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Lok Sabha Question No. 4506 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Monitoring of Air Pollution
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4506

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2019

## Monitoring of Air Pollution

## 4506. DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  review  the  existing  policy  for  monitoring  air pollution in the country; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) & (b) The Central Government has taken a number of regulatory measures for monitoring of air pollution in the country. These include-
-  Augmentation of monitoring network for assessment of ambient air quality. Under National Clean Air Program (NCAP), the manual monitoring stations under National Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Program (NAMP) would be increased to 1500 and Continuous Ambient Air Quality Monitoring Stations to be increased by 150 by 2024.
-  Presently, ambient air quality is being monitored at 779 locations covering 339 cities in 29 States  &  6  Union  Territories  across  the  country  under  National  Air  Quality  Monitoring Programme (NAMP). Further, real time monitoring is taking place at 170 locations in 102 cities in 18 States/UTs.
-  Notification of National Ambient Air Quality Standards.
-  Launch of National Air Quality Index.
-  Implementation  of  Air  Quality  Early  Warning  System  for  Delhi  in  October,  2018  in association with Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4504 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Installation of Environment Devices
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Manish Tewari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 4504

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2019

## Installation of Environment Devices

## 4504.  SHRI MANISH TEWARI:

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

- (a) whether the  Government has mandated any  environment  devices to be mandatorily installed at Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant in Ropar and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the purpose of these devices along with the estimated cost of installing them;
- (c) whether the Government is aware that the cost of installing these devices could lead to the shutting down of the plant and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  look  after  the  welfare  of  workers  and  their families who would be rendered without any means of livelihood as a consequence of closure of the Plant; and
- (e) if so , the details thereof;

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) Yes  Sir.  The  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  vide  Orders  dated  06 th April, 2018 and 25 th June, 2019 directed M/s Punjab State Power Corporation Ltd. to retrofit  or  install  Electrostatic  Precipitator,  Flue-gas  De-sulphurisation  Unit, low NOX burners & Over Fire Air systems and install Cooling Tower Systems in the Guru Gobind Singh Super Thermal Power Plant (GGSSTP), Roopnagar, Punjab by 31 st December, 2019 and 30 th June, 2022, respectively.
- (b) The  purpose  of  directing  to  the  install  above  mentioned  pollution  control devices  is  to  meet  the  revised  flue-gas  emission  norms  and  specific  water consumption as mandated vide Ministry's Notification no.S.O.3305(E) dated 7 th December, 2015. The estimated cost of installing Flue gas Desulphurisation Unit at GGSSTP is Rs.122 Crores.
- (c) As  per  the  CEA's  assessment,  the  estimated  cost  for  compliance  of  new emission norms at about 0.73 crore per MW may not lead to shutting down of plants.  In  fact,  the  implementation  of  new  emission  norms  will  lead  to reduction of emission of Particulate Matter (PM), Sulphur Di-oxide (SO2) and Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX) by 40%, 48% & 48% respectively which will in turn, improve air quality in and around the thermal power plant.
- (d)&(e) The installation of new pollution control equipment will not lead to closure of plant, so there will be no effect on workers and their families.
Lok Sabha Question No. 4503 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Salt Water Lake
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: Prataprao  Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4503

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, JULY 19, 2019

## SALT WATER LAKE

## 4503. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

## Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Lonar Lake in Buldhana Constituency, Maharashtra is the second biggest salt water lake in the world, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  taken/proposes  to  take  any  step  for  the extensive study of this lake; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a) Yes  Sir.  Lonar  Lake  is  known  as  Crater  Lake  created  by  the  impact  of meteorite  during  the  geological  time  scale  of  Pleistocene  age  (57,000 years ago). It is formed within Deccan Traps a huge basaltic formation in India.  The  crater  is  oval  shape  and  the  water  in  the  lake  is  saline  and alkaline (carbonate water). The mean diameter is 1.2 km with an average depth of 137m. It is one of the four hyper velocity impact craters created in basaltic  rock  anywhere  on  Earth.  Lonar  Lake  faces  anthropogenic  and environmental problems.
- (b) Yes Sir.
- (c) The  Geological  Survey  of  India  (GSI)  and  Physical  Research  Laboratory (PRL), Ahmedabad  have  carried out some  studies. A recent study conducted  by  IIT  Bombay  has  revealed  that  the  soil  has  very  similar minerals as found in moon rock.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 4500 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Value Addition in Textile
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Pinaki Misra

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4500 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.7.2019

## VALUE ADDITION IN TEXTILE

## 4500.   SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether by way of value addition in textile chain from seed cotton processing to garment production under the same roof will create opportunity for farmers greater involvement and the community benefiting by maximum manpower utilization, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government will consider sending teams of experts to such cotton producing areas to study the possibility and feasibility to implement such textile chain for the benefit of the farmers; and
- (c) if so, the time by which the Government proposes to send such teams of experts for field survey?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER वस्त्र मंरी ( श्रीमती स्त्म ृ तत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a): Cotton is primarily an agricultural produce. Post harvesting of Cotton and having reached to the Ginning and Pressing factories, the processed Cotton becomes industrial raw material for the Textile Mills.  Farmer sells  seed  cotton  to  Ginning  &  Pressing  factories  and  his  role  ends  there. Ginning & Pressing is a separate entity in textile value chain and is well established in the country. Textile value chain is divided into different segments i.e., Ginning & Pressing, Spinning, Fabric production  (weaving/  knitting),  chemical  processing,  garmenting.  Value  addition  takes  place  in each stages of textile value chain. Each segment of textile value chain is well established in the country.  However,  some  composite  mills  in  the  country  have combined  spinning,  fabric production, chemical processing facilities but the bulk of industry is segmented.
- (b) & (c): There is no such proposal.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4498 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Grant-in-Aid for Research
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Kapil Moreshwar Patil

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4498 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH JULY, 2019

## GRANT - IN - AID FOR RESEARCH

## 4498. SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

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

- (a) the number of private hospitals in the country which have been given recognition as r centres and being provided grant - in - aid for research;
- (b) whether the Government has been monitoring such research;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a)to(d): The Department of Science & Technology has not given recognition to the private hospitals, as research centres.

However, Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR) has provided grants for research the health services areas to 45 Private Hospitals/Research Institutes during past Five y monitoring in these cases is done by Project Review Committees.
Lok Sabha Question No. 4496 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Paediatric Hospital
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Dileshwar Kamait

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4496 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH JULY, 2019

## PAEDIATRIC HOSPITAL

## 4496. SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to establish a fully equipped special hospital especi children near Muzaffarpur in view of impact of Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES) every y and if so, the details there of;
- (b) whether any consideration was made on such proposals earlier;
- (c) if so, the updated status thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to take quick decision regarding setting up a paed hospital equipped with full facilities in view of the graveness of the situation; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in thi s regard?

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

- (a) to (e): The Government of India provides regular financial and technical support to State  Governments  under  National  Health  Mission  ( NHM)  and  various  other  Tertiary  sector schemes. The State Governments submit proposals for availing such support from the Cent Government.

During  his  visit  on  16.06.2019  to  Muzaffarpur,  Bihar,  the  Union  Health  and  Fam Welfare Minister announced sett ing up of a 100 bedded P iat ric Intensive Care Unit (P -ICU) at Shrikrishna Medical College & Hospital, Muzaffarpur by the State Government with funds from the Central Government under NHM. However, no proposal has so far been received from Sta Governmen t of Bihar .
Lok Sabha Question No. 4493 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Increasing the Time Duration of Regional Languages News Bulletins
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4493

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2019)

INCREASING THE TIME DURATION OF REGIONAL LANGUAGES NEWS BULLETINS

## 4493. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will  the  Minister  of  INFORMATION  AND  BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- the various steps taken by the Government in pursuance to a direction to increase time allocated to news bulletins on radio broadcast and TV telecast in regional languages through  Akashvani  and  Doordarshan  and  to  improve  the
- (a) same;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to promote broadcasting/telecasting  of  such  bulletins  to  give  more importance to various regional languages of the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE; AND MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR) (a) to  (d):  Prasar  Bharati  has  taken  number  of  steps  to increase the time allocated to news and current affair content on its various Regional Doordarsan Channels, and for increase of  bulletins/Highlights  on  Radio.    Prasar  Bharati  broadcasts 607 news bulletins daily in 92 Indian languages/local dialects and some foreign language on its AIR network. All  the  regional  content  is  accessible  through  the  Prasar Bharati  Global  Digital  Platform  NewsOnAir,  on  more  than  70 YouTube channels and the websites of DD, AIR, AIR News and DD News. Besides,  more  than  250  social  media  handles  have  been activated by Prasar Bharati for real time updates through the day of news and current affairs in several languages from the various Kendras and Stations.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4492 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Quality of Water in Rivers
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Shankar Lalwani

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4492

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2019

## Quality of Water in Rivers

4492. SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI

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

- (a) the number  of  centres set up in  Madhya  Pradesh  under  National  River Conservation  Plan  to  test  the  quality  of  water  in  rivers  indicating  the  number  of operational centres; and
- (b) the efforts being made by these centres to maintain the quality of water in rivers?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a)  and  (b)) Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  in  collaboration  with  the  State Pollution  Control  Boards  monitors  the  water  quality  of  aquatic  resources  across  the country through a network of 4022 monitoring stations under the National Water Quality Monitoring Programme, of which 2017 stations are on rivers including  158 locations in Madhya  Pradesh.  The  monitoring  data  of  CPCB  are  provided  to  this  Ministry  for assessment and taking projects of pollution abatement under National River Conservation Plan (NRCP).

To improve the water quality of rivers, this Ministry supplements the efforts of the State  Governments  by  providing  financial  assistance  for  taking  up  works  relating  to interception  &  diversion  of  raw  sewage,  laying  of  sewer  lines,  setting  up  of  sewage treatment plants, low cost sanitation facilities, improved wood  crematoria, river front/bathing  ghat  development,  etc.  Project  proposals  are  received  from  the  State

Governments from time to time for taking up pollution abatement works in towns along various  rivers,  and  are  considered  for  financial  assistance  under  the  National  River Conservation  Plan  (NRCP)  subject  to  their  conformity  with  the  scheme  guidelines, pollution  status,  prioritization,  appraisal  by  independent  institutions  and  availability  of Plan funds.

Under  NRCP,  total  26  schemes  have  been  sanctioned  at  a  cost  of  Rs.  20.16 crores in  6  different  towns  of  Madhya Pradesh State and Central funds  amounting to Rs.  12.46  crores  released  to  the  State  Government  for  implementation  of  pollution abatement works for rivers namely Tapi, Wainganga and Narmada. Sewage treatment capacity of 7.95 million litres per day has been created.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4491 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Textile Excellence Centre
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

## 4491. SHRI B.B. PATIL:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has any proposal to establish Textile Excellence Centres in different parts of the country, especially in Telangana;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons thereof?

## TEXTILE EXCELLENCE CENTRE

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंरी ( श्रीमती स्मृ तत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) to (c): The Government does not have any proposal to establish Textile Excellence Centres in the country, including Telangana. However, the Government has established eight Centers of Excellences (CoEs) for research and innovation in technical textiles as under:-

|   S.No. | Name of COEs                                             | Area     |   S.No. | Name of CoEs                                                 | Area       |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------|---------|--------------------------------------------------------------|------------|
|       1 | Bombay Textile Research Association, Mumbai              | Geotech  |       5 | DKTE Society's Textile and Engineering Institute, Kolhapur   | Non-Wovens |
|       2 | Synthetic & Art Silk Mills' Research Association, Mumbai | Agrotech |       6 | PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore                        | Indutech   |
|       3 | Northern India Textile Research Association, Ghaziabad   | Protech  |       7 | Ahmedabad Textile Industry's Research Association, Ahmedabad | Composites |
|       4 | South India Textile Research Association Coimbatore      | Meditech |       8 | Wool Research Association, Thane                             | Sportech   |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4490 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Studios of Akashvani and Doordarshan
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Bhagirath Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4490

## (TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2019)

## STUDIOS OF AKASHVANI AND DOORDARSHAN

## 4490. SHRI BHAGIRATH CHAUDHARY:

Will  the  Minister  of  INFORMATION  AND  BROADCASTING  be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the location where the stations of Akashvani and  Doordarshan  have  been  set  up  in  the  country,  Statewise;
- (b) whether the Government has prescribed any criteria to set up such studios, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  relay  stations  of  Akashvani  and  Doordarshan  are functional in Ajmer (Rajasthan) at present, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to set up new studio of Doordarshan and Akashvani in Ajmer (Rajasthan) in view of its historical, cultural and religious significance;
- (e) if so, the time by which it is likely to be set up; and
- (f) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE; AND MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a): Prasar Bharati has informed that  there are 479 Akashvani Stations across the country. The details of locations are available at http://prasarbharati.gov.in/pbcircular/Administration\_660472.pdf  .

There are 66 Studio Centres and 635 transmitters of Doordarshan across the country. State-wise details are available at http://prasarbharati.gov.in/pbcircular/Administration\_210200.pdf .

(b): Akashvani  Kendras  have  been  set-up  on  3  tier  system  of broadcasting,  namely  national,  regional  and  local  levels.  Radio stations with high power MW transmitter and major studios were set up for national & regional broadcasting in metro cities, state capitals  and  major  cities  of  the  states.    Similarly,  small  radio stations  having  FM  transmitter  or  1  kW  MW  transmitter  and studio were set up for providing coverage at local level and Relay station  have  been  set  up  for  relaying  programmes  of  other stations as per programme policy. Doordarshan  has  set  up  its  studios  in  the  capital  city  of states of the country, some of the Union Territories, major cities and backward regions. (c): There  is  a  functional  relay  centre  of  Akashvani  at  Ajmer (Rajasthan), comprising of 200 KW Medium Wave (MW) and 5 KW Frequency  Modulation  (FM)  transmitters.  In  addition,  two  high power transmitters of Doordarshan are functional at Ajmer. (d) to (f): Programmes  of  AIR  Jaipur  are  available  in  Ajmer through the functional  transmitter  set  up  at  Ajmer.  In  addition, DD  Rajasthan,  a  24X7  dedicated  satellite  channel  telecasts programmes/ news for every region of Rajasthan. There is no proposal to setup Doordarshan or Akashvani studios at Ajmer. *****
Lok Sabha Question No. 4489 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-19
Subject: Illegal Trees Cutting and Poaching of Wild Animals
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4489

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2019

## Illegal Trees Cutting and Poaching of Wild Animals

## 4489.  SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of large scale illegal cutting of trees and poaching of wild animals in Tadoba Tiger reserve;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  such  incidents  reported  in  the  last  one  year  and  the  number  of people arrested in such cases;
- (c) whether the Government plans to make stringent rules to stop illegal cutting of trees and poaching; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) & (b) As  per  information  received  from  the  State,  no  large  scale  illicit  felling  or poaching has been reported from the Tadoba-Andhari Tiger Reserve. Due to adequate protection  measures, 31 people have been arrested for incidents of illegal  felling  amounting  to  56  cubic  meters  besides  8  poaching  cases including 2 tigers during the last one year.
- (c) & (d) Illegal  felling  and  poaching  are  being  adequately  addressed  by  stringent provisions of the Wildlife (Protection) Act, 1972 as amended in 2006 and the Indian Forest Act, 1927.

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