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Lok Sabha Question No. 2645 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Educational Environment for Street Begging Children
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VINOD CHAVDA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2645 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH  MARCH, 2018

## Educational Environment for Street Begging Children

2645. SHRI VINOD LAKHAMASHI CHAVDA:

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

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  start  educational  environment  for  the street begging children in the country; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) & (b): The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education (RTE) Act, 2009, effective from 1st April, 2010, mandates that every child of the age of six to fourteen years shall have the right to free and compulsory education in a neighbourhood school till  the  completion  of  his  or  her  elementary  education.  Section  4  of  the  RTE  Act provides  for  special  training  for  age  appropriate  admission  of  out  of  school  children. Those children who have missed out certain academic years either for having never enrolled to school or having dropped out of school, have a right to special training in residential and non residential mode, before getting mainstreamed in formal schools in the age appropriate class. These out of school children include those who are never enrolled, those who drop out, children of migrants, street and working children, children without adult protection etc.

Under the SSA, village elders, Panchayati Raj Institutions' members, Self Help Groups and Non-Governmental Organisations are involved to create awareness and motivation amongst  these  children  and  their  families.  Strategies  such  as  providing  residential schools  and  hostels,  transport  and  escort  facility,  seasonal  hostels,  special  training centres at work site, migration cards, back to school camps etc. have been undertaken to assimilate these children into the formal education system.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2644 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Childhood Obesity
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SURESH KODIKUNNIL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2644 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## Childhood Obesity

## 2644.   SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the rising trends in childhood obesity in the country;
- (b) whether the Government has constituted a Working Group on addressing consumption of foods High in Fat Salt and Sugar (HFSS) and promotion of healthy snacks in schools of India;
- (c) if so, whether the working group has submitted its reports; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof including information on recommendations adopted by the Government?

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

- (a):        As reported by Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), development of obesity is due to many factors including eating of junk and processed food. Childhood obesity is a risk  factor  for  developing  heart  diseases  and  diabetes  in  later  life.  The  Central  Board  of Secondary Education (CBSE)  has directed affiliated schools to ensure that junk / fast food is replaced  completely  with  healthy  snacks  and  carbonated  and  aerated  beverages  may  be replaced by juices and dairy products (Lassi, Chach, Flavoured milk etc.).
- (b)  to  (d):        A  Working  Group has  been  constituted by  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child Development (MoWCD) on addressing consumption of foods High in Fat, Salt and Sugar (HFSS)  and  promotion  of  healthy  snacks  in  schools  of  India.  The  Working  Group  has submitted  its  report.  The  Working  Group  recommended  that  MoWCD  should  provide nutrition  education about importance of balanced diet and also emphasize the ill effects of over  weight-obesity  through  its  flagship  programmes. Nutrition  education  is  an  important component  of  all  the  flagship  schemes  of  MoWCD.  Additionally,  the  Food  and  Nutrition Board  of  the  Ministry  through  its  regional  fields  units,  is  engaged  in  conducting  training programmes  in  nutrition,  in  addition  to  advocacy  towards  generating  awareness  through nutrition  education  programmes  on  the  importance  of  healthy  balanced  diets  specially through  the  locally  available  foods,  mass  awareness  campaigns  and  use  of  electronic  and print media.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2642 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Placement Agencies
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: A.T. (NANA) PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2642 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## PLACEMENT AGENCIES

†2642. SHRI A.T. NANA PATIL:

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

- (a)the total number of placement agencies functioning in the country and the number  of  agencies  registered  as  well  as  the  number  of  agencies  not registered out of them, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra;
- (b)the  State-wise  number  of  agencies  out  of  the  registered  placement
- agencies working in the country without licence;
- (c)the State-wise total number and details of the cases of fraud reportedly done by the placement agencies running without licence with the people which have come to the light during the last three years and the current year; and
- (d) the details of the concrete steps taken by the Government to check fraud being  done  by  the  placement  agencies  and  the  extent  to  which  these steps have proved effective?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) to (d): The matter regarding regulation/registration of placement agencies/employment  agencies  lies  in  the  domain  of  the  States.  Such information is not maintained at the Central level.

An  advisory  has  been  issued  to  the  State  Governments/UTs requesting them to take necessary steps for making legislations/policies for protection of workers from exploitation by unscrupulous agents/placements agencies.   Meetings were also held on 6/12/2017 and 12/02/2018 at Shillong and Kolkata respectively, where the representatives of the Ministry of Labour and  Employment,  ILO  and  other  Stakeholders  had  participated  to  discuss issues relating to regulation of placement agencies.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2636 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Private Colleges
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PANKAJ CHOWDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2636 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## Private Colleges

## †2636. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

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

(a) whether the Government is aware that there are certain private colleges functioning in the  country  which  give  misleading  advertisements  for  awarding  invalid  degrees  for invalid courses and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether these colleges give admission by charging high fee and donation from parents of the students and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether it is a fact that the students have to face many legal problems due to these fake degrees, if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government would formulate strict provisions to save people from such colleges which give misleading advertisements for their degrees and courses; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) to (e) : University Grants Commission (UGC) publishes a 'Public Notice' containing a list of fake universities and self-styled unrecognized institutions for awareness of general public and students on its website https://www.ugc.ac.in/ . To redress the menace of fake degree, measures like FIRs, show cause notices, warning notices have been undertaken by the  UGC.  Since,  Law  &  Order  is  a  subject  matter  of  State  Government,  the  UGC  has written  letters  to  Chief  Secretaries,  Education  Secretaries  of  various  States/UTs  to  take action against the fake Universities/Institutes located in their jurisdiction.

The UGC also maintains an updated list of all approved Universities on its website for information to students and their parents. To help the students make an informed decision on the choice of college and the courses, the Ministry of Human Resource Development, Government of India  has  launched  a  'Know  Your  College'  portal.  This  portal  is  being maintained  by  AICTE  and  is  available  to  the  public  at http://www.knowyourcollegegov.in/ . It is a single stop destination for students for making an informed choice.

The Central Government has approved the establishment of National Academic Depository  (NAD)  which,  inter-alia  would  maintain  academic  awards  in  a  24X7  online digital  depository  to  help  eliminate  fraudulent  practices  such  as  forging  of  degrees  and mark-sheets etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2635 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Share in Animal Products Market
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2635(H) TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 th  MARCH,2018

## SHARE IN ANIMAL PRODUCTS MARKET

## 2635(H). SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether India's share in global market of Animal Products is very negligible;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  or  proposes  to  formulate  any  scheme  to boost the export of Animal products; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

okf.kT; ,oa m|ksx ea=ky; esa jkT; ea=h ¼Jh lh- vkj- pkS/kjh½

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

(a & b) Yes, Madam. The share of India is less than 1% due to the following reasons:

- (i) Livestock health issues -Foot and  Mouth  Disease (FMD)  and  other  diseases. Status recognition by some of the importing countries.
- (ii) Restriction  on  imports  of  poultry  products  by  some  of  the  importing  countries  due  to  out break of Bird flu disease.
- (iii) High domestic demand of sheep and goat meat, poultry and milk.
- (c  &  d)  Agricultural  &  Processed  Food  Products  Export  Development  Authority  (APEDA),  an  autonomous organisation  under  the  administrative  control  of  the  Department  of  Commerce,  has  the  mandate  to promote  exports  of  agricultural  &  processed  food  products,  including  animal  products.  APEDA provides  assistance  to  the  exporters  of  agricultural  and  processed  food  products,  including  animal Products, under various component of its scheme 'Agriculture & Processed Food Export promotion Scheme of APEDA' viz. Infrastructure Development, Quality Development and Market Development. Assistance is provided to exporters/state governments under schemes of Department of Commerce viz. Trade Infrastructure for Export Scheme (TIES), Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2632 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: 14th India-EU Summit
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVNTHI)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2632 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 th  MARCH,2018

## 14TH INDIA-EU SUMMIT

## 2632. SHRI MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVANTHI):

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the 14th India-European Union (EU) Summit took place in Delhi recently;
- (b) if so, the details of the agreements signed between India and the EU during the said summit on different areas;
- (c) whether  the  India-EU  Broad  based  Trade  and  Investment  Agreement  has  been delayed  due  to  ongoing  reassessment  of  existing  agreements  in  India  and  Brexit induced uncertainty in EU, and the global flux on trade norms introduced by the US and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the manner in which India is likely to balance trade with the EU in the backdrop of the  unhelpful  trends  emerging  from  the  US,  and  to  reinforce  those  that  meet  its interests?

## ANSWER

okf.kT; ,oa m|ksx ea=ky; esa jkT; ea=h ¼Jh lh- vkj- pkS/kjh½

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) &  (b):  Yes,  The  14 th India-EU  Summit  was  held  in  New  Delhi  on  6 th October,2017.  The following were signed during the Summit; Implementing Arrangement between the Science & Engineering Research Board (SERB) and the European Research Council (ERC); New € 500 million EIB loan agreement for Bangalore Metro Phase-II Project; Joint Declaration between the Interim Secretariat of the International Solar Alliance (ISA),  and  the  European Investment Bank (EIB).
- (c):  No, Sir.
- (d):  India's trade balance with EU is in the surplus.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2631 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Acquisition of GAIL
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: M. UDHAYAKUMAR

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2631 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 th  MARCH, 2018

## ACQUISITION OF GAIL

2631.  ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR:

पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Indian Oil Corporation Limited and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited are keen to acquire gas utility GAIL India Limited to become fully integrated energy companies;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  GAIL  feels  a  merger  with  ONGC  would  be  more appropriate; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the reaction/views of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री (श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान)

## MINISTER OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (d): In the Budget Speech of 2017-18 on February 1, 2017, Finance Minister had inter  alia stated  that  'we  see  opportunities  to  strengthen  our  CPSEs  through consolidation,  mergers  and  acquisitions.    By  these  methods,  the  CPSE  can  be integrated across the value chain of an industry.  It will give them capacity to bear higher risks, avail economies of scale, take higher investment decisions and create more value for the stakeholders.  Possibilities of such restructuring are visible in the Oil  and  Gas  sector.  We  propose  to  create  an  integrated  public  sector  'Oil  Major' which  will  be  able  to  match  the  performance  of  international  and  domestic  private sector oil and gas companies'.

As far as GAIL (India) Limited (GAIL) is concerned,  Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) and Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) had written to the Ministry for  integration  with  GAIL  (India)  Limited.  However,  Government has  not  taken  any decision in this regard.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2630 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: UGC-NET, 2018
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR

## MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2630

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## UGC-NET, 2018

†2630. SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  made  any  changes  regarding  exam  pattern  and  age limit for candidates appearing in Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE), UGCNET, 2018;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the number of such exams proposed to be conducted by the Government in a year?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Dr. SATYA PAL SINGH)

- (a)  to (c): Yes, Madam. The University Grants Commission (UGC) has informed that it has  made  the  following  changes  considering  the  recommendations  made  by  the  subCommittee  constituted  after  it  was  decided  by  the  NET  Review  Committee  regarding exam  pattern  and  age  limit  for  candidates  appearing  in  Central  Board  of  Secondary Education (CBSE), UGC-NET, 2018.
-  The  first  two  papers  continue  to  be  of  objective  type  with  multiple  choice questions.  The  first  paper  of  General  Awareness  consists  of  50  compulsory questions  of  two  marks  each.  The  choice  of  10  questions  in  Paper-I  has  been done away with. The duration of  Paper-I  has  been  reduced  from  the  present  1 hour 15 minutes to 1 hour. The paper continues to be of 100 marks.
-  Paper-II and Paper-III are both of the same discipline have been merged together to  be termed as Paper-II containing 100 compulsory objective type questions of two  marks  each  from  the  subject  selected  by  the  candidate  with  two  hours duration.
-  The upper age limit for appearing in JRF has been raised by two years, i.e. from the existing upper age limit of 28 years to 30 years. There is five years relaxation in age for candidates belonging to Schedule Caste/Schedule Tribe/ Persons with

Disabilities/ Other Backward Class(Non-Creamy Layer) categories and for women candidates. The changes approved by the Commission have been intimated to CBSE vide letter dated  1st  January,  2018.  UGC  has  informed  that  UGC-NET  examination  will  be conducted twice a year.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2628 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Assistance to MSMEs under MII
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2628. TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 12 TH  MARCH, 2018.

## ASSISTANCE TO MSMEs UNDER MII

## 2628.  SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज् यवव द्योग म त्री

- (a) the  details  of  the  assistance  being  provided  to  Micro,  Small  and  Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) under 'Make in India' initiative in the country;
- (b) whether  there  has  been  an  increase  in  Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI)  in MSMEs sector over the past three years; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् यवव द्योग म त्रालयमेंराज् यम त्री(श्री सी.आर.चौधरी) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI C.R. CHAUDHARY)

(a): The Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises is implementing various schemes and programmes for the promotion and development of new as well as existing MSMEs across the country. These, inter-alia, include Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), National Manufacturing Competitiveness Programme (NMCP), Micro and Small Enterprises -Cluster Development Programme  (MSE-CDP),  Credit Linked Capital Subsidy  Scheme (CLCSS), Credit  Gurantee  Scheme for  MSEs  (CGTMSE), a  Scheme for promoting Innovation, Rural Industry & Entrepreneurship (ASPIRE), Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI), ZED  Scheme,  National  SC/  ST  Hub,  Udyog  Aadhar  Memorandum (UAM) for ease of doing business, Finance Facilitation Centres etc.

Further,  Ministry  of  MSME,  Government  of  India  through  gazette notification on May 29, 2015 has notified a Framework for Revival and Rehabilitation of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. On March 17, 2016,  RBI  had  issued  guidelines  for  Revival  and  Rehabilitation  for Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprises.  Revival  and  Rehabilitation  of MSMEs  availing  loan  up  to  Rs.  25  crore  will  be  according  to  these guidelines.

- (b) & (c): The data for the MSME sector is not maintained separately. However, the  Total  Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI)  inflow  was  USD  208.99 billion  between April 2014 and December 2017 -representing 39% of the  cumulative  FDI  in  India  since  April  2000.  In  2015-16,  FDI  inflow crossed  the  USD  55  billion  mark  in  one  fiscal  year,  for  the  first  time ever. In 2016-17, FDI inflow stood at a record of USD 60 billion, highest ever recorded for a fiscal year.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2627 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-12
Subject: Closing of Excavation Project in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: PARASURAMAN K.

- (a) No, Madam.
- (b) Question does not arise.
- (c) Allocation of additional fund is made on the demands of the ASI. However, Archaeological Survey of India has not made any demand for allocation of additional fund for excavation.
- (d) Question does not arise.
- (e) No excavation project has been closed recently by the ASI due to paucity of funds.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2627

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2018

## CLOSING OF EXCAVATION PROJECT IN TAMIL NADU

## 2627.  SHRI K PARASURAMAN:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that there is financial crunch in Archaeological Survey of India and it has closed its excavation projects due to paucity of funds particularly in Tamil Nadu;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  additional  funds  to  ASI  for  excavation projects;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the total number of excavation projects closed recently by ASI due to paucity of funds?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)