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Lok Sabha Question No. 1801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Grants under PMAY-G
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NIHAL CHAND CHAUHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1801

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.12.2017

## GRANTS UNDER PMAY-G

## 1801.   SHRI NIHAL CHAND:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  maximum  amount  of  financial  assistance  or  grants  to  beneficiaries  for building houses under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G);
- (b) whether  the Government  proposes  to  provide  additional  funds to rural households under the said scheme;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  soft  loans  for  house  building through public sector banks in rural areas; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a): Under Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Gramin (PMAY-G) financial assistance of Rs. 1.20 lakh in plain areas and Rs. 1.30 lakh in hilly & difficult areas including IAP districts is provided to the beneficiaries for construction of houses.  In addition, 90 person days unskilled wages in plain areas and 95 person days unskilled wages in hilly states, difficult areas and IAP  districts  from  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (MGNREGS) and financial assistance of Rs.12,000 for construction of toilet from Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM), MGNREGS or any other dedicated source of funding is also provided to the beneficiaries over and above the unit assistance.

(b): At  present  no  such  proposal  is  under  consideration  in  the  Ministry  of  Rural Development.

- (c) & (d): The beneficiary of PMAY-G may be facilitated to avail institutional finance of upto Rs. 70,000, if he/she so desires. Willing beneficiaries are also facilitated to avail loan under Differential Rate of Interest (DRI) scheme.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1798 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Road Safety Laws
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: DHARAM VIRA GANDHI

## 2GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1798

ANSWERED ON 28 TH  DECEMBER, 2017

## ROAD SAFETY LAWS

1798.   SHRI DHARAM VIRA:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government has conducted the  road safety inspection of National Highways during the current year if so, the findings thereof;
- (b) the progress made in the ongoing research schemes on roads and bridges;
- (c)  the  progress  made  in  the  project  for  two  laning  of  roads  assisted  by  World  Bank  in  the current year; and
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government of road safety laws in country?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI MANSUKH L.MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (d) Road  safety  audits  are  carried  out  on  National  Highways  (NHs)  development projects at various stages during design, construction and post construction stages. Research on roads  and  bridges  are  conducted  through  Research/Academic  institutes  like  CRRI,  IITs  etc. Research  activities  require  thorough  study/investigations/tests  etc.  and  is  a  time  consuming process. A length of about 101 kms has been completed under World Bank funded National Highways  Interconnectivity  Improvement  Project  (NHIIP)  in  financial  year  2017-18,  till November,  2017.  To  strengthen  enforcement  and  enhance  road  safety,  the  Motor  Vehicles (Amendment) Bill, 2017, has been passed by Lok Sabha and is presently in Rajya Sabha for consideration and passing of the said Bill.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1794 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Agreements with Foreign Countries for Namami Gange Mission
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. †1794

ANSWERED ON 28 .12.2017

## AGREEMENTS WITH FORE IGN COUNTRIES FOR NA MAMI GANGE MISSION

## †1794. DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK'

Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  programme  for  continuous  flow,  cleanline conservation of tributaries of Ganga river under Namami Gange Mission;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has signed any agreement with Japan, Germany or any other coun technology transfer in this regard and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether work for creating public awareness for cleanliness of Ganga has been undertaken wit cooperation of voluntary organizations under the said mission during the last three years;

(e) if so, the details thereof and the total amount spent by the Government under this he said pe riod?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  WATER  RESOURCES, RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND GANGA REJUVENATION & HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT

## ( DR. SATYA PAL SINGH )

(a) & (b) Yes, Madam. The Government of India has launched Namami Gange programme in May 2015 for conservation of river Ganga. The definition of Ganga basin includes river Gan tributaries. Namami  Gange  Programme  is  a  holistic  approach  to  clean  Ganga  and  its  tribut through various activities such as treatment of municipal sewage, treatment of industrial effluent, r surface  cleaning,  rural  sanitation,  ghats  &  crematoria  works,  afforestation,  biodiversi creation & public outreach etc. Total 187 projects for various such activities have been s ned, out of which, 47 projects have been completed so far.

(c)No Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with Japan, Germany or any othe Country  for  technology  transfer  except  the  MoU  signed  with  the  Netherlands  on  27.06.20 'Pollution abatement of rivers with specific attention to river Ganga' as one of the objectives.

(d) & (e) National Mission of Clean Ganga ( NMCG) is making continuous efforts to spread awareness among  the  public  about  the  Namami  Gange  Programme and  seeking  their  support  for  cleaning  o River  Ganga.  NMCG  has  organised  Information,  Education  &  Communication  (IEC)  activit including  number  of  awareness  campaigns  like  Swachta  Pakhwada,  Ganga  Sankalp  Diwas  a Swachta  Hi  Seva  etc.  in  five  States  la rgely  with  the  voluntary  support  of  Non  Government Organisations  (NGOs)  and  local  communities  in  association  with  State  Programme  Manage Groups, Executing Agencies, Ganga Vichar Manch, Nehru Yuva Kendra Sangathan and various ot Non - Government  Social and  Cultural  Organisations.  The  total  amount  spent  on  the  various activities by NMCG in last three years is Rs. 12.71 crores.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1792 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Paid Streaming & Video-on-Demand Services
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1792 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28/12/2017

## PAID STREAMING  & VIDEO-ON-DEMAND SERVICES

## 1792.  SHRI KESINENI  NANI:

Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

be pleased to state:

- (a) the size of the paid streaming and video-on-demand services in the country;
- (b) whether  there  are  any  regulations  governing  the  paid  streaming  and  video-ondemand services provided over the internet;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, whether the Government proposes to regulate the same and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): There are no official figures available with this Ministry with regard to the 'Over the Top' (OTT) industry viz. paid streaming and Video on Demand services in India.  However, some  private  research  organisations  like  Frost  and  Sullivan  have  pegged  it  around  70 million unique connected viewers of which 1.3 million are paid video subscribers.

Ministry of Information & Broadcasting does not regulate paid streaming and video on demand  services  provided  over  the  internet.    However,  there  are  enough  safeguards available under the Information Technology Act, 2000 which is administered by Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MEITY) for content appearing on paid streaming and video on demand services provided over the internet.

MEITY is empowered to block information/websites/URLs under Section 69A of the Information  Technology  Act,  2000.    This  Section  has  provisions  for  blocking  of  Universal Resource Locators only in specific scenarios of  (i) Defence of  India  (ii)  Sovereignty  and Integrity  of  India  (iii)  Security  of  State  (iv)  Foreign  relations  with  foreign  states  (v)  Public Order (vi) or for preventing incitement to the commission of any cognizable offence relatiing to above.

Sections  67,  67A  and  67B  of  the  IT  Act  makes  publishing/  transmitting/hosting  of pornographic content including child pornographic content criminal offence. Law Enforcement  agencies  regularly  monitor  the  web  and  social  media  and  take  appropriate action for blocking of such URLs whenever they notice hosting of objectionable contents as per provision of rules notified under Section 69A of Information Technology Act 2000.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1788 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Irregularities under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1788 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.12.2017

## IRREGULARITIES UNDER MGNREGS

## 1788.   SHRI D.K. SURESH: SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  fact  that  the  workers  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) have to share their wages with the staff of banks and post offices to take money out of their accounts;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  number  of  such  cases  which  were  reported  during  the  last  three  years, State-wise and year-wise;
- (d) whether  it has  come  to  the  notice  of  the  Union  Government  that  the beneficiaries are compelled  to  bribe  the  authorities  to get their legally guaranteed dues and if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken thereon; and
- (e) whether the Government is taking any measures to educate the rural poor to put an end to corruption in the system and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a): No, Madam.

(b)&(c): Do not arise.

(d): No  Madam,  However,  the  Ministry,  under  MGNREGA  receives  complaints  of irregularities. Since the responsibility of implementation of MGNREGA is vested with the State  Governments/UTs,  all  complaints  received  in  the  Ministry  are  forwarded  to  the concerned State Governments/UTs for taking appropriate action including investigation, as per law.

(e): The  Government  is  actively  engaged  with  the  State  Government  in  establishing systems  that  ensure  provision  of  work  as  per  demand.  To  generate  awareness  about  the provisions  of  the  Scheme  and  to  provide  adequate  employment  opportunities  to  rural households under MGNREGS, all States/UTs have been requested to (i) initiate appropriate Information  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  campaigns  including  wall  paintings  for wide dissemination of the provisions of the Act, (ii) expand scope and coverage of demand registration  system  to  ensure  that  demand  for  work  under  MGNREGA  does  not  go unregistered, (iii) prepare plans in a participatory mode and approve them in the Gram Sabha, and (iv) prepare realistic labour budget by the State.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1787 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Impact of UDAY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1787 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.12.2017

## IMPACT OF UDAY

1787.   KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV: SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Ujjwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) which was approved by  the  Union  Government on 5 November, 2015 and considerded to be a path breaking  power  reform  to  improve  the  fiscal  health  of  power  distribution companies has worsened their finances in the past few months;
- (b) if so, the facts in this regard;
- (c) whether there is an urgent need to improve and revamp the monitoring system of rural feeder system which is leading to increase in AT&C losses; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the steps Union Government has taken or proposes to take in this regard?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY ( SHRI  R. K. SINGH )

- (a) & (b) :  No, Madam.  Interventions under Ujwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana, launched  by  the  Government  of  India  on  20-11-2015,  including  reduction  in interest  costs  & cost  of  power and  efficiency gains have  yielded  encouraging outcomes.  As  per  the  unaudited  data  submitted  by  States,  the  participating states  have  achieved  an  improvement  of  1.00%  in  Aggregate  Technical  & Commercial (AT&C) losses and Rs.0.17 a Unit in the gap between Average Cost of Supply and Average Revenue Realized in FY 2017.
- (c)  &  (d)  :    Recognizing  that  feeder  monitoring  is  an  important  tool  for  loss reduction,  the  Government  has  sanctioned  an  amount  of  Rs.233.03  crores  for online monitoring of Rural Feeders in the country.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1786 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Inconvenience/Embarrassment to Indian Girl’s Hockey Team
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: KALYAN BANERJEE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1786 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.12.2017

Inconvenience/Embarrassment to Indian Girl's Hockey Team 1786. SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  report  that  an  Indian Girl's hockey team faced inconvenience and embarrassment recently in a foreign country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reaction  of  the  Government thereto;
- (c) whether the Indian Girls Hockey team had to protest against lack
- of facilities and support against the organizers therefor; and
- (d) the details of the report of International School Sport Federation
- (ISF) and the host country in this regard?

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR

## YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS [Col. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (RETD.)]

(a) to (d):  Madam, on invitation from School Sports Australia, School Games Federation of India(SGFI), the National Sports Federation for promotion  of  sports  among  school  children  in  the  country,  fielded teams in various events including hockey, in the 10 th  Pacific School Games 2017 held at Adelaide, Australia from 1 st  to  10 th   December, 2017. The cost of participation was met by SGFI and Government has not incurred any expenditure. SGFI has informed that Indian contingent  reached  Adelaide  on  1st  December,  2017  and  the organizer  made  separate  accommodation  arrangements  for  the participants and provided them with detailed Booklet of events and Accreditation  Cards  for  availing  free  public  transport  facility.  But perhaps  due  to  different  work  pattern  conditions  prevailing  in Adelaide and due to time zone difference and jet lag, Indian hockey girls' players   missed out their opening two morning matches. As soon as SGFI came to know about the situation, immediately they deputed Mr. Gaurav Dixit (PRO to SGFI) and Mr. K.R. Rao (Basketball Coach) to Adelaide who immediately took up the matter with the Indian High Commission  and  the  Organizers  and  restored  the  situation  by providing  Liaison  Officers  who  were  Hindi  translators  as  well  and thereafter everything went on smoothly. SGFI has also informed that the said event was not an ISF event, but was hosted by School Sports Australia who is also a member of ISF. It was organized in association with  Government  of  South  Australia.  Participants  from  9  different countries and all States of Australia comprising of 4100 athletes in different  sports  disciplines  had  participated.  The  Government  has however instituted an enquiry in the matter.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1785 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Mission 11 Million Programme
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: BHARATENDRA SINGH

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1785 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.12.2017

Mission 11 Million Programme

## 1785. KUNWAR BHARATENDRA:

Will  the  Minister  of  YOUTH  AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state the status and progress detail of Mission 11 million programme launched in cooperation with FIFA for the promotion of football in the country?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (RETD.))

Mission XI Million was intended to engage 11 Million school kids with football in the lead-up to the FIFA U-17 World Cup India 2017.  Government promoted Football through 'Mission  XI  Million',  an  outreach  programme,  in  association  with  All  India  Football Federation  (AIFF)  and  Federation  International  de  Football  Association  (FIFA).  The programme was officially inaugurated on 10th February, 2017. The programme envisaged targeting boys and girls between the ages of 10 and 18 years across India in around 15,000 schools to reach to 11 Million students mark by September 2017.

Under  the  Programme,  as  on  31st  October,  2017,  20,977  Schools  and  21,279 Teachers were successfully registered and 11,008,561 kids were reached in 29States and 2 Union Territories. 262 Teacher Workshops were organised and 42,229 Footballs were distributed under the Programme.

The principal objective of Mission XI Million was to create a change of perception among the school communities in India that football can be played at any place, any surface and by any number of kids. The intention was to spread this message across the country and to bring gully football into the common knowledge of Indian schools.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1784 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Norms for Private Jet Overseas Flights
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: BALKA SUMAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1784

(To be answered on the 28th December 2017)

Norms for Private Jet Overseas Flights

1784. SHRI SUMAN BALKA

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) has relaxed flights from/to airports with custom/immigration facilities;
- (b) if s0, the details thereof; and
- (c) the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

'

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (2) to (c) Yes Madam  DGCA in consultation with Ministry of Civil Aviation has revised the CAR Section 3 Series 'F' Part I regarding requirements for issuc of #on- scheduled flight clearances by DGEA for\_Indian registered aircraft Thcse revised regulations came into effect from 15.12.2017,and now the Indian aircraft operators approvcd/ authorized to undcrtake international %peeations do not requirc pricr permission from DGCA for undertaking international non-Scheduled flights fromlto airports with Custom/Immigration facilities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1782 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: NH between Kargil to Zanskar
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: THUPSTAN CHHEWANG

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1782

ANSWERED ON 28 TH DECEMBER, 2017

## NH BETWEEN KARGIL TO ZANSKAR

## 1782. SHRI THUPSTAN CHHEWANG:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of the construction of National Highways from Paukoo in Kargil to Padum Zanskar;
- (b) the  total  fund  allocated  for  the  project  during  last  three  years  and  the  utilization thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is considering handing  over construction of the project  to any other agency; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) and (b) Kargil to Zanskar section of road is a newly declared National Highway (NH) No. 301 with existing carriageway width less than two-lane NH standard. This NH is entrusted  to  State  Public  Works  Deptt  (PWD),  Govt.  of  J&K  for  its  development  and maintenance  as  an  implementing  agency.  During  last  three  years,  this  Ministry  has sanctioned  eleven  works  amounting  to  Rs.  133.84  crores  for  the  various  development works on this NH. The State PWD has incurred an expenditure of about Rs. 40.0 crore on the sanctioned works till November, 2017.

- (c ) No, Madam.
- (d) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1780 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-28
Subject: Revision of MGNREGS Wages
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI, RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA, SANTOSH AHLAWAT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1780

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.12.2017

## REVISION OF MGNREGS WAGES

## 1780.   SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI: SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA: SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  significantly  increase  the  wages  under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) after consultation with a panel of Secretaries and the States;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  also  proposes  for  annual  revision  of  MGNREGS wages  based  on  Consumer  Price  Index  (CPI)-  rural  as  against  the  present practice of revising the wages based on CPI- Agricultural labour; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a) to (d): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS)  wage  rates  are  currently  indexed  to  state-wise  Consumer  Price  Index  for Agricultural Labourers (CPI-AL) and based on this index, the wage rates are revised in each financial year for all States/UTs. A Committee, which was set up by the Ministry of Rural Development,  to  review  the  revision  of  MGNREGA  wages  and  Schedule  of  Rates,  has recommended using Consumer Price Index-Rural (CPI-R) instead of CPI-AL.  The proposal has  been  sent  by  the  Department  of  Rural  Development  to  the  Ministry  of  Finance  for consideration.

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