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Lok Sabha Question No. 23 (STARRED), answered on 2017-02-03
Subject: Shortage of HIV Drugs
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SANJAY JAISWAL

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 23 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD FEBRUARY,2017 SHORTAGE OF HIV DRUG S

## *23. DR. SANJAY JAISWAL:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  of  shortage  of  drugs  for  H treatment in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the HIV/AIDS patients are facing difficulties due to lack o drugs a t Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) centres; and
- (c)  if  so,  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  make  available  drugs treatment of HIV in all ART centres across the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

- (a) to ( c):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 23* FOR 3 RD FEBRUARY, 2017

- (a) Currently, there are no reports of shortage of ARV drugs at Governme ART Centresin the country.
- (b) No . No such complaint or report on facing difficulties due to lack o drugs at Antiretroviral Therapy (ART) centers has been received.
- (c) National  AIDS  Control  Organisation ( NACO ) through  528  ART  and 1108 Link ART centres is committed to providing Antiretroviral drugs to all People  living  with  HIV(PLHIV)  registered  at  these  centres  as  per national guidelines.

NACO has strengthened supply chain mechanism. An inventory management system (IMS) hasbeen developed and implemented at all ART centres.  This  is  an  online systemin  which  pharmacist  at  ART  centre maintains  daily  stock  and  consumption  of  drugs.  The  same  are  the monitored  at  State  AIDS  Control  Society  (SACS)  &  NACO  level.  In addition,  a  buf fer  stock  is  also  maintained  factoring  in  the  lead  time procurement. It  is  also  worthwhile  to  mention  that  Project  Directors  SA have standing instruction to procure the drugs from open market whenev they face shortage for antiretroviral drugs.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 22 (STARRED), answered on 2017-02-03
Subject: Fighter Aircraft
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: PARESH RAWAL, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO.22

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  FEBRUARY, 2017

## FIGHTER  AIRCRAFT

- *22. SHRI  PARESH  RAVAL: DR. HEENA  VIJAYKUMAR  GAVIT:

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

- (a) whether  the  Indian  Air  Force  (IAF)  has  sufficient  number  of  fighter  aircraft  to maintain its combat edge over adversaries and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to purchase new fighter aircraft for IAF and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the Government proposes to set up another production line besides the Tejas to manufacture fighter aircraft indigenously and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government to strengthen the existing IAF fleet in order to maintain its combat edge over adversaries?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

रक्षा राज्य मंत्री

( डा . सुभाष भामरे )

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(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 22 FOR ANSWER ON 3.2.2017

(a) & (b): The Indian Air Force (IAF) is adequately equipped to cater for the threat  environment  that  exists  and  is  ready  to  meet  the  role  assigned  to  it. Modernization of fighter fleet in the IAF is an ongoing process by procurement  of  state-of-the-art  fighter  aircraft  which  includes  36  Rafale Multirole  Aircraft,  contracted  Light  Combat  Aircraft  (LCA)  and  balance  of already contracted Su-30 MKI aircraft.  Further, procurement of additional LCA Mk-1A has also been approved. (c) & (d): Augmentation  of  capabilities  of  IAF  by  way  of  procurement  and indigenous  production  including  its  modernisation  depends  upon  national security,  strategic  objectives  and  operational  requirements  of  the  defence forces and is reviewed by the Government from time to time.  This is               a dynamic and continuous process.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 458 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-03
Subject: Antiretroviral Drugs to HIV Patients
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: OM BIRLA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 458 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 RD FEBRUARY , 201 7

## ANTIRETROVIRAL DRUGS TO HIV PATIENTS

## 458. SHRI OM BIRLA:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to provide free treatment to HIV/AIDS patients;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  World  Health Organisation  (WHO)  has  stressed  for access  of  Antiretroviral drugs to all HIV patients; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with necessary steps taken in this regard?

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

- (a) & (b): Yes. Government is providing free ART treatment to HIV/AIDS Patients since 2004.  National  AIDS  Control  Organization  is  providing  free  treatment  services  through ART Centers and 1108 Link ART Centers. Currently, there are 10,23,640 People living wi HIV (PLHIV) on ART including 57230 children, 15500 on Second Line and 270 PLHIV on Third Line ART.
- (c): Yes. WHO in its Anti Retroviral Therapy Guidelines 2016 has recommended treat al strategy, covering all PLHIVs irrespective of age/population/ CD4 count.
- (d ): Current ART National Guidelines for India is already following treat all policy for;
- I. Pregnant/Breastfeeding women
- II. Children below 5 years of age
- III. HIV patients with TB or Hepatitis B or Hepatitis C or Kala Azar co - infections.
- IV.
- PLHIV with WHO Clinical Stage III and IV

In addition, treat all policy for sero discordant and key population has been approved.
Lok Sabha Question No. 457 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-03
Subject: Closure of PSUs
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: RAMESH BIDHURI, YOGI ADITYANATH

- (a)   Whether the Government proposes to close down a number of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) running in loss for a long time and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)   Whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  study  of  the  functioning  and  usefulness  of these PSUs and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   Whether the annual expenditure of the Government is likely to be checked in the wake of such closures and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)   The schemes formulated by the Government for the rehabilitation of the employees of such undertakings?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State for Finance

## (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

(a) to  (c)  NITI  Aayog  constituted  a  committee  on  Sick/Loss  making/Non  performing  Central Public  Sector  Enterprises  (CPSEs)  on  March  9 th 2016.    The  committee  noted  that  financial performance of 74 CPSEs has been unsatisfactory and a number of these have requested for and received periodic support from budgetary resources.  Over the years, this has become a significant  drain  on  limited  resources  of  the  government.    The  committee  has  made  the recommendations of closure/winding up of 26 such CPSEs.

(d) Under the Central Sector Scheme of DPE i.e. Counseling, Retraining & Redeployment (CRR Scheme)  skill  development  training  is  providing  to  CPSE's  employees  separated  under Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS)/Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) (VRS/VSS Optees) to  enable  them  to  get  redeployment  or  to  take  up  self-employment.    The  Scheme  has  a provision for training of the dependent also in lieu of the VRS/VSS Optees.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 455 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-03
Subject: Indo-Portugal Defence Cooperation
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, Shrirang Appa Barne, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, DHARMENDRA YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.455

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  FEBRUARY, 2017

## INDO-PORTUGAL DEFENCE COOPERATION

455. DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

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

- (a) whether India and Portugal have signed Memorandum of Understandings (MoUs) for cooperation in defence sector to boost joint production and development of weapons systems and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether under the aforesaid agreements joint ventures and commercial partnership will be set up under Make in India programme and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether    joint  ventures  and  commercial  partnership  will  be  based  on  the  joint production and technology transfer and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the extent to which India is likely to be benefitted from the aforesaid agreements?

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(a) to (d): A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Defence Cooperation between the Ministry of Defence of the Republic of India and the Ministry of National Defence of the Portuguese Republic was signed on 07.01.2017 in New Delhi.  The MoU is an enabling framework which seeks to foster bilateral defence cooperation including high level, working level and educational and research oriented exchanges. This also includes exchanges of views in various areas such as security challenges, maritime security, UN peacekeeping operations and as also defence industries.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 454 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-03
Subject: Gratuity Benefits under NPS
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: HARI MANJHI

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

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 454 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 2017MMAGHA 14, 1938 (SAKA) GRATUITY BENEFITS UNDER NPS

## 454. Shri Hari Manjhi

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is any provision to pay gratuity as pension benefit to the employees of the States and Union Government under the National Pension System (NPS); 2004 and if the details thereof; SO,
- (c) whether the Union Government proposes to issue a new pension manual to various States in this regard; and
- (b) whether such State Government employees who have retired but have not received their gratuity benefit as the State Governments including Jharkhand have not received any notification of the Union Government to this effect and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the time by which the said manual is likely to be issued?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b)The retirement gratuity and death gratuity in respect of the Central Government employees appointed on or accordance   with the provisions of the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules, 1972, Or corresponding rules applicable to AIl India Services, Railway employees, and Defence personnel.

Orders issued vide Department of Pension and Pensioners Welfare's O.M: No. 7/5/2012P&PW (FY (B) dated 26.08.2016 provide that the government employees appointed after 31.12.2003 and covered by the National Pension System shall also be eligible for benefit of retirement   gratuity and death   gratuity on   the as are applicable to employees covered by the Central Civil Services (Pension) Rules; 1972

- (c) & (d) There is no proposal in this regard:

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Lok Sabha Question No. 453 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-03
Subject: Funds Invested by PSUs in Share Market
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: LAXMAN GILUWA, RAMA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT' OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF INVESTMENT AND PUBLIC ASSET MANAGEMENT

## LOK SABHA

MAGHA 14, 1938 (SAKA)

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 453 TO BE ANS WERED ON FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3,2017

## Funds Invested by PSUs in Share Market

## 453. SHRI AXMAN GILUWA: SHRIMATI RAMA DFVI:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased LO state:

- number of Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) have invested their funds in (a) whether a the share market;
- whether the said funds could have been used for the expansion of PSUs instead of share (c) market investment;
- details thereof and the reasons for such investment of funds by PSUs in the (b) if' so, the share market along with the provisions made by the Government in this regard;
- if so, the reasons for not investing the funds for expansion of PSUs; and (d)
- of  investment made by PSUs in the share market   and the profitlloss (e) the amount madelincurred during the last three years, PSU-wise?

## ANSWER

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

Based on commercial considerations, Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) take (a) to (e) decision to invest their available funds in the capital market: Year-end details of such investment their Annual   Reports, which are laid on the table of both the Houses   of are   reflected in Parliament:

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Lok Sabha Question No. 452 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-03
Subject: Income Tax Collection
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 452 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 3 RD  FEBRUARY, 2017 14 MAGHA, SAKA 1938

## INCOME TAX COLLECTION

452. SHRI. D.K. SURESH:

- Will  the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state: (a)  the  details  of  Income  Tax  collected  during  the  financial  year  2016-17  along  with  the estimated tax likely to be collected during the financial year 2017-18; (b) whether the Government has any estimates of the revenue collection for the financial year
- 2017-18; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SH. SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) Total  direct tax collections up to 16 th January 2017 amount to  Rs. 5,76,408 crore.  For the  financial year 2017-18,  the Budget Estimates fixed for direct taxes are         Rs. 9,80,000 crore.
- (b)& (c)  Yes Madam, as per Receipt Budget 2017-18, the Budget Estimates for direct taxes have been fixed at Rs. 9,80,000 crore, including Rs. 5,38,745 crore for Corporation Tax and Rs. 4,41,255 crore for Taxes on Income.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 451 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-03
Subject: Bottled Water Units
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SANJAY JAISWAL, SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 451 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 RD FEBRUARY , 201 7

## BOTTLED WATER UNITS

## 451. DR SANJAY JAISWAL : SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has conducted  any  survey  to  identify  the bottled  water  units operating without proper license in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d)  whether  all  the  bottled  water  units operating  in  the  country  are  following  the norms  and quality standards fixed by the Government; and
- (e) if not, the action taken by the Government against the units not complying with the norms?

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

(a) to (e ): No such survey has been conducted by t he Food Safety and Standards Authority of  India  (FSSAI). R egular  surveillance,  monitoring,  inspection and  r andom sampling  of  food products, including bottled/packaged drinking water is , how ver undertaken  by the officials of Food Safety Departments of the respective States/ UTs to check compliance with the  stan prescribed  under the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006, and regulations thereunder. As per information  made  available  by  State/UT  Governments  to  the  FSSAI,  details  of  samples Packaged  Drinking  Water  and  Mineral  Water  analysed,  found  not  conforming  (including unlicensed)  and action taken during the year 2015 - 16  is as  under:

| Year     |   No. of samples analysed |   No. of samples found to be non - conforming |   No. of Prosecution s Launched |   Conviction |
|----------|---------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------|--------------|
| 2015- 16 |                       619 |                                           243 |                             147 |           38 |
Lok Sabha Question No. 450 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-03
Subject: Healthcare in India
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: JITENDRA CHAUDHURY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 450 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 RD FEBRUARY , 201 7

## HEALTHCARE IN INDIA

## 450. SHRI JITENDRA CHOUDHURY:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that WHO recommends 3.5 hospital beds per 1000 people , while India has 0.7 beds p r 1000 people and if so, the details th reof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  is  aware thatnearly  one  million  Indians  die  every year  due  to inadequate healthcare facilities close to 700 million people have no access to specialist care;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

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

(a) to (d): There  are  various  estimates  for  world  average  for  num ber  of  beds  per  1000 population .  As per High Level Expert Group for UHC, it is 2.9 beds per 10 00 population while higher estimates in the range of 3.5 are also quoted. In January 2016 as reported by CBHI, about 7.71 lakhs beds are available in public healthcare facilities.  In addition, there are private healthcare facilities too.

There is unmet need of specialized care and large number of people have no or p access to specialized care.  Unmet need and poor access can lead to mortality.  As per SR death rate in India is 6.5 while it was 6.7 in 2014.

The  Government  of  India  ha s  implemented  PMSSY  withthe  primary  objective  of correcting  the  imbalances  in  availability  of  affordable/reliable  tertiary  level  health country in general and to augment facilities for quality medical education in the unde - served States. Several new AIIMS are being set up and existing medical institutions are being upgr under PMSSY.

The  Govt.  of  India  launched  the  national  Rural  helath Mission  (NRHM)  in  2005  to supplement the efforts of the State/UT governments to provide accessible, affordable and healthcare to the citizens.  The National Rural Health Mission (NRHM) has now been subsum under the National Health Mission (NHM) as its Sub - Mission, along with National Urban health Mission (NUHM) as the other Sub - Mission.  Under the NHM, support is provided to State/UTs to strengthen their health systems including support for setting up/upgradation of health on the basis of requirements posed by the States in their Programme Implementation Plans.  4 MCH Wings with bed capacity of more than 30000 have also been approved under NHM.
Lok Sabha Question No. 449 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-03
Subject: Replacement of INSAS Rifle
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: A.T. (NANA) PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.449

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 3 RD  FEBRUARY, 2017

## REPLACEMENT OF INSAS RIFLE

449. SHRI  A.T. NANA PATIL:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the Indian Army's request to replace the INSAS rifles with inter-changeable barrels capable of firing both 5.56mm and 7.62mm calibre bullets;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government thereon; and
- (c) the  other  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  meet  this  urgent  requirement  of Indian Army at the earliest?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

रक्षा राज्य मंत्री

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) to (c): A Request for Proposal (RFP) was issued for procurement of dual Calibre Assault Rifle in November,  2011. However,  as  the equipment  fielded  for  trials  did not  fulfil  General  Staff  Qualitative Requirements (GSQRs), the RFP was retracted in June, 2015. Subsequently,  in  September  2016,  Army  has  initiated  the  process  for formulating new GSQRs.  Different options for procurement of Assault

Rifles are under consideration.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 448 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-02-03
Subject: Tax Relief under GST
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: K. MARAGATHAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK    SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 448

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 3 rd  FEBRUARY, 2017 14 TH  MAGHA, 1938 (SAKA)

## Tax Relief under GST

## 448.        SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any differences have surfaced between the Centre and States on some crucial issues during the GST Council meeting held very recently and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether some States have refused to accept the proposal of the Centre to share the revenue impact of keeping area based excise sops for the residual period of their tenure by the States and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the States have also expressed their reservations over the Centre's plan to keep all 11 lakh existing Service Tax assesses under its administrative control in the Goods and Services Tax regime; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Central Government thereon?

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

- (a) All decisions of GST Council so far have been taken unanimously. Various states may have different points of view on an issue but the final decisions have been unanimous.
- (b) The  issue  regarding  treatment  of  the  existing  tax  incentive  schemes  of  the Central and State Governments was discussed during the 2nd Meeting of the GST Council  held  on  30th  September,  2016  and  the  Council  agreed  that  all entities exempted from payment of indirect tax under any existing tax incentive scheme shall pay tax in the GST regime and that in case the Central or State Government  decided  to  continue  any  existing  exemption/incentive/deferral scheme, then it shall be administered by way of a reimbursement mechanism through the budgetary route.
- (c) & (d) In the ninth meeting of GST Council held on 16th Jan, 2017, it has been agreed that for taxpayers with turnover below Rs.1.5 Crore, 90% of the taxpayers shall be under the administrative control of the State tax administration and 10% shall be under the administrative control of the Central tax administration. It has also been decided that the total number of taxpayers with turnover above Rs.1.5 Crore shall be divided equally between the Central and State tax administrations.

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