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Lok Sabha Question No. 1585 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Funds Raised through Bonds in NHAI
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: G. HARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1585

ANSWERED ON 9 TH  MARCH, 2017

## FUNDS RAISED THROUGH BONDS IN NHAI

1585.   SHRI G. HARI:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  spent  over  Rs.30,000  crore  out  of  the  total  plan allocation of Rs.55,000 crore;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  this  excludes  National  Highways  Authority  of  India  (NHAI)'s    spending from borrowings and fund raised through bonds; and
- (d) if so, the details of the NHAI spending during the current financial year?

## ANSWER

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

## ( SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN )

(a) to (d) The total plan allocation of the Ministry during 2016-17 at Budget Estimate (BE)  stage  was  Rs.55,000  crore.    The  allocation  has  been  reduced  to    Rs.49301.10  crore under 2016-17 Revised Estimate (RE).  This includes an allocation/release of Rs.13,826.50 crore made to the National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) during 2016-17 so far.

The total plan expenditure incurred/release of funds made during 2016-17 upto the month ending February, 2017 was Rs.38440.77 crore (Provisional).

Apart from  the gross budgetary support (GBS)  of Rs.13,826.50 crore earmarked to NHAI so far during 2016-17, NHAI has raised an amount of Rs.28,212 crore upto February, 2017 as Internal and Extra Budgetary Resources (IBER).

NHAI has incurred a total expenditure of Rs.44,297.11 crore upto the month ending February, 2017 during 2016-17.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1584 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Connectivity of Remote Villages with State National Highways
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAMSINH PATALYABHAI RATHWA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1584 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9.3.2017

## Connectivity of Remote Villages with State National Highways

1584. SHRI RAMSINH RATHWA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is any programme to connect all remote villages of the country and State/N Highways and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government provides funds to the State Governments in this regard; and
- (c) if so, the work done in each State during the last three years and the current year, Sta - wise and year - wise?

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

( a) to (c ) 'Rural Roads' is a State subject. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) , which was launched on 25 th December, 2000is a one - time special intervention of Central Government to provide rural connectivity, by way of a single all - weather road, to the eligible unconnected habitations in the core network with a population of 500 persons (as per 2001 Census)  and  above  in  plain  areas.  In  respect  of  'Special  Category  States'  (North - East, Himachal  Pradesh,  Jammu  &  Kashmir and  Uttarakhand),  the  Desert  areas,  the  Tribal (Schedule V) areas and Selected Tribal and Backward districts as identified by the Mi of  Home  Affairs/Planning  Commission,  the  objective  is  to  connect  eligible  unconnec habitations as per Core -Network with a population of 250 persons and above (Census 2001). In the critical LWE affected blocks (as identified by MHA), additional relaxation ha given to connect habitations with population 100 persons and above. As per the PMGSY Guidelines, unit of implementation is a Habitation & not a revenue village .The funds under PMGSY are released to the State Governments for the projects sanctioned, based upon t absorption capacity, of the State, balanceworks in hand, unspent balance available with the Stateand fulfilling of certain condition s laid down as per the programme guidelines. The details of roadlength completed under PMGSY during the last three year and current year till January 2017, State wise is given at annexure.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1582 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Impact of Hydel Projects on Ganga Rejuvenation
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: B.V. NAYAK

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1582 ANSWERED ON 09.03.2017

## IMPACT OF HYDEL PROJECTS ON GANGA REJUVENATION

## 1582.     SHRI B.V. NAIK

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

- (a) the quantum of funds spent on cleaning of the Ganga River so far;
- (b) the progress made in its cleaning and the time by which it is likely to be cleaned fully;
- (c) whether the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change has argued for the construction of six hydel projects on the upper Ganga, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the likely impact of the same on the Ganga rejuvenation drive of the Government along with the follow-up action to be taken in the matter?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION

(SHRI VIJAY GOEL)

- (a) Government  of  India  has  released  Rs.  4321.05  crore  till  date  i.e.  28.02.2017  to  National Mission for Clean Ganga (NMCG) out of which NMCG has spent Rs. 1984.49 crore.
- (b) 143 projects have been sanctioned under Namami Gange Programme (including the existing projects  sanctioned  under  National  Ganga  River  Basin  Authority  (NGRBA)  Programme)  till  31 st January 2017, for cleaning of river Ganga.

NGRBA has resolved that by year 2020 no untreated municipal sewage and industrial effluent will be discharged into River Ganga.

(c)& (d) A report on the six Hydel Projects on Upper Ganga has been submitted to the Ministry of Environment,  Forest  &  Climate  Change  by  the  Expert  Body  (EB)  which  has  been  constituted  vide MoEF&CC's OM dated 03.06.2015 in pursuance of orders of Hon'ble Supreme Court in Civil Appeal No.6736 of 2013 for carrying out Cumulative Impact Assessment (CIA) and Carrying Capacity Study (CCS) in upper reaches of river Ganga in the state of Uttarakhand, on 19.10.2015.

The  MoEF&CC vide its  affidavit  dated  05.11.2015  filed  the  report  of  EB  on  the  six  hydro electric  power  projects  namely  Alaknanda  HEP,  Bhyunder  Ganga  HEP,  Khirao  Ganga  SHP,  Lata Tapovan HEP, Kotlibhel 1A HEP and Jhelam Tamak HEP alongwith a copy of the Expert Body (EB) report in the Hon'ble Supreme Court.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1581 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: NLRMP
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1581 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.03.2017

## NLRMP

## 1581. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that Land being the costliest asset is at the epicenter of land fights, property crimes and frauds and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  sponsored  the  National  Land  Records  Modernisation Programme (NLRMP) to tackle the recurring problems owing to inadequate land records system and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the said programme is to be completed all over the country by 2017 at the close of the 12 th Plan;
- (d) if so, the details of the present status of implementation along with the amount spent to implement the said programme till date; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  has  achieved  its  objective  through  the  implementation  of  the programme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV):

(a) to (e) : As per Entry 18 and Entry 45 of List II (State List) of the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution, the subject of 'Land' and its management falls in the jurisdiction of States.

National Land Records Modernization Programme (NLRMP) was approved from 2008-09 upto the end of the 12 th Plan Period (2016-17).

NLRMP  has  been  revamped  under  Digital  India  initiative  as  Digital  India  Land  Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP), as a Central Sector Scheme with 100% Central grant with effect from 01 st April 2016.

Under the DILRMP the following activities are inter alia being undertaken:

- (i):    computerization of records of rights (textual);
- (ii):    digitization of cadastral maps (spatial);
- (iii):  integration  of  records  of  rights  and  cadastral  maps  (i.e.  integration  of  textual  and  spatial data);
- (iv):    computerization of registration;
- (v): integration  of  registration  with  land  records  (i.e.  integration  of  the  two  processes  of registration and updation of land records).

So far one or more components have been sanctioned under DILRMP in 457 districts.

From 2008-09 to 2016-17 (upto 20-02-2017) an amount of Rs. 1297.75 crore has been released.

The proposed budgetary allocation (proposed BE) for 2017-18 is Rs. 150 crore.

DILRMP  envisages  to  assist  the  States  to  evolve  an  appropriate  integrated  land  information management  system  that  would inter  alia improve  real-time  information  on  land,  benefit landholders  and  cultivators,  help  in  optimizing  use  of  land  resources  and  assist  in  policy  / planning.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1578 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Power Generation by Installing Rooftop Solar Panels
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: CHINTAMANI MALVIYA, RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY

## .GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1578

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.03.2017

## POWER GENERATION BY INSTALLING ROOFTOP SOLAR PANELS

## 1578.   PROF. CHINTAMANI MALVIYA:

## DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

Will the Minister of NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Solar  Energy  Corporation  of  India  (SECI)  has  launched  any  project  for 1000 MW power generation by installing rooftop solar panels;
- (b) if so, the present status of the said project; and
- (c) the locations where solar power panels are proposed to be installed in the country?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR POWER, COAL, NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND MINES (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (c): Yes Madam. In order to install Grid Connected Solar Roof Top Systems on the roofs  of  buildings  belonging  to  various  Central  Government  Ministries  and  attached  offices throughout the country, Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has floated 1000MW tender for  solar power generation through roof tops.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1577 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Safe Drinking Water in Public Places
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1577 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.03.2017

## Safe Drinking Water in Public Places

## 1577. SHRI  P.K. BIJU:

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

- (a) whether  it  was  envisaged  under  National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme that  safe  drinking  water  shall  be  provided  at  all  public  places  in  each Panchayat;
- (b)      if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the number of Panchayats in the State of Kerala that have been provided with the facility of safe drinking water at public places under the programme and the other measures taken/being taken to achieve the target by 2017?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

(a) to (b) Yes Madam. As per National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) guideline, drinking water is to be provided to all public places (in rural area) including school,  anganwadi,  public  building,  community  halls,  markets,  temples,  cremation ground etc and the needs of floating population are to be addressed by installing street taps.

(c) As reported by State Government of Kerala, the number of Panchayats in the State  of  Kerala  that  have  been  provided  with  the  facility  of  safe  drinking  water  at public places under NRDWP is 383. Further, 31 Schemes under NRDWP benefitting 484 habitations in 54 Panchayats partially are targeted in 2016-17.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1576 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Air Connectivity to North-Eastern Region
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY, RAMEN DEKA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

UNSTARRED QUESTIQN NO. : 1576

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

(To be answered on the 9th March 2017)

## AIR CONNECTIVITY TO NORTH-EASTERN REGION

1576,

SHRIMATI BIJOYA CHAKRAVARTY SHRI RAMEN DEKA

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (2) whether the Union Government proposes to connect North-Eastern region by air under regional air connectivity scheme, if S0, the details thereof;
2. (c) if the details thereof; SO,
- (6) whether the Government has any pian to revive the abandoned airports in Assam;
4. (a) whether there is any proposal to upgrade all the airports located in Assam and if the steps takcen to startlincrease air traffic in all the airports of Assam;and
5. (e) whether there is any proposal to start direct flights by Air India to Tezpur and Dibrugarh in Assam and if $0, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a): Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has launched the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)-UDAN in October, 2016, to promote regional air connectivity in the country including North Eastern region.
- (b) to (d): Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs has approved the proposal for revival of 50 un-served under-served airports airstrips 0f the State Governments, Airports Authority of India and Civil enclaves at an estimate cost of Rs; 4500 crores; in three financial years starting from 2017-18. However, the revival of airstripslairports will be 'demand driven , depending upon firm commitment from airline operators as well as from the State Government for providing various concessions as Airports will be developed without insisting On financial viability.
- (e): As per Winter Schedule-2016, Air India is operating 0S flights per week in

Kolkata-Dibrugarh-Kolkata route and Alliance Air is operating 03 flights/week in Kolkata-Silchar-Tezpur-Silchar-Kolkata route.

With repeal of Air Corporation Act in March 1994, the Indian domestic aviation was deregulated: Airlines are free to induct capacity with any aircraft type; free to select whatever markets and network they wish to serviceland operate; However; Government has laid down Route Dispersal Guidelines with a view to achieve better regulation f air transport services taking into account the need for air transport service %f different regions Of the country: It is, however, up to the airlines to provide air services t0 specific places depending upon the traffic demand and commercial viability. As such, the airlines are free to operate anywhere in the country subject to compliance of route dispersal guidelines issued by Government

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1572 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Clean Drinking Water
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN, MOHAMMAD SALIM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1572 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.03.2017

## Clean Drinking Water

## 1572.  SHRI  MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN: SHRI  MOHD. SALIM:

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

- (a) the details of the States where programme/scheme/mission for providing safe drinking water is being implemented by the Union Government; and
- (b) the time by which the objectives of this programme/scheme/mission are likely to be achieved?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

- (a) Under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP), the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation provides financial and technical assistance to all States and UTs (Andaman  &  Nicobar)  for  drinking  water  supply  in  the  rural  areas  of  the  country. Recently, under Water quality sub-mission of NRDWP, Government of India has also released  funds  of  Rs.  814.14  Crore  to  15  States  (Andhra  Pradesh,  Assam,  Bihar, Chhattisgarh,  Haryana,  Jharkhand,  Karnataka,  Kerala,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra, Odisha, Rajasthan, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and  West  Bengal) exclusively for addressing Arsenic and Fluoride contamination in drinking in rural areas of these States.
- (b) Providing Drinking water is a continuous and dynamic process. The coverage status of habitations  keeps  on  changing  and  fully  covered  habitations  slip  back  to  partially covered status due to various reasons including depletion in the ground water levels due to  inconsistent  rainfall  &  successive  drought  and  over  extraction  of  ground  water, contamination in water sources. However, this Ministry is striving on full coverage of drinking water supply to more and more rural habitations on a continuous basis in the country.  A Strategic Plan for the rural drinking water sector has been prepared for the period  2011-2022,  which  stresses  on  extending  the  piped  water  supply  to  more households  in  the  rural  areas.  The  interim  goal  till  2017  is  to  cover  50%  of  all  rural households with piped water supply. By 2022, the goal is to cover 90% rural households with  piped  water  supply.  Moreover,  this  Ministry  has  accorded  utmost  priority  for addressing the problem of Arsenic and Fluoride affected habitations in the country.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1571 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: BRGF
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: S. RAJENDRAN, (ADV.) JOICE GEORGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1571

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.03.2017

## BRGF

## 1571. SHRI S. RAJENDRAN: ADV. JOICE GEORGE:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI  RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  a  decision  was  taken  to  transfer  Backward  Regions  Grant  Fund  (BRGF)  and Rajiv  Gandhi  Panchayat  Sashaktikaran  Abhiyan  (RGPSA)  to  States  from  2015-16,  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (b) the facilities being provided by the Union Government to the States for implementation of these schemes after their transfer to States;
- (c) whether any study was conducted regarding the difficulties to be faced by States before the transfer of these schemes, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the manner in which the States are treating the shortage of funds for these schemes; and
- (e) whether his Ministry is facing funds cut, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e) The Backward Regions Grant Fund (BRGF) Programme and State component of Rajiv Gandhi Panchayat Sashaktikaran Abhiyan (RGPSA) have been delinked from budgetary support of the Central Government with effect from 2015-16 on account of higher devolution of funds  to  the  States  from  32%  to  42%  of  the  Centre's  net  tax  receipts  under  the  Fourteenth Finance Commission (FFC) award. The Central Government has accepted the recommendations of the FFC for the grant of Rs.2,87,436 crore to the rural and urban local bodies for the period 2015-16 to 2019-20 for providing basic services such as drinking water, sanitation, roads, street lights,  playgrounds  and  other  infrastructure.  Fund  allocation  for  the  Ministry  has  been increasing since 2015-16.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1565 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-09
Subject: Renaming of Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: ASHWINI KUMAR, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, SAUGATA ROY, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, BHARATENDRA SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTIQN NO. 1565 (To be answered on the 9th March 2017)

## RENAMING OF AIRPORTS

1565.

SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJA YSINH SHANKARRAO

PROF SAUGATA ROY

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK

SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV

DR J. JAYAVARDHAN

DR HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT

KUNWAR BHARATENDRA

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) the number of airports which have been renamed during the last five years;
- (c) whether the Government has identified airports for this purpose and if the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is considering a proposal to rename airports and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government would consult State Governments before arriving at any decision in this regard;
- (f) whether Delhi International Airport Ltd. (DIAL) has sought approval for expansion plan including fourth runway at Delhi airport and whether environmental clearance has been given for the same and if so, the details thereof?
- (e) if the details thereof along with the time by which a decision is likely to be taken in this regard; and SO,

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIA TION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

and Bangalore International Airport, Bengaluru have been renamed as "Swami Vivekananda Airport; Raipur" and "Kempegowda International Airport; Bengaluru

(b): There is no proposal for renaming the existing airports. Due to lack 0f any firm and explicit instructions/guidelines for naming/renaming of airports in the country and considering the convenience of passengers in general and especially foreign tourists who are not familiar with the iocal history of the area, a consensus view has emerged to hereafter name the airports by the name of the city in which are located/served and the terminals of the airports after eminent personalities in honour of their memory. they

(c): Madam:

(d) & (e): The proposals for naming/renaming of airports/terminal buildings are generally considered based on the recommendations of the concerned State Governments expressed by way of a resolution passed in the respective State Legislative Assemblies.

(f): Delhi International Airport Ltd: (DIAL) has for environmental clearance to Ministry of Environment Forests and Climate Change for its expansion plan including the fourth runway at Delhi Airport: MoEF&CC has granted Terms of Reference for Environment Impact Assessment: applied

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