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Lok Sabha Question No. 478 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Socio-Economic Activities
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva, Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, John Barla, Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Shantanu Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.478 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## SOCIO-ECONOMIC ACTIVITIES

- +478.  SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

SHRIMATI RATHVA GITABEN VAJESINGBHAI:

SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

SHRI JOHN BARLA:

SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL:

SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

SHRI SHANTANU THAKUR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Railways  proposes  to  start  several  socio-economic activities to provide benefits to both the rural and urban communities;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether skill development is likely to be included in the proposed socio-economic activities intended to be started by the Railways; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## ANSWER (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) and (b): Indian Railways, besides running trains/special trains on existing  Railway  system,  is    undertaking  various  infrastructure doubling, which  provide  direct  and  indirect benefits to both the rural and urban communities. Railways is also expediting  execution  of  Railway  infrastructure  works  in  identified projects including new lines, gauge conversion, electrification, bridges, etc. districts under Garib Kalyan Rojgar Yojna to give impetus to socio-

economic activities in  rural  and  urban  areas.  Indian  Railways  has also  identified  number  of  works  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) scheme for execution by  state  Government/  local  authority  which  provide  direct  and indirect benefits to rural communities.

(c)  and  (d):  For  skill  development,  Indian  Railways  is  already providing training to Act Apprentices under Apprentice Act,1961.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 474 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Auction of Mines
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy, Kuruva Gorantla Madhav, Pocha Brahmananda Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 474

ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## AUCTION OF MINES

474 Shri Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy: Shri Kuruva Goarantla Madhav: Shri Pocha Brahmananda Reddy:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  decided  that  all  mines  in  future  will  be  auctioned without any end- use restriction; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c)  whether  the  Government  has  also  removed  the  right  of  first  refusal  available  to existing captive mines; (d) if so, the details thereof; (e) whether there is any proposal to enhance the percentage of the quantity sold of total
- mineral excavated by captive mines; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b) There  has  been  no  decision  by  the  Government  to  this  effect.  However,  there  is  a proposal  in  Ministry  of  Mines  to  bring  legislative  amendments  in  the  Mines  and  Mineral (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, inter-alia, for enhancing private investment in Mineral Sector. Proposal has been put up for consultation with stakeholders.

- (c)  & (d) As given in (a) & (b) above.
- (e) & (f) As given in (a) & (b) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 471 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Ban on Zoom App
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 471

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## BAN ON ZOOM APP

## 471. SHRI  KANUMURU  RAGHU  RAMA KRISHNA RAJU:

Will the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken any decision to ban the use of Zoom App as it is posing serious security problems; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATES FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

(a) and  (b):  The  Indian  Computer  Emergency  response  Team  (CERT-In)  has  issued  a number of advisories on the safe and secure usage of video conferencing tools including Zoom App. There is no proposal with Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology to ban use of Zoom App.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 470 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: North Eastern Industrial and Investment Policy
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: S. Jothimani

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 470.

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 16 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020.

## NORTH EASTERN INDUSTRIAL AND INVESTMENT POLICY

## 470.   MS. S. JOTHIMANI:

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

the reasons  for  decline in funds  for the North  Eastern  Industrial  and Investment Promotion Policy by over 60 percent?

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

North East Industrial and Investment Promotion Policy (NEIIPP), 2007 came in  to  effect  from  01.04.2007  and  remained  in  force  upto  31.03.2017.  All  industrial units registered under the scheme which commenced commercial production within the stipulated 10 years period are eligible for incentives for a period of 10 years from the  date  of  commercial  production.  At  present  claims  are  being  received  only  in respect of those industrial units which are yet to complete the 10 years period post commercial production and hence there is a decreasing requirement of funds under NEIIPP, 2007 after 2019-20.

The disbursement of Subsidy to  the  industrial  units  over  the  last  five  years under NEIIPP, 2007 is as under:

| F.Y.                            |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 (till 31.08.2020) |
|---------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------------|
| Subsidy Disbursed ( ₹ in crore) |       200 |       170 |    782.99 |       528 |    583.52 |                       16.94 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 468 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Uniform Civil Code
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

## L O K     S A B H A

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.  468

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 16 TH SEPTEMBER, 2020.

## Uniform Civil Code

## 468.  SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has plans to introduce bill on Uniform Civil Code this year;
- (b) if so the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government plans to abolish minority status accorded to certain religions under the Uniform Civil Code; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND

## ELECTRONICS & INFORMATIONTECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a)& (b) Article 44 of the Constitution of India states that the state shall endeavor to secure  for  the  citizens  a  Uniform  Civil  Code  throughout  the  territory  of India. The  Government  is  committed  to  honour  this  Constitutional  mandate. However, this requires wide scale consultations.
- (c) & (d) No, Sir.
Lok Sabha Question No. 467 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Comliance with Sustainable Development Goals
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 467 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## COMLIANCE WITH SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS

## 467. DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI:

- Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:
- (a)  whether the Government has developed any indicators for the compliance with the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)   whether  the  Government  has  issued  any  guidelines  to record information on the indicators for the SDGs and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  whether  the  Government has set up any committee(s) to study the compliance with the SDGs or with specific goals?

## 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) &  (b): The  Ministry has developed  a National Indicator Framework  (NIF) for monitoring the progress of Sustainable Development  Goals  (SDGs).  At  present,  there  are  302  national indicators  in  the  NIF.  The  Ministry  has  also  designed  metadata format and guidelines for source Ministries to report data on SDGs indicators. The Ministry has released the progress report on SDGsNIF,  namely  'Sustainable  Development  Goals  National  Indicator Framework Progress Report, 2020 (version 2.1)' on 29th June, 2020, with time series data.

(c):  The  Ministry  has  developed  a  dashboard  for  SDGs  to  show progress on the indicators. NITI Aayog has also constituted a Task Force on implementation of SDGs and developed an SDG India Index to show state-wise position and progress on SDGs.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 466 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Whistle Blowers Protection Law
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: P. Velusamy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 466

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020)

## WHISTLE BLOWERS PROTECTION LAW

## 466. SHRI VELUSAMY P.:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  implemented  theWhistle  Blowers  Protection  Law  which was passed by the Parliament in February 2014;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Ministry is having details of murder of RTI activists in the country and if so, the details thereof, State-wise including Tamil Nadu; and
- (d) the action taken by the Government to implement the Whistle Blowers Protection Law by various States?

## 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),  (b)  &  (d):    The  Whistle  Blowers  Protection  Act,  2014  (No.  17  of  2014)  was  notified  on 12 th May, 2014. In terms of provision of sub-section (3) of section 1 of the Act, the provisions of the Act shall come into force on such date as the Central Government may, by notification in the Official Gazette, appoint.  No such notification has been made by the Government for the reason that the Act requires amendments aimed at safeguarding against disclosures affecting sovereignty and integrity of India, Security of the State, etc., before it is brought into force. To make these amendments to the Act, the Government introduced the Whistle Blowers Protection (Amendment) Bill, 2015 in the Lok Sabha on 11 th May, 2015 which was passed by the Lok Sabha on 13 th May, 2015 but discussion on the Bill remained inconclusive in Rajya Sabha. The Bill has since lapsed upon the dissolution of the Sixteenth Lok Sabha.

- (c):   Government of India had drawn the attention of State Governments to the reports appearing in  the  media  about  the  victimization  of  people,  who  use  RTI  to  expose  corruption  and irregularities in administration.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 465 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Enrollment of Tribal Population for Aadhaar
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 465

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## ENROLLMENT OF TRIBAL POPULATION FOR AADHAAR

## 465. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of people enrolled for AADHAR identification out of the total tribal population in the country, State/UT-wise; and
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to expand the official identification net of tribal population?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR  ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

(a) and (b):  As per Regulation 4(6) of Aadhaar (Enrolment & Update) Regulations 2016, 'The demographic information shall not include race, religion, caste, tribe, ethnicity, language, record of entitlement, income or medical history of the resident'.

Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) collects only the following demographic details at the time of enrolment for Aadhaar:

1. Name, 2. Date of birth, 3. Residential address and 4. Gender.

Hence, the required information is not maintained by UIDAI.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 463 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Development of Online Games
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 463

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 16.09.2020

## DEVELOPMENT OF ONLINE GAMES

## 463.  SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state: -

- (a). whether the Government is providing any support to indigenously develop online gaming;
- (b). if so, the details thereof; and
- (c). whether the indigenous development of online game will generate employment opportunities in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

- (a) and  (b):  Yes,  Sir.  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  had  launched  the  'AatmaNirbhar  Bharat  App Innovation  Challenge'  on  the  4 th of  July  2020.  App  Innovation  challenge  sought  entries  for  9 different categories namely Business, eLearning, Entertainment, Games, Health, News, Office and Work from Home, Others and Social. 326 entries were received under Games category. 3 Prizes for best entries amounting to a total of Rs. 45 lakhs were given to support the winners.
- (c):  Development of online gaming industry will create new opportunities which will generate employment opportunities in this area in the country.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 462 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: GDP Growth Rate
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, V. Kalanidhi, Kaushalendra Kumar, Dibyendu Adhikari, Amar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 462 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## GDP GROWTH RATE

462.     SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH:

DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY:

SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

DR. AMAR SINGH:

SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

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

- (a)   whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  economists  have  been  calling  for large  stimulus  packages  amounting  to  double-digit  percentages  of Gross Domestic Product (GDP), despite the strain on the exchequer;
- (b)  if so, whether GDP has shrunk by 23.9 percent in the first quarter of the financial year 2020-21 against 5.2 percent growth in Q1 201920 and has dipped by (minus) 27.11 percent in August 2020; and
- (c)  the  details  of  constructive  action  plan  that  has  been  taken  for improving the GDP growth rate?

## 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) & (b): Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at constant prices (2011-12) contracted  by  23.9  per  cent  during  first  quarter  (Q1)  of  2020-21, against  5.2  per  cent  growth  in  Q1  of  2019-20.  The  Ministry  of Statistics and Programme Implementation has not estimated GDP for August  2020.  The  Government  has  announced  a  special  economic

and  comprehensive  package  of  Rs.  20  lakh  crores  -  equivalent  to 10 per  cent of  India's  GDP  -  to  combat  the  impact  of  the  COVID-19 pandemic in India.

(c):  The Government has implemented several measures to mitigate the  negative  impact  of  COVID-19  on  the  economy  which,  inter-alia, include:  relief  measures  for  households  in  kind  and  cash  transfers; wage  increase  for  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA)  workers  and  support  for  building  and construction workers, collateral free loans to self-help groups, reduction  in  EPF  contributions,  employment  provision  for  migrant workers; credit facilities for street vendors under PM SVANidhi; relief measures for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs); postponing tax-filing and other compliance deadlines; and structural reforms announced as part of the Atmanirbhar Package etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 461 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Impact of COVID-19 on GDP
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: S. Jagathrakshakan, Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, A.K.P. Chinraj, Kaushalendra Kumar, K. Muraleedharan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 461 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## Impact of COVID-19 on GDP

461.     SHRI S. JAGATHRAKSHAKAN:

SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH:

SHRI A.K.P. CHINRAJ:

SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

SHRI K. MURALEEDHARAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government has assessed the impact of monetisation and COVID-19 on GDP growth;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the measures taken by the Government to tackle the decline in GDP growth in the present economic slowdown; and
- (d) the  details  of  major  factors  that  affected  GDP  during  the  last one year?

## 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) & (b):  Gross Domestic Product (GDP) at constant prices (201112) contracted by 23.9 per cent during first quarter (Q1) of 2020-21, against 5.2 per cent growth in Q1 of 2019-20 due to various factors, including COVID-19.
- (c): The Government has implemented several measures to mitigate the negative impact of COVID-19 on the economy which, inter-alia, include: relief measures for households in kind and cash

transfers;  wage  increase  for  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment  Guarantee  Act  (MGNREGA)  workers  and  support  for building and construction workers, collateral free loans to self-help groups,  reduction  in  EPF  contributions,  employment  provision  for migrant  workers;  credit facility  for  street  vendors  under  PM SVANidhi, relief measures for Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises  (MSMEs);  postponing  tax-filing  and  other  compliance deadlines; and structural reforms announced as part of the Atmanirbhar Package etc.

(d):   Overall  GDP  at  constant  prices  (2011-12)  did  not  register decline during any of the four quarters of 2019-20. Decline in first quarter of 2020-21 was owing to fall in the growth rates in almost all  the  broad  sectors,  except  Agriculture,  forestry  and  fishing sector.  The  sectors  namely,  Mining  &  Quarrying;  Manufacturing; Constructions; and Trade, Hotels Transports, Communications and Services related to Broadcasting witnessed sharp decline  during the first quarter of 2020-21.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 456 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-15
Subject: Payment to Employees of Agricultural Universities
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Hanuman Beniwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 456

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15/09/2020

## PAYMENT TO EMPLOYEES OF AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES

## 456. SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to issue any guidelines for payments under 7th Pay Commission to employees of the Agricultural Universities;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Union Government has made the said payment;
- (d) if  so,  the  reasons  for  not  extending  the  benefit  to  employees  of  Agricultural Universities of Rajasthan so far; and
- (e) the  dates  on  which  letters/circulars  in  this  regard  were  issued  by  the  Union Government?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

d`f"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h

(SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) & (b): Central Government has already issued detailed Guidelines on the Scheme of revision of pay of teachers and equivalent cadres in universities and colleges following the revision of pay scales of Central Government employees on the recommendations of the 7 th Central Pay Commission (CPC) vide Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) letter No. 1-7/2015-U.II(1) dated 2 nd  November, 2017 which is available in public domain https://www.mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/Revision%20of%20Pay%20of%20 teachers02112017153139.pdf  .

- (c) No, Sir.
- (d) Question does not arise.
- (e) Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) vide its Letter No.17(8)/2018-A&P dated 30 th May, 2018 has endorsed the MHRD  order  No.1-7/2015-U.II(1) dated 2 nd November, 2017 to all Agricultural Universities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 454 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-15
Subject: Food Park in West Bengal
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Nisith Pramanik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 454

ANSWERED ON 15 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## FOOD PARK IN WEST BENGAL

## 454. SHRI NISITH PRAMANIK:

Will the Minister of FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any new food parks have been sanctioned to the state of West Bengal in the last one year; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a)  & (b): Ministry of Food Processing Industries is implementing Mega Food Park Scheme (MFPS) which is a sub-scheme under the umbrella scheme - Pradhan Mantri  Kisan Sampada Yojana (PMKSY). No new Mega Food Park project has been accorded final approval in the state of West Bengal in the last one year.

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