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Lok Sabha Question No. 4047 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Targets and Compliance of PMMY by Banks
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 4047

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 04 th , 2019 / PAUSHA 14, 1940(SAKA)

Targets and Compliance of PMMY by Banks QUESTION

4047: SHRI RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a  whether any parameters have been fixed for nationalized banks to make the loan available under Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  nationalized  banks  in  Jharkhand  are  not  complying  with  the  set  parameters and if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken in this regard ;and
- (c)  the  targets  fixed  to  disburse  loan  under  the  said  scheme  for  the  nationalized  banks  in Jharkhand and the number of people who were provided with loans against the set targets in Jharkhand?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## (SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

- (a) & (b):     Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY) provides access to institutional finance to  unfunded  micro  /  small  business  units  by  extending  loans  upto  Rs.10  lakh  for manufacturing, processing, trading, services and activities allied to agriculture, which help in  creating income generating activities and employment.   Within this overall framework, loans  under  the  scheme  are  extended  by  Member  Lending  Institutions  (MLIs)  as  per criteria and parameters determined by them.

As on 28.12.2018, over 39.47 lakh loans have been extended in Jharkhand by MLIs under PMMY since inception of the scheme.

- (c) Under  PMMY, annual targets  are  assigned  to  MLIs,  which  includes  Public  Sector Banks (PSBs).   State/UT-wise targets are not allocated by Government.

Details  of  year-wise  loan  extended  under  the  scheme  since  inception  by  nationalized banks in the state of Jharkhand are as under:

| FY      |   No of Loan A/cs |   Amount Sanctioned (Rs in Cr) |
|---------|-------------------|--------------------------------|
| 2015-16 |            177515 |                        1462.79 |
| 2016-17 |            115313 |                        1826.79 |

| 2017-18                 |   119570 |   2318.10 |
|-------------------------|----------|-----------|
| 2018-19 (till 28.12.18) |    54978 |   1441.32 |
| Total                   |   467376 |   7049    |
Lok Sabha Question No. 4046 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Passing of GST Benefits to Consumers
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

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## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4046

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY THE 4 TH  JANUARY, 2019 PAUSHA 14, 1940 (SAKA)

## PASSING OF GST BENEFITS TO CONSUMERS

## 4046. SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of items on which Goods and Services Tax (GST) has been reduced across the country including Gujarat, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has taken cognizance of some cases for not giving full benefits of GST to the people by some companies; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## (SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

(a): GST rates are prescribed on the basis of recommendations of the GST Council as made  from  time  to  time.  From  time  to  time,  the  Council  has  reviewed  GST  rate structure,  keeping  in  view  the  representations  received  from  various  stakeholders, and  recommended  changes  in  case  of  certain  goods  and  services.  Till  date,  GST council has recommended GST rate reduction in respect of 400 groups of goods and 96 group of services. The details of these rate changes are already in public domain and hosted on website www.cbic.gov.in. Also, these rate changes are applicable to all states including the state of Gujrat.

(b) and (c): Government has taken cognizance of cases for not giving full benefits of GST to the people by some companies. To investigate such matters, Government has set up National Anti-Profiteering Authority (NAA). NAA has taken following steps in this regard: -

1. Action by NAA on investigation reports: -
- a) 80 investigation reports received from DGAP
- b)    29 Orders issued by NAA
- c) 9  Orders  where  profiteering  confirmed  amounting  to  Rs.  559.88  Crores (approx.)
- d) 67 and 204 complaints received by NAA were forwarded to Standing and Screening Committee respectively.
2. Regular meeting with Zonal Screening Committees & the Chief Commissioners of GST to stress upon the consumer awareness programmes;
3. There are NAA helpline (Tel. 21400643), NAA portal (www.naa.gov.in) & also consumer can send complaint through email to NAA;
4. Consumer welfare organizations have also been roped in to facilitate outreach activities in this regard.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4043 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: E-Waste with Power Companies
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: HARI MANJHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4043.

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2019

## E-Waste with Power Companies

## 4043.   SHRI HARI MANJHI:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether huge quantum of toxic E-waste is lying with the power companies in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has directed the said companies to dispose off the said Ewaste without causing harm to environment; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the power companies in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a) & (b) Information is not available about the storage of toxic E-waste of disposable nature by the power firms in the country with the Ministry. Nevertheless, power  generating units have deployment of electronic and electrical equipment of various vintage which would attain end-of-life and turn into e-waste. As per extant provisions of E-Waste (Management) Rules 2016,  all  power  firms  being  bulk  consumers  of  electronic  and  electrical  equipment  are obliged  to  dispose  of  e-waste  in  the  prescribed  manner  by  handing  over  to  authorized recyclers/dismantlers  only.  Further,  pursuant  to  the  directions  of  National  Green  Tribunal, Principal  Bench,  the  Central  Pollution  Control  Board  (CPCB)  and  Delhi  Pollution  Control Committee  (DPCC)  have  jointly  inspected  twenty  installations of power  distribution companies and reported non-availability of any stock of e-waste except at Tata Power Delhi Distribution Limited, Mangolpuri.

(c) & (d) The Government has not issued any specific directions to power firms to dispose of the e-waste. However, E-Waste (Management) Rules, 2016 were notified in March, 2016 in order  to  ensure  environmentally  sound  disposal  of  e-waste.  The  Rules  prescribe  extended producers'  responsibility  (EPR),  setting  up  of  producer  responsibility  organizations  and  ewaste  exchanges  to  facilitate  collection  and  recycling,  assigning  specific  responsibility  to bulk  consumers  of  electronic  products  for  safe  disposal  and  other  measures  which  include responsibility of producers of electronic and electrical products for collection and channelizing of electronic waste. The power  firms as bulk consumers of the  electrical  and electronic equipment are required to maintain records and file annual report to the concerned State Pollution Control Boards.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4040 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: GST Compliance
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: ANURAG SINGH THAKUR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

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## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.4040

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 4, 2019/PAUSHA 14, 1940 (SAKA)

## GST COMPLIANCE

## 4040. SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the tax base has widened post implementation of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the percentage increase in the number of tax filers in the last three years and the current year; and
- (c) the other measures taken by the Government to increase tax compliance in the country?

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

- (a)  Yes  Madam.  As  on  27th  December,  2018,  1,17,48,408  taxpayers  are  registered  under  GST  which include  60,73,574  existing  taxpayers  who  have  migrated  to  GST  and  56,74,834  newly  registered taxpayers.
- (b) The growth in the number of tax filers in 2016-17 was around 7.85% and in 2018-19, the growth in the number was only around 2.42%.

The details of tax filers in the last three years are as below:

| Financial Year   | Count of Central Excise Tax Filers   | Count of Service Tax Filers   | Count of GST Filers                      | Percentage increase over previous year   |
|------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------|------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
| 2015 - 2016      | 1,85,265                             | 12,24,471                     | -                                        |                                          |
| 2016 - 2017      | 1,91,692                             | 13,28,647                     | -                                        | 7.85%                                    |
| 2017 - 2018      | 1,73,533                             | 10,48,721                     | 84,37,709 (July, 2017 to March 2019)     |                                          |
| 2018 - 2019      | 6,945                                | -                             | 82,33,585 (April 2019 to September 2019) | -2.42%                                   |

(c)  In order to increase the tax compliance, the GST Council in its 31st Meeting held on 22.12.2018 has waived the late fees payable for delayed filing of returns in FORM GSTR-3B and FORM GSTR-4 for the months/quarters from July, 2017 to September, 2018 in case the same are furnished between the period from 22nd December, 2018 to 31st March, 2019. Further, the due date for filing of Annual Returns has been extended upto 30.06.2019. A new simplified return filing system shall be rolled out on trial basis with effect from 01.04.2019. In addition, massive awareness campaign in visual, print and social media has been undertaken to make the taxpayers aware of the new taxation regime and their legal obligations.
Lok Sabha Question No. 4039 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Suicide in India
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: JAGDAMBIKA PAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4039 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04 TH JANUARY, 2019

## SUICIDE IN INDIA

## 4039. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a) whether his Ministry has conducted a study in collaboration with Indian Council of Medical Research(ICMR) and other institutes to examine the extent and reasons of suicide in India and if so, the details and outco me thereof;

(b)  whether  the  Government  is  aware that  the  report  states  that  37  per  cent  of  all women committing suicide world - over is Indians and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has ascertained  the  reasons  for disproportionately  high  rate  of suicide among Indian women and if so, the details thereof; and

(d) whether the Government is developing a suicide - prevention  strategy and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AN D FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL )

(a) to (c): As per the Report 'India: Health of the Nation's States' prepared by the Indian Council  of  Medical  Research  (ICMR),  Public  Health  Foundation  of  India  (PHFI)  and  th Institute of Health Metrics and Evaluation (IHME), the percentage of deaths due to suici interpersonal violence is 2.8% of total deaths in the country. Between the years 1990 and 2016, India's contribution to global suicide rate increased from 25.3% to 36.6% among women. The causes of suicide have their origin in the social, economic, cultural, psychological a status of an individual. The individual ri sk factors for suicide include, inter - alia, previous suicide attempt, mental disorders, harmful use of alcohol, job or financial loss, hopelessness pain, family history of suicide and genetic and biological factors.

(d): The Government has cons tituted a Committee for development of a National Strategy for Suicide Prevention. Further, to address the burden of mental disorders, the Governme India  is  implementing  the  National  Mental  Health  Programme  (NMHP)  since  1982. The Government is support ing implementation of the District Mental Health Programme (DMHP) under NMHP in 517 districts of the country with the objectives to:

- (i) Provide  mental  health  services  including  prevention,  promotion  and  longter continuing care at different levels of district healthcare delivery system.
- (ii) Augment  institutional  capacity  in  terms  of  infrastructure,  equipment  and  hum resource for mental healthcare.
- (iii) Promote community awareness and participation in the delivery of mental healthca services.
- (iv) Provide  suicide  prevent io   services,  work  place  stress  management,  life  skills training and counseling in schools and colleges.
Lok Sabha Question No. 4038 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Open Budget Survey
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Economic Affairs

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4038

To be answered on Friday, January 4, 2019/Pausha 14, 1940 (Saka)

## OPEN BUDGET SURVEY

## 4038.   SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether according to Open Budget Survey (2017), India's budget  transparency score has fallen substantially from 68 (in 2012) to 48 out of 100 (in 2017), behind Nepal (52) and Afghanistan (49) amongst the South Asian countries, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is planning to improve India's budget transparency and Open Budget Index score and if so, the details of targeted score and the proposed time frame for achieving the same; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  measures  being  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the Government  to  improve  budgetary  transparency,  oversight  and  especially public  participation,  as  India  scored  the  least  (15  out  of  100)  in  public participation?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) to (c):

The  Government  of  India's  budget-making  process  is  reasonably  transparent. Budget is prepared on the basis of detailed discussions held with the Ministries/Departments. Feedback from States and key stakeholders is also taken. Once the Budget is presented on February 1, all the budget related documents are available  in  the  public  domain  (indiabudget.nic.in).  The  Budget  is  discussed  in Parliament, scrutinised by Departmentally Related Standing Committees and voted and passed. The availability of all budget-related documents in the public domain facilitate  greater  public  debate.  The  oversight  functions  are  performed  by  the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, whose reports are regularly tabled in the Parliament.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4037 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Digital Literacy Programme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4037 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.01.2019

## DIGITAL LITERACY PROGRAMME

## 4037.  SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  National  Commission  for  Women  (NCW),  in  collaboration  with Facebook, is undertaking a digital literacy programme in the country; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the targets envisaged in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) & (b): Yes, Madam. The National Commission for Women (NCW), in collaboration with Facebook and Cyber Peace Foundation (a Civil Society Organization based in Ranchi, Jharkhand involved in training related to all aspects of cyber security), initiated a Digital Literacy Programme  for  college/university students.  The programme seeks promoting digital literacy for women, raising awareness about cyber  crimes,  advising  the  users  about  the  resources  available  to  women  to prevent  the  problems  and  also  how  to  handle  such  crimes.  The  digital  literacy programme aims to train 60,000 women in Universities across major cites of India regarding safe use of internet, social media and e-mail.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4035 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Foreign Exchange Reserve
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: AJAY NISHAD

† 4035. SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the total Foreign Exchange available in the country;
- (b) the name of those countries whose currency is available in the Foreign Exchange Reserve of the country;
- (c) the amount invested by the Reserve Bank of India out of the said Foreign Exchange Reserve during the last three years; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to deal with the problems of the current economic situation especially inflation?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI PON RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a) & (b) India's total Foreign Exchange Reserves were US$ 393.1 billon as on 14 th December 2018. The major currencies that are part of the Foreign Exchange reserves include; US dollar (USA), Euro (European Union), Pound sterling (UK), Japanese yen (Japan), etc.
- (c) The amount invested from Foreign Exchange Reserves during the last 3 years is given in Table 1 .

Table 1: The investments out of India's Foreign Exchange Reserves

| Investment of Foreign Exchange Reserves   | USD Million (As at end of Sep 2018)   | USD Million (As at end of Sep 2017)   | USD Million (As at end of Sep 2016)   |
|-------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| Foreign Currency Assets (FCA)             | 376,243                               | 375,186                               | 346,711                               |

(d) The Government has taken various steps to boost the GDP growth of the economy. These, interalia,  include;  fillip  to  manufacturing  via  Make  in  India  programme  and  measures  to  improve ease of doing business, concrete measures for transport sector including measures for regional connectivity and power sector via schemes like Ujjwal DISCOM Assurance Yojana (UDAY), starting of Multi Modal Terminal on River Ganga to promote inland waterways, comprehensive reforms in the foreign direct investment policy and introduction of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) to improve growth momentum by reducing barriers to trade, business and related economic activities.

Inflation based on Consumer Price Index - Combined (CPI-C) during the last six months is presented in Table 2.

Table 2: Inflation based on CPI-C (in per cent)

|       |   Jun-18 |   Jul-18 |   Aug-18 |   Sep-18 |   Oct-18 |   Nov-18 (P) |
|-------|----------|----------|----------|----------|----------|--------------|
| CPI-C |      4.9 |      4.2 |      3.7 |      3.7 |      3.4 |          2.3 |

Note: (P) - Provisional.  Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO)

It is seen that the headline inflation based on CPI-C has declined from 4.9 per cent in June, 2018 to 2.3 per cent in November, 2018.

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4035

TO BE ANSWERED ON JANUARY 4, 2019

## FOREIGN EXCHANGE RESERVE
Lok Sabha Question No. 4034 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-01-04
Subject: Loans of IL&FS
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: KURUPPASSERY VARKEY THOMAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4034 ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 04 th  JANUARY, 2019/PAUSHA 14, 1940 (SAKA)

## LOANS OF IL&FS

## QUESTION

4034. PROF. K.V. THOMAS:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  Infrastructure  Leasing  &  Financial  Services  Limited  (IL&FS)  has  become bankrupt, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the social assets and liabilities of IL&FS;
- (c) whether  IL&FS  has  taken  loans  from  various  banks,  both  Indian  and  foreign,  if  so,  the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to rescue IL&FS?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS विवि और न्र्ार् एिं कारपोरेट कार्य मंत्रालर् में राज्र्मं त्री

(SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY) ( श्री पी॰पी॰चौिरी )

(a) to (d): Due to continuous failure of the Infrastructure Leasing and Financial Services Ltd. (IL&FS)  to  service  its  debt  and  imminent  possibility  of  contagion  effect  in  the  financial market,the  Central  Government  moved  an  application  under  Sections  241  and  242  of  the Companies Act, 2013 before the National Company Law Tribunal (NCLT), Mumbai Bench for taking  management  control.  The  NCLT,  Mumbai  Bench  vide  its  order  dated  01/10/2018 approved the application filed in this regard, by suspending the erstwhile board of directors of IL&FS  and  appointed  government  nominees  as  directors,who  have  been  tasked  with  the orderly resolution of the IL&FS and its group companies. The entire process is being carried out under the supervision of the NCLT. In order to ensure period of calm during the resolution

कारपोरेट  कार्य  मंत्री

process,  a  moratorium  was  sought  against  the  creditors,  which  has  been  granted  on  interim basis  by  the  National  Company  Law  Appellate  Tribunal  (NCLAT)  until  further  orders.  The matter  is  sub-judice.  Further,  due  to  gross  mismanagement  by  the  previous  management  of IL&FS  and  serious  apprehensions  about  window  dressing  of  the  financial  statements,  the Central Government filed a petition before the  NCLT, Mumbai Bench on 21/12/2018 under Section 130 of the Companies Act, 2013 seeking reopening of the books of account of IL&FS, IL&FS Financial Services Ltd. (IFIN) and IL&FS Transportation Networks Ltd. (ITNL) for the last 5 (five) years, and for recasting the financial statements of the said companies, which has been allowed by the NCLT, Mumbai Bench.

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