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Lok Sabha Question No. 3267 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-09
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Gaurav Gogoi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3267 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2019

## PRADHAN MANTRI MUDRA YOJANA

## 3267. SHRI GAURAV GOGOI:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)whether the Government  has  noted  an  increase  in  jobs  and employment due to loans availed under the Pradhan Mantri Mudra Yojana (PMMY);
- (b)if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether the increase in jobs has been as high as expected and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d)whether  the  expert  committee  to  identify  generation  on  non-farm economic activities under PMMY has finalised its report;
- (e)whether it is true that the Government has not been able to meet requisite expectations under the generating non-farm activities; and (f)if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) to (f):    Under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Mudra  Yojana  (PMMY),  20.84 crore  loan  accounts  totalling  an  amount  of  Rs  10.24  lac  crore  have been  sanctioned  upto  01.11.2019.  As  per  the  findings  of    the  PMMY survey conducted by Labour Bureau, an attached office of the Ministry of  Labour  &  Employment,  around  5  crore  persons  (3.1  crore  selfemployed and 1.95 crore hired workers) were working in establishments for which MUDRA  loans were availed between April, 2015 to March, 2018. The findings of the survey reveal that these loans enabled  beneficiaries  to  sustain  the  economic  activities  they  were engaged in.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3266 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-09
Subject: Retail Inflation
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3266

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 09, 2019

## RETAIL INFLATION

## 3266. SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether retail inflation has breached the mid-term target of 4 per cent;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has assessed the reasons for higher inflation;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to curtail inflation?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b) No, Sir. The CPI-C inflation during each of the months of the previous three quarters may be seen below in Table.

## Consumer Price Index-Combined (CPI-C) Inflation in 2019

|                            |   Jan. |   Feb. |   Mar. |   Apr. |   May |   Jun. |   Jul. |   Aug. |   Sep. |
|----------------------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|-------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| CPI-C Inflation (per cent) |   1.97 |   2.57 |   2.86 |   2.99 |  3.05 |   3.18 |   3.15 |   3.28 |   3.99 |

Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

(c) to (e) The recent spike in CPI-C inflation is mainly on account of increase in food price inflation. Government has taken various measures from time to time to stabilize prices of essential food items which, inter-alia,  include appropriately utilizing trade and fiscal policy instruments like import duty and export management through instruments like Minimum Export Price, export restrictions, etc. to regulate domestic availability and moderate prices; imposition of stock limits and advising States for effective action against hoarders & black marketers. Government is implementing Price Stabilization Fund (PSF) to help  moderate  the  volatility  in  prices  of  agri-horticultural  commodities  like  pulses, onion,  and  potato.  Ministry  of  Food  Processing  Industries  (MoFPI)  is  implementing  scheme 'Operation  Greens'  for  integrated  development  of  Tomato,  Onion  and  Potato  (TOP)  value  chain which,  inter  alia,  has  the  objective  of  price  stabilization  for  producers  and  consumers  through production planning in the TOP clusters and introduction of dual use varieties. Review meetings on price and availability situation of essential commodities are held at the highest level including at the level  of  Ministers,  Committee of Secretaries, Inter Ministerial Committee, Price Stabilization Fund Management Committee and other Departmental level review meetings for taking appropriate price intervention decisions including possible market-intervention, if any.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3265 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-09
Subject: Forest Village in Gujarat
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†3265

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2019

## FOREST VILLAGE IN GUJARAT

†3265.  SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of forest villages in Gujarat at present;
- (b) the laid-down criterion for declaring forest village;
- (c) the development work being done in these forest villages; and
- (d) the amount spent thereon during the last three years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

- (a) :  As  per  the  information  provided  by  Government  of  Gujarat,  there  were  196  Forest Settlement villages in the State of Gujarat. All villages, except 14 villages in Protected Areas have been declared as Revenue Villages.
- (b) : Section 2 (f) of ' The Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest  Rights)  Act,  2006  provides  that  'forest  village'  means  the  settlements  which  have  been established  inside  the  forests  by  the  forest  department  of  any  State  Government  for  forestry operations or which were converted into forest villages through the forest reservation process and includes  forest  settlement  villages,  fixed  demand  holdings,  all  types  of  taungya  settlements  by whatever name called, for such villages and includes lands for cultivation and other uses permitted by the Government.
- (c) & (d): Development work like road, drinking water, school, electrification, sanitation, etc are done in  forest  settlement  villages  by  the  respective  line  Departments  and  Forest  Department  of State Governments. Total fund utilized by Forest Department of Gujarat in the Forest settlement villages during last three years is as under:

(Rs. in lakhs)

|   S. No. | Year    | Funds utilized   |
|----------|---------|------------------|
|        1 | 2016-17 | Rs. 223.98       |
|        2 | 2017-18 | Rs. 232.45       |
|        3 | 2018-19 | Rs. 42.02        |
Lok Sabha Question No. 3263 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-09
Subject: Heritage Recognition to Ramappa Temple
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy, Dayakar Pasunoori, Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3263

TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2019

## HERITAGE RECOGNITION TO RAMAPPA TEMPLE

## 3263.  SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

## SHRI PASUNOORI DAYAKAR:

## SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government of Telangana has requested for heritage recognition of some temples in the State including Ramappa temple; and
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  thereon  including release  of  funds and funds spent for its development?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM (PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a)&  (b)  Yes  Sir,  Government  of  Telangana  has  submitted  proposal  for  recognition  of Ramappa Temple as  World  Heritage  Site  for  the  nomination  cycle  2019-20.  ICOMOS expert has evaluated the site in the month of Sep 2019. Recently a small delegation team on behalf of Govt. of Telangana has also attended the ICOMOS World Heritage Panel Meeting in Paris on 22.11.2019 on the invitation of Director, ICOMOS evaluation unit to discuss the issues identified during the course of Evaluation process. The funds spent by ASI and State Govt. of Telangana are annexed at Annexure-'A'.

## ANNEXURE-'A' ANNEXURE  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (b)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED

## QUESTION NO 3263 FOR DATED 09.12.2019

Details  of  funds  spent  on  development  works  etc  at  Ramappa  Temple,  Mulugu  District, Telangana

|   Sr. No | Particular                        | Amount Spent    |
|----------|-----------------------------------|-----------------|
|        1 | By Archaeological Survey of India | Rs 37,72101/-   |
|        2 | By Govt. of Telangana             | Rs. 22,40,000/- |
Lok Sabha Question No. 3262 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-09
Subject: Notified Specification as Indian Standard
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## USTARRED QUESTION NO. 3262 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2019

## NOTIFIED SPECIFICATION AS INDIAN STANDARD

## 3262. SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

## Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government is developing a e-Credentialing specification and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has notified this specification as an Indian Standard;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the estimated cost of the project and the estimated timeline for implementation; and
- (e) whether the Government has worked on a business model for the private sector players involved in the project and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) to (e) Yes  Sir.  The  Government  is  developing  the  Electronic  Skill  Credential Standard (ESCS) Specification.

Directorate  General  of  Training  (DGT),  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) proposes to issue digital 'e-Credentials / eCertificates' which are freely portable for candidates and easily verifiable at scale by employers and job matching  platforms  but  continue  to  allow  print  and  other  visual  forms  for  human consumption. This would enable candidates to verifiably state their skill levels with a high degree of trust in authenticity to aggregators, matchers, and employers. Presently, all the certificates are digitally signed 'e-Certificates' in the DGT ecosystem.

E-Credential is an electronic scheme-based standard for describing credentials data in a machine-readable format (JSON-LD representation of RDFa) along with its printable human-friendly version to make credential exchange between digital agents open and reliable. Certificates issued according to this specification can be aligned to one or more educational standards. They are secured using digital signatures. These are also pushed in Digi Locker. This standard is an open standard, free to use, and does not cost anything extra to the Government or the student.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3261 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-09
Subject: JNV in Sonitpur
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Pallab Lochan Das

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3261 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9.12.2019

## JNV in Sonitpur

## 3261. SHRI PALLAB LOCHAN DAS:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  set  up  Navodaya  Vidyalaya  in  the  Sonitpur, Assam and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  also  planning  to  make  residential  schools  in  Educationally Backward Block/Area in Assam specially tea garden dominant area?

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

- (a) The  Navodaya  Vidyalaya  Scheme  provides  for  opening  of  one  Jawahar  Navodaya Vidyalaya (JNV) in each district of the country. All the districts of Assam (as on 31 st May, 2014) have already been covered under Navodaya Vidyalaya Scheme. A JNV was set up in Sonitpur District  of  Assam  in  1992-93  which  now  falls  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  newly  carved  out district  Bishwanath  Charali  following  reorganisation  of  districts  of  Assam.  Opening  of  new JNVs  is  a  continuous  process  which  depends  on  the  willingness  of  the  concerned  State Government/UT Administration to make available requisite suitable land free of cost and making available  required  temporary  building,  free  of  rent  to  run  the  Vidyalaya  till  the  permanent building  is  constructed.    However,  actual  sanction  and  opening  of  new  JNV  depends  on availability of funds and approval by the competent authority.
- (b) No such proposal is under consideration at present.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3260 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-09
Subject: Fee Hike
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Ravneet Singh, Anumula Revanth Reddy, M. Selvaraj, Behanan Benny, Deepak (Dev) Adhikari, Balashowry Vallabbhaneni

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3260 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2019

Fee Hike

## 3260 . SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:

SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY:

SHRI M. SELVARAJ:

SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

SHRI ADHIKARI DEEPAK (DEV):

SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has hiked the fees of any Central University and Indian Institute of Technology (IITs) during in the last three years;
- (b) if so, the number of such universities along with the details of the fee hike;
- (c) the reasons for the fee hike;
- (d) whether the Government conducted any consultation to ensure that poorer students as well as SC/ST students will not be impacted by the fee hike;
- (e) whether the IITs have decided to stop giving monthly stipend of Rs. 12,400 to
- M.Tech scholars who joined through GATE; and
- (f) if so, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) to (d): Ministry of Human Resource Development has not issued any instructions to Central Universities for increase in the fees.  So far as Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) is concerned, with a view to further strengthen the IITs, the revision of tuition fees for  undergraduate  programme  of  IITs  was  made  on  8 th April,  2016.  To  protect  the interest of the socially and economically backward students, following provisions were made therein:

- (i) The SC/ST/PH students shall get complete fee waiver.
- (ii) The most economically backward students (whose family income is less than Rs.
- 1 lakh per annum) shall get full remission of the fee.
- (iii) The other economically backward students (whose family income is between Rs.

1 lakh to Rs. 5 lakh per annum) shall get remission of 2/3 rd of the fee.

(iv)    All  students  shall  have  access  to  interest  free  loan  under  the  Vidyalaxmi scheme  for the total portion of the tuition fee payable.

(e): No Sir.

(f): Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3259 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-09
Subject: GST Revenues to Kerala
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Hibi Eden

3259. SHRI HIBI EDEN:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of total amount of Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenues granted to the State of Kerala;
- (b) whether the Government has reduced share in the GST revenues to Kerala; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3259

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 09 th  DECEMBER, 2019, AGRAHAYANA 18, 1941 (SAKA)

## GST Revenues to Kerala

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The details of total amount of Goods and Services Tax (GST) revenues received by the State of Kerala are as under: -

(Rs. in Crore)

| Financial Year           | SGST (including IGST settlement)   |
|--------------------------|------------------------------------|
| 2017-18                  | 12,292                             |
| 2018-19                  | 21,119                             |
| 2019-20 (Till Oct, 2019) | 11,259                             |
| Total                    | 44,670                             |

(b) & (c): No, Sir.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3255 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-09
Subject: BS-IV to BS-VI
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3255

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 09 th  December, 2019

## BS-IV to BS-VI

## 3255. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

## पैट्रोल ियम और प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

- (a)  whether  the  Ministry  has  issued  an  order  to  implement  BS-VI  standards  from 1 April, 2020, if so, the justification for leapfrog from BS-IV to BS-VI skipping BS-V standards; and
- (b) whether the auto sector is ready for this leapfrog, if not, the reasons for the same and the incentives the Ministry is giving to auto sector for this transformation?

## ANSWER

## पैट्रोलियम और प्राक ृ लिक गैस मंत्री ( श्री धमेन्द्र प्रधान )

## MINISTER OF PETROELUM & NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) Government has decided to leapfrog directly from BS-IV to BS-VI, skipping BS-V to curb pollution across the country. Ministry of Road Transport & Highways has issued  a  Notification  vide  No.  GSR  889(E)  dated  16.09.2016,  mandating  mass emission  standard  for  BS-VI  throughout  the  country  with  effect  from  April  1, 2020.
- (b) The Hon'ble Supreme Court on 24th October 2018, has ordered that no new motor vehicle conforming to the emission standard BS-IV shall be sold or registered in the entire country with effect from 1.4.2020.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3254 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-09
Subject: Funds to Kaushal Vikas Mission
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Ranjeeta Koli

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3254 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2019

## FUNDS TO KAUSHAL VIKAS MISSION

## † 3254. SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI:

Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP  be pleased to state the amount of funds allocated by the Government to Rajasthan State for Kaushal Vikas Yojana?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI R. K. SINGH)

Under  Skill  India  Mission,  Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship  is implementing a flagship scheme called Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) 2016-20 with an objective to provide skilling to 1 crore prospective youth under Short Term Training  (STT)  courses  and  Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL)  across  the  country  for four  years  i.e.  2016-2020  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.  12,000  Cr.  PMKVY  (2016-20)  has  two components known as Centrally Sponsored Centrally Managed (CSCM) being implemented by National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC) and Centrally Sponsored State  Managed (CSSM) being implemented by State Skill Development Missions of the States/ UTs popularly known as State- Engagement Component of PMKVY (2016-20).

Under CSCM component of PMKVY 2016-20, there is no provision of State-wise funds allocation. However, under CSSM component of PMKVY 2016-20, 25% of the funds and  corresponding  physical  targets  of  PMKVY  2016-20  have  been  allocated  to  the States/UTs  for  the  implementation  of  the  scheme  through  State  Skill  Development Missions. Under this component, after evaluation of proposal received from Rajasthan Skill and Livelihoods Development Corporation (RSLDC), Government of Rajasthan, Ministry has given in-principle approval of a total target of 64,526 candidates and corresponding financial allocation of Rs. 94.62 Cr. for FY 2016-20; out of which, Rs. 14.19 Cr. has been already disbursed to State of Rajasthan for the implementation of this component in the State.  However,  due  to  slow  performance  and  keeping  in  the  mind  that  the  scheme  is going to end by March'2020, the financial allocation was rationalized to Rs. 70.96 crore.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3253 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-09
Subject: Exploitation of Hydrocarbons
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Su Thirunavukkarasar

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3253 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 th  December, 2019

## Exploitation of Hydrocarbons

## 3253. SHRI THIRUNAVUKKARASAR SU.:

## पैट्रोल ियम व प्राक ृ तिक गैस मंत्री

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

(a) the list of sites in Tamil Nadu choosen for exploitation of Hyrdrocarbons;

(b) the current status of the projects;

(c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  stop  exploitation  of  Hydrocarbon  wells  in Tamil Nadu; and

(d)  the  Government's  stand  in  this  regard  after  the  protests  from  Tamil  Nadu Government and Farmers' Organisations?

## ANSWER

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

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

(a) & (b) Under  Hydrocarbon  Exploration  and  Licensing  (HELP)  policy,  three bidding rounds have been finalized in which six exploration blocks have been awarded in Tamil Nadu.  Under Discovered Small Field (DSF) policy, two bidding rounds have been finalized  in  which  two  contract  areas  have  been  awarded  in  Tamil  Nadu.  The contractor  can  commence  exploration  related  activities  after  obtaining  Petroleum Exploration  License  from  State  Government  and  other  statutory  clearances.  Under Production Sharing  Contracts  (PSCs)  regime,  only  two exploration blocks are operational in Tamil Nadu. Three hydrocarbon discoveries have been notified in these two blocks. Major portion of all these blocks falls in districts of Nagapattinam, Karaikal, Cuddalore, Thiruvarur, Sivaganga, Ramanathapuram and Ariyalur.

(c) & (d) Some local people/organizations have represented/expressed apprehension regarding possible environmental impact. Tamil Nadu Government has intimated that it has constituted a High Level Expert Technical Committee to study the impact  of hydrocarbon  blocks  in  Cauvery  delta  region.  The  issues  related  to operational  activities  of  the  fields  are  dealt  with  in  consultation  with  authorities concerned and as per applicable laws, rules/regulations, guidelines etc.

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