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Lok Sabha Question No. 1635 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Outstanding Amount of PMS
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Arjunlal Meena

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. +1635 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.07.2019

## OUTSTANDING AMOUNT OF PMS

+1635. SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to release the outstanding amount of Rs: 181 crore for Post Matric Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Castes for the year 2018-19 to Rajasthan;
- (b) if s0, the details thereof and if not; the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to release the funds at the earliest?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): The State Government of Rajasthan had submitted a proposal in 2018 indicating anticipated demand of Rs: 360 crore for 2018-19 under Post Matric  Scholarship Scheme for Scheduled Castes. After deduction of Committed Liability of the State amounting to Rs. 247.32 crore, the Central Assistance (CA) amounting to Rs. 112.68 crore was calculated. Out of this, an amount of Rs. 56.34 crore has been released: The balance fund can be released only after receipt of actual demand from the State Government:

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1633 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Functioning of Panchayati Raj System
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Manickam Tagore B

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 1633

ANSWERED ON- 02.07.2019

## FUNCTIONING OF PANCHAYATI RAJ SYSTEM

1633. SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B.:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is monitoring or appointing any monitoring committee to supervise the proper functioning of the Panchayati Raj system across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  the  total  number  of  States  in  the  country  that  are  implementing  and  fulfilling  the  main purpose of the Panchayati Raj system?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b) Yes Sir. To supervise the proper functioning of the Panchayati Raj system across the country the Ministry of Panchayati Raj has constituted a number of Committees. The National Steering Committee chaired by Minister of Panchayati Raj provides overall guidance and policy directions to the Centrally Sponsored Scheme of Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA). The Central  Empowered  Committee  of  RGSA  chaired  by  Secretary,  Panchayati  Raj  oversees  the implementation of the RGSA scheme. There is also a Coordination Committee for Panchayats chaired by Secretary, Panchayati Raj for providing guidance and support to State Governments and  Local  Bodies  on  implementation  of  the  recommendations  of  the  Fourteenth  Finance Commission (FFC). Another Committee chaired by Joint Secretary, Fiscal Devolution recommends the release of FFC grants to the States.
- (c)    All  the  States/Areas  of  the  country  covered  under  Part  IX  of  the  Constitution  are implementing the Panchayati Raj system. Similarly, various kinds of grassroots local governance system also exist in non Part IX areas.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1632 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Electric Buses
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Balashowry Vallabbhaneni

## HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES DEPARMENT OF HEAVY INDUSTRY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1632 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.07.2019

## Electric Buses

## 1632. SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  it  is  true  that  the  Ministry  has  invited  proposals  from  the  States  for electric buses;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether grant for procuring electric buses by the States is 100 per cent;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons there for;
- (e)  the  details  of  proposals  received  so  far  from  the  State  Government  of  Andhra Pradesh in this regard; and
- (f)  whether  the  Government  would  consider  giving  priority  to  the  State  of  Andhra Pradesh in view of the State being in financial crunch due to bifurcation and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT)

(a) & (b): Yes Sir, the Department of Heavy Industry, Ministry of Heavy Industries & Pubic  Enterprises  have  issued  an  Expression  of  Interest  (EoI)  on  4 th June  2019 inviting  proposals  from  State/UT  Government  Departments,  State/City  Transport Undertakings, Municipal Corporations or any other similar Public Entity interested in the  deployment  of  electric  buses  for  public  transport  in  different  cities  on  an Operational  Cost  Model,  for  availing  incentives  under  Phase  II  of  FAME  India Scheme.  A  copy  of  the  detailed  EoI  is  available  in  the  Department's  website [www.dhi.nic.in].

(c)  &  (d):  No,  Sir.  Since  electric  buses  under  FAME  India  Scheme  need  to  be deployed  only  on  Operational  cost  basis  i.e.  Rate  per  kilometer  basis,  the  eligible incentives  would  be  calculated  through  a  uniform  bidding  mechanism  for  all  the selected  Cities/STUs  etc.  The  criteria  for  calculation  of  eligible  incentive  has  been explained at Para 9 under heading of 'Bidding Mechanism' of the said EoI.

- (e):So  far,  no  proposal  from  the  State  Government  of  Andhra  Pradesh  has  been received in this Department in response to said EoI.

(f):No,  Sir . The  selection  of  proposals  received  from  Cities/STUs  against  this  EoI would be based on a uniform selection criteria, having defined qualifying parameters/ selection parameters/ ranking parameters etc. to be considered by the committee, as per provisions detailed in this EoI.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1630 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Welfare of Dairy Farmers in Karnataka
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: S. Muniswamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1630

TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  JULY, 2019

## WELFARE OF DAIRY FARMERS IN KARNATAKA

1630. SHRI S. MUNISWAMY:

Will the Minister of FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government is planning to give any special scheme/ packages for the welfare of milk farmers of Kolar district, Karnataka and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has identified any areas for the implementation of this scheme and if so, the details of the same; and
- (c) the details of the district identified and the criteria for the same?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING (DR.SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

- (a) This Department is implementing following dairy development schemes in the country including Kolar district of Karnataka primarily for strengthening of infrastructure for milk collection, chilling, processing and marketing in cooperative sector:-
- i. National Programme for Dairy Development (NPDD)
- ii. Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF)
- iii. National Dairy Plan-Phase I (NDP-I)

The  details of scheme-wise  projects approved  for  Kolar &  Chikkaballapur  District Cooperative Milk Producers Union Ltd. of Karnataka is as follows:-

| Scheme   |   Number of Projects |   Total Outlay (Rs. in crore) |
|----------|----------------------|-------------------------------|
| NPDD     |                   02 |                          2.71 |
| DIDF*    |                   01 |                        158.9  |
| NDP-I    |                   03 |                         10.08 |

- (b) & (c) The above mentioned schemes are not area specific, but are applicable in Karnataka as well as the whole of India.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1629 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Crop Loss due to Drought in Bihar
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Rama Devi, Giridhari Yadav

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

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1629 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  JULY, 2019

## CROP LOSS DUE TO DROUGHT IN BIHAR

1629.   SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

## SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  performed  any  assessment  of  loss  of  crops  due  to drought and deficient rainfall in the last few years in Bihar;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the said period;
- (c) the  details  of  Government  schemes  implemented  in  Bihar  to  compensate  for  the aforesaid losses along with the details of funds allocated to Bihar Government under these schemes, year-wise;
- (d) whether the Government has received any complaints with regard to the functioning of these schemes from public representatives in the last three years;
- (e) the  details  of  issues  found  by  the  Government  while  taking  care  of  aforesaid complaints and efforts being made at the Central level to resolve them; and
- (f) the details of the results of the aforesaid efforts?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

(a) to (c): The State Government is required to assess the loss of crops due to drought and declare drought through a notification by following provisions of the Manual for Drought Manual, 2016. Government of Bihar has not submitted any Memorandum seeking financial assistance from National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) in the wake of drought since last five years. In the eventuality of drought and other natural calamities, the State Governments are  empowered  to  initiate  necessary  relief  measures  from  State  Disaster  Response  Fund (SDRF) which is readily available with them. Additional financial assistance, over and above SDRF, is considered from NDRF on receipt of Memorandum from State Governments and in accordance with extant norms and procedures. The financial assistance under SDRF/NDRF is given by way of relief and not for compensation of loss as suffered/claimed.

(d) to (f): No complaint has been received in regard to relief measures under SDRF/ NDRF.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1628 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Setting up of Women Battalions
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1628

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  JULY, 2019/ ASHADHA 11, 1941 (SAKA )

SETTING UP OF WOMEN BATTALIONS

1628. MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has received several proposals for setting up of  women  Battalions/Reserved  Battalions  in  the  Central  Armed  Police Forces (CAPFs); and

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  present  status  of  such  proposals along with the locations identified for setting up of such battalions, force and State/UT-wise?

ANSWER

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

(a) to (b) No proposal has been received from Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs)  for  setting  up  of  Women  Battalions/Reserved  Battalions  at present.  However,  Central  Reserve  Police  Force  (CRPF)  have  6  Mahila Battalions  located  across  the  country  one  each  in  the  States  of  Delhi, Gujarat, Maharashtra, West Bengal, Uttar Pradesh and Karnataka.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1626 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Execution of Kisan Samman Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Bharti Pravin Pawar

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

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1626 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 2 ND  JULY, 2019

## EXECUTION OF KISAN SAMMAN YOJANA

1626.    DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR:

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

- (a) the  details  of  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  for  the  execution  of  Kisan Sanman Yojana at  bank  level  as  many  banks  are  not  co-operative  and  not  in  a  positive mode for the execution of the yojana;
- (b) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  many  banks  are  not  co-operative  in  giving  new  loans  to farmers in various regions of Maharashtra including Dindori and Nashik; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  action  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a): All nationalised, private sector and cooperative banks  and other financial institutions servicing  bank  accounts  of  farmers  have  been  issued  instructions  by  the  Government  at various levels through the Department of Financial Services (Ministry of Finance), through RBI,  NABARD,  State/UT  Governments,  State  Level  Bankers  Committee  (SLBC)/District Level Bankers Committee (DLBC), etc. to ensure implementation of the PM-Kisan Scheme, and that the money transferred under the PM-Kisan Scheme actually reaches the eligible beneficiary  farmers  and  no  deductions  or  adjustments  are  made  therefrom  against  any outstanding  loans  or  any  other  dues.  The  Government  has  regular  interactions  with  the banks so that any roadblocks coming in the way of smooth implementation of the Scheme are removed immediately.

(b)&(c): The  Department  of  Financial  Services  have  informed  that  the  Government fixes  agriculture  credit  disbursement  targets  for  the  banking  sector  every  year  and  banks have consistently surpassed these targets. The details of agriculture credit targets fixed by the Government and the achievement by the banks in respect of State of Maharashtra for the last two years (2017-2018 & 2018-2019), as reported by NABARD, are given as under:

| (Rs. in Year   |   Target |   Crore) Achievement |
|----------------|----------|----------------------|
| 2017-18        |    69650 |              72478.8 |
| 2018-19        |    81335 |              86809.1 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1625 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Monitoring of Office Bearers of Temples
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1625

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

MONITORING OF OFFICE BEARERS OF TEMPLES

1625. SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government  is monitoring the appointment of office bearers/management committee in all temples of national importance across the country; viz. Tirupati, Shirdi etc.;

(b)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  recently  in  few  temples  across  the  country, Chairman or Members of temple committee and staff have been  appointed from other religion to create disharmony;

(c) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;

(d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  bring  all  temples  of  national importance under the administrative control of the Union Government; and

(e) if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c).  As  per  the  Seventh  Schedule  to  the  Constitution,  the  subject matter of incorporation, regulation, etc. of religious societies, and pilgrimages to places inside India are State subjects. Hence, matters relating to formation of management  committees  in  religious places in the country and  monitoring  the  appointment  of  office  bearers  thereto  are  under  the domain of the respective State Governments. Further, to prevent the misuse of  religious  institutions  for  political  and  other  purposes,  the  Religious Institutions (Prevention of Misuse) Act, 1988 was enacted by Parliament.

(d) & (e).  In view of (a) to (c) above, question does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1621 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Overstay by CAPF Personnel
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1621

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

OVERSTAY BY CAPF PERSONNEL

1621.      SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  a  large  number  of  Central  Armed  Police  Forces  (CAPF) personnel have  been allowed to overstay in the Central  Bureau of Investigation (CBI) for the last several years;

(b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor; and

(c) the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?

ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Extension  of  deputation  tenure  is  given  in  consultation  with lending organisations. There is sometimes a time lag between the date of expiry of initial deputation  tenure and  grant of approval for further extension. With the grant of approval, the period is regularized.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1619 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1619

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.07.2019

## PRADHAN MANTRI GRAM SADAK YOJANA

## 1619.   SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  Government  is  implementing  an  ambitious  programme  or connecting all settlements of the country with all weather roads under the Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY); and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the benefits for the State of Gujarat?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) & (b): The  Government  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Gram  Sadak  Yojana  (PMGSY)  in December 2000, as a one-time special intervention to provide rural connectivity, by  way of a single  all-weather  road,  to  the  eligible  unconnected  habitations  of  designated  population  size (500+  in  plain  areas  and  250+  in  North-Eastern  States,  Himalayan  States,  Deserts  and  Tribal Areas) in the core network for uplifting the socio-economic condition of the rural population. The Government subsequently launched new interventions/verticals namely PMGSY-II & Road Connectivity  Project  for  Left  Wing  Extremism  Areas  (RCPLWEA)  under  the  Scheme.  Since inception  of  the  Scheme  till  27 th June,  2019,  a  total  of  6,93,838  km  of  road  length  has  been sanctioned  under  PMGSY-I,  II  and  RCPLWEA  and    6,00,984  km  road  length  has  been constructed.

In the State of Gujarat, a total of 12,568 Km road length has been constructed under PMGSY-I and PMGSY-II.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1617 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Closure of Private and Public Industries
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

## DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1617 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.07.2019

## Closure of Private and Public Industries

## 1617: SHRIMATI RATHWA GITABEN  VAJESINGBHAI:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of private and public industries closed in the country and the number of industries incurring losses during the last one year along with the reasons therefor;
- (b)  whether the Government has received any proposals to restart these industries or to make  them  profitable,  if  so  ,the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  on  the  said proposals;
- (c)  the details and the number of people whose employment got directly or indirectly affected due to closing of such industries; and
- (d) the corrective steps taken by the Government to make such industries profitable and to restart the closed industries?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT)

(a) to (c) : As per information in the Public Enterprises Survey  2017-18, laid before the both Houses of Parliament on 27.12.2018, two Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) CREDA-HPCL  Biofuels  Limited  and  Indian  Oil-CREDA  Biofuels  Limited  had  to  be closed  during  2017-18  due  to  non-viable  business  operations.  These  are  subsidiaries  of HPCL and IOCL respectively. No employee was on the rolls of these CPSEs which were closed. The Department of Public Enterprises only maintains information of CPSEs. There were 71 CPSEs which incurred losses during 2017-18. The reasons for losses differ from CPSE  to  CPSE.  However,  common  problems  faced  by  loss  making  CPSEs  include obsolete  plants  and  machinery,  heavy  interest  burden,  resource  crunch,  low  capacity utilization, low productivity, surplus manpower, high input cost, non-remunerative prices etc.  Proposals  to  restart  closed  or  loss  making  CPSEs  are  dealt  with  by  the  concerned administrative Ministries / Departments and the management of their CPSEs.

(d): These CPSEs function under the administrative Ministries / Departments. All matters relating  to  revival  /  restructuring  /  disinvestment  including  closure  of  sick  CPSEs  and restarting of closed CPSEs / units of CPSEs or to making them profitable are dealt by their administrative Ministries / Departments on a case-to-case basis.

DPE issued guidelines dated 29.10.2015 on 'Streamlining the mechanism for revival and  restructuring  of  sick  /  incipient  sick  and  weak  Central  Public  Sector  Enterprises: General principles and mechanism of restructuring'. As per the guidelines, the responsibility  for  addressing  sickness  of  CPSEs  lies  with  the  administrative  Ministries  / Departments.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1616 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-02
Subject: Social Security Schemes
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Chunni Lal Sahu

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1616

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.07.2019

## SOCIAL SECURITY SCHEMES

## 1616.   SHRI CHUNNI LAL SAHU:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the benefits of most of the village development schemes are not reaching to the desired level due to lack of skills pertaining to the scheme at village level;
- (b) if so, whether the Government proposes to find out new methods to sort out the problem and  to  take  the  services  of  talented  youths  in  the  country  in  order  to  make  its  social security schemes better;
- (c) if so, the details of strategies chalked out by the Government in this regard;
- (d) whether some States have already implemented the scheme; and
- (e) if  so,  the  steps  taken  or  being  taken  by  the  Government  for  better  implementation  of social security schemes in rural, remote and hilly areas of the country with the help of talented youths?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) to (e): The Ministry of Rural Development is implementing schemes for development in rural areas of the country, including social security schemes.

Actions, as appropriate, are taken on third party evaluations of various rural development schemes, including social security schemes. There is no proposal before the Ministry of Rural Development  to  utilize  the  services  of  talented  youth  for  implementation  of  social  security schemes.

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