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Lok Sabha Question No. 1355 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Finance Ministers’ Meeting
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1355

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, JULY 1, 2019/ASHADHA 10, 1941 (SAKA)

## FINANCE MINISTERS' MEETING

## 1355. SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHANA RAJU:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  meeting  of  the  State  Finance  Ministers  with  Finance  Minister  has  taken  place recently in Delhi and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is true that the Government GST council is not taking into account the problems being faced by the States in the implementation of GST;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  it  is  also  a  fact  that  GST  council  is  fixing  the  agenda  of  the  meeting  unilaterally without consulting the States' agenda and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps being taken by the Government to advise GST Council to consider the problems of the States for better implementation?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF FINANCE (Ms.

## NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

(a)  Yes  Sir.  The  35th  meeting  of  the  Goods  and  Services  Tax  (GST)  Council  was  held  on 21.06.2019 in New Delhi.

(b)  and  (c)  No  Sir.  All  matters  relating  to  Centre  and  States  are  discussed  in  the  GST  Council meetings where the Union Finance Minister, Minister of State (Finance) and the State  Finance Minister of all States or any other Minister nominated by the State Government are members.

(d) and (e) No Sir. The agenda of the GST Council meetings is finalized on the basis of inputs from multiple stakeholders, including the proposals made by the Central and State Governments. Besides, the agenda is also based on the recommendations made by different Committees such as Law Committee, Fitment Committee etc. and Group of Ministers (GoM) constituted by the GST Council  for  specific  purpose  wherein  the  representatives  of  the  Centre  as  well  as  the  State Governments are members.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1354 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Complaint of Retired Offcials of Ganesh Sugar Mill
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Pankaj Chowdhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1354 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.07.2019

## COMPLAINT OF RETIRED OFFCIALS OF GANESH SUGAR MILL

†1354.  SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government/Central  Provident  Fund  Commission  has received EPF and Pension related complaints pertaining to the retired officials  of  Ganesh  Sugar  Mill,  Anand  Nagar,  Maharajganj,  Uttar Pradesh;
- (b)if so, the details thereof;
- (c)the action taken so far on the above mentioned complaints; and
- (d)whether the Government will ensure the settlement of the grievances of  EPF and pension related complaints of retired officials of the said sugar mills?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a)  to (d):  Employees'  Provident  Fund  Orgnisation  (EPFO)  has  informed that  complaints  dated  05.03.2019  and  31.05.2019  were  received  from Hon'ble Member of Parliament Shri Pankaj Chaudhary with respect to the retired  officials  of  M/s  Ganesh  Sugar  Mill,  Anand  Nagar,  Maharajganj, Uttar  Pradesh.  In  the  letter  dated  05.03.2019,  the  Hon'ble  Member  of Parliament had mentioned about irregularity in settlement of claims by staff/officials of Gorakhpur office.

It  has  been  informed  by  EPFO  that  1181  claims  have  been received at Regional Office, Gorakhpur since 2012 including 296 pension cases. Out of these 940 claims have been settled so far. As regards, nonfeeding of the contribution for the period from 1994-1999, after verification of available records on the basis of Annual Return (3A/6A) as received from the establishment, annual accounts has been updated upto 1996-1997  with  contribution.  In  absence  of  contribution  and  statutory returns, the annual accounts of the establishment has been issued with interest till year 2010-11.

The letter dated 31.05.2019 has been forwarded to Additional Central Provident Fund Commissioner (ACC), Employees' Provident Fund

Organisation (EPFO), Uttar Pradesh for necessary action.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1351 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Funds Allocation for Girls Hostel
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1351 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.07.2019

## Funds Allocation for Girls Hostel

## 1351.  SHRI P.R. NATARAJAN:

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

- (a) whether the funds allocated for Prime Minister's girls' hostel has been reduced from Rs. 30 crore to Rs. 10 crore last year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

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

(a) & (b): No Sir. There is no scheme called Prime Ministers' Girls Hostel under the Department of School  Education  and  Literacy.  However,  under  this  Department,  till  the  year  2017-18,  Girls Hostel Component of erstwhile Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) provided hostel facility  for  girl  students  in  the  age  group  of  14-18  years,  studying  in  classes  IX  to  XII  and belonging to SC, ST, OBC, Minority communities and Below Poverty Line families and Kasturba Gandhi  Balika  Vidyalayas  (KGBVs)  were  residential  schools  at  upper  primary  level  for  girls belonging to disadvantaged groups such as SC, ST, OBC, Minority and BPL under Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan (SSA).

Under  the  Samagra  Shiksha,  effective  from  2018-19,  the  existing  KGBVs  at  upper primary  level  and  Girls  Hostels  at  secondary  level  have  been  extended/converged  to  provide residential  and  schooling  facilities  at  upper  primary  level  up  to  Senior  Secondary  level.  The scheme envisages to provide access and quality education to girls from disadvantaged groups by setting up residential schools from upper primary to senior secondary level and to ensure smooth transition of girls from elementary to secondary and up to class XII wherever possible.

Funds approved for the KGBVs and Girls Hostels are as under:

(Rs. in crore)

| 2017-18         | 2017-18                  | 2018-19                     |
|-----------------|--------------------------|-----------------------------|
| KGBVs under SSA | Girls Hostels under RMSA | KGBVs under Samagra Shiksha |
| 1855.48341      | 467.1126                 | 3269.86748                  |

- (c) : Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1347 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Delay in Payments by Mutual Fund Houses
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Sisir Kumar Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1347 ST TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, 01 JULY/ ASHADHA 10, 1941 (SAKA)

## DELAY IN PAYMENTS BY MUTUAL FUND HOUSES

## 1347. SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## QUESTION

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:

- (6): if so, the detail of complaints which have been received by the Government in this regard;
- (a): whether the promoters of the mutual fund houses are delaying in making payments to the customers on closing requests;
- (c): the details of action taken by Government on these complaints; and
- (d): the rules of Securities and Exchange Board of India to ensure payments to the customers   within stipulated time-frame?

## ANSWER

## FINANCE MINISTER (SMT: NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a): Redemption requests made by the unit holders of the mutual fund schemes are by the respective schemes of the Mutual Fund    Further; the promoters of the mutual fund houses are not liable to make any payment to the unit holders of the Mutual Fund schemes in case of redemption requests paid
- (6) & (c): Not applicable as the payments are made by the respective schemes of the Mutual Fund:
- (d): As per Regulation 53 of SEBI (Mutual Funds) Regulations, 1996,a mutual fund and Asset Management Company is required to dispatch the   redemption   proceeds within 10 working days from the date of redemption request made by the unit holder In case of failures to dispatch the redemption proceeds within the stipulated time period, Asset Management Company is liable to pay interest as specified by SEBI from time to time (15% at present) for the period of delay: Further; notwithstanding payment of such interest to the unit-holders, the asset management company is liable for penalty for failure to dispatch the redemption repurchase proceeds within the stipulated time.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1345 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Increase in Employment Opportunities
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1345

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01 ST  JULY, 2019

## INCREASE IN EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

## 1345.  SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken special measures to increase employment;'
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps being taken by the Government to create employment opportunities in economically backward areas like Bundelkhand?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a)  to  (c):  Employment  generation  coupled  with  improving  employability  of the youth is the priority concern of the Government. Government has taken various  steps  for  generating  employment  in  the  country  including  the backward areas like Bundelkhand. These include encouraging private sector of the economy, fast tracking various projects involving substantial investment and increasing public expenditure on schemes  like  Prime Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP)  run  by  Ministry  of Micro, Small & Medium  Enterprises, Mahatma  Gandhi National Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (MGNREGA),  Pt.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY)  scheme  run  by  Ministry  of  Rural Development and Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana- National Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM) run by Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs.

Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) has been initiated by Government inter alia, for facilitating self-employment. Under PMMY collateral free loans upto Rs.  10  lakh,  are  extended  to  micro/small  business  enterprises  and  to individuals to enable them to setup or expand their business activities.

Pradhan Mantri Rojgar Protsahan Yojana (PMRPY) 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.

Besides  these  initiatives,  flagship  programmes  of  the  Government  such  as Make in India, Digital India, Swachh Bharat Mission, Smart City Mission, Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation, Housing for All, Infrastructure  development  and  Industrial  corridors  have  the  potential  to generate  productive  employment  opportunities.  Ministries/  Departments/ States run skill development schemes across various sectors to improve the employability of youth and also facilitate placements. Schemes such as the National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS)  wherein  Government reimburses 25 percent of the stipend payable to apprentices also enhances employability of the youth to access employment.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1344 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Lack of Skilled Labourers
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Rahul Kaswan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1344 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.07.2019

## LACK OF SKILLED LABOURERS

## 1344.  SHRI RAHUL KASWAN.

Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP  be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  manufacturing  industry  is  facing  difficulties  due  to  lack  of  skilled labourers in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has made any concrete policy to impart Skill Development Training  to  the  rural  youth  so  that  manufacturing  industry  can  be  provided  with  skilled manpower; and

- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI R. K. SINGH)

(a) to (d)       Under Skill India Mission, the Government is implementing more than 40 skill development schemes/programmes across 20 Central Ministries/Departments, for providing a variety of skill development training programmes PAN India to both rural and urban youths, to develop skilled manpower to meet the requirements of different sectors including  manufacturing  sector.  The  achievements  of  Skill  Development  under  these schemes are as below:-

| Year    | Trained (in lakh)   |
|---------|---------------------|
| 2011-12 | 45.68               |
| 2012-13 | 51.88               |
| 2013-14 | 76.37               |
| 2014-15 | 76.11               |
| 2015-16 | 104.16              |
| 2016-17 | 90.78 (appx.)       |
| 2017-18 | 95.67               |
| 2018-19 | 85.98               |

National  Skill  Development  Corporation  has  incubated  37  Sector  Skill  Councils (SSCs)  which  are  industry  led  bodies  intended  to  align  the  skilling  efforts  as  per  the industry's  requirement.  MSDE  has  also  launched  National  Apprenticeship  Promotion Scheme  (NAPS)  in  2016  to  make  available  industry  reliable  job  related  work  force  in manufacturing, services and other sectors.

Ministry of Rural Development (MoRD) is also implementing Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY) Scheme with the vision to "Transform rural poor youth into an economically independent and globally relevant workforce. So far, 830496 candidates have been trained. In addition, MoRD in partnership with 31 Banks and state governments is supporting Rural Self Employment Institutes (RSETIs) for skilling of rural youth to  take up  gainful  self-employment.  At present, 582  RSETIs are functional in  562 districts across the country engaged in promoting skill development and entrepreneurship of unemployed youth with a focus on rural poor candidates. RSETIs undertake 56 courses which are aligned with National Skill Qualification Framework (NSQF).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1343 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Uploading of Books of Universities
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1343 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.07.2019

## Uploading of Books of Universities

†1343. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any scheme to upload the books and other expensive written materials of various Universities, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Research Centres, Libraries of Archives and other book centres, in the computers after scanning;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the latest status of the said scheme; and
- (d) the time by which the said scheme is likely to be finalized?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

## (Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank')

Ans.(a) to  (d):  -  Yes  Sir.  The  Ministry  of  Human  Resource  Development  has  following three schemes in this regard:

- I. Shodhganga - It is a digital repository for research scholars across Universities and Institutes to deposit, re-use & share their Theses & Dissertations in digital formats  including  scanned  documents.  It  is  in  open  access  to  the  world-wide academic community. The Shodhganga repository has grown to a formidable size of 2,32,556 Theses as on date with a progressive growth in last few years. On an average of 40,000 Theses are getting submitted in a year from more than 397 Universities.
- II. Shodhgangotri: Under this initiative, research scholars / research supervisors in universities could deposit an electronic version of approved synopsis submitted by  research  scholars  to  the  universities  for  registering  themselves  under  the Ph.D. programme. Synopses in Shodhgangotri would later be mapped to full-text thesis in Shodhganga.
- III. National Digital Library (NDL):
- "National Digital Library (NDL) in India" aims to  collect,  preserve  and  disseminate entire intellectual output of our country and provide online access from school level to postgraduate level, including technical education. · Under this scheme, meta-data of e-resources within and outside the country are made available to the learners, on anyone, anytime, anywhere access mode. Some licensed resources as well as resources having no copyright violation are provided as complete document in digital formats, including scanned documents. Students across various Institutions are significantly benefited. Currently, there are more than 3 crore digital resources available through the NDL. The  contents  cover  almost  all  major  domains  of  education  and  all  major  levels  of learners  including  life-long  learners.  More  than  50  lakh  students  have  registered themselves  in  the  NDL,  with  about  20  lakhs  active  users.  The  NDL  is  available
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Lok Sabha Question No. 1342 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-01
Subject: Coverage of Social Security
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt, Parvesh Sahib Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1342 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.07.2019

COVERAGE OF SOCIAL SECURITY

†1342. SHRIMATI RANJAN BEN DHANANJAY BHATT:

SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:

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

- (a)whether the Government is considering seriously to increase the coverage
- of social security in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)whether the Government has taken any steps in this regard so far and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)whether the unorganized workers in Delhi have access to social securities like provident funds, family pensions, gratuity, workmen's compensation, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)if not, steps taken by the Government to provide it in Delhi and the total number of unorganized workers having been linked to at least one of the social security schemes in Delhi as of June 2019?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): In order to provide social security benefits to the workers in the unorganised sector, the Government has enacted the Unorganised Workers' Social  Security  Act,  2008  implemented  across  India  including  National Capital Territory of Delhi. This Act stipulates formulation of suitable welfare schemes for unorganised workers on matters relating to: (i) life and disability cover, (ii) health and maternity benefits, (iii) old age protection and (iv) any other benefit as may be determined by the Central Government.

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Life  and  disability  cover  is  provided  through  Pradhan  Mantri  Jeevan  Jyoti Bima Yojana (PMJJBY) and Pradhan Mantri Suraksha Bima Yojana (PMSBY) to the unorganised workers depending upon their eligibility. Government of India and State Governments pay the annual premium in equal share without any  burden  on  the  beneficiary.  The  health  and  maternity  benefits  are addressed through Ayushman Bharat scheme. For old age protection in the form of monthly pension, Government of India has recently launched Pradhan Mantri  Shram  Yogi  Maandhan  (PM-SYM).  Under  the  scheme,  minimum assured monthly pension of  Rs. 3000/-  will  be  provided  to  the  unorganised workers after attaining the age of 60 years. Prescribed monthly contribution is payable by the beneficiary and equal matching contribution is paid by the Central  Government.  As  on  26.06.2019,  there  are  6,204  workers  enrolled under PM-SYM, from Delhi.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 120 (STARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Textile Park
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Annasaheb Shankar Jolle

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO*120 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.06.2019

## TEXTILE PARK

*120. SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  a  large  scale  textile  park  in Chikkodi in Karnataka considering the availability of manpower, logistics in the area and agricultural produce from the vicinity; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंरी ( श्रीमती स्त्म ृ तत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a) & (b): The statement is laid on the table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  No.  *  120  DUE  FOR  ANSWER  ON 28.06.2019

(a)  &  (b): Ministry  of  Textiles  has  not  received  any  proposal  for  setting  up Textile Park at Chikkodi, Karnataka.

The Government is implementing the Scheme for Integrated Textile Park (SITP) which provides support for creation of world-class infrastructure facilities for textile units. The scheme provides grant upto 40% of the project cost with ceiling limit of Rs. 40.00 crores for each park. The Scheme is a demand driven scheme, in which the prospective entrepreneurs can send their proposals to the Government, after fulfilling certain precedent requirements.

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