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Lok Sabha Question No. 1850 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-29
Subject: Logistics Management and Information System
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: DHARAM VIRA GANDHI

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1850 TO BE ANSWERED ON   29 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## LOGISTICS MANAGEMENT AND INFORMATION SYST EM

## 1850. SHRI DHARAM VIRA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is planning to regularise the monitoring of supplies under the newly launched Logistics Management and Information System (LMIS); and
- (b) if so, the detail s thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a) & ( b):      Yes.     The software for Logistics Management and Information System (L for monitoring of Family Planning commodities has already been developed and rolled out. All States/UTs have been oriented on its implementation.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1848 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-29
Subject: Tactical Combat Casualty Care
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1848 TO BE ANSWERED ON   29 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## TACTICAL COMBAT CASU ALTY CARE

## 1848. SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  sanction  Tactical  Combat  Casualty  Ca (TCCC) in the country particularly in Malabar Cancer Centre, Kerala;
- (b) if so, the details the reof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a)  to (c): There is no proposal to sanction Tactical Combat  Casualty Care (TCCC) in t country particularly in Malabar Cancer Centre, Kerala.

However,  under  the  strengthening  of  Tertiary  Care  for  Cancer  scheme  of  Nation Programme for Parvention  and Con tr l of Cancer,  Diabetes,  Cardiovascular  Diseases and Stroke (NPCDCS), in the State of Kerala, Government of India has approved one State Can Institute (SCI) at Regional Cancer Centre, Thiruvananthapuram, and one Tertiary Care Ca Centre (TCCC) at Government Medical College, Kozhikode.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1847 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-29
Subject: Projects Proposed for PPP Model
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MNNISTRY OF FNNANCE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFARRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1847 For answer on 29/12/2017

Projects Proposed for PPP Model

## 1847. SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM:

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;\_
- the details of the expenditure proposed to be made in such category ofprojects;
- (6) if $o, the details thereof along with the names of sectors in which work is proposed to be carried out by the Government under PPP model;
- () whether the Govemnment has prepared draft agreement for such projects; and

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI PON RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) to (c): the 2012-17 are Rs. 38,22,822 crore which is 1.6 times the investment of Rs 23,77,746 crore achieved in the 2007-12 at current This investment is funded through govemnment budgetary support, internal and extra budgetary resources of Public Sector Undertakings and private investment including PPPs PPPs are prevalent in the sectors such as Road, Port; Civil Aviation, Power etc period prices. period

Government has formulated the Scheme for Fintancial Support to Public Private Partnership in Infrastructure [Viability Funding (VGF) Scheme]: VGF under the scheme is normally in the for of capital grants at the stage of project construction to make economically essential projects commercially viable: During the current financial year; a sum ofRs, 550 crore has been allocated under this Scheme Gap

(d) & (e): The Government has approved Model Concession Agreements in the Road and Port sectors for balanced risk sharing among stakeholders

- (e)
Lok Sabha Question No. 1846 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-29
Subject: Credit to MSMEs
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR

- (a) and (b)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 1846 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29th DECEMBER, 2017 PAUSHA 08, 1939 (SAKA)

## 'Credit to MSMEs'

1846: ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state

- (a) whether the credit to micro and small enterprises is declining;
- (c) whether the declining credit has adversely affected the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years;
- (d) if so, the steps taken proposed to be taken by the Government to improve the situation ?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

Outstanding credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) to micro and small enterprises (MSEs) as on 31s March is as under

## (Amount Rs: in crore)

| Financial Year   | Outstanding Credit   |
|------------------|----------------------|
| 2014-15          | 9,61,174.17          |
| 2015-16          | 9,96,424.94          |
| 2016-17          | 10,70,129.48         |

Source

RBI

There was thus an increase of 3.67% in outstanding credit to MSEs in 2015-16 and of 7.40% in 2016-17 over the corresponding previous year.

- (c) Outstanding credit of Scheduled Commercial Banks(SCBs) to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) as on 31st March is as under

## (Amount Rs. in crore)

| Financial Year   | Sector       | Sector      | Total of MSME Sector   |
|------------------|--------------|-------------|------------------------|
| Financial Year   |              | Medium      | Total of MSME Sector   |
| 2014-15          | 9,61,174.17  |             | 11,71,026.05           |
| 2015-16          | 9,96,424.94  | 2,19,582.17 | 12,16,007.11           |
| 2016-17          | 10,70,129.48 |             | 12,96,398.82           |

Source

RBI:

There was thus an increase of 3.84% in outstanding credit to MSMEs in 2015-16 and of 6.61% in 2016-17 over the corresponding previous year:

- (d) Government and Reserve Bank of India have taken several steps to facilitate easy loans to MSMEs, which inter-alia include, advise to all Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) to achieve a 20% year-on-year growth in credit to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) , allocation of 60% of the MSEs advances to the micro enterprise accounts, a 10% annual growth in number of micro enterprise accounts, adoption of one cluster, operationalising at least one specialised MSME Branch in every district etc In addition, a target of 7.5% of SCBs have been  mandated not to accept collateral security in the case of loans up to Rs.10 lakh extended to units in the MSE sector and computation of working capital requirements of MSE units has been simplified t make it minimum 20% of the projected annual turnover of the unit:
Lok Sabha Question No. 1844 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-29
Subject: Research in Traditional Medicines
Ministry: AYURVEDA,YOGA & NATUROPATHY,UNANI,SIDDHA AND HOMEOPATHY (AYUSH)
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1844 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## RESEARCH IN TRADITIO NAL MEDICINES

## 1844. SHRI D.K. SURESH:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  that  traditional  medicine  lags  behind  in  te standardization and critical research;
- (b) if so , the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is true that traditional and western medicines are practised alongside ea every level of the healthcare system in China and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to encourage research in traditional medicines to enhan its stature over allopathy in India; and
- (e) if so, the response of the Government in this regard?

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

- (a):     No.
- (b):     Does not arise.
- (c) : The Government is not aware of such practice in China.
- (d):      Yes .
- (e) : The  Government have  set  up five  autonomous  Research  Councils,  namely,  (i)  Central Council  for  Research  in  Ayurvedic  Sciences  (CCRAS),  (ii)  Central  Council  for  Research Homoeopathy  (CCRH),  (iii)  Central  Council  for  Research  in  Unani  Medicine  (CCRUM), (iv) Central Council for Research in Siddha (CCRS) & (v) Central Council for Research in and Naturopathy (CCRYN) with the mandate to undertake research in their respective system of healthcare.  These  Research  Councils  coordinate,  formulate,  develop and  promote  research  on scientific lines in the AYUSH systems. Their activities cover medicinal plant research ( -ethno botanical survey, pharmacognosy and tissue culture), drug standardisat pharmacological research, clinical research, literary re search and documentation. The Research Councils carry out their activities through their own units located in different parts of as well as through collaborative efforts with various universities, hospitals and institut
Lok Sabha Question No. 1843 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-29
Subject: National Policy on Thalassaemia
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: CHANDU LAL SAHU, ABHISHEK SINGH, DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1843 TO BE ANSWERED ON   29 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## NATIONAL POLICY ON T HALASSAEMIA

## 1843. SHRI CHANDU LAL SAHU: SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH: SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to formulate a National Thalassaemia Policy;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of pa tients suffering from Thalassaemia in the country;
- (c) whether a large number of people die of the said disease due to lack of access to which is highly expensive; and
- (d) if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard along with the funds allocated by the Government and facilities being made available for gene therapy in the hospitals?

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

- (a) : Public Health is a state subject. However ,Under the National Health Mission (NHM), the Ministry has prepared and issued comprehensive guideline for Haemoglobinopathie (Thalassemia, Sickle cell anemia and other variant anaemia) for prevention and managemen Haemoglobinopathies.
- (b) : Exact  data  from  India  is  not  available.  Estimated  10,000  to  12,000  children β - thalassemia  are  born  every  year. It  is  estimated  that  there  are  about  65,000 - 67,000 β -thalassemia patients in our country (Colah et al. 2014).
- (c) : No published statistics regarding the annual deaths due to thalassemia is available.
- (d)   Public health and hospitals is a State subject.  Government of India has not allo funds separately for gene therapy.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1842 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-29
Subject: Linking of Jan Dhan Accounts with Aadhaar
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: K. MARAGATHAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION No. 1842

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29 DECEMBER 2017 (FRIDAY) / PAUSHA 8, 1939 (SAKA)

## Linking of Jan Dhan Accounts with Aadhaar

1842. SHRIMATI K MARAGATHAM:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased t0 state:

- (a) whether the linking of Jan Dhan Accounts with Aadhaar has enabled the direct transfer of
- subsidies into the beneficiaries account;
- (b) if so. the details thereof;
- (C) whether this has  led to 50,000 crore that middlemen; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?
- savings of Rs. pocketed by the

## Answer

## The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance

## (SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

- (a) to (d)   Linking of Aadhaar in bank accounts, Jan Dhan or otherwise, enables Ministries/Departments under Centre and State governments to transfer subsidy directly into the bank account of the beneficiaries   using the Aadhaar   Payment   Bridge. However; beneficiaries not having Aadhaar number are also allowed direct benefit transfer into their bank accounts.
- As on 15.12.2017. out of 106.41 crore Account and   Savings Account (CASA); 82.47 crore accounts are seeded with Aadhaar number. Within these, out of 30.76 crore Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) accounts 22.58 crore PMJDY accounts have been seeded with Aadhaar number; as on 20.12.2017.

As per information received from DBT Mission, Ministries/Departments have (DBT) under various schemes as under: Pratyaksh Hanstantrit Labh (PAHAL); distribution system; Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme reported estimated savings of Rs. 57,029 crore as on 31.3.2017, due to direct benefit transfer Public (MGNREGS) National  Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) and others schemes, due to elimination of ghost beneficiaries etc.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1841 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-29
Subject: Tax Related Agreement with Switzerland
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE *** LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1841

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 29 TH  DECEMBER, 2017 PAUSHA 08, 1939 (SAKA)

## TAX RELATED AGREEMENT WITH SWITZERLAND

1841. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has signed an agreement with Switzerland Government on tax related exchange of information; and
- (b) if so, the details of the present status of the bilateral agreement?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

(a) & (b):  India has signed Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement with Switzerland on 2nd November 1994 which entered into force on 29th December, 1994. Protocol Amending the agreement  was  signed  on  30th  August,  2010  which  entered  into  force  on  7th  October, 2011.

India and Switzerland have also signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters (MAC) which has entered into force for India on 1st June, 2012 and for Switzerland on 1st January, 2017.

India and Switzerland signed a Joint Declaration on 22nd November, 2016 for activation of the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) in tax matters between the two countries. Thereafter, on 21st December, 2017 a mutual agreement as per paragraph 6 of Article 28 of  the  MAC  has  been  signed  for  making  the  AEOI  effective  from  1.1.2018  with  first transmission in 2019.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 159 (STARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Stoppage of Non-Veg Meals in Air India
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: THOKCHOM MEINYA

*159.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTIQN NO.

159 December 2017)

28th

## STOPPAGE OF NON-VEG MEALS IN AIR INDIA

DR. THOKCHOM MEINYA

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Will the Minister of CIVIL A VIATION .` `

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether Air   India has   stopped serving non-veg meals to the passengers on its flights;
- (b) if the  details   thereof and the reasons therefor; SO,
- (c) whether any direction has been issued by the Government in this regard; and
- (d) if the details thereof?

Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## ANSWER

(Shri Ashok Gajapathi Raju Pusapati)

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

STATEMENT IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.159 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.12.2017 REGARDING STOPPAGE OF NON-VEG MEALS IN AIR INDIA TABLED BY DR THOKCHOM MEINYA, MP.

- (a) & (b): Air India continues to serve Non-Veg meals in all classes of international flights and in business class of domestic flights:

With effect from 20th June,.2017, Non-vegetarian meals have been discontinued in the Economy Class of Domestic Sector flights: This was done to save costs, reduce wastage, improve service and also avoid any chances of mix up of meals The annual saving is expected to be around Rs.8-10 crore per annum

- (c): Madam. No,

(d): Does not arise in view of (c) above:

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Lok Sabha Question No. 157 (STARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Construction of Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: CH. MALLA REDDY, ANJU BALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 157

ANSWERED ON 28 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS

## *157.  SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY: SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  the  use  of  new  material  and  technologies  like  bioenzymes  made  from  plants  and  vegetables  and  thermal  insulators  for  construction  of Highways in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government plans to use waterproof coat, prefabricated drainage system to reduce road damage due to rains;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

(SHRI MANSUKH L.MANDAVIYA)

- (a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERERD TO STARRED QUESTION NO. 157 ASKED BY SHRI  CH.  MALLA  REDDY  AND  SHRIMATI  ANJU  BALA  ANSWERED  ON  28 TH DECEMBER, 2017 REGARDING 'CONSTRUCTION OF HIGHWAYS'

(a)  &  (b)  This  Ministry  is  primarily  responsible  for  development  &  maintenance  of  National Highways. Ministry encourages use of new materials and techniques in construction of National Highways and has so far allowed twenty two new materials/techniques to be used on National Highways. So far, bio-enzymes made from plants & vegetables and thermal insulators have not been used for construction of National Highways. (c)  &  (d)  The  pre-fabricated  system  for  drainage  of  storm  water  like  pre-fabricated  drain sections, hume pipes etc. are already being used. The use of water proof coat is mostly used in bridge deck and not common in road drain works.

(e) Ministry had decided to implement a "Value Engineering Program" to achieve i) increase in speed of construction, ii) reduction in cost of construction, iii) increased asset durability and iv) improved aesthetics  and  safety.  For  this  purpose  Ministry  has  constituted  a  National  Panel  of Experts  (NPE)  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Shri  S.  R.  Tambe  Secretary  PWD,  Maharashtra (Retired) comprising 9 members for resolving the technical issues in the implementation of new or  innovative  technologies,  materials  and  equipment  for  recommendation.  NPE  will  also  be entrusted to examine various alternative technologies when individual proposals from proponents of new  technology/alternative materials/equipment  are  placed  before  them.  The  NPE  is empowered  to  approve  the  new  technologies/materials  to  be  used  either  on  trial  stretches  in appropriate cases or approve them for use in construction of highways. The new materials and techniques are helpful for increase in structural strength, capacity, durability, higher performance,  environmental  friendliness and  cost effectiveness based  on  life cycle cost approach.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 155 (STARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Swachh Bharat Mission
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *155 (15 th Position) TO BE ANSWERED ON 28-12-2017

## Swachh Bharat Mission

## †*155. SHRI KIRTI AZAD:

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

- (a)  whether  any  special  attention  is  being  paid  to  religious  and  tourist  places  under  the  Swachh Bharat Mission in Bihar;
- (b) if so, the details of the work carried out at these religious and tourist places in the State along with the amount spent so far in this regard; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION (SUSHREE UMA BHARATI)

- (a) to (c) A Statement is laid on the table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *155 for 28.12.2017

(a)   to (c)  The Government has undertaken an initiative of Swachh Iconic Places (SIP), wherein special efforts for cleaning up 100 iconic places of the country are being taken up. In the 1st Phase of this initiative, 10 sites have been taken up, where implementation is in progress. In the 2nd Phase, 10 more sites are being taken up, where action plan is under preparation. Gaya Tirth in Bihar has been taken in 2nd Phase under Swachh Iconic Places (SIP).