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Lok Sabha Question No. 4145 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: NOC on Pollution
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4145

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2017

## NOC on Pollution

## 4145. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether the Government is considering to issue No Objection Certificate (NOC) relating to  pollution  to  the  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises  for  longer  duration  as  getting NOC every year is essential for the above enterprises at present;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any action plan is being considered to issue online NOC on pollution; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ANIL MADHAV DAVE)

- (a) to  (d) As  per  the  provisions  of  the  Water  (Prevention  and  Control  of  Pollution)  Act, 1974 and Air ( Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981, industries are  required to seek  Consent  to    Establish  (CTE)  and  Consent  to  Operate  (CTO).  CPCB  has  revised categorization of industrial sectors under Red /Orange / Green /White categories based on the concept of pollution index. For the newly introduced WHITE category, there will be no necessity of obtaining the CTO and intimation to the concerned SPCB/PCC will suffice. Accordingly, directions u/s 18(1)(b) of the Water Act, 1974 and Air Act, 1981 have  been  issued  to  all  SPCBs/PCCs  for  ensuring  adoption  of  the  revised  criteria  of categorization  of  industries.  CTE  and  CTO  are  issued  by  SPCBs  /PCCs.  Few  SPCBs /PCCs  have  made  provision  for  submission  of  on  line  applications  for  consent  to establish or consent to operate.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4144 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †4144 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2017

## BABASAHEB AMBEDKAR MEMORIAL

## †4144. DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to include the Babasaheb Ambedkar Memorial in Ran Ahmedabad in the list of best Memorials by the Ministry;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; a nd
- (c)  the  funds  allocated  to  develop  the  said  Memorial  so  as  to  bring  it  under  the Memorials as well as for other construction work?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FO R SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)

- (a) to (c): The Ministry does not prepare the list of best memorials in the country, so does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4143 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Funds for Construction of Buildings
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: JAYADEV GALLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4143

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 th  MARCH, 2017 / CHAITRA 7, 1939 (SAKA)

FUNDS FOR CONSTRUCTION OF BUILDINGS

4143. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is a fact that the Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh has requested for  grant of Rs. 4,000 crore for construction of buildings in the new capital of Andhra Pradesh; and

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) & (b): No  specific  proposal  has  been  received  from  the  Chief  Minister  of Andhra Pradesh for granting Rs. 4,000 crore for construction of buildings in the new capital of Andhra Pradesh.    The Union Government, however, taking into account its commitment under Andhra Pradesh  Reorganisation act, 2014 has so far released special assistance of Rs.2500 crore for essential urban infrastructure (including construction of assembly and  Raj Bhavan etc).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4142 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: BoP on Indo-Bangladesh Border
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4142

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 th  MARCH, 2017 / CHAITRA 7, 1939 (SAKA)

BOP ON INDO-BANGLADESH BORDER

4142. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  India  has  signed  an  agreement  with  Border

Guards of  Bangladesh  (BGB)  to  build  Border  Out  Post  (BoP)  between  the  two countries;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the details of the action plan to restrict cross border insurgency and for promotion of border trade with tourism therein?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) & (b):  The Government of India has approved for providing security and logistic  support  to  Border  Guard  Bangladesh  (BGB)  by  way  of  using  Indian border  roads in the States of Tripura and Mizoram for construction of Border out Posts (BOPs) by BGB in Chittagong Hill Tracts area.

(c) The  Government  has  adopted  a  multipronged  approach  for  security arrangements at the borders to curb smuggling and infiltration. The arrangements include deployment of Border Guarding Force (BGF), construction  of border fence, construction of border roads, installation of

## L.S.US.Q. NO. 4142 FOR 28.03.2017

floodlights, construction of Border Out Posts (BOPs), introduction of Hi-tech surveillance equipments, providing advanced  weapons  and  specialized vehicles to Security Forces, etc. To promote border trade, among  other measures, Border Haats and Integrated Check Posts are being established on Indo-Bangladesh Border.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4141 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-28
Subject: Brand Building of Pharmaceuticals
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4141

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 th  March, 2017

## Brand Building of Pharmaceuticals

4141. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  details  of  the  cost  of brand  building of pharmaceuticals and the price paid by the consumers in the process;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the action taken by the Government to protect the interests of poor and middle class patients especially from rural areas by providing non-branded medicines at reasonable prices;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to formulate a policy to discourage brand building of pharmaceuticals and provide alternative retail network to make available medicines at low prices; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS; MINISTRY  OF  SHIPPING  AND  MINISTRY  OF  CHEMICALS  AND  FERTILIZERS (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

- (a)&(b):  The  Government  controls  the  prices  of  medicines  in  the  country  through  the provisions  of  Drugs(Prices  Control)  Order-2013  (DPCO-2013)  but  does  not  maintain such data as DPCO, 2013 follows a market based pricing methodology for fixation of ceiling prices of scheduled medicines.
- (c):  The  Government  is  operating  a  Scheme,  'Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya  Janaushadhi Pariyojna' (PMBJP)  for  providing quality generic medicines  at affordable prices throughout the country.
- (d) & (e): The Section 3(d) of Drugs and Magic Remedies (Objectionable Advertisement)  Act,  1954  prohibits  advertisement  for  promoting  the  diagnosis,  cure, mitigation, treatment or prevention of any disease, disorder or condition specified in the Schedule  to  the  Act  which  includes  major  diseases  like  Cancer,  Diabetes,  Blood Pressure  and  Heart  etc.  Besides  this,  the  Department  of  Pharmaceuticals  is  also

implementing a Uniform Code for Pharmaceuticals Marketing Practices (UCPMP) under which various marketing practices for brand building are regulated.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 350 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Revival of Sick MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY, RAVNEET SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. *350 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2017

## REVIVAL OF SICK MSMES

*350.

SHRI J. C. DIVAKAR REDDY:

SHRI RAVNEET SINGH:

Will  the  Minister  of  MICRO,  SMALL  AND  MEDIUM  ENTERPRISES  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  a  large  number  of  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises (MSMEs) have been closed down in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the  number  of  workers  affected  along  with  the  reasons  therefor  during each of the last three years and current year, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has set up/proposes to set up a panel to study the problems being faced by MSMEs in the country and if so, the details and status thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken / proposed to be taken by the Government to revive and rehabilitate the closed / sick MSMEs in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI KALRAJ MISHRA)

- (a) to (d):          A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *350 for answer on 27.03.2017

- (a): Information  on  closure  among  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises (MSMEs) are obtained through conduct of periodic census. As far as the 4 th All India  Census  of  MSMEs  conducted  with  reference  to  2006-07  is  concerned, 4.96 lakh MSMEs were found closed.
- (b): The  information  on  the  number  of  workers  affected  is  not  collected through the census as referred to above.
- (c): No specific panel was set up to study the sickness issues. However, OneMan  Committee  under  the  chairmanship  of  former  Cabinet  Secretary  was appointed to provide a framework for a National policy for MSME Sector. The Committee has given its recommendations which are under examination.
- (d): A Framework for revival and rehabilitation of sick MSMEs has been put in place. The Banks are to constitute Corrective Action Plan Committees under this framework. The Reserve Bank of India is monitoring the implementation of this  framework in all the banks quite closely. So far, all Public Sector Banks, Private Sector Banks and 4 major Foreign Banks have reported that they have put  in  place  the  policy  for  the  said  Framework  and  Committees  have  been formed. These committees have started handling the stressed MSME Accounts. As per the data furnished by the above banks, 41,417 cases have been referred to 1,770 Committees formed by 52 Banks (27 PSBs, 21 Private Banks, 4 major Foreign Banks). So far, out of these, 29,595 cases have been resolved.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 349 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Discovery of Old Pottery
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: SAUGATA ROY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 349 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2017

## DISCOVERY OF OLD POTTERY

## *349. PROF SAUGATA ROY :

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Archaeological  Department  have  discovered  4000  year  old  Ochre Coloured Pottery copper related evidences during their excavations recently and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether these discoveries are a clear evidence that the Indian Culture during that period was very scientific and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken to identify more such places in the Ganga-Yamuna fertile base of the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE, CULTURE AND TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (DR.  MAHESH SHARMA )

- (a) to  (c)   A statement is laid on the table of the House

## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  PART  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  THE  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. * 349 FOR 27.3.2017

- (a) Yes Sir. Six copper celts (axes) were chance discovered recently from a  brick  field  in  village  Sakatpur  Must,  Tehsil  Rampur  Maniharan  in District Saharanpur (Uttar Pradesh).The excavation started in February  2017  by  ASI  at  the  site  has  yielded  pottery  which  is tentatively identified as Ochre Coloured Pottery generally believed to have flourished during the 2 nd millennium B.C.
- (c) The discoveries indicate the status of scientific know how of the OCP culture.
- (d) The region has  thoroughly  been  explored during the  past  which  has yielded a number of sites belonging to OCP culture.
Lok Sabha Question No. 345 (STARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Contractual Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 345 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2017

## CONTRACTUAL WORKERS

*345. DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)whether  his  Ministry  has  allowed  various  organisations  including the Food Corporation of India to hire contractual workers, and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)whether this matter was referred to the Central Advisory Contract Labour Board(CACLB);
- (c)if so, the details thereof along with the recommendations made by CACLB in this regard; and
- (d)whether the Ministry has taken into consideration the recommendations made by CACLB and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *345 FOR 27.03.2017 BY DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI REGARDING CONTRACTUAL WORKERS.

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- (a): The Central Government grants exemption to an establishment  in  case  of  an  emergency  under  section  31  of  the Contract Labour (Regulation & Abolition) Act, 1970 subject to certain conditions and for specific period. Accordingly, the Central Government  vide  Notification  No.  S.O.  2327(E)  dated  06.07.2016 published in the Gazette of India has exempted 226 godowns,  depots and  railheads of  the Food Corporation of India from the applicability of notifications of the Government of India in respect of employment of contract labour  in different jobs for a period of  two years, with effect from the date of publication of the notification in the Official Gazette, and  subject  to  compliance  of  the  conditions  specified  under  subclause (a) of clause (v) of sub-rule (2) of rule 25 of the Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Central Rules 1971.

Yes. The Central Advisory Contract Labour Board (CACLB) in  its  89 th   Meeting  on  4 th   May,  2016  recommended  not  to  grant

(b) to (d): exemption to the Food Corporation of India.

However, the Central Government in view of the prevailing conditions  including  drought  and  drought  like  conditions  requiring urgent movement of food grains and also in view of the observations of the  Hon'ble  High  Court  of  Bombay  (Nagpur  Bench)  in  PIL  No.  84  of 2014,  decided  to  grant  exemption  under  Section  31  of  the  Contract Labour  (Regulation  &  Abolition)  Act,  1970  for  a  period  of  two  year subject to the conditions mentioned in reply to part (a) of the question as above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4140 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Scrapping ad-hoc appointments
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, BHARATENDRA SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4140 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2017

## Scrapping ad-hoc Appointments

4140. SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO: DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT: SHRI SATAV RAJEEV: DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN: SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK: KUNWAR BHARATENDRA:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  a  panel  set  by  the  University  Grants  Commission  has recommended scrapping ad-hoc and temporary appointment of teachers across the universities;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the other major recommendations made by the panel;

(c) whether the Government has studied the report; and

(d) if so, the response of the Government on the recommendations submitted by the panel?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Dr. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a) : No, Madam. University Grants Commission (UGC) has not constituted any panel which  has  recommended  scrapping  of  ad-hoc  and  temporary  appointments  of teachers across the Universities. (b) to (d): Do not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4137 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Start up India Programme
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY, BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL, SANTOSH AHLAWAT, DUSHYANT SINGH, ANURAG SINGH THAKUR, NINONG ERING

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4137.

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE  27 TH  MARCH, 2017.

## START UP INDIA PROGRAMME

## 4137.  SHRI KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY:

SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL:

SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT:

SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR:

SHRI NINONG ERING:

## Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज् यवव द्यग ं ्री

- (a) whether the Government proposes to change definition of a start up under the Start  up  India  Programme following  criticism  that  the  current  definition/rules are too restrictive;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to specifically support start ups in specific sectors particularly agro-based and social entrepreneurship start ups; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  agro-based  start  ups  approved  and funds  released  by  the  Government  so  far  in  the  country,  sector-wise,
- State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् यवव द्यग ााज् यं ्रीस् वतं ््रभााा(स्रींतंरीिरंमलााीरीतंाांि( THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRIMATI NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a) & (b): A Startup is  defined under the Startup India program as per Gazette notification  G.S.R.  180  (E)  dated  17 th February  2016,  which  can  be reviewed as per need of Startup ecosystem.
- (c) & (d): The Startup programme is equally applicable to all sectors. Accordingly,  startups  across  all  sectors  are  supported  under  Startup India programme.  There are no funds specifically earmarked for agrobased  startups.  While  the  Government  of  India  does  not  make  any direct  investment  in  Startups,  Rs.  500  crores  has  been  released  in 2015-16  and  Rs.  100  crores  released  in  2016-17  under  the  Fund  of Funds for Startups to SIDBI.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4132 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Performance of Steel PSUs
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: HUKUM SINGH, R. VANAROJA, ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER, P.R. SUNDARAM, HARI MANJHI, NISHIKANT  DUBEY, ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4132

FOR ANSWER ON 27/03/2017

## PERFORMANCE OF STEEL PSUS

4132.  SHRI HUKUM SINGH:

SHRIMATI VANAROJA R.:

SHRI V. ELUMALAI:

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

SHRI HARI MANJHI:

SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has directed all the Steel Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) including Steel Authorities of India Limited (SAIL) to improve their performance  vis-à-vis  private  players  on  various  parameters  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) whether the PSUs are not only lagging behind on international benchmarks, but are also reportedly behind their private counterparts and complacent in ramping up capacities and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the corrective steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government and the achievement therefrom so far in this regard?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL

(SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)

(a)to(c):  There  are  two  steel  manufacturing  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (PSUs)  in India  namely  Steel  Authority  of  India  Limited  (SAIL)  and  Rashtriya  Ispat  Nigam Limited (RINL).

The  Government  reviews  and  evaluates  Steel  CPSEs  on  the  basis  of  their own performance on various parameters in the MoUs as entered into by them with the Ministry of Steel.

Most of the integrated steel plants in the Public Sector under Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) were set up in 1960s and 1970s except Visakhapatnam Steel Plant  (VSP)  of  Rashtriya  Ispat  Nigam  Limited  (RINL)  which  was  set  up  in  1990s. Some of the technologies and equipments adopted therein have since become old and obsolete. Accordingly, techno-economic efficiency parameters are also not at par with modern plants set up in the country and abroad.  Both the steel CPSEs have taken up modernization / expansion programmes to inter-alia address the problems of technological obsolescence.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4124 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-27
Subject: Vocational Studies
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN, HARIOM SINGH RATHORE, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4124 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.03.2017

## Vocational Studies

4124. SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN:

SHRI HARIOM SINGH RATHORE:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  courses  offered  under  vocational  studies  for  students  affiliated  to Central Board of Secondary education (CBSE) schools;
- (b) whether only few students have opted for vocational subjects in schools affiliated to CBSE and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether this issue was raised at the Governing body of the CBSE held last year and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether CBSE has constituted a committee to review vocational courses and do away with those that are not finding enough takers and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the time by which the Committee is likely to submit its report to the Government?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

(a)to(e):Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) offers 29 vocational courses  at Senior Secondary level  and 13 vocational courses at secondary level. There were less enrollments  in  some  vocational  courses,  which  require  specific  infrastructure  cost involvement and faculty members. It was discussed in the Governing Body meeting held on 29 th June, 2016, wherein it was decided to review the matter through a committee to take appropriate decision. The Board has constituted a committee on 9 th February, 2017 to  review  the  academic  and  vocational  courses  that  are  not  finding  enough  takers. Committee  has  submitted  the  report  and  based  on  the  recommendation  of  the committee, 11 courses have been discontinued from the session 2017-18.

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