Lok Sabha Question No. 2542 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-08-02
Subject: National Road Safety and Traffic Management Board
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2542

ANSWERED  ON  2 nd  August, 2018

## NATIONAL  ROAD  SAFETY  AND  TRAFFIC  MANAGEMENT  BOARD

†2542.  DR.  BANSHILAL  MAHATO:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has constituted a 'National Road Safety and Traffic Management Board' to minimize the number of accidents and deaths on National Highways;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Union  Government/  NHAI  has  utilised  the  funds  allocated  for  road  safety during the year 2017-18;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI  MANSUKH  L. MANDAVIYA)

- (a) &   (b)        No,  Madam.      However,  in  the  Motor  Vehicles  (Amendment)  Bill,  2017 passed by Lok Sabha on 10 th April, 2017 and presently in Rajya Sabha for consideration and passing inter-alia proposes insertion of  a new section 215D  which provides that the Central Government  shall  by  notification  in  the  Official  Gazette  constitute  a  National  Road  Safety Board consisting of a Chairman, such number of representatives from the State Governments and such other members as it may consider necessary and on such terms and conditions as may be prescribed by the Central Government.
- ( c )   to  (e)   The status of fund utilisation  allocated for road safety during the year 2017-18 is  at Annexure -I.

ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (c)  to  (e)  OF    LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2542  ANSWERED  ON    02/08/2018    ASKED  BY DR. BANSHILAL  MAHATO.

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STATEMENT  INDICATING  THE  BE  2017-18  AND  (RE-2017-18)  EXPENDITURE  AS  31.03 .2018 IN  RESPECT  OF  SCHEMES  ADMINISTERED  BY  ROAD  SAFETY  (AMOUNT  IN  RS.CRORE)

| Sl. No   | Name of Scheme                                                                      |   BE 2017-18 |   RE 2017-18 |   Expenditure up to 31.3.2018 |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------|--------------|-------------------------------|
| 1        | Publicity measures and Awareness Campaign                                           |           75 |           49 |                         43.53 |
| 2        | National Highways Accident Relief Service Project(NHARSS)                           |           12 |            2 |                          1.75 |
| 3        | Refresher Training of Drivers in unorganized Sector and Human Resource Development* |           10 |           10 |                          0.01 |
| 4        | Setting up of IDTR                                                                  |           30 |           37 |                         37    |
| 5        | Road Safety and Pollution Testing Equipment and Programme Implementation            |            2 |            1 |                          0.07 |
| 6        | Setting up of Inspection & Certification Centre                                     |           20 |            9 |                          9    |
| 7        | National data Base Network                                                          |            5 |            4 |                          3.31 |
| 8        | Machinery Equipment                                                                 |           15 |            6 |                          2.28 |
|          | Total                                                                               |          169 |          118 |                         96.95 |

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