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Lok Sabha Question No. 705 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: UDAN Academy
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Mimi Chakraborty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIA TION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO\_ 705 (To be answered on the November 2019) 21st

## UDAN ACADEMY

705.

MS. MIMI CHAKRABORTY

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- a) whether the country has only one UDAN academy to train pilots for aviation sector for commercial pilot licensing, if s0, the details thereof; (b) whether the training process and schedule are not upto the mark and time bound in terms to compete flying training therefor;
2. (d) the details of proposal to raise the admission intake and facilities t0 fulfil the demand of employment generation for the next 10 years period therein; and plan
3. (c) if so, the action proposed to be taken to train new pilots with modern technologies and airbuses support thereof;
4. (e) the details 0f projected demand of pilots and present support strength in the country in the next 10 years?

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIA TION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

- (4): No Sir; There are 32 DGCA approved Flying Training Organizations (FTOs) to train pilots for aviation sector for Commercial Pilot Licensing (CPL):
- (b): As per the Aircraft Rules 1937, a student has to undergo 200 hours (including skill test) of flying training and to pass written exams for issuance of Commercial Pilot Licensing (CPL): The duration of completion of CPL course depends upon various factors such as student's performance, availability of aircraft; weather conditions and time taken by a student to pass the examination.
- (c) to (e) Keeping in view the projected requirement of about 800 (approx) aircrafts inducted by scheduled domestic airlines over the period Of next 7-8 years and air crewlaircraft utilization, there would be an anticipated being

requirement of about 9000 (approx) pilots in the country At present there are 07 Approved Training Organizations (ATOs) in India having 30 simulators to provide type training in addition to 32 DGCA approved Flying Training Organizations (FTOs) to train pilots for aviation sector for commercial pilot licensing (CPL): Airbus company has also established Approved Training Organization (ATO) in India to train the on A-320 type of aircraft: Further, training of pilots is a continuous on-going process and approved FTOs/ATOs also keep on upgrading/upscaling their training facilities/ capabilities to adopt modern technologies to meet the industry demand/requirement. pilots

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Lok Sabha Question No. 704 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Construction of Crossroad/Flyover
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Anurag Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 704

ANSWERED ON 21 ST  NOVEMBER, 2019

## CONSTRUCTION OF CROSSROAD/FLYOVER

## 704. SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a crossroad with a cost of 17.5 crore rupees was proposed to be constructed at the location on Gwalior Road Army Airstrip connecting east-west four-lane corridor under Golden Quadrilateral project in Jhansi district of Uttar Pradesh and if so, the details and the present status thereof;
- (b) the reasons for delay in construction of the said crossroad/flyover; and
- (c) the time by which construction of the said crossroad/flyover is likely to be started and completed?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a)  to  (c)  No  sir.  At  present,  there  is  no  such  proposal  for  construction  of  cross  road  on Gwalior road army airstrip.  However, there is a provision for construction of a flyover at that location.    Construction  of  this  flyover  had  been  stopped  by  664  Army  Aviation  Squadron (R&O), Jhansi due to safety concern.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 703 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Privatisation of Cochin Shipyard Limited
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

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## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTTON No. 703 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2,1SI NOVEMBFR, 2019

## PRIVATISA IION OF COCHIN SHIPYARD LIMITED

## 703. SHRI DIBYENDU  ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased  to state: q]-aqn€{rrfi

- (a) whether the Government  is planning  to privatise  the Shipping corporation of lnd ia;
- (b) if so, the details  thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether it is also true that the Government  has decided  to pflvatise  the Cochin  Shipyard Limited;  and
- (d) if so, the details  thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)&(b) A proposal for strategic disinvestment of Shipping Corporation of lndia is under consideration  of Government  of lndia.
- (c)&(d) There is no proposal  for privatization  of Cochin  Shipyard Ltd.
Lok Sabha Question No. 702 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Bengaluru-Mysuru Expressway
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: P. C. Mohan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 702

ANSWERED ON 21 ST  NOVEMBER, 2019

## BENGALURU-MYSURU EXPRESSWAY

## 702. SHRI P.C. MOHAN:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of work on Bengaluru-Mysuru expressway;
- (b) whether the work of land acquisition for the project has been completed;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the cost of the project along with the amount spent thereon so far, year-wise; and
- (e) the time by which the project is likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

| (a)to(c)   | Under Bharatmala Pariyojana Phase-I approved by Government of India, connectivity from Bengaluru to Mysuru has been envisaged for development as Economic Corridor. The work for 6-lane of Bangalore-Nidagatta-Mysore road stretch has already been awarded in two packages in February, 2018. Physical progress of about 18% has been achieved in 6-lanework of Bangalore-Nidagatta section. The appointed date for work of 6-lane of Nidagatta-Mysore section has not been declared. As on date about 85% land acquisition has been completed with target for completion in December, 2019.   |
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| (d)&(e)    | The total cost of the project is approximately Rs. 7,400 crore out of which an amount of about Rs. 2,270 has already been expended. The scheduled completion time for 6-laning of Bangalore-Nidagatta-Mysore road stretch is 30 months from the appointed date.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 701 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: National Service Scheme
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

†701

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 701 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.11.2019

## NATIONAL SERVICE SCHEME

SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR: SHRI B.B. PATIL:

Will the MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:

- (a) the prescribed number of students of Gujarat and Telangana under the National Service Scheme at present;
- (b) whether the State Governments of Gujarat and Telangana have sent any proposals regarding increasing the said number;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Union Government in this direction for approving the said proposals along with outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS [SHRI KIREN RIJIJU]

(a) Number  of  students  under  National  Service  (NSS)  Scheme  at  present  in Gujarat and Telangana are as under:-

|   SI. No. | Name of the State   | No. of Students under National Service (NSS) Scheme at present   |
|-----------|---------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|         1 | Gujarat             | 1,87,900 (1879 NSS Units)                                        |
|         2 | Telangana           | 1,39,800 (1398 NSS Units)                                        |

(b) No  such  proposal  from  the  State  Government  of  Gujarat  and  Telangana have been received.

(c) & (d) Does not arise in view of point (b).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 700 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Approval for New NH
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Ranjeeta Koli

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 700

ANSWERED ON 21 st  NOVEMBER, 2019

## APPROVAL FOR NEW NH

## 700. SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI:

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

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether in-principle approval has been given for the construction of a National Highway from Bharatpur's Pahadi to Vayanagar, Kathumar, Mahua, Hindon to Mandrayal; and (b) if so, the details and the present status thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) and (b) Yes Sir. The Ministry has accorded 'in-principle' approval to this State Road to be declared  as  new  National  Highway  depending  upon  the  outcome  of  Detailed  Project Report (DPR). However, the Government is in the process of framing revised guidelines for  declaration  of  State  Roads  as  National  Highways,  which  will  be  used  for  declaring such State Roads based on the inter-se priority, traffic density and availability of funds.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 699 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Renovation of Quarters by CPWD
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 699

TO BE ANSWERED ON NOVEMBER 21, 2019.

## RENOVATION OF QUARTERS BY CPWD

## NO. 699 SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT :

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

- (a) Whether the Government  is aware that at the time of upgradation/renovation of  Type-II  Quarters  at  Aram  Bagh  and Kalibari including many other Government colonies, steel taps were  installed  but  now  when  these  taps  get  out  of  order, plastic  taps  are  being  installed  whereas  CPWD  charges  for steel taps for the same; and
- (b)
- if so, the reasons therefor along with the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) & (b): At the  time of upgradation  / renovation  of Type  II Quarters at Aram Bagh, Kalibari and other government colonies, wherever required Polytetra Methylene Terephthalate (PTMT) taps were provided.  Steel taps were not installed.  During maintenance, replacement of taps in Type II quarters  is  done  with  PTMT  taps.    Central  Public  Works Department  (CPWD)  does  not  charge  anything  for  replacing taps.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 695 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Construction of Underpasses
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Manne Srinivas Reddy

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any request has been received by the Government/NHAI for construction of a road underpasses/overbridges on NH-44  near Mudireddypalli village (Rajapur Manda)  in Mahabubnagar district;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government thereon; and
- (c) the time by which these underpasses/overbridges are likely to be constructed?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) Yes Sir.
- (b) & (c) The junction at Mudireddypalli being a T -junction hence providing underpass may not serve the purpose. However,  based on the feasibility and safety consideration, provision of service road is considered on Right Hand Side (RHS) Mudireddypalli Junction to approach road of SEZ i.e. from Km 72+867 to Km 73+800 on Hyderabad -Bangalore section of NH44.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 695

ANSWERED ON 21 ST  NOVEMBER, 2019

## CONSTRUCTION OF UNDERPASSES

## 695. SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री
Lok Sabha Question No. 694 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Metro Rail between Delhi and Meerut etc.
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Malook Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 694

## TO BE ANSWERED ON NOVEMBER 21, 2019 METRO RAIL BETWEEN DELHI AND MEERUT ETC.

## NO. 694. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

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

- (a) whether there is any plan to run the Metro Rail from Delhi to Meerut, Muzaffarnagar and Hastinapur, a historical place of Mahabharat era; and
- (b)
- if so, the time by which it is likely to be implemented?

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

## ANSWER MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) & (b): Urban Transport is an integral part of Urban development, which  is  a  State  subject.  Planning  and  development  of  Urban  Transport system  including  Metro  Rail  is  done  by  respective  State  Governments/ Union  Territories.  Government  of  India  considers  financial  assistance  to these projects as per extant policy subject to feasibility of the project and availability  of  the  resources,  as  and  when  posed  by  respective  State Governments/Union  Territories.  Government  of  India  in  March,  2019  has approved 82.15 kilometer rail based Regional Rapid Transit System (RRTS) corridor between  Delhi and Meerut via Ghaziabad which is scheduled to be completed in six years.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 693 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: BBIN Motor Vehicle Agreement
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Pradeep Kumar Singh, Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Shantanu Thakur

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal (BBIN) Motor Vehicles Agreement (MVA) has helped to enhance the trade/business between India and Bangladesh for the last 3 years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether BBIN MVA has helped to generate revenues for these nations; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 693

ANSWERED ON 21 ST  NOVEMBER, 2019

## BBIN MOTOR VEHICLE AGREEMENT

693. SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH: SHRIMATI RATHVA GITABEN VAJESINGBHAI: SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA: SHRI SHANTANU THAKUR:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मं त्री

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) to  (d):Bangladesh-Bhutan-India-Nepal  (BBIN)  Motor  Vehicles  Agreement  (MVA), signed in June 2015 by the four countries, is not in force till date.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 691 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-21
Subject: Contamination of Ground Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 691

ANSWERED ON 21.11 .2019

## CONTAMINATION OF GRO UND WATER

## 691. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware about the reports of widespread Uranium contamination India's ground water;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether t he Government considers Uranium contaminated drinking water harmful for human heal
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government plans to set permissible levels of Uranium in drinking water unde Indian Standards; and
- (f) if so , the time by which it is to be completed and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

- (a) & (b) Government is aware about the prevalence of Uranium concentration exceeding 30 micro litre (the WHO provisional guideline), in some localized pockets of few states in the count affected by Uranium contamination as per a study conducted by Duke Un iversity, USA in association with Central Ground Water Board and State Ground Water Departments are -Andhra Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat,  Haryana,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Jammu  &  Kashmir,  Jharkhand,  Karnataka,  Maharashtra,  O Punjab, Rajasthan, Tamil Nad u, Telangana, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
- (c) & (d) Rural water supply is a State subject and Government of India supplements the effo States by providing financial and technical assistance. State Governments plan, approve an water supply schemes to provide potable water to rural population. To enable every rural have  Functional  Household  Tap  Connection  (FHTC)  by  2024,  Government  of  India  has  launche Jeevan Miss ion (JJM), with and outlay of Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore. The funds provided to the States under JJM can be utilized for providing safe drinking water to water quality affected areas on priority
- (e)& (f) The Indian Standard IS - 10500: 2012 for Drinking Water specification has specified require forradioactive residues as alpha and beta emitters.  These requirements take into account a elements including Uranium. No individual radioactive elements have been specifically identif

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Lok Sabha Question No. 58 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Post Banks
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Raksha Nikhil Khadse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 58 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH   NOVEMBER, 2019

## POST BANKS

## *58. SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the business of Mahila Pradhan Kshetriya Bachat Yojana (MPKBY)  and Standardized Agency System (SAS) agents has been diverted/ adversely affected due to formation of Post Banks, thereby decreasing their earnings by way of commission and if so,  the details thereof; and
- (b) the remedial steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to ameliorate the distressed conditions of more than five lakh registered agents, mostly women under MPKBY and SAS?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, LAW & JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) & (b) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

Contd………2/-

## STATEMENT TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE OF LOK SABHA IN RESPECT OF PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *58 FOR 20 TH  NOVEMBER, 2019  ON 'POST BANKS '.

- (a) No, sir.

(b) Services  under  India  Post  Payments  Bank  (IPPB)  and  Authorized  Agents  (MPKBY/SAS) under Small Savings Schemes are unrelated and independent of each other. No steps are  therefore proposed/required  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  in  respect  of  the  Authorized  Agents  of  Small Savings, post formation of India Post Payments Bank.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 57 (STARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: MPLAD Fund
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Mukesh Rajput

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *57 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.11.2019

## MPLAD FUND

## * 57.  SHRI MUKESH RAJPUT:

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

- (a) whether  there is any proposal to bring the implementing agency of MPLAD  fund, District Rural Development Agency (DRDA) under the Union Government;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if  not,  whether  there  is  any  other  scheme  for  the  fast disposal of MPLAD funds; and
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION  AND  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)  OF  THE  MINISTRY  OF  PLANNING  (RAO  INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a)  to (d) A statement is laid down on the table of the House.

Statement referred to in reply to parts (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *57 for 20 th  November, 2019. (a) & (b)  No Sir. There is no such proposal under consideration of the Government. (c)  &  (d)  Keeping  in  view  the  distinct  nature  of  the  MPLAD Scheme, several measures are taken by the Ministry from time to time to address the issue of  quick disposal of MPLAD funds, some of which are given below:(i)   Ministry regularly follows up with the District Authorities to submit the fund related documents online for timely release of fund. Training to the District Officials is also being imparted. (ii)  Officers of the Ministry are deputed to visit various States / Districts to review the implementation of the Scheme. (iii)  Ministry  conducts  Annual Review Meeting with the Nodal Departments of all the State / UT Governments to discuss the implementation  of  the  scheme.  Ministry  also  impresses  upon the  Nodal  Departments  of  the  State  /  UT  Governments  to convene Meetings under the Chairmanship of Chief Secretary with  the  District  Authorities  and  Members  of  Parliament  at least  once  in  a  year.  This  is  besides  the  Quarterly  review meeting  by  the  District  Authorities  with  the  implementing agencies at district level to review the progress of implementation of MPLAD Scheme.

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