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Lok Sabha Question No. 1078 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Seats for Ph.D.
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: JAY PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No.1078 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## Seats for Ph.D.

†1078. SHRI JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV:

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

- (a) whether the Government is not being able to increase the number of seats for research or Ph.D. at the national level in proportion to the growing educated people in the country due to which the talented students are forced to go to foreign countries to acquire higher education;
- (b) if so, whether the Government proposes to increase the number of research/ Ph.D. seats in proportion to their rising demand; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (Dr. SATYA PAL SINGH)

- (a): As per the All India Survey on Higher Education report 2017-18, the total enrolment for Ph.D during the last four years is as tabulated below:

| Year      |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Enrolment |    117301 |    126451 |    141037 |    161412 |

From the above statistics, it is evident that there has been substantial increase in the Ph.D enrolments over the years.

- (b)  &  (c):  The  Government  has  been  committed  to  ensure  improvement  in  the  Higher Education Sector in the Country. In order to promote innovative and cognitive thinking and improve  the  quality  of  Ph.D  Programmes,  IMPRINT  (Impacting  Research  Innovation  and Technology), IMPRESS (Impactful Policy Research in Social Science), SPARC (Scheme for Promotion  of  Academic  and  Research  Collaboration)  have  been  launched  and  STARS (Scheme for Transformational and Advanced Research in Fundamental Sciences) is under active consideration.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1075 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Inclusion of Yobin, Tutsa, Nocte, Tangsa and Wanchoo in ST List
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: NINONG ERING

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1075 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## INCLUSION OF YOBIN, TUTSA, NOCTE, TANGSA AND WANCHOO IN ST LIST 1075.  SHRI NINONG ERING:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is planning to include tribes namely Yobin, Tutsa, Nocte, Tangsa and Wanchoo in the Union List of Scheduled Tribes as per the Constitution of India; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a)&(b): The Government of India on 15.6.1999 (further amended on 25.6.2002) has laid down the modalities for deciding the claims for inclusion in, exclusion from and other modifications in Orders specifying Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes lists. As per the modalities, only those proposals which have been recommended and justified by the concerned State Government / UT Administration and concurred with by Registrar General of India (RGI) and National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) are to be considered and legislation amended.

All action for inclusion or exclusion of communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes is taken as per these approved modalities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1073 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Assistance to MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: PANKAJ CHOWDHARY, BHARATENDRA SINGH, SRIRAM MALYADRI, JAYADEV GALLA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1073 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17/12/2018

## ASSISTANCE TO MSMES

## 1073. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY: KUNWAR BHARATENDRA: SHRI MALYADRI SRIRAM: SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  set  up/proposes  to  set  up  a  committee  on  funds  to provide funds/financial assistance to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the extent to which it has impact in each State during the last three years;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to simplify the legal formalities for establishing the MSMEs in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the schemes/package implemented for financial assistance to establish MSMEs in the country; and
- (e) the other steps taken by the Government  in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI GIRIRAJ SINGH)

(a)&(b): This  Ministry  implements  various  Central  Sector  Schemes  for  promotion and development of MSMEs which are implemented in all States / Union Territories and are  appraised  by  Standing  Finance  Committee  (SFC)  /  Expenditure  Finance  Committee (EFC) and approved by the Government. These schemes are implemented throughout the country  and  have  contributed  towards  the  employment  generation,  credit  and  marketing support, quality and technological upgradation etc.

- (c) : The  Ministry  of  MSME  has  simplified  the  process  of  registration  of  enterprises through Udyog Aadhaar Memorandum (UAM) portal.
- (d) & (e): The  Ministry  of  MSME  implements  several  schemes  and  programmes  for financial  assistance  to  MSMEs  in  the  country.  These  schemes  and  programmes  include Prime  Minister's  Employment  Generation  programme  (PMEGP),  Scheme  of  Fund  for Regeneration  of  Traditional  Industries  (SFURTI),  A  Scheme  for  Promoting  innovation, Rural Industry & Entrepreneurship (ASPIRE), Credit Guarantee Fund Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE),  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises Cluster  Development Programme (MSE-CDP), Credit Linked Capital Subsidy Scheme (CLCSS), etc.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1071 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Ratio of Unemployment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1071

TO BE ANSWERED ON 17 TH DECEMBER, 2018

## RATIO OF UNEMPLOYMENT

1071.  SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN:

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

- (a) whether the ratio of unemployment has gone up during last two years;
- (b) If so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of avenues proposed to be created to address the situation?

## ANSWER

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

(a)& (b):As per the results of available labour force surveys on EmploymentUnemployment  conducted  by  Labour  Bureau,    Ministry  of  Labour  and Employment,  the  estimated  unemployment  rate  for  persons  aged  15  years and above on usual status basis in the country in 2013-14 and 2015-16 was 3.4% and 3.7% respectively.

(c)  :  Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability  is  the priority of the Government. Government  has  taken various steps for generating  employment  in  the  country  like  encouraging  private  sector  of economy, fast-tracking various projects involving substantial investment and increasing public expenditure on schemes like Prime Minister's Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS),  Pt.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  and  Deendyal  Antodaya  YojanaNational Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM).

Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana  has  been  launched  by  the Ministry of Labour and Employment for incentivising employers for promoting employment  generation.  Under  this  scheme,  Government  is  paying  entire employer's contribution (12% or as admissible) towards EPF and EPS for all eligible new employees for all sectors for 3 years. Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY)  has  been  initiated  since  April, 2015 by Government for facilitating self-employment. Under PMMY collateral free loans uptoRs. 10 lakh, are extended to small/micro business enterprises and  to  individuals  to  enable  them  to  setup  or  expand  their  business activities. Government  has  implemented  the  National  Career Service (NCS) Project which comprises a digital portal that provides a nation-wide online platform  for  the  job  seekers  and  employers  for  job-matching  in  a  dynamic, efficient and responsive manner and has a repository of career content to job seekers.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1069 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Introduction of Cruise Tourism in Ganga
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: KALYAN BANERJEE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1069 ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## INTRODUCTION OF CRUISE TOURISM IN GANGA

## 1069. SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to introduce cruise tourism on Ganga and other river beds and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is a fact that there is a huge/significant potential of river  tourism  in  the  country  specially  on  Ganga  river  from Varanasi to Kolkata covering pilgrimage and tourism spots and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  in  this regard and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of river-circuits identified by the Government along with their promotion proposals?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI K.J. ALPHONS)

(a) to (d): The 'Inland Waterways Authority of India' (IWAI) develops and regulates national waterways declared by the Government for navigation  and  shipping.    Development  and  promotion  of  cruise tourism including cruise tourism on Ganga and other river beds is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations.

River  cruise  tourism  has  been  a  regular  feature  on  National Waterway-1 (Ganga-Bhagirathi-Hooghly  river  system)  for  last  many years.  Various  cruise  operators  operate  their  cruise  vessels  on National  Waterway-1  and  Sunderban  Waterways.  As  informed  by Ministry of Shipping, the following circuits have been identified for promotion  of  cruise  operations  on  National  Waterways-I,  National Waterways-2 and on Indo-Bangladesh Protocol route:

(A) National Waterways-I:

- (i) Allahabad Circuit
- (ii) Varanasi Circuit
- (iii) Patna Circuit
- (iv) Bhagalpur Circuit
- (v) Kolkata Circuit

(B) National Waterways-2:

- (i)
- (ii)

Guwahati Circuit Tezpur Circuit

(C) Indo-Bangladesh Protocol route:

- (i)
- (ii)

Margla Circuit Barisal Circuit

- (iii) Narayanganj Circuit

The Ministry of Tourism has received a proposal from IWAI for development of Jetties at various points of embarkation/disembarkation of river cruises on National Waterway1 and 2.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1060 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Challenge of Employment
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: JANAK RAM

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1060 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17TH DECEMBER, 2018

## CHALLENGE OF EMPLOYMENT

1060.   SHRI JANAK RAM:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  formulated/proposes  to  formulate  any  scheme  to award professional degree along with the graduation degree in the Universities to tackle the challenges of employment/counter the problem of unemployment and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  this  action  plan  is  proposed  to  be  implemented  in  States  and  Central Universities as well and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  names  of  the  Universities  in  Bihar  State  in  which  it  is  likely  to  be implemented?

## ANSWER

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

(a): To tackle the challenges of employment/ counter the problem of unemployment, a programme named Scheme for Higher Education Youth for Apprenticeship and Skills (SHREYAS) is under consideration. The objective is to integrate professional  skills into the mainstream of education.

In the first track, all degree students passing out of final year will be offered a six month apprenticeship option in their chosen sector from the list of job roles identified by the Sector Skill Councils of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. Interested and selected students will earn stipend during their period of apprenticeship and obtain certification at the end of the tenure.

In the second track, apprenticeship would be built into existing B.Voc courses and in addition, new courses, BA (Professional), BSc. (Professional), B.Com (Professional), would  be  introduced,  where  general  curriculum  and  vocational  training  through apprenticeship  would  be  embedded  into  the  course.   Separate,  apprenticeship embedded  courses  would  also  be  formulated  in  various  trades  for  the  benefit  of students to enhance their employability.

- (b)  & (c): All Colleges/ Universities (both state and central) in the Higher Education system will be covered under this scheme.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1056 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Schools in Tribal Areas
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: JITENDRA CHAUDHURY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1056 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## SCHOOLS IN TRIBAL AREAS

## 1056. SHRI JITENDRA CHAUDHURY:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the numbers of Government schools opened in tribal areas in the country; and

(b) the details of the people having basic elementary education in tribal areas?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JASWANTSINH BHABHOR)

(a) Ministry of Tribal Affairs (MoTA) provides support under 'Grants under Article 275(1) of the Constitution of India' to the State Governments for setting up of Eklavya Model Residential Schools (EMRSs) with the capacity of 480 students in each school.  Besides, residential Ashram schools have been set up under the Centrally Sponsored Scheme 'Establishment of Ashram Schools in Tribal Sub Plan Areas'. As on 13.12.2018, a total of 284 EMRSs and 1205 Ashram Schools have been sanctioned by MoTA across the country.

Apart from the above, Government through Ministry of Human Resource Development is implementing various interventions which provides for opening of new schools and additional rooms in schools. As per Unified District Information System for Education (U-DISE), developed by the National University of Educational Planning and Administration (NUEPA), 2015-16, total number of Schools functional in 177 Districts having  50% ST population including 14 Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected Districts having ≥25% ST population is as under:

| Primary only                                               |   172643 |
|------------------------------------------------------------|----------|
| Primary with Upper Primary                                 |    54743 |
| Primary with Upper Primary and Secondary and Hr. Secondary |     4673 |
| Upper Primary Only                                         |    27719 |
| Upper Primary with Secondary and Hr. Secondary             |     2043 |
| Primary with Upper Primary and Secondary                   |     8583 |
| Upper Primary with Secondary                               |     6670 |
| Secondary only                                             |     6552 |
| Secondary with Higher Secondary                            |     4861 |
| Higher Secondary only                                      |     1890 |
| All Schools                                                |   290377 |

(b): As per Census 2011, the literacy rate among Scheduled Tribe in the Country is 59%. As per statistics  available  in  U-DISE,  2015-16,  Gross  Enrolment  Ration  (GER)  of  Scheduled  Tribe  in  the country is 103.25 and annual average dropout rate at Primary level is 6.93, at Upper Primary level is 8.59 and at Elementary Level is 7.46.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1049 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Tribal University
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: SRINIVAS KESINENI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1049

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## TRIBAL UNIVERSITY

## 1049. SHRI KESINENI NANI:

Will the Minister of TRIBALAFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of establishment of Tribal University in Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) whether the site has been identified for the University and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether funds have been allocated by the Government for the establishment of the Tribal University in the State and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reason therefor; and
- (d) whether the Tribal  University  start  operations  in  its  own  campus  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI JASWANTSINH BHABHOR)

(a) to (d):   The Ministry of Human Resource Development, being the administrative Ministry concerned, has informed that Union Cabinet has given its approval on 08.11.2018 for setting up of  a  Central  Tribal  University  in  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh  by  the  name  of  Central  Tribal University  of  Andhra  Pradesh.  A  site  has  been  selected  in  Vizianagaram  District  of  Andhra Pradesh  for  the  Central  Tribal  University.  In  the  PIB/CEE  meeting  held  on  01.12.2017,  the Committee recommended that the infrastructure of the University would be set up in two phases. In first phase, there is provision of Rs. 420 crore. The University has not yet started functioning.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1047 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: ST List of Kerala
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: N.K. PREMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1047 TO BE ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018 ST LIST OF KERALA

1047 . SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to revise the Schedule of Scheduled Tribes, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  it  comes  to  the  notice  of  the  Government  that  the  certain  deserving  categories  are  not included in the Schedule, if so, the details of the study conducted by the Government to find out the deserving classes of tribes in various States;
- (c) whether the Government has received recommendation from State Government of Kerala to include Vedan Gothram in Kerala State in the Schedule of Scheduled Tribes, if so, the action taken thereon;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to provide the status of Scheduled Tribes to the Vedan Gothram in Kerala State, if so, the details thereof; and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) The present stage of file regarding the recommendation of the Government of Kerala to include Vedan Gothram as a tribe community in the schedule of Scheduled Tribes?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a)&(b) The Government on 15.06.1999 (further amended on 25.06.2002) has laid down the modalities for deciding the claims for inclusion in, exclusion from and other modifications in Orders specifying Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes lists.  As per the modalities, only those proposals which have been recommended and justified by the concerned State Government/ UT Administration and concurred with by the Registrar General of India (RGI) and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) are to be considered and legislation amended.

(c)   Ministry of Tribal Affairs has not received recommendation from State Government of Kerala to include Vedan Gothram community in the Scheduled Tribes list of Kerala.

(d)&(e) As per extant modalities recommendation of State Government is a pre-requisite to process a proposal further.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1037 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-17
Subject: Development of Tourism
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: V. SATHYABAMA, PR. SENTHILNATHAN, R. VANAROJA, R.K. BHARATHI MOHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1037 ANSWERED ON 17.12.2018

## DEVELOPMENT OF TOURISM

1037. SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA:

SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN:

SHRIMATI VANAROJA R.:

SHRI BHARATHI MOHAN R.K.:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plans to expedite the allocation of funds for the development of Tourism and Hospitality industries in Tamil Nadu;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  funds  allocated  for  the purpose through the Tourism Finance Corporation of India (TFCI);
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  any  new  initiatives  to  provide adequate  funds  for  the  development  of  Tourist  and  Pilgrim centres in Tamil Nadu; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  total  amount disbursed by the Government to Tamil Nadu in this regard till date, placewise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

(SHRI K.J. ALPHONS)

(a) & (b): Funds  related  to  development  of  tourism  are  released  to States and Union Territories including Tamil Nadu in accordance with the relevant scheme guidelines.

- (c) & (d): Under  the  Swadesh  Darshan  Scheme,  the  Ministry  of Tourism has sanctioned following project in Tamil Nadu:

(Rs. in crore)

| State / UT         | Name of Circuit   | Name of Project                                           |   Amt. Sanctioned |   Amt. Released |
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|-------------------|-----------------|
| Tamil Nadu 2016-17 | Coastal Circuit   | Development of Coastal Circuit (Chennai- Mamamallapuram - |             99.92 |           45.24 |

| Rameshwaram - Manpadu - Kanyakumari) in Tamil Nadu under Swadesh Darshan Scheme   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

Under the Pilgrimage Rejuvenation and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) Scheme, the Ministry of Tourism has sanctioned following projects in Tamil Nadu:

(Rs. in crore)

| State      | Name of the project                             | Year of sanction   |   Approved cost |   Amount released |
|------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------|-----------------|-------------------|
| Tamil Nadu | Development of Kanchipuram under PRASHAD Scheme | 2016-17            |           16.48 |              8.24 |
|            | Development of Vellankani under PRASHAD Scheme  | 2016-17            |            5.6  |              2.59 |

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