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Lok Sabha Question No. 908 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Damages for Faulty Maintenance of NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY, LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV, ANOOP MISHRA

be pleased to state:

- ( a) whether damages are imposed/ action is taken by the Government on private companies for not complying with the provisions of the contract regarding maintenance and repairs of the National Highways;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the details of the quantum of damages imposed on the private companies during last three years and the details of locations where these companies were operating; and

(d) whether the Government is taking any initiative to strengthen the provisions relating to motor vehicles and make road contractors and consultants accountable for faulty road design and construction ?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a) to (c) Yes Madam. Maintenance and repair of National Highways is a continuous process. For stretches under Build Operate Transfer (BOT), operation, maintenance and repair works are being carried out as per the provisions of the Concession Agreement by the Concessionaire. Other stretches are maintained as per requirement subject to availability of funds.  However,  if  any  Contractor/Concessionaire  is  at  default  in  fulfilling  its  obligations, penalty/damages are imposed under the provisions of the Agreement.

- (d)  The contract has adequate provision for dealing with faulty road design and construction.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.908 ANSWERED ON 7 TH FEBRUARY, 2019

## DAMAGES FOR FAULTY MAINTENANCE OF NHs

## 908.   SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY: SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV: SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री
Lok Sabha Question No. 907 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Assessment under TSC
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL

## Government of India

## Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 907 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07-02-2019

## Assessment under TSC

## 907. SHRI JANARDAN SINGHSIGRIWAL:

Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Union Government has assessed the performance of the various States under the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC);
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the deficiencies/irregularities noticed State/ UT-wise;
- (c)  the  corrective  measures  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  check recurrence of such kind of deficiency/irregularity in future;
- (d) the number of Panchayats awarded Nirmal Gram Puraskar in the country including those in the State of Bihar during each of the last three years and the current year, State-wise;
- (e) the funds released for the purpose during the said period, State-wise; and
- (f) the other steps taken by the Government to achieve the target set for TSC by involving local bodies in the country particularly in the rural areas?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

- (a) to (c) In order to address the bottlenecks in the Total Sanitation Campaign (TSC), this  programme  was  restructured  as  Nirmal  Bharat  Abhiyaan  (NBA)  in  2012.    NBA  was further revamped as Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) [SBM(G)] which was launched with effect from 2 nd October, 2014 with the aim to attain Open Defecation Free (ODF) India by 2 nd October, 2019.
- (d) Nirmal Gram Puraskar was discontinued from the year 2015 onwards.
- (e) Question does not arise.
- (f) TSC programme was restructured as NBA in 2012 which was further revamped as SBM(G) with effect from 2 nd October, 2014 with the aim to attain ODF India by 2 nd October, 2019.
Lok Sabha Question No. 905 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Adoption of Amrit Technology
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: LALLU SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 905 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019

## Adoption of Amrit Technology

## †905. SHRI LALLU SINGH:

Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the  reasons  for  not  setting  up  arsenic  and  metal  removal  technology  (Amrit Technology) for removing arsenic and fluoride from drinking water in States most affected by arsenic and fluoride contamination alongwith the names of the States affected by this type of contamination;
- (b) the time by which each district of affected State is likely to be equipped with Amrit Technology; and
- (c) the  State-wise  details  of  the  funds  released  and  utilized  for  Amrit  Technology during the current financial year?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATEFOR MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION (SHRI RAMESH CHANDAPPA JIGAJINAGI)

(a) to (c) Rural Drinking water supply is a State subject. For improving the coverage of safe drinking water to rural population, this Ministry supplements the efforts of the States  by  providing  them  with  technical  and  financial  assistance  through  the centrally sponsored scheme; National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP). It is the State Governments who plan, design, approve, execute, operate & maintain the schemes for providing safe drinking water to rural population including AMRIT Technology. Moreover,  States  are  free  to  choose  the  technologies  for  addressing their mandate of providing safe drinking water to its population based on the local needs  and  procure  them  according  to  their  State  procurement  policy.  The  funds provided  to  the  States  under  NRDWP  can  be  utilized  for  providing  safe  drinking water to water quality affected areas on priority. In  addition,  the  Ministry  had  launched  National  Water  Quality  SubMission (NWQSM) on 22.03.17 to provide safe drinking water to 27,544 arsenic / fluoride  affected  rural  habitations  in  a  span  of  4  years,  subject  to  availability  of funds. As reported by the States in Integrated Management Information System (IMIS)  of  the  Ministry,  the  States  affected  with  excess  arsenic  in  rural  drinking water sources in the country are Assam, Bihar, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal and the States affected with excess fluoride in rural drinking water sources are Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Haryana, Jammu & Kashmir,  Jharkhand,  Karnataka,  Kerala,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Odisha, Punjab, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh & West Bengal. The Ministry does not maintain the records of expenditure incurred due to any particular technology including AMRIT technology.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 902 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Payments by HHEC
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Kunhalikutty, P.K., R. PARTHIPAN

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 902 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019

## 'PAYMENTS BY HHEC'

## 902: SHRI P.K. KUNHALIKUTTY: SHRI R. PARTHIPAN:

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

- (a)  whether  M/s  Handicrafts  and  Handlooms  Exports  Corporation  of  India Limited (HHEC) under the Ministry of Textiles have sought certain clarifications from Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) before releasing payments of small bullion parties;
- (b) whether inspite of repeated reminders to CBI the clarifications to HHEC has not been furnished during the last one year causing financial hardship to small enterprises who have concluded their agreements with HHEC in 2014: and
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  in  this  regard  and  reasons  for  the  delay  in  furnishing comments  to  HHEC  in      respect  of  bullion  parties  who  completed  their agreements in 2014?

## उत्तर ANSWER वस्त्र राज्य मंरी  (श्री अजय टम्टा)

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI AJAY TAMTA)

- (a): Handicrafts and Handlooms Exports Corporation of India Limited (HHEC) has sought  views  of Central  Bureau  of  Investigation  (CBI) in this regard  to withholding payment of the bullion parties, other than M/s Edelweiss Commodities   Limited (ECL), with whom HHEC has identical agreement as with ECL.   Reminder also issued to CBI on 09.01.2019 for intimating present status of the ECL case and releasing the payment.
- (b)&(c): No response has been received by HHEC from CBI for update on the status of releasing payments to the bullion parties.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 901 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Rural Employment Generation Programme
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 901

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019

## RURAL EMPLOYMENT GENERATION PROGRAMME

## †901.   SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  schemes  being  implemented  under  the  Rural  Employment  Generation Programme across the country;
- (b) the funds allocated and utilized thereon during each of the last three years and the current year; and
- (c) the  number  of  persons  benefitted/  likely  to  be  benefitted  in  rural  areas  especially  in Maharashtra through these programmes?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

(a)& (b): The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), 2005 provides at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to  every  rural  household  whose  adult  members  volunteer  to  do  unskilled  manual  work. MGNREGA is a demand driven wage employment Scheme, hence no State/UT- wise allocation of  fund  is  made.   Details  of  expenditure  reported  by  States/UTs under MGNREGA during the last three years and current financial year 2018-19 (as on 05.02.2019) is given below:

(Rs. in crore)

| Financial Year             | Expenditure reported by States/UTs   |
|----------------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 2015-16                    | 44,002.59                            |
| 2016-17                    | 58,062.92                            |
| 2017-18                    | 63,651.04                            |
| 2018-19 (as on 05.02.2019) | 57,446.64                            |

Source: www.nrega.nic.in

(c): As per the Management Information System (MIS), the details of number of individuals worked in Maharashtra  under MGNREGA during the last financial  year and current financial year 2018-19 (as on 04.02.2019) is given below:

| Financial Year                         | 2017-18     | 2018-19 (as on 04.02.2019)   |
|----------------------------------------|-------------|------------------------------|
| Number of Individuals Worked [In Lakh] | 31.40 28.46 |                              |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 900 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Rooftop Solar Power Schemes
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENRGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 900

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019

## ROOFTOP SOLAR POWER SCHEMES

900. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

(a)whether the Government has formulated any scheme and fixed any funds to promote the installation  of  Rooftop  Solar  Power  Systems  and  use  the  energy  produced  by  it  only  for domestic needs both in rural as well as urban areas;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (I/C) (SHRI R. K. SINGH)

(a)  to  (c)  The  Ministry  of  New  &  Renewable  Energy  is  implementing  Grid  Connected Rooftop and Small Solar Power Plants Programme, wherein an aggregated capacity of 2100 MW was targeted to be achieved in residential, institutional, social and Government sector through central financial assistance (CFA) of Rs. 5000 crore by the year 2019-20.

Under the Programme, CFA is being provided for installation of rooftop solar PV plants in residential sector  for both urban and rural areas. The CFA is upto 30% of the cost arrived through tender process or the benchmark cost prescribed by MNRE, whichever is less, in case of general category states/UTs and upto 70% in case of special category states/UTs.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 898 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Alappuzha By-pass Project
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: K. C. VENUGOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 898 ANSWERED ON 07 TH FEBRUARY, 2019

## ALAPPUZHA BY-PASS PROJECT

## 898. SHRI K. C. VENUGOPAL:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- a) the current status of the construction of the long-pending Alappuzha by-pass project ;
- b) the time by which the construction will be completed and opened for the public; and
- c) whether the Government is willing to call a review meeting to monitor the progress of the work  in a time bound manner?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI MANSUKH L. MANDAVIYA)

(a)  to  (c)    The  physical  progress  of  the  work  of  construction  of  6.80  km  long  Alappuzha bypass on NH 66 (Old NH 47) in Kerala is 98.6%.  The entire bypass has been completed except  erection  of  Superstructures  for  2  Road  Over  Bridges  (ROBs)  in  the  alignment  and related works.  The construction of superstructure could not be started due to pending matter with Railways for waiver of supervision & maintenance charges and signing of Memorandum of  Understanding  (MOU)  between  Railways  and  State  PWD,  for  which  matter  is  being pursued by this Ministry with the Railways. The entire work including ROBs is likely to be completed by June 2019.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 897 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Dues to AAI
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

(To be answered on the February 2019) 7th

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 897

## DUES TO AAI

897.

SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

(b) if so, the details thereof;

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the various Indian and foreign airlines owe dues to the Airports Authority of India (AAD) for availing of fuel and other facilities;
- (c) whether the Kingfisher; Spicejet and Go Air Airlines owe money to the Airports Authority of India, if $O, the total quantum of money owed by them and the reasons why accumulated s0 much of dues; and they
- (d) whether the Airports Authority of India would take immediate steps to recover the dues particularly from the Kingfisher and Spicejet Airlines since are having financial crunches? they

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a) & (b): Madam;. Various Indian and foreign airlines owe dues to the as under: Yes,

ii. Dues against Foreign scheduled & non- scheduled Airlines Operators is Rs.312.27 Crores.

Dues, excluding penal interest, claim against Domestic scheduled & nonscheduled Airlines Operators as on 15.01.2019 is Rs.2448.41 Crores.

Madam. The dues against these airlines are as under: Yes;

ii. Spicejet Airlines Rs. 105.71 crores against security deposit of Rs 124.22 crores iii. Go Air Airlines Rs. 19.35 crores against security deposit of Rs 73.12 crores AAI has already filed 4 Court case on 14.03.2014 for recovery of dues from Kingfisher airlines and has taken up the matter with Spicejet for clearing the dues. The dues against Go Air are regular dues

1 Kingfisher Airlines Rs. 294.69 crores including penal interest of Rs.119.39 crores
Lok Sabha Question No. 896 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Central Board of Film Certification
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: RAVNEET SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 896 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019

## CENTRAL BOARD OF FILM CERTIFICATION

## 896. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH:

## Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to amend the Cinematography Act, 1952 in any way and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) formed under the Act is devoid of independence especially with regards to the CBFC members being appointed by the Government;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the number of films which have received cuts by the CBFC under Section 5B of the Act?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING [COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)]:

- (a): Yes Madam. In order to curb piracy of films, the Government has finalized to introduce a Cinematograph Amendment Bill, 2019 to impose strict penalties against unauthorized duplication of films.
- (b) & (c): No Madam. The Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) has been given adequate independence to performs the statutory function of certifying films for public exhibition. The  functioning  of the Board  is well laid out under  the Cinematograph  Act  and  Rules  and  the  Board  alone  takes  it  decision  within  its jurisdiction.

The persons appointed as Members are eminent personalities from different spheres like education, arts, film, social sciences, law, etc. in accordance with Section 3(1) of the  Cinematograph Act, 1952 read with rule 3 of the Cinematograph (Certification) Rules, 1983.

(d): In  accordance  with  the  established    Rules  and  Procedure  defined  under Cinematograph Act, 1952 read along with the Cinematograph  (Certification) Rules, 1983  and  the  Central  Government  guidelines  of  1991,  CBFC    issues  certification under  categories  U,  UA,  A  and  S,  as  applicable.    CBFC  has  imposed  cuts  under Section 5B of the Cinematograph Act in respect of total of 4815 films [1215 (U); 3009 (UA); 590 (A) and 01 (S)] during 1 st April, 2017 to 31 st December, 2018.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 895 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Development of Sports
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 895 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019

## Development of Sports

## 895.     SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

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

- a) the  present  status  of  the  proposal  to  bring  Sports  under Concurrent List from State List;
- b) the  measures  likely  to  be  taken  at  national  level  for development of sports in case the said proposal is passed; and
- c) the  measures  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  for increasing the participation of women and youth from tribal areas in sports?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS [COL. RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (RETD.)]

(a) & (b): There is a proposal under consideration of the Government to bring 'Sports' under concurrent List from State List. In this regard, the  Ministry  of  Youth  Affairs  &  Sports  (Department  of  Sports)  has sought comments from the concerned Ministries/Departments as well as Governments of States/UTs.

The  main  objective  of  shifting 'Sports' from  State  List to Concurrent List is to enable the Central Government to provide for a robust comprehensive framework for sports.

(c):    All sports promotional schemes of the Department of Sports are equally applicable to whole country irrespective of area and gender.

However, some schemes of the Ministry have specific component for increasing the participation of women and youth from tribal areas in sports. The Khelo India Scheme being implemented by the Department of  Sports  have  two  dedicated  verticals,  namely,  'Sports  for  Women' and 'Promotion of rural and indigenous/tribal games' for encouraging the  participation  of  women  and  youth  from  tribal  areas  respectively. Special Area Games Scheme being implemented by SAI with a view to tap the sports potential amongst the age group 12-18 years available in the tribal, costal, rural and inaccessible areas of the country.

Continuous  efforts  are  made  to  increase  the  participation  of  women and youth from tribal areas in the sports by the Department of Sports. As a result, the participation of women and youth from rural and tribal areas  of  the  country  has  increased  under  various  Schemes  of  the Department.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 894 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Taxing Global Air Tickets
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: RAM CHARITRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO\_ : 894 (To be answered on the 7th

## TAXING GLOBAL AIR TICKETS

## 894. SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIA TION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether it is a fact that according to International Air Transport Association (IATA) India is flouting iaws by global air tickets; taxing
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether India has been asked to facilitate worldwide connectivity growth; and
- (d) if s0, the details thereof?

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a) & (b): Taxation on  global air tickets is as per the prevalent laws in India.
- (c) & (d): The growth in worldwide connectivity is based on the bilateral Air Services Arrangement between the two countries and commercial judgement and route viabiity of the airline operators:
Lok Sabha Question No. 893 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-07
Subject: Fund for Energy Sector
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: BHAGWANTH KHUBA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENRGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 893

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2019

## FUND FOR ENERGY SECTOR

## 893. SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is planning for setting up fund for renewable energy use in the country, if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the money would be generated for the fund and how it would be utilized;

(c) the budget allocation for the same; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (I/C) (SHRI R. K. SINGH)

(a)  to  (d)  No  Madam.  Most of the grid connected renewable energy projects in the country are being implemented  by  the  private  sector  developers  selected  through  a  transparent  bidding  process.  Indian Renewable  Energy  Development  Agency  (IREDA)  finances  renewable  energy  and  energy  efficiency projects  in  the  country  by  raising  resources  from  internal  and  external  sources  such  as  bilateral  and multilateral agencies, raising Masala bonds from international market, borrowing from banks or financial institutions, raising bonds from domestic markets, etc. Also, loans at lower interest rates are being made available  for  Renewable  Energy  projects  by  major  banks  or  financial  institutions  by  availing  line  of credit from World Bank, ADB, KfW, etc.

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