; and

(d) whether the Government has anyplan to review these FTAs and if so, thedetails thereof?

Teachers for Special Students

378. SHRI HARISH MEENA:




(a) whether the Government

proposes to appoint special teachers for

mentally and physically challenged

students in every school under its Sarva

Shiksha Abhiyaan;

(b) if so, the details and the time-frame

for the same;


(d) whether absence of such teachers

in schools is also a violation of its Right to

Education Act ?

Promotion of Hindi

379. SHRI PONGULETI

SRINIVASA REDDY:

Will the Minister of HUMAN

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT



(a) whether the Dakshina Bharat Hindi

Prachara Sabha (DBHPS) is extending

financial support to Non-Governmental

Organisations (NGOs) and educational

institutions to promote Hindi language in

non-Hindi speaking States;


(c) whether the Government has

recently stopped funding in this regard in

the wake of allegations of irregularities/

mismanagement of funds by the DBHPS;

(d) if so, the State-wise details of

NGOs/educational institutions those were

getting financial grant from DBHPS during

the last three years and the current year

and particularly in Telangana and Andhra

Pradesh States; and

(e) whether the Government has

constituted any committee to monitor thedevelopment of Hindi Language promotionand to look into the affairs of DBHPS andthe details thereof ?

Interest on Education Loan

380. SHRIMATI MAUSAM

NOOR:





(a) whether the Government has taken

any steps to waive the interest payable on

education loans availed by students

belonging to Scheduled Caste/Scheduled

Tribe/Other Backward Caste (SC/ST/OBC)

and minority community students pursuing

higher studies in professional institutes;


(c) whether the Government has taken

any decision to grant interest-free education

loan for SC/ST & OBC as well as minority

community students up to Post graduate

level; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not,

the reasons therefor?

Education in Rural Areas

381. SHRI VINAYAK

BHAURAO RAUT:





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(a) whether the Government is awarethat students from rural areas in the countryare still deprived of good and qualityeducation;

(b) if so, whether keeping in view ofthe digital India initiative e-classes werestarted in schools of Ratnagiri andSindhudurg districts of Maharashtra;

(c) if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government hasreceived requests from various organizationsand MPs for allocation of funds to expandsuch classes in other schools; and

(e) if so, the details thereof and theaction taken by the Government thereon?

Women Workforce Participation

382. SHRI KESINENI NANI:SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:SHRI FEROZE VARUN

GANDHI:




(a) the details of contribution of

women in the workforce as a percentage of

the workforce and as a percentage of

contribution to GDP in the last three years;

(b) whether there is any change in

participation of women in the workforce

during the said period in the formal and

informal sector and if so, the details thereof;

and

(c) the major reasons for low

participation of women in the workforce

and the steps taken by the Government toboost the same?

Impact of GST on Tourism Sector

383. SHRIMATI ARPITAGHOSH:




(a) the details of tourists Domestic aswell as International visited in differentplaces of India after implementation ofGST, State-wise;

(b) the impacts of GST in tourismindustry; and

(c) the steps taken by the Governmentto encourage Domestic & Internationaltourists?

Closure of Engineering Colleges

384. SHRI PRASUNBANERJEE:




(a) whether a number of Engineeringcolleges have closed down in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof during thelast three years and the current year, State/UT-wise; and

(c) the number of engineering seatsthat have decreased as a result of closure ofcolleges, State/UT-wise?

Special Package to States

385. DR. P.K. BIJU:SHRI KIRTI AZAD:




(a) whether the Government sanctionsSpecial Packages to various States forindustrial development;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and

(c) the achievements made so farthrough such Special Packages?

New Areas of Skill Development

386. DR. THOKCHOMMEINYA:




(a) whether the Government proposesto open new areas of skill developmenttraining in addition to the traditionaloccupational training available to the ITIsthroughout the country and if so, the detailsthereof; and

(b) whether the Government isextending its assistance to the State ITIsin terms of technical experts (trainers),machinery and fund etc. and if so, thedetails thereof?

Promotion of Cottage Industries

†387. SHRI JANARDANMISHRA:




(a) the significance of cottage industry

in the Indian economy;

(b) the types of difficulties being faced

by the cottage industry in the country at

present; and

(c) the remedial measures being taken

by the Government to address these

problems and to promote the Cottage

Industries in the country?

Oil and Gas Production in KG Basin

†388. SHRIHARISHCHANDRACHAVAN:

SHRI RAM TAHALCHOUDHARY:




(a) whether a number of companies

have stopped production work in the

Krishna-Godavari (KG) Basin blocks and

if so, the details thereof and the reasons

therefor, company-wise;

(b) whether cases of violation of the

contract/agreement signed for oil and gas

production in KG Basin have been reported/

come to the notice of the Government

recently;

(c) if so, the details thereof along with

the number of such cases reported during

the last three years and the current year;

and

(d) the details and outcome of the

action taken by the Government in this

regard along with the rules under which the

said action has been taken?

Export of Maize

†389. SHRI RAJU SHETTY:


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(a) the details of the export of maizeduring the last three years and the currentyear, State/year-wise; and

(b) the steps being taken by theGovernment to promote export of maizealong with the outcome thereof?

Quality of Research in Universities

†390. SHRIMATI RITIPATHAK:




(a) the steps taken by the Governmentto encourage and attract staff and professorsfor research work in various centraluniversities;

(b) the steps taken by the Governmentto improve the quality of research work onthe pattern of foreign universities;

(c) whether the Government proposesto sign any memorandum with foreigninstitutions to bring qualitativeimprovement in the quality of researchworks; and


Man-days Lost

391. SHRI FEROZE VARUNGANDHI:




(a) whether the Government has anydata about the number of man-days lostdue to strikes and lockouts in the last threeyears and the current year and if so, thedetails thereof, State/UT-wise;

(b) the details of economic loss causedby strikes/lockouts during the said period;and

(c) the preventive measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Governmentin this regard?

Multiple LPG Connections

†392. SHRI MANSHANKARNINAMA:

SHRI VISHNU DAYALRAM:

DR. BANSHILALMAHATO:

SHRI RAJESH VERMA:




(a) whether the Government hasnoticed that multiple LPG connectionshave been detected after linking LPGconsumers with their Aadhaar number andif so, the details thereof along with thenumber of such cases identified and actiontaken by the Government thereon, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether ceiling of 12 subsidisedgas cylinders has reportedly been violatedby more than 15 lakhs active domesticconsumers in the country who aregetting more than 12 subsidised cylindersin a year and if so, the steps/action takenby the Government to stop such violations,State/UT-wise;

(c) the percentage of sale ofsubsidised LPG cylinders reduced under

Direct Benefit Transfer Scheme (DBTL)for LPG consumers and the estimatedfinancial savings on account of DBTLduring the last three years and the currentyear;

(d) whether the Government has takennote of instances of leaking of gas fromLPG cylinders after setting the regulatorssupplied by the LPG distributors toconsumers and if so, the details thereofalong with the guidelines issued by theGovernment to LPG distributors toascertain non-leakage of gas beforedelivering LPG cylinders to the consumers,State/UT-wise; and

(e) whether reports/instances of gasagencies supplying under-weight LPGcylinders to the consumers have come tothe notice of the Government and if so, thedetails thereof along with the number ofsuch cases identified by the Governmentand the investigation made by theGovernment in the country particularly inDelhi and Lucknow and action taken againstthe defaulter gas agencies, State/UT-wise?

Steel PSUs

393. SHRI PRAHLAD SINGHPATEL:




(a) the details of public sectorundertakings working in steel sector underthe administrative control of his Ministry,State/UT-wise including Madhya Pradesh;

(b) the percentage of contribution ofpublic sector companies in total productionof steel in the country;

(c) the details of import and export ofsteel by public sector undertakings duringthe last three years and the current year;

(d) the details of percentage of profitsof public sector undertakings being usedunder corporate social responsibility, State/UT-wise, specifically in the State ofMadhya Pradesh; and

(e) the steps taken by the Governmentto enhance steel production of PSUs insteel sector in order to meet the requirementof the country?

Toilets in Schools

394. SHRI K.N.RAMACHANDRAN:





(a) the total number of toiletssanctioned under the Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan(SSA) by the Government till now;

(b) if so, the details of the fundsallocated and disbursed during the last 3years for the construction of Toilets inSchools, State-wise, year-wise;

(c) whether the absence of toiletfacilities is forcing the girl studentsespecially in the country-side to abandonpursuing education; and

(d) the status of steps taken to set uptoilets in remaining schools, especially ingirl schools, in the country under the SSAprogramme, State/UT-wise along with anaction plan to bridge such gaps?

Sick Steel PSUs

†395. SHRI VISHNU DAYALRAM:


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(a) the number of sick public sectorsteel units in the country at present;

(b) whether the Government has takenany steps for revival/re-organisation ofthese units;

(c) if so, the details thereof,plant-wise; and

(d) the time by which these sick unitsare likely to be revived?

Migrant Labourers

†396. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJITUMANE:




(a) the name of the State which hasmaximum number of migrant labourers atpresent;

(b) whether the Union Governmentand State Governments have any projectto impart education and to ensure betterliving conditions and medical facilities tothem;

(c) if so, the details thereof along withthe other steps taken/proposed to be takenby the Government in this regard; and

(d) whether the Union Governmentproposes to provide assistance to the StateGovernments such as Kerala to implementcomplete health insurance to the migratedlabourers on the lines of the NationalHealth Insurance Scheme and if so, thedetails thereof?

Innovation Index

397. DR SANJAY JAISWAL:




(a) the current Innovation Index of thecountry and the extent to which thecountry has been successful in its effortstowards this direction; and

(b) the measures taken by theGovernment for improvement in theInnovation Index and the details of theseprogrammes?

Suicides by Students

398. SHRI JITENDRACHAUDHURY:




(a) the number of students committedsuicide all over the country during the lastthree years, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether in the last two monthsalone, more than 50 students havereportedly committed suicide acrossTelangana and Andhra Pradesh; and

(c) if so, the details thereof and theaction taken/proposed to be taken by the

Government in this regard?

Expansion of ESI

399. MOHAMMED FAIZAL:




(a) whether the Government has any

plan to provide ESI benefits to Aasha

Workers, Auto Riksha Workers in the

country; and

(b) if so, the details thereof including

the time by which it is likely to come into

effect?

Madhyamik and Uchchtar ShikshaKosh (MUSK)

400. SHRI CH. MALLAREDDY:

SHRIMATI KAVITHAKALVAKUNTLA:




(a) whether the Government has

created a single non-lapsable corpus fund

named “Madhyamik and Uchchtar Shiksha

Kosh” for Secondary and Higher education

from the proceeds of Cess for Secondary

and Higher Education;


(c) the details of the schemes on which

the said funds are likely to be spent?

Coventional Energy Subsidy

401. SHRI R. PARTHIPAN:SHRI J.J.T. NATTERJEE:




(a) whether the Government isplanning to phase out all conventionalenergy subsidies in near future and if so,the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government proposesto force petroleum products to competewith other fuels like biomass and biogas,etc. and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government alsoproposes to accelerate the development andimplementation of cost-effective energyefficiency standards to reduce the long-termdemand for energy and if so, the detailsthereof along with the steps taken/beingtaken in this regard; and

(d) whether the engagement of States,industrial companies, utility companies andother stakeholders to accelerate thisinvestment has been planned and if so, thedetails thereof?

Majithia Wage Board

†402. SHRI SHER SINGHGHUBAYA:

DR. RAVINDRA KUMARRAY:




(a) whether the recommendations ofthe Majithia Wage Board set up forjournalists have not been implemented sofar and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Government proposesto adopt a stringent approach in this regard;

(c) if so, the details thereof and if not,the reasons therefor; and


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(d) the steps being taken by theGovernment for implementing therecommendations of Majithia Wage Board?

ONGC Projects in Tamil Nadu

403. DR. ANBUMANIRAMADOSS:

SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN:




(a) whether the Government is awareof wide spread protests, strikes andresistance launched by the farmers and thelocal population against the Oil and NaturalGas Corporation Limited (ONGC) for itshydrocarbon explorations in Neduvasal andKadiramangalam villages of Tamil Nadu andif so, the details thereof along with themeasures taken by the Government/ONGCto protect and prevent the environmentaldegradations and land and water pollutions;

(b) whether the agitation in Neduvasalin Pudukottai district of Tamil Nadu isagainst acquisition of fertile agricultural landfrom the farmers for drilling small wells forhydrocarbon extraction and agitation inKadiramangalam in Thanjavur district isagainst the conduct of oil exploration thatwould affect the ground water conditionsand if so, the details thereof along with thecorrective steps taken by the Governmentin this regard;

(c) whether public hearing meetingshave been conducted with the land ownersand residents of the land marked for theproject and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government hasreceived any objections/protests against theimplementation of the said project and if

so, the details thereof along with the stepstaken/stand of the Government in thisregard;

(e) whether the Government/ONGCproposes to extract Coal Bed Methane/hydrocarbon and shale gas projects in theCauvery Delta Region/other places ofTamil Nadu and if so, the details thereofalong with the steps taken by theGovernment to protect the livelihood ofthe farmers and others in nearby villagesand cancel/withdraw all such Hydrocarbonexploration projects being carried out inTamil Nadu; and

(f) whether the Government proposesto declare the Cauvery Delta Region as‘Protected Agricultural Zone’ to preventfurther installation and implementation ofenvironmentally hazardous industrialprojects in the said region and if so, thedetails thereof and the stand taken by theGovernment on the said issue?

LNG Project in Bangladesh

†404. SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:




(a) whether the Governmentproposes to establish LNG project inBangladesh and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the investment likely to be madeby the Government on the said project; and

(c) whether proposals for sharing oflarge oil and gas sector projects ofBangladesh are being/have been receivedand if so, the details thereof along with thetime by which the said proposals are likelyto be materialised?

Kendriya Vidyalayas

405. SHRI NAGENDRAKUMAR PRADHAN:




(a) whether a number of KendriyaVidyalayas in the country are running inother campus and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the details of basis of allotment offunds for permanent campus of KendriyaVidyalayas;

(c) the number and details ofKendriya Vidyalayas which have sentrequest for allotment of funds State/UT-wise including Odisha; and

(d) the status of the said requests fromthe States/UTs?

Establishment of Steel Plant

406. SHRI M. MURALIMOHAN:

SHRI Y.V. SUBBAREDDY:




(a) whether the Government hadformed a task force with Steel Authorityof India (SAIL), Rashtriya Ispat NigamLimited (RINL), NMDC and Mechan Ltd.to study the feasibility of establishing aSteel plant in YSR Kadapa District aspromised in AP Re-organization Act, 2014and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the said task force hadsubmitted its report; and

(c) if so, the details and the outcomethereof and the time by which the steelplant is likely to be established?

Bed Occupancy in ESI Hospitals

407. SHRI MALLIKARJUNKHARGE:




(a) whether the Government hasincreased or proposes to increase and hassanctioned more beds since hospitals suchas in Okhla (Delhi) and Noida (UP)remained occupied throughout the year, ifso, the details thereof, if not, the reasonstherefor;

(b) the details and the number of casesthat the ESIC has referred to privateempanelled hospitals for cardiac stentsduring the last three years and the currentyear; and

(c) whether the Government is awarethat patients are reportedly overcharged atthese private hospitals for cardiac devicesand if so, the measures taken by theGovernment in this regard?

New Industrial Policy

408. SHRI B. VINOD KUMAR:




(a) whether the Government hasinitiated the process of formulation of anew Industrial Policy;

(b) if so, whether the Government hasalso constituted a Task Force on ArtificialIntelligence for India’s EconomicTransformation to provide inputs for thenew industrial policy; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along withthe recommendations made therein?


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Protection of Tribal Rights

†409. SHRI RAJESH RANJAN:


•Ö®Ö•ÖÖŸÖßµÖ ÛúÖµÖÔ ´ÖÓ¡Ößbe pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government hasbrought about many amendments in thelaws related to the protection of tribal rightsand forest and environment in order toprevent rebidding certain mines and ensuresthat the same remain with the old biddersand if so, the details thereof; and

(b) whether the Government is tryingto allow mining in the forest land by dilutingthe forest right Act and if so, the detailsthereof?

National Skill Development Mission

†410. SHRI KAPILMORESHWAR PATIL:


ÛúÖî¿Ö»Ö ×¾ÖÛúÖÃÖ †Öî¸ü ˆª×´ÖŸÖÖ ´ÖÓ¡Ößbe pleased to state:

(a) the details of the districts State-wise selected under the National SkillDevelopment Mission since its inception,State/UT-wise including Maharashtra;

(b) the criteria adopted for selectionof the said districts under the mission;

(c) the amount allocated and usedunder the Skill Development Mission sinceits inception in the year 2014, State/UT-wise;

(d) whether some States have beenunable to utilise the amount allocated underthe said mission and if so, the detailsthereof and the reasons therefor; and

(e) the steps taken by the Governmentin this regard?

National Law Universities

†411. SHRIMATI JYOTIDHURVE:




(a) whether any steps have been takenby the Government to include all nationallaw universities in the list of institutionsof national importance;



(d) the steps taken by theGovernment in this regard?

Tourism Schemes for HimachalPradesh

412. SHRI ANURAG SINGHTHAKUR:




(a) the various tourism schemes of theGovernment available for the State ofHimachal Pradesh;

(b) the total central fund outlay tothe State towards tourism;

(c) the details of the various projectsbeing funded through these funds; and

(d) the details of projects completedso far?

Promotion of Tourism in Rajasthan

†413. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGHJAUNAPURIA:




(a) whether any funds have beenallocated by the Government to promotetourism in Rajasthan during the last fiveyears;


(c) whether any funds have beenallocated by the Government for ChauthkaMaata Temple situated in Sawai Madhopurof Rajasthan;

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the Government isformulating any scheme in collaborationwith the State Government to allure thetourists; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

Vishwajeet Scheme

414. SHRI MUTHAMSETTISRINIVASARAO(AVANTHI):




(a) whether the ambitious Vishwajeetscheme of the Ministry had become a non-starter;

(b) if so, the reasons therefor;

(c) whether Directors of IndianInstitutes of Technology (IITs) haveexpressed their disappointment overscrapping of the said scheme and if so, thedetails thereof; and

(d) the steps taken by the Governmentin this regard?

Skill Development Training Centres

†415. SHRI JAI PRAKASHNARAYAN YADAV:

SHRI OM PRAKASHYADAV:

SHRI RAMESWAR TELI:DR. KULAMANI

SAMAL:SHRIMATI P.K.

SREEMATHITEACHER:

SHRI HARISHCHANDRACHAVAN:




(a) the number and details of SkillDevelopment centres that have so far beenset up in the country under the Ministry ofSkill Development and Entrepreneurship,State/UT-wise including Bihar,Maharashtra and Odisha;

(b) the number of people trained insuch centres, funds allocated and the namesof institutes in which employments havebeen given to the trained youths during thelast three years, year-wise, State/UT-wise;

(c) whether survey has been conductedby the Government regarding skill trainingand demands in markets and if so, the detailsthereof;

(d) whether the Government isconsidering generating employment byincluding subjects like internet of things‘based’ on digital world and market demands;

(e) whether the Government has takenany step to organize skill developmentprogramme for various groups belonging toweaker, poor and marginalized sectors ofsociety and if so, the details thereof; and

(f) whether the Governmentcontemplating any measure to provideprofessional training or vocational trainingto dissuade the youths from taking up arms


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in areas particularly in Jammu & Kashmiror North Eastern States and Bihar?

Quality of Private EngineeringColleges

416. SHRI PRABHAKARREDDY KOTHA:


´ÖÖ®Ö¾Ö ÃÖÓÃÖÖ¬Ö®Ö ×¾ÖÛúÖÃÖ ´ÖÓ¡Ößbe pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government iscontemplating on improving the educationalstandards in Private Engineering Collegesso as to increase employability and skillsof the students;


(c) whether All India Council ofTechnical Education (AICTE) and theGovernment are working in collaborationin this direction; and

(d) whether the Government ispreparing to close down large number ofexisting private engineering colleges in thecountry and if so, the details thereof, State-wise and college-wise?

Corruption at Tribal Ashramshalas

417. SHRI KODIKUNNILSURESH:


•Ö®Ö•ÖÖŸÖßµÖ ÛúÖµÖÔ ´ÖÓ¡Ößbe pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government hasreceived complaints from various quartersabout the less than optimal facilities andadministrative corruption at tribalashramshalas in the country and if so, thedetails thereof;

(b) whether the Government wouldconstitute a committee of experts to look

into the allegations and if so, the detailsthereof; and

(c) whether the Government isintending to secure admission of varioustribal ashramshalas in several districts thathave been under allegations of lax facilitiesto private residential schools instead of theregular Government ones in phases and ifso, the details thereof?

Status of PMKVY

418. SHRI VINCENT H. PALA:SHRIMATI HEMA

MALINI:SHRI A.P. JITHENDER

REDDY:




(a) the status of the implementationof the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal VikasYojana (PMKVY) and details of all theprograms that have been launched underthe scheme and their current status, State-wise, for the last one year;

(b) the number of people trained underPMKVY and the people so trained whogot employment during the last three yearsand the current year, State/UT-wiseincluding Uttar Pradesh and Telangana;

(c) the details of skilling centres inthe North East, State-wise, and reason fora low figures if any, specifically inMeghalaya; and

(d) whether any measure of outcomeshas been taken to check employabilitystatus of youth who had undergone trainingunder PMKVY and if so, the details thereof

along with training centres with lowestplacement percentage, State/UT-wise?

Research on Sanskrit ComputationalLinguistics

†419. SHRIMATI HEMAMALINI:




(a) whether research is beingconducted on Sanskrit computationallinguistics in the country;


(c) whether any significant progresshas been made in this regard; and


Rehabilitation of Tribals

420. SHRI MALYADRISRIRAM:




(a) whether the Government hasrecently constituted a Committee tocoordinate all relief and rehabilitation oftribals across the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof includingthe mandate and composition of theCommittee;

(c) the details of the specific stepsthe Committee is expected to adopt tointeract with the affected tribal evicteesand displaced people; and

(d) whether the Government proposesto give any financial aid to such displacedtribals and if so, the details thereof?

Jobseekers

†421. SHRI LALLU SINGH:




(a) whether the number of personsboth male and female who are willing foremployment /jobseekers every year hasbeen ascertained by the Government in thecountry;

(b) if so, the details thereof separately;

(c) whether some sectors have alsobeen identified by the Government forcreating new employment opportunities;and

(d) if so, the details thereof along withthe quantum of employment generatedtherein during the last three years and thecurrent year, sector-wise?

Solar Energy in NavodayaVidyalayas

422. SHRI SUMAN BALKA:




(a) whether the Government hasdirected the Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti(NVS) to take measures for adoption ofsolar energy in all Navodaya Vidyalayas inthe country; and



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Gas based Urea Units

423. SHRI SANKAR PRASADDATTA:




(a) whether the Government proposesto open new gas based urea units in thecountry including North East Region during2017-18 and if so, the details thereof; and

(b) whether the Government proposesto utilise the natural gas available in theState of Tripura and if so, the details thereofand the time by which the supply of naturalgas is likely to be provided to the said ureaunits?

Farm Exports

424. SHRI GUTHASUKENDER REDDY:

SHRI JOSE K. MANI:




(a) whether despite being one of theworld’s largest producers of numerousagricultural commodities, India hasminuscule share in the global agriculturaltrade;

(b) if so, the reasons therefor alongwith the measures taken by the Governmentto boost export of farm products withoutaffecting the domestic demand/price andimprove competitiveness of Indianproducts in the international market interms of prices and variety of goods;

(c) whether the Government is alsoplanning to roll out a comprehensivepolicy to boost the farm exports and if so,the details thereof; and

(d) the details of the sops andincentives being offered to the farmers toenable them come forward for exports?

Packaging Standardsfor Exports

425. SHRI ASHOKSHANKARRAO

CHAVAN:SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:SHRI T.

RADHAKRISHNAN:SHRI GAJANAN

KIRTIKAR:KUNWAR HARIBANSH

SINGH:




(a) whether absence of properpackaging has resulted in a large amount ofIndian food items getting rejected indeveloping market;


(c) the names of the countries whichhave imposed ban on import of Indian foodproducts on ground of contamination;

(d) whether the Governmentproposes new packaging norms for exportof food items to address concerns over foodSafety and health standards and if so, thedetails thereof;

(e) whether the Ministry has alsoconstituted a committee to formulatepackaging standards for export; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and thetime by which the said Committee islikely to submit its report to theGovernment?

Grants under MDAScheme

426. SHRI SUMEDHANANDSARSWATI:




(a) whether the Government isproviding grants/financial assistance underthe Market Development Assistance(MDA) scheme;


(c) whether the Government hasapproved any proposals in this regardduring the last three years and the currentyear; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if notthe reasons therefor?

PF and PensionComplaints

†427. PROF. RAVINDRAVISHWANATHGAIKWAD:




(a) whether the Government hasformulated any policy to resolve thecomplaints related to PF and pension inthe country;


(c) whether the incidents of problemsbeing faced by the EPFO account holdersand the negligence by the offices have cometo light in the recent past; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and theaction taken in this regard?

Production and Distribution ofPetroleum Products

†428. SHRI RAMDAS C.TADAS:

SHRI JOSE K. MANI:SHRIMATI

JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:SHRI INNOCENT:SHRI R. PARTHIPAN:




(a) whether the Government has any

proposal to set up a domestic gas trading

hub to adopt a better mechanism for gas

pricing and constituted any think tank to

streamline the production and distribution

of petroleum products;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with

steps taken to create an internal think-tank

in moving towards a gas-based economy

including the jurisdiction, aims, objectives,

key focus areas and methodology proposed

to be adopted by the said think-tank to

achieve the same;

(c) the concrete steps taken by the

Government to make India a gas-based

economy and its likely impact on petroleum

and natural gas production and its prices

along with the expenditure likely to be

incurred thereon;


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(d) the salient features of the existingformula to determine the price of naturalgas produced by public/private sectorcompanies in the country along withnumber of times price of natural gas hasbeen revised so far;

(e) whether the cases of disputesbetween the natural gas producingcompanies and the Government ondetermining the prices of gas have come tothe notice after the revised gas price formulaand if so, the details thereof, company-wise along with the present status of suchdisputes;

(f) whether the Government hasmaintained a balance between theprofitability of the companies producingnatural gas and insulate common man fromundue burden of rise in prices of naturalgas after revision of the said formula andif so, the details thereof and the steps takenin this regard; and

(g) whether Upstream Companieshave requested the Government to doublethe price of natural gas to help them producegas without suffering any losses and if so,the details thereof along with the correctivesteps taken/being taken by the Government

in this regard?

Data of Jobloss

429. SHRI JOSE K. MANI:




(a) whether as per recent data released

by centre for monitoring Indian Economyabout 1.5 million jobs have been lost during

January-April, 2017 even as employmentfigures of leading listed companies areshowing a net decline in employmentduring the period and if so, the detailsthereof;

(b) whether the latest report of labourBureau’s Quarterly Employment Surveyfor October-December last year mentionsthat 1.52 lakh casual and 46,000 part timejobs were lost in 8 key sectors ofthe economy and if so, the detailsthereof;

(c) whether adverse impact ofdemonetization still l ingers on theemployment sector; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along withthe steps taken by the Government in thisregard?

Slowdown in Exports

430. SHRI S.P.MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA,:

SHRI GUTHASUKENDER REDDY:




(a) whether there is a continuousslowdown in exports from the countryduring the last three years and the currentyear;

(b) if so, the details thereof, year-wiseand the reasons therefor;

(c) whether Government is planningfor a better exchange rate policy to ensurethat the rupee-dollar exchange rate reflectsthe realistic value of the rupee;

(d) if so, the details thereof alongwith the other steps taken/being taken bythe Government to boost exports andincrease competitiveness of our products;and

(e) whether the Government iscontemplating to constitute a Task Forceto increase the exports and if so, the detailsthereof?

Deemed Universities

†431. SHRI KANWAR SINGHTANWAR:




(a) whether the Government has takennote that several Deemed Universities arenot able to provide correct and fullinformation about their students to StateGovernments as a result of which StateGovernments are not in a position to verifythat Degree or Diploma of any student isvalid or not;


(c) whether the Government is taking/proposes to take any concrete stepsagainst such Universities and if so, thedetails thereof?

New LPG Agencies

†432. SHRI PANKAJCHAUDHARY:

SHRI JANARDAN SINGHSIGRIWAL:




(a) whether the Government proposesto open new LPG agenciesin the country and if so, the detailsthereof along with the criteria forselection of locations for opening of LPGagencies;

(b) the State-wise number of LPGagencies likely to be opened and the timeby which the distribution of LPG is likelyto be started by such agencies, State/UT/OMC-wise;

(c) whether the Oil MarketingCompanies have put on hold the proposalfor expansion of LPG network byappointing a large number of distributorsacross the country;

(d) if so, the details thereof alongwith the reasons for withholding theexpansion and the total number ofdistributors proposed to be appointed,State/UT-wise;

(e) whether the OMCs have collectedany deposit from prospective distributorsand if so, the details thereof along with thesteps taken to refund their money, State/UT/OMC-wise; and

(f) whether the existing distributorsare having any ceiling limit of consumersand if so, the number of distributors havingLPG consumers over and above the ceilinglimit and the steps taken for efficientcustomer service by the OMCs across thecountry, State/UT/OMC-wise?

Development of Tourism in Nalanda

†433. SHRI KAUSHALENDRAKUMAR:


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(a) whether the Government hassanctioned funds for integrateddevelopment of Ghoda-Katora-Rajgir-JalMandu-Pawapuri located in Nalanda;

(b) if so, the amount released to theState Government during the last fiveyears;

(c) whether the Government iscontemplating to provide any other formof assistance for the development ofGhoda-Katora so as to develop this famoustourist site and attract more and moretourists; and


Opening of Heritage Sites forPublic Events

434. SHRI DHARAM VIRA:SHRI K.R.P.

PRABAKARAN:DR. BOORA NARSAIAH

GOUD:




(a) whether the Government has taken/proposes to take measures to improveovernight stay of tourists at heritagedestinations to support local economy;

(b) whether it would requirecollaborating with other Ministries and ifso, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government proposesto open up its heritage monuments forcultural, music, and other events; and


Revival of Closed Industries

435. SHRI RAGHAVLAKHANPAL:




(a) the details of the financialassistance provided by the Government forsetting up of new industries along with thenumber of persons who got employmenttherefrom during the last three years andthe current year;

(b) the efforts made by theGovernment to set up industries in theStates which are industrially backward andwhere unemployment is rising rapidly ascompared to the other States;

(c) the details of pending projects/proposals received by the Governmentfrom various States along with the reasonsfor the delay in sanctioning the pendingprojects and efforts made by theGovernment for better coordinationbetween the Union and States in this regard;and

(d) the number of large/mediumindustries closed down/gone sick duringeach of the last three years and the currentyear along with the reasons therefor andthe steps taken by the Government toprotect/revive these industries?

Gratuity Act, 1972

436. SHRIMATI KAVITHAKALVAKUNTLA:




(a) whether the Government hasamended/proposes to amend the paymentof Gratuity Act, 1972;


(c) whether the cap of Rs. 10 lakh onthe amount of gratuity paid to a workerhas been increased to 20 lakh;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) whether this will be applicable toemployees working in the private sectoras well and if so, the details thereof?

Eco-Tourism Projects

437. DR. RATNA DE (NAG):




(a) whether the Government hasimplemented any eco-tourism projectsduring the last two years;

(b) if so, the details thereof and if not,the reasons therefor along with the fundsallocated in this regard;

(c) whether the Government hasevaluated the scheme that it will generatemore income for local communities; and

(d) if so, the details and the findingsthereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

Crude Steel Capacity

438. SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:KUMARI SHOBHA

KARANDLAJE:




(a) whether India has crude steelcapacity of 126 million tonnes as on March,2017 and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the National Steel Policy(NSP) 2017, envisages to enhance thedomestic crude steel capacity to 300 milliontonnes by 2030-31 and if so, the detailsthereof;

(c) whether only 66 million tonnes ofcapacity has been added in the past decadeand if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether several global steel majorshave scrapped various Greenfield steelprojects, due to various factors like locationof land, availability of raw materials,economic viability of project, logistics, etc.and if so, the details thereof along with theresponse of the Government thereto?

Development and Promotion ofTourism in Uttar Pradesh

†439. SHRI DEVENDRASINGH BHOLE:

SHRI BHAIRONPRASAD MISHRA:

SHRI HARI OMPANDAY:

SHRI KAUSHALKISHORE:




(a) whether the Government proposesto develop and promote tourism in thecountry particularly in Uttar Pradesh;

(b) if so, the details thereof along withthe steps taken/being taken by theGovernment in this regard and if not, thereasons therefor;


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(c) the funds allocated by theGovernment for development of tourismin Bundelkhand, Ambedkar Nagar,Ayodhya, Kashi and Mathura in UttarPradesh during the last three years and thecurrent year;

(d) whether any monitoringCommittee including public representativehas been constituted for proper monitoringof funds allocated for the purpose; and

(e) if so, the details thereof along withits composition and if not, the time bywhich the said Committee is likely to beset up?

Prices of Petroleum Products

440. SHRI C.N.JAYADEVAN:

SHRI N.K.PREMACHANDRAN:

PROF. SAUGATA ROY:SHRI RAM MOHAN

NAIDUKINJARAPU:

SHRI ASADUDDINOWAISI:

SHRI NAGENDRAKUMAR PRADHAN:

SHRI GUTHASUKENDER REDDY:

SHRI PRABHAKARREDDY KOTHA:




(a) the details of increase/decrease inthe prices and taxes on petrol, diesel, LPGduring the last three years and the currentyear and the reasons for not reducing theprices of petroleum products in proportionto reduction of prices of international crude

oil, product-wise including crude oil pricesduring the said period;

(b) whether the Governmentproposes to reduce the subsidy given tocooking gas for domestic purpose and ifso, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Governmentproposes to introduce Goods and ServicesTax (GST) on petrol, diesel and otherpetroleum products and if so, the detailsthereof;

(d) whether the State ownedpetroleum companies/State Governmentshave raised any objection to include petrol,diesel and petroleum products in GST andif so, the details thereof along with likelyimpacts on their profitability and the actiontaken by the Government to address theirconcerns; and

(e) whether the Governmentproposes to change the existing system ofdaily change in the price of petrol, dieseland LPG without stipulating specific timeperiod and if so, the details thereof?

Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana

441. SHRI NALIN KUMARKATEEL:

SHRI GANESH SINGH:DR. BHAGIRATH

PRASAD:SHRI RAJIV PRATAP

RUDY:SHRI D.K. SURESH:




(a) the salient features of PradhanMantri Ujjwala Yojana (PMUY) along with

targets fixed/achieved and the number offree gas connections provided to womenunder the said scheme since its inceptionincluding funds allocated/utilisedthereunder, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Governmentproposes to enlarge/enhance the coveragetarget and incentivise the better performingdistricts under PMUY and if so, the detailsthereof along with the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Governmentin this regard, State/UT-wise includingBihar;

(c) whether the Government hascreated infrastructure/launched any portalto bring transparency in the distribution ofgas under PMUY and if so, the detailsthereof, State/UT-wise including MadhyaPradesh; and

(d) the number of complaints regardingdistribution/delay in providing gasconnection to BPL families under PMUYreceived by the Government till date alongwith the remedial action taken/being takenin this regard, State/UT-wise?

Labour Law Reforms

†442. SHRI DHARMENDRAYADAV:

SHRI KUNWARPUSHPENDRASINGH CHANDEL:

SHRI ANANDRAOADSUL:

DR. SHRIKANTEKNATH SHINDE:

KUNWARBHARATENDRA:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATILSHIVAJIRAO:

DR. PRITAMGOPINATH MUNDE:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPABARNE:





(a) whether the Government proposesto simplify/make the labour laws in thecountry more flexible and if so, the detailsthereof;

(b) whether various trade unions haveraised concerns/opposed the said move ofthe Government;

(c) if so, the details thereof along withthe response of the Government thereto;and

(d) the further steps taken/proposedto be taken by the Government tostrengthen the labour reforms in thecountry?

Renovation of Monuments

†443. SHRI RAM TAHALCHOUDHARY:

SHRI KUNWARPUSHPENDRA SINGHCHANDEL:

SHRI NANA PATOLE:SHRI HARI MANJHI:SHRI LAXMAN

GILUWA:SHRIMATI

JAYSHREEBEN PATEL:





(a) whether the Government isaware Heritage buildings/monuments ofhistoric importance in the country are indilapidated condition due to various reasonsincluding lack of proper maintenance andprotection;

(b) if so, the details thereof and theaction proposed to be taken for restorationof these monuments, State/UT andmonument-wise along with the details ofthe monuments which come under thecategory of World Heritage Sites and theHeritage Sites of India;

(c) whether the Government hasenvisaged any scheme and reserved certainfunds for the renovation, restoration anddevelopment of historical places, buildings,forts and other sites in the country; and

(d) if so, the details of funds allocatedand expenditure incurred on preservation/maintenance of these monuments duringeach of the last three years and the currentyear, State/UT-wise including Bundelkhandarea of Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh andJharkhand along with the quantum ofrevenue earned from these monumentsduring the said period?

Foreign Investment under Make inIndia

444. SHRI DEEPENDERSINGH HOODA:


SHRI P. KUMAR:SHRI P.C. MOHAN:SHRI LALLU SINGH:




(a) the details of the proposalsreceived and sanctioned by theGovernment from various foreigncompanies for establishment of industrialunits in the country under new economicreforms and the Make in India programmeduring each of the last three years and thecurrent year, State/UT-wise;

(b) the details of the amount ofinvestment involved, number of companiesthat have started production out of thesanctioned ones and details of employmentlikely to be generated therefrom during thesaid period, State/UT-wise;

(c) whether the Government hasreceived any complaints from the foreigncompanies regarding difficulties being facedby them in land acquisition; and

(d) if so, the details thereof along withthe corrective steps taken by theGovernment in this regard?

Distance Education by DeemedUniversities

445. SHRI ADHALRAO PATILSHIVAJIRAO:


SHRI ANANDRAOADSUL:


SHRI DHARMENDRAYADAV:

DR. PRITAMGOPINATH MUNDE:





(a) whether the Supreme Court hasraised certain objections with regard toaward of degree by deemed universitiesthrough distance education mode;

(b) if so, the details of the efforts madeby the Government in this regard;

(c) whether the Government proposesto review the policy of award of degreethrough distance education;

(d) if so, the details thereof and thesteps taken by the Government in thisregard; and

(e) the details of the universitiesoffering degree through distance educationmode in the country, State/UT-wise?

Mid-Day Meal during Holidays

446. SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:ADV. M.

UDHAYAKUMAR:SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI:




(a) whether it is true that theGovernment is considering to provide mid-day meals even during school holidays andif so, the details thereof;

(b) whether it is also true that anysuch move might have huge financialimplications and that many schemes runby the Government are already sufferingfrom severe financial crunch and if so, thedetails thereof; and

(c) whether the Government hasassessed the actual impact and effectiveness

of mid-day meal scheme in fightingmalnutrition and if so, the details thereof?

Inflow of Tourists

447. SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:SHRI P.

KARUNAKARAN:SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:SHRI VENKATESH

BABU T.G.:SHRI MOHITE PATIL

VIJAYSINHSHANKARRAO:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYASULE:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:SHRI DHANANJAY

MAHADIK:DR. HEENA

VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:SHRI KANWAR SINGH

TANWAR:




(a) whether the number of foreigntourists visiting the country is on the steeprise in this year as compared to last year;

(b) if so, the number and status oftourist inflow in the country along withtheir nationality during the last three yearsand the current year, country-wise and therevenue earned therefrom along with itsimpact on GDP of the country;

(c) whether the Government hasstarted new tourism projects and openedtourism offices abroad and if so, the detailsthereof along with the expenditure incurredto run these foreign offices during the saidperiod, country-wise;

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(d) whether the Government hasprovided/proposes to provide any specialpackage to various State Governments toattract more tourists in the country and ifso, the details thereof along with the fundsprovided in this regard, State/UT-wise; and

(e) whether NRIs visiting India arealso being counted as foreign tourists and ifso, the details thereof and the reasonstherefor?

Updation of NCERT Books

448. SHRI BIDYUT BARANMAHATO:

SHRI NARANBHAIKACHHADIYA:

SHRI GAJANANKIRTIKAR:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:SHRI SUMEDHANAND

SARSWATI:SHRI T.

RADHAKRISHNAN:SHRI S.R.

VIJAYAKUMAR:SHRI R. DHRUVA

NARAYANA:SHRIMATI SANTOSH

AHLAWAT:SHRI ASHOK

SHANKARRAOCHAVAN:

KUNWAR HARIBANSHSINGH:




(a) whether the National Council ofEducational Research andTraining(NCERT) proposes to review allits books as they were written over a decadeago and needed to be updated;

(b) if so, the details along with aimsand objectives thereof and the time bywhich they are likely to be reviewed;

(c) whether NCERT has soughtsuggestions from teachers for factual errorsand updation and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government has takensteps to ensure timely supply of adequatenumber of NCERT Books in the nextacademic session so that parents are notforced to purchase expensive books fromPrivate publishers and if so, the detailsthereof; and

(e) whether the Government alsoproposes periodic review of books fromPrivate publishers prescribed by affiliatedschools and if so, the details thereof?

Universal Social Security Scheme

449. SHRI GAJANANKIRTIKAR:



SHRI T.RADHAKRISHNAN:


SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:SHRI ASHOK

SHANKARRAOCHAVAN:




(a) whether the Government has anyplan to provide Universal Social Securitycoverage for the poorest fifth i.e. poorest20% of the country and if so, the detailsthereof;

(b) whether the Ministry has sent thesaid proposal for vetting to FinanceMinistry;

(c) if so, the details thereof along withthe approximate amount of labour andemployment required for implementationof said universal social security coveragein the country;

(d) the number of people likely to bebenefited from the said scheme, State/UT-wise; and

(e) the time by which it is likely to beimplemented along with the other stepstaken/being taken by the Government forthe welfare of workers working inunorganized sectors?

Trade between India and China

450. KUNWAR HARIBANSHSINGH:



SHRI KALIKESH N.SINGH DEO:


SHRI GAJANANKIRTIKAR:

SHRIMATI V. SATHYABAMA:

SHRI MANSHANKARNINAMA:

SHRI K.N.RAMACHANDRAN:

SHRI ASHOKSHANKARRAOCHAVAN:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:SHRI KANWAR SINGH

TANWAR:DR. P.K. BIJU:






(a) the details of the imports andexports carried out between India and Chinaduring the last three years and the currentyear, product/quantity/value and year-wiseindicating the list of such Chinese products,raw and finished goods dominated in thedomestic markets;

(b) whether India’s trade deficit withChina has increased during the said periodand if so, the details thereof and the reasonstherefor along with the steps taken by theGovernment to reduce the same andpromote exports to China;

(c) whether India and China have alsoagreed to set up industry specific workinggroups for increasing exports with a viewto bridge trade deficit with China and if so,the details thereof along with the time bywhich the said working groups are likely tostart functioning;

(d) whether China has shown interestin making investments in various sectors ofthe country and if so, the details thereofalong with the details of investment madeby Chinese companies in India so far; and

(e) whether the Government haschalked out any plans to provide adequatepolicy support and facilitation toindigenous industries to combat the overdumping of Chinese products in Indiandomestic market and if so, the details thereofalong with the plan of the Government, ifany, to introduce anti-dumping duty onChinese imports?

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Concerns of Foreign Investors

451. DR. PRITAMGOPINATH MUNDE:

SHRI ANANDRAOADSUL:


SHRI DHARMENDRAYADAV:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATILSHIVAJIRAO:



SHRI ALOK SANJAR:




(a) the details of foreign investmentsthat came to India during each of the lastthree years, country-wise and project-wise;

(b) the details of the difficulties beingfaced by foreign investors in India duringthe said period;

(c) whether the Government have anymechanism to find out the nature ofdifficulties being faced by the foreigninvestors in the country and if so, the detailsthereof;

(d) the extent to which the existingsystem has been able to deal with theconcerns of foreign investors; and

(e) the corrective steps taken /proposed to be taken by the Governmentto resolve the issues being faced by theforeign investors including Japanese?

Under-Measurement of Petrol

452. SHRI RAJENDRAAGRAWAL:

SHRI MANSUKHBHAIDHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

SHRI PINAKI MISRA:KUNWAR HARIBANSH

SINGH:SHRI

HARISHCHANDRACHAVAN:

SHRI SUMEDHANANDSARSWATI:


SHRI R. DHRUVANARAYANA:


SHRIMATI SANTOSHAHLAWAT:


SHRI RAJU SHETTY:SHRI S.R.

VIJAYAKUMAR:




(a) whether the incidents of under-measurement by installing a chip in thedispensers and adulteration of petrol/dieselby various petrol pumps in the countryhave been reported/noticed by theGovernment during the last three years andthe current year;

(b) if so, the details thereof and thenumber of complaints received against thepetrol pumps/involvement of persons ofOil Marketing Companies (OMCs) and thepunitive action including cancellation oflicences taken against them, OMC/State/UT-wise;

(c) the number of cases still pendingwith the Government with regard to the

cancellation of license of petrol pumps,OMC/State/UT-wise;

(d) the steps taken by the Governmentto conduct regular drives/surprise checksand evolve a mechanism at national level tocurb such malpractices and the action takenby the Government against the erringpersons/dealers found involved therein,State/UT-wise; and

(e) the concrete action taken by theGovernment to stop such malpracticesand cheating by petrol pump owners infuture?

Crimes in Schools

453. SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:SHRI VENKATESH

BABU T.G.:SHRI BHARTRUHARI

MAHTAB:SHRI TEJ PRATAP

SINGH YADAV:SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:SHRI ANTO ANTONY:




(a) whether the Government has takencognizance of rising number of crimes likemurder, rape and other atrocities againstthe students within the school premises,particularly the recent cases in Gurugramand Delhi and if so, the details of suchincidents reported during the last threeyears and current year, State/UT-wise;

(b) whether the Government hasconducted any enquiry into such incidentsand if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government proposesto issue/ modify the safety guidelinesintended to curb such incidents in schoolsand if so, the details thereof;

(d) the time by which such guidelinesare likely to be implemented by theGovernment; and

(e) whether the Government has madeany safety audit of the schools in thecountry to ensure adherence to theprescribed safety guidelines and if so, thedetails thereof?

Promotion of Research in Colleges

454. SHRI BHARTRUHARIMAHTAB:

SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:




(a) the details of the schemes/programmes being implemented by theGovernment to promote and enhanceresearch and development activities inUniversities/Colleges across the country;

(b) whether the Government hasprovided adequate financial assistance underthe said schemes/programmes during eachof the last three years and the current year,if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise andScheme/Programme-wise;

(c) whether the Government hasreceived proposal from various StateGovernments for providing adequate/sufficient funds under the said schemes/programmes during the said period, if so,the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and

(d) the other steps taken by theGovernment to give a fillip to the research

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and development activities in Universities/Colleges across the country?

Fixing of Prices ofPetroleum Products

†455. SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:SHRIMATI BHAVANA

PUNDALIKRAOGAWALI PATIL:

SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:SHRI SANKAR PRASAD

DATTA:SHRI DUSHYANT

CHAUTALA:SHRI BHARTRUHARI

MAHTAB:




(a) whether the Government hasreceived complaints of inappropriatedecisions taken by the Public Sector OilMarketing Companies (OMCs) withrespect to fixing prices of petrol and dieselin the country since deregulation of theirprices, if so, the details thereof along withthe role of the Government to keep a checkon the wrong fixation of prices of petroland diesel by OMCs in the country;, State/UT/OMC-wise;

(b) whether the Government hasconducted any study to ascertain theimpact of such inappropriate decisions onthe profits of the said companies and onthe common people, if so, the details andoutcome thereof;

(c) whether the customers/consumersof petrol and diesel are not given the actualbenefit that accrued to oil companies byimporting the same at low prices and if so,

the details thereof along with the correctivemeasures taken/proposed to be taken bythe Government so that benefit of the samereaches to the consumers also;

(d) whether the Government is awareof the problems being faced by people dueto fluctuations/frequent/daily changes in theprices of petroleum products since de-controlled by the Government and if so,the details thereof along with its likelyimpact on the common man, inflation/essential commodities;

(e) the revenue, profit earned anddividends generated and paid by publicsector oil companies from the sale of petrol,diesel, LPG in India and abroad during thelast three years and the current year; and

(f) the barrel-wise price of variouspetroleum products in international marketand their corresponding per barrel sellingprice in Indian market during the saidperiod?

FDI Inflows

456. SHRI RAMEN DEKA:DR. A. SAMPATH:ADV. M.

UDHAYAKUMAR:SHRI B.V. NAIK:




(a) the details of the Foreign DirectInvestment (FDI) received in the countryduring each of the last three years and thecurrent year, sector-wise and State/UT-wise including Assam;

(b) the details of the pending FDIproposals at present and the time by whichthese are likely to be cleared, sector/Ministry-wise;

(c) whether the Union Governmentcannot reject FDI proposal oradd conditions other than those prescribedin the FDI Policy without consultingDepartment of Industrial Policyand Promotion and if so, the detailsthereof;

(d) whether country specific modulesare being prepared with special focus tomiddle run companies and if so, the detailsthereof; and

(e) the other steps being taken by theGovernment to boost the FDI inflows?

Colleges underRUSA

†457. SHRI OM PRAKASHYADAV:

SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:




(a) the total number of collegesapproved under the Rashtriya UchchtarShiksha Abhiyan (RUSA) Scheme duringthe last three years and the current year,State/UT-wise;

(b) the time by when these collegeswere given approval in the State of MadhyaPradesh;

(c) the details of financial allocationmade to establish above mentioned colleges,State-wise; and

(d) whether any college is proposedto be set up under RUSA Scheme innear future in the country including in theState of Bihar and if so, the detailsthereof?

Workforce Growth

458. SHRI MD.BADARUDDOZAKHAN:

SHRI MOHD. SALIM:




(a) the growth of India’s workforce inthe last five years, year-wise, State/UT-wise and in absolute and percentage terms;

(b) whether the growth in employmentopportunities is not in proportion to thegrowth in workforce during the said period;

(c) if so, the details thereof and thereasons therefor;

(d) whether unemployment rate hasgradually gone up in the country during theabove period; and

(e) if so, the details thereof, sector-wise and the efforts being made by theGovernment to arrest this situation?

Vacancies of Teachers inHigher Education

459. SHRI MOHITE PATILVIJAYSINHSHANKARRAO:

SHRI SHARADTRIPATHI:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:SHRI K. ASHOK

KUMAR:SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:SHRIMATI SUPRIYA

SULE:SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:SHRI NALIN KUMAR

KATEEL:

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SHRI DHANANJAYMAHADIK:

DR. HEENAVIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:




(a) whether there is large number ofteachers vacancies in Centrally fundedinstitutions and universities in the countryand if so, the details thereof State/UT-wiseincluding Karnataka and the reasonstherefor, institution-wise;

(b) whether the Government isconsidering bringing back retired teacherswith good teaching record to fill in the largenumber of such vacancies and if so, thedetails thereof and the objectives behindthe move;

(c) whether the Government is alsoconsidering to extend teaching assignmentto good research scholars from reputedforeign universities and if so, the detailsthereof; and

(d) the other steps taken by theGovernment to improve quality ofeducation and research in Centrally fundedinstitutions and universities?

Minimum Wages

460. SHRIMATI SANTOSHAHLAWAT:

SHRI RAM CHARANBOHRA:

SHRIMATI RITIPATHAK:

SHRI SUMEDHANANDSARSWATI:

SHRI R. DHRUVANARAYANA:

SHRI PANKAJCHAUDHARY:

SHRI BADRUDDINAJMAL:


ÁÖ´Ö †Öî¸ü ¸üÖê•ÖÝÖÖ¸ü ´ÖÓ¡Ößbe pleased to state:

(a) whether minimum wages fixed forvarious types of unskilled labourersincluding those working in farming andnon-farming sector under the MinimumWages Act, 1948 vary amongst States;

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise along with the reasons fordifferential wages;

(c) whether the Government hasamended/proposes to amend the MinimumWages Act, 1948 and formulate a uniformwage policy for the entire country and ifso, the details and the salient featuresthereof;

(d) whether the Government hasreceived feedbacks from the States andother stakeholders in this regard and if so,the details thereof along with the followupaction taken by the Government thereon;and

(e) the other steps taken/being takenby the Government for welfare andbetterment of labourers in the country?

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NEW DELHI; SNEHLATA SHRIVASTAVA

December 12, 2017 Secretary General

Agrahayana 21, 1939 (Saka)

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INDEX(Ministry-wise)

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Commerce and Industry : 231, 239, 246, 260, 268, 281, 283, 285, 290,296, 299, 315, 316, 322, 324, 326, 332, 333,341, 354, 355, 361, 373, 377, 385, 389, 408,424, 425, 426, 430, 435, 444, 450, 451, 456

Culture : 236, 251, 266, 274, 277, 288, 293, 358, 363,365, 366, 369, 434, 443

Human Resource Development : 232, 233, 237, 245, 247, 249, 250, 253, 254,255, 256, 257, 258, 262, 269, 272, 276, 284,287, 298, 305, 306, 309, 314, 318, 320, 321,323, 328, 330, 335, 336, 337, 338, 339, 342,343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 351, 356, 357,368, 371, 375, 378, 379, 380, 381, 384, 390,394, 397, 398, 400, 405, 411, 414, 416, 419,422, 431, 445, 446, 448, 453, 454, 457, 459

Labour and Employment : 235, 240, 252, 265, 271, 273, 280, 292, 307,313, 317, 319, 352, 372, 382, 391, 396, 399,402, 407, 421, 427, 429, 436, 442, 449, 458,460

Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises : 242, 294, 300, 312, 327, 360, 387

Petroleum and Natural Gas : 261, 263, 264, 267, 270, 278, 291, 295, 302,325, 329, 334, 353, 364, 370, 374, 388, 392,401, 403, 404, 423, 428, 432, 440, 441, 452,455

Skill Development and Entrepreneurship : 241, 259, 297, 308, 350, 362, 367, 386, 410,415, 418

Steel : 286, 289, 303, 310, 311, 359, 393, 395, 406,438

Tourism : 243, 275, 279, 282, 331, 383, 412, 413, 433,437, 439, 447

Tribal Affairs : 234, 238, 244, 248, 301, 304, 340, 349,376, 409, 417, 420.

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Question No. Correction ____________________________________________________________________________

262 In heading: for "List of Institutions with approval AICTE"

read "List of Institutions with approval of AICTE"

340 Insert Name of Member at second place: "SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN"

New Delhi SNEHLATA SHRIVASTAVA December 13, 2017. Secretary General Agrahayana 22, 1939 (Saka)

INDEX

(Ministry – wise) Tourism delete "282" Tribal Affairs Insert "282"

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Question No. Correction ____________________________________________________________________________

332 Question delete

443 3rd Name of Member delete: "SHRI NANA PATOLE"

New Delhi SNEHLATA SHRIVASTAVA December 15, 2017. Secretary General Agrahayana 24, 1939 (Saka)

INDEX (Ministry – wise)

Commerce and Industry delete "332"

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