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Lok Sabha Question No. 2420 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: Terrorist Infiltration
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2420

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 03 RD  DECEMBER, 2019/AGRAHAYANA 12, 1941 (SAKA)

TERRORIST INFILTRATION

2420. SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the terrorist infiltration into Jammu and Kashmir is higher in 2018 in comparison with the last five years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c)  the  corrective  measures  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  ward  off  such infiltration in future?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) & (b) The number of estimated net infiltration in Jammu and Kashmir during the last five years and current year (upto October, 2019) are as under: -

| Year                |   Estimated Net infiltration |
|---------------------|------------------------------|
| 2014                |                           65 |
| 2015                |                           36 |
| 2016                |                          119 |
| 2017                |                          136 |
| 2018                |                          143 |
| 2019 (upto October) |                          114 |

Pursuant  to  Government's  policy  of  zero  tolerance  against  terrorism,  the security forces are taking proactive action against terrorists. Due to concerted and synergized efforts of security forces, a large number of terrorists have been neutralized  in Jammu and Kashmir in the past few years.  With nefarious designs

## LS.US.Q.NO. 2420 FOR 03.12.2019

to  instigate  and  sustain  terrorism,  training  and  infiltration  of  such  trained terrorists is being actively sponsored and supported from across the border.

(c) Government of India has adopted a multi-pronged approach to contain cross border infiltration.  This includes multi-tiered deployment along the International Border  /  Line  of  Control,  border  fencing,  improved  intelligence  and  operational coordination, equipping Security Forces with advanced weapons and taking proactive action against infiltrators.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2418 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: FAME India Scheme
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Kirron  Kher

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2418

ANSWERED ON 03.12.2019

## FAME INDIA SCHEME

## 2418. SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES भारी उद्योग एवं ऱोक उद्यम मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features of the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of Hybrid and Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) scheme and the number of vehicles sold during the last two years under the Scheme;
- (b)  the  total  budget  allocated  and  released  towards  promoting  manufacturing  of  electric and hybrid vehicles; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government for electrification of public transport in the country including Chandigarh?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

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(a) to  (c):    Government approved Phase-I of FAME India Scheme in March, 2015 for a period of 2 years w.e.f 1 st April, 2015 to promote adoption of Electrical Vehicles with an aim to reduce dependency on fossil fuel and to address issues of vehicular emissions. The Phase-I of the Scheme was extended from time to time and the last extension was allowed till  31 st March,  2019.    Based  on  outcome  and  experience  gained  during  the  Phase-I  of FAME  India  Scheme  and  after  having  consultations  with  all  stakeholders  including Industry  and  Industry  Associations,  the  Government  notified  Phase-II  of  FAME  India Scheme on 8 th March,  2019,  which  is  for  a  period  of  three  years  commencing  from  1 st April,  2019  with  a  total  budgetary  support  of  Rs.  10,000  crore.  This  phase  will  mainly focus on supporting electrification of public & shared transportation, and aims to support through incentives about 7000 e-Buses, 5 lakh e-3 Wheelers, 55000 e-4 Wheeler Passenger Cars and 10 lakh e-2 Wheelers. The Scheme is pan India basis including Chandigarh. In addition, creation of charging infrastructure will also be supported under the Scheme.

Since inception of the scheme, about 2.8 lakh vehicles have been supported by way of extending demand incentives of about Rs. 359 Crore [Approx.] and 425 e-buses with the total budgetary support of (approx.) Rs. 280.00 crore were supported under Phase-I of FAME-India Scheme.

Under Phase-II of FAME India Scheme about 5595 electrical buses amounting to Rs.  2800  Crore  (Approx.)  Government  incentives  are  sanctioned  to  various  States  (City Transport Undertakings).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2416 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: Functioning of Police
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Poonamben Hematbhai Maadam, Pashupati Nath Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2416

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 03 RD  DECEMBER, 2019/AGRAHAYANA 12, 1941 (SAKA) FUNCTIONING OF POLICE

2416. SHRIMATI POONAMBEN MAADAM: SHRI PASHUPATI NATH SINGH

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Supreme Court has suggested to keep the work of investigation and work related to law and order of police separate;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the action taken on the said suggestion; and

(d) the outcome of the said works thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) to  (b)  Yes  Sir.  The  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  passed  seven directives on police reforms vide its Order dated 22.09.2006 in Writ Petition (Civil) No. 310 of 1996 filed by Shri Prakash Singh & Others vs. Union of India & Others. One of the directions was to separate investigating police from law & order police, starting with towns/ urban  areas  having  population  of  ten  lakhs  or  more,  and  gradually  extending  to smaller towns/ urban areas also.

(c)  to  (d)  'Police'  is  a  State  subject  falling  in  List-II  (State  List)  of  the  Seventh Schedule of the Constitution  of  India  and  it  is,  therefore,  the  responsibility  of  the State  Governments/UT  Administrations  to  bring  in  the  requisite  reforms  in  the functioning of the Police. The directives of the Hon'ble Supreme Court were meant for the State Governments/UT Administrations and the same were forwarded to them for implementation.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2413 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: Law and Order Situation
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Mala Roy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2413

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 03 RD  DECEMBER, 2019/AGRAHAYANA 12, 1941 (SAKA)

LAW AND ORDER SITUATION

2413. MS. MALA ROY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Union Government sent advisories to the State Governments, on the law and order situation from time to time; and

(b) if so, the details of all such advisories issued to the States during the last five years?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a)  &  (b):       'Public  Order'  and  'Police'  are  State  subjects  as  per  the Seventh  Schedule  to  the  Constitution.  The  Central  Government  keeps  a constant  watch  on  internal  security  and  law  and  order  scenario  of  the country through its security agencies. Alerts and advisories are issued to the law enforcement agencies from time to time. During the last five years, advisories  had  been  issued  to  State  Governments  and  law  enforcement agencies on matters such as protests regarding reservation, agitations by farmers, protests and demonstrations by students and employees, law and order  situation  arising  out  of  religious  gatherings,  elections  and  court orders etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2410 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: Women Empowerment Lab in Dairy Extension Division
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

## WOMEN EMPOWERMENT LAB IN DAIRY EXTENSION DIVISION

## 2410. SHRI B. B. PATIL:

## Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to expand the coverage of women empowerment lab established in dairy extension division for capacity building of Self Help Group (SHG) with an objective to create  awareness  and  impact  skills  in  the  field  of  dairy  processing  and  fruits  and  vegetables preservation and to mobilise groups to take up vocation in the areas specially for the rural farm women;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  number  of  such  awareness  programmes  organised  and  proposed  to  be  organised  in  the  near future, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (DR.SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

(a) & (b) As per information received from Indian Council of Agricultural research (ICAR); National Dairy  Research  Institute  (NDRI),  Karnal  has  established  a  Women  Empowerment  Lab  in  its  Dairy Extension Division in 2013 for capacity building of Self Help Group (SHG) with the objective to create awareness and impart skills in the field of dairy processing, fruits and vegetables preservation and to mobilise groups to take  up vocation in the areas specially for the rural farm women. NDRI has  not proposed for expansion in its coverage.

(c) A total number of 204 awareness programmes including on-campus women empowerment training programmes were organised in the State of Haryana in the field of dairying.

In addition to above, role for women in the membership and leadership of dairy cooperatives has been promoted by National Dairy Development Board (NDDB). As on March, 2019, about 50.6 lakh women (30% of the total members) are members of dairy cooperative societies and there are 34,000 exclusive women dairy  cooperative  societies  in  the  country.  Additionally,  about  3.02  lakh  women  have  been enrolled  as  members  of  6  Milk  Producer  Companies  accounting  for  about  40%  of  their  total membership.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2409 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: Mega Food Park Scheme
Ministry: FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Anurag Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 2409

ANSWERED ON 03 RD  DECEMBER, 2019

## MEGA FOOD PARK SCHEME

## † 2409. SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

Will the Minister of FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:

- ( a ) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  the  objective  of  Mega  Food  Park  is  to  provide mechanism to link agricultural produce to the market by bringing together farmers, processors and retailers so as to ensure maximizing value addition, minimizing wastage, increasing farmers income and creating employment particularly in rural sector;
- ( b ) if so, whether Mega Food Park Scheme is a unit based scheme or a cluster based scheme;
- ( c ) the number of proposals pertaining to set up Mega Food Park which are under consideration of the Government as to provide remunerative price to farmers for their produce in Jhansi-Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh; and
- ( d ) whether there is any provision to make  land available free of cost for setting up Mega Food Park and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a)  &  (b):  Ministry  of  Food  Processing Industries has been implementing Mega Food Park Scheme (MFPS) to create  modern  infrastructure  for  the  food  processing  since  2008.  This  scheme  is  now  a component of the new Central Sector Umbrella Scheme - PRADHAN MANTRI KISAN SAMPADA YOJANA[PMKSY]. As per scheme guidelines, the Objectives of the Scheme are as under: -

- The primary objective of the MFPS is to provide modern infrastructure facilities for the food processing  along  the  value  chain  from  the  farm  to  the  market.  It  will  include  creation  of processing  infrastructure  near  the  farm,  transportation,  logistics  and  centralized  processing centers. The main feature of the Scheme is a cluster based approach. The scheme will be demand-driven  and  will  facilitate  food  processing  units  to  meet  environmental  and  safety standards.
- The expected outcome is increased realization for farmers, creation of high quality processing infrastructure, reduction in wastage, capacity building of producers, processors and creation of an efficient supply chain along with significant direct and indirect employment generation.

(c): Ministry of Food Processing Industries does not establish Mega Food Parks in the country on its own. The proposals under the scheme for Mega Food Parks of Ministry are invited through Expression of Interest (EOI) from time to time. At present, Ministry has not floated any EoI for submission of proposals under the Scheme. As on date, there is no proposal under consideration to setup any new Mega Food Parks in the country including Jhansi-Lalitpur district of Uttar Pradesh.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2408 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: Development and Advancement of Indian Languages
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: S. Jothimani

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2408

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 03 RD  DECEMBER, 2019/AGRAHAYANA 12, 1941 (SAKA)

DEVELOPMENT AND ADVANCEMENT OF INDIAN LANGUAGES

2408. MS. S. JOTHIMANI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps being taken by the Government  for the  development  and advancement of Indian languages, especially regional languages;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  measures  for  the  promotion  of  Indian  languages  across thecountry and globally;
- (c) the details of the schemes and projects undertaken by the Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL) for all the languages, including those listed in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution; and
- (d)  whether the Government would consider a proposal for creating a separate institution for development and promotion of Tamil language and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) &  (c)  The  policy  of  the  Government  is  to  promote  all  Indian  Languages. Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore works for the promotion of all  Indian  languages  including  those  listed  in  the  Eighth  Schedule  of  the Constitution. There are also separate institutions for development and promotion of Hindi, Urdu, Sindhi and Sanskrit languages. CIIL works and collaborates with various stakeholders including Universities, institutes, State Government Institutes,  etc  for  development  of  languages.  CIIL  works  through  its  various schemes  and projects like Bharatavani,  National  Translation Mission, Linguistic

## LS.US.Q.NO.2408 FOR 03.12.2019

Data  Consortium  of  Indian  Languages,  etc.  for  development  and  promotion  of languages. CIIL  has  signed  a  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  with Mahatma Gandhi Institute (MGI), Moka, Mauritius to promote Indian languages. MGI teaches Indian languages in Mauritius, including Hindi, Tamil, Telugu.

(d) The  Central  Government  has  already  established  the  Central  Institute  of Classical      Tamil  (CICT)  at  Chennai  focused  on  development,  promotion  and development of classical Tamil.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2407 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: Funds for Tricycles/Equipments to Divyangs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Su Thirunavukkarasar

## GOVERMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (DIVYANGJAN)

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2407 TO BE ANSWER ON 03.12.2019

## Funds for Tricycles/Equipments to Divyangs

## 2407: SHRI THIRUNAVUKKARASAR SU:

Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state: Will the

- has allocated funds for Tamil Nadu during the last five years for the (a) whether the Government distribution of tricycles and other equipments needed by the Divyangs in Tamil Nadu:
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- allocated, disbursed and spent during the said for the welfare of Divyang (c) the total amount in Tamil Nadu; year-wise? period population

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

Under Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (a) to (c) No, Sir. for  distribution of aids and (ADIP) Scheme, funds are   released to various implementing  agencies assistive and keeping in view the availability of funds to Artificial Limbs agencies based on the requirement of India and National Institutes for Pan India activity/ADIP-SSA Manufacturing Corporation Implantlorganizing camps all over India as per requirement of beneficiaries. The year-wise Scheme in respect of the State of Tamil Nadu during the last five years is as under:

| Year    |   Funds utilized (Rupees in lakh) |
|---------|-----------------------------------|
| 2014-15 |                            424.41 |
| 2015-16 |                            394.68 |
| 2016-17 |                            353.32 |
| 2017-18 |                            589.83 |
| 2018-19 |                            698.34 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2406 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: Delay in Payment in MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2406

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2019

## DELAY IN PAYMENT IN MGNREGS

## 2406.  ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  is  a  delay  in  timely  disbursement  of  daily  wages  under  Mahatma Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGS),  if  so  the details thereof;
- (b) whether the introduction of National Electronic  Fund  Management  System (NEFMS)  has  further  complicated  and  contributed  to  the  delay  in  payments  of wages and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  MGNREGS  Sangharsh  Morcha's  study  over  the  delay  in  wage payments reveals that the Government wants to curtail the outgo of allocations by delaying payments; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a): The Ministry along with the States/UTs has been making concerted efforts for improving the timely payment of wages. The Ministry has issued Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) on timely payment process for direct payment into the account of beneficiaries. States/ UTs have been advised to generate pay orders in time. This has resulted in considerable improvement in the status of timely generation of pay order leading to improvement in actual time taken to credit wages in the workers account. During the current Financial Year 2019-20 (as on 27.11.2019), around  97%  pay  orders  have  been  generated  within  15  days  from  the  date  of  closure  of  the Muster Roll.

(b): No, Sir.

(c) & (d): The Ministry is not aware about any such study conducted by Mahatma Gandhi NREGS Sangharsh Morcha. The fund release for implementation of Mahatma Gandhi NREGA to States/UTs is a continuous process and Central Government is making funds available keeping in view the demand.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2405 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-03
Subject: Shortage of  Medicines
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2405 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd  December, 2019

## Shortage of Medicines

## 2405. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  about  the  reports  of  shortage  of  medicines  at Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Jan Aushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP) Kendras;
- (b) if so, the number of reported incidents; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to check the shortage of medicines at PMBJP Kendras?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI D. V. SADANANDA GOWDA)

(a) At  present,  Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya  Janaushadhi  Kendras  are  not  facing  any severe  shortage  of  medicines.  The  Bureau  of  Pharma  PSUs  of  India  (BPPI),  the implementing  agency  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya  Janaushadhi  Pariyojana  (PMBJP) makes  regular  efforts  to  make  all  the  drugs  of  its  product  basket  available  to  the consumers. Sometimes, some drugs are not available for non-receipt of valid bids for a particular drug in a tender floated by the BPPI/non-supply by a vendor.  The Product basket of BPPI comprises of 802 drugs and 155 surgicals. Presently, 667 drugs and 56 surgicals are available for sale at PMBJP Kendras.

- (b) From 01.04.2019 to 27.11.2019, BPPI have received only 46 complaints related to shortage of medicines through CPGRAMS portal.

(c) BPPI has appointed State-level Marketing Officers to monitor the functioning of the Kendras in each State. The State-level Marketing Officers are monitoring the supplies of the required medicines to the PMBJP Kendras of their respective States. The complete logistics and supply chain system are being monitored by the logistics & supply team placed at the BPPI head office. Further, Information Technology (IT) enabled End-toEnd supply chain system with Point-of-Sale (POS) application for value-added services have been implemented in PMBJP. At present, BPPI has four modern warehouses at Gurugram,  Bengaluru,  Guwahati  and  Chennai  for  storage  and  distribution  of  drugs. Drugs are made available to all Kendras across the country from these warehouses.

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