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Lok Sabha Question No. 4776 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: Curriculum Activities for Students
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Anantkumar  Hegde

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4776 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020

## Curriculum Activities for Students

4776.  SHRI ANANTKUMAR HEGDE:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has directed Government schools to develop some extra curriculum activities based on interest of the students for their skill development and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (b) whether the Government  has  shifted or is planning to shift school's educational  curriculum  from  theory  based  to  practical  based  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) The National Curriculum Framework (NCF) 2005, developed by the National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT), which sets the guidelines and direction for the development of syllabi and textbooks at all the school stages, clearly  states  that  all  the  activities  conducted  in  schools  need  to  be  seen  as curricular activities. It also recommends bringing art education, work and education, health  and  physical  education  in  the  domain  of  curricular  activities.  However, education, being a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and majority of schools are under the jurisdiction of the State Governments, it is for the respective State Government to take appropriate action in this regard.  So far as the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) affiliated schools are concerned, the Board has  made  Art  Education,  Work  Education  and  Health  and  Physical  Education  as compulsory  part  of  curriculum.  These  areas  involve  Crafts,  Social  Empowerment through Work  and  Action (SEWA),  Health  and  Sports which have  practical intelligence  and  rich  potential  for  the  development  of  skill,  aesthetics,  creativity, resourcefulness and team work.

(b) The  National  Curriculum  Framework  (NCF)  2005  in  its  one  of  the  Guiding Principles  clearly  recommends  linking  of  school  knowledge  with  life  outside  the schools.  This  principle  leads  towards  experiential  learning  in  which  children  learn through  their  own  experiences  with  school  knowledge.  NCERT  has  also  been promoting  pre-vocational  education  skills  in  students  studying  Classes  VI  to  VIII integrating  practical  and  activities  with  the  subject  areas  such  as  science,  social science,  mathematics  and  languages.  NCERT  textbooks  across  classes  provide children  opportunities  to  practice  theory  through  simple  activities  in  the  classroom situation.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4773 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: Student-Teacher Ratio
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Prataprao  Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4773 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd  March, 2020

## Student-Teacher Ratio

## †4773. SHRI SANJAY JADHAV: SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of primary and middle schools where ratio of children is less and teachers are more and vice-versa;
- (b) whether the Government has fixed any ratio of students and teachers in schools;
- (c) if so, the details thereof as on date;
- (d) whether this ratio is appropriate and if so, the details thereof along with the reasons for such gaps;
- (e) whether the Central Government coordinates with the State Governments or intervenes on finding any such shortcomings; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof along with the measures taken by the Government to bridge the gap of teacher-student ratio?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a): As per UDISE 2017-18 (Provisional), 72.80% of Government Primary Schools and 68.29% of  Government Upper Primary Schools comply with the norms of the provisions of Student Teacher Ratio mentioned in the Right to Education Act, 2009.
- (b) to (f): The  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  (RTE)  Act,  2009  in  its Schedule lays down Pupil-Teacher Ratio (PTR) for both primary and upper primary schools which are  30:1  and  35:1  respectively.  Similarly,  PTR  at  secondary  level  should  be  30:1.  As  per  UDISE 2017-18  (provisional),  the  PTR  at  national  level  for  primary  schools  is  23:1,  for  upper  primary schools is 25:1 and for Secondary level is 26:1 which is better than the prescribed norms.

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- The recruitment of teachers is a continuous process and the vacancies keep arising due to retirement, enhanced students' strength, setting up of new schools, etc.

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The Central Government has launched an Integrated Centrally sponsored Scheme for School Education - Samagra Shiksha, from 2018-19 which subsumes the  erstwhile  centrally sponsored schemes  of  Sarva  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (SSA),  Rashtriya  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Abhiyan  (RMSA)  and Teacher Education (TE). Under Samagra Shiksha, financial assistance is provided to States and UTs for various interventions such as universal access, quality of education, gender, equity, support for salary of teachers etc. as per prescribed norms. Central Government provides assistance to the State Governments and UTs for additional teachers to maintain appropriate Pupil Teacher Ratio as per the prescribed  norms  for various  levels  of schooling.  The  Central  Government  has  been  consistently pursuing the matter of expeditious recruitment and redeployment of teachers with the States and UTs at various fora. /g3

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4772 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: Implementation of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pinaki Misra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4772 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020

## Implementation of Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009

4772. SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the number of seats provided to children in each State under section 12(1) (c) of the Right of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education  Act,  2009  that  guarantees  private  schools shall admit 25 percent of children belonging to weaker section and disadvantaged communities and provide free and compulsory education;

(b) the number of seats that lie vacant, if any, Statewise; and

(c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to ensure all such seats are filled?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a)  to  (c):  The  Right  of  Children  to  Free  and  Compulsory  Education    (RTE)  Act,  2009, mandates the appropriate Government to provide free and compulsory elementary education to every child of the age 6 to 14 years in a neighbourhood school. Section 12(1)(c) of RTE Act, 2009 provides for admission of children belonging to weaker sections and disadvantaged groups in the schools specified in sub-clauses (iii) and (iv) of clause (n) of section 2 in Class I (or below) to the extent of at least 25 percent of the strength of that class.

For implementation of Section 12(1)(c) of the RTE Act, the respective State and UT Government which is the appropriate government under the RTE Act, is required to notify the disadvantaged groups and weaker sections, notify per child cost and start admissions in private un-aided schools as per the laid down procedure.

The  Central  Government  is  supporting  States  and  UTs  for  re-imbursement  of expenditure  incurred  towards  payment  made  to  private  schools  for  admission  of  children under Section 12(1)(c) from 2014-15. Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD) vide letter no 12-5/2016-EE.11 dated 25.05.2016 and D.O. letter No. 12-12/2018-IS-5 dated 13.11.2018  has  requested  States/UTs  to  carry  out  a  ground  assessment  of  private  unaided schools  across  the  country  to  ensure  compliance  with  the  provisions  of  Section  12    of  the RTE Act, 2009. Further, Ministry of Human Resource Development, in various meetings like State Education Secretaries Conference, Regional/State workshops, Project Approval Board Meetings, has been advising/ guiding State/ UT Governments on implementation of Section 12 of the RTE Act, 2009.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: Single Tax Structure of GST
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Dinesh Chandra Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4769

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2020/CHAITRA 3, 1942 (SAKA)

## SINGLE TAX STRUCTURE OF GST

## †4769. SHRI DINESH CHANDRA YADAV:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the confusion over Goods and Services Tax (GST) has not yet been overcome even after three years of its implementation and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the problems of businessmen have increased due to frequent changes in tax slabs and other rules and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the revenue of States has been adversely affected and their revenue has declined;
- (d) if so, whether the Government is contemplating to restructure the GST and implement the single tax structure of GST and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether it has been discussed with States or not and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

- (a)  The  Government  launched  extensive  outreach  and  awareness  campaigns  across  the  country  to sensitize taxpayers and citizens about salient features and procedures under GST. Through issuance of Circulars, notifications and by making changes to GST laws and rules, it has been the endeavor of the Government to simplify tax regime and clarify queries of taxpayers.
- (b) No  Sir. Changes  in  tax slabs and rules  under GST  are  carried out on the basis of recommendations of the GST Council which takes in to consideration the feedback and suggestions received from various stakeholders, including business and trade bodies.
- (c)  No  Sir.  The  gross  revenue  of  States  from  GST  including  SGST  and  IGST  settlements  (both regular  and  ad-hoc)  has  increased  from  Rs.  4,67,556  crores  in  April-February,  2018-19  to  Rs. 4,76,690 crores in April-February, 2019-20.
- (d) & (e) The rate structure under GST has evolved after extensive deliberation in the GST Council which is a constitutional  body  constituted  under  Article  279A  of  the  Constitution, comprising  the Finance/Taxation  Ministers  of  all  State  Governments  and  chaired  by  the  Union  Finance  Minister. The GST Council has reviewed the rates in a number of meetings and has suggested revision in GST rates  on  around  400  commodities  and  77  categories  of  services  since  July,  2017.  As  the  revenue stabilizes at comfortable levels, the Council may review and rationalize the rates into fewer slabs.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4767 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: GST Numbers
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh, Kaushalendra Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4767

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2020/CHAITRA 3, 1942 (SAKA)

## GST NUMBERS

## 4767. SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH: SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that GST holders interested to surrender their GST number are
- facing a lot of problems and are not being allowed by the authority to surrender the GST number;
- (b) if so, the reaction of the Government in this regard; and
- (c) the steps which GST holders can take to surrender their GST numbers?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a) & (b) A total of 5,93,367 applications for cancellation of registration (in FORM GST REG-16) have been received by Central tax officers across the country. As on 02.03.2020, a total of 5,01,052 applications have been disposed (either accepted or rejected by the tax officers).

Certain  taxpayers  who  had  obtained  registration  voluntarily  under  GST  were  facing  problem  in surrendering their registration. To address this issue, clause 119 of the Finance Bill, 2020 (Bill No. 26 of 2020) has been tabled in the Parliament which seeks to amend clause (c) of sub-section (1) of section  29  of  the  Central  Goods  and  Services  Tax  Act,  2017  so  as  to  provide  for  cancellation  of registration obtained voluntarily under sub-section (3) of section 25.

- (c) Detailed provisions regarding cancellation of registration under GST have been provided under section 29 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4763 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: Anomalies in Awarding Contracts by SAIL
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4763 FOR ANSWER ON 23/03/2020

## ANOMALIES IN AWARDING CONTRACTS BY SAIL

4763.  SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

(a) whether the office of Chief Vigilance Officer of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is conducting/has conducted any enquiry during the last two years against any official of SAIL for anomalies in awarding the contracts for the procurement of coking coal;

- (b) if so, the monetary value of the said contracts;
- (c) the current status of the enquiry;
- (d) whether there has also been an audit observation during the last five years on the issues of quality of imported coal and escalated cost thereof; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

THE MINISTER OF STEEL

## ANSWER

(SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) Yes, Sir.  Four complaints have been investigated during the last two years in relation to import of Coking Coal by Chief Vigilance Officer, Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) having allegations against SAIL officials.

(b)&(c): As informed by SAIL, none of the allegations for anomalies in awarding the contracts against any official of SAIL have been substantiated so monetary value of said contracts does not arise.

(d)&(e):  Yes,  Sir.    PDCA  Ranchi  had  made  certain  Audit  observations  related  to Quality  issues  in  its  Thematic  Study  Para  on  Import  of  Coal  by  SAIL  which  was issued to SAIL management on 13.12.2016. Subsequently the matter was included in its  Audit  Report  No.  11  of  2018  (as  Audit  Para  No  12.1)  on  the  issue  of  'Import, Shipping and Transportation of Coal'.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4762 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: Employment Generated by Industry
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: K. Subbarayan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4762 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020

## EMPLOYMENT GENERATED BY INDUSTRY

## 4762. SHRI SUBBARAYAN K.:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)the  total  direct  employment  generated  by  the  industry  of  IT  and ITES during the period from April 2005 to 2009;
- (b)the  number  of  jobs  in  the  industry  retrenched  from  2014  till  now along with the companies that have retrenched;
- (c)the companies that obtained permission from the appropriate State
- Governments to retrench;
- (d)whether the companies complied with the law in making payment to the laid off workers;
- (e)whether the Government is taking measures to protect the present employees and future employment in this sector; and (f)if so, the measures taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) to (f): Labour Bureau has conducted Quarterly employment Survey (QES)  in  the  selected  labour-intensive  and  export-oriented  sectors including  IT/BPO  to  assess  the  effect  of  economic  slowdown  on employment in India  from  January 2009  to  December  2015.    Twenty eight such surveys had been conducted by Labour Bureau and reports thereon  released,  according  to  which  there  has  been  a  net  positive change of 24.98 lakhs in employment in the IT/BPO sector during the said period.

Further, Labour Bureau initiated Revamped Quarterly Employment  Survey  (QES)  in  April,  2016  by  extending  scope  and coverage with the objective to measure relative change in employment situation over successive quarters in sizeable segment of Non-farm  Industrial  economy  covering  8  major  sectors  including IT/BPO having 10 or more workers. These 8 sectors constitute around 81 percent of the total employment of units with 10 or more workers as per the 6th Economic Census, conducted during January, 2013 to April,  2014.  According  to  seven  reports  released  from  April  2016  to October, 2017, there has been a net addition of 38000 workers in the IT/BPO Sector during the period.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4761 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: National Social Stock Exchange and Gandhipedia
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Sanjay Jaiswal

- a) Yes Sir
- (6) Securities and Exchange Board of India has constituted a Working Group on Social Stock Exchange under the chairmanship of Shri Ishaat Hussain on September 19, 2019.The working group consists of representatives from Ministry of Finance , of Corporate Affairs and representatives of the stakeholders Ministry active in the space of social welfare, social impact investing, the exchanges, and NGOs. The working group is examining and shall make recommendations with respect to possible structures and mechanisms, within the securities market domain; to facilitate of funds by social enterprises and voluntary organizations. raising

'Gandhipedia' , a Five year project for oneAl-enabled portal for browsing Gandhian Literature, Life-events and social network of Gandhiji has been developed by IIT Kharagpur and IIT Gandhinagar: Ten volumes of Collected Works of Mahatama Gandhi (CWMG) have been digitised using OCR++ technology ad uploaded in the portal: The social networks comprising names of persons, places at different timelines have been established and uploaded. stop

- (c) Not Applicable

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

## 4761

## NALIONAL SOCIAL SIOCK EXCHANGE AND GANDHIPEDIA

## QUESTION

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased t0 state:

- whether follow Up action has been Iaken on the creation of 'National Social Exchange' and 'Gandhipedia' announced in Budget 2019; any
- if so, the details thereof; and
- if not; the reasons therefor?
Lok Sabha Question No. 4760 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: CSR Rules
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar, Kani K. Navas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4760 ANSWERED ON MONDAY THE 23 rd  MARCH, 2020 CHAITRA 3, 1942 (SAKA)

CSR RULES

## QUESTION

4760. SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR: SHRI K. NAVASKANI:

कारपोरेट कार्य मंत्री

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to amend the current rules under the Corporate Social Responsibility in order to promote and improve the accountability of the big corporates in the country in the midst of an economic slump and increase in pollution levels in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS                                           (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR) वित्त एिं कारपोरेट कार्य  मंत्रालर् में राज्र् मंत्री ( श्री अनुराग स ंह ठाक ु र )

- (a) to (c): Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) for companies has been mandated through  Companies  Act,  2013.  Section  135  of  the  Act  enumerates  the  provisions concerning  CSR  and  the  Companies  (Corporate  Social  Responsibility  Policy)  Rules, 2014 prescribes the rules for implementation. All these were notified on 27th February, 2014 and came into effect since 01.04.2014. The Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 amended  section  135  dealing  with  Corporate  Social  Responsibility.  In  order  to operationalize the CSR provisions contained in the Companies (Amendment) Act, 2019 &  recommendations  of  High  Level  Committee  on  CSR(HLC-2018),  amendments  to Companies (CSR Policy) Rules, 2014 has been proposed. The proposed amendments to Rules  aims  to  streamline  the  process  &  implementation  of  CSR  activities  and  are available in public domain at www.mca.gov.in.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4759 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-23
Subject: Complaints against Petronet LNG
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4759 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2020 Complaints against Petronet LNG

## † 4759. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government has received any complaints regarding corruption/irregularities against Petronet LNG, if so, the details thereof; (b) whether the Government has conducted any investigation in this regard, if so, the action taken in this regard; (c)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  audit  of  the  accounts  of  Petronet  LNG regarding the irregularities during the last three years and the current year, if so, the details along with the outcome thereof; (d) the details of annual turnover of Petronet LNG during the said period along with the profit earned/loss incurred by it; and

- (e) the percentage of Government equity in the said company?

## ANSWER पेट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान) MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a)  &  (b)  Petronet  LNG  Limited (PLL)  has its  own Board approved Vigilance Mechanism whereby the Board has nominated Chairperson, Audit Committee as Nodal Officer to deal with all the complaints received against functional Directors. Several complaints have been received  in  Ministry  of  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  against  MD  &  CEO,  PLL  and  other officers of PLL  regarding alleged corruption/irregularities which were forwarded to Chairperson, Audit Committee, PLL for taking appropriate action.

(c) PLL  is  a  Board  managed  company  and  not  a  Government  company  as  per Companies  Act.  Further,  Audit  Committee  of  the  Board  reviews  &  monitor  auditing mechanism and ensures compliance to best auditing and corporate governance practices.

(d) The details of annual turnover of PLL including profit earned during the last three years are as under:

| Financial Year   | Turnover (in Rs. Lakh)   | Profit after tax (in Rs. Lakh)   |
|------------------|--------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2018-19          | 38,39,543                | 2,15,543                         |
| 2017-18          | 30,59,862                | 2,07,785                         |
| 2016-17          | 24,61,603                | 1,70,567                         |

(e) Four  Government  Oil  and  Gas  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (PSUs)  viz.  BPCL, GAIL, IOCL and ONGC hold 12.5% equity each leading to a total of 50%.

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