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Lok Sabha Question No. 5855 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Registration of Foreign Universities
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5855 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.04.2017

## Registration of Foreign Universities

5855. SHRI D.S. RATHOD: Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state: (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  compulsory  registration  of  the  foreign universities with the Ministry; and

- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a) & (b): At present there is no law which allows foreign universities to set up their campuses in India. However, the University Grants Commission (UGC) has notified, on  the  11th  July,  2016,  the  UGC  (Promotion  and  Maintenance  of  Standards  of Academic  Collaboration between  Indian  and Foreign Educational Institutions) Regulations, 2016  regarding collaboration between  Indian Higher Educational Institutions  and  Foreign  Higher  Educational  Institutions  leading  to  the  award  of  a degree. The regulations are available at http://www.egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2016/170684.pdf.  The  regulations  are  in supersession  of  UGC  (Promotion  and  Maintenance  of  Standards  of  Academic Collaboration between Indian and Foreign Educational Institutions) Regulation, 2012. As per these regulations, Indian Universities and Colleges having the highest grade of accreditation/threshold accreditation, and conforming to other eligibility conditions as  laid  down  in  the  regulations,  can  apply  online  to  the  UGC  for  starting  twining arrangement with quality Foreign Educational Institutions (FEI) having the prescribed quality.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5854 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Startup Ecosystem
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT OF INDUSTRIAL POLICY & PROMOTION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5854.

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE  10 TH  APRIL, 2017.

## STARTUP ECOSYSTEM

## 5854.  SHRIMATI KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Minister  has  held  a  meeting  recently  with  various  incubators  and accelerators to gather feedback, hear their concerns and address key challenges faced by them in the startup ecosystem and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether any such meetings have been held before and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Ministry has taken steps for an Umbrella recognition of incubators, accelerators, co-working spaces and mentors as 'Startup builders' and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  the  Ministry  has  decided  to  give  service  tax  exemption  to  not  only, incubators duly recognized by Government but also to other incubators as well and if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् यवव द्यग ााज् यमं ्री स् वतं ््रभााा(स्री मंतंरी िरमंमलााीरी तंाामंि( THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRIMATI NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a): Yes,  a  meeting  was  held  on  9th  January  2017,  in  which  the  Minister interacted  with  various  incubators  and  accelerators  to  gather  feedback, heard their concerns and addressed key challenges faced by them in the Startup ecosystem.
- (b): No  such  meetings  with  incubators  and  accelerators  have  been  held before.
- (c) & (d):

No, Madam.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5853 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Reserved Items for MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: LAXMAN GILUWA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5853

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10/04/2017

## RESERVED ITEMS FOR MSMEs

## 5853. SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA:

Will  the  Minister  of  MICRO,  SMALL  AND  MEDIUM  ENTERPRISES  be pleased to state;

- (a) whether it is a fact that no item is reserved for exclusive manufacture by small scale sector and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  ascertained  the  reasons  for  which  the reservation related advisory committee has dereserved the reserved items and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the small scale industries are getting closed due to functioning and suggestions of the said committee; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  response  of  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

(a)&(b): Yes Madam. On the recommendation of the Advisory Committee constituted under the provisions of the Industries (Development & Regulation) Act,  1951,  Government  of  India,  vide  notification  no.  S.O.  998(E)  dated 10.04.2015 has  de-reserved  the  remaining  20  items  from  the  erstwhile  list  of items reserved for exclusive manufacture in Small Scale Industries (now Micro and Small Enterprises (MSE) sector). The Advisory Committee considers dereservation of items to achieve economies of scale, technological upgradation, competitiveness and to counter cheap imports.

(c)&(d): No instance has been reported to the Govt of India that MSMEs have  been  closed  down  due  to  functioning  and  suggestions  of  the  said Committee.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5852 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Medical Facilities at SAIL
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: TAMRADHWAJ SAHU

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5852 FOR ANSWER ON 10/04/2017

## MEDICAL FACILITIES AT SAIL

5852.  SHRI TAMRADHWAJ SAHU:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Steel  Authority  of  India  Limited  (SAIL)  has  discontinued  the medical facility to its employees' children who have attained the age of 25 or above and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether SAIL provides rebate on treatment of journalists in the hospitals under its control and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether contractual  labourers  engaged  in  SAIL  are  also  provided  treatment facility  in  these  hospitals  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL

(SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)

- (a) The medical facility to dependent children above 25 years of the employees' of Steel  Authority  of  India  Limited  (SAIL)  is  being  provided  subject  to  dependency criteria as per extant rules of SAIL.
- (b) SAIL does not have a corporate policy to provide rebate on medical treatment of journalists in the hospitals operating under its control.
- (c) Contract  workers  are  governed  by  Employee's  State  Insurance  Corporation (ESI) Act. and  as  such,  get medical  facility  from  ESI  empanelled  hospitals/ dispensary.  However,  in  case  of  accidents/critical  requirement,  initial  treatment  is provided in SAIL's hospitals/Occupational Health Centers.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5851 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Medical Facilities at Bhilai Steel Plant
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5851 FOR ANSWER ON 10/04/2017

## MEDICAL FACILITIES AT BHILAI STEEL PLANT

5851.  DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  every  year  employees  of  Bhilai  Steel  Plant  are  referred  to  Apollo Hospital, Hyderabad for treatment and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the total amount of payment made so far by the Bhilai Steel Plant to the said Apollo Hospital during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether  efforts  are  being  made  by  the  Government  to  develop  the  hospital situated in Sector-9 of Bhilai Steel Plant as a National level hospital recruiting expert doctors and increasing health facilities in the same; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL

(SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)

- (a) Yes, Madam.  Employees and dependents of Bhilai Steel Plant (BSP) of Steel Authority  of  India  Limited  (SAIL)  are  referred  to  Apollo  Hospital,  Hyderabad  for treatment as per requirement.
- (b) Details  of  payment  made  by  BSP  to  Apollo  Hospital,  Hyderabad  towards referral of patients during each of the last three years and 2016-17 are given below:-

| Financial Year   | AMOUNT (in Rs.)   |
|------------------|-------------------|
| 2013-14          | 8,56,683          |
| 2014-15          | 2,93,830          |
| 2015-16          | 3,49,684          |
| 2016-17          | 11,15,232         |

(c)&(d): Efforts are continuously made for infrastructure and quality improvement and engagement of specialist doctors in Jawaharlal Nehru Hospital and Research Centre, Bhilai Steel Plant.  All round upgradation of Hospital facilities with clinical structures, physical  infrastructure,  clinical  process  upgradation  and  clinical  support  process upgradation  and  recruitment  of  Doctors  including  Specialists/Super  specialists  and Nurshing/Paramedical staff are done regularly.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5850 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Skill Utilisation in MSME Sector
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: HEMAMALINI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION No. 5850 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 10.04.2017

## SKILL UTILISATION IN MSME SECTOR

## 5850. SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI:

Will  the  Minister  of  MICRO,  SMALL  AND  MEDIUM  ENTERPRISES  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  has  urged  the  State  Governments  to utilize the excellent skills, talent and discipline available in the country in view of 'Make in India' policy;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the response of the State Governments thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

- (a): Yes,  Madam.
- (b)&(c): A conference of all State Ministers and Secretaries (Industries & MSMEs) chaired by Hon'ble Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises was  organized  on  22 nd August,  2014.  They  were  urged  to  utilise  locally available skill & talent to strengthen the manufacturing sector. State Governments have committed for the same.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5849 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Vizag Steel Plant
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5849 FOR ANSWER ON 10/04/2017

## VIZAG STEEL PLANT

5849.  SHRI PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Vizag Steel Plant under Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. had acquired patta lands for establishing Dolomite Mines Plant in Telangana;
- (b) if so, the details of total land acquired for the purpose;
- (c) whether the RSPL had promised to provide job for all the land losers;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  total  persons  who  got  employment under the promise; and
- (e) whether all the land losers are covered under employment scheme and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL

(SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)

(a)&(b): No, Madam.  Patta lands measuring about 929.5375 acres was acquired by the Government of Andhra Pradesh.   RINL has been given mining lease for the said area  for  extraction  of  Dolomite  at  Madharam,  in  the  erstwhile  State  of  Andhra Pradesh, now in the State of Telangana.

(c)to(e):  No,  Madam.    However,  though  not  mandated,  RINL  Management  has provided employment  to  34 Displaced Persons, as identified by the District Administration, Government of Andhra Pradesh and to 49 land losers.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5847 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Crude Oil Agreement with Iran
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: SHASHI THAROOR

## Crude Oil Agreement with Iran

## 5847. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राकर्तिक गैस मंत्री Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state :

- (a) the details of the crude oil agreements with Iran along with the existing funding pattern;

(b)  the  details  of  implementation  of  current  pipelines/trade  routes  to  boost  crude imports from Iran; and

(c)  whether  the  Government  is  working  with  other  nations  to  build  region  specific pipelines for supply of crude oil to India and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज ् य मंत्री ( स ् विंत्र प्रभार ) ( श्री धमेन ् द्र प्रधान )

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a):    The Oil Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) have entered into term contract (in both firm and optional volumes) with National Iran Oil Company for supply of 14.50 MMT of crude oil (12.0 MMT as firm and 2.5 MMT as optional) during 2016-17.   The Oil PSUs bear the expenses of crude oil.

- (b) & (c):   Presently, there is no such proposal for construction of pipeline to import crude oil from Iran or any other country in the region.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5846 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Calorific Value of Natural Gas
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5846

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.4.2017

## CALORIFIC VALUE OF NATURAL GAS

## 5846.     SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

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- (a) the details of calorific value of natural gas; and
- (b)  how  does  it  compare  with  calorific  values  of  different  fuels  especially  coal  and petroleum?

## ANSWER

## पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्रािय में राज्  य मंत्ररी ( स्  विंत्र प्राार ) ( श्ररी धमेन्द  र प्रधान )

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a):  The  calorific  value  of  natural  gas  varies  from  basin  to  basin  and  field  to  field.  The average calorific value of natural gas produced in India is between 8000 to 9480 K cals/Cu. Metre.
- (b):  The  Calorific  Value  of  Coal  also  varies  on  the  basis  of  geographical  age,  formation, ranking and location of the coal mines etc. Non-coking coal has been categorized based on its  calorific  value  and  it  is  between  2400  to  6200  Kcal/kg.  However,  coal  imported  from Australia  and  Indonesia  has  higher  calorific  value.  The  calorific  value  of  other  petroleum products are as below:

| Products       |   K Cals/kg |
|----------------|-------------|
| NGL            |       12135 |
| Motor Gasoline |       11135 |
| Kerosene       |       10638 |
| Jet Fuel       |       11790 |
| Gas Oil        |       10790 |
| Fuel Oil       |       10440 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5844 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Payment of Wages
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: NARANBHAI KACHHADIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5844 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.04.2017

## PAYMENT OF WAGES

†5844. SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)whether the Government  has  recently given any clarification regarding amendment to the Payment of Wages Act and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)the issues which have been clarified through this clarification; and
- (c)whether it has also been clarified in it that the employer still has the option to pay wages in cash and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

- (a)  to  (c):  The  Payment  of  Wages    Act,  1936  has  been  amended  by Payment of Wages (Amendment) Act, 2017 (effective from 28.12.2016) to enable the employers to pay wages to their employees by (a) cash or (b) cheque or (c) crediting to their bank account. The amendment in the  Act  also  enables  the  appropriate  Government  to  specify  the industrial or other establishment, by notification in the Official Gazette, which shall pay to every person employed in such industrial or other establishment, the wages only by cheque or by crediting in his bank account.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5843 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Absence of Grievance Redressal Mechanism
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: A.T. (NANA) PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5843 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.04.2017

## Absence of Grievance Redressal Mechanism

## 5843. SHRI A.T. NANA PATIL:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that despite regulations, most of the universities in the country do not have any grievance redressal mechanism for students;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  have  an  ombudsman  in  place  in  each  of  the universities across the country at the earliest?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Dr. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

(a)  to  (c):  The  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC)  Grievance  Redressal  Regulations, 2012  prescribes  for  well  defined  systems  and  procedures  for  redressal  of  grievances  of aggrieved  students  in  Universities  and  Colleges.  These  regulations  are  mandatory  for implementation  by  all  Universities/affiliated  Colleges  in  India.  No  separate  State-wise database  is  maintained  centrally  on  compliance  or  non-compliance  of  these  regulations. However, UGC issues directions to Universities, from time to time, to effectively implement grievance  redressal  regulations.  Further,  as  per  these  regulations,  an  Ombudsman  is required to be appointed by each university to effectively address and resolve grievances lodged  by  students  at  University  level.  The  UGC  has  been  closely  monitoring  the implementation  of  the  grievance  redressal  systems  and  procedures  as  contained  in  the respective regulations.

The UGC has launched an Online Student Grievance Redressal Portal to ensure transparency  in  admission,  prevent  unfair  practices  in  Higher  Education  Institutions  and provide  effective  mechanism  for  redressal  of  the  grievances.  This  Portal  facilitates  the students/complainants  to  lodge  their  grievance,  send  reminders  and  view  the  status  of action  taken  on  their  grievances.  Each  University  has  a  dedicated  Nodal  Officer  for redressal of  grievance  and  as  soon  as  the  student  lodges  a  complaint,  email  ID,  mobile number and other contact details of the designated Nodal Officer can be viewed. So far, 497  Universities  have  registered  onto  the  portal  and  have  appointed  Nodal  Officers  for attending grievances lodged by students on the portal.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5842 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: EPFO App
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5842 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.04.2017

## EPFO APP

5842. SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)whether the EPFO is developing an App for pensioners and hope to roll it out early next year and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)whether the said App is expected to reduce the enormous amount of paper work  and  time  taken  to  process  the  applications  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c)whether  the  EPFO  has  also  undertaken  a  massive  effort  to  upgrade  its technology so that subscribers are able to use its services online without any interface with officials at the EPFO; and
- (d)if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA)

(a) & (b): Employees'  Provident  Fund  Organization  (EPFO)  is  developing online claims  settlement  process  by  receiving  application online.  The application will be integrated with Unified Mobile App for New-age Governance (UMANG) App to receive the claims online. However, time frame to rollout the same has not been finalized.

(c) & (d): Yes,  Madam.  EPFO  has  engaged  Centre  for  Development  of Advanced Computing (C-DAC), Pune as its technical consultant for upgradation of its technology.

Necessary hardware by way of the latest technology for servers, storages & Networking equipments have been installed at three data centers in Delhi, Gurugram & Secunderabad.

The  data  centres  at  Gurugram  and  Secunderabad  have  been  co-located through the data centre of Railtail Ltd.  The data centre in Delhi is owned by EPFO itself.

EPFO has also opted for the very latest in software by installing the entire Operating System (OS) on Redhat stack.  The data base also is the latest in terms of the release of Oracle viz Oracle 12C.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5841 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-10
Subject: Women MBA Aspirants
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5841 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.04.2017

## Women MBA Aspirants

## 5841. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI :

## Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any report that due to financial constraints, all aspiring women could not pursue MBA degree in the country;
- (b) if so, details thereof; and
- (c) the proposal of the Government along with the financial sector to support such women to get admission in business schools in the country?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (DR. MAHENDRA NATH PANDEY)

- (a):  No,  Madam.  There  is  no  such  report  available  with  the  Government  at present. In fact, as per some of the news paper reports, the ratio of female students in  premier  MBA  institutes  such  as  Indian  Institutes  of  Management  (IIMs)  has risen over the past years.
- (b): Does not arise.
- (c): There is no proposal under consideration of the Government.

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