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Lok Sabha Question No. 1095 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: Cow Urine and Dung in Curing Diseases
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: V. SATHYABAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF' SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1095 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08/02/2017

## COW URINE AND DUNG IN CURING DISEASES

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- whether Government is considering to critically evaluate the role of cow urine and In curing diseases: dung
- (D)
- whether Government has allocated / committed any amount for the said purpose and if so. Ihe details thereof and action taken thereon?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (Y. S Chowdary)

- (a)&(b) Yes Madam. The   Ministry & Technology. Government of  India has constituted a National Steering Committee for scientific validation to evaluate the role of Panchagavya: concoction of cow urine mixed with is coordinated by the Centre for Rural Development and Technology IIT. New Delhi: This programme Centre is coordinating with universities and institutions for formulation of various ReD for funding by agencies of Government of India dung; projects
- No specific hudget allocation has been made for this purpose: However: the project proposals submitted are funded under exisling R&D) schemes.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1094 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: Cash Less Transactions
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: ANANT KUMAR DATTATREYA HEGDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1094

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 08.02.2017

## CASH LESS TRANSACTIONS

## 1094   : SHRI ANANT KUMAR HEGDE:

Will  the  Minister  of  ELECTRONICS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether after the implementation of Government Policy on cashless transactions in the country, the business of many private sector companies has increased:
- (b) if  so,  the  names  of  these  companies  and  number  out  of  them  that  are  foreign companies;
- (c) whether cases of economic frauds committed by companies have come to light; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY)

(a) and (b): Based  on  the  data  available,  there  has  been  significant  growth  in  various modes of digital payments. The percentage growth for different modes of digital payments between 8 th Nov 2017 and 3 rd Feb 2017 in number of digital payment transactions per day is below:

| Mode                                  |   %Growth Transactions |
|---------------------------------------|------------------------|
| UPI (Including BHIM &USSD 2.0)        |                   4453 |
| USSD 1.0                              |                   9871 |
| Immediate Payment System (IMPS)       |                     66 |
| RuPay (PoS+Ecom)                      |                    268 |
| Aadhaar Enabled Payment System (AEPS) |                    792 |
| Wallets                               |                    260 |

However no specific study has been done to assess the growth of business of individual banks or companies.

(c) and (d): As per the information reported to and tracked by Indian Computer Emergency Response  Team  (CERT-In)  a  total  number  of  1122,  534  and  757  phishing  incidents  were handled during the year 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively.

Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) under Ministry of Electronics and Information  Technology  has  published  17  advisories  for  security  safeguarding  covering Point-of-Sale  (PoS),  Micro  ATMs,  Electronic  Wallets,  Online  banking,  Smart  phones, Unified payment interface, wireless access points/routers, Mobile banking and cloud.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1093 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: Quality of Training under PMKVY
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1093 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2017

## QUALITY OF TRAINING UNDER PMKVY

## †1093.  DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL "NISHANK":

## Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP  be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  persons  trained  so  far  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana (PMKVY) throughout the country and the number of persons who have got job after training, State-wise;
- (b) whether cooperation of foreign or private sectors has been sought by the Government for improvement of the quality of training and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  progress  achieved  in  respect  of  the  training  relating  to  organic  cultivation, floriculture  herbal  production  and  fruit  cultivation  as  per  the  requirements of  the  Himalayan States?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

(a) to (c) Under PMKVY, 20,69,871 candidates have been trained throughout the country till  now.  Under  PMKVY  2015-16,  it  was  not  mandatory  for  National  Skill  Development Corporation's  training  partners  to  report  employment  data.  The  employment  data  available reflects only a fraction of the actual employment provided under the scheme. Under PMKVY 2.0,  which  started  from  2 nd October  2016  onwards,  placement  tracking  is  mandatory.  The trainings  under  PMKVY  2.0  are  currently  underway.  The  placement  data  will  be  available once first round of trainings are over.

Ministry is actively engaging with the world in skill development through collaborations with  foreign  Governments  and  institutions.  These  collaborations  broadly  focus  on  four  key areas:  sharing  international  best  practices,  benchmarking  Indian  standards  in  accordance with  international  standards,  training  of  trainers  and  enhancing  the  capacity  of  existing institutions in India's skill training ecosystem. Ministry and its key agencies have entered into formal agreement with United Kingdom, Germany, Australia, European Union, France, UAE and China with the purpose of technology transfer in skill training, training of trainers, setting up of Model Centres of Excellence etc.

Agriculture Sector Skill Council has devised some courses for providing trainings such as Organic growers, floriculturist, Tea plantation worker, Bamboo grower etc. Under PMKVY, 1,62,647 candidates were trained under Agriculture Sector Skill Council.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1092 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: Outlay under PMKVY
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: P. C. MOHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1092 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2017

## OUTLAY UNDER PMKVY

## 1092. SHRI P.C. MOHAN:

## Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to increase the outlay under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the target fixed by the Government to impart skill training for the current year and the protection for the year 2017-18;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  having  any  tie  up  arrangement  for  the  job  to  be provided to these trained people after their training is completed; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

(a) to (e) After the successful implementation of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana 2015-16,  the  scheme  has  been  modified  to  make  it  more  effective,  transparent  and beneficiary oriented. PMKVY 2016-20 aims to train 10 million youth for the period of 20162020 with a total outlay of Rs 12,000 crores. The objective of this Scheme is to encourage and promote Skill Development for the youth throughout the country, by aligning itself with the Common Norms guidelines.

Ministry  has  developed  and  designed  dynamic  and  demand  driven  curriculum  & standards through industry led - Sector Skill Council. These curriculum are aligned with latest  National  Occupational  Standard  (NOS)/Qualification  Packs  (QPs).On  the  other hand,  industries  are  encouraged  to  participate  as  training  partners  to  run  the  high employment potential courses through appropriate accreditation and affiliation framework. The  schemes  runs  across  221  job  roles  related  to  35  Sector  Skill  Councils  which  is  a diverse and exhaustive representation of the industry.

PMKVY (2016-20)  incentives  Training  Centres  (TCs)  for  facilitating  placement  of trained  candidates. The  last  20%  payment  to  training  partner  would  be  made  only  after wage  employment  of self-employment to atleast 70%  of the trained candidates. Additionally,  post  placement  supports  at  the  rate  of  Rs1450  per  month  are  provided  to women,  candidates  from  special  areas  and  for  PWDs.  TCs  are  mandated  to  organise placement/Rozgar  Mela  every  six  months  with  the  support  from  Sector  Skill  Council (SSCs) and to  ensure participation  of  local  industry.  TCs  are  also  mandated  to  have  a dedicated mentorship-cum-placement cell for industry linkage and placement assistance to candidates. The candidates are also encouraged to join the industry as an apprentice to ensure skill enhancement of the trainees as per the industry requirement.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1091 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: BPO Promotion Scheme
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: HUKUM SINGH, KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1091

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 08.02.2017

## BPO PROMOTION SCHEME

## 1091.   SHRI HUKUM SINGH: SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA:

Will the Minister of Electronics & Information Technology be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  started  Business  Process  Outsourcing  (BPO)  promotion scheme under the Digital India programme and if so, the salient features thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  taken  a  decision  to  expand  BPO  units  scheme  to  rural areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of BPO schemes launched in the rural areas including Shamili region; and
- (d) the  incentives  being  given  by  the  Government  for  these  BPOs  along  with  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

(a) to  (d):      Under  Digital  India  programme,  the  Government  has  launched  India  BPO Promotion  Scheme  (IBPS)  for  creation  of  employment  opportunities  and  promotion  of BPO/ITES  operations  across  the  country  particularly  in  small  cities/towns  including  rural areas with an outlay of  Rs. 493 crore.  Around 48,300 BPO/ITES seats have been distributed across State(s)/UT(s) based on population percentage as per Census 2011, excluding metro cities  along  with  their  urban  agglomeration  viz.  Bangalore,  Chennai,  Hyderabad,  Kolkata, Mumbai,  NCR,  Pune,  and  North  East  Region  (NER).  For  the  State  of  Uttar  Pradesh (including Shamili region) 8,800 seats have been allocated.

The scheme provides capital support along with several special incentives like encouraging employment  to  women  and  physically  disabled  persons,  setting  up  operations  at  locations other than State capital, promoting local entrepreneurs, providing  upto Rs. 1 lakh/seat in the form of Viability Gap Funding (VGF), etc.   The selection of eligible companies to set up BPO/ITES operations under IBPS is done through online bidding process. Till now about 70 companies have been declared successful to setup BPO/ITES operations  for ~15,000 seats distributed around 60 locations covering 19 States and 2 UTs. Further, details of the scheme are available at www.meity.gov.in/ibps and https://ibps.stpi.in

Government has also launched North East BPO Promotion Scheme (NEBPS) under Digital India Programme to incentivize setting up of 5,000 seats BPO/ITES Operations in North East Region (NER) for creation of employment opportunities for the youth and growth of IT-ITES Industry in the region  with an outlay of  Rs. 50 crore.  NEBPS provides similar financial support as IBPS. Till now, 1,460 seats have been allocated to successful bidders for setting up

BPO/ITES operations under NEBPS covering 5 States of NER. Further details of the scheme are available at www.meity.gov.in/nebps

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1089 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: Stoppage of Sant Kabir Dham Express
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SHARAD TRIPATHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1089 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2017

## STOPPAGE OF SANT KABIR DHAM EXPRESS

† 1089.  SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government will ensure the stoppage of Sant Kabir Dham Express  plying  between  Gorakhpur  and  Mumbai  Lokmanya  Tilak Terminal at Sant Kabir Nagar which does not have its stoppage there at present;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  shall  consider  to  provide  the  stoppage  of some of the express and superfast trains passing through Kabir Dham at Maghar, the place of international significance and if so, the details of the trains which pass through this place?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) to  (c)  No,  Madam.  There  is  no  station  named  'Sant  Kabir  Nagar'  in Indian Railways, at present. Further, Maghar station which is nearest Railway  station  to  Sant  Kabir  Dham  is  presently  being  served  by  04 pairs  of  Mail/Express  and  03  pairs  of  Passenger  trains.  There  is  no proposal for stoppage of additional trains at Maghar station presently.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1088 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: Seeking Votes on Religious Lines
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: MEKAPATI RAJAMOHAN REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1088

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 08 TH  FEBRUARY, 2017

## SEEKING VOTES ON RELIGIOUS LINES

1088. SHRI M. RAJA MOHAN REDDY:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Supreme Court has ruled that seeking votes in the name of religion, race, caste, community or language would amount to corrupt practices;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has brought this ruling to the notice of all political parties; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and their reaction thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P.P.CHAUDHARY)

- (a) to (d): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1086 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: Unemployment in Non-technical Trade
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1086 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2017

## UNEMPLOYMENT IN NON-TECHNICAL TRADE

## †1086. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

## Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of the increasing unemployment in nontechnical trades in the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  remedial  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to remove unemployment;
- (c) whether the Government contemplates to increase the employment opportunities by starting different new skill development and technical courses in the coming years; and
- (d) if so, the details of the proposals prepared in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

(a) to (d) There are many socio economic factors like structural changes, economic growth, demand variance  etc responsible for unemployment in both technical and non technical trades/sectors. However, one of the key attributes to this is skill  gap due to advances/changes in the industry. To address this issue, the existing workforce needs to be upskilled/reskilled as per industry skill requirements. The Government has set up 40  Sector  Skill  Councils  (SSCs)  covering  both  technical  and  non  technical  sectors (retail,  IT-ITeS,  security,  life  sciences,  logistics  etc)   to  address  sector  specific  skill needs of the industry. SSCs assess skill needs of various job roles in a particular sector in  consultation  with  industry  and  develop  job  specific  standards  called  Qualification Packs - National Occupational Standards (QP-NOS) for training. These QP-NOS are compliant  to National Skill  Qualification  Framework  (NSQF)  and  are  aligned  to standards set by industry to make training relevant to the industry needs.   Ministry of Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  has  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana (PMKVY) which is the largest skill development scheme of the Government targeting to train  one  crore  youths  in  four  years.   The  training  under  PMKVY  is  based  on  the standards  developed  by  SSCs  in  consultation  with  industry.  At  present,  PMKVY  is imparting skill training in over 221 trades in 40 sectors across the country. This scheme while  catering  to  skilled  manpower  demand  for  industry  also  offers  opportunity  to existing workforce for RPL, reskilling and upskilling as well as cross sector mobility by getting  training  in  jobs  and  sectors  with  higher  manpower  demand.    As  on 2.2.2017, 20.69 lakh persons have been trained under PMKVY.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1085 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: Indian Movies at International Film Festivals
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1085 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2017

## INDIAN MOVIES AT INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVALS

## 1085. PROF. PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA:

## Will  the  Minister  of  INFORMATION  &  BROADCASTING  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether  the Government has taken any steps to promote Indian movies at International Film Festivals including the Oscars and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  created  a  Film  Promotion  Fund  for  the purpose; and
- (c) if so, the details and the salient features thereof and the manner in which it is to be utilized indicating the current corpus of fund?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING [COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)]

- (a) to (c):  The Ministry has introduced an additional activity under existing Plan scheme for providing financial assistance to filmmakers whose films are  selected  in  competition  section  of  an  international  film  festival  of repute or India's official nomination for Academy Awards under Foreign Film Category.

Directorate of Film Festivals has been designated as the nodal agency for implementing this activity.

The  procedure  for  financial  assistance  for  promotion  of  Indian  films selected  for  competition  in  international  film  festivals  and  Academy Awards  has  been  published  on  the  website  of  this  Ministry  that  is http://mib.nic.in/WriteReadData/documents/Film\_Promotion\_Fund\_-\_procedure.pdf.

The salient features of the scheme are as under:-

- (i) Application can be made for the promotion of the film selected in an official  category/competition  at  an  eligible  festival  or  the  Academy Awards.
- (ii) It will be mandatory for the film maker to disclose the amount of funds to be sought under the Film Promotion Fund and the amount to be received from other funding sources, for promotion of the film in the designated film festival/award.
- (iii) The financial assistance to a film would be subject to recommendation of a panel of experts, constituted by the Government.

If  an  application  is  found  eligible,  funds  are  disbursed  from  the  Plan Scheme 'Participation in Film Markets in India and Abroad'.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1083 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-08
Subject: Budgetary Allocation to Agriculture Sector
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1083 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2017

## BUDGETARY ALLOCATION TO AGRICULTURE SECTOR

1083. SHRI RAJU SHETTY:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a)  the quantum of funds out of total budget in percentage allocated to the agriculture sector during the last three years and the current year;
- (b)   whether the Government proposes to increase budgetary allocation to promote agriculture sector;
- (c)  if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  if not, the reason therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT AND MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a)  The quantum of funds out of total budget allocated to agriculture and allied sector during 201314 to 2016-17 is given as under:
- (b) & (c) The Government is committed to promote agriculture sector. In this year's budget (201718), several steps have been taken to enable the farmers to increase their production and productivity; and to deal with post-harvest challenges.
- (d)          The question doesn't arise.

| Year    | Total Budget Allocation (Rs. Crore)   | Allocation for Agriculture and Allied Sector   | Allocation for Agriculture and Allied Sector   |
|---------|---------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|
|         | Total Budget Allocation (Rs. Crore)   | Rs. Crore                                      | Percentage of total budget                     |
| 2013-14 | 1665297.32                            | 29772.83                                       | 1.79                                           |
| 2014-15 | 1794891.96                            | 31062.94                                       | 1.73                                           |
| 2015-16 | 1777477.04                            | 24909.78                                       | 1.40                                           |
| 2016-17 | 1978060.45                            | 48572.00                                       | 2.25                                           |