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Lok Sabha Question No. 1007 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Establishment of Open Gym/Health Club
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Hibi Eden

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1007 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.06.2019

Establishment of Open Gym/Health Club

1007.

SHRI HIBI EDEN

Will  the  Minister  of  YOUTH  AFFAIRS  AND  SPORTS  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to establish open gym/health club for public in main cities;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  there  is  any  such  proposal  pending  for  Ernakulum  city  in Kerala and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government is having any scheme or planning to provide funds  to  establish  open  library  including  e-learning  facilities  in  the country for the development of youth; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS { SHRI KIREN RIJIJU }

- (a)to (c) No  Sir.  Sports  being    a  State  subject  the  responsibility  for promotion and development of sports, including establishment of gym/health  club  for  public  in  main  cities,  primarily  rests  with  State Governments.

(d) and (e)  Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports is not having any scheme for providing funds to establish open library, including e-learning facilities, in the country.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1006 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Project Approvals/Clearances under MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, Shrikant Eknath Shinde

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1006 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.06.2019

## PROJECT APPROVALS/CLEARANCES UNDER MSMES

1006. SHRI SRIRANGA APPA BARNE:

Dr. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

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

- (a) whether  delay  in  obtaining  approvals  and  clearances  had  forced  some  investors  to shelve projects in the past, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Union  Government  proposes  to  allow  Micro,  Small  and  Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) to start projects without any approvals or clearance needed for three years;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the salient features/objectives of the aforesaid proposals;
- (d) whether  some  State  Governments  have  also  proposed  to  allow  MSMEs  to  start projects without any approvals or clearances needed for three years;
- (e) if so, the name of those State Governments; and
- (f) the  steps  taken  by  the  Union  Government  to  ease  the  norms  for  approvals  and clearances of the projects?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI  NITIN GADKARI)

(a) to (c): The  Government  has  taken  several  steps  to  promote  ease  of  doing  business which inter alia includes improvement on the system of obtaining approvals and clearances. The Government has issued an advisory to States / UTs / Central Labour Agencies to simplify and ease the compliance burden for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) during their initial 3 years of establishment.

- (d) to (e): Some of the State Governments grant certain approvals and clearances on the basis of self certification, through single window portal or one stop solution.
- (f): Recently, the Government has taken several initiatives to further promote ease of doing business and simplify government procedures. These include (i) System of only one annual return  to  be  filed  for  8  Labour  laws  and  10  Union  regulations,  (ii)  Single  consent  for environment  clearance  under  air  pollution  and  water  pollution  laws,  (iii)  Returns  to  be accepted on the basis of self-certification, etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1003 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Evaluation of Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Nalin Kumar Kateel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1003

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.06.2019

## Evaluation of Safe Drinking Water and Sanitation

## 1003. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a large number of people do not have access to basic amenities such as sanitation and safe drinking water in India;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the India's approach to sanitation and safe drinking water needs is not yielding desired results;
- (d) if so, whether the Government is taking any comprehensive view and intends to pay more attention to broader determinants of health such as sanitation and safe drinking water; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FORJAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

- (a)to (e) Both Sanitation and Rural Drinking Water Supply are State subjects. Under National  Rural  Drinking  Water  Programme  (NRDWP),  this  Ministry  provides technical  &  financial  assistance  to  the  States  to  improve  the  coverage  of  safe drinking  water  in  rural  areas.  Coverage  of  safe  drinking  water  is  maintained  in terms of Fully Covered (FC) Habitations (i.e. getting more than 40 liters per capita per day (lpcd), PartiallyCovered (PC) (i.e.  getting less than 40 lpcd) and Quality Affected  (QA)habitation (i.e.  containing  chemical  contamination).  Based  on  the information provided by State Governments,thestatus of Fully Covered, Partially Covered & Quality Affected habitations is given below:-

| Coverage of Habitation   | Coverage of Habitation   | Coverage of Habitation   | Coverage of Habitation   |
|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|--------------------------|
| % as on                  | FC                       | PC                       | QA                       |
| 01.04.2014               | 73.66                    | 21.71                    | 4.63                     |
| 31.03.2019               | 80.92                    | 15.62                    | 3.47                     |

Source: IMIS, DDWS

The NRDWP was restructured in November, 2017 to make it competitive, result awaited and outcome based.

Further, the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) [SBM(G)] was launched on 2nd October, 2014 with the aim to attain Open Defecation Free India by 2nd October, 2019.  Under the programme, 9.59 crore toilets have been constructed till 24.06.2019.  As a result, sanitation coverage in the rural areas of the country which was 38.7% on 2.10.2014 has increased to more than 99% and 30 States, 621 Districts,  6,173  Blocks,  2,50,140  Gram  Panchayats  and  5,65,430  villages have been declared Open Defecation Free (ODF).
Lok Sabha Question No. 1002 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Airport Tariff
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1002 (TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 27th June 2019)

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1002\_ SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:

- whether the Government has decided to have a pre-determined tariff (a) structure linked to inflation for airports across the country;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to address the issues hindering investments in the Indian Aviation Sector?
- if the details thereof along with the reasons for wide variation in (b) SO, airport tariff across the country; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

- (a) to (c): In order to encourage private partners in the Infrastructure projects; the Government has decided to introduce an enabling clause in Airport Economic Regulatory Authority (AERA) Act; 2008 to adopt predetermined tariff;, if such tariff has been incorporated in the bid document; which is the basis for award of airport This decision brings regulatory certainty to the private investors:
Lok Sabha Question No. 1001 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Sports Culture
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1001 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.06.2019

## Sports Culture

1001. SHRI B.B. PATIL

Will  the  Minister  of  YOUTH  AFFAIRS  AND  SPORTS  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)  whether  absence  of  sports  culture  is  one  of  the  major  reasons  for miserable condition of sports and games in the country; and
- (b) if so, the measures taken by the Government to change the attitude of the  guardians  and  the  society  towards  the  sports  and  games  in  the country?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS { SHRI KIREN RIJIJU }

( a) and (b )    Central Government has been  promoting sports and sports culture by supporting sportspersons for excellence at international level through  National  Sports  Federations  (NSFs)    as  well  as  directly  under Target Olympic Podium Scheme.  Under Khelo India Scheme emphasis is laid  on  early  scouting  of  talent  and  its  nurturing,  quality  coaching  and bridging critical gaps in sports infrastructure.  Many Indian players have earned  accolades  at  international  level  by  winning  medals  in  various championships.    Government  is  helping  NSFs  in  organizing  national competitions  and  organizing  annual  Khelo  India  competitions.        These efforts have helped in spreading the culture of sports which is an ongoing process.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 999 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Details regarding PMJVK
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 999 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.06.2019

## Details regarding PMJVK

## 999. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)    the  details  of  the  offices  which  are  looking  after  the  facilities  provided under  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas  Karyakram  (PMJVK)  along  with  the schemes which have been announced under PMJVK, State/district-wise;
- (b)    the  details  of  the  officers  under  PMJVK,  criteria  for  appointment,  their emoluments, State-wise; and
- (c)  the  details  of  the  schools/colleges,  health  centres,  hostels,  drinking  water facilities,  polytechnics,  ITIs,  market  sheds  for  artisans-farmers,  sadbhav mandaps,  job-oriented  skill  development  centres,  hunar  hubs,  constructed under  PMJVK along with construction  cost  for  each,  date  of  construction along with the date of registration, State-wise?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a) &  (b):    The  Pradhan  Mantri  Jan  Vikas  Karyakram  (PMJVK)  is  a  Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  implemented  by  this  Ministry  in  1300  identified  Minority Concentration Areas of the country.  The proposals are sanctioned by the Ministry and  are  implemented  by  State  Governments/UT  Administrations  through  the existing state machinery which also includes manpower.
- (c) The  Ministry  has  sanctioned  during  the  period  2014-19,  a  number  of  projects under  the  scheme  which  includes  25  Degree  Colleges,  1152  School  Buildings, 20228 Additional Class Rooms, 506 Hostels, 71 ITIs, 5 Polytechnics, 411 Sadbhav Mandaps, 92 Residential Schools, 530 Market Sheds, 5090 Anganwadi Centres, 821 Health Projects, 2285 Water Supply Projects, 11676 Pucca Houses etc. Statewise details of the projects are available on the Ministry's website at http://www.minorityaffairs.gov.in.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 997 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Electrification Work in Bihar
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Rama Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.997 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.06.2019

ELECTRIFICATION WORK IN BIHAR

†997. SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  electrification  work  has  not  been  done  yet  in  many  rural areas of Sheohar district in Bihar and if so, the details thereof;

(b) the number of villages in said district which still have no access to electricity; and

(c) the works being done to provide electricity to all villages in the said district?

A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR POWER, NEW & RENEWABLE  ENERGY  AND THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

( SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (c) : As reported by the State, all the inhabited census villages in Bihar,  including  those  in  the  district  Sheohar,  stand  electrified  on  28 th April, 2018.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 996 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Piped Water Connections
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Kirti Vardhan Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.996 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.06.2019

## Piped Water Connections

## 996. SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is contemplating to provide piped water connections to every household in the country by 2024;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the name of the States to be covered in the first phase of this project?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FORJAL SHAKTI (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

(a) to (c) Yes Sir. The matter is under consideration of the Government.
Lok Sabha Question No. 993 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Public Transport Vehicle
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 993

TO BE ANSWERED ON JUNE 27, 2019

## PUBLIC TRANSPORT VEHICLE

No. 993 SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL.

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

- a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  run  major  means  of  public transport  vehicle  at  a  very  low  prices  in  tier-2  andtier-3  category
2. cities;
3. (b) if so, the details thereof;
4. (c) whether the Government has taken initiative to cooperate with private sectors for this purpose; and
5. (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE

MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a)  to  (d)  Urban  Transport  is  intertwined  with  Urban  Development, which is a State subject.  As such the initiatives to provide public transport  in tier-2  and  tier-  3  categorycities  andthe  scope  of cooperation  with  private  sectors  for  this  purpose  are  taken  up  by the State Governments / Union Territories/Urban Local Bodies.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 989 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Investigation in Procurement of Airbus
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Ramesh Chander Kaushik

989\_

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL A VIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 989 (To be answered on the June 2019) 27th

## INVESTIGATION IN PROCUREMENT OF AIRBUS

SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- b) if sO, the details thereof;

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether any scam has taken place in the procurement of Airbus aircrafts since 2004;
- whether the Government has made any investigation in this regard; and
- (d) if the details and the outcome thereof? SO,

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) to (d): The erstwhile Air India (AI) had placed an order of 68 Boeing Aircraft in December, 2005 and the erstwhile Indian Airlines (IA) had placed an order for 43 Airbus Aircraft in February, 2006. These orders were mainly placed for replacing ageing fleet, improving\_ schedule integrity etc Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) registered dated 27.02.2013 and FIR No. RC-DAI-2017-A-0020 dated 29.05.2017 on the subject matter and the matter is under investigation with CBL

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Lok Sabha Question No. 988 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Airfare in Gulf-Kerala Sector
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Adoor Prakash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 988 (To be answered on the June 2019)

## AIRFARE IN GULF-KERALA SECTOR

988.

ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (2) whether the Government is aware Of the issucs faced by the Indian season;
2. (b) ifso, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto the action taken in this regard; with along
3. Sectvhether the Government has received any request for rcgulating airfare in this sector; and
4. (d) if the details thereof and the decision taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

- (3) & (b): Sir; pricing Of air tickets is decided hy the airlines based market which are driven by market forces. The airfares increase with the levels; demand as the lower fare buckets get sold out first. This is a increase in followed in the aviation industry: With the repeal of the Air global practice reasonable tariffs under the provisions of are free to fix Rules, 1937. sub-rule (1) of rule 135 of the Aircraft Every Air Transport Undertaking establishes air tariff regard to all relevant factors, are required to charged by them should not exceed the fare established and displayed on their regard. Government in this having
2. (c) & (d): A number Of requests have been received from time to time with to regulation of air fare on Gulf-Kerala Sector. As given aboves the anCines regard must fix

air fares aS per rule 135(1) of the Aircraft Rules; 1937 taking into consideration relevant factors, like the cost of operation, characteristics of services, reasonable profit and the generally prevailing tariff: Since the system of fare baskets has been adopted by the airlines, the passengers who book their tickets first lower fares and the late comers have to g0 for higher fares. To facilitate the passengers ' movement; the Ministry had temporarily allocated the rights Of Jet Airways to other airlines even on international sectors including India-Gulf sector. get

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Lok Sabha Question No. 986 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Expansion of Airports in Smaller Cities
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Ravindra Kushawaha, Ravi Kishan Shukla, P.P. Chaudhary

986.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 986

(TO BE ANSWERED ON THE June 2019) 27th

## EXPANSION OF AIRPORTS IN SMALLER CITIES

SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHAWAHA

SHRI RAVINDRA SHYAM NARAYAN SHUKLA

ALIAS RAVI KISHAN

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to make expansion of airports in smaller cities throughout the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government with the help of Air Force also proposes to provide air services at night on airports in Noida and military airports like Jodhpur;
- (b) the name f the airports to be expanded in the next three years;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) ifnot, the reasons therefor along with the plan of the Governmentin this regard?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

- (a) & (b): Government of India, Ministry of Civil Aviation has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Naagrik) in October; 2016 with the objective to facilitate stimulate regional air connectivity to currently underserved and unserved airports in the country, including those in the smaller cities. The expansion of airports under the scheme is 'demand driven', depending upon firm commitment from airline operators as well as from the State Government for providing various concessions.
- (c) to (e): Improving the infrastructure, including provision of air services at night at the airports is a continuous process and is undertaken by Airports Authority of upon commercial  viability,  traffic demand, operational requirements, demand from airlines, technical feasibilityl willingness of airlines to operate tolfrom such airports etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 979 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-27
Subject: Minority Status
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh, Chunni Lal Sahu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 979 TO BE ANSWERED ON  27-06-2019

## Minority Status

## 979.          SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRI CHUNNI LAL SAHU:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the communities, to which the status of Minorities has been accorded by the Government so far;
- (b) whether the Government has received any requests to provide minority status from any community and if so, the details of requests received in this regard so far;
- (c) the details of the provision made by the Government to provide minority status;
- (d) whether  there  is  an  existing  provision  or  it  is  under  consideration  to abolish  the  status  of  minority  of  some  minority  communities  in  our  country including Chhattisgarh and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether a review has been done with regard to the increasing population of minorities; and
- (f) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons  therefor  along  with  the time by which it is likely to be done?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a) There  are  six  communities  namely  Muslims,  Sikhs,  Christians, Buddhists, Parsis and Jains, which have been notified as Minority Communities  by  the  Central  Government  under  Section  2(c)  of  National Commission for Minorities (NCM) Act, 1992.
- (b) Yes, Sir. Demands from Brahmo Samaj, Hualngo tribes, Seng Khasi and Niamtre, Sanamahi Aggarwal, Tingkao Ragwang Chapriak, Lingayat and Hindu(states were Hindus are in minority)Communities  for grant of minority status  have  been  received  in  the  Ministry  and  National  Commission  for Minorities during last two years.
- (c) The Central Government notifies minority community under Section 2(c) of NCM  Act, 1992.
- (d) & (e) No, Sir.
- (f)          Does not arise.

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