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Lok Sabha Question No. 744 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Poverty Alleviation in Maharashtra
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande, Bharti Pravin Pawar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 744 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 06, 2020 POVERTY ALLEVIATION IN MAHARASHTRA

No. 744. SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

DR\_ BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR:

Will the Minister of HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has received any proposal regarding the poverty alleviation and creation of employment in Maharashtra during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the number of proposals that have
- been approved;
- (c) the proposals still to be approved and the reasons for the delay
- in approving those proposals; and
- (d) the action taken by the Government to approve the pending proposals and the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a): SirThe Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs however, implementing a Centrally Sponsored Scheme viz Antyodaya YojanaNational Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)" in the statutory towns to reduce poverty and vulnerability of urban poor households by enabling them access to gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment   opportunities for   improvement in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis, facilitating subsidised credit, building strong grassroot level community institutions for the urban poor, providing shelter equipped with essential services for the urban homeless, and addressing livelihood concerns of the urban street vendors by facilitating access to suitable vending spaces, institutional credit, social security, etcSince 2014-15, 372.40 crore has been released to Maharashtra for implementation of DAY-NULM: No, is,
- (b) to (d): Does not arise in view of (a) above:

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Lok Sabha Question No. 743 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Commercialization of Drone Flying
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: S. Jagathrakshakan

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 743 (To be answered on the February 2020) 6th

## COMMERCIALIZA TION OF DRONE FLYING

## 743. SHRI S. JAGATHRAKSHAKAN

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government is proposing to make any amendment in Civil Aviation Law for commercializing drone flying in our country;
- if not, whether the Government proposes to introduce Drone Policy 2.0 in near future and if the details thereof? SO,
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

- (a) to (c) As per the current Civil Aviation Rules and regulations, provisions for commercial drone flying have been made: As this is an emerging sector; amendments to the Regulations are done based on the experience gained, and feedback received:
Lok Sabha Question No. 739 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Saving of Electricity
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Rakesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.739 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2020

## SAVING OF ELECTRICITY

†739. SHRI RAKESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  air  conditioners  consume  the  maximum  electricity  in  the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether  the  lowest  temperature  has  been  fixed  in  the  air  conditioners  to save electricity;

(c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  annual  saving  of  electricity  as  a result of the said measure;

(d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  adopt  such  measures  for  other equipments functioning on electricity; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  POWER,  NEW  &  RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR SKILL DEVELOPMENT & ENTREPRENEURSHIP

( SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

(a) : As  per  the  report  of  Central  Electricity  Authority  (CEA),  on  'Growth  of Electricity  Sector  in  India  from  1947-2018',  industrial  sector  consumes  the  maximum electricity in the country. Air conditioners are  used by various categories of consumers, namely, domestic, commercial and industrial consumers. As per data available with CEA, the  category  wise  energy  consumption,  including  consumption  of  electricity  by  air conditioners, during 2017-18 is as under:

| Category   | %age of energy consumption (2017-18)   |
|------------|----------------------------------------|
| Domestic   | 24.35%                                 |
| Commercial | 8.35%                                  |
| Industrial | 41.71%                                 |

…………2.

(b) & (c) : Under the Gazette Notification S.O. 3897(E) dated 29 th  October 2019, the  Central  Government,  in  consultation  with  the  Bureau  of  Energy  Efficiency (BEE), has mandated  that  all brands and  types of room  air conditioners manufactured, commercially purchased or sold in India, shall have default setting of temperature at 24 degree celsius w.e.f. 1 st  January 2020.

Notwithstanding the above mentioned default setting, the users shall have the option to change the temperature of air conditioners according to their requirements.

BEE has estimated that there exists a potential of 10 billion units (BU) of annual saving of electricity through the above measure.

(d) & (e) : At  present,  there  is  no  proposal  for  adoption  of  such  measures  in respect of other equipments functioning on electricity. However, BEE is implementing  the  Standards  &  Labeling  (S&L)  Programme  for  equipments  and appliances,  wherein  energy  consumption  standards  have  been  prescribed  in respect  of  the  equipments  and  appliances  covered  under  the  Programme. Currently,  there  are  24  appliances  under  this  Programme;  10  under  mandatory regime, and remaining 14 under voluntary regime.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 738 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Coastal Highways in Odisha
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Jual Oram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 738

ANSWERED ON 6 TH   FEBRUARY, 2020

## COASTAL HIGHWAYS IN ODISHA

## 738 . SHRI JUAL ORAM:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to construct Coastal Highway from Digha to Gopalpur in Odisha;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the funds earmarked for the purpose;
- (c) whether the work has started thereon and if so, the present status thereof; and
- (d) the funds sanctioned by the Government to construct the said highway?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) Yes Sir.
- (b) to (d) The stretch Gopalpur-Chatrapur-Satapada-Konark-Astarang-Nuagaon-ParadipRatanpur-Dhamra  and  Basudevpur-Chandipur-Chandaneswar-Dgha  has  been  identified  for developing as costal highways under Bharatmala Pariyojana in the State of Odisha. Total length of this costal highway is about 440 km. Preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been initiated. Development work shall be taken up after completion of DPR.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 734 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Contract for Metro Rail Lines
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 734

TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 06, 2019

## CONTRACT FOR METRO RAIL LINES

No.734. SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether contract for laying of Metro Rail Lines in the country
- has been awarded to foreign companies;
- if so, the names of those companies along with the names of the countries to which they belong:
- (c) the details of the locations for which the said companies have been awarded contract for laying of Metro Rail Lines, State and place-wise:
- (d) whether there is a lack of companies having expertise in laying Metro Rail Lines in the country; and
- (e) if not, the reasons for awarding the said contract to foreign companies?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) to (c): Metro rail companies set up as 50:50 joint venture of the Government of India and respective State Government can award

contracts for laying of metro rail lines either to indian companies, foreign companies or joint ventures of indian and foreign companies: Only one work of laying a part of metro rail lines between Noida-Greater Noida in Uttar Pradesh has been awarded by the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) to foreign company as a sole bidder i.e Mls ETF from France-

(d)& (e): There are a number of Indian companies capable of laying metro rail linesTender for  laying metro rail lines are awarded through competitive   bidding where there is no bar for foreign companies to bid and get the contract subject to other tender conditions.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 732 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Atal Bhujal Yojana
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 732 ANSWERED ON 06.02.2020

## ATAL BHUJAL YOJANA

## 732. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of Atal Bhujal Yojana in the country;
- (b) the quantum of funds allocated, utilised and unspent under the yojana and the reasons th under - utilisation, if any;
- (c)the details of foreign or private collaborators under the yojana including the nature of e them;
- (d) the stipulated time to complete the project; and
- (e) the reasons, if any, for the delay in completion of the said yojana?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

( a) to  (e)Government  of  India  has  approved  Atal Bhujal Yojana  (Atal Jal), a Rs. 6000 CroreCentral Sector Scheme, for sustainable management of ground water resources with community partici water stressed blocks of Gujarat, Haryana, Karnataka, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Rajasthan Pradesh.  The  scheme  is  being  implemented  dur ing  the  period  2020 - 21  to  2024 - 25  with  the  financial assistance of World Bank with a sharing pattern of 50:50 between Government of India and Worl

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Lok Sabha Question No. 729 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Mandatory Flight Duty
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Sudheer Gupta, Shrirang Appa Barne, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Gurjeet Singh Aujla, Bidyut Baran Mahato

729.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINSTRY OF CIVIL AVIATTON LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 729 February 2020)

(To be answered on the 6th

## MANDATORY FLIGHT DUTY

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIV RAO MANDLIK SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR SHRI GURJEET SINGH AUJLA SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

to state: be pleased

- whether it has come to the "otice of the Genehettoef Civia their to work for more than mandatory flight duty making pilots
- violating a mandatory flight duty time of the airline companies in (c)if so, the details thereof and the response
- if so, the details thereof; notices to such airline companies for (b) whether DGCA has issued limitation;
- this regard; taken/being taken by the Government in this (d) the corrective measures
- regard; India is considered qualified after 200 hours %f (e) whether a in whereas an airline co-pilot in flying on light America and other countries taken/proposed to be takensby the Government to make aviation par with international standards? pilot plane piston

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION (Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

airlines flight crew, Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA) observed multiple cases of non compliance of FDTL requirements contained in Civil Aviation Requirements (CAR) issued by DGCA in the case of M/s Go Airlines (India) Ltd by both operator and flight crew. These violations were mainly o requirement of weekly off, minimum rest period, consecutive night operations etc:

- (b) to (d) Show Cause Notice was issued to Accountable Manager and flight crew (pilots) in violation to their approved FDTL Scheme: Warning letters were also issued to individual pilots of Mls Go Airlines for FDTL violations by DGCA The airline has submitted steps taken as corrective action on the subject including conducting a daily audit of their roster every evening prior to next of operations. Further DGCA ensures compliance of FDTL regulations by airlines through continuous oversight such as routine surveillance; audit and inspections: day
- (e) and (f) A Pilot, can fly for an airline after 200 hrs of flying an aircraft and in possession %f a valid Commercial Pilot License (CPL) 'As per the privileges of the aircraft having an all-up-weight not exceeding 5700 Kgs, and Which is entered in the aircraft rating Of his license He may also act as Co-pilot of any aircraft where a Co-pilot is mandatory and which is entered in aircraft rating of his licence Further, for acquiring Airline Transport Pilot License (ATPL) the candidate needs to acquire minimum 1500 hours of flying as per Section M, Schedule II of the Aircraft Rules, 1937. The requirement and privileges for Commercial Pilot License and Airline Transport Pilot License in Aircraft Rules, 1937 are in line with ICAO Annex I Standards & Recommended Practices. CPL,
Lok Sabha Question No. 728 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Operational Guidelines of Jal Jeevan Mission
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Sudheer Gupta, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Shrirang Appa Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 728 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2020

## Operational Guidelines of Jal Jeevan Mission

728. SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

SHRI SANJAY SADASHIV RAO MANDLIK:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  recently  launched  the  operational  guidelines  of  Jal  Jeevan Mission;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to provide Functional Household Tap Connection to every rural household by 2024 and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken in this regard;
- (d) the  total  estimated  cost of  the  project  along  with  the  funds  sharing  pattern  adopted,  Statewise;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  held  any  consultation with other Ministries regarding implementation aspects of the mission and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the Government also held any consultation with the States and various stakeholders regarding  modalities  of  implementation  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  and  if  so,  the  details  and  the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

- (a)  to  (f)  Government  of  India  has  launched  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM)  in  August,  2019  which aims at providing potable water at service level of 55 litre per capita per day (lpcd) to every rural household through Functional Household Tap Connection (FHTC) by 2024, in partnership with States, with an outlay of Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore out of which Central share is Rs. 2.08 lakh Crore.

A budgetary allocation of Rs.10,000.66 Crore has been made for the financial year 2019-20 and as on 03.02.2020, an amount of Rs. 6,914.45 Crore has been released to the States/ UTs.

The  fund  sharing  pattern  between  Centre  and  State  for  JJM  is  90:10  for  Himalayan  &  North Eastern States and UTs with legislature, 100% for UTs without legislature and 50:50 for rest of the States.

After the launch of JJM, a conference of Minister in-charge of rural water supply of various States was  held  in  New  Delhi  followed by  five  regional  workshops,  involving  States/  UTs  and  other stakeholders  in  water  sector,  to  discuss  the  modalities  of  implementation  and  firming  up  the operational guidelines for the Mission.

While  firming  up  the  proposal  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  for  the  approval  of  the  Government  and finalising the operational guidelines for the implementation of the Mission, concerned Ministries/ Departments including NITI Aayog were consulted.

Inputs received from various stakeholders were examined and those found in consonance with the approval of the Government, have been incorporated in the operational guidelines and the same has been released on 25.12.2019.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 726 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Housing Facility in Bihar
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Giridhari Yadav, Rama Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING

## AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 726

TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 06, 2020

## HOUSING FACILITY IN BIHAR

No. 726. SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV: SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the
- number of persons belonging to weaker section in the State of Bihar who have been allotted houses under various schemes during the last three years;
- b) the number of persons in Bihar who are deprived of housing facility at present;
- (c) the various efforts being made to provide housing facility to all
- the persons in Bihar by the year 2022; and
- (d) the extent success achieved by Government a result
- of the as thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) The details of number houses sanctioned, grounded, completed and   occupied by persons belonging to weaker section in the State of Bihar during the last three years under
- various schemes are at Annexure-
- (b) to (d): 'Land' and (Colonisation' are State subjects and therefore; it is the responsibility of the Statel Union Territory

(UT) Governments to frame policies and implement schemes housing facility: However, the Government of India through its programmatic intervention has been assisting States/UTs both technically and financially to address their housing  shortages: In pursuance to Government of India's vision of facilitating Housing for AII by 2022, the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs has been   implementing PMAY-U Mission since June 2015 to provide Central Assistance to StateslUTs for   providing all weather pucca houses to all eligible urban households. The Ministry has requested the StatelUt Governments to submit project proposals of remaining housing demand by March 2020 to fulfill the vision of GHousing for All' by 2022. for

So far, against the validated demand of 5.65 Iakh houses in the State Bihar, 3.13 Iakh houses with Central Assistance of 4,867 crore have been sanctioned under PMAY-U Mission. Rs. 1,612 crore has been released against sanctioned Central Assistance and a total of 1.53 Iakh houses have been grounded, of which 67,641 are completed and delivered in the State of Bihar-

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## Annexure referred in reply to LS USQ No. 726 due for answer on 06.02.2020

Details of number of houses sanctioned,  grounded, completed and  occupied by persons belonging to weaker section in the State of Bihar during the last three years under various schemes

| Details    | JNNURM   | PMAY-U Mission   | Total    |
|------------|----------|------------------|----------|
| Sanctioned |          | 2,15,821         | 2,15,821 |
| Grounded   | 16,346   | 91,938           | 1,08,284 |
| Completed  | 15,870   | 34,230           | 50,100   |
| Occupied   | 2,302    | 34,563           | 36,865   |

Note: No new sanctions were accorded under JNNURM after March, 2012.
Lok Sabha Question No. 725 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Collision of AI Flight
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: K. Shanmuga Sundaram, P. Velusamy

725.

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED NO. : 725 (To be answered on the February 2020)

## COLLISION OF AI FLIGHT

SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K SHRI VELUSAMY P.

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- the the accident;
- d) whether any preventive measures have been taken by the airlines to avoid such kind of accidents in future and if the details thereof?

## ANSWER

Minister of State (IC) in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(iOn 04.072016the left engine cowling %f M/s Air India B777-200LR aircraft while operating flight Al922 damaged while taxi in to stand no. V14 at Mumbai due to collision with aerobridge got

(d) Based on the outcome % investigation, Mls Air India had revised their involved marshaller and Supervisor by MIs Air India: Ramp

8c () The incident was investigated by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation the stand no. V14 was unserviceable. Manual marshalling was done to aircraft for parking in the The marshaller did not ascertain about the guide further forward of the point Accordingly; the aircraft crossed its stop point and the engine came in contact with the aerobridge resulting in damage to the engine cowling: bay. stop

be pleased to state:-
Lok Sabha Question No. 724 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-06
Subject: Smart Cities of Kerala
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: K. Muraleedharan

- (a) No,
- (b) The present status of Smart proposals Thiruvananthapuram and Kochi is given below:City

(Rs: in crore)

| City                | Round of selection   |   Size of Smart City Proposa |   Tendered projects |   Grounded/Complet ed projects |
|---------------------|----------------------|------------------------------|---------------------|--------------------------------|
| Thiruvananthapur am | 3                    |                         1538 |              453.24 |                         206.32 |
| Kochi               |                      |                         2076 |             1857.09 |                        1407.73 |

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 724 TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 06, 2020

## SMART CITIES OF KERALA

No.724. SHRI K MURALEEDHARAN :

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal for new Smart City
- (b) the details of the present status of the Smart Cities, Trivandrum and Cochin in Kerala?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)