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Lok Sabha Question No. 3691 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: BRGF in Madhya Pradesh
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: SAVITRI THAKUR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3691 ANSWERED ON 09.08.2018

## BRGF in Madhya Pradesh

## †3691. SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) the  names  of  the  districts  included  by  the  Government  under  the  Backward  Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) in Madhya Pradesh by the Government;
- (b) the amount of funds allocated to State Governments under the BRGF fund;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to amend the instructions for inclusion of backward regions of Madhya Pradesh; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI PARSHOTTAM RUPALA)

- (a) Thirty  districts  of  Madhya  Pradesh  were  included  under  the  District  component  of Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) Programme. The names of these districts are given at Annexure.
- (b) Total amount Rs. 27,638.11 crore was released to the State Governments, including Rs. 2,995.59 crore to Madhya Pradesh, during the operational period of the BRGF Programme from the financial year 2006-07 to 2014-15.
- (c) and (d) No. The BRGF Programme has been delinked from budgetary support of the Central Government with effect from financial year 2015-16 as it has become a part of devolution to the States. This is in view of enhanced fiscal space made available to the States by the Fourteenth Finance  Commission  on  account  of  higher  devolution  to  the  States  from  32%  to  42%  of  the Centre's net tax receipts.

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## Annexure referred in reply to part (a) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 3691 for answer on 09.08.2018

## List of the districts of Madhya Pradesh included under the District component of Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) Programme

|   Sl.No. | Name of the district   |
|----------|------------------------|
|        1 | Alirajpur              |
|        2 | Anuppur                |
|        3 | Ashoknagar             |
|        4 | Balaghat               |
|        5 | Barwani                |
|        6 | Betul                  |
|        7 | Burhanpur              |
|        8 | Chhattarpur            |
|        9 | Chhindwara             |
|       10 | Damoh                  |
|       11 | Dhar                   |
|       12 | Dindori                |
|       13 | Guna                   |
|       14 | Jhabua                 |
|       15 | Katni                  |
|       16 | Khandwa                |
|       17 | Khargone               |
|       18 | Mandla                 |
|       19 | Panna                  |
|       20 | Rajgarh                |
|       21 | Rewa                   |
|       22 | Satna                  |
|       23 | Seoni                  |
|       24 | Shahdol                |
|       25 | Sheopur                |
|       26 | Shivpuri               |
|       27 | Sidhi                  |
|       28 | Singrauli              |
|       29 | Tikamgarh              |
|       30 | Umaria                 |
Lok Sabha Question No. 3690 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Contract Workers in AIR/DD
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, P.R. SUNDARAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3690 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2018)

## CONTRACT WORKERS IN AIR/DD

3690.  SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PATTLE SHRI SATAV RAJEEV SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

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

- (a) Whether  All  India  Radio  and  Doordarshan  have  engaged  workers  on  contract basis for various posts and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the terms and conditions of their engagement, category-wise;
- (c) whether many of the contract workers have given long years of their service in AIR and DD and denied regular employment and basic facilities and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  regularise  them  and  if  so,  the  details thereof including the time-frame for the same; and
- (e) if not, the reason therefor along with the other steps taken by the Government to extend all facilities to deserving contract workers?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Prasar  Bharati  has  intimated  that  as  on  15.03.2018,  Prasar  Bharati (including All India Radio and Doordarshan) has engaged 885 workers on contract basis for  various  posts  in  accordance  with  the  Contractual  Engagement  Policy  of  Prasar Bharati. The policy is available on the web site: http://prasarbharati.gov.in/Information/RTI/Pages/RTIProactiveDisclosure.aspx
- (c) to (e) There is no provision for regularisation of contract workers under the said policy. However, they are provided with basic facilities at work place to enable them to work efficiently.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3687 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Operation of Flights
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: BHARAT SINGH, RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTIQN NO. : 3687 (To be answered on the 9th August 2018)

## OPERA TION OF FLIGHTS

3687.

SHRI BHARAT SINGH

SHRI NAGAR RODMAL

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has issued any guidelines to the airline companies to adhere t0 flight schedules in view of the frequent delay in flights departing from Delhi and Mumbai airports;
- (c) whether the Government has received complaints regarding delay in flights at Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGI) and Mumbai International Airport;
- (b) if s0, the details of the companies to which these guidelines have been issued;
- (d) if so, the immediate steps taken by the Government to address the said problem; and complaints received by the Government since the year 2015 and as on

## ANSWER

## Minister 0f State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a) & (b): No Madam: However; in order to mitigate flight delays; Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has issued Air Transport Circular (ATC) 05 of 2017 on "Procedure to be followed to mitigate flight delays"
- (e): Number of passengers affected due to more than 02 hours amount spent on facilitation as submitted by the airlines as a part of monthly submission of traffic data for the year 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 (up to June) is as under: delay
- (c) & (d): Airport wise data in respect 0f flight delays are not maintained by this Ministry. However, references/complaints/suggestions 0n issues relating to airports are being examined 0n case to case basis and every effort is made to take the complaint to its logical conclusion:
- (e) the number of date and the action taken thereon?

Year No. of Pax affected(In Lac) Amount Spent on facilitation(Rs,in lac)

2015

7.26

615.78

2016

9.99

891.98

2017

1335.46

2018(Up to June) 9.86

665.23
Lok Sabha Question No. 3684 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Clean Toilets
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: J. JAYASINGH THIYAGARAJ NATTERJEE

## Government of India

## Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3684 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09-08-2018

## Clean Toilets

## 3684. SHRI J.J.T. NATTERJEE:

Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government has rejected criticism of its ambitious sanitation programme by United Nation officials stating that lower caste communities had their rights violated by being left to clean toilets built in the nationwide drive;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether there is any truth in such a comment; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

(a) and (e) A United Nations Special Rapporteur on human rights for safe drinking water and sanitation visited India from 27 October to 10 November, 2017. At the end of the visit, in his end of the mission statement, he made some inaccurate observations about the human rights aspects  of  India's  water  and  sanitation  programmes  based  on  anecdotal  evidence  and incomplete  information.  The  Government  of  India  rejected  his  baseless  criticisms  and reiterated that India's sanitation programmesfully conform to the Human Rights Criteria and Principles, as established by the UN system.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3683 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: CBI Investigation on HHECIL
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: V. PANNEER SELVAM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.3683 TO BE ANSWERED ON. 09.08.2018

## 'CBI INVESTIGATION ON HHECIL'

## 3683. SHRI V. PANNEERSELVAM:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Central  Bureau  of  Investigation  (CBI)  has  sought  information  from  handicrafts and  Handloom  Export  Corporation  of  India  Limited  (HHECIL)  regarding  availing  of buyer's  credit  and  passing  on  of  undue  benefit  of  difference  amount  between  interest earned  on  FDRs,  and  interest  charged  by  foreign  banks  for  providing  buyer's  credit  in respect of some bullion traders under investigation;
- (b) if so, details thereof  alongwith  the name of such companies;
- (c) whether CBI has also directed HHECIL to stop payments of those bullion traders  having completed  transaction  with  HHECIL  in  the  year  2014  and  have  not  indulged  in  any malpractice or violated any contractual obligations; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## उत्तर ANSWER वस्त्र राज्य मंत्री (श्री अजय टम्टा) MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES

## (SHRI AJAY TAMTA)

(a) & (b): Yes,  Madam.  Central  Bureau  of  Investigation  (CBI)  is  investigating  the  bullion import  case  of  M/s  Edelweiss  Commodities  Ltd.  (ECL).  CBI  has  examined  and  sought information from HHEC regardingavailing of buyer's credit.The bullion parties whose payments have been withheld by (HHEC) have followed the process of imports as per agreements which are identical to the agreement signed between ECL and HHEC, which is under investigation by CBI.

(c) & (d): No response or direction has been received from CBI to HHEC for stop payments ofbullion  tradershaving  completed transaction with HHECIL in the  year 2014. The payment of outstanding  dues  of  bullion  traders  is  contingent  upon  the  final  outcome  of  the  case  under investigation by CBI.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3681 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-09
Subject: Production of Lacquerware
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: B.N. CHANDRAPPA, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

3681.

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3681 ANSWERED TO BE ON 09.08.2018

## PRODUCTION OF LACQUERWARE

SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA: SHRI D.K. SURESH: SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

Will the  Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is taking any steps for setting up of Common Facility Centres  with  modern  machinery  for  use  by  artisans  in  the  production  of lacquerware in the country including at Channapatna in Karnataka;
- (b) if so, the status of the work in this regard;
- (c) the programmes proposed to be conducted at the Common Facility Centres for the use of artisans;
- (d) whether the  Government is  taking steps to  allocate  adequate  funds  for  the  said purpose; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र राज्य मंत्री ( श्री अजय टम्टा ) MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES

## (SHRI AJAY TAMTA)

(a) to (e): Yes  Madam, under Integrated  Development &  Promotion of Handicrafts Project  (IDPH)  for  Karnataka  one  Common  Facility  Centre  (CFC)  with  modern machinery in lacquerware craft at Channapatna in Karnataka state has been sanctioned to  Karnataka  State  Handicrafts  Development  Corporation  Ltd.  (KSHDC),  Bangalore. The land for the setting up of CFC has already been identified and the CFC is likely to be functional by June, 2019.

The  CFC  will  be  used  for  providing  training  on  use  of  modern  technique  and machines  for  artisans  and  mass  production.    It  will  ensure  economy  of  scale,  price competitiveness, quality control, application of new design & technology on continuous basis and scope of product diversification.

An amount of Rs.60.00 lakhs has been sanctioned during 2016-17 to KSHDC Ltd. Bangalore for setting up of CFC.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 312 (STARRED), answered on 2018-08-08
Subject: Data on Employment and Unemployment
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI, SANTOSH AHLAWAT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*312

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 8 TH  AUGUST, 2018

## DATA ON EMPLOYMENT AND UNEMPLOYMENT

*312.      SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI: SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  adopt  any  new method  to collect accurate data on employment  and unemployment  based  on  the  proposed  survey  of  one  lakh households and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) whether  the  Government  also  proposes  to  include  the number  of  loans  provided  under  the  MUDRA  Scheme  in employment data, if so, the details  thereof  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION (SHRI D.V. SADANANDA GOWDA)

(a) & (b):

A statement is laid on the table of the House.

Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) & (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 312 for answer on 08.08.2018 (a): National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) has started a new regular employment-unemployment  survey,  namely  Periodic  Labour  Force Survey  (PLFS)  since  April,  2017.  The  methodology  for  this  survey has  been  formulated  by  the  Standing  Committee  on  Labour  Force Statistics (SCLFS) and approved by the National Statistical Commission.  In  this  survey,  annually  almost  one  Lakh  households from 12,800 sampling units (7,024 villages and 5,776 Urban Frame Survey (UFS) blocks) are being surveyed at all-India level. The primary objective of PLFS is to measure quarterly changes of key  Labour  Force  Indicators  (such  as  Labour  Force  Participation Rate  (LFPR),  Worker  Population  Ratio  (WPR)  and  Unemployment Rate  (UR))  in  urban  area  as  well  as  to  generate  the  annual estimates of different labour force indicators both in rural and urban areas.  For  measuring  the  labour  force  indicators,  both  Current Weekly Status (CWS) and Usual Status (US) approach are followed. (b): In order to assess  employment  generation  including self employed  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojna  (PMMY),  Ministry  of Labour and Employment has taken a decision to institute a survey for this purpose. Labour Bureau, as an attached office of Ministry of Labour and Employment has been entrusted with this survey work. 5000 Branches of Banks/Micro Finance Institution (MFI) and about 1 lakh beneficiaries under MUDRA  Scheme  will  be covered to generate estimates of employment.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 311 (STARRED), answered on 2018-08-08
Subject: Scholarships to Minority Students
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD

## MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## STARRRED QUESTION NO. *311 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2018

## SCHOLARSHIPS TO MINORITY STUDENTS

## *311. DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether many deserving minority students have been denied scholarships with  the  change  in  disbursal  of  funds  from  manual  to  Direct  Benefit Transfer (DBT) scheme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the  amount  of  funds  that  remained  unused  due  to  technical  difficulty  in DBT scheme; and
- (d) the measures taken by the Government  to overcome the technical difficulties in DBT scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

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

## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (d)  of  Lok  Sabha  Starred Question No. *311 asked by Dr. Sunil Baliram Gaikwad regarding 'Scholarships to Minority Students'

- (a) & (b): No, Madam. In fact the disbursal of funds to eligible minority students under  Direct  Benefit  Transfer  (DBT)  mode  through  National  Scholarship  Portal (NSP)  has  resulted  in  the  following  benefits  for  all  stakeholders  including  the target beneficiaries:
- (i) Timely and hasslefree disbursement of scholarships directly to students.
- (ii) Disbursal of scholarships done in fair and transparent manner.
- (iii) Ensuring scholarship to genuine beneficiaries.
- (iv) Elimination of duplication and prevention of misuse of government funds.
- (v) Create a detailed database of beneficiaries.
- (c) The National Scholarship Portal (NSP) was launched in 2015 for implementation of scholarship schemes of 2015-16 and disbursement of scholarship under DBT mode. Initially there were some technical glitches on NSP and they have been resolved now. While some budgetary saving was observed in 2016-17, which included removal of duplicate and fake applications having been weeded  out,  no  eligible  beneficiary  verified  by  the  processes  was  denied  the benefit of scholarship during 2016-17 and succeeding years.
- (d) Any  technical  issue/difficulty,  faced  by  any  stakeholders,  is  addressed immediately  by  the  National  Informatics  Centre  (NIC)  that  has  developed  the National  Scholarship  Portal  (NSP)  for  implementation  of  scholarship  schemes. The  Helpdesk  and  Helpline  number  have  also  been  provided  for  redressal  of technical issues for all stakeholders.  Ministry of Minority Affairs has put in place a robust complaint redressal system/mechanism to address any concern of any stakeholder including the target beneficiaries.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 310 (STARRED), answered on 2018-08-08
Subject: Purchase Orders to PSUs
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: JANAK RAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.310

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH  AUGUST, 2018

## PURCHASE ORDERS TO  PSUs

## *310.  SHRI JANAK RAM:

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

- (a) whether  purchase  orders  given  by  her  Ministry  to  Public  Sector  Undertakings (PSUs) for defence products are decreasing;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to issue more licences to the private sector for manufacturing and supply of various defence equipment; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                    (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

j{kk ea=h

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

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 310 FOR ANSWER ON 8.8.2018

(a) & (b): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House. (c) & (d): The licensing policy has been streamlined, reducing the number of items requiring Industrial License.  A total of 379 licenses have been issued to 230 Indian companies for manufacture of defence items.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 309 (STARRED), answered on 2018-08-08
Subject: Atomic Power Generation
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*309

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2018

## ATOMIC POWER GENERATION

- *309.  SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the share of atomic energy in total power generation in India at present;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  comprehensive  scheme  to double it;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  PERSONNEL,  PUBLIC  GRIEVANCES  & PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR.JITENDRA SINGH):

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

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## Government of India Department of Atomic Energy

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.  *309  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON  08.08.2018  BY  SHRI  VISHNU  DAYAL  RAM REGARDING ATOMIC POWER GENERATION.

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- (a) The share of nuclear power in the total electricity generation in the country was about 3% in the year 2017-18.
- (b)&(c)The present installed nuclear power capacity of 6780 MW would reach 13480 MW by the year 2024-25 with the completion of projects under construction (including 500 MW Prototype Fast Breeder Reactor [PFBR], being implemented  by  Bharatiya  Nabhikiya  Vidyut  Nigam  Limited  [BHAVINI]).  In June-2017,  the  Government  accorded  administrative  approval  and  financial sanction  for  12  nuclear  power  reactors  aggregating  a  total  capacity  of  9000 MW, which are scheduled to be completed progressively by the year 2031. On their  completion,  the  total  nuclear  power  capacity  would  reach  22480  MW. With the increase in the nuclear installed capacity base, the share of nuclear power in the total electricity generation would also increase.
- (d) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 303 (STARRED), answered on 2018-08-08
Subject: Royalty on Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: RITA TARAI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 303 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.08.2018

## Royalty on Coal

## *303.  SHRIMATI RITA TARAI:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Study Group constituted by the Government to consider revision of rates of royalty on coal has submitted its report to the Government and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  considering  enhancement  of  royalty  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (c) the time by which the decision to enhance the rate of royalty on coal is expected to be taken by the Government?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COAL, FINANCE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

## Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question no. 303 for 08.08.2018

(a) to (c) Ministry of Coal has constituted  a Study Group on 21.07.2014 under the Chairmanship of Additional Secretary (MoC) for the purpose of examining the issue of revision of present royalty rates on coal and lignite. The Study Group has submitted its recommendation on 05.02.2018, which is under consideration with the Government.

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