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Lok Sabha Question No. 1651 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: Amendment in SARFAESI Act and DRT Act
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: K. ASHOK KUMAR, PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 1651

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 th  NOVEMBER, 2016/AGRAHAYANA 4, 1938 (SAKA)

'Amendment in SARFAESI Act and DRT Act'

## QUESTION

1651. Shri K. Ashok Kumar and Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra :

Will the Minister of Finance be please to state:

(a)  whether the  Government has any proposal to amendment in Securities and Reconstruction of Financial  Assets  and  Enforcement  of  Security  Interest    (SARFAESI)  Act  and  Debt  Recovery Tribunal Act DRT to aid the banks to recover bad loans;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government had made it clear that once these laws were amended the banks should recover the bad loans on a time bound basis and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government has received any assurance from the bankers in this regard; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) to  (e)  The  Securitisation  and  Reconstruction  of  Financial  Assets  and  Enforcement  of Security  Interest  Act,  2002  (SARFAESI  Act)  and  the  Recovery  of  Debts  Due  to  Banks  and Financial  Institutions  Act  (RDDB  &  FI  Act)  have  been  amended  for  speedier  resolution  of defaulted loans through 'The Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous  Provisions  (Amendment)  Act,  2016  (44  of  2016)  and  it  was  notified  in  the Gazette on 16 th August, 2016.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1649 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: FPI
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: SUKENDER REDDY GUTHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 1649

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 25 TH  NOVEMBER, 2016 4, AGRAHAYANA, 1938  (SAKA)

## FPI

## 1649. SHRI GUTHA SUKENDER REDDY:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) whether  Foreign  Portfolio  Investors  have  raised  some  of  the  taxation  issues  and made some suggestions to make Indian securities markets equity and Government debt more attractive for them; and

(b) if so, the details and the action taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) and  (b)Foreign  portfolio  investors  (FPIs)  raised  certain  taxation  issues  relating  to applicability  of  Minimum  Alternate  Tax  (MAT)  on  them.    The  Government  set  up  a committee  under  Justice  A.  P.  Shah  to  examine  the  issue  raised  by  them.    On  the recommendations of the committee, an amendment in section 115JB of the Income-tax Act, 1961  has  been  carried  out  vide  Finance  Act,  2016  to  the  effect  that  MAT  will  not  be applicable to foreign companies with effect from 01.04.2001, if

(i) the assessee is a resident of a country or a specified territory with which India has an agreement  referred  to  in  sub-section  (1)  of  section  90  of  the  Income-tax  Act,  1961  ('the Act') or the Central Government has adopted any agreement under sub-section (1) of section 90A  of  the  Act  and  the  assessee  does  not  have  a  permanent  establishment  in  India  in accordance with the provisions of such agreement; or

(ii) the assessee is a resident of a country with which India does not have an agreement of  the  nature  referred  to  in  clause  (i)  and  the  assessee  is  not  required  to  seek  registration under any law for the time being in force relating to companies.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1648 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: Curbing Offshore Tax Evasion
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

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## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1648

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 25 TH  NOVEMBER, 2016

AGRAHAYANA 4, 1938 (SAKA)

## CURBING OFFSHORE TAX EVASION

1648. ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  his  Ministry  has  discussed  the  issue  of  cooperation  with  the  US Government with regard  to  curbing  offshore  tax  evasion,  terror  funding,  during  his visit to US;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the time by which formal agreement between tax two countries will be signed in this regard; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the outcome thereon?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a)  to  (c):    Pursuant  to  the  Joint  Statement  released  at  the  conclusion  of  the  Sixth Annual  U.S.-India Economic  and  Financial  Partnership  Dialogue  between  the Finance  Minister  of  India  and  the  U.S.  Treasury  Secretary  during  the  Finance Minister's visit to the U.S.A. on 15 th April, 2016, India and U.S.A. have been engaging in bilateral discussion at the level of Competent Authorities of both the countries.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1647 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: Mandatory Listing on Exchanges
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: G. HARI

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Financial Services Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1647

To be answered on Friday, November 25, 2016/Agrahayana 4, 1938 (Saka)

## Mandatory Listing on Exchanges

## 1647. SHRI G. HARI:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) proposes that life insurers to mandatorily list shares on the stock exchanges; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

Answer Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar)

- (a) & (b): Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI) issued a Discussion Paper on of Indian Insurance Companies" on 11th August 2016 in order to seek feedback on mandatory of life and non-life insurers. "Listing listing

## The Discussion Paper inter\_alia suggests the following:

- Public listing enables the retail and institutional investors to participate in the fortunes of the company.
- ii) The mandate for disclosure requirements is significantly higher for listed entities. These include disclosures required to be made to the stock exchanges and through media; print
- iii) Public shareholding by both retail and institutional investors means that there is a greater scrutiny of the decision making process, resulting in greater transparency of operations;
- iv) The Statutory and regulatory provisions ensure that the interest of minority shareholders are protected.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1646 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: Healthcare in Uttarakhand
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: MAJ. GEN. (RETD) BHUWAN CHANDRA KHANDURI AVSM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1646 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH NOVEMBER, 2016

## HEALTHCARE IN UTTARA KHAND

## 1646. MAJ GEN B C KHANDURI AVSM (Retd):

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any special programme to provide proper healthc facilities in the rural/hilly areas of the natural disaster prone State of Uttarakhand;
- ( b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

(a)to (c) : Public health being a State subject, the primary responsibility to provide proper healthcare in  public  health  facilities  lies  with  the  State  Governments.  However,  under National Health Mission (NHM), financial and technical support is provided to Stat es/UTs to strengthen their healthcare systems, based on the requirements posed by the States/UTs i Programme Implementation Plans (PIPs).

There is no special programme for State of Uttarakhand. However, hilly States like Uttar enjoy special d ispensation within NHM.

- Based on recommendations of the 14 th Finance Commission, the Centre - State  funding pattern was revised to 60:40 for all States, except for North Eastern (NE) States Himalayan States including Uttarakhand, where it was retained at 90:10.
- Further,  while  allocating  resources  under  NHM, NE  States  and  3  Himalayan  States including  Uttarakhand are  given  a  higher  per  capita  weightage  of  3.2  under  NRHM -RCH Flexible Pool. Thus, these States including Uttarakhand are allocated higher per capita funding under NHM.
- Time to care norm has been approved for setting up a Sub Centre in hilly districts, is 30 minutes of walking distance from habitation.
- Apart  from  above,  norms  under  NHM  for  Ambulances  and  Mobile  Med ical  Units (MMUs) etc. are relaxed for NE States and 3 Himalayan States including Uttarakhand.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1645 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: Enhancing Medical Facilities
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: C. N. JAYADEVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1645 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH NOVEMBER, 2016

## ENHANCING MEDICAL FA CILITIES

## 1645. SHRI C.N. JAYADEVAN:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is a shortage of CGHS dispensaries in Kerala;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the measure taken to increase medical facilities in the country including Ker ala?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a) & (b): There are three CGHS Wellness Centres functioning in Trivandrum, Kerala.

Moreover, there are CGHS empanelled hospitals at Trivandrum to cater to the needs of the CGHS beneficiaries.

- (c): Following measures have been taken in this regard:
- (i) Orders have been issued for opening of CGHS Wellness Centre in the following cities:
- Raipur,  Itanagar,  Agartala,  Imphal,  Aizwa l,  Kohima,  Panaji,  Gangtok  and Vishakhapatnam
- (ii) CGHS also empanels private hospitals in the cities where CGHS is in operati to cater to the needs of CGHS beneficiaries

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1644 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: Disability status of Defence Personnel
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF EX-SERVICEMEN WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1644

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  NOVEMBER, 2016

## DISABILITY STATUS OF DEFENCE PERSONNEL

1644.  SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  cases  of  the  falsified  disability  status  being  used  to  claim  disability pension in the Army has come to the notice of the Government;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of such falsified cases came to the notice of the Government and the action taken thereon;
- (c) whether number of such cases are on the rise after implementation of the sixth pay commission and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to refer such cases particularly at the level of senior officers to be evaluated by civilian medical boards and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the time by which a final decision is likely to be taken in this regard?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

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- (a) No such case has come to the notice of the Government.

(b) to (e):

Do not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1643 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: Non-Registered Courses
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: K. MARAGATHAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1643 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH NOVEMBER, 2016

## NON - REGISTERED COURSES

## 1643. SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Medical  Council  of  India  has  issued  a  circular  declaring  various  c including post graduate course in emergency medicine offered by two hospitals and IGNOU illegal;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether these hospitals have claimed  that the students were aware of the fact that t does not have MCI certification; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to protect the int students?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a) to (d):      Medical Council of India issued a Pu blic Notice on 28.09.2016 informing that following  Post  Graduate  courses  being  offered  by  the  institutes  mentioned  against  it  r without prior approval of the Central Government. Hence are held illegal and void ab initio -

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|   S.No. | Institute                                                                 | Name of th e Courses                                                                                     |
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|       1 | Kokilaben Dhrubhai Ambani Hospital and Medical Research Institute, Mumbai | Master in emergency Medicine programme                                                                   |
|       2 | AMRI Hospital, Bhubaneswar                                                | Emergency Medicine programme.                                                                            |
|       3 | Indira Gandhi National University                                         | Open Post Graduate Diploma in HIV Medicine, Health Management, Maternal & Health and Geriatric Medicine. |

Prior  permission  of  the  Central  Government  is  required  to  establish  a  new  Medi College and impart courses in modern medicine under the Indian Medical Council Act, 19 which is granted on the recommendation of the MCI.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1642 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: Mobile Wallet Payment Platforms
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 1642 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH NOVEMBER, 2016/4 TH AGRAHAYANA, SAKA, 1938

## MOBILE WALLET PAYMENT PLATFORMS

## 1642. SHRI KESINENI NANI:

## QUESTION

## Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  is  any  regulation  governing  the  operations of  closed  and  semiclosed mobile payment platforms in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any security challenges are posed by the use of mobile wallets and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the  steps being taken to protect the consumers interest through Mobile Wallet platforms;
- (d) whether the mobile wallets can be used to circulate black money in the economy and if so, the steps taken by the Government to regulate the sector ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY FOR FINANCE (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

- (a) : A detailed instructions in the form of Master Circular-Policy Guidelines on the Issuance and Operation of Prepaid Payment Instruments in India is available on the website of Reserve Bank of India at the following link: https://rbidocs.rbi.org.in/rdocs/notification/PDFs/16MC9102DB7D5FE742CCB5D0715A7 7F6666E PDF
- (b) to (d): Directions to Pre-paid Payment Instrument (PPI) issuers have been issued for effective mechanism for redressal of customer complaints along with escalation matrix and publicise the same for the benefits of customer. To safeguard the customer interests against the security challenges, various guidelines on Know Your Customer, Anti-Money Laundering and Combating Financing of Terrorism have been issued by Government of India/Reserve Bank of India, from time to time.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1639 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: Safeguarding Patients Privacy
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, SURESH CHANABASAPPA ANGADI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1639 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH NOVEMBER, 2016

## SAFEGUARDING PATIENT S PRIVACY

## 1639. SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN: SHRI SURESH C. ANGADI:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to bring out a legislation to safeguard patient's pr protecting health data and medical information of patients;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  said  legislation  has  provisions  for  action  against  any  breach  of  dat patients; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE ( ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a) & (b) : Yes. Ministry has decided to bring out a legislation regarding Electronic He Data, Privacy and Security. The proposed legislation will broadly cover  the following asp
1. Comprehensive legal framework to protect 'e -health data' of an 'individual'.
2. Ownership of 'e -health data'.
3. Legal framework for health data standardization in collection, storage, exchange
4. Comprehensive remedies (civil and criminal) for data breach.
5. Enforcing nodal body.
- (c) & (d) : Yes. However, the proposed legislation is still being drafted and action agains breach of electronic data of the patients are yet to be finalized .

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1638 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: Control Over Export Schemes
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED  QUESTION No. 1638

TO BE ANSWERED  ON: Friday, November  25, 2O16/Agrahayana  4, 1938 (Saka)

## Control Over Export Schemes

## OUESTION

## 163a. by SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE  be pleased  to state:

- (a) whether the Government  proposes  to control over implementation  of the export schemes viz. Advance Authorisation Scheme,  Expoft Promotion Capital Goods and Deemed Exports Scheme;
- (b) if so, the details  thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the extent to which it is likely to promote exports ease of doing business  and
- hassle free trade?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FTNANCE  ,

## (Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal)

- (a) to (c) Advance Aothorisation Scheme, Export  promotion  Capital Goods and Deemed Exports Scheme are important export promotion schemes  under Foreign Trade Pollcy. These schemes are listed under Chapter 4, 5 and 7 of the Foreign Trade Policy  2015-20.  In current Foreign Trade Policy 2OL5-2O,  many changes have been incorporated  to simplify these schemes  and also to make it hassle free for "Ease of Doing Business".  The details of these schemes are available on the website i.e. htto: //doft.oov . in/exi m/2000/oolicv/fto-olco tent- 1011. htm I . At present Government is not proposing  any new controls  over implementation of these schemes.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1637 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: Review of Stores of Military Engineering Services
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: M. UDHAYAKUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1637

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  NOVEMBER, 2016

## REVIEW OF STORES OF MILITARY ENGINEERING SERVICES

1637.  ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to review Barracks and Stores of the Military Engineering Services and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether acute shortage of personnel has led to massive shortfall in collection of dues from cantonments;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

- (a) Yes, Madam.  The Cadre review of the Barracks & Stores (BS) Cadre is under consideration of Ministry of Defence to review the number of posts of  different  categories  in  view  of  their  requirement  in  present  scenario.
- (b) & (c): No  study  has  been  conducted  regarding  shortfall  in  revenue due to shortage of officials in Barracks & Stores Cadre.
- (d) Government  has  sanctioned  one  time  filling  of  1573  posts  in  the Cadre.  Beside this, the Cadre Review of Barracks & Stores Cadre in under consideration.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1636 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: Modernising Inter State Entry Checkpost
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: AJAY (TENI) MISRA

- (a) to (b): No, Madam.
- (c)  to  (d):  Data  with  respect  to  establishment  of  check  posts  by  States  and  expenditure incurred thereon is not Centrally maintained.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1636

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 25 th  NOVEMBER, 2016

4 Agrahayana, 1938 (SAKA)

## Modernising Inter State Entry Checkpost

## 1636 :SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is considering to modernise all the Inter-State entry check posts of the country before implementation of the GST;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total amount of revenue being received by the Government from all the inter-State entry posts of the country at present, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) the estimated expenditure likely to be incurred in the modernisation of check posts?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)
Lok Sabha Question No. 1633 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-11-25
Subject: Harassment of Women by Army Officers
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: NARANBHAI KACHHADIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1633

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  NOVEMBER, 2016

## HARASSMENT OF WOMEN BY ARMY OFFICERS

1633.  SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received complaints of misconducts / misbehaviour and sexual harassment of women by army officers during the year 2015-16;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the action taken by the Government thereon?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

- (a) Yes, Madam.
- (b) & (c): Four  Complaints  of  misconduct  /  misbehaviour  and  sexual harassment of women by army officers were received during 2015-16.  Any such complaint is investigated and necessary action is taken against the concerned officers.

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