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Lok Sabha Question No. 1789 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Housing for All
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1789

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.07.2019

## HOUSING FOR ALL

## 1789.   SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken steps for providing housing to all by the year 2022;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the progress made so far in this regard?

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

(a) to (c): To  achieve  the  objective  of  'Housing  for  All'  by  2022,  in  rural  areas  of  the country,  the  Government  has  re-structured  the  erstwhile  rural  housing  scheme  Indira  Awaas Yojana  (IAY)  into    Pradhan  Mantri  Awaas  Yojana-  Gramin  (PMAY-G).  PMAY-G  is  being implemented by the Ministry of Rural Development w.e.f. 1 st April 2016. In urban areas of the country, Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) is being implemented by the Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs  w.e.f. 25.06.2015.

PMAY-G aims to provide a pucca house with basic amenities to all houseless households and households  living  in  kutcha  and  dilapidated  house  in  rural  areas  by  2022.  To  achieve  the objective of 'Housing for All', 2.95 crore houses are targeted for construction under PMAY-G by the year 2021-22 in two phases- 1.00 crore houses in 3 years i.e. 2016-17 to 2018-19 in first phase and 1.95 crore houses in 3 years i.e. 2019-20 to 2021-22 in 2 nd phase.

As  on  27 th June  2019,  as  per  the  data  uploaded  by  the  States  /  UTs  on  MIS-AwaasSoft,  the number of houses sanctioned to the beneficiaries for construction under PMAY-G is 1,00,93,550 out of which 81,45,763 houses have been  completed.

Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban  Affairs  is  implementing  the Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana (Urban)[PMAY(U)] since 25.06.2015 for providing assistance to States/Union Territories (UTs) for  addressing  the  housing  requirement  for  the  people  belonging  to  Economically  Weaker

O.I.H.

Sections (EWS), Lower Income Group (LIG) and Middle Income Group (MIG) categories in the urban areas through following four verticals:

- (i) 'In-situ' Slum Redevelopment using land as resource (ISSR)
- (ii) Credit Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS)
- (iii) Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP)
- (iv) Beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement (BLC)

A total of 81,03,196 houses have been sanctioned and 23,85,118 houses have been completed under PMAY-U during 2015-16 to 2018-19.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1788 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Functioning of PM Kisan Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Deepak Baij

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1788

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  2 ND  JULY, 2019

## FUNCTIONING OF PM KISAN YOJANA

1788.  SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether farmers have not received the increased amount under PM Kisan Yojana;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the total amount allocated under the said scheme and the amount received by farmers out of it and the amount returned due to mismanagement;
- (d) the action plan of the ministry regarding providing benefits to remaining farmers under the said scheme and the time by which the said farmers are likely to be benefited; and
- (e) whether the rules were overlooked in a hurry and money transferred to the accounts of ineligible people, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): No, Sir.
- (b): Does not arise.
- (c) & (d): The  Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Scheme is a continuous and ongoing Scheme, in which the financial benefits is transferred to the bank accounts of the identified  beneficiaries  as  and  when  their  correct  and  verified  data  is  uploaded  by  the concerned States / UTs on PM-Kisan web-portal. The 1 st installment of the assured amount of Rs.6000/- per year under the  Scheme has already been credited into the bank accounts of 3,38,78,073 beneficiaries and 2 nd installment to 2,96,21,789 beneficiaries so far.

At the initial stage of implementation, Stop Payment instructions were issued in respect of  the  release  of  1 st installment  to  269605  beneficiaries  in  various  States  as  while  the payments  in  their  cases  were  being  processed  it  was  noticed  that  there  was  mismatch  in respect of their bank details provided by the States.

The ambit of the Scheme has since been expanded to cover all farmers in the country irrespective  of  the  size  of  their  land  holdings,  subject  to  all  other  existing  exclusions.  A financial  provision  of  Rs.87,217.50  crore  has  been  made  for  the  revised  Scheme  for  the financial year 2019-20, including the administrative charges of Rs.217.50 crore.

(e): No, Sir.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1786 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Regional Language
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Prataprao  Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1786

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  JULY, 2019/ ASHADHA 11, 1941 (SAKA) REGIONAL LANGUAGE

†1786. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether the Government has taken/ proposes to take any steps to use the recognised regional language of a State for the official purposes of the departments, office, enterprises, banks under the jurisdiction of the Central Government situated in that particular State;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) to (c):  According  to  Article  343  of  the  Constitution,  the  Official Language of the Union is Hindi and the script is Devanagari.  According to the Official Language Act, 1963 and Official Languages Rules, 1976, the Central Government is promoting, propagating and implementing the official language Hindi in the Ministries/Departments/Subordinate Offices and Autonomous Bodies under the Central Government.

As  far  as  the  use  of  regional  languages  in  the  central  government offices are concerned, for the convenience of general public located in Hindi and Non Hindi speaking areas, there is a provision for the use of the regional languages authorized by the State Government in addition to Hindi and English by all the Central Government offices, public sector banks  and  enterprises  on  their  boards,  signages,  name  plates  and direction boards.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1784 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: One Rank One Pension
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Pankaj Chowdhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1784

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  JULY, 2019/ ASHADHA 11, 1941 (SAKA)

ONE RANK ONE PENSION

†1784. SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  is  proposing  to  implement  'One  Rank  One Pension' scheme for the para military forces;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the para military forces have sent any representation or made any demand to the Government in this regard; and

(d) if so, the time by which a decision is likely to be taken in this regard?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) to (d): There  are  demands  from  the  in-service  and  retired  Central Armed  Police  Forces  (CAPFs)  and  Assam  Rifles  (AR)  personnel  for extending 'One Rank One Pension' (OROP) at par with Defence personnel. OROP was introduced for Defence personnel in consideration of their early age of retirement in Government service. The CAPFs personnel retire at the  age  of  57/60  years  depending  upon  their  ranks.  Further,  CAPFs personnel are governed by Central Civil Service (Pension) Rules, 1972/New Pension Scheme for the entrants who joined on or after 01.01.2004, which are different from Pension Rules applicable to Ex-Servicemen.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1780 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Funds for NBCFDC
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Giridhari Yadav, Rama Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. +1780 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.07.2019

## FUNDS FOR NBCFDC

## +1780. SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

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

- (a) the amountlfunds provided by the Government to the National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC) during the last three years;
- (b) whether the said amount is adequate for the development and welfare of backward classes;
- if so, the details thereof and if not; the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (d) the corrective steps taken by the Government in this along with the outcome thereof? regard

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The statement showing the amountlfunds provided by the Ministry of Social Justice Empowerment; Government of India to the National Backward Classes Finance and Development Corporation (NBCFDC) and amount disbursed to Channel Partners for financing the target group during the last three years is at Annexure-I"
- (b) to (d): The Corporation has been provided approx Rs.100 Crores from the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment towards the budgetary support every year has been able to meet the entire demand of funds received from the Channel Partners (State Channelizing Agencies/Regional Rural Banks/Public Sector Banks) with the equity received from the Ministry and the recovery of dues from its Channel Partners

As on date; the authorized share capital of NBCFDC is Rs.1500 Crores and paid-up share capital is Rs.1340 Crores: In consideration of the same, the process for enhancement of authorized share continue availing equity in the coming years

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## ANNEXURE-I FOR LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1780 FOR 02.07.2019

## Statement showing the amountlfunds provided by the Govt: to the NBCFDC during the last three years and disbursement by NBCFDC to SCAs/Banks

| SI No.   | Year    |   Budgetary Support received from GOI (Rs. Cr) |   Amount Disbursed by NBCFDC |
|----------|---------|------------------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|          | 2016-17 |                                            100 |                       387.35 |
| 2        | 2017-18 |                                             90 |                       467.81 |
| 3        | 2018-19 |                                            100 |                       524.29 |
Lok Sabha Question No. 1779 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Investigation into Pulwama Terror Attack
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Manish Tewari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1779

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  JULY, 2019/ ASHADHA 11, 1941 (SAKA)

INVESTIGATION INTO PULWAMA TERROR ATTACK

1779. SHRI MANISH TIWARI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of progress made so far with regard to the investigations into the Pulwama Terror attack that occurred on 14th of February, 2019;

(b) the number of accused identified and arrested in this regard;

(c)  whether  one  of  the  terrorists  responsible  for  the  Pulwama  terror attack was killed in an encounter with the security forces as reported by a section of the press on 11th of March '2019';

(d) if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the CRPF has constituted a Court/Board of Inquiry to go into the security lapses that resulted in the deaths of 40 CRPF personnel and if so, the details thereof; and

(f) whether any CRPF officer/officers have been held responsible for the security  lapses  and  if  so,  the  details  of  action  taken  against  such officers?

ANSWER

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

(a): Investigations by NIA have revealed linkage of the terrorist module of  the  proscribed terrorist organization Jaish-e-Mohammed, which was responsible for planning and execution of this attack.

## L.S.US.Q.NO.1779 FOR 02.07.2019

(b): Out of five accused, one was a suicide bomber. One accused was arrested,  while  two  others  have  been  neutralized  during  pro-active engagement by the security forces.

(c) & (d): One of the accused Mudasir Ahmad Khan @ Mohammed Bhai, was neutralized during pro-active engagement by the security forces.

(e) & (f): Court of Inquiry is ordered in such cases to look into various aspects. Accordingly, a Court of Inquiry has been ordered by CRPF.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1778 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Scheme for Development of SCs
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Manoj Rajoria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1778 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.07.2019

## SCHEME FOR DEVELOPMENT OF SCs

1778. DR MANOJ RAJORIA:

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

(a)   whether the Government has been   implementing a Scheme/Programme   for the holistic development of the areas inhabited by the Scheduled Castes;

(b) if the details thereof along with the targets monitored; and being SO,

(c) if not; the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

- (a): Yes, Sir: To enable an area based development approach for Scheduled Caste persons, the Pradhan   Mantri Adarsh Gram Yojana (PMAGY) was   launched in 2009-10 with the aim of integrated development of villages having Scheduled Caste population of more than 50%. The vision of the Scheme is to develop the selected villages into model villages(Adarsh Grams) having all such infrastructure and basic services that are necessary for the residents to have a dignified creating thereby an environment in which everyone is enabled to utilise herhhis potential to the fullest: living;
- (b): Initially the Scheme was launched on a pilot basis during 2009-10 and under this phase 1000 villages were taken up in five States. In 2014-15, the Scheme was further extended to cover another 1500 villages across 11 States.

In October; 2018, the Scheme was extensively revised to focus on important critical monitorable socio-economic indicators under 10 domains namely, Drinking Water & Sanitation, Education; Health & Nutrition; Social Security, Rural Road and housing, Electricity and clean fuel, Agricultural practices etc\_, Financial inclusion, Digitization; Livelihood and Skill Development: and bring

Another 4094 new villages, along with 390 villages covered earlier in 2014-15, have been taken up in 2018-19 under the revised Scheme.

(c): Does not arise.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1776 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Income Support Scheme
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Kalyan Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1776

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE  2 ND  JULY, 2019

## INCOME SUPPORT SCHEME

## 1776.  SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that Prime Minister's income support scheme will benefit over 8 lakh large farmers of the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  above  said  scheme  is  also  likely  to  benefit  those  farmers  who  are  not having land as well as daily wage farmers; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken by the Government to save the poor landless farmers of the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): The Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi (PM-KISAN) Scheme was initially started to provide  income  support  to  all  Small  and  Marginal  landholder  farmers'  families  across  the country, whose number was estimated at 12.5 crore. The ambit of the PM-Kisan Scheme has been  expanded  to  cover  all  farmers  in  the  country  irrespective  of  the  size  of  their  land holdings,  subject  to  the  other  existing  exclusion  criteria.  It  is  expected  that  an  additional  2 crore farmers will be covered.
- (b) & (c): No. Sir. The benefit under PM-Kisan Scheme is aimed at land owning farmers. However,  various  schemes  run  by  the  Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  &  Farmers' Welfare aim at benefitting the cultivators irrespective of the ownership status.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1773 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Conditions of Foreign Prisoners
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1773

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  JULY, 2019/ ASHADHA 11, 1941 (SAKA) CONDITIONS OF FOREIGN PRISONERS

1773. SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether guidelines have been framed for ensuring humane conditions  in  detention  centres  where  foreign  national  prisoners  are confined pending their repatriation;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c)  whether  advisories  have  been  issued  to  the  States  to  facilitate prompt  consular  access,  schemes  to  permit  video  conferencing  with families  and  access  to  legal  aid  for  foreign  national  prisoners  in  the country; and

- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Yes, Sir. The Ministry of Home Affairs has prepared a 'Model Detention Centre/Holding Centre/Camp Manual', which was circulated to all  States  and  UTs  on  9.1.2019.    The  Model  Manual  specifies  the amenities to be provided in such Detention Centres/Holding Centres/Camps.    The  guidelines,  inter-alia,  provide  that  such  Centres should be designed to provide all necessary facilities for the inmates to maintain standard of living in consonance  with  human  dignity.    It lays

down  that  basic  amenities  like  electricity,  drinking  water,  hygiene, accommodation with beds, sufficient toilets with running water, communication  facilities,  provision  for  kitchen  etc.  shall  be  provided. Special attention is to be given to women/nursing mothers, children etc. Children  lodged  in  detention  centres  are  to  be  provided  educational facilities in nearby local schools.

(c) & (d): Government  attaches  high  importance  to  providing  timely consular access to foreign Missions for their nationals detained in India. State  Governments  are  required  to  give  immediate  intimation  of  the arrest/detention of the foreigner in any part of the country to Ministry of External Affairs which in turn notifies the foreign Embassy concerned. Likewise, upon request from any foreign Mission for consular access to any of their nationals detained/imprisoned in India, Ministry of External Affairs  notifies  the  relevant  authorities  who  are  required  to  provide Consular access thus sought.  The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued advisories to the States and UTs  on various aspects of prison administration,  provision  of  legal  aid  and  video  conference  facility  to prisoners etc.  The Model Prison Manual, 2016 circulated to all States and  UTs  also  has  chapters  on  'Legal  Aid',  'Welfare  of  Prisoners'  and 'Repatriation of foreign prisoners' etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1772 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Maintaining Peace and Strengthening Security
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1772

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 02 ND  JULY, 2019/ ASHADHA 11, 1941 (SAKA)

MAINTAINING PEACE AND STRENGTHENING SECURITY

†1772. SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  identified  the  main  obstacles  in maintaining peace and strengthening security in the country during the last three years;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c)  the  details  of  the  efforts  being  made  for  dealing  with  the  said obstacles?

ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): The internal security situation in the country is reviewed on a  regular  basis  by  the  Government  and  appropriate  measures  to strengthen the security and address security threats are taken. In this regard, close and effective coordination is maintained amongst security and intelligence agencies at the Centre and the State level. The Multi Agency Centre (MAC) has been strengthened to function on 24x7 basis for  real  time  collation  and sharing of intelligence for seamless flow of

information  between  the  Central  agencies  and  the  State  security agencies.

The Central Government follows a multi pronged strategy involving security  related  measures,  developmental  interventions,  etc.,  to  deal with the internal security challenges, which include: -

-  Strengthening of intelligence setup;
-  Augmenting the strength of Central Armed Police Forces;
-  More effective immigration control;
-  Strengthening of the coastal security set up;
-  Effective border management, establishment of observation posts, border  fencing,  flood  lighting,  deployment  of  modern  and  hi-tech surveillance equipment,

Though law and order is a State subject, the Central Government keeps a constant watch on the overall security scenario in the country. Alerts  and  advisories  are  issued  to  the  law  enforcement  agencies whenever any threat to internal security is perceived.

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