Lok Sabha Question No. 1690 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-20
Subject: Assistance to Road Accident Victims
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR SINGH

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has set a target for reducing fatalities caused by road accidents by half by the year 2020 and if so, the details of the steps being taken by the Government in this regard;
- (b)  whether financial assistance is provided by the Government to the State Government for procurement of ambulances and breath  analyser  machines;
- (c) if so, the financial assistance provided for the said purpose during the last three years, State-wise including Jharkhand;
- (d) whether the Government has started any scheme for opening Model Driving Training Institutes and Vehicle Inspection of Certification Centres in various States;
- (e) if so, the assistance provided thereunder to various States including Jharkhand; and
- (f) the details of the utilization of the said funds, State-wise?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI  MANSUKH  L. MANDAVIYA)

- (a)    United National Organization has set the target to reduce road accidents and road accidents fatalities by 50% by 2020. The Government is also committed to achieve the target set by United National  Organization  along  with  other  member  countries.  The Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and Highways has taken a number of steps to prevent such road accidents as per details mentioned under:-
- i. The Government has approved a National Road Safety Policy.  This Policy outlines various policy  measures  such  as  promoting  awareness,  establishing  road  safety  information  data base,  encouraging  safer  road  infrastructure  including  application  of  intelligent  transport, enforcement of safety laws etc.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1690

ANSWERED  ON  20 th  DECEMBER, 2018

## ASSISTANCE  TO  ROAD  ACCIDENT  VICTIMS

†1690.  SHRI  SUNIL  KUMAR  SINGH:

Will the Minister of  ROAD TRANSPORT  AND  HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

- ii. The Government has constituted the National Road Safety Council as the apex body to take policy decisions in matters of road safety.
- iii. The Ministry has requested all States/UTs for setting up of State Road Safety Council and District Road Safety Committees, and to hold their meetings regularly.
- iv. The Ministry has constituted Group of Ministers of State Transport Minister to examine the best practices of Transport and suggest issues to improve road safety.
- v. Based on the recommendation of Group of Minister, the Ministry introduced Motor Vehicle (Amendment) Bill 2017 covering entire gamut of road safety.
- vi. The Ministry has formulated a multi-pronged strategy to address the issue of road safety based on 4 'E's viz. Education, Engineering (both of roads and vehicles), Enforcement and Emergency Care.
- vii. Road safety has been made an integral part of road design at planning stage.
- viii. Road Safety Audit of selected stretches of National Highways has been taken up.
- ix. High priority has been accorded to identification and rectification of black spots (accident prone spots) on national highways.
- x. The threshold for four laning of national highway has been reduced from 15,000 Passenger Car Units (PCUs) to 10,000 PCUs. About 52,000 Km of stretches of State Highways has been identified for conversion to national highways.
- xi. Setting up of model driving training institutes in States and refresher training to drivers of Heavy Motor Vehicle in the unorganized sector.
- xii. Advocacy/Publicity campaign on road safety through the electronic and print media.
- xiii. Tightening of safety standards for vehicles like Seat Belts, anti-lock braking system etc.

(b)   &  (c ) The  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  &  Highways  has  implemented  the  schemes  of National  Highways  Accident  Relief  Service  Scheme  (NHARSS)  and  Road  Safety  and  Pollution Testing Equipment and Programme Implementation under which financial assistance are provided for procurement of ambulances and breath analysers respectively.  The details of fund transferred to the States / UTs for procurement of breath analyzers during last three years is at Annexure - I.

(d)  to  (f)    Yes, Madam,  t he Ministry of Road Transport & Highways is implementing the schemes under which financial assistance are provided to States / UTs for setting up of Institute of Driving Training  and  Research  and  setting  up  of  Inspection  and  Certification  Centre.    The  details  of  the utilization of funds State-wise is at Annexure-II.

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  &  (c)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1690 ANSWERED ON  20/12/2018 ASKED BY SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH .

## DETAILS  OF  FUND  TRANSFERRED  TO  THE  STATES  /  UTS  FOR  PROCUREMENT  OF  BREATH ANALYSERS.

## Year -  2015 -16

|   S. No. | Name of States   | Amount Transferred   |
|----------|------------------|----------------------|
|        1 | Jammu &Kashmir   | 35,93,869/-          |
|        2 | Sikkim           | 35,53,281/-          |
|        3 | Punjab           | 28,14,480/-          |
|        4 | West Bengal      | 35,48,960/-          |

## Year  - 2016 -17

|   S. No. | Name of States          | Amount Transferred   |
|----------|-------------------------|----------------------|
|        1 | Manipur                 | 14,07,240            |
|        2 | Meghalaya               | 14,07,240            |
|        3 | Mizoram                 | 14,07,240            |
|        4 | Uttrakhand              | 14,07,240            |
|        5 | Andman& Nicobar Islands | 3,37,737             |
|        6 | Tripura                 | 15,19,819            |

## Year -  2017- 18

|   S. No. | Name of States   | Amount Transferred   |
|----------|------------------|----------------------|
|        1 | West Bengal      | 7,34,892             |

## DETAILS OF FUND TRANSFERRED TO THE STATES / UTS FOR PROCUREMENT OF AMBULANCES

## Year - 2015-16

|   S. No. | Name of the State / UT   |   No. of BLSA allotted | Amount released (In Rs.)   | Amount released (In Rs. )   |
|----------|--------------------------|------------------------|----------------------------|-----------------------------|
|        1 | Jammu & Kashmir          |                    136 | 14,96,00,000/-             | 13,46,40,000/-              |
|        2 | Sikkim                   |                     31 | 03,41,00,000/-             | 03,41,00,000/-              |
|        3 | Mizoram                  |                     05 | 55,00,000/-                | 53,61,260/-                 |
|        4 | Total                    |                    172 | 18,92,00,000/-             | 17,41,01,260/-              |

Year  =   2016 -17  :    NIL

Year  =   2017 -18  :    NIL

## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (d), (e)& (f) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1690 ANSWERED ON 20/12/2018 ASKED BY SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH.

## DETAILS OF FUNDS RELEASED DURING 2015-16 TO 2018 -19FOR SETTING UP OF INSTITUTE OF DRIVING AND TRAINING RESEARCH (IDTR).

| S. No.   | Name of State    | Amount released(Rs. In Crore)   | Amount released(Rs. In Crore)   | Amount released(Rs. In Crore)   | Amount released(Rs. In Crore)   |
|----------|------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|          |                  | 2015-16                         | 2016-17                         | 2017-18                         | 2018-19(Till date)              |
| 1.       | Bihar            | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               |
| 2        | Himachal Pradesh | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               |
| 3        | Kerala           | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               |
| 4        | Madhya Pradesh   | 0.07                            | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               |
| 5        | Maharashtra      | 0.78                            | 0                               | 10.00                           | 4.72                            |
| 6        | Rajasthan        | 0                               | 1.50                            | 0                               | 0                               |
| 7        | Tripura          | 5.00                            | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               |
| 8        | Uttar Pradesh    | 0                               | 5.00                            | 0                               | 0                               |
| 9.       | Jharkhand        | 0                               | 0                               | 1.50                            | 0                               |
| 10.      | Manipur          | 0                               | 1.20                            | 0                               | 0                               |
| 11.      | Andhra Pradesh   | 0                               | 1.50                            | 0                               | 0                               |
| 12.      | Telangana        | 0                               | 1.50                            | 1.00                            | 4.00                            |
| 13.      | Jammu &Kashmir   | 0                               | 0                               | 1.50                            | 0                               |
| 14.      | Sikkim           | 0                               | 0                               | 1.50                            | 0                               |
| 15.      | Chhattisgarh     | 0                               | 0                               | 0                               | 6.50                            |

## Details of funds released during 2015-16 to 2018 -19 to the States / agencies authorized by the States for setting up of Inspection and Certification (I & C) Centre.

| S. No   | Name of State   | Amount released (Rs. in Crore)   | Amount released (Rs. in Crore)   | Amount released (Rs. in Crore)   | Amount released (Rs. in Crore)   |
|---------|-----------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| S. No   | Name of State   | 2015-16                          | 2016-17                          | 2017-2018                        | 2018-19(Till date)               |
| 1       | Delhi           | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 2       | Gujarat         | 2.20                             | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 3       | Haryana         | 0.80                             | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 4       | Karnataka       | 0                                | 0                                | 1.30                             | 0                                |
| 5       | Maharashtra     | 0.29                             | 0.93                             | 0                                | 0                                |
| 6       | Madhya Pradesh  | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 7       | Rajasthan       | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 8       | Telangana       | 2.50                             | 2.65                             | 0                                | 0                                |
| 9       | Uttar Pradesh   | 2.50                             | 4.40                             | 0                                | 0                                |
| 10      | West Bengal     | 1.06                             | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 11      | Nagaland        | 0                                | 0                                | 3.00                             | 3.35                             |
| 12      | Chhattisgarh    | 0                                | 0.50                             | 0                                | 2.50                             |
| 13.     | Sikkim          | 1.10                             | 0                                | 0                                | 3.59                             |
| 14      | West Bengal     | 1.06                             | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                |
| 15      | Odisha          | 0                                | 1.88                             | 1.00                             | 1.94                             |
| 16      | Jammu &Kashmir  | 0                                | 0                                | 0.50                             | 0                                |
| 17      | Mizoram         | 0                                | 0                                | 1.00                             | 0                                |
| 18.     | Pondicherry     | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 1.50                             |
| 19.     | Punjab          | 0                                | 0                                | 0                                | 1.10                             |

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