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Lok Sabha Question No. 349 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Discrepancies/Loopholes in Anti-corruption Laws and Rules
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Ranjeeta Koli

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 349

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020)

## DISCREPANCIES/LOOPHOLES IN ANTI-CORRUPTION LAWS AND RULES

## †*349. SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  received  complaints  of  discrepancies/loopholes  in  anticorruption laws and rules due to which awarding punishment to the people involved in corruption is delayed;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  during  the  last  three  years  along  with  the  reaction  of  the Government thereto; and
- (c) the extent to which success has been achieved in the efforts made by the Government to remove the said discrepancies/loopholes during the last three years?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE PARTS (A) TO (C) OF THE LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  349  FOR  ANSWER  ON  18.03.2020  RAISED  BY SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI, MP REGARDING DISCREPANCIES/LOOPHOLES IN ANTI-CORRUPTION LAWS AND RULES

(a) to (c): The Government has not received any specific complaints as regards discrepancies/loopholes in anti-corruption laws and rules due to which awarding punishment to the people involved in corruption is delayed. However, the cases challenging the amendments to the substantive law i.e., the Prevention of Corruption (PC) Act, 1988, as amended in July, 2018, are subjudice before the Apex Court and several High Courts.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 348 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Capacity Utilisation in Cement Industry
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO. 348.

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE  18 TH   MARCH, 2020.

## CAPACITY UTILISATION IN CEMENT INDUSTRY

## *348.  SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether there is a huge gap between installed capacity and actual production in the cement industry in the country;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the  details  of  the  installed  capacity  and  actual  production  of  cement  in  the country during the last three years;
- (d) whether there has been a continuous decline in the demand for cement in the country during the last three years; and
- (e) if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री (श्री पीयूष गोयल) THE MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 348 FOR ANSWER ON 18.03.2020.

- (a) to (c): Cement Industry  has    been  de-controlled  in 1989 and  de-licensed  in 1991 under the policy of economic liberalization. Decisions of installation  of  new  plants  are  taken  by  the  industry  based  on  market demand. The details of installed capacity and cement production during the last three years are as follows:

| Year    |   Installed Capacity (in Million Tonnes) |   Annual Production (in Million Tonnes) |
|---------|------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 2016-17 |                                      445 |                                     279 |
| 2017-18 |                                      509 |                                     299 |
| 2018-19 |                                      537 |                                     337 |

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(d) & (e):

No, Sir.
Lok Sabha Question No. 344 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Construction of Imphal-Tupul-Jiribam Railway Project
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ranjan Singh Rajkumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 344 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## CONSTRUCTION OF IMPHAL-TUPUL-JIRIBAM RAILWAY PROJECT

*344. DR. RAJKUMAR RANJAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Ministry has initiated necessary measures to neutralise all kinds of disturbances/hindrances in the construction of Imphal-Tupul-Jiribam railway project to meet the deadline;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  Engineering  Procurement  and  Construction  (EPC)  mode along  with  Project  Management  Consultancy  (PMC)  has  been/is proposed to be made  mandatory  for Imphal-Jiribam railway project; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (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 STARRED QUESTION  NO.  344  BY  DR.  RAJKUMAR  RANJAN  SINGH  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 18.03.2020 REGARDING CONSTRUCTION OF IMPHAL-TUPUL-JIRIBAM RAILWAY PROJECT

(a) and (b):    Yes, Sir.  Necessary measures have been taken to address the law and order problem in the project area of Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new line in the State of Manipur.  About three Battalions of para-military forces have been deployed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of  India  and  State  Government  of  Manipur.    Further,  one  Battalion  of Territorial Army (TA) has been deployed by the Ministry of Defence at 38 security camps in the project area.

Of  the  19  weak  Bailey  bridges  on  the  feeder  road  i.e.  National Highway-37, with severe restrictions of load and speed, which adversely affected the movement of men, materials and security forces to  work  sites,    14  have  been  re-built  with  the  close  coordination  of Border  Roads  Organization  (BRO),  State  Government  of  Manipur  and National Highway Authority of India (NHAI).  Work of rebuilding of 2 of the remaining 5 bridges has been taken up.

(c)  and  (d):      This  is  an  ongoing  project  and  major  contracts  of  the project  were  already  awarded  during  2008  to  2016.    Overall  physical progress  of  the  project  is  about  80%.    There  is  no  proposal  to  make Engineering Procurement and Construction (EPC) and Project Management  Consultancy  (PMC)  Contract  mandatory  for  the  ongoing project.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 341 (STARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Coal based Industries
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Gomati Sai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*341

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## Coal based Industries

## *341.SHRIMATI GOMATI SAI:

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

- (a)  the  total  number  of  coal  based  industries  currently  closed  down  in Raigarh district due to the shortage of coal;
- (b) the amount of revenue loss due to closure of these industries; and
- (c) whether there is any plan to make these industries operational again and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COAL, MINES AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

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

Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No.341 for answer on 18.03.2020 asked by SHRIMATI GOMATI SAI:

(a)  to  (c)  : Coal  supply  is  regularly  made  by  Mahanadi  Coalfields  Limited (MCL)  and  South  Eastern  Coalfields  Limited  (SECL)  through Fuel  Supply Agreement  (FSA)  and  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  to 41  coal based industries at Raigarh district. MCL and SECL do not have any report of any of these industries, which have FSA/MoU with these coal companies, closing down due to coal shortage.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4140 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Mining by China
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kunar Hembram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4140 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## MINING BY CHINA

## † 4140. SHRI KUNAR HEMBRAM:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether China is conducting any mining activity near Arunachal Pradesh border;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether India has raised this matter with Chinese Officials; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

- (a) to (d) No such activity has been carried out by China inside the territory of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Government keeps a constant watch on all developments having a bearing on India's security and takes all necessary measures to safeguard it.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4139 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Expert Committee on Poverty Line
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Nalin Kumar Kateel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4139 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## EXPERT COMMITTEE ON POVERTY LINE

## 4139.   SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it  is  true  that  the  Task  Force  on  Elimination  of  Poverty  in  India  constituted  by NITI  Aayog  has  recommended  to  set  up  an  expert  committee  to  study  the  number  of persons living below poverty line in India;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  considered  the  said  recommendation  to  from  an  expert committee to decide the methodology to find out the actual poverty line in the country; and
- (d) if so, the response of the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) to  (d)  Pursuant  to  the  decision  taken  in  the  first  meeting  of  the  Governing  Council  of NITI Aayog held under the Chairmanship of Hon'ble Prime Minister on 8 th February, 2015, a Task Force on Elimination of Poverty in India was constituted by NITI Aayog on 16 th March,  2015  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Dr.  Arvind  Panagariya,  former  Vice Chairman, NITI Aayog. The report of the Task Force was submitted to Prime Minister's Office on 11 th July, 2016. The Terms of Reference for the Task Force inter alia included to  'Develop  a  working  definition  of  poverty'.  The  report  of  the  Task  Force  primarily focuses  on  issues  of  measurement  of  poverty  and  strategies  to  combat  poverty. Regarding estimation of poverty, the report of the Task Force states that 'a consensus in favour of either the Tendulkar or a higher poverty line did not emerge. Therefore, the Task Force has concluded that the matter be considered in greater depth by the country's top experts on poverty before a final decision is made. Accordingly, it is recommended that an expert committee be set up to arrive at an informed decision on the level at which the poverty line should be set.' The Report of the Task Force is under consideration of the Government.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4138 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Coal Production
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Gaurav Gogoi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MNISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4138 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## Coal Production

## 4138. SHRI GAURAV GOGOI :

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether State-owned Coal India will be able to produce 750 million tonnes of coal in the next financial year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there is a reason to believe that the Coal India might not be able to reach the slated target for the next financial year; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## Answer

## MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

(a)&(b) For financial year 2020-21, 710 Million Tonnes (MT) is the proposed coal production target of Coal India Limited (CIL).

(c)&(d)  CIL has been directed to make all efforts to achieve this target. In order to  enhance  coal  production,  Coal  India  Limited  (CIL)  has  taken  the  following steps:

-  CIL  and  its  subsidiaries  have  planned  and  implemented  higher  capacity mega mines (Capacity>10MTY) with high mechanization. CIL has identified mines/projects for further capacity expansion plan till 2030.
-  Portal based monitoring of on-going projects to ensure timely completion of projects.
-  Introduction of Surface Miners in opencast mines to improve operational efficiency and cater to environmental needs. During 2018-19, around 50% of the opencast coal production in CIL was through Surface miners.
-  Introduction of Mass Production Technology in underground coal mines: 2 mines  are  worked  with  Powered  Support  Longwall  technology  and  11 mines are worked with Continuous Miner technology.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4137 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: New Train
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Arjunlal Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4137 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## NEW TRAIN

†4137.  SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Governments proposes to start any new train from city railway  station  of  district  Udaipur  of  Rajasthan  to  Kanyakumari via Kota and Bengaluru;
- (b) if so, the time by which the said train is likely to be started; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (c) Owing to operational constraints including terminal constraints  at  Kanyakumari,  at  present  there  is  no  proposal  to introduce  a  new  train  between  Udaipur  and  Kanyakumari.  However, introduction  of  trains  is  an  ongoing  process  on  Indian  Railways, subject  to traffic justification,  operational  feasibility,  commercial validity, availability of resources, etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4135 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Monitoring of MPLAD Funds
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Feroze Varun Gandhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4135 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## MONITORING OF MPLAD FUNDS

## 4135.SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has in place any monitoring framework for spending of funds under MPLADS;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  conducts  any  regular  checks  for inspection of works done under MPLAD funds and has it found any irregularities in this regard;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e)  the  challenges  faced  by  the  Government  in  regular  monitoring and evaluation of expenditure under MPLAD funds?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION  AND  MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a)  to  (e)  The  Members  of  Parliament  Local  Area  Development Scheme (MPLADS) Guidelines provides for inspection of all works by the  implementing  agencies  while  the  State  Nodal  Departments  as well as the District Authorities are mandated to inspect the works on a sample  basis  every  year. The  district authority is also responsible  for  inspection  of  all  works  executed  by/  for  societies/ trusts.

The Ministryconducts Annual Review Meeting with the Nodal Departments  of  all  the  State/  UT  Governments  to  discuss  the implementation  of  the  scheme.  Ministry  also  impresses  upon  the Nodal  Departments  of  the  State/  UT  Governments  to  convene Meetings  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Chief  Secretary  with  the District  Authorities  and  Members  of  Parliament  at  least  once  in  a year.  This  is  besides  the  quarterly  review  meeting  by  the  District Authorities  with  the  implementing  agencies  at  district  level  to review  the  progress  of  implementation  of  MPLAD  Scheme.The Ministry  has  also  developed  the  MPLADS portal to monitor various activities  of  MPLAD  scheme  at  District  level  which  also  includes spending of funds under MPLADS.

In case of any irregularities/ violation of provisions of guidelines,  the  Ministry  refers  the  matter  to  concerned  State/  UT Governments for taking appropriate action as per the State specific financial, administrative and technical rules.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4133 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Secret Voting
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Deepak Baij

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4133 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## SECRET VOTING

†4133. SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Railways  grants  recognition  to  railway  unions through secret voting;
- (b) if so, the number of times when such secret votings took place to grant recognition to labour unions in Indian Railways along with the term/period of the same;
- (c) whether the term of unions previously elected through secret voting has been completed or not;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the process for announcing dates for the new secret voting has been initiated; and
- (f) whether  the  Ministry  is  considering  to  do  away  with  the process of secret voting?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.4133  BY  SHRI  DEEPAK  BAIJ  TO  BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  18.03.2020  REGARDING  SECRET VOTING.

(a): Yes, Sir.

(b) to (d): Secret Ballot Election for recognition of Trade Unions on Zonal Railways was held for the first time in the year, 2007 and this exercise was repeated in 2013.  As per Final Modalities for holding of  Secret  Ballot  Election,  recognition  of  Trade  Unions  on  a  Zonal Railway shall normally be valid for six years from the date of grant of  recognition  by  the  General  Manager  of  the  Zonal  Railway. However, the existing recognized Trade Unions continue to remain recognized till a fresh election process is completed.

(e)  and (f): The process of holding next Secret Ballot Elections for recognition  of  Trade  Unions  on  Zonal  Railways  has  been  initiated and  the  Modalities  for  such  Secret  Ballot  Elections  have  been notified.    The  date(s)  for  holding  such  Secret  Ballot  Elections  are yet to be finalized.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4124 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Migration from India
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4124 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## MIGRATION FROM INDIA

## 4124.   SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR:

Will the Minister for EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether migration among Indian citizens have registered an increase over the last few years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years; and
- (c) the present status regarding granting of dual citizenship to these overseas Indians?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

(a)&(b) The Government of India does not maintain data on Indian citizens going abroad for migration.  Many countries do not share data, including with Indian Missions abroad, on the number of migrants of Indian origin in their respective countries, citing data privacy and other laws.

The Bureau of Immigration, Government of India, records the number of Indians who had gone abroad for employment.  The data for the last three years is as follows:

|     |   Year | No of Indians Departed on Employment Visa   |
|-----|--------|---------------------------------------------|
|     |   2017 | 34,72,494                                   |
| (c) |   2018 | 28,10,789                                   |
|     |   2019 | 25,43,577                                   |

Government   of India rules do not permit dual citizenship. Section 9 of the Citizenship Act 1955 states that   "Any   citizen   of   India   who   by   naturalization,   registration   or   otherwise, voluntarily acquires or acquired the citizenship of another country, shall upon such acquisition cease to be a citizen of India."

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4120 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Expert Committee on Cantonments
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4120

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th  March, 2020

## EXPERT COMMITTEE ON CANTONMENTS

4120. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

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

- (a)  whether  the  expert  committee  set  up  to  analyse  the  problems  faced  by  people living in cantonment regions has submitted its report;
- (b) if so, the details and the salient features thereof;
- (c) the steps undertaken, if any, by the Government to implement the recommendations of the report; and
- (d) whether the Government has any proposal to provide financial assistance for the welfare of the civilians residing in cantonment area and if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

रक्षा राज्य मंत्री

( श्री श्रीपाद नाईक )

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- (a) & (b):  Yes, Sir.  The committee has submitted its report on the following:
1. Democratizing the governance structure of Cantonment Boards;
2.  Building Bye-Laws and Floor Space Index;
3.  Cantonment Board Finances;
4.  Land Tenures and their Management;
5.  Service Charges;
6.  Smart Cantonments;

(c)  Following steps have been undertaken to implement the recommendations of the report:

1.  The  Ministry  vide  its  order  dated  10.12.2019  has  defined  the  'repairs'  of building  in  Cantonment  areas  which  will  not  require  notice  for  sanction  of erection or   re-erection under Section 235 of Cantonment Act, 2006.

2.  Necessary  directions  to  all  the  Cantonment  Boards  have  been  issued  on 07.11.2019  regarding  construction  of  w.c/toilet  in  authorised  tenements  in Cantonment areas.

3.    The  Ministry  vide  its  letter  dated  23.12.2019  has  issued  advisory  to  all Cantonment  Boards  to  constitute  three  more  Committees  viz.  the  Finance Committee, Education Committee and the Health & Environment Committee under  section  48(e)  of  the  Cantonment  Act,  2006  and  also  advised  all Cantonment Boards to suitably amend their Business Regulations for constitution of said Committee consistent with the Composition, and delegate roles & responsibilities and functions suggested by the Government.

(d)    With  respect  to  Central  Government  Schemes  relating  to  development  of infrastructure  and  social  welfare  in  Cantonment  areas,  Ministry  has  taken  up  the matter  with  all  concerned  nodal  Ministries  and  State  Governments  to  issue  suitable instruction  to  institutionalize  implementation  of  Centrally  Sponsored  Schemes  in Cantonment areas.

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