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Lok Sabha Question No. 4185 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Clinical Trials on HIV Patients
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: M. I. SHANAVAS

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4185 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH AUGUST , 2017

## CLINICAL TRIALS ON H IV PATIENTS

## 4185. SHRI M.I. SHANAVAS:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  reported  clinical  trials  conducted  by  a  Govern Homoeopathic Medical College that claims to have alre ady turned eight persons HIV negative and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  these  trials  have  been  approved  by  the  Clinical  Trials  Registry  of  India National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has called for detailed inquiry in this regard and if so, the d thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  towards  clarifying  procedural  overlapping administerial complexities between agencie s of the Ministries of Health and Family Welfare and Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH)?

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

- (a): The National Aids Control Organisation (NACO) and the Central Council for Research in Homeopathy (CCRH) have not received any claim made by Homoeopaths about treatment of HIV patients  with  Homeopathic  drugs.  However,  a  report  in  the  newspaper,  'The  Hindu'  has highlighted the claim.
- (b) & (c): NACO has informed that no such trial has been approved. As no claim has been received by them, detailed inquiry has not been sought.
- (d): Detailed guidelines for undertaking clinical trials in Homoeopathy on the lines of s 'Y'  of  drugs  and  Co smetic  Act  has  been  drafted  by  the  Central  Council  for  Research  i Homeopathy to pre -empt any procedural overlapping.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4184 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Universal Basic Income
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR, JANARDAN MISHRA

- (a) whether the Government proposes to formulate any scheme to provide Universal Basic Income to the citizens;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has constituted any committee in this regard; and
- (d) the time by which the said scheme is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (b) No Sir, does not arise.
- (c) to (d) No Sir, does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4183 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Menstruation Hygiene
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: NEELAM SONKER

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUEST ION NO. 4183 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH AUGUST, 2017

## MENSTRUATION HYGIENE

## 4183. SHRIMATI NEELAM SONKER:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any plans to promote menstruation hygiene among the scho girls and those who stay at home in rural areas of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the G overnment has developed any mechanism to provide sanitary napkins free of cost to girls in the rural and the backward areas of the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e)  whether  the  services  of  Asha  and  Anganwadi Workers  are  likely  to  be  employed  for distribution of sanitary napkins free of cost; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a) to (f) : The Government is promoting menstrual hygiene through various Ministries namely Ministry    of  Drinking  Water  and  Sanitation,  Ministry    of  Women  and  Child  Development Ministry of Human Resource Development  and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. Under this  programm e  adolescent  girls  are  provided  knowledge  and  information  about  menstrua hygiene, proper use of sanitary napkins and safe disposal by environmentally friendly meth

Under  the  National  Health  Mission,  funds  are  provided  to  the  States/UTs  for promotion  of  menstrual  hygiene  based  on  the  proposals  received  from  the  States  in programme  implementation  plans  (PIPs).  As  part  of  this  initiative  sanitary  napkins  are o  be provided to adolescent girls by their States/UTs at a subsidized rate of Rs. 6.00 per p napkins through the ASHAs. During FY 2016 - 17, seventeen (17) States were provided funds  for decentralised procurement of sanitary napkins through Nation al Health Mission  while eight (8) States implemented the scheme through their State/UT budget .

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4182 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Innovation and Technological Development in Defence
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEFENCE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4182

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  AUGUST, 2017

## INNOVATION AND TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT IN DEFENCE

4182.  SHRIMATI RAKSHATAI KHADSE:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  approved  special  fund  to  foster  innovation  and technological development in defence; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                            (SHRI ARUN JAITLEY)

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(a) & (b): Yes, Madam. Government has set up the 'Technology Development Fund (TDF)' scheme, which aims at funding the development of defence and dual use technologies that are currently not available with the Indian defence industry or not have been developed so far.

The focus is for the development of technologies that can form the Kernel  of  components/assemblies,  which can  in  turn  be  used  to  develop defence equipment/systems /sub-systems/platforms.

The funding  with a limit of  Rs  10  crore  per  project is to  public  and private sector industry especially Micro Small Medium Enterprises (MSMEs)  that  may  work  in  collaboration  with  the  academia  or  research institutions to carry out innovation, research  and  development.  The scheme  envisages  creating  an  Eco-system  for  enhancing  cutting  edge technology capability for Defence application and to inculcate R&D culture in MSMEs.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4181 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Bank Frauds using Aadhaar Number
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV

## DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4181

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  AUGUST, 2017 / 20 SHRAVANA, 1939 (SAKA)

## BANK FRAUDS USING AADHAAR NUMBER

## QUESTION

## 4181. SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  received  complaints  against  banks  on  fraudulent withdrawal  of  money  from  the  customers'  accounts  using  the  customers'  Aadhaar number linked with their accounts, in the recent past;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the total number of such incidents/complaints received and cases registered including amount involved therein, bank-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any steps to resolve the complaints and to ensure that the amount are returned to the customers and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the remedial steps taken/being taken by the Government to check such incidents in future?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c): Yes, Madam. Details of complaints are as under:

| Name of bank   |   No. of complaints | Amount involved   |
|----------------|---------------------|-------------------|
| Andhra Bank    |                   4 | Rs.4,20,098/-     |
| Syndicate Bank |                   1 | Rs.1,21,500/-     |

The  amount  involved  has  already  been  returned  by  the  banks  to  the  customers concerned.

- (d):  Aadhaar  Enabled  Payment  System  (AEPS)  based  on  demographic  and biometric/iris  information  of  an  individual    prevents/checks the threat of any fraud and non-genuine activities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4180 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Stolen Childhoods
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4180

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2017

## STOLEN CHILDHOODS

## 4180.  SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

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

- (a) whether as per the report of Stolen Childhoods-Save the Children, India ranks a poor 116 in  global  index  of  places  where  childhood  is  most  threatened  and  lags  behind  even Myanmar, Bhutan, Sri Lanka, Maldives etc. and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons put forward in report for low ranking of India;
- (b) the details of indicators taken up for assessment by the report;
- (c) whether it is true that the Government is contesting the indicators/parameters and if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the corrective measures taken by the Government to enrich childhood in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):     As per the ' Stolen Childhood ' report of Save the Children covering 172 countries, India has been ranked at 116 on the childhood index. However, the data pertaining to various components used for arriving at rankings of various countries is not uniform.  For some countries  the  data  used  pertain  to  the  period  2005-2010  (Bhutan,  Maldives,  India,  Sri Lanka) while in some cases the data used is pending re-analysis (i.e. Mynamar, etc).  In the  case  of  India,  as  per  NFHS-4,  there  is  a  decline  in  the  level  of  malnutrition  and stunting which is 35.7% and 38.4% as against 42.5% and 48% respectively in NFHS-3.
- (b)      & (d):  The indicators used in the above Report are (a) Under-5 Mortality rate;         (b) Child  stunting;  (c)  Out-of-School  children  of  primary  and  secondary  school  age;  (d) Children  engaged  in  child  labour;  (e)    Adolescents  currently  married  or  in  union;  (f) Adolescent  birth  rate;  (g)  Population  forcibly  displaced  by  conflict;  and  (h)  Child homicide rate. There is no proposal to contest the indicators/parameters.

The Ministry of Women and Child Development (MWCD) is implementing a centrally sponsored  Integrated  Child  Protection  Scheme  (ICPS)  for  the  improvement  in  the  well being of children in difficult circumstances since, 2009. Under ICPS, financial assistance is provided to the States/UTs for, inter-alia, undertaking a situational analysis of children in difficult circumstances, for setting up and maintenance of various types of Child Care Institutions (CCIs) as well as for providing non-institutional care. Under institutional care provided through CCIs, as a rehabilitative measure, children are provided age appropriate education  either  within  the  institution  or  outside  in  a  formal  education  system  through convergence with other schemes and programs of the Government or civil society. Under the non-institutional care component, ICPS provides support for adoption, foster care and sponsorship.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4179 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Over Charging of Stents by Private Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: P. C. MOHAN

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 4179 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH AUGUST , 2017

## OVER CHARGING OF STENTS BY PRIVATE HOSPITALS

## 4179. SHRI P.C. MOHAN:

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

(a) whether the Government has taken note of the fact that private hospitals are chargin price  for  Cardiac  stents  from  the  patients  citing  quality  difference  despite  fixati its Maximum Retail Price by the Government;

- (b) whether the Government has received any complaints in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to take any action against such hospitals; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a)  &  (b): National  Pharmaceuticals  Pricing  Authority  (NPPA)  under  the  Department  of Pharmaceuticals ,which is mandated with the task of implementing and enforcing the provisio of  the  Drugs  (Prices  control)  Order,  2013  (DPCO) , has  not  received  any  specific  complaint alleging that private hospitals are charging excess price citing quality difference of c ardiac stents after fixation of their ceiling price under the DPCO.
- (c) & (d): A ppropriate action is taken by NPPA under the provisions of the DPCO as and when such incidents are reported to them.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 4178 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Spying Activity in Armed Forces
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4178

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 11 TH  AUGUST, 2017

## SPYING ACTIVITY IN ARMED FORCES

4178. SHRI  BHEEMRAO  B. PATIL:

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

- (a) whether any spying activity has come to the notice of Government in the armed forces of India;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the number of cases registered during the last two years and the current year;
- (c) the  action  taken  by  the  Government  in  this  regard  including  the  number  of  persons punished or arrested, etc.;
- (d) whether the Government has found out the agencies involved in such spying activities; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof including the action taken against them?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

- (a) & (b): The  details of armed  forces personnel involved in espionage activities / leakage of information during the last two years and the current year are as under:
- (i) 2015 -02
- (ii) 2016 -Nil
- (iii) 2017 -Nil
- (c) One  serving  Army  personnel  and  one  serving  Air  Force  personnel  have been arrested for alleged involvement in espionage activities.  Army personnel is presently in police / judicial custody and case is under trial.  Air Force personnel has been dismissed from service and is under judicial custody.
- (d) & (e): Initial investigations reveal the involvement of Pakistan's ISI in these activities.    Service  personnel are regularly  educated  about  the  modus operandi being adopted by the Pakistan Intelligence Operatives.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4175 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Concession on Recovery of Loan
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: SHYAMA CHARAN GUPTA

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Financial Services LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No. †4175

To be answered on Friday, August 11, 2017/Shravana 20, 1939 (Saka)

## Concession on Recovery of Loan

†4175: SHRI SHYAMA CHARAN GUPTA

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has provided concession on the recovery of agricultural loans in various States during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the number of farmers benefited by it; and
- (c) the details of the loans recovered from farmers owning land upto five acres or more during the said period?

## Answer

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar)

(a) to (d):  With a view to providing short term crop loans to farmers at a reduced rate of interest, Government in the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers' Welfare (DAC&FW) implements an Interest Subvention Scheme. Under the Scheme, interest subvention of 2% per annum is provided to lending institutions viz. Public Sector  Banks,  Private  Sector  Commercial  Banks  (in  respect  of  loans  given  by  their rural and semi urban branches only), Regional Rural Banks and Cooperative Banks on use of their own resources for short term crop loans upto Rs. 3.00 lakh per farmer to enable the lending institutions to provide short term crop loans at the ground level at 7% per annum to farmers. Under the above scheme, with a view to encouraging the farmers  to  repay  in  time,  an  additional  subvention  of  3%  is  given  as  prompt repayment incentive, thereby reducing the effective rate of interest to 4% p.a.

Post demonetisation, the Government has taken the following measures relating to recovery of agriculture loans:

- i.  The  Government  decided  that  an  additional  grace  period  of  60  days  for  prompt repayment incentive @ 3% will be provided to such of the farmers whose crop loans dues fell due between 01/11/2016 to 31/12/2016 and if such farmers repaid the same within 60 days from their due date in this period.
- ii. The Government also decided to grant interest waiver for two months (November and  December,  2016)  for  all  short  term  crop  loan  availed  from  Cooperative  Banks between 01.04.2016 to 30.09.2016 and upfront deposit of the same in the accounts of the concerned farmers.

RBI has reported that details of loan recovered from farmers are not held by them centrally.  National  Bank  for  Agriculture  &  Rural  Development  (NABARD)  has reported that  the  outstanding/  recoverable  agricultural  loans  (crop  loans  and  term loans) in respect of farmers owning land upto five acres or more as on 31 March 2017 stood at ₹ 14,36,799.49 crore (provisional).
Lok Sabha Question No. 4174 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Mandatory Test for all Drugs
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 QUEST ION NO. 4174 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH AUGUST, 2017

## MANDATORY TEST FOR A LL DRUGS

## 4174. SHRI A.T. NANA PATIL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has made bio - equivalence studies or tests mandatory for all drugs before they are launched in the market;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  the  detail s  of  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  generic  medicines  have  the  sa quality and efficacy as their branded counterparts?

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

- (a)  &  (b):  Drugs  & Cosmetics  Rules,  1945  were  amended  vide  GSR  No.327  (E)  dated 03.04.2017, stipulating a requirement that 'the applicant shall submit the result of bioequivalence study referred to in Schedule Y, along with the application for grant of of oral dosa ge form of drugs specified under category II and category IV of t biopharmaceutical classification system'.
- (c):  All  the  drugs  manufactured  in  the  country,  whether  branded  or  generic,  are  requ comply with the same standards prescribed in the Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Drugs & Cosmetics Rules, 1945 made thereunder.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 4173 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: NSEL Scam
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: JAY PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV

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

## LOKSABHA UNSTARRED

## QUESTION  NO.  4173

ANSWERED  ON AUGUST, 2017.

## NSELSCAM

4173. SHRIJAIPRAKASH NARAYAN  YADAV:

Will the Minister of  FINANCE  be pleased  to state:

- (a) whether the  SEBI/Govemment has  delayed action against five  brokers involved in National  Spot Exchange Limited  (NSEL) Scam;
- (b) if  so,  the details,  thereof;  and
- (c) the extent  to which  the common  investors are put to risk  by allowing brokers  involved  in NSEL Scam to function  in financial  market?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) SEBI/Govemment has  not  delayed action against five  brokers involved in  National Spot Exchange  Limited  (NSEL) Scam. j

(b)  In view of (a)  above,  does not arise.

(c) Securities and Exchange Board  of  India (SEBI)  has implemented risk  management measures and  investor protection measures to  ensure that  the  interests of investors in the  Commodity Derivatives markets are safeguarded. The same are monitored during  the inspection of books  of accounts of  brokers.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4172 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-08-11
Subject: Drug Addiction
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RANJIT SINGH  BRAHMPURA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUEST ION NO. 4172 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH AUGUST, 2017

## DRUG ADDICTION

## 4172. SHRI RANJIT SINGH BRAHMPURA:

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

- (a) whether the Drug addiction related suicides are the only reliable all -India statistics to gauge the extent of drug problem, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to formulate p arameters to quantify the consequences of drug abuse in India and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to establish drug related hospital emergency rooms a so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  is  consi dering  establishment  of  more  affordable  rehabilitation centres for the victims of drug abuse and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a): There is no authentic data available in this regard.
- (b): The Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment has, in August, 2016, assigned the wo of conducting the National Survey on Extent and Pattern of Substance Use in lndia to Na Drug Dependence Treatment Centre (N DDTC), AIIMS, New Delhi.
- (c ): All the state and central government hospital emergencies cater to all kinds of eme conditions including those related to drug use.
- (d): The number of de - addiction centres likely to be established in a State/ UT depends on the number of proposals received from the State Governmen t/ UT Administration. As per the existing guidelines  of  the 'Central  Sector Scheme of  Assistance  for  Prevention  of  Alcoholism  and Substance (Drug) Abuse' run by Ministry of Social Justic e & Empowerment, the proposal for new projects recommended through theironline  portal  by  the  State  Governments/UT Administrations are placed before the Screeni ng Committee constituted in the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment for consideration. The proposals complete in all respect as per norms and guidelines of the Scheme are recommended fo r consideration of Grant - in - aid.

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