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Lok Sabha Question No. 3150 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: Water Level of Reservoirs
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Chhatar Singh Darbar, Mansukhbhai Dhanjibhai Vasava

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3150

ANSWERED ON 12 .0 3.2020

## WATER LEVEL OF RESER VOIRS

†3150.

SHRI CHHATAR SINGH DARBAR SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the water level of the majority of dams/ reservoirs across the country is continu

- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons there for, Sta e - wise; and

(c) the action plan of the Government in this regard and the extent of achievements made as a

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA

## )

( a) to(c) Water levels of reservoirs vary regularly depending on the rainfall in catchment are water releases etc. Central  Water  Commission  is  monitoring  live  storage  status  of the country on weekly basis and is issuing w eekly bulletin on every Thursday. The detailed Bulle available at http://www.cwc.gov.in/reservoirs - storage - bulletin .The  total  live  storage  capacity  of  th reservoirs  is  171.090  BCM  which  is about  66.36%  of  the  live  storage  capacity which  is estimated  to  have been  created  in  the  country.  As  per  reservoir  stor letin  dated 05.03.2020,  live storage available in these reservoirs is 97.487 BCM, which is 57% of to capacity  of  these  reservoirs.  However,  last  year  the  live  storage  available  in corresponding period was 62.85 BCM and the average of last 10 years live  storage  was  65.9 Thus,  the  live  storage  available  in  123  reservoirs  as  per 05.03.2020 Bulletin is 155 of corresponding period of last year and 148% of storage of average of last ten years. States having b storage (in %) than last year for corresponding period are Rajasthan, Jharkhand,  Odisha, Nagaland,  Gujarat,  Maharashtra,  Uttar  Pradesh, Uttarakhand,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Chhattis hra Pradesh, Telangana, Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu.  States having lesser storage (in %) for corresponding period are Himachal Pradesh, Punjab and Tripura.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3147 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: Development of Competitive Sports
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3147 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2020

Development of Competitive Sports

- †3147. SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

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

- (a)  the  special  measures taken for the development of competitive sports and upgradation and identification of sports talent in the country in regard to various sports disciplines;
- (b) the details of the special measures taken to implement the action plan of mobilising National Sports Development Fund (NSDF); and
- (c)  the  effective  policy  and  programme  to  make  'Hum  Honge  Kamyab'  a success in international competitions?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS { SHRI KIREN RIJIJU }

- (a)  'Sports'  being  a  State  subject,  the  responsibility  for  promotion  and development  of  sports,  including  upgradation  of  sports  infrastructure  and identification of sports talent is that of State/Union Territory Governments. However, the Central Government supplements the efforts of the State/Union Territory Governments and National Sports Federations (NSFs) under  its  various  schemes,  such  as  Khelo  India  Scheme  and  Scheme  of Assistance to NSFs and providing training facilities  in Sports Authority  of India (SAI) Centres.

Further, the Khelo India Scheme has two verticals, namely 'Talent Search and  Development'  and  'Annual  Sports  Competitions'.  The  Government  is giving  priority  to  scouting  and  nurturing  of  talent  while  considering  NSF proposals for Annual Calendar for Training and Competitions (ACTC).

- (b)  For  mobilising  contributions  to  National  Sports  Development  Fund (NSDF) from corporate entities both in public sector and private sector, the

Ministry has taken up with Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) / Public Sector Bank (PSB) and corporates in private sector for contributing generously to NSDF from their Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funds. They have also been  urged  that  while  making  contributions  to  NSDF,  they  can  choose  a cause, such as being part of India's Olympic Journey by funding training of athletics included in Target Olympic Podium Scheme (TOPS) or adopting a training centre or sports academy which can be upgraded having state-ofthe-art sports facilities for our future Olympians or adopting a specific sport for its all-round promotion and development. (c) For ensuring success of Indian sportspersons and teams in international sports  events,  including  Olympics,  the  Central  Government  is  supporting sportspersons  through  NSFs  for  their  training,  foreign  exposures  and competitions. Under the TOPS, customized training and allied facilities are also being made available to medal prospects and high achievers.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3143 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: Revamping of DGCA
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: K. Shanmuga Sundaram

3143.

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3143

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

(To be answered on the March 2020) 12t6

## REVAMPING OF DGCA

SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the US Federal Aviation Administration had downgraded India to Class-II category during January last year;
- (c) whether DGCA (Directorate General of Civil Aviation) is having competent technically qualified staff to inspect all types Of aircraft operating in the country; and (d) ifno, the steps being taken by the Government to revamp DGCA?
- (b) if the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to regain FAA Class-I again to help airline operators of India; rating

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

- (a) (b) Based o an audit carried out under the Federal Aviation Agency(FAA)'s International Aviation Safety Assessment (TASA) in September 2013, FAA had placed India under Category 2 in January 2014. rating

In July 2018, FAA conducted an IASA audit of DGCA to see India '$ continued adherence to the standards of the Chicago Convention and its Annexes for civil aviation safety oversight followed by final consuitations in November 2018 and confirmed that India meets relevant requirements for aviation safety oversight and continues to retain Category 1. again

A reassessment %f Directorate General of Civil Aviation(DGCA) was conducted by the FAA IASA audit team in December 2014 where by the FAA made the determination that India meets requirements under internationai oversight standards of the Chicago Convention and the Annexes thereto and India'$ IASA Category was "pgraded to Category 1 on April 8, 2015.

- (c) The Director General %f Civil Aviation(DGCA) has competent technically qualified staff in airworthiness to inspect all types of aircraft operating in India. In addition, DGCA has flight operations inspectors to oversee the operational aspects of the aircraft operating in DGCA has  laid down Recruitment Rules defining the qualification and experience requirements for recruitment of its technical staff: In addition; the technical staff are given training for carrying out their assigned safety oversight functions including training o different types of aircraft operated in the country.
- (d) Does not arise in view of part (c) above
Lok Sabha Question No. 3142 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: Routes under UDAN Scheme
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED

NO. 3142 (To be answered on the March 2020)

## ROUTES UNDER UDAN SCHEME

3142.

SHRI MANOJ KOTAK

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (2) the number %f routes which have been awarded under UDAN specially in State of Maharashtra; scheme in the country,
2. whether it is a fact that many routes are not operationalised yet; and

## ANSWER

Minister 0f State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

Coroed ihe Airports Authority %f India (AAD  Implementing Connectivity Scheme (RCS) Toutes to Seiected Airline @perators (SAOs) after completion Of three valid Till Sth March; 2020,266 RCS routes have been rounds of bidding routes, 47 valid routes the State of Maharashtra: Out of routes) have been awarded to SAOs in State of Maharashtra: 26 RCS routes have been operationalized in the them;

As per the Agreement; SAO is to start RCS operations within six months of Agreement or within sixty the in operationalizing some routes/discontinuation 0f the is a include: routes, for reasons which days delay

- iii) Unsustainability of the operation on the awarded rouces
- 6) Wethenber of routes operational in the country till 31st January 2020;
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor?
Lok Sabha Question No. 3140 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: Highway Projects in Karnataka
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Narayana Swamy Abbaiah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3140

ANSWERED ON 12 TH  MARCH, 2020

## HIGHWAY PROJECTS IN KARNATAKA

3140.  SHRI A. NARAYANA SWAMY:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state the present status of various National Highways (NHs) development and widening  projects  in  Karnataka,  project-wise  particularly  four-laning  project  on  HospetChitradurga  section  of  NH-13  and  six-laning  project  on  Chitradurga-Davangere  section  of NH-4?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

At present,  2/4/6-laning, strengthening, improvement etc. works in the length of about 3,200 km have been started during the last 4 years and the current year in the State of Karnataka, out of which, length of about 2,000 km have been completed.  Length of 117 km out of 120 km and 46.50 km out of 72.70 km has been completed in development/ upgradation to fourlane  of  Hospet  -Chitradurga  section  of  NH-50  (Old  NH-13) and six-lane of Chitradurga  Davanagere Section of NH-48 (Old NH-4) projects respectively.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3139 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: NH Projects in Kerala
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Abdul Majeed Ariff

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3139 ANSWERED ON 12 TH  MARCH, 2020

## NH PROJECTS IN KERALA

3139. ADV. A.M. ARIFF:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क प रवहन और राजमाग मं ी

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  and  the  present  status  of  various  ongoing  projects  of  the  National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) in Kerala along with the time frame set for their completion;
- (b) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  many  of  these  projects  are  delayed  and  resulting  in  costoverruns and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government for their timely completion?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a)  to  (c)  Currently  there  are  six  projects  being  executed  through  National  Highways Authority of India (NHAI) with an aggregate length of about 95 km in the State of Kerala, out  of  which,  two  projects  have  been  delayed  beyond  scheduled  completion  period  due  to reasons such as financial crisis with Concessionaire/contractor, non-availability of encumbrance  free  land,  public  protest,  change  in  scope  etc.  Regular  review  meetings  are conducted  to  check  the  bottlenecks in the projects. In  case  of  any  issues  with  any departments, the field officers take up the issues with the concerned department.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3138 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: Land of Port Trusts
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: Sougata Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3138 To BE ANSWERED oN 12rH MARcH,2a2o

## LAND OF PORT TRUSTS

## 3138. PROF. SAUGATA RAY:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased  to state: qttr qR-f,fl  Ti*

- (a) whether the land belonging to Port Trusts are being encroached  in the country;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to evict the encroachments  and protect the land of Port Trusts?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR SHIPPING (SHRI MANSUKH MANDAVIYA)

- (a)& (b) The details of extent of port land encroachment  in Major Ports are as under:
- (c) The following  steps are taken to evict the encroachments  and protect the land of Port Trusts:
- (i) Eviction  procedure  under Public  Premises  (Eviction  of Unauthorised  Occupants) Act, 1971.
- (iii) Construction of compound wall to protect the port land.
- (ii) Allotment of land for construction of permanent houses to the slums dwellers under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana Scheme in consultation State Government.
- (iv) Regular lnspection of Port land and deployment of security guard.
- (v) Period encroachment  removal drives.
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and

| S.No.   | Name of Pbrt Trust                                                         | Area (in acres)   |
|---------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|
| 1.      | Kolkata Port Trust (KoPT): Haldia Dock Complex (HDC) Xotfata Qocf System ) | 115.45 179.04     |
| 2.      | Paradip Port Trust (PPT)                                                   | 73.50             |
| 3.      | Visakhapatnam Port Trust (VPT)                                             | Nir               |
| 4.      | Chennai Port Trust (ChPT)                                                  | 3.88              |
| 5.      | Kamaraiar Port Limited (KPL)                                               | Nir               |
| 6.      | V.O. Chidambaranar Port Trust (VOCPT)                                      | 14.99             |
| 7.      | Cochin Port Trust (CoPT)                                                   | 0.15              |
| 8.      | New Mangalore Port Trust (NMPT)                                            | 4.56              |
| I       | Mormugao Port Trust (MPT)                                                  | 2.69              |
| 10      | Mumbai Port Trust (MbPT)                                                   | 53.17             |
| 11.     | Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust (JNPT)                                         | 19.75             |
| 12.     | Deen Dayal Port Trust                                                      | 389.78            |
Lok Sabha Question No. 3136 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: Insurance Premium of Vehicles
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Imtiaz Jaleel Syed

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the authority to decide insurance premium of vehicles has been taken over by the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways as per the New Motor Vehicles Act;
- (b) if so, whether notification in this regard has been issued by the Government;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the time by which it is likely to be notified; and
- (d) the extent to which the new pattern is likely to address the complaints of transporters and individual vehicle owners?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) to (d) The Parliament has recently passed the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019. Section 51 of the Motor Vehicles (Amendment) Act, 2019 provides for substitution of Chapter XI in  the  Motor  Vehicles  Act,  1988  wherein  section  147(2)  of  the  Motor  Vehicles  Act,  1988  for 'Requirement of Policies and limits of liability' reads as- 'Notwithstanding anything contained under any other law for the time being in force, for the purposes of third party insurance related to either death of a person or grievous hurt to a person, the Central Government shall prescribe a base premium and the liability of an insurer in relation to such premium for an insurance policy under sub-section (1) in consultation with the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority'. The  Ministry  has  made  operational  around  60  provisions  of  the  Motor  Vehicles  (Amendment) Act, 2019 with effect from 1 st of September 2019 vide SO 3110(E) dated 28 th August, 2019 and SO 3147(E) dated 30 th August, 2019.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3136

ANSWERED ON 12 TH  MARCH, 2020

## INSURANCE PREMIUM OF VEHICLES

## 3136. SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3135 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: Housing for Homeless People
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Khagen Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3135 To BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 12, 2020

## HOUSING FOR HOMELESS PEOPLE

No- 3135. SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

Will the Minister HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be   pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government is assessing the availability of houses for the homeless people and taking steps to provide temporary
- shelter and if SO, the details thereof;
- b) the number of card holder  people living below poverty line in Malda district of West Bengal have been allotted permanentl temporary shelter during the last three years; and
- (c) the details of the different amenities provided to the BPL card holder beneficiaries by the States and Union Territories including
- West Bengal?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a)&(b) Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) (PMAY(U)) provides central assistance to implementing agencies through Statesl Union Territories (UTs) and Central Nodal Agencies (CNAs) for providing all weather pucca houses to familiesl beneficiaries including beneficiaries of Economically Weaker Section (EWS) category in urban areas of the country with basic amenities like water, electricity and toilets etc. As per

demand survey conducted under the scheme, StatelUTs have reported a validated demand of 1.12 crore housesThe number of houses sanctioned and completed in West Bengal State and Malda District is as follows:-

| Particulars             | Particulars              | West Bengal   | Malda District   |
|-------------------------|--------------------------|---------------|------------------|
| Overall                 | Houses sanctioned (nos:) | 4,11,876      | 5,539            |
|                         | House completed (nos-)   | 1,89,579      | 2,842            |
| During last three years | Houses sanctioned (nos-) | 2,72,573      | 3,339            |
|                         | House completed (nos-)   | 1,27,465      | 2,089            |

The EWS beneficiaries include BPL in view of income criteria for EWS, but no separate is reportedl maintained specifically for BPL beneficiaries:

Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs is administering a scheme 'Shelter for Urban Homeless' (SUH) under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAYNULM), through respective States/UTs to provide permanent shelters to the urban homeless. During last three years, 13 shelters have been made functional in West Bengal: Out of which, one shelter having capacity of50 persons has been made functional in Malda District:

- (c) No such information is available with Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs-

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3133 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-12
Subject: Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum Scheme
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.   3133 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.03.2020

## UDYOG AADHAAR MEMORANDUM SCHEME

3133. SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum (UAM) scheme notified in 2015 has many flaws leading to setting up of many small level tobacco production and cigarette manufacturing units in various parts of the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether illegal manufacturing of cigarettes is taking place despite no issuance of fresh licence for cigarette manufacturing post 1999 which is in contravention of Government's Notobacco policy and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any discussion is going on for reforming the provisions of UAM and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether Licence is required under IDR Act 1951 and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the units which got licence under UAM 2015 are engaged in manufacturing of tobacco and other related products, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI  NITIN GADKARI)

(a) to (e): Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) had notified Udyog Aadhaar  Memorandum  (UAM),  a  one-page  online  registration  system  for  MSMEs  on  18th September  2015  by  replacing  the  filing  of  Entrepreneurs'  Memorandum  (EM  part-I  &  II). UAM was amended in 2017 for incorporating new features. The memorandum is to be filed by a unit on self-certification basis and no additional document is required to be uploaded at the time  of  registration.  However,  the  Central  Government  or  the  State  Government  may  seek documentary proof of the information provided in the memorandum from the unit. The General Manager of the District Industries Center  (DIC)  of the  concerned district  can  also  undertake verification of the memorandum submitted by an enterprise and in case of any discrepancy, can take appropriate action.

Only  running  units  can  register  under  UAM.  Registration  under  UAM  is  purely voluntary and there is no compulsory license issued by the Ministry of MSME.

Further, Industrial license is compulsory for the manufacture of Cigars and Cigarettes of tobacco  and  manufactured  tobacco  substitutes  (Cigars,  cheroots,  cigarillos  and  cigarettes  of tobacco  or  of  tobacco  substitutes)  under  the  Industries  (Development  and  Regulation)  Act, 1951. Fresh Industrial licenses are not being issued since 1999 for health reasons.

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