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Lok Sabha Question No. 53 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Funds under NRDWP
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 53 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2017

## Funds under NRDWP

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

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

- (a)  the    details    of    amount    allocated    to  Kerala  under  National  Rural  Drinking  Water Programme (NRDWP) during each of the last two years and the current year;
- (b) the  details  of  amount  utilized  by State  and  the  achievements  made  so  far; and
- (c) whether there is under-utilization of funds and if so, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a) & (b) the details  of  amount  allocated  to Kerala under National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and amount utilized by State during each of the last two years and the current year are as under:-

## (Rs. in Crores)

| Financial Year             |   Amount allocated |   Amount utilized |   Coverage of habitations |
|----------------------------|--------------------|-------------------|---------------------------|
| 2014-15                    |             115.59 |            131.86 |                       221 |
| 2015-16                    |              52.78 |             64.45 |                       432 |
| 2016-17 (As on 29.01.2017) |              58.23 |             28.33 |                       225 |

Here  amount  utilized  is  higher  than  the  amount  allocated  as  State  has  utilized  their carried forward opening balance of previous year and / or additional fund allocated over and above the original allocation.

With  the  above  coverage  of  habitations,  Status  of  present  coverage  in  the  State  as  on 29.01.2017 is as under:

- Out of 11,883 rural habitations, 3563 habitations are fully covered with availability of at least 40 litres per capita per day (lpcd); 7,664 rural habitations are partially covered i.e.  provided  with  less  than  40  lpcd  and  656  rural  habitations  are  water  quality affected due to chemical contamination.
- (c) No Madam, as is evident from the details given in part (a) above, State has fully utilized their allocated funds during last two years.
Lok Sabha Question No. 51 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Water Transport Projects
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.51 ANSWERED ON 2 nd  FEBRUARY, 2017

## WATER TRANSPORT PROJECTS

## †51. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING  be pleased to state:

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- (a) whether the Government proposes to develop water transport system in various towns like Navi Mumbai, Thane etc. located along the coastal areas in the country;
- (b) if so, the details and the present status thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)the details and present status of Thane water transport project;
- (d) the time frame proposed for execution of the said project; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)to(c):To develop the Inland Water Transport (IWT) in Navi Mumbai, Thane  areas  of  Mumbai  region,  the  Kalyan-  Thane-  Mumbai Waterways, Vasai Creek and river Ulhas, have been declared as NW-53  under  the National Waterways  Act, 2016. The Maharashtra  Maritime  Board  has  undertaken  preparation  of  a Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)through  the  Thane  Municipal Corporation  for  the  development  of  Thane  creek  which  will connect Ulhasnagar, Kalyan-Dombivali, Bhiwandi, Thane, Mira-Bhayander,  Vasai-Virar  Municipal  Corporation  areas  in Mumbai Metropolitan Region (MMR).
- (d)to(e):The timeframe for execution of the above project would be clear after finalization of the DPR.
Lok Sabha Question No. 50 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Discontinued Projects
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 50

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2017

## Discontinued Projects

## 50. SHRI GOPAL SHETTY

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of projects stopped at pipeline stage by the subsidiaries of Coal India Limited(CIL) during the last three years till date.
- (b) the reasons for stopping these projects, subsidiary-wise.
- (c) the year-wise projected loss incurred by CIL as a result thereof during the said period.
- (d) whether the Union Government  or any financial institution has come forward to restart such projects.
- (e) if so, the details thereof, and
- (f) the amount of assistance provided to CIL for this purpose?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL, MINES, POWER AND NEW RENEWABLE ENERGY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL).

- (a) to (c): For unapproved projects no  expenditure is made and as such no  loss  is  incurred.  However,  during  the  last  three  years  and  the  current year  only  one  project  in  Coal  India  Limited  (CIL),  namely  Himgir  Bundia Incline  (HBI)  underground  project  of  Mahanadi  Coalfields  Limited  (MCL), was dropped during implementation due to adverse geo-mining conditions. An expenditure of Rs 2.475 Cr was incurred in this project by MCL.
- (d) to (f): The project after closure was not restarted. Further, Government  does  not  provide  any  financial  assistance  to  CIL  for  funding their projects and CIL funds the same through their internal resources.
Lok Sabha Question No. 48 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Rural Road Connectivity
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .48

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.0 2.2017

## RURAL ROAD CONNECTIVITY

## 48. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the amount of funds sanctioned and released by the Union Government to Bihar u the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) during the last three years;
- (b) the  number  of  proposals  received  from  Bihar  which  are  pending  wit h  U ion Government under the said scheme and the time by which such proposals are like be cleared;
- (c) the time by which all rural areas of the country are linked with all weather whether any deadline has been fixed for the same; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) : 'Rural Roads' is a State subject and Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY) is a one - time special intervention to provide rural con nectivity, by way of a single all - weather road,  to  the  eligible  unconnected  habitations  in  the  core  network.  Under  PMGSY released to Bihar during the last three years are as under:

## (Rs. in Crore)

| Year     |   Funds released |
|----------|------------------|
| 2013- 14 |           850.83 |
| 2014- 15 |          1548.16 |
| 2015- 16 |          2781    |

(b) : As per PMGSY guidelines, the State Governments are required to submit Detai Project  Reports  (DPRs)  to  the  Ministry  for  consideration/approval  of  projects PMGSY. The  project  proposals  are  scrutinized  by  National  Rural  Roads  Developm Agency  (NRR DA)  to  ensure  that  the  proposals are  in  accordance  with the  programme guidelines and that they have been duly verified by the State Technical Agencies (ST proposals of the State are then put up before the Empowered Committee chaired by Sec (RD) in the Ministry of Rural Development, for its consideration. During the current year, Mini stry has sanctioned 1331 roads and 70 bridges of length 2759.65 km and 5442.52 mtr. respectively to Bihar . The State has also submitted a proposal of 6 60 road s covering a length of 1379.56 km and 136 bridges in the Pre Empowered Committee meeting held on 17 th January, 2017.

(c)& (d) : Out  of  1,83,599  eligible  unconnected  habitations  across the States  under PMGSY,  1,56,273  habitations  have been  sanctione d  by  the  Ministry, out  of  which  States have reported to have connected 1,21,241 habitations upto December, 2016. As per the advisory of the Ministry of Rural Development, the State Governments have been requ to  get  approval  for  sanctions  of  bal ance  works  under  PMGSY - I/II  as  per  mandate  of  the scheme  and  complete  them  latest  by  March,  2019  so  as  to  provide  connectivity  to habitations.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 46 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: UDAY
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: NAGARAJAN P., RAMA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.46 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2017

## UDAY

46. SHRI P. NAGARAJAN: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Union  Government  has  introduced  Ujjwal  Discom  Assurance Yojana (UDAY) recently if so, the details thereof along with aims and objective of scheme;

- (b) whether a number of States have joined the UDAY if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the  details  of  work  completed/  proposed  under  UDAY  scheme  in  the country, State-wise including Bihar?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) : The  Government  launched  the  scheme  Ujwal  DISCOM  Assurance Yojana (UDAY) on 20-11-2015 to improve financial and operational efficiencies of Power Distribution  Companies  (DISCOMs).    UDAY  aims  to  reduce  the  burden  of interest,  cost  of  power  and  AT&C  losses.    The  scheme  also  seeks  to  plug  the gaps  between  Average  Cost  of  Supply  (ACS)  and  Average  Revenue  Realized (ARR).

The Scheme incentivizes the States by exempting State takeover of DISCOM debts from Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management (FRBM) limits for  two  years;  increased  supply  of  domestic  coal;  coal  linkage  rationalization; allowing coal swaps from inefficient to efficient plants; allocation of coal linkages to States at notified prices and additional/priority funding in schemes of Ministry of Power (MoP) and Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE), if they meet the operational milestones in the scheme.

(b) & (c) : As on 27-01-2017, Twenty States, namely, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh,  Jammu  & Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Punjab, Rajasthan,  Tamil  Nadu,  Telangana,  Uttar  Pradesh,  Uttarakhand  and  one  Union Territory  of  Puducherry  have  signed  the  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU) with  the  Government  of  India  under  Ujwal  DISCOM  Assurance  Yojana  (UDAY). Bonds worth Rs.1,83,084.29 crore have been issued by the participating States under UDAY thereby reducing interest cost.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 45 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Infrastructure at Agartala Airport
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTJON NO. ; 45

(To be answered on the

February 2017) 2nd

## INFRASTRUCTURE AT AGARTALA AIRPORT

## 45\_ SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- more flight; if s0, the details thereof; are sufficient to handle
- (d) the number Of airports which are renovated and country; developed as model airports, in the
- {6) ihether there is demand to start Air India direct flight from (c) if $0, the details thereof; Delhi-Agartala- Delhi;
- (0) the details regarding time frame for this work and cost of the same; and
- whether the Government airport and if the detais {hereoses to Agartala airport as an international thereof? develop

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a): (MPPA) against its capacity of 1 MPPA\_ The existing passengers per can cater t0 present demand and can also handle terminal building spreading the operation time more flights by management of slots OF Yes; existing
- (b) & (c): At present; Air India operates two daily flights between Kolkata and Agartala the domestic sector are deregulated and it is upto the airlines operations in services to specitic places depending operators to provide air viability and traffic demand. "pOn their operational resources, commercial Delhi-Agartala Presentiy Air India has no pians to start & direct flighcon route due to
- (d) & (e): There is "O such concept of model airports at and upgradation of airports is 2 continuous present: However; development Authority of India (AAf) and otheo process which is undertaken by Airports demand; traffic Private airport operators based On the operational mandatory case to case basis.
- Inserder to upgrade Agartala Airport to international standards, AAI has accorded also Terminal Building with a capacity of 1000 domestic and 200 international passengers. peak hour
Lok Sabha Question No. 43 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Air India Spot Fare Scheme
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: YERRAM VENKATA SUBBAREDDY, ASADUDDIN OWAISI

43\_

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 43 (To be answered on the February 2017) 2nd

## AIR INDIA SPOT FARE SCHEME

SHRI Y:V. SUBBA REDDY

SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a)the aims and objectives of 'Spot Fares' scheme introduced by Air India (AI) in July, 2016 and its performance till date;
- (b) whether AI has tied Up with Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation Limited (IRCTC) for passengers with waitlisted ticket to tickets from AI at Rajdhani AC II fares; buy
- (c) if whether this proposal did not materialize with Indian Railways due to some reservation; SO,
- (d) if s0, whether AI has started offering vacant seats on the fare of Rajdhani trains AC II fares, if s0, the sectors for which these are available;
- (e) whether keeping in view the response, AI proposes to open more sectors for such facilities, if so, the details thereof; and good
- the total earnings made by AI after this scheme as compared to earlier vacant seats?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a): The aim and objective of the scheme was to make last-minute bookings more affordable and to reduce seat spoilage The scheme was short term and effective from 9th July 2016 to 30th September 2016 (Both days inclusive) 21,678 passengers availed the above scheme during this period.

(b): Madam. No,

- (c): Does not arise in view of (b) above.

(d): Air India introduced a short term promotional scheme 'Spot Fares' offering fares commensurating to Rajdhani Express (IA) only during a short term period on\_ following select domestic sectors in Economy Class.

Delhi-Kolkata-Delhi

Delhi-Mumbai-Delhi

Delhi-Bengaluru-Delhi

Delhi-Ranchi-Delhi

Delhi-Chennai-Delhi

Delhi-Ahmedabad-Delhi

Delhi-Bhubaneshwar-Delhi

Delhi-Hyderabad-Delhi

Delhi-Goa-Delhi

Delhi-Raipur-Delhi

Delhi-Patna -Delhi

The offer was valid only up to 30th September 2016. The scheme which was specific to lean season has not been extended:

(e): Air India currently has introduced another scheme "Special Fares " in a different variant on select 48 domestic routes of Air India in Economy Class fares matching Rajdhani II AC Express routes of Indian Railways

Sale Period: O6th January 2017 to 10th April 2017. (Both days Inclusive) Travel Period: 26th January, 2017 to 30th April 2017. (Both days Inclusive)

- (f) The total revenue earnings made on the Spot Fare schemes from Rajdhani II AC valid from 9th July 2016 to 30th September 2016 (Both days inclusive) was to the tune of Rs 4.79 crores.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 42 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Implementation of APDRP in Madhya Pradesh
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.42 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2017

## IMPLEMENTATION OF APDRP IN MADHYA PRADESH

- †42.   SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  has  implemented  the  accelerated  power development and reform programme in Madhya Pradesh;

(b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  work  completed  under  this programme during the last three years;

- (c) whether the work are delayed under the programme;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the steps being taken by the Government in this regard to achieve the target of this programme at the earliest?

## A N S W E R

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

( SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL )

(a) & (b) : Yes,  Madam.  Re-Structured  Accelerated  Power  Development and  Reforms  Programme  (R-APDRP)  has  been  under  implementation  in Madhya Pradesh in the last three years.

Projects covering IT enablement of 83 towns and Distribution strengthening  work  in  81  towns  are  under  implementation.  Supervisory Control  and  Data  Acquisition  (SCADA)  projects  for  5    towns    have    also been sanctioned. The physical and financial progress

.........2.

## during the last three years (2013-14 to 2015-16) is given below:

| Particulars                         | Physical Progress                                         | Financial Progress                            |
|-------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| IT enablement Projects              | 38 Towns declared Go-live                                 | GoI fund of Rs.67.71 crore has been released. |
| Distribution strengthening Projects | Distribution strengthening projects completed in 55 towns | GoI fund of Rs.67.71 crore has been released. |
| SCADA Projects                      | SCADA control centres completed in 5 towns                | GoI fund of Rs.67.71 crore has been released. |

- (c) & (d) : Distribution  strengthening  works  are  to  be  completed  in  7 towns.  Projects  faced  several  challenges  including  late  appointment  of agencies,  delay  in  development  of  software  and  testing  etc.,  during  the implementation.
- (e) : The Government of India is regularly monitoring the progress at  various  levels  including  meetings  with  Secretaries  and  Managing Directors  of  State  Utilities,  Power  Finance  Corporation  (PFC)  as  well  as meeting of the Monitoring Committee.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 40 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Amendment in 5/20 Rule
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA

## 40.

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 40 (To be answered on the February 2017) 2nd

## AMENDMENT IN 5/20 RULE

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether as per the existing aviation policy, it is mandatory for the airlines operating in the country to foilow 5/20 rule; where an Indian carrier must be five years old and have at least 20 planes in its fleet to fly abroad;
- (b) if the details thereof; S0,
- (c) whether in the new proposed aviation policy, the Union Government is likely to favour removal of 5/20 rule to allow some private airlines to fly on foreign routes; and
- (d) if $0, the details thereof and the reasons leading for change in the existing policy?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

- (a) & (b): No madam:
- (c) & (d) The 5/20 rule has been revised in the new Civil Aviation Policy, 2016 and as per new policy any Indian air transport undertaking shall be eligible to apply for operation of international scheduled air transport services; if it has a valid Air Operator'$ Certificate for operation of scheduled air transport services and (ii) deploys 20 aircraft or 20% of total capacity (in term of average number of seats 0n all departures together), whichever is higher, for domestic operations. put

(Shri Jayant Sinha)
Lok Sabha Question No. 39 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-02
Subject: Rebidding of Stalled Highway Projects
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: C. N. JAYADEVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 39

ANSWERED ON 02 ND  FEBRUARY, 2017

## REBIDDING OF STALLED HIGHWAY PROJECTS

## 39. SHRI C.N. JAYADEVAN:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

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be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether it is  a  fact  that  the  Government  is  planning  to  re-bid  some  of  the  stalled  highway projects in the country;

- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the loans provided to such projects;

- (c) whether it is also a fact that the banks are reluctant to refinance these projects; and

- (d) if so, the details thereof along with action taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) and (b) Yes Madam. Stalled highway projects are in different stages of restructuring and rebidding. After the rebid, the Concessionaire(s)/Contractor(s) successful in the bid can apply for loan to the bank(s), which would be provided by the bank(s) to the Concessionaire(s)/Contractor(s) as per their request, requirement and eligibility, and in conformity with the bank(s) guidelines.

- (c) No such instance has come to the notice of the Government so far.

- (d) Does not arise.

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