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Lok Sabha Question No. 1723 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Football Clubs in ISL
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: PRASUN BANERJEE

## Government of India Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Department of Sports

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .

## 1723 TO BE ANSWERD ON 20.12.2018

## Football Clubs in ISL

1723. SHRI PRASUN BANERJEE: Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state: (a) whether the East Bengal and Mohun Bagan football clubs are likely to join Indian Super League (ISL); (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  reaction  of  the  Government thereto; (c) whether the Government proposes to take up the matter with ISL; and
2. (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS [COL . RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (RETD . )]

(a) to (d): Indian Super League (ISL) is a franchisee based league set up by All India Football Federation (AIFF) in conjunction with its marketing partners. The Government has no direct role in it. All the decisions with respect to participation in ISL are taken by the AIFF Executive Committee keeping in mind contractual obligations.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1721 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Blocking of NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there are several reports of demonstrators blocking National Highways (NHs);
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and National Highway-wise, for each of the past three years and the current year;
- (c) the action of the Government in this regard, State-wise and project-wise during this period;
- (d) the details of the legal provisions to deal with such cases; and
- (e) the steps taken/proposed by the Government to make such legal provisions more effective and to ensure smooth movement of traffic on the National Highways

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

- (a) to (e)  No such information is available with this Ministry as maintenance of Law & Order is a State subject.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1721

ANSWERED ON 20 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## BLOCKING OF NHs

## 1721. SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1718 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Solar Energy Storage
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1718

TO BE ANSWERED ON-20.12.2018

## SOLAR ENERGY STORAGE

1718. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:-

- (a) the present capacity of solar energy storage in the country;
- (b) whether the present capacity is enough to meet the storage requirement, especially on account of intermittent nature of renewable power generation and  if so, the details thereof ;and
- (c) the total fund allocated and spent in research for solar energy storage during the last four years?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (I/C) (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) The Solar Energy Corporation of India (SECI) has informed that as per market sources the present capacity of solar energy storage in the country is 750 kWh.
- (b) Absorption  of renewables  into the electrical grid is  presently  managed  through forecasting  and  scheduling  of  power  generation,  and  using  other  sources  of  energy  for balancing. Storage is an important component of the balancing requirement and its role is likely to increase with the increase in renewable energy.
- (c) Under the Ministry's Research and Development programme, during the last four years, projects worth Rs. 11.58 crore in the area of energy storage have been sanctioned and Rs. 4.82 crore has been released.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1716 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Flood Prone Airport
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1716 (To be answered on the 20th December 2018)

## FLOOD PRONE AIRPORT

## 1716. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- it is a fact that some airports in the country are low lying and flood prone;
- (c) whether Navi Mumbai International Airport is one of the faulty airport which is under construction; and
- (b) if s0, whether it is also a fact that due to technically   operational crisis the Government faces huge loss of emergency services as well as economic loss;
- (d) if the and guidelines of National Disaster   Management Authority to tackle and overcome the problems and correctian of risks therein ? plan

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a): Most of the airportslairstrips in India were constructed prior to independence especially during the World War-Il period: The airports are initially constructed developed on the land provided the concerned State growth of habitation around the airports and the unprecedented rains, some airports face drainage problems at times. by

(c) & (d) The Navi Mumbai airport is developed by CIDCO, Government of Maharashtra. No such issue has come to the notice of this Ministry. being

(b): Madam. Due to drainage problem, operations at the airports are sometimes hampered: Yes,
Lok Sabha Question No. 1715 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Sericulture in Chhattisgarh
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: KAMLA DEVI PATLE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1715 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2018

## SERICULTURE IN CHHATTISGARH

## 1715. SHRIMATI KAMLA DEVI PAATLE:

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

- a) whether  the  Government  allocated  funds  to  Chhattisgarh  to  promote  sericulture  in  the budget for 2018-19;
- b) if so, the details thereof;
- c) whether the Government proposes to implement more schemes for the development of sericulture in the country; and
- d) if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज्य मंरी ( श्री अजय टम्टा )

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI AJAY TAMTA)

(a) & (b): The  Government  of  India  through  Central  Silk  Board  is  implementing  a Central Sector Scheme 'Silk Samagra' under which an allocation of Rs. 9.50 crore has been made to the State of Chhattisgarh for the year 2018-19 for implementation of various critical beneficiary oriented components.

(c) & (d): For  the  development  of  sericulture  in  the  country,  under  'Silk  Samagra'  it mainly focuses on improving quality and productivity of domestic silk thereby reducing the country's dependence on imported silk. During the year 2017-18, under the scheme, Rs.80.49 crore  were released to different States towards support of beneficiaries for implementation of various  critical  components  under  'Silk  Samagra'.    Similarly,  during  the  year  2018-19, Rs.24.62  crore  has  been  released  to  different  States  for  implementation  of  sericulture component of 'Silk Samagra'. The funds released to the State Government for assisting the beneficiaries  include  activities  from  plantation  development  to  cocoon  production  with interventions  for  Silkworm  Rearing  House,  Rearing  Equipments,  Chawki  Rearing  Centres, Silk reeling and spinning, Capacity building and allied activity.

Under  North  East  Region  Textile  Promotion  Scheme  (NERTPS),  32  sericulture projects are being implemented viz., Integrated Sericulture Development Project (ISDP) and Intensive  Bivoltine  Sericulture  Development  Project  (IBSDP)  covering  Mulberry,  Eri  and Muga sectors in all North East States.  The projects aim at holistic development of sericulture in all its spheres from plantation development to production of fabrics with value addition at every  stage  of  production  chain.  These  projects  have  been  approved  at  a  total  cost  of  Rs. 992.05 crore with Government of India share of Rs. 849.03 crore for implementation from 2014-15 to 2020-21.  The projects are expected to contribute additional production of around 2,600  MT  raw  silk  during  the  project  period  and  1,200  MT  silk  per  annum  after  project period involving around 60,000 beneficiaries.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1713 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Rise in Newsprint Cost
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: RAM CHARITRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1713

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2018

## RISE IN NEWSPRINT COST

## 1713 . SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD :

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

- (a) whether the recent rise in newsprint cost could lower the operating margins of print media companies this fiscal by more than 400 basis point;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to provide all support to the print media to remain in force; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF

INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

## {COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)}

- (a) & (b) The Ministry of Commerce and Industry has informed that paper sector falls under  delicensed  category  of  industries.  As  such  the  Government  does  not  regulate  or control the prices of Newsprint, which are dependent purely on market forces. No study has been done by Government to assess the impact of prices of newsprint on operating margins of print media companies.
- (c) & (d) The proposals of print media sector for policy intervention of Government in various  areas  are  taken  up  with  concerned  Ministries/  Departments  form  time  to  time, whenever so required.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1712 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: VIP Protocol at Delhi Airport
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 8 1712 (To be answered on the 20th December 2018)

## VIP PROTOCOL AT DELHI AIRPORT

## 1712. DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha

- (2): As per provision of Operation, Management and Development Agreement (OMDA a ceremonia lounge for the use and comfort of designated guests adhering to the extent instructions relating to protocols and courtesies.
- (b): No Madam: DIAL is providing all requisite assistance to Hon'ble Members of Parliament through well appointed reserved lounges located at various terminal of IGI

(c) to (e): Does not arise in view of (b) above.

- (g): No Madam. However it was informed by DIAL that regular inspection audits are conducted by PF authorities from time to time.

(f: DIAL guest relation teams comprises of 40 officers and 90 attendants deployed in three shift at three terminals of the airport:

- (h) and (i): Does not arise in view of (g) above.

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be pleased to state:-

- (a): the name of the company entrusted with the responsibility f VIP protocoVlounge at Delhi Airport with the conditions under which this responsibility has been given; journey in Delhi on the pretext of shortage of staff; along
- (d): if the details thereof; SO,
- (c): if s0, whether the Government proposes to discontinue the services of the said company and to entrust this responsibility to any other company;
- (e): if not, the reasons therefor;
- (g): whether the Government proposes to inquire into the PF and other data of the said company;
- (f): the total number of employees working in the said company at present with the details thereof; post-wise; along
- (h): if the details thereof; and SO,
- (i): if not; the reasons therefor?
Lok Sabha Question No. 1710 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Power Generation
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1710

## TO BE ANSWERED ON-20.12.2018

## POWER GENERATION

## 1710. KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the electricity generated from wind, solar and other renewable power plants has reached the grid-parity with conventional electricity, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the total installed capacity of renewable power from the year 2014 to 2018;
- (c)  whether  the  Government has any plans to increase the target for wind, solar and other renewable power installations; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the new targets for renewable energy capacity addition?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (I/C) (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) The electricity generated through solar and wind power has reached grid-parity in the recent bids. For solar power, the lowest tariff discovered has been Rs 2.44/kWh at Badla and for wind power the lowest  tariff  discovered  has  been  Rs  2.43/kWh  in  Gujarat.  As  per  Central  Electricity  Regulatory Commission's (CERC) Tariff Order for the year 2018-19, the levellised tariff for small hydro power is in the range of Rs 4.32/KWh to Rs 6.05/kWh and for Biomass power projects, it is in the range from Rs 7.22/kWh to Rs 8.64/kWh.
- (b) A total of 37.83 GW of renewable energy capacity has been added from 1st April 2014 to 31st Oct 2018 which includes 21.68 GW from Solar, 13.95 GW from Wind, 1.50 GW from Biomass and 0.70 GW from Small Hydro Power.
- (c) & (d) In the year 2015, the Government has up-scaled the target to install 175 GW of Renewable Energy capacity by the year 2022, which includes 100 GW from solar, 60 GW from wind, 10 GW from Bio-power and 5 GW from Small Hydro power.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1709 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Promotion of Sports
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1709

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2018

## Promotion of Sports

1709.     SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Government proposes to transfer sports subject  from  the  State  List  to  Concurrent  List  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- b) the  details  of  measures  proposed  to  be  taken  at  national level  for  development  of  sports  in  case  of  such  transfer  of  sports  to Concurrent List; and
- c) the details of measures being taken by the Government for increasing the participation of women and youth from tribal areas in sports?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS [COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (RETD.)]

- (a): There  is  a  proposal  under  consideration  of  the  Government  to bring 'Sports' under concurrent List from State List. In this regard, the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (Department of Sports) has sought comments  from  the  concerned  Ministries/Departments  as  well  as Governments of States/UTs.

The  main  objective  of  shifting 'Sports' from  State  List to Concurrent List is to enable the Central Government to provide for a robust comprehensive framework for sports.

(b) & (c): All sports promotional schemes of this Ministry (Department of Sports) are applicable to whole country irrespective of area  and  gender.  However,  some  schemes  of  the  Ministry  have specific  component  for  increasing  the  participation  of  women  and youth from tribal areas in sports.

Continuous  efforts  are  made  to  increase  the  participation  of women and youth from tribal areas in the sports. The participation of number of girls trainees under SAI Schemes have increased from 3530 (2015-16)  to  4031  (2016-17)  to  4426  (2017-18).  Similarly,  the  number sportspersons  of  which  majority  of  them  come  from  rural  and  tribal areas  of  the  country  have  increased  from  11773  (2015-16)  to  13684 (2016-17) to 14907 (2017-18) under SAI Schemes.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1706 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Revenue Generation through Advertisement
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1706 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2018)

## REVENUE GENERATION THROUGH ADVERTISEMENT

## 1706.   SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the revenue generation through advertisement by Doordarshan (DD) is very low and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  there  is  a  need  to  revamp  the  DD  on  its  contents  to  attract  more audience;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether the Government proposes any plan to revamp DD and its regional and national channels with better quality contents to get more advertisement to raise revenue and if so, the details thereof;
- (e)  the  amount  of  money  generated  by  DD  during  the  last  three  years  through advertisement; and
- (f) the steps taken or being taken by the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING {COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)}

- (a) No, Madam.

(b)  to  (d):  Prasar  Bharati  has  informed  that  it  is  the  constant  endeavour  of Doordarshan to modernize its infrastructure and improve the quality of programmes. Reviewing and enhancing the content quality is a continuous process. Doordarshan has  taken  several  measures  to  improve  the  quality  of  content  including  providing training  to  its  Technical  and  Programming  staff,  capacity  building  of  Content Producers, improving the quality of presentation, enhanced visibility on Social Media etc. Packaging of the shows and promos has been improved to give a distinct look and  feel  to  DD  Channels.  Wide  publicity  of  programmes  is  being  given  through various channels of Doordarshan  and  social media  through Youtube/Twitter/ Facebook. Many Doordarshan channels have seen an increase in viewership due to above mentioned initiatives.

- (e)  &  (f):  The  revenue  generated  through  commercials  by  Doordarshan  during  the last three years is as under :-

(Figures in crores)

| Financial Year   |   Commercial Revenue of Doordarshan |
|------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 2015-16          |                              750.47 |
| 2016-17          |                              828.47 |
| 2017-18          |                              884.39 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1703 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Observations of CSG on SBM
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: K. C. VENUGOPAL

## Government of India

## Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1703 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20-12-2018

## Observations of CSG on SBM

## 1703. SHRI K.C. VENUGOPAL:

Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government has taken into account the concern raised in the CAG report that due  to  the  non-availability  of  household  water  connections,  the  toilets  constructed  under SBM could not be used;
- (b) if so, the actions taken to meet this issue;
- (c) whether the Government is of the opinion that the building of toilets alone is not sufficient for the realization of the actual vision of an Open Defecation Free (ODF) country; and
- (d) if so, what feasible actions were taken in this regard for the realization of ODF?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

(a)  and  (b)      The  usage  of  toilets  has  been  shown  to  consistently  be  above  90%  by independent  third  party  surveys  by  the  National  Sample  Survey  Organisation  (NSSO), Quality  Council  of  India  (QCI)  and the  Independent  Verification  Agency (IVA)  under  the World Bank support project to SBM-G.

The SBM-G promotes the use of the rural pan, which has a steeper slope than the traditional urban pan, and hence requires only 1.5 liters per flush compared to 5 liters per flush for the urban pan. Additionally, the SBM(G) and National Rural Drinking Water Programme(NRDWP) guidelines also  provide  for  convergence  towards  implementation  of the programmes of sanitation and water, and to maximize the availability of piped water for sanitation purposes. Open Defecation Free (ODF) declared villages are being prioritized for providing Piped Water Supply under NRDWP.

- (c) and (d) Sanitation  is  primarily  a  behavior  change  issue,  and  under  the  SBM(G), Community Approaches to Sanitation (CAS) are being used by the States to trigger behavior change among communities. Extensive Information, Education and Communication (IEC) is being used to build awareness for sanitation. Interpersonal communication is being carried out through trained sanitation motivators called Swachhagrahis, as well as NigraniSamities in the villages to ensure that the people build and use toilets.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1702 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Impact of Government Advertisement
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1702 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2018

## IMPACT OF GOVERNMENT ADVERTISEMENT

## 1702. DR. A. SAMPATH:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Union  Government  proposes  to  conduct  an  independent study to gauge the impact of Government advertisements on people and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the said move is aimed at drawing a strategy for judicious use of money for the state publicity works and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Union  Government  proposes  to  curtail  expenditure  on Government advertisements; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING {COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)}

- (a)  &  (b)  The  Bureau  of  Outreach  and  Communication  (BOC)  under  the Ministry of Information & Broadcasting undertakes Information, Education and Communication (IEC) campaigns on behalf of the Ministries/Departments of Government  of India with regard to their policies/programme. The Ministries / Departments undertake impact study on need basis.
- (c)  &  (d)  Expenditure  on  communication  and  awareness  campaigns  by Government  of  India  is  dynamic  in  nature  and  depends  on  the  publicity requirements of client Ministries/Departments in respect of their programme/schemes  and  their  budget  allocation  for  the  purpose,  which keeps varying from time to time.

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