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Lok Sabha Question No. 2023 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Facilities to Patients
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SHARAD BANSODE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2023 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST DECEMBER, 2018

## FACILITIES TO PATIEN TS

## 2023. ADV. SHARADKUMAR MARUTI BANSODE:

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

(a) the steps taken by the Government to provide and supply regular Medicines and clinical facilities to indoor and out - doorpatients of the country;

- (b) whether it is true that due to f aultyand out dated equipments in Government hospitals patients are generally referred to private clinics of laboratories due to which they have to bear additional financial burden an if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether the Government has any future plans to improve and provide updated moderns technologies in the Government institution; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a)& (b) : Public Health & Hospitals being a state subject; the primary responsibili ensure regular supply of medicines and clinical facilities to patients in public healt is that of respective State/ UT Governments. Under the National Health Mission, the central government  provides  technical  and  financial  support  to  States/UTs  to  strengthen healthcare system including for provision of accessible, affordable and quality healt the population based on the proposals o f the State/ UT Governments.

Under the NHM Free Drugs Service Initiative, support is provided to the States/ not only for provision of essential drugs free of cost in public health facilities strengthening/setting  up  robust  systems  of  proc urement,  quality  assurance  mechanism, warehousing,  prescription  audit,  grievance  redressal,  dissemination  of  Standard  Trea Guidelines,  and  IT  backed  supply  chain  management  systems  like  Drugs  and  Vaccines Distribution Management Systems (DVDMS). All S tates/ UTs have reported to have notified the policy to provide free essential medicines in public health facilities.

Under NHM Free Diagnostics Service Initiative, support is provided for provision free essential diagnostics in public health facilitie s.To address the wastage of resources and equipment,under  NHM,  Biomedical  Equipment  Management  &  Maintenance  Program (BMMP) has  been  rolled  out  to  ensure  that  medical  equipment  are  properly  maintain I nventory mapping of bio - medical equipment in public health facilities was undertaken in 29 states / UTs. The program is being implemented in 28 states / UTs.

(c)& (d) : The support under NHM also includ es support for equipment& use of modern technologies based on proposals  received  from  respective  States/UTs  in  their  Programme Implementation Plan (PIPs).
Lok Sabha Question No. 2021 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Device to Detect Melamine in Milk
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RE SEARCH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2021 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST DECEMBER, 2018

## DEVICE TO DETECT MEL AMINE IN MILK

## 2021. SHRI PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY:

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

- (a) whether researchers at the Indian Inst tute of Science, Bengaluru has developed a new handheld device to detect melamine in milk; and
- (b) if so, the details and findings thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

(a)& (b): Yes. A highly sensitive, selective, and rapid interference green synthesis - based determination  of  potential  milk  adulterant  melamine  has  been  develo ped  by IISc researchers. Melamine is a nitrogenous compound added to milk for mimicking protein consumption of which leads to kidney stones and renal failures. Melamine interacts ascorbic acid through strong hydrogen - bonding interactions, thus resul ting in an interference/interruption in the formation of silver nanoparticles which was confir UV -Vis spectroscopy and Transmission Electron Microscopy. The corresponding benchmark  validations  for  melamine  spiked  milk  samples  were  performed  using  Hig h Performance Liquid  Chromatography.  This  interference  in  the  formation  of  silv nanoparticles resulted in colour change that varies with concentration of melamine, t enabling in - situ rapid sensing of melamine from milk to a lower limit of 0.1 ppm w ith a linear correlation coefficient of 0.9908.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2019 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Childhood TB Cases
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2019 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST DECEMBER, 2018

## CHILDHOOD TB CASES

## 2019. DR. A. SAMPATH:

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

- (a) whether it has come to the notice of he Government that India has reported the highest number of childhood tuberculosis cases in the world for the last three consecutive years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and t he reasons therefor;
- (c)  the  schemes  which  have  been undertaken  during  the  last  three  years  to radicate tuberculosis among the children of the country; and
- (d) the corrective measures taken by the Government to combat the situation in a time - bound manner?

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

- (a)& (b) : Yes, India has reported the highest number of childhood tuberculosis cases the World for the last three consecutive years. The re ported number of childhood tuberculosis cases in 2015, 2016 and 2017 is 99,133, 1,04,886 and 1,05,568 respectively as per W Global TB report 2018.
- (c)& (d) : The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare (MOHFW) has set the deadline of 2025 for ending all forms of Tuberculosis from the country, including childhood tuberculos and has formulated a National Strategic Plan (NSP 2017 - 25) for the purpose.

Following  initiatives  have  been  undertaken  during  last  three  years  to  addres problem of tuberculosis in children:

- For early diagnosis of all the childhood TB patients, molecular diagnostic labor have been made available at district level across the country.
- For  involvement  of  private  sector,  various  models  are  being  implemented  includ throughnon-governmental organisations
- new quality -assured child - friendly flavoured dispersible formulations of daily Fixed Dos Combination (FDC) and body weight - based treatment regimens have been made available
- Contact investigations are carried out to identify and treat TB among child contacts of TB patients
- Isoniazid (INH) chemoprophylaxis is being given to children below six years of age, are contacts of TB patients and do not have active TB. Nearly 38,745 children star TB preventive therapy in 2017.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2017 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Widening CAD
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: E. T. MOHAMMED BASHEER, RANJANBEN BHATT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2017

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 21, 2018

## WIDENING CAD

2017. SHRI E. T. MOHAMMED BASHEER : SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT :

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has noted that the declining value of rupee, rising prices of oil and widening Current Account Deficit (CAD) has ill effect on the economy; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether the Government proposes to take any steps/appropriate action to curb/check the situation arising out of the above issues; and

- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b) The value of Indian rupee against US$ has declined by 4.5 per cent during second quarter (Q2) of 2018-19 over first quarter (Q1) of 2018-19. Contributing to the decline has been the crude oil price of Indian Basket, which increased by 2.6 percent across  the  same  period.  The  decline  in  the  value  of  rupee  and  increase  in  crude  oil prices are among various factors that may have increased the current account deficit from 2.4 percent of GDP in Q1 of to 2.9 per cent in Q2 of 2018-19.

(c) and (d) The exchange rate of the rupee is market determined. The Reserve Bank of India (RBl), however, intervenes in the domestic foreign exchange market to manage excessive  volatility  and  maintain  orderly  conditions  without  having  any  fixed  target  or band for the exchange rate. The RBI will continue to monitor the evolving situation and take appropriate steps to bring stability during periods of forex market volatility.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2015 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Setting up of Super Specialty Hospital in Maharashtra
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2015 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST DECEMBER, 2018

## SETTING UP OF SUPER SPECIALTY HOSPITAL IN MAHARASH TRA

## 2015. SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken or proposes to take any steps to set up sup r s ecialty hospitals on the lines of All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Shirdi district, Ahmednagar (Maharashtra) on the occasion of Shri Sai Baba Samadhi Shatabdi Mahotsav;
- (b) whether the Government has received requests from public representatives in this regard;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the progress made so far in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a)& (b) :

No.

(c) & (d):

Does not arise
Lok Sabha Question No. 2014 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Regulation of Working Hours for Doctors and Para Medics
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2014 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST DECEMBER, 2018

## REGULATION OF WORKIN G HOURS FOR DOCTORS AND PARA MED ICS

## 2014. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

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

(a) whether the Government has laid down norms to regulate the duty hours of doctors and medical professionals in all the hospitals;

- (b) if so, the details thereof; an d

(c) whether the extended working hours of doctors and medical staff has led to negligence of their  duties  and  deteriorated the  quality  of  healthcare  services  in  the hospitals,  if  so,  the comments in this regard?

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

(a) & (b) : Public health and hospital' being State subject, it is the primary responsibility of  the  respective  State  Government/Union  Territory  (UT)  to  prescri be  norms  for  fixing working hours for the doctors and other medical practitioners working in their hospit such, no information in this regard is maintained centrally.

As  far  as  three  Central  Government  Hospitals  namely,  Dr.  Ram  Manohar  Lohia, Safd arjung,  Lady  Hardinge  Medical  College  &  Associated  Hospitals,  New  Delhi  are concerned, the working hours for doctors and other medical practitioners normally d exceed  40  hours  in  a  week .  However,  the  duty  timing  and  working  hours  of  doctors  and Medical Professionals are governed by exigencies of their work and depends on whether are on emergency duty.

(c) : There has been no reported case of negligence of duty or deterioration of qual healthcare services on account of extended working hours in these Central Govt. hospitals. As regards standards of treatment, adequate residents/doctors are available in these government hospitals to provide optimum patient care. Further, whenever there is incre work load necessitating  increase i n number of doctors, new posts are created to ensure that required manpower is available to deliver desired level of clinical care and to ens there is no medical negligence.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2011 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: SBI Merger
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: HARI MANJHI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2011

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST  DECEMBER 2018/ AGRAHAYANA 30, 1940  (SAKA) SBI Merger

## 2011.   SHRI HARI  MANJHI:

Will  the Minister  of FINANCE  be pleased to state:

- (a) the  position   of  the  State  Bank of  India  (SBI)  in  the  global   scenario   in  terms   of assets, post merger  of associate  banks/  Bharatiya  Mahila  Bank;
- (b) the total   number   of  branches   merged   with   SBI  post  amalgamation of  the  banks; and
- (c) the total  number  of branches,  employees  and officers of SBI as on March  31, 2017 and March 31,  2018?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c):  State   Bank of  India  (SBI)  has  apprised   that   subsequent   to  the  merger   of  its associate banks  and Bhartiya  Mahila  Bank on 1.4.2017,  according  to the rankings  of top global  banks  published  by  the international financial  affairs publication  'The Banker'  in its  July   2018  edition,   SBI  ranked   53  in  terms   of  assets  in  2018.  6,950  branches   have merged with  SBI post amalgamation  of banks.  The total  number  of branches,  employees and officers of SBI as on 31.3.2017  were  17,170,  1,28,526  and 81,041 respectively, and as on 31.3.2018  were  22,414,   1,56,964 and  1,07,077 respectively.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2008 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Share of GDP
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: SANJAY JAISWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2008 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 21, 2018

## SHARE OF GDP

2008. DR. SANJAY JAISWAL:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  current  share  of  Gross  Domestic  Product  (GDP) of the Agriculture and Corporate Sectors; and
- (b) the share of population who are dependent of Agriculture and the population working with the Corporate Sector?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  The  share  of  Agriculture  &  allied  and  Corporate  Sector  (comprising  private  financial, private non-financial, public financial and public non-financial corporations) in Gross Value Added (GVA) at current basic prices is given below.
- (b) As per the National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) 68 th round report 'Key Indicators of Employment  and  Unemployment  in  India  2011-12',  the  share  of  workers  engaged  in Agriculture sector was 48.9 per cent under the usual status (principal status and subsidiary status). The nation-wide official estimates of population working in Corporate Sector are not available.

Table: Share in GVA at current basic prices (per cent)

| Sector                                       |   2015-16 # |   2016-17 @ | 2017-18 *   | 2018-19 (April-September)   |
|----------------------------------------------|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------------------|
| Agriculture, livestock, forestry and fishing |        17.7 |        17.9 | 17.1        | 13.5                        |
| Corporate Sectors                            |        46.9 |        46.7 | NA          | NA                          |

Source:

Central Statistics Office

Note: #:  2 nd Revised  Estimates;  @:  1 st Revised  Estimates;  *:  Provisional  Estimates; NA :  Not available
Lok Sabha Question No. 2007 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Medical Education
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2007 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST DECEMBER, 2018

## MEDICAL EDUCATION

## 2007. COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware that youths of the country are going abroad particularly to Russia and China to get medical education and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government recognises such d octors trained abroad as qualified doctors to practice in the country under the regulations of Indian Medical Council and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is taking concrete steps to provide opportunity in the field of medicaleducation in the country and stop migration of youth; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a) & (b): Some studentsmigrateabroad  including  Russia  and China for  pursuing medical education. Section 13(4A) of the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956 prescribes tha an Indian citizen who obtains primary medical qualification (undergraduate) granted b medical institution outside the country shall have to q ualify screening test and the foreign medical qualification obtained by such person shall be deemed to be the recognised medical qualification after such person qualifies the said screening test.
- (c) & (d): The  Government  has  taken  various  measures  to increase  the  availability  of medical seats in the country. 82 Government medical colleges have been approved under Centrally Sponsored Scheme for establishment of new medical colleges in underserved ar in 21 States/UTs. There is another scheme for s trengthening/ upgradation of existing State Government/Central Government   Medical Colleges to increase MBBS seats. Government has also r elax ed thenorms forMedical College in terms of requiremen t for land, faculty, staff, bed strength and other infrastr ucture to facilitate the setting up of new medical colleges . During the last five years 118 new medical colleges have been established. The MBBS int capacity has been increased by 18635 seats during the same period.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2005 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Nipah Virus
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Richard Hay

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2005 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST DECEMBER, 2018

## NIPAH VIRUS

## 2005. PROF. RICHARD HAY:

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

- (a) Whether the Nipah Virus had cl imed 18 lives in Kerala and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (b) the number of people who died due to Nipah Virus in the country during the current year till date; and
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to control the spread of disease due to Nipah Virus in the country pa ticularly in Kerala along with funds allocated for the purpose?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SM T. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

- (a) & (b):   The National Centre for Disease Control has reported 17 deaths due to virus disease from the Kozhikode and Malappuram districts of Kerala this year, out of 16 deaths were laboratory confirmed. No other confirmed case of Nipah virus disease was reported from any other part of the country during this year.
- (c): Multi - disciplinary Central  Teams  consisting  of  doctors  and  other  experts  were immediately  sent  to  assist  the  State  Government  in  epidemiological investigation,  contact tracing,  surveillance,  technical  support  for  firming  up  treatment  protocols,  ve management,  infection  prevention  and  control  measures  and  use  of  Personal  Protect Equipment  (PPE).      The  Central  teams  also  assisted  the  State Government  for  risk communication to the community, public, stakeholders and other partners.  With the ti intervention  by  the  Centre  and  the  State  Governments,  the  spread  of  the  disease contained immediately.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2002 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Illegal Operations of Shell Companies
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: RAMA DEVI, RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †2002 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, 21 ST  DECEMBER, 2018 AGRAHAYANA 30, 1940 (SAKA)

## ILLEGAL OPERATIONS OF SHELL COMPANIES

†2002: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY :

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has reported a large number of shell companies operating in the country; and

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  decision  made  by  the  Government  during  their  regular meetings  and  subsequent  action  taken  against  the  persons/businessmen  involved  in  the illegal operation of these shell companies during the last three years?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

(a) and (b) : The term 'shell company' has not been defined under the Income-tax Act, 1961 or under the Companies Act, 2013.  However, the Special Task Force set up by the Government to look into the issue of shell companies has, inter alia , recommended the use of certain red flag indicators as alerts for identification of shell companies.

Further,  section  248(1)(c)  of  the  Companies  Act,  2013  provides  for  removal  of  name  of company from the register of companies, if it is not carrying on any business or operation for a period of two immediately preceding financial years and has not made any application for obtaining the status of a dormant company under section 455 of the Companies Act, 2013 within such period.

Accordingly, the Government has undertaken a special drive for identification and strike-off of companies by following due process of law. Around 2.26 lakhs companies were struck off from the register of companies in the first drive undertaken by the Government.  Similarly, 1,00,150 companies were struck off in the second drive.

Further, 3.09 lakh directors were also disqualified under section 164(2)(a) read with Section 167(1) of the Companies Act, 2013 for non-filing of Financial Statements or Annual Returns for continuous period of three financial years by the companies.

Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered 91 cases against 632 shell companies during the last 3 years (2015, 2016 and 2017) and 2018 (up to 30.11.2018).

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