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Lok Sabha Question No. 1170 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Compliance of Government Orders
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1170

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th FEBRUARY, 2020 (MONDAY) / MAGHA 21, 1941(SAKA)

## Compliance of Government Orders

†1170. SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Ministry had intimated all the Ministries concerned on behalf of the Government through an order dated 19.03.1999 after consulting the higher officers of the respective Ministries that the Public Undertakings under the control of the Government shall ensure advance approval in consultation with the respective Ministry, Ministry of Labour, Ministry of Law and Justice for challenging the Labour awards accorded by the Industrial Tribunals and Labour Courts under the Central Government in court and the above order has been re-circulated on 8.11.2019 to all the Ministries to ensure strict compliance of the order and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Management of Public Sector Banks (State Bank of India and Bank of India) has challenged the labour awards accorded by Industrial Tribunal and Labour Court under the Central Government during the period of financial years 2016-17 and 2017-18 by violating the aforesaid order without getting the approval of Ministry of Finance in advance;

(c) if so, the details thereof during the said period, bank-wise; and

(d) whether any strict action has been taken to ensure the compliance of said order of the Government by Public Sector Banks for getting approval of the Ministry of Finance in advance in such cases and to punish these officers of the Banks guilty of violating these orders and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a) to (d): Information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1169 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Hike in Input Costs of Domestic Gas
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1169 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2020 Hike in Input Costs of Domestic Gas

## 1169. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

## पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

(a) the estimated date from which the Government plans to end power sector's priority access to cheap domestic gas and set up gas trading platform;

(b) whether this will result in an increase in input costs for power sector;

(c) whether this could result in increased pending payments to the gas suppliers from power generators,  if  so,  whether  the  power  sector  is  financially  stable  to  manage  a  hike  in  input costs;

(d) whether the Ministry did not agree to the recommendations of NITI Aayog and DIPAM to sell GAIL's pipeline unit to a third party and if so, the reasons therefor; and

(e) the final decision on the pipeline business of the GAIL and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

## MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a)  to  (c)  :  Domestic  gas,  whereas  applicable,  is  allocated  under  various  gas  utilization policies  framed  from  time  to  time.  Creation  of  free  gas  market  through  gas  trading hub(s)/exchange(s) is desirable to unleash competition and promote efficiency across sectors including  power.  Government  is  progressively  moving  towards  a  marketing  and  pricing freedom regime for domestic natural gas through enabling policy framework in recent times to attract investment in Exploration & Production sector and enhance domestic production. In that direction, it has been conceptually agreed to create a domestic gas market platform which will provide level playing field to the gas producers/ marketers/ consumers including power sector.  It  has  potential  to  offer  new  opportunities  to  gas  based  power  units  to  explore  and develop  new power consuming markets with matching  affordability to  consume gas based power.

(d) & (e) : NITI Aayog has informed that there is no recommendation of NITI Aayog to sell GAIL's pipeline business to a third party.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1161 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Payment by RuPay Cards
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE O/o CONTROLLER GENERAL OF ACCOUNTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1161

TO BE ANSWERED ON Monday, The 10 th   February, 2020

Magha 21, 1941(Saka)

## 'Payment by RuPay Cards'

## 1161. Shri KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHANA RAJU

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  RuPay  debit  cards  being  issued  by  the banks are not working for payment in Bharatkosh;

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

- (c) whether any corrective action has been taken in this regard and if so, the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (Finance & Corporate Affairs) (Shri ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a)

RuPay debit Card having been enabled on Bharatkosh, no stakeholder has reported the non working of RuPay debit cards for payments in Bharatkosh.

- (b) & (c)

Not applicable in view of  reply to (a) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1159 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Release of Panchayat Fund
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Vijay Baghel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1159

## Answered on Monday the 10 th    February, 2020/Magha 21, 1941(SAKA)

Release of Panchayat Fund

## 1159.  SHRI  VIJAY BAGHEL:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the request to release panchayat fund for every district of Chattisgarh has been received from the State Government;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, district-wise including Durg district; and
- (c) the  funds  released  by  the  Union  Government  to  the  State  Government  of Chattisgarh during the last two years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE & CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## (SHRI ANURAG THAKUR)

(a) to (b) For availing Fourteenth Finance Commission(FFC) recommended funds  for  Gram  Panchayats,  all  State  Governments  including  Chattisgarh  are required  to  submit  Utilisation  Certificate  for  the  State  as  a  whole  for  each instalment  released  by  the  Union  Government    which  the  State  Government  has fully complied.

(c) FFC recommended funds for Gram Panchayats amounting to Rs. 1022.18 crore and Rs. 1047.86 crore were released by the Department of Expenditure for the  Gram  Panchayats  in  the  State  of  Chattisgarh  during  2017-18  and  2018-19 respectively.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1157 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Merger of Insurance Companies
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Keshari Devi Patel, Kanakmal Katara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1157

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 10, 2020/MAGHA 21, 1941 (SAKA)

## MERGER OF INSURANCE COMPANIES

†1157. SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL: SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposed to merge three insurance companies i.e. National Insurance Co., Oriental Insurance Co. and United India Insurance Co.;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the time by which it will be done;
- (c) the details of the scheme for employees of these three companies in case of merger;
- (d) whether financial assistance will be given to these companies after merger; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the quantum of financial assistance proposed to be given to these companies?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a) to (c): It was announced in the Budget Speech of 2018-2019 that the three Public Sector General Insurance Companies(PSGICs), National Insurance Company Ltd, United India Insurance Company Ltd and Oriental Insurance Company Ltd will be merged into a single insurance entity and will be subsequently listed. The issue of merger of the three PSGICs is under process in this Department for which the extant legal, regulatory compliances as well as stakeholder consultation is being carried out as per the established procedure.

(d) and (e): A financial assistance of Rs. 2500 crore for the current fiscal and Rs. 6950 crore for the next fiscal year has been budgeted.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1156 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Appointments of SCs/STs in NRL and OIL
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1156 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## APPOINTMENTS OF SCs/STs in NRL and OIL

## 1156. SHRI NABA KUMAR SARANIA:

पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a) The details of posts of SCs/STs currently lying vacant in Oil India Limited (OIL) and the time by which they are likely to be filled; and
- (b) The details of the appointments made and the promotions in NRL, Oil India Limited during the last three years?

## ANSWER

पेट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

## MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a)   Oil India Limited(OIL) has informed that currently 36 vacancies in SC category and 57 vacancies in ST category are lying vacant in OIL. Vacancies are notified/filled as  per  recruitment  plans  and  special  drives  are  also  conducted  for  recruiting SC/ST candidates.
- (b)   OIL  has reported that it has  made 77 appointments in SC category and 95 in ST category  during  last  three  years.  OIL  has  further  reported  that  it  has  given promotion  to  96  SC  category  and  80  to  ST  category  employees  during  the  last three years.

Numaligarh Refinery Limited(NRL) has reported that it has  made 15 appointments in  SC  category  and  9  in  ST  category  during  the  last  three  years.  NRL  has  also reported  that  it  has  made  49  promotions  in  SC  category  and  30  in  ST  category during last three years.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1151 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-10
Subject: Legal Education System
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Raksha Nikhil Khadse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1151 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.02.2020

## Legal Education System

## 1151. SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  bring  changes  in  our  legal  education  system  which mostly  represents  a  mix  of  modernity  &  nativity  of  the  country  like  the  one  having  in  the countries Japan & Germany to make the country highly civilized;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps the Government is initiating for the legal education system to strengthen and remove debilitating effect on the customary laws of regional provinces?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) to (c) : No, Sir.
Lok Sabha Question No. 92 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Ranking of Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Arun Sao

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 92 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH FEBRUARY, 2020 RANKING OF HOSPITALS

## †*92. SHRI ARUN SAO:

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

- (a) whether the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Delhi among the Top 10 hospitals of the country in the ranking of hospitals as survey conducted by the Minis try;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government t
- (c)  whether  25  per  cent  patients  in  the  country  are  not  satisfied  w hospitals as per the said survey conducted on the basis of feedback fro patients;
- ( d) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor; and
- (e)  the  corrective  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Governmen address the shortcomings and strengthen the medical services in the hosp throughout the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a) No  such  survey  has  been  conducted  by  the  Ministry  of  Health  & Family Welfare .
- (b) to (e) In view of reply at (a) above, the questions do not arise.
Lok Sabha Question No. 91 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Cashless Treatment in CGHS Empanelled Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Manne Srinivas Reddy, K. Subbarayan

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 91 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH FEBRUARY, 2020 CASHLESS TREATMENT I N CGHS EMPANELLED HO SPITALS

## *91. SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY: SHRI SUBBARAYAN K.:

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

- (a) whether  a  number  of  private  hospitals  empanelled  under  the  Centr Government  Health  Scheme  (CGHS)  have  given  notices  to stop  providing cashless services to the CGHS beneficiaries due to accumulation of their and delays in payment thereof by the Government;
- (b) if so, the details thereof indicating actual amount of such dues and for delay in the payments;
- (c )  whether  the  Government  has  also  received  request  from  Indian  Medic Association for clearance of such dues, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  address  this  issue  in  a bound manner to avoid inconvenience to the CGHS beneficiaries?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

(a) to ( d):  A statement is laid on the Table of the House

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 91 FOR 7 TH FEBRUARY, 2020

(a): One Hospital from Trivandrum has represented to this Ministry for settlement of pending hospital bills. However, there are reports in the me some  organizations,  which  claim  to  represent  private  hospitals,  have  i statements about pen ding hospital bills and likely disruption of credit facil

(b) to (d): Settling the claims of hospitals for providing credit facil services given to CGHS pensioner beneficiaries is a continuous process. submitted by the hospitals are cleared on first come, first served basis. There always some time  lag  between  the  submission  of  the  hospital  bills  and  t actual payment. During current financial year, hospital bills amounting t ₹ 1000 crore have been cleared by CGHS so far. As on 03.02.2020, hospital b worth ₹ 844 crore were pending. Government has allotted additional budget ₹ 1000 crore for early settlement of the Hospital Credit Bills. A lette 20.12.2019 has be en received from Indian Medical Association & Association of Health Care Providers for resolving the issue of unsettled hospital bil

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Lok Sabha Question No. 88 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Attacks on Journalists
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Anumula Revanth Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No.*88 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2020

## ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS

## *88.  SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY

## Will the Minister of INFORMATION & BROADCASTING be pleased to state:-

- (a)   whether several cases of attacks on journalists have come to the notice of the Government;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof indicating the number of such cases reported during the past six years and the current year so far, State/UT-wise;
- (c)    whether  the  Press  Council  of  India  has  constituted  any  committee  to  study increasing incidents of attacks on journalists and if so, the details thereof and the findings/ recommendations of the committee along with the action taken by the Government thereon;
- (d)   whether Press Council of India has proposed a separate legislation to fast track such cases and payment of compensation to the family member of the victims, if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (e)   the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE: MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING; AND MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES [SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR]

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) to (e) OF THE LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  88  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON 07.02.2020 ON 'ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS'

(a)  &  (b):  'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  under  the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution of India and State Governments are responsible for prevention, detection, registration and investigation of crime and for prosecuting the criminals through their law enforcement agencies.

Central Government attaches highest importance to the safety and security of every citizen of the country including journalists. An advisory specifically on safety of journalists was issued to States/ UTs  on  20 th   October  2017  requesting  them  to  strictly  enforce  the law  to  ensure  the  safety  and  security  of  media  persons,  which  is available on the website www.mha.gov.in.

(c)  to  (e):  The  Press  Council  of  India  had  constituted  a  SubCommittee to examine the issue of Safety of Journalists. The report of Sub-Committee submitted on 23.7.2015 carried various recommendations with regard to safety and security of Journalists. The  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  has  examined  the  said  report  and opined  that  the  existing  laws  are  adequate  for  protection  of  the citizens, including journalists.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 86 (STARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Policy to Regulate Artificial Intelligence
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No.86 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7/2/2020

## POLICY TO REGULATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

- *86. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY वान और ौयोगक मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  a  policy  to  regulate  Artificial Intelligence in the country; and
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE; MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; AND MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

वाय और परवार कयाण मंी ; वान और ौयोगक मंी ; और पृ वी वान मंी (डॉ. हष वधन)

- (a) & (b):    A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT  AS  REFERRED  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 86 FOR 07.02.2020 REGARDING POLICY TO REGULATE ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

(a) & (b):  The Hon'ble Finance Minister in his budget speech for 2018-19 mandated NITI Aayog to establish the National Programme on Artificial Intelligence with a view to guiding the Research and Development in new and emerging technologies.

NITI Aayog, after extensive consultation with various ministries and leading academicians, institutions, practitioners and industry players, has released India's National Strategy for Artificial Intelligence in  June 2018.The Strategy has outlined India's proposed efforts in research, development, adoption and skilling in AI.

NITI  Aayog's  National  Strategy  on  Artificial Intelligence (NSAI)  discusses the following:

- i. A  Task  Force  led  jointly  by  M/o  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  and  NITI Aayog for the development of a template of the required legal and regulatory framework in the domain of Artificial Intelligence.
- ii. NSAI details the following barriers:
- a) Lack of broad based expertise in research and application of AI,
- b) Absence of enabling data ecosystems - access to intelligent data,
- c) High resource cost and low awareness for adoption of AI,
- d) Privacy and security, including a lack of formal regulations around anonymization of data, and
- e) Absence of collaborative approach to adoption and application of AI.
- iii. Data is one of the primary drivers of AI solutions, and thus appropriate handling of data, ensuring  privacy  and  security  is  of  prime  importance.  Challenges  include  data  usage without consent, risk of identification of individuals through data, data selection bias and the resulting discrimination of AI models, and asymmetry in data aggregation. The NSAI suggests  establishing  data  protection  frameworks  and  sectorial  regulatory  frameworks, and promotion of adoption of international standards.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1147 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-07
Subject: Supplementary Nutrition Programme
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Supriya Sadanand Sule, Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil, Kuldeep Rai Sharma, Amol Ramsing Kolhe, Gautham Sigamani Pon

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1147

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2020

## SUPPLEMENTARY NUTRITION PROGRAMME

1147.  SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL: SHRI KULDEEP RAI SHARMA: DR. AMOL RAMSING KOLHE: SHRI GAUTAM SIGAMAANI PON:

Will the Minister of WOMEN ANDCHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken note that nearly half of that mid day meal samples  collected  during  a  survey  has  failed  to  meet  the  nutrition  norms prescribed under Supplementary Nutrition Programme (SNP);
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  States  that  have  failed  the  prescribed  nutrition  norms under the said Programme;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  discussed  the  findings  of  the  survey  with  the States/UTs and directed them to resolve the discrepancies; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the response of the States/UTs thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a)  to  (d)Mid  Day  Meal  is  provided  in  Government  schools  as  per  the  standards  of nutritional norms as prescribed in Schedule-II of the National Food Security Act, 2013. Further, MHRD has informed that total 13 complaints regarding poor quality of food have been received in implementation of Mid Day Meal Scheme during the last two years  and  current  year.  As  informed  by  MHRD,  overall  responsibility  for  providing cooked and nutritious Mid Day Meal for eligible children lies with State Government and UTs Administration.

Supplementary Nutrition is provided to the children between 6 months to 36 months of age  and  Pregnant  Women  and  Lactating  Mothers  under  Anganwadi  Services.    In order  to  ensure  the  quality  of  Supplementary  Nutrition  provided  under  Anganwadi Services, the Government has introduced a 5-tier monitoring and review mechanism at  National,  State,  District,  Block  and  Anganwadi  Levels  for  which  guidelines  were issued on 31.03.2011. Under these guidelines, monitoring of quality of supplementary nutrition  is  one  of  the  roles  of  the  State,  District,  Block  and  Anganwadi  Level Committees.

Also, Food and Nutrition Board (FNB) of this Ministry in collaboration with the State Governments/UTs  carries  out  periodic  checks  to  ensure  prescribed  standards  with reference to nutritional norms  are adhered to. The  States/UTs are informed periodically  about  any  deficiency  with  respect  to  the  nutrition  norms  in  the  samples tested.

Additionally,  the  States/UTs  have  been  advised  to  identify  and  involve  Government Food Analysis Laboratories to get the supplementary nutrition samples analyzed.

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