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Lok Sabha Question No. 4899 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: NCC Units
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4899

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 31 ST  MARCH, 2017

## NCC  UNITS

## 4899.  SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) the present number of units of National Cadet Corps (NCC) in the country;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  increase  the  number  of  NCC  units  in  the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to expand the Corps' presence in naxal affected areas  as  well  as  coastal  and  border  areas  and  simultaneously  encourage  youth  of  such areas to join the mainstream as NCC cadets?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

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- (a) Presently, there are 814 NCC units in the country.
- (b) Yes, Madam.  Government has approved a five phase expansion of NCC from 13 lakh cadets to 15 lakh cadets.  This would involve raising of 5 Group  Headquarters  and  61  NCC  units.    In  the  first  two  phases  of implementation,  two  Group  Headquarters and  24  NCC  units  have already been raised.  In the third phase, one Group Headquarter and 14 NCC units are  in  the  process  of  raising  and  in  the  remaining  4 th &  5 th phases,  two Group  Headquarters,  16  Army  Units,  4  Naval  Units  and  3  Air  Units  are proposed to be raised.
- (c) Under  the  on-going  expansion  plan  of  NCC,  from  the  third  phase onwards the focus on expansion is on Coastal areas, Left Wing Extremism areas and North Eastern States.  This would encourage youths to join NCC activities in such areas.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4896 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Food Standards
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: A.T. (NANA) PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUE STION NO. 4896 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 ST MARCH, 2017

## FOOD STANDARDS

## 4896. SHRI A.T. NANA PATIL:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Authority  of  India  (FSSAI)  has  come  up  wi benchmark standards for a number of categories of food;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to ensure health supplements, nutraceuticals probiotics and other functional food products go through a stringent regulatory scanner and comply specific norms before entering the market?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a): Yes.
- (b): Standards for different food categories have been provided under the Food Safety Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011, as amended fr time to time.
- (c): To address the issue of health supplements, nutraceuticals, probiotics and other fu foods,  the  Food  Safety  and  Standards  Authority  of  India  has  notified  the  Food  Safety Standards (Health Supplement, Nurtraceuticals, Food for Special Dietary Use , Food for Special Medical Purpose, Functional Foods and Novel Foods) Regulations, 2016 on 23.12.2016 .

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4894 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Salaries of Health Workers
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: YERRAM VENKATA SUBBAREDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4894

TO BE ANSWERED ON 31.03.2017

## SALARIES OF HEALTH WORKERS

## 4894. SHRI Y.V.SUBBAREDDY

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)    the extent to which the cut in the budget is impacting programmes of malnutrition, payment of wages to millions of health workers, etc;
- (b)    whether the Government proposes to ask States to pay salaries to health workers since they have  got  10  percent  more  revenues  through  devolution  of  taxes  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c)     whether health workers have been demanding to increase their wages; and
- (d)     if so, the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF  WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI KRISHNA RAJ)

- (a) There is no cut in the Budget of Integrated Child Development Services (ICDS) Scheme and Department of Health and Family Welfare.
- (b)     No, Madam.
- (c)   & (d) Public health and hospitals is a State subject. All administrative and personnel matters including salaries/wages of health workers lie with the State Governments.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4893 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Project Saksham
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4893

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2017/CHAITRA 10, 1939 (SAKA)

## PROJECT SAKSHAM

## 4893. SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has approved Rs. 2,256 crore outlay for Project Saksham to bolster the information technology network for the new GST regime, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) IT systems need to integrate with the  Goods  and  Services  Tax  Network  (GSTN)  for  processing  of  registration,  payment  and returns data sent by GSTN systems to CBEC, as well as act as a front-end for other modules like audit, appeal and investigation;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken in this regard; and
- (d) whether there is any overlap in the GST related systems of CBEC and GSTN, if so, the details thereof and reasons therefor along with corrective steps being taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) Yes.    Project  Saksham  is  the  name  given  to  CBEC's  IT  Infrastructure  Project.    This  IT Infrastructure  project  will  enable  not  just  the  implementation  of  Goods  and  Services  tax (GST) but also support all existing services in Customs, Central Excise and Service Tax.  In addition,  it  will  also  enable  extension  of  the  Indian  Customs  Single  Window  Interface  for Facilitating Trade (SWIFT) and other taxpayer-friendly initiatives under Digital Indian and Ease of Doing Business of CBEC.
- (b) &  (c)  Yes.  The  information  filed  by  taxpayers  (for  eg.,  Registration,  Returns  etc)  on  the GSTN portal will be transferred to CBEC systems via a link established by GSTN from their data  centres  to  CBEC  data  centres.    This  information  will  be  subsequently  processed  by CBEC's  officers  and  the  action  taken  will  be  transferred  back  to  GSTN  portal  over  this network.    Thus,  Project  Saksham  will  enable  setting  up  of  an  information  exchange mechanism  with  GSTN  through  the  use  of  pre-agreed  Application  Programming  Interface (API) or other secure methods of message exchange.
- (d)  There  is  no  overlap  in  the  functions  to  be  performed  by  the  systems  of  CBEC  and  GSTN. CBEC's  systems  will  be  required  to  process  data  pertaining  to  Registration,  Returns  and Payment Modules which will be transmitted by GSTN to CBEC for backend processing.  For other  modules  related  to  statutory  tax  functions  such  as  Audit,  Investigation  etc.  CBEC systems would provide front end interface to tax payers.
Lok Sabha Question No. 4891 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Bad Banks
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: OM PRAKASH YADAV

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up bad banks in the country;

- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the role of the said bad banks in Indian banking sector; and

- (c) whether  the Government proposes to allow stressed assets holders of other banks to invest in the said bad banks and if so, the details thereof along with the locations where the said banks are likely to be operated?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

- (a) There is no such proposal.

- (b) to (c) : Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4887 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: New Drugs
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH)

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4887 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 ST MARCH, 2017

## NEW DRUGS

## 4887. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of AYURVEDA, YOGA AND NATUROPATHY,UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (AYUSH ) be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  new  drugs  developed  and  new  medicines  introduced  in  AYUSH  system  o medicines along with research works undertaken in this regard during the last three ye ars and the current year;
- (b) whether the Government has taken note of slow progress in the development of new drug AYUSH stream in view of enforcement of clinical trial method system as followed by mode medicine and the lack of institutional mecha nism for AYUSH; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYURVEDA, YOGA & NATUROPATHY, UNANI, SIDDHA AND HOMOEOPATHY (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK)

- (a): Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences (CCRAS) has developed anti - diabetic drug AYUSH - 82  and  AYUSH - SG  for  Rheumetoid  Arthritis.  Central  Council  for  Research  in Homoeopathy (CCRH) has developed 9 drug s out of which 2 are of vegetable origin, 5 are from different strains of Dengue virus and two are of chemical origin. Central Council for Res Siddha  (CCRS)  has  developed  D - 5  choornam  for  the  management  of  Type  II  Diabetes.  In addition  Ministry  of AYUSH  through  its  Research  Councils  has  undertaken  R&D  for development of new AYUSH drugs with details as under: -

## Ayurveda

1. Ayush - QOL RC for improvement of quality of life in cancer patients
2. Ayush -Manas for Mental retardation in Children
3. C - 1 oil f or wound healing
4. Ayush -Rasayan -A&B for Geriatric Health,
5. Ayush -D for Diabetes,
6. Ayush -A for Asthma,
7. Ayush -PJ -7 for Dengue

Contd……..

## Unani

The  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Unani Medicine  (CCRUM)  has  conducted  multi -centric clinical trials on four new Unani formulations on Vitiligo, Diabetes Mellitus t -II, Essential Hypertension and Infective Hepatitis. Experimental safety of these drugs has been established .

(b )  &  (c): The  development  of  new  drugs  is  a  standard  procedure  which  involves standardization of raw drug followed by Drug proving, Clinical Verification and Clinica and the whole process takes 7 to 8 years or even more.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4885 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Pilot to Cockpit Ratio
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: POONAM  MAHAJAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4885

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 31 ST  MARCH, 2017

## PILOT TO COCKPIT RATIO

4885.  SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the existing pilot to cockpit ratio for all types of planes / helicopters in Indian Air Force (IAF) is lesser than the authorised pilot to cockpit ratio;
- (b) if so, details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to increase pilot to cockpit ratio in the IAF?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) to (c): Existing pilot-to-cockpit ratio for the current number of squadrons in Indian Air Force (IAF) is in consonance with authorized ratio.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4884 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Shortage of Funds in DRDO
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: R. GOPALAKRISHNAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4884

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 31 ST  MARCH, 2017

## SHORTAGE OF FUNDS IN DRDO

4884.  SHRI  R. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the budgetary allocations to his Ministry this  year is only a modest six percent hike in comparison to the previous years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the impact thereof;
- (c) whether the budget allocations  towards  the Defence  Research  and  Development Organisation  (DRDO)  has  been  reduced  resulting  in  held  up  of  number  of  research works / projects; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken to ensure that DRDO is not suffering with any fund crunch?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) to (d): A statement is attached.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4884 FOR ANSWER ON 31.3.2017

(a) & (b): In the financial year 2016-17 Budget Estimates (BE) of Defence Services Estimates and Ministry of Defence (Miscellaneous) was ` 2,58,589.32 crore, whereas for the financial year 2017-18 BE is ` 2,74,114.12  crore,  which  is  around  6%  more  of  the  BE  for  the  year 2016-17.  The funds are allocated to meet Salary requirements, operational revenue expenses, contractual commitments and some fresh modernization schemes.  Additional requirement of funds as necessary will be  projected  depending  on  pace  of  utilization  of  allocation,  progress  of ongoing and new modernization schemes and priority requirements. (c) & (d): The BE allocation to Defence Research Development Organization (DRDO) for the financial year 2016-17 was ` 13,593.78 croes whereas for the financial year 2017-18 BE allocation is ` 14,818.74 crores. Additional requirement of funds for DRDO, if necessary, will be projected depending on pace of utilization of allocation and progress of ongoing and new  schemes  /  projects.    DRDO  is  managing  within  the  budgetary allocation by re-prioritizing the project activities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4883 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Dabba Trading Scam
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## FINANCIAL MARKETS DIVISION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4883 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, 31s MARCH, 2017/ CHAITRA 10, 1939 (Saka)

## DABBA TRADING SCAM

## QUESTION

## 4883. SHRI NANA PATOLE:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the'Government has taken cognizance of Dabba Trading Scam committed by parallel share brokers in various States of the country causing a loss to the tune of two lakh thirty three crore rupees to exchequer;
- (6) if the details thereof; SO,
- (c) whether the Government has taken any action against the guilty by conducting an inquiry into a big scam; and such
- (d) the details thereof and if not; the reasons therefor? if so,

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a), (6b), (c) and (d): The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) has informed that it has not received a complaint regarding Dabba Trading Scam committed by parallel share brokers in various States of the country which caused loss of two lakh three crore rupees to the exchequer: thirty -

In this regard, it may be noted that the illegal trading activities are punishable under the provisions of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) in view of which the Government of India at various points of taken up this issue with the State Governments, since enforcement of the provisions of IPC vests with the State Governments/ written  letters to all State Governments in this regard requesting them to take action in cases of illegal or dabba trading: has; time, penal intimated that complaints regarding illegal trading received by SEBI would be forwarded to police authorities in the action concerned State authorities. SEBI has informed that in accordance with the Government'$ decision, all complaints regarding illegal trading are forwarded to the Director General of Police (DGP) of the concerned Statel UT. In addition, SEBI has  informed and the   Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act; 1956, SEBI also takes action in cases in which the police inform them of illegal trading activities by SEBI-registered intermediaries, which includes advising stock exchanges to undertake inspection of registered stock brokers, their branches and sub-brokers:

Further; SEBI has prepared a detailed 'Guidance Note' on illegal trading on the advice of the Ministry of Finance, which was circulated to all the State Governments and UTs vide the Ministry'$ letter dated 20th August; 2013. In this regard, SEBI has informed that it is also conducting training programs for police authorities of various States which include a module on illegal trading: special

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4882 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Insurance for Rare Diseases
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: ANURAG SINGH THAKUR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4882

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, MARCH 31, 2017/CHAITRA 10, 1939 (SAKA)

## Insurance of Rare Diseases

## 4882 . SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR :

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  provisions  in  insurance  laws  that  put  patients suffering from rare diseases at a disadvantage as compared to other patients and that such provisions are used to exclude such patients from insurance cover; and
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  rectify  the same?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) and  (b)  Insurance  Regulatory  and  Development  Authority  of  India  (IRDAI) (Health lnsurance) Regulations, 2016 (HlR 2016) facilitate offering of innovative covers by insurers, one of which is the concept of 'pilot products'. This is introduced with a view to  give  scope  to  innovation  for  covering  risks  that  have  not  been  offered  hitherto  or stand excluded in the extant products.

Further it has been specified in HlR, 2016 that underwriting policy of insurers shall cover aspects relating to offering health insurance coverage not only to standard lives but also to sub-standard lives.

The product design is in the realm of the insurance companies and acceptance of any risk or offering of any benefit is subject to terms and conditions of the product and board approved underwriting policy of the insurers. lt is necessary that the products designed by  the  insurance  companies  are  financially  viable  and  sustainable  in  order  to  enable them to discharge their liabilities towards claims as and when they arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4881 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: Seventh CPC
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL

## 4881 . DR P. VENUGOPAL:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has accepted the Seventh Central Commission (CPC) panel clause on increment cut and if so, the details thereof; and Pay
- is no clarity on the   parameters which would form the basis of monitoring the performance of an employee and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MNISTER OF STATE IN THE MNISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI ARJUN RAMMEGHWAL)

- (a): The 7th Central Commission has  retained rate of annual increment at 3 percent: The 7th CPC has also recommended withholding of annual increments in the case of those employees who are not able to meet the benchmark either for MACP or a regular promotion within the first 20 years of their service. These recommendations have been accepted by the Government: Pay
- (b): The 7th CPC has observed that it is essential to have a linkage between Departmental Results Framework Documents (RFD) and Annual Appraisal Performance Report (APAR) and has  suggested the  following modification in the existing APAR system for determining Performance Related Pay:
- Alignment of Objectives: The Ministry's Vision/Mission needs to be translated into a set of   strategic objectives for  each   department and these objectives   need to be cascaded by the Department Head to his subordinates and subsequently down the chain.
- Objectives, Assigning Success Indicators and their Weights: Objectives reflected in the APAR should be prioritized and assigned weights along with success indictors or Performance Indicators. The Commission recommended 60 percent weight on work output and 40 percent weight on personal attributes, instead of Key

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO\_ 4881

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 31st MARCH, 2017 CHAITRA 10, 1939 (SAKA)

## SEVENTH CPC

## QUESTION

existing 60 percent weight on personal attributes and only 40 percent weight to work output:

- (iii) No Ex-ante Agreement: The indicators in the APAR of an officerlstaff will need to be discussed and set with the supervisor at the beginning of the year:
- (iv) Timelines: The timelines for RFD may be synchronized with the preparation of the APAR so that the targets set under RFD reflected in individual APARs in a seamless manner. get
- Online APAR System: The Commission recommended introduction of online APARs system for all Central Government officerslemployees.
Lok Sabha Question No. 4879 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-31
Subject: CST Compensation
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: RITA TARAI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4879

10 CHAITRA, 1939(SAKA)

## CST Compensation

4879 : Shrimati Rita Tarai

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any policy for Central Sales Tax (CST) loss for the year 2013-14 onwards which would be compensated especially in view of declining revenues in the aftermath of demonetisation; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

Reply (a) No, Madam.

- (b) Does not arise