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Lok Sabha Question No. 905 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Demand of Labourers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: TAMRADHWAJ SAHU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 905 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## DEMAND OF LABOURERS

†905. SHRI TAMRADHWAJ SAHU:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)whether the Government has conducted any study with the help of experts
- in order to ascertain the demand of labourers in the country;
- (b)if so, the details and the findings thereof;
- (c)the details of the specific programmes started by the Government for the empowerment of labourers and increase their income to assist them;
- (d)whether  the  Government  proposes  to  follow  the  Chhattisgarh  model wherein  a  labour  policy  has  been  implemented  to  increase  employment and income both and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  the  welfare  of  labourers  and  to
- improve their conditions in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) & (b): No, Madam.
- (c): The Central Government is implementing the Building and Other Construction Workers (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 to regulate the employment and conditions of service of building and  other  construction  workers  and  to  provide  for  their  safety,  health  and welfare  measures and  for  other  matters  connected  therewith  or  incidental thereto.
- (d): There is no such proposal.
- (e): The  Central  Government  is  also  implementing  the  Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970 to regulate the employment of contract labour in certain establishments and to provide for its abolition in certain circumstances and for matters connected therewith.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 902 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Norms for Setting up of Industries near Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 902 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## Norms for Setting up of Industries near Monuments

## 902 SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the  Minister  of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  identified  the  monuments  which  are  vulnerable  to climatic change and air pollution in Gujarat;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  fixed  any  norms  for  setting  up  of  industries/ restriction on industries functioning near such monuments; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to protect these monuments?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) & (b) The protected monuments are taken care regularly by attending essential conservation work and no such specific impact attributable to climatic change and air pollution in Gujarat has been noticed.
- (c) & The area around protected monuments has been declared as prohibited area up to 100  meters  and  regulated  area  for  further  200  meters.  All  such  controls  for
- (d) construction  around  monuments  are  strictly  exercised  with  these  provisions  in AMASR (Amendment & Validation) Act 2010. In addition environmental guidelines also imposes restrictions for setting up of industries near monuments.
Lok Sabha Question No. 899 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Fake Skill Institutes under PMKVY
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 899 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## FAKE SKILL INSTITUTES UNDER PMKVY

## 899. SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

## WILL the MINISTER of SKILL DEVELOPMENT and ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government has received any report regarding functioning of fake skill institutes in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and whether the Government has also constituted any team to  monitor  the  functioning  of  skill  institutes  functioning  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY); and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  actions  taken  by  the  Government  to  ensure  the effective implementation of PMKVY?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI ANANTKUMAR HEGDE)

(a) to (c) Under PMKVY 2016-20, accreditation, affiliation  and continuous monitoring of  the  Training  Centres  (TC)  are  being  done  through  a  single  window  IT  application SMART for imparting skill development training. As on 10.07.2018, about 7,213 TCs are operational under short term training of PMKVY 2016-20.

Ministry  has  been  taking  stern  actions  against  fake/fraud  agencies  misusing  the name  of PMKVY  by  lodging  FIR  for  preventing cheating of  candidates.  PMKVY empanelled  training  centres  are  monitored  through  various  methodologies  namely;  selfaudit reporting, call validations, surprise visits and monitoring through the Skills Development Management System (SDMS), SMART, AEBAS, social media platform, etc.

Under the scheme, PMKVY Monitoring Committee review and formulate framework on the critical cases related to monitoring issues of the stakeholders. Also, the Committee has  formulated  penalty  grid  (approved  by  Steering  Committee  for  PMKVY)  for  taking action against erring / non compliant training centres / stakeholders. Based on the penalty grid,  National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC),  implementing  agency  of  PMKVY under MSDE, has suspended training centers for noncompliance of PMKVY guidelines on multiple parameters and periodically publish the list on PMKVY official website.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 898 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: No Detention Policy in Schools
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: OM PRAKASH YADAV, RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 898 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd  July, 2018

## No Detention Policy in Schools

## †898. SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV: SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  review  No  Detention  Policy  upto  8th class and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (b) whether such scheme is likely to be introduced in all the States and if so, the
- details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

- (a) to  (b):  In  pursuance  of  a  resolution  adopted  in  the  59th  meeting  of  the
- Central  Advisory  Board  of  Education  (CABE)  held  on  6th  June,  2012,  a Sub-Committee  was  constituted  for  assessment  of implementation  of Continuous  and  Comprehensive  Evaluation  (CCE)  in  the  context  of  NoDetention  provision  in  the  RTE  Act,  2009.    The  report  of  the  SubCommittee was placed before  CABE in its  meeting  held  on  19 th August, 2015, wherein it was decided to request all States and UTs to share their views  on  the  No-Detention  policy.    Another  sub-committee  under  the

chairpersonship  of  Minister  of  Education,  Government  of  Rajasthan  was constituted  on  26 th October,  2015,  inter-alia,  to  review  the  feedback received from States and UTs on the 'No-Detention' Policy. 28 States have shared their views on the No Detention policy out of which 22 States have suggested  modification  to  the  No  Detention  policy.  A  meeting  of  CABE was  held  on  25 th October,  2016,  where  it  was  decided  that  the  Central Government may bring in suitable amendment to the RTE Act, 2009.

The  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (Second Amendment) Bill, 2017 has been, accordingly, introduced in Lok Sabha on 11 th August, 2017 and has passed on 18 th July, 2018 to substitute section 16 of the Act so as to empower the appropriate Government to take a decision as to whether to hold back a child in the fifth class or in the eighth class or in both classes, or not to hold back a child in any class, till the completion of elementary education.  The Bill has been supported by the Parliamentary Standing Committee related to Human Resource Development in its Report laid on the table of the Parliament.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 897 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Research Activities
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 897 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## Research Activities

## 897. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA:

Will  the  Minister  of  HUMAN  RESOURCE  DEVELOPMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  decision  to  sign  Memorandum  of Understanding  (MoU)  with  top  universities  in  foreign  countries  with  Indian universities to have academic nexus and research activities;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to make migration of students from Indian universities to foreign universities  easy  and vice-versa to  have  higher
- education/ research pursuits?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

- (a)   to  (c):  It  has  always  been  the  endeavour  of  this  Ministry  to  encourage  the collaboration between Indian Educational Institutions and top Foreign Educational  Institutions.  Most  of  the  Educational  Institutions  in  India  are autonomous  in  nature  to  enter  into  collaborative  agreements  with  Foreign Educational  Institutions.  However,  this  Ministry  is  planning  to  launch  a programme  under  the  name  'Scheme  for  Promotion  of  Academic  and Research Collaboration (SPARC)', with the intention to boost academic and research  collaborations  by  way  of  signing  agreements/  Memorandum  of Understanding (MoU) between Indian Educational Institutions and top Foreign Educational Institutions. At present, the SPARC proposal is at nascent stage,

as the approvals of various stakeholders yet to be obtained. The migration of Indian students to foreign countries hugely depends on the rules/ regulations of  the  foreign  countries.  In  so  far  as  ease  of  mobility  of  foreign  students coming  to  India  is  concerned,  this  Ministry  has  launched  'Study  in  India' Programme for attracting  foreign  students  and  making  India  an  Educational hub,  thereby,  increase  the  international  ranking  of  Indian  Institutions.  Under this  Programme,  a  one  stop  portal  has  been  developed  for  facilitating admission to the foreign students and also providing Visa Facilitation.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 894 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Shortage of Raw Material for Steel Sector
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.894 FOR ANSWER ON 23/07/2018

## SHORTAGE OF RAW MATERIAL FOR STEEL SECTOR

## 894. SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Steel sector is facing an acute shortage of raw material like iron ore  and  coal  resulting  in  increased  cheaper  steel  imports  from  the  international market;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

(c) the quantity of iron ore supplied by National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) to  the  domestic  Steel  sector  during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the current year; and

(d) the corrective steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to ensure dequate supply of the said raw material to the domestic Steel sector for increasing domestic  production  and  by  resolving  the  issues  which  led  to  ban  on  mining operation in Odisha, Karnataka, Jharkhand and Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR STEEL

(SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI)

(a)&(b): The production of iron ore is sufficient to meet the current demand/consumption of iron ore by domestic steel industry. However, due to limited production of coking coal in the country and also due to its low quality, domestic steel industry has to depend upon imported coking coal to fulfill its requirement. There is no  reported  information  of  increase  in  cheaper  steel  import  from  the  international market due to shortage of raw material.

(c) The production and domestic sale of iron ore by National Mineral Development Corporation (NMDC) for the last three years and current year is as under:-

## (in Million Tonnes)

| Period                   |   Production |   Domestic Sale |
|--------------------------|--------------|-----------------|
| FY 2015-16               |         28.5 |            27.7 |
| FY 2016-17               |         34   |            32.9 |
| FY 2017-18               |         35.5 |            33.5 |
| FY 2018-19 (April-June)* |          6.9 |             6.9 |

* Provisional.

(d) Government has enacted the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Amendment Act, 2015 and Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 to boost the growth of mineral sector.

In order to ensure  availability of iron ore for domestic  steel industry, Government  has  imposed  export  duty  of  30%  on  all  forms  of  iron  ore  except  low grade (below 58%) iron ore (lump & fines) which have nil export duty.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 893 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: World Gold Council Vision, 2020
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 893 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd  JULY,2018

## WORLD GOLD COUNCIL VISION, 2020

## 893.   SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वाͨणÏय एवं उɮयोग मंğी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  World  Gold  Council  Vision,  2020  has  projected  that  Indian  Gold Industry  will  transform  the  country  into  the  world  jeweller  by  increasing  gold jewellery exports five folds and doubling employment in the sector;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Vision has also advised India  to  create a  Gold  tourism  circuit  in  the country  to  attract  foreign  as  well  as  domestic  customers  for  handicrafts  gold jewellery;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to boost the production and export of handicrafts jewellery?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a)  to (d)    World  Gold  Council  has  not  presented  any  Paper/Report  to  the Government with regard to gold jewellery exports.
- (e) With  a  view  to  promote  the  Gems  and  Jewellery  sector  including handicrafts jewellery, Government has taken a number of steps such as setting up  of  Common  Facility  Centres  for  gem  and  jewellery  sector;  amendment  of wastage and value addition norms for gems and jewellery items; and providing financial assistance for participation in international fairs, organizing buyer-seller meets, creation of export related infrastructure, etc. under various schemes of the Department of Commerce.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 890 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Restoration of Kalinjar Fort
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 890 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## Restoration of Kalinjar Fort

## † 890 SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA:

Will the  Minister  of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has allocated funds for development and maintenance of Kalinjar Fort in Banda district of Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the development work of the fort has not yet been started;
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the time by which the said work is likely to be started along with the time limit set for the completion of the work?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE.

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) Yes Madam. Adequate funds are allocated for conservation of Kalinjar Fort. The
- & allocation for the current financial year is Rs. 53,50,000/-

(b)

- (c) Conservation work of protected monuments including Kalinjar Fort is a
- to continuous  process  where  essential  repair  and  maintenance  work  is  attended
- (e) regularly as per the requirements of the site and availability of resources.
Lok Sabha Question No. 889 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Sound and Multi-media Show in Shipra River
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: CHINTAMANI MALVIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†889 ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## SOUND AND MULTI-MEDIA SHOW IN SHIPRA RIVER

†889. PROF. CHINTAMANI MALVIYA:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  organize  light and sound multimedia show in Shipra river to promote tourism in Ujjain;
- (b) if so, the details along with its present Status thereof; (c) whether the Government has allocated any funds for the said project and if so, the details thereof; and (d) the time by which the above project is likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI K.J. ALPHONS)

(a): The Ministry has not received any proposal from Government of  Madhya Pradesh for development of light and sound multimedia show in Shipra river to promote tourism in Ujjain.

(b) to (d): Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 886 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Krishna-Godavari Basin
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.886 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd  JULY, 2018

## Krishna-Godavari Basin

## 886.   SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN:

पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

## Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a)      whether ONGC has received environmental clearance for drilling five wells in the Krishna-Godavari (KG) basin off Andhra coast at an estimated cost of 217 crores to explore shale gas and oil;
- (b)     if so, the details thereof;
- (c)    whether ONGC has been exploring off Andhra coast in KG basin for the last 35 years drilling as many as 65 small-to medium hydrocarbon fields; and
- (d)    if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्रािय में मंत्री ( प्रााप्र ामेर्मध ीी )

## MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) Yes,  Madam.
- (b) Oil and Natural Gas Corporation (ONGC) Limited has received the Environmental Clearance from Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for drilling of 5 wells  to  explore  shale  oil/shale  gas  in  KG  basin  in  Andhra  Pradesh  and  the  total estimated cost of drilling of five wells is ` 217crore.Details are as under:-
- (c) & (d) ONGC drilled its first well, G-1, in KG offshore in 1980. ONGC has so far made 45 discoveries and also holds 13 discoveries made by earlier operator in KG basin.

| Well    | Name of PML Block   | Target Depth (in meter)   |   Estimated Cost ( ` crore) |
|---------|---------------------|---------------------------|-----------------------------|
| WG-SG-A | West Godavari       | 3300                      |                          35 |
| MA-SG-A | Mahadevapatnam      | 4300                      |                          46 |
| MD-SG-A | Mandapeta           | 4000                      |                          44 |
| BT-SG-A | Bantumilli Extn     | 4200                      |                          45 |
| SU-SG-A | Suryaraopeta        | 4400                      |                          47 |
|         |                     | Total Cost                |                         217 |
Lok Sabha Question No. 885 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Scholarship Scheme
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 885 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.07.2018

## Scholarship Scheme

## 885. DR. BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  scholarship  scheme  for  top  two thousand  Joint  Entrance  Examination  (JEE)  rank  holders  at  National Institutes  of  Technology  (NITs)  has  been  scrapped  due  to  funds  crunch and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the students are demanding for restoring the scholarship scheme and the Standing Committee of the Council of NITs is not acceding to their genuine request and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Ministry  proposes  to  intervene  and  restore  scholarship scheme; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (DR. SATYA PAL SINGH)

(a) to (d): Though,  the  Standing  Committee  of  the  Council  of  the  National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research has recommended to scrap the merit scholarship scheme for admissions in NITs, but it has not been implemented in 2017-2018.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 884 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-23
Subject: Ranking of Kendriya Vidyalayas
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: R. GOPALAKRISHNAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 884 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.7.2018

## RANKING OF KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS 884. SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

- Will  the  Minister  of  HUMAN  RESOURCE  DEVELOPMENT  be  pleased  to state: (a) whether the Government has planned for ranking of Kendriya Vidyalayas in the country; (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; (c) whether such ranking has already been done ; and (d) if so, the outcome  thereof along with the criterion laid down  for such grading/ranking of schools?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA)

- (a) No  such  proposal  is  under  consideration  at  present  to  rank  the  Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs).
- (b) Does not arise.
- (c) There have been no initiatives in the past as well for ranking of the KVs.
- (d) Does not arise.
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