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Lok Sabha Question No. 1869 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Ensuring Availablity of Beds in Government Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: KAUSHAL KISHORE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 186 9 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST DECEMBER, 2018

## ENSURING AVAILABLITY OF BEDS IN GOVERNMEN T HOSPITALS

## 1869. SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken/  is  taking  any  steps  to  ensure  that  beds accommodation  are  made  available  on  priority  basis  to  the  patients  who arrive  in  the Government  run  hospitals  in  an emergent  health  situation  like  heart  attacks,  accidents  et irrespective of the day being a Government holiday or weekend;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons thereof;
- (c) whether the Gov ernment proposes to bring strict regulations and guidelines in this rega ensure proper and timely assistance to the distressed patients; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a)  to  (d): In  so  far  as  three  central  Govt.  Hospitals  viz.  Safdarjung  Hospital,  Dr. Hospital and LHMC are concerned, all the patients are admitted on priority basis in an emergent health situation, like heart attacks, accidents etc. Patients are provided round the c emergency services irrespective of  any holiday  or weekend. No patient  is sent back wi given proper attention and treatment.

Further, to augment the facilities to attend such patients, Emergency Care Services 289  beds  and  exclusive  Trauma  Centre  in  Dr.  Ram  Manohar  Lohia  Hospital  and  a  New Emergency  Block  in  Safdarjung  Hospital  with  500  beds  have  been  constructed  and  made fu nctional.

There  are  guidelines  and  SOPs  for  management  of  patient  coming  to  casualty  whic ensures that patient receives timely care. Further, Ministry of Health and Family Welfa issued guidelines in August 2015, to all States/UTs on Good Samaritans in which, inter alia, it has been mentioned that lack of response by a doctor in an emergency situation pertain road accidents, where he is expected to provide care, shall constitute 'professional Misconduct' under  Chapter  7  of  the  Indian Medical  Council  (Professional  Conduct,  Etiquette  and  Ethics) Regulation, 2002 and disciplinary action shall be taken against such doctors under Chapt the said Regulations. It is the responsibility of the respective State Government/UT to t n against the said Hospitals.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1868 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Spliting the Post of CMD
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: RAGHAV LAKHANPAL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1868

## TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 21, 2018/  AGRAHAYANA 30, 1940  (SAKA) SPLITING THE POST OF CMD

## 1868.   SHRI RAGHAV  LAKHANPAL:

Will  the Minister  of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has issued recommendations to the top Schedule Commercial  Banks to split the position of their  Chairman  and Managing Directors;
- (b) if so, the details thereof  and the reasons therefor;  and
- (c) the time-frame by which the said proposal is likely  to be implemented?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE ( SHRI SHIV PRATAP  SHUKLA  )

(a)  to  (c): Reserve  Bank  of  India  (RBI)  has  apprised  that  the  Report   of  the Consultative  Group  of Directors  of Bank/ Financial Institutions  (Dr Ganguly  Group - 2002)  had  recommended  bifurcation   of  the  office  of  Chairman   and  Managing Director  (CMD) into two: the Chairman,  who will be the Chairman  of the Board, and the Managing Director,  who could function  as the Chief  Executive responsible for day-to-day management of the bank.  RBI had forwarded  the recommendations of the  Committee   to  all  Scheduled  Commercial   Banks  (excluding  foreign   banks, regional rural  banks and local area banks) for  their  implementation.   With  regard to implementation  of the said recommendation  by top Scheduled Commercial  Banks, the  position  is  that   the  recommendation   to  split  the  post  of  CMD  have  been implemented in all nationalised banks, and as per RBI inputs, all banks in the private sector  having  total   assets   size  of ₹ 1,00,000   crore  and  above  have  followed   and implemented RBI's direction  with  regard to splitting  the position.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1860 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Rewards for Employees
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: RAJESH VERMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1860

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY 21 st  DECEMBER, 2018 AGRAHAYANA 30, 1940 [SAKA]

## Rewards for Employees

## 1860. SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state: (a)  whether the Government gives reward/ incentives to the employees/ other people who help in confiscating gold, silver and other items brought through smuggling at the

- airports of the country; and
- (b)  if  so,  the  number  of  persons/  employees  rewarded  for  helping  in  confiscation  of smuggled gold, silver etc. at Lucknow International Airport from the year 2010 till date?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE [REVENUE] (SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

- (a) Yes, Madam.
- (b)  216  Government  employees  and  one  person  (other  than  government  employees) have been rewarded for helping in confiscation of smuggled gold, silver etc. at Lucknow International Airport from the year 2010 till now.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1858 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Cleaning of Kaveri River
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: S.SELVAKUMARA CHINNAYAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1858

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2018

## Cleaning of Kaveri River

1858. SHRI S. SELVAKUMARA CHINNAYAN:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

(a)  whether the Government has any proposal to clean Kaveri river in Tamil Nadu and Karnataka States; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a) & (b) It is the responsibility of the State Governments/ concerned local bodies to set up facilities for collection, transportation and treatment of sewage for abatement of pollution of rivers. This Ministry has been supplementing the efforts of the State Governments in abatement of pollution in identified stretches of various rivers under National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) for taking-up various pollution abatement works, on cost sharing basis between the Central & State Governments. Under NRCP, for pollution  abatement  of  river  Kaveri  in  Karnataka,  projects have been taken-up in the towns of KR  Nagar, Kollegal, Nanjangud and Srirangapatna  at  total  sanctioned  cost  of  Rs.  5.34  crore  and  a  total  sewage treatment capacity of 7.52 million litres per day (mld) has been created. Projects for pollution abatement of river Kaveri in Tamil Nadu have been taken-up in the towns of Bhawani, Erode, Karur, Kumbakonam, Kumarapalayam, Myladuthurai, Pallipalayam and  Tiruchirappalli  at  a  total  sanctioned  cost  of  Rs.  263.75  crore  and  sewage treatment capacity of 161.41 mld has been created. Presently, no fresh proposal has been received in the Ministry for pollution abatement of river Kaveri in Karnataka and Tamil Nadu under the NRCP.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1856 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Establishment of Dry Ports
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Farooq Abdullah

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1856 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2018

AGRAHAYANA 30, 1940 (SAKA)

## ESTABLISHMENT OF DRY PORTS

1856. DR. FAROOQ ABDULLAH: Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:
2. (a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  proposals  for  establishing  certain  dry  ports  in  Jammu  and Kashmir; and
3. (b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## (SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

- (a) Yes  Sir.  As  per  information  available,  only  one  proposal  for  setting  up  of  Inland Container  Depot  (ICD)  at  Industrial  complex  Ranegreth,  Kashmir  by  J  &  K  State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. is available with Department.
- (b) Letter of Intent was issued to J & K State Industrial Development Corporation Ltd. on 22.11.2005 for creating proper infrastructure for setting up of ICD within a period of one year.  During last 13 years, 10 extensions were granted to developer for creating proper infrastructure.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1855 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: PAN Card Services
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1855

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

## PAN CARD SERVICES

## 1855.  SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the Government has relaxed the necessity of father's name for making PAN card and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the condition under which the said facility can be availed?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## (SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

- (a) Yes Madam, in the case of an applicant, having mother as a  'single parent', the necessity of furnishing  father's  name,  in  permanent  account  number  (PAN)  Forms  have  been  relaxed.    Vide Notification  bearing  G.S.R.  No.1128  (E)  dated  19 th November,  2018,  the  application  Forms  for allotment of permanent number (PAN) have been amended so that an applicant, having mother as a 'single parent', may apply for PAN by furnishing mother's name only.
- (b) Does not arise in view of reply given at (a) above.
- (c) As per reply given at (a) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1850 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Aircraft to Study Air Pollution
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION N0.1850

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2018

## Aircraft to Study Air Pollution

## 1850.   SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to buy aircraft to study impact of air pollution and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the said aircraft will cover entire weather forecast or pollution level across the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the airborne research will control the air pollutants; and
- (d) if so, the details of project and its project liability costs thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) to  (d)  There  is  no  proposal  with  the  Government  to  buy  aircraft  to  specifically  study impact of air pollution.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1848 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Protection of Homebuyers
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1848 ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 21st DECEMBER, 2018 AGRAHAYANA 30, 1940 (SAKA)

Protection of Homebuyers

1848. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  plans  to  protect  the  interest  of  homebuyers whose  investment  face  uncertainty  when  bankruptcy  proceedings  are filed against Real Estate Developers and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to amend the bankruptcy law and also change  the  operational  rules  of  the  law  to  protect  the  interest  of homebuyers; and
- (c) If so, the time by which it will be done?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW                                  (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY) AND JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS

विधि एिं न्र्ार् और कॉपोरेट मामलों के ललए राज्र् मंत्री

(

श्री पी पी चौिरी)

(a)to(c):  The  concern  of  homebuyers  regarding  Corporate  Insolvency  Resolution Process  (CIRP)  under  the  Insolvency  and  Bankruptcy  Code,  2016  (Code)  was deliberated  in  Insolvency  Law  Committee  (ILC)  and  after  consideration  of  ILC report dated 26.03.2018, the Code was amended by Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Act. By way of amendment, an explanation was added to the definition of financial debt in the Code to provide that any amount raised from an allottee under a real estate project shall be deemed to be an amount having the commercial effect of a borrowing.  As per this provision, homebuyers can now initiate  and  participate  in  CIRP  against  a  corporate  debtor  in  the  capacity  of  a financial creditor.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1846 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Extension of GST to J&K
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: MAHEISH GIRRI

## 1846. SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has taken any steps for the extension of Goods and Services Tax (GST) to the State of Jammu and Kashmir; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

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## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No.1846 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 21, 2018/AGRAHAYANA 30, 1940 (SAKA)

## EXTENSION OF GST TO J&K

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

- (a) & (b) Yes Madam. The provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 and the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 have been extended to the State of Jammu and Kashmir, with effect from 8th July, 2017, vide the following Acts:
- i. Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 2017 (26 of 2017)
- ii. Integrated Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 2017 (27 of 2017)

These Acts received the assent of the Hon'ble President of India on 23rd August, 2017. Further, Goods and Services Tax (Compensation to States) Act, 2017 (15 of 2017) was extended to the State of Jammu and Kashmir with effect from 01st July, 2017.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1844 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Credit Access to MSMEs
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: GAURAV GOGOI

Source

RBI:

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

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO 1844 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21st DECEMBER; 2018

1844 : Shri Gaurav Gogoi

## AGRAHAYANA 30, 1940 (SAKA)

'Credit Access to MSMEs'

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state

- (b) if so, the details regarding access of MSMEs to credit in the past two financial years and
- (a) whether after the introduction of preferential lending requirements for banks towards Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) there has been any improvement in access to credit for MSMEs;
- (c) whether the Government proposes any other measures, other than preferential lending requirements, to help to promote MSMEs and ease bottlenecks in their

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

- (a) Subsequent to the revision of Priority Sector Lending (PSL) guidelines in April 2015 by Reserve Bank of India (RBI), credit to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) from Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) has increased, as indicated below

## (Amount Rs. in crore

| Financial Year (as on 31st March)   | Outstandingcredit   |
|-------------------------------------|---------------------|
| 2014-15                             | 11,71,026.05        |
| 2017-18                             | 13,24,239.35        |

- b) : Outstanding credit of SCBs and Non-Banking Financial Companies (NBFCs) to MSMEs in the last two years is as under
2. (c) Government and RBI have taken several steps to ensure access of credit to MSMEs, which inter-alia , include, advice to all Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) to achieve a 20% year-on-year growth in credit to Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) , allocation of 60% of the MSEs advances to the micro enterprise accounts, a 10% annual growth in number of micro enterprise accounts, additional working capital limit to meet the requirements arising due to unforeseenlseasonal increase in demand, adoption of one cluster, operationalising at least one specialised MSME Branch in every district, simplified computation of working capital of MSE units to make it minimum 20% of the projected annual turnover of the Rs.5 crore, setting up of  Trade Receivables Discounting System (TReDS) to solve the problem of delayed payment of MSMEs, etc.

| Financial Year (as on 31st March)   | Outstanding credit   |
|-------------------------------------|----------------------|
| 2016-17                             | 14,14,792.26         |
| 2017-18                             | 14,64,931.15         |

Source

RBI.

## (Amount Rs, in crore
Lok Sabha Question No. 1843 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Rank on Paying Taxes
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY

- (a): Yes, Sir.
- (b)  . The World Bank Doing Business  Report is a comparative  assessment  among  .lg0 countries.  lnter-se rank of the countries  depends  on the achievement  of a country on an indicator as compared to other countries measured by distance from the best country in the indicator.  As a result of implementation  of reforms like Goods & Service Tax, lndia has improved its score from 65.23%  to 65.36% in Paying Taxes. lndia's rank, however slipped as other countries have improved  their score and have moved ahead in rank. The assessment period for the Paying Taxes indicator considered in the latest doing business report is from 1'tJanuary 2017 to 31'tDecember  2017. The indicator measures numbers of payments, time required to prepare, file and pay various taxes, total tax contributions made by a company and post filing index related to procedures and time taken for GST and Corporate tax refunds. As Goods and Service Tax system  is a new system,  users need time to get familiarized with the new processes, return formats  etc. and it is expected that system improvements  in the current  year will lead to significant  improvement  in ranking in Doing Business Report  ranking  in next year.
- (c) Yes, Sir
- (d): As explained here in above, lnter-se rank of the countries depends on the achievement of a country on an indicator as compared to other countries measured by distance from the best country in the indicator.  As a result of implementation of reforms like Bankruptcy Code, lndia has improved its score trom 40.75o/o  to 40.84%  in Resolving lnsolvency.  tndia,s rank, however slipped as other countries  has improved their score in the indicator  by more and have moved ahead in rank. Sub-parameters  such as recovery  rate, time for insolvency, resolution  and strength of insolvency framework  are measured.  Significant  outcome  of the IBC resolutions has come about in 2018-19 and will be taken into account in Doing Business Report  in next year.

As the IBC was recently introduced and users are taking time to fully acquaint themselves with the reforms, full benefit of IBC will be available to lndia in the next assessment  in next year.

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## GoVERNMENT  oF iruon MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT  OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1843

To BE ANSWERED oN 2td oEceMBER  (FRtDAy)  2018

AGRAHAYANA 30, 1940 (SAKA)

## Rank on Paying Taxes

## 1843. SHRI KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY

Will the Minister  of FINANCE  be pleased  to state.

- (a) Whether the Government is aware that the rank of lndia on 'paying taxes' parameter in world Bank's Doing Business  Report declined  to 121from  last year rank of 1 19;
- (b) lf so, the reasons  therefor:
- (c) Whether the Government is aware that said rank in 'resolving  insolvency' dropped to 108 against last year's 103; and
- (d) lf so, the details  thereof and the reasons  therefor?

## ANSWER

## Minister  of State (Finance) (Shri  p.  Radhakrishnan)
Lok Sabha Question No. 1841 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-21
Subject: Impact of Climate Change
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1841

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.12.2018

## Impact of Climate Change

1841.  DR. P.K. BIJU: DR. A. SAMPATH:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the climate change has its impact on recurring floods and drought situation in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether scientific and technological studies are being made to chalk out solutions for the situation; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a)  to  (d) Floods  and  droughts  are  natural  phenomena  occurring  in  various  parts  of  the country  in  varying  magnitudes.  High  intensity  rainfall  in  short  duration  and  deficient monsoon  rainfall  may  result  in  floods  and  droughts  respectively.  The  report,  'Climate Change  and  India:  A  4X4  Assessment  -  A  Sectoral  and  Regional  Analysis  for  2030s' suggests  an  increase  in  precipitation  in  2030s  compared  to  1970s.  Moderate  to  extreme drought severity is projected in 2030s  for the Himalayan region, as compared to the other regions of the country.

The Government monitors and forecasts variability of weather on continuous basis. Disaster Management Plan has been framed to assist all stakeholders including State Governments in Disaster  Risk  Management.  The  National  Disaster  Management  Authority  (NDMA)  has issued  guidelines  on  many  extreme  weather  and  climate  events  like  on  'Management  of Floods', 'Management of Urban Flooding' and 'Management of Drought' to, inter-alia, assist State Governments  in  preparation of their Flood Management  Plans.  Central Water Commission has undertaken modernization of its data collection and flood forecast network.

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