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Lok Sabha Question No. 4888 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Projects for PPP
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: SAKSHI SWAMI MAHARAJ

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4888 For answer on 16.12.2016

## Projects for PPP

†4888 . DR. SWAMI SAKSHIJI MAHARAJ

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has made any assessment of the projects proposed for public-private partnership (PPP) model during the current financial year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the names of sectors in which work is proposed
- to be carried out by the Government under PPP model;
- (c) the details of the expenditure proposed to be made in such category of projects;
- (d) whether the Government has prepared draft agreement for such projects; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) The use of PPPs as an instrument of procurement for creation of infrastructure assets  and  delivery  of  public  services  has  been  recognized  globally.  Recognizing  the definitive  role  of  private  sector  to  meet  the  infrastructure  gap  and  the  role  of  PPPs, Government  of  India  has  taken  concerted  efforts  to  develop  its  PPP  Program  and mainstream  PPPs  activities.  Government  has  issued  Harmonized  list  of  Infrastructure sub-sectors  which  includes  transport,  energy,  water  and  sanitation,  communication, social and commercial infrastructure in which PPPable projects are executed. Government  also  has  put  in  place  a  Scheme  for  Financial  Support  to  Public  Private Partnerships in Infrastructure (Viability Gap Funding Scheme) whereby Government of India  provides  financial  support  in  the  form  of  grants,  one  time  or  deferred,  to infrastructure projects undertaken through PPPs with a view to make them commercially viable.  As  regards  expenditure,  expenditure  to  be  incurred  through  PPP  viability  gap support,  annuity  payments,  project  development  cost,  etc  cannot  be  budgeted  in advance  as  the  assessment  of  whether  a  project  can  be  delivered  through  a  PPP structure can be taken only after individual project structuring. Thereafter, the project outcome  would  be  dependent  upon  the  receipt  of  sufficient  bids,  bid  award  and sequential delivery of the project.
- (d)  and  (e)  Government  has  prepared  draft  model  concession  agreements  for  various sectors  including  the  standard  bidding  documents/Model  Concession  Agreements  for various sectors like National Highways, State Highways, Ports etc. which are available with various authorities concerned for use with suitable project-specific modifications.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4887 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Link up of CCTV with Internet in Dental Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SHASHI THAROOR

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4887 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH DECEMBER,

## LINK UP OF CCTV WITH INTERNET IN DENTAL C OLLEGES

## 4887. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Dental  Council  of  India  (DCI)  has  issued  any  guidelines  with  regar installation of CCTV linked to the internet in Dental Colleges of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is likely to reconsider the decision of making the live feed web optional in the light of the fact that DCI inspection teams visit the campuses for on check as the permission to run the college is given based on the report of the inspection team, so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the other measures taken by the Government to ensure the securing of Internet link?

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

- (a) & (b): In order to bring about more transparency in the field of dentistry in the c the Dental Council of India (DCI) has directed the Principals of all Dental Colleges t CCTV  cameras  in  any  one Lecture  Hall,  OPD  registration  counter,  Conservative  and Endodontics Clinic and areas where Biometric Attendance Machines are installed.

The  live  feed  will  be  made  available  to  DCI  through  internet  during  college  wor hours.

- (c):No . I t is proposed as an additional measure to bring about transparency and constant on the standard of dental education being imparted in the Dental Colleges.
- (d): DCI  has  requested  the  colleges  to  configure  with  suitable  IP  address  as  per  t addressing scheme in the offices.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4886 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Variation of Estimates
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Economic Affairs

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4886 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, 16 th DECEMBER, 2016 (AGRAHAYANA 25, 1938 (SAKA)

## VARIATION OF ESTIMATES

## 4886.   SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

## Will the Minister of FINANCE ( वित् तमंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether his Ministry is aware that there is a lot of upward/downward variation of funds at Budget Estimate (BE)/Revised Estimate (BE)/Actual Expenditure (AE) stages as suggested by the demands for grants committee;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) whether the department has approached the Government for increased allocation for the Consumer Awareness Scheme at the RE state for the current year?

## ANSWER

(SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

- (a) : Yes, Sir;
- (b) : The Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance made recommendations/observations  in  its  Report  on  the  Demands  for  Grants  of  Ministry  of Finance  for  the  year  2016-17  on  variations  between  the  Budget  Estimates  (BE),  Revised Estimates (RE) and Actual Expenditure of specific budget provisions.  These observations were  with  reference  to  budget  provisions  made  for  National  Social  Security  Fund  for unorganized sector workers and for National Clean Energy Fund.  Due to non-finalization of welfare  schemes  for  unorganized  workers  by  the  administrative  Ministry  and  the  huge unutilized  balances  available  under  National  Clean  Energy  Fund  as  on  1.4.2015,  the provisions for these schemes were reduced in RE 2015-16.  Standing Committee on Finance was explained of the reasons and rationale for the reductions in RE stage and the Standing Committee accepted the action taken notes of this Ministry on these observations.
- (c) : The  work  relating  to  finalization  of  Budget  for  2017-18  is  in  progress  and  the allocations for specific schemes for the current year will be reflected in RE 2016-17 in the budget documents for 2017-18.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4885 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Multi Disciplinary Research Laboratory in RTMC
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: ARJUNLAL MEENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RESEARCH

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4885 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH DECEMBER,

## MULTI DISCIPLINA RY RESEARCH LABORATO RY IN RTMC

## 4885. SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Union  Government  has  received  any  request  from  the  State  Government Rajasthan  for  opening  of  a  Multi  disciplinary  Research  Laboratory  in  Rabindranath  Ta Medical Co llege, (RTMC) Udaipur;
- (b) if so, the action taken by the Government on the said proposal; and
- (c) the time by which the approval and funds are likely to be granted in this regard?

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

- (a) to (c) : Department of Health Research has received the proposal from the State Governmen of  Rajasthan  for  establishment  of  Multi  Disciplinary  Research  Laboratory  in  Rabindra Tagore Medical College, Udaipur, which has be en approved and an amount of Rs. 1.25 crore has been released as 1 st instalment on 20 th June, 2016 by the Department of Health Research.
Lok Sabha Question No. 4884 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Annual Filing
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: S. RAJENDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4884 ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 16th DECEMBER, 2016 AGRAHAYANA 25, 1938 (SAKA)

## ANNUAL FILING

## QUESTION

4884.  SHRI S. RAJENDRAN:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

कारपोरेट कार्य मंत्री

- (a)  whether the Government has extended the deadline for corporates to  submit  their  annual  filings  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the reasons therefor;
- (b)   whether the corporates have requested for extension due to the latest introduction of Extensible Business Reporting Language (XBRL) taxonomy issues; and
- (c)  if so, the difficulties being faced by the corporates in XBRL taxonomy and the remedial measures taken thereof?

## ANSWER

(SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

THE MINISTER OF STATE

IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

कारपोरेट कार्ु मंत्रालर् में राज्र् मंत्री

(a) to (c):- The Ministry had extended the last date of financial statement and annual return vide circular no. 08/2016 and 12/2016 upto 29.10.2016 and 29.11.2016 respectively keeping in view the representations received  from  stakeholders  to  allow  more  time  for  filing  the  above mentioned  returns/statement  on  account  of  extension  of  income  tax return  due  date,  revision  of  XBRL  taxonomy  to  include  changes  on account  of  amendments  in  Corporate  Social  Responsibility  (CSR)  and Companies Auditor's Report Order (CARO) related reporting requirements.  Further,  this  Ministry  had  vide  circular  no.  14/2016 extended the last date for annual filing of returns for the State of Jammu & Kashmir upto 31.12.2016 on the request of stakeholders.

( श्री अर्जुन राम मेघवाल

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4883 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Issuance of NOC to Doctors
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: R. VANAROJA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4883 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH DECEMBER,

## ISSUANCE OF NOC TO D OCTORS

## 4883. SHRIMATI VANAROJA R.:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  discourage  issuance  of  No  Objection  Certifica (NOCs) to doctors aspiring to settle abroad after pursuing higher studies there in vie severe shortage of docto rs in the country; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the measures taken by the Government to protect to health of the people of the country?

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

- (a)& (b):  A policy decision was taken by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare no issue No Obligation to Return to India (NORI) Certificate, except in cases where the age applicant  doctor  is  over  sixty - five  (65)  years  on  the date  of  submission  of  application. Accordingly, since the year 2012, no NORI Certificate has been issued by the Ministry of and Family Welfare.

In order to stop brain drain of doctors working under the Central Government sector follo wing steps were taken:

- (i)  The age of superannuation of faculty of medical institutions has been enhanced t -five (65) years;
- (ii)      Assured  promotion  scheme  for  faculty  of  Central  Government  institutions  has revised to make it more beneficia l; and
- (iii)      Various  allowances  available  to  faculty  like  Non - Practicing  allowance,  Conveyance allowance, Learning Resource allowance, etc., have been enhanced considerably.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4881 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Saving Bank Accounts
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: V. SATHYABAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4881

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16 th  December, 2016/ Agrahayana 25, 1938 (SAKA)

## Saving Bank Accounts QUESTION

## 4881. SHRIMATI  V. SATHYA BAMA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of accounts both savings and current at present in various PSBs in the country, bank-wise;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  any  data  on  the  per  capita  expenditure  on running the banks in the country; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the modalities to be adopted for any cost cutting in this regard?

## ANSWER

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) to (c):  The total number of Current Accounts is 4,06,15,000 and Saving Accounts is 88,38,92,000 with Public Sector Banks as on 31.03.2015.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has informed that the ratio of Operating Cost to total number of employees as submitted by Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) to RBI is furnished as under:-

|                            | Operating Cost per Employee (in Rs. crore per annum)   | Operating Cost per Employee (in Rs. crore per annum)   | Operating Cost per Employee (in Rs. crore per annum)   |
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| Bank Group                 | 2013-14                                                | 2014-15                                                | 2015-16                                                |
| Foreign Bank Group         | 0.62                                                   | 0.64                                                   | 0.87                                                   |
| Private Sector Banks       | 0.16                                                   | 0.17                                                   | 0.17                                                   |
| Public Sector Banks        | 0.15                                                   | 0.16                                                   | 0.17                                                   |
| Scheduled Commercial Banks | 0.16                                                   | 0.17                                                   | 0.18                                                   |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4880 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Legible Prescription by Doctors
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4880 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH DECEMBER,

## LEGIBLE PRESCRIPTION BY DOCTORS

## 4880. SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has made it mandatory for doctors to give prescriptions in a handwriting, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is aware that doctor s are not adhering to the said rule and continue to give prescriptions in an illegible writings; and
- (c) the steps being taken by the Government to make doctors adhere to the mandatory ru legible writing of prescriptions, if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a):        Clause  1.5  of  Indian  Medical  Council  (Professional  Conduct,  Etiquette  and  E Regulations,  2002  prescribes  ' Every  physician  should prescribe  drugs  with  generic  names legibly  and  preferably  in  capital  letters  and  he/she  shall  ensure  that  there  is  a prescription and use of drugs '
- (b) & (c):      MCI or the appropriate State Medical Councils have been empowered to disciplin ary action against a doctor for violation of the provisions of the aforesaid Regu As and when complaints are received against the violation of code of ethics for doctor complaints  are  referred  by  MCI  to  the  concerned  State  Medical  Councils  w here  the doctors/medical practitioners are registered. The MCI is an Appellate Authority.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4878 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Child Nutrition Mission
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4877 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Pension Accounts
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: C.S. PUTTARAJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4877 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 16 TH  DECEMBER, 2016 / 25 AGRAHAYANA, 1938 (SAKA)

## PENSION ACCOUNTS

## QUESTION

## 4877. SHRI C.S. PUTTA RAJU:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  noticed  that  the  bankers  generally  discourage  the pensioners not to transfer their pension / family pension bank accounts and if so, the details thereof; and

(b) the steps taken by the Government to formulate regulations/guidelines with regard to the transfer of pension account within a specified time period to the bank near to residence of the pensioner?

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

(a)and (b): As per Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO), there is no instance of any  grievance  received  from  any  pensioner  that  banks  have  discouraged  them  to transfer their pension accounts to other banks.  The Central Pension Accounting Office (CPAO) has informed that they have issued necessary guidelines for transfer of pension account from one paying branch to another of the same Public Sector Bank and also from  one  paying  branch  to  another  branch  of  a  different  Public  Sector  Bank.   These guidelines are available on the website of CPAO at cpao.nic.in.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4876 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4876 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH DECEMBER,

## REVISED NATIONAL TUB ERCULOSIS CONTROL PR OGRAMME

## 4876. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

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

- (a) whether more than 1 million patients are missing/discontinuing treatment every year same has not been notified by Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP);
- (b) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether the Go vernment has any plan for electronic patient records in the RNTCP linki with Aadhaar number to monitor TB patients treatment and missing patients;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  the  details  of  action  plan  of  Government  to  control  TB  and  keep track  of  all  patients diagnosed of TB and ensure that they finish their course of treatment and are cured?

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

- (a) & (b): As per the recent WHO estimat es, about 1 million patients are either diagnosed or put  on  treatment  for  Tuberculosis  outside  the  Revised  National  Tuberculosis  Program (RNTCP) and therefore not notified and mentioned as 'missing'.

The  programme  is  enhancing  its  Information  Communicati on  Technology  (ICT)  to supplement the programme efforts to reach the unreached including the private providers address treatment adherence.

- (c) to (e):   RNTCP already has a web portal called Nikshay developed by NIC and where Aadhar number of patients is available, it is recorded in the system.

Under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme (RNTCP) prevention and control  of  Tuberculosis/Multi  Drug  Resistant  Tuberculosis  is  addressed  in  a  comprehen manner. The new National Strateg ic Plan for RNTCP for the period beginning April 2017 to March  2023 is  being  developed.  It  includes  leveraging  of  Information  Communication Technology for TB notification and strengthening of monitoring.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4874 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-16
Subject: Clinical Research Hub
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4874 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH DECEMBER,

## CLINICAL RESEARCH HU B

## 4874. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

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

- (a) whether the Government plans to adopt global practices on clinical trials and coagula for research and development expenditure in pharmaceuticals;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whethe r the Government proposes to reduce processing and approval timeline while at sa time ensure quality parameters in order to create clinical research hub in the country, details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the cities identified for proposed clinical research hubs in the country?

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

- (a)to  (c): The  Government  has  taken  a  series  of  measures  to  h armonise  regulations  for conduct of clinical trials with international practices and for ensuring robustness of process of approvals. Th r ough  these measures, the processes related to grant of  approval clinical trials, including bringing higher degree of clarity in the rules, increase in t Subject Experts, and online receipt, processing and approval of clinical trial related applications has been rationalised. Further, the Clinical Trial sites are inspected for conformity Clinical Practices, and provisions including for payment of compensation have been made ensuring patient safety and welfare.
- (d): No city have been identified as theclinical research hub in the country.

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