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Lok Sabha Question No. 352 (STARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Availability of Life Saving Drugs
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAMESWAR TELI

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 352 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH JANUARY ,2019 AVAILABILITY OF LIFE SAVING DRUGS

## *352. SHRI RAMESWAR TELI:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that many important life saving drugs are not availa Government hospitals including the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS) dispensaries;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (c)  the  steps  being  taken  to  make  such  medicines  available  in  Governm hospitals as well as CGHS dispensaries?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

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

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 352* FOR 4 TH JANUARY , 20 19

(a) to (c): As reported by the Central Government Hospitals namely Safdar Hospital, Lady Hardinge Medical College (LHMC) & Associated Hospitals, Dr. RML Hospital, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi ,and Directorate General of Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS), there is n shortage of life saving drugs in these hospitals. These hospitals maintain adequate quantity of life saving drugs as a 'Buffer' stock to avoid any emergency situation. Procurement  of  medicines  including  life  saving  drugs  is  a  continu process  and  is  met  as  per  demands  of  user  departments  and  availabilit resources. Governm ent  has  taken  the  following  steps  to  augment  availability medicines in Central Government Hospitals including CGHS Wellness Centres: -(i)  In  Central  government  Hospitals,  emergency  drugs  which  are  not  rea available in the hospitals are procured thro ugh authorized local chemists. (ii) In so far as CGHS Wellness Centres are concerned, indents are placed th HLL Life Care Ltd., to procure rate contracted generic medicines as an in measure to augment availability of medicines at these Wellness C entres. ,have been authorized to procure day to day required generic medicines from nearby Affordable Medicines and Reliab

(iii) Further, Additional Directors, CGHS Implants for Treatment (AMRIT) stores.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 349 (STARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Wholesale Price Index
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: VEENA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 349

TO BE ANSWERED ON JANUARY 04, 2019

## WHOLESALE PRICE INDEX

† * 349. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Wholesale Price Index (WPI) has increased in the country every month from March, 2018 to October, 2018;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the details of WPI in March, 2018 and October, 2018, month-wise; and
- (c) the details of the products which resulted in such increase in WPI?

## ANSWER

FINANCE MINISTER (SHRI ARUN JAITLEY)

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

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 349 BY SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI DUE FOR ANSWER ON JANUARY 04, 2019

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(a)  &  (b)  Inflation  based  on  monthly  Wholesale  Price  Index  increased  from  2.74  per  cent  in March,  2018  to  peak  at  5.68  per  cent  in  June,  2018.  Thereafter,  the  inflation  has  gradually declined to  4.64  per  cent  in  November,  2018.    Monthly Wholesale  Price  Index  (WPI)  for  'All Commodities' and the inflation from March, 2018 to November, 2018 is presented in Table 1 below.

## Table : Wholesale Price Index (WPI) and Inflation (in per cent) for All Commodities (Base Year: 2011-12=100)

|               |   Mar-18 |   Apr-18 |   May-18 |   Jun-18 |   Jul-18 |   Aug-18 |   Sep-18 |   Oct-18 (P) |   Nov-18 (P) |
|---------------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------------|--------------|
| WPI           |   116.3  |   117.3  |   118.3  |   119.1  |   119.9  |   120.1  |   120.9  |       121.7  |       121.8  |
| WPI Inflation |     2.74 |     3.62 |     4.78 |     5.68 |     5.27 |     4.62 |     5.22 |         5.28 |         4.64 |

Note: (P) - provisional.

- (c)  Inflation  based  on  Consumer  Price  Index  -  Combined  (retail  inflation)  has  been  quite moderate  in  the  current  financial  year,  ranging  between  2.3  per  cent  to  4.9  per  cent,  with November,  2018  inflation  being  only  2.3  per  cent.  The  WPI  inflation  has  also  been  quite

moderate. The increase in Wholesale Price Index during the current financial year, inter alia, has been mainly due to increase in prices of crude petroleum, mineral oils and manufacture of basic metals.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 348 (STARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Ayushman Bharat Yojana
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 348 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH JANUARY ,2019 AYUSHMAN BHARAT YOJA NA

## †*348. SHRI NAGAR RO DMAL:

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

- (a) whether the names of a number of eligible beneficiaries have been exc from the Ayushman Bharat Yojana; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken to include all th e eligible persons under the Yojana?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

- (a)& ( b) : A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 348* FOR 4 TH JANUARY , 20 19

(a) & (b) The Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri Jan Arogya Yojana (PMJAY) is  an  entitlement  based  scheme.  The  total  number  of  entitled  benefi families is around 10.74 crore poor and deprived families drawn from So Economic Caste Censu s database by applying specific deprivation criteria rural area and occupational criteria for urban area.  In addition, the Swasthya  Bima  Yojana  (RSBY)  beneficiary  families  of  States  where  the scheme  had  been  operational  in  2017 - 18  are  also  e ntitled  for  benefit  under PMJAY.  All these eligible families are entitled to receive benefits un PMJAY and no separate enrolment is required.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 341 (STARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Distribution of Resources among States
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: SHASHI THAROOR

FINANCE MINISTER

(SHRI ARUN JAITLEY)

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

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. *341

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY 4 TH  JANUARY, 2019

[14 Pausha, 1940 (SAKA)]

'Distribution of Resources among States'

## *341. Dr. Shashi Tharoor:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Fifteenth Finance Commission has decided to use the 2011 census data for the distribution of resources among the States and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether there would be any reduction in resources allotted to kerala and Tamil Nadu if  the  2011  census  data  is  used,  in  comparison  to  the  resources  allotted  under  the Thirteenth Finance Commission and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  steps  being  taken  to  ensure  that  the  States  of  Kerala  and  Tamil  nadu  are  not disadvantaged due to their progressive policies which have reduced population growth in the respective States?

## ANSWER

## Position No. 1

Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *341 for answer on January  4,  2019  raised  by  Dr.  Shashi  Tharoor  regarding  'Distribution  of  Resources among States'

:  Terms  of  Reference  (ToRs)  of  Fifteenth  Finance  Commission  (XV-FC),  inter-alia state  that  'the  Commission  shall  use  the  population  data  of  2011  while  making  its recommendations'.  The  Commission  has  been  asked  to  submit  its  report  and  make  it October 2019. The Commission is actively engaged in consultations with

(a) available by 30 th various State Governments and Ministries in the Central Government.

(b) & (c) : The recommendations of the Fifteenth Finance Commission will be part of the report of the Commission which is to be submitted by 30 th October 2019 as per the ToR. ToR  also  indicates  that  'Commission  may  consider  proposing  measurable  performancebased incentives for States', in 'efforts and progress made in moving towards replacement rate of population growth'. The two ToRs taken together balances the 'needs' represented by latest population and 'progress towards population control'  very well. The 15 th FC will be  free  to  use  these  terms  for  deciding  appropriate  weights  to  be  assigned  for  inter-se determination of the share of taxes to the States and also come up with specific performance based incentive scheme.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4140 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Usage of Regional Lanugages in Banks
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4140

TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 th  JANUARY, 2019 (FRIDAY)/PAUSHA 14, 1940 (SAKA)

## Usage of Regional Languages in Banks

## 4140. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken/propose any steps to direct the nationalised banks to use the regional language as their working language; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## Answer

## The  Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

(a) and (b) Reserve Bank of India, vide master circular dated 1.7.2015 on customer service in banks,  has  inter  alia  issued  following  instructions  to  promote  the  regional  languages  in banking sector for the ease of understanding for common people:

- (i) Displaying  indicator  boards  at  all  the  counters  in  English,  Hindi  as  well  as  in  the concerned  regional  language.  Business  posters  at  semi-urban  and  rural  branches  of banks should also be in the concerned regional languages.
- (ii) Providing  customers  with  booklets  consisting  of  all  details  of  service  and  facilities available at the bank in Hindi, English and the concerned regional languages.
- (iii) Use of Hindi and regional languages in transacting business by banks with customers, including communications to customers.
- (iv) In  order  to  ensure  that  banking  facilities  percolate  to  the  vast  sections  of  the population, banks should make available all printed material used by retail customers including account opening forms, pay-in-slips, passbooks etc., in trilingual form i.e., English, Hindi and the concerned Regional Language.
- (v) All  cheque  forms  should  be  printed  in  Hindi  and  English. The  customer,  may however, write cheques in Hindi, English or in the concerned regional language.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4138 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Credit to Exporters
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4138

TO BE ANSWERED ON JANUARY 4, 2019

## CREDIT TO EXPORTERS

4138. ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether India export growth have not shown any substantial growth for the last several years and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Ministry of Commerce and Industry have urged his Ministry to provide adequate credit to exporters as demanded by Indian Export Organisation;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the matter is considered by his Ministry and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) India's exports growth during last few years is given below in Table-1:

Table- 1 India's Exports Growth   ( Values in USD $ billion)

|   S. No. | Year                       |   Exports | Growth (%)   |
|----------|----------------------------|-----------|--------------|
|        1 | 2013-2014                  |    314.41 | 4.66         |
|        2 | 2014-2015                  |    310.34 | -1.29        |
|        3 | 2015-2016                  |    262.29 | -15.48       |
|        4 | 2016-2017                  |    275.85 | 5.17         |
|        5 | 2017-2018                  |    303.53 | 10.03        |
|        6 | April-November 2017-18     |    194.94 |              |
|        7 | April-November 2018-19 (P) |    217.09 | 11.36        |

Source: DGCI&S

(b) to (d) Federation of Indian Export Organisations has been requesting Government from time to  time  to  provide  adequate  credit  to  exporters.  Presently  Government  has  been  extending Interest  Equalization  Support  to  MSME  exporters  at  5  percent.  In  addition,  export  credit  is already  classified  as  Priority  Sector  Lending  which  ensures  adequate  availability  of  credit  to exporters.
Lok Sabha Question No. 4137 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: High Level Committee on the Status of Women
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4137

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2019

## HIGH LEVEL COMMITTEE ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN

## 4137.    KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the High Level Committee on the Status of Women constituted in 2012 has submitted its report to the Ministry in 2015 and if so , the details thereof;
- (b) whether the said report has been tabled in the Parliament; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof, if not the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) to (c): The High Level Committee (HLC) on the Status of Women was set up in 2012 by  the  Ministry  of  Women  &  Child  Development,  to  undertake  a  comprehensive study to understand the status of women since 1989. The HLC examined the overall status of women including, inter-alia, the socio-economic, health and nutritional, legal and political status, disaggregated by rural/urban, economic and social position and wherever possible by minority status. The Committee submitted its report  to MWCD in  June  2015  and  the  report  is  available  at:  http://wcd.nic.in/documents/hlc-statuswomen.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4136 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Growth of LIC
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: K. GOPAL

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Financial Services Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4136

Friday, January 4, 2019/Pausha 14, 1940 (Saka)

## Growth of LIC

## 4136.   DR. K. GOPAL:

## Will the Minister of FINANCE

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) has realised a profit of Rs.25,646.62 crore by way of sale of equity in the stock market during the fiscal ended March, 2018 and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b)  whether  this  is  a  rise  of  over  32  per  cent  from  Rs.19,302  crore  in  the previous financial year and if so, the details thereof?

Answer Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla)

(a) and (b): As per Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC), it has realised a profit of  Rs.20,269.47  crore  and  Rs.26,147.52  crore  in  the  financial  years  2016-17  and 2017-18 respectively. This is an increase of 29 per cent over the previous financial year (2016-17).
Lok Sabha Question No. 4134 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Violation of Weather Insurance Policy
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: HARIOM SINGH RATHORE

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4134

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2019/PAUSHA 14, 1940 (SAKA)

## Violation of Weather Insurance Policy

4134. SHRI HARIOM SINGH RATHORE: Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:
2. (a)  whether  the  Insurance  Regulatory  and  Development  Authority  of  India (IRDAI) has imposed penalty on ICICI Lombard for any weather insurance policy violation; and
3. (b)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

- (a) and (b): In respect of weather insurance policy, no penalty was imposed by Insurance  Regulatory  and  Development  Authority  of  India  (IRDAI)  on  ICICI Lombard General Insurance Co. Ltd.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4133 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Cutting of Trees
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RAHUL KASWAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4133 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2019

## Cutting of Trees

## 4133 . SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE  be pleased  to state:

- (a) whether despite having strict provisions for cutting of trees, the environmental problem still remains unsolved;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  implement  any  special  scheme  for  promoting afforestation in private sector; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) & (b) Pollution  level  depends  on  various  factor  such  as  vehicular  emission,  industrial emissions,  dusts  due  to  construction  of  buildings  and  infrastructure,  burning  of agricultural waste etc. which are regulated under Environmental (Protection) Act, 1986. Trees help in reduction of pollution and act as carbon sink and sequestration of  carbon  dioxide  is  done  by  trees  in  the  cities.  The  Indian  Forest  Act,  1927 regulates management of forests and trees in the States. Various State Governments have enacted special Acts also for protection of tree in the state to check pollution and provide greenery.
- (c) & (d) In order to increase the forest cover in the country, afforestation programmes have been  taken  up  under  various  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  such  as  National Afforestation Programme (NAP), Green India Mission (GIM), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), Integrated Watershed  Management  Programme  (IWMP)  which  from  2015-16  has  been amalgamated as the Watershed Development Component of the 'Pradhan Mantri Krishi  Sinchayee  Yojana  (PMKSY)'  and  under  Compensatory    Afforestation Fund Management and Planning Authority (CAMPA). Local people are involved in afforestation activities by the State Forest Departments.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4129 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Nutritional Support to TB Patients
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAM CHARITRA

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

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4129 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04 TH JANUARY, 2019

## NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT TO TB PATIENTS

## 4129. SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD:

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

- (a)  whether  the  direct  benefit  transfer scheme  for  nutritional  support  to Tuberculosis  (TB) patients under Nikshay Poshan Yojana has recorded slow progress in the last eight months;
- (b)if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is true that of the 18 lakh registered TB patients across the country, only 4.69 lakh, barely 26 per cent of the beneficiary pool have received cash transfer so far;
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the corrective measures taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)to e): The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) has launched the Direct BenefitTransfer  (DBT)  scheme  for  nutritional  support  to  tuberculosis  patients  as  Nik Poshan Yojana (NPY) from 01.04.2018.

As  on  1 st January  2019,  out  of  20.94  lakhs  eligible  beneficiaries,  8.78  lakh  (4 beneficiaries have received the benefit under the scheme.

The Government has taken various measures to expedite the progress under the schemes such

- The Ministry has provided det ailed guidance to the State/Union Territories (UTs) on how DBT is to be operationalized. State/UTs have been given different payment options as their convenience for either making payment directly through Public Financ Management System (PFMS) or th rough the Nikshay PFMS interface
- Flexibility of providing the benefit through existing bank account of a blood rela also  been  given.  State have also  been  advised  to  facilitate  opening  of  zero  balance accounts  for  TB  patients,  if  necessary,  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Dhan  Yoj (PMJDY) and Indian Postal Bank.
- The Ministry is regularly monitoring the implementation of this scheme and promp addressing the challenges identified by the State/UTs.