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Lok Sabha Question No. 3833 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Criteria under PM SVANidhi Scheme
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Geeta Kora

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3833

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 18, 2021

## CRITERIA UNDER PM SVANIDHI SCHEME

NO. 3833.  SHRIMATI GEETA KORA:

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

the  details  of  the  criteria  fixed  to  get  the  benefits  of  the  PM SVANidhi scheme?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

PM SVANidhi scheme is available in the States / Union Territories (UTs) which have notified Rules and Scheme under the Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Act, 2014. Meghalaya  has  its  own  State  Street  Vendors  Act  and  is  eligible  to participate  in  the  Scheme.Further,  as  a  special  case,  the  street vendors  from  UTs  of  Jammu  &  Kashmir  and  Ladakh  have  been allowed to avail the benefits.

As  per  the  Street  Vendors  Act,  2014,  the  Urban  Local  Bodies (ULBs)  have  to  conduct  a  survey  for  identification  of  the  Street Vendors  and  issue  Certificate  of  Vending  (CoVs)  and  Identity  (ID) Cards.  All  street  vendors  who  have  been  issued  CoVs/  ID  cards  and who  were  vending  on  or  before  March  24,  2020  are  eligible  for  the benefits under PM SVANidhi Scheme.

In addition, the vendors, from the surrounding development/ periurban/ rural areas, vending in urban areas, including those who have been  left  out  of  the  ULB  led  survey  or  who  started  vending  after completion of the survey, are issued Letter of Recommendation (LoR) by the ULBs for the purpose of availing the benefits under the Scheme.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3831 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Cutting of Trees along NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Arun Sao

be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  trees  cut  down  during  the  construction  of Bilaspur-Raipur and Bilaspur-Mungeli-Podi National Highways (NHs) alongwith the number of trees planted in lieu thereof till now;
- (b) whether complaints have been received against cutting of trees without permission on both the said NHs;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  alongwith  the  action  taken  agaisnt those found guilty;
- (d)  whether  complaints  have  been  received  regarding  the  poor quality in the construction of both the NHs; and
- (e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  alongwith  the  action  taken  against those found guilty?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)  The  details  of  trees  cut  down  and  trees  planted  in  RaipurBilaspur Section are as under:

|   S. No. | Project Name     |   No. of tree cut down No. trees (Avenue) |   of planted |
|----------|------------------|-------------------------------------------|--------------|
|        1 | Raipur-Simga     |                                      3367 |        31255 |
|        2 | Simga-Sargaon    |                                      4028 |        40000 |
|        3 | Sargaon-Bilaspur |                                      1090 |        10880 |

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3831 ANSWERED ON 18 TH  MARCH, 2021

## CUTTING OF TREES ALONG NHs

3831. SHRI ARUN SAO:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

In  respect  of  Bilaspur-Mungeli-Podi  Road  (NH-130A),  2077 number  of  trees  have  been  cut  down.  The  tree  plantation  in  lieu thereof has been taken up by forest department of State Government. (b) No, Sir. (c) Question does not arise. (d) to (e) The construction work is done as per the Manual & Codes of  the  Indian  Road  Congress.  However,  some  complaints  were received for Raipur-Bilaspur section of NH-200 (New NH-30 and 130) regarding cracks and quality of roads. Defects have been rectified by  the  contractor  at  his  own  cost  as  the  projects  are  either  in construction stage or under Defect Liability Period (DLP).  Moreover, cure  period  notices  have  also  been  issued  to  the  contractors  of

Simga-Sargaon and Sargaon-Bilaspur sections.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3830 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Construction of Farbisganj Airport
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Pradeep Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3830 (To be answered on the 18th March 2021)

## 3830. SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

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

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the works related to construction of Fabrisganj airport in Araria district of Bihar under UDAN-Regional Connectivity Scheme have got delayed;
- the time by which the construction work of the said airport is likely to commence; and
- (d) the details of the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) to (d): Forbesganj airport in Araria district of Bihar is listed as unserved airport in the Regional Connectivity Scheme(RCS)-UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) document RCS- UDAN is a market driven scheme. The interested airlines based on their assessment of demand on particular routes submit their proposals at the time of bidding under RCS UDAN from time to time. Forbesganj; so far; If any bid is received in future rounds, same shall be considered as per the provisions of Scheme Document: An airport; which is included in the awarded routes of RCS UDAN and requires upgradation/development for commencement of RCS operations, is developed under "Revival of unserved and underserved airports scheme.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3829 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Krishi Udan Scheme
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3829 (To be answered on the March 2021) 18th

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

## KRISHI UDAN SCHEME

## 3829. SHRIMATI RATHVA GITABEN VAJESINGBHAI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the Government has launched Krishi Udan Scheme;
- (c) whether any special provisions have been made for the tribal districts under the said scheme; and

## ANSWER

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

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(a) and (b): Yes Sir. Krishi Udaan Scheme has been approved on 10 September 2020 for application on pan-India basis covering all States and Union Territories (UTs) States and UTs from which air transportation 0f fruits and vegetables took place under convergence of the Scheme with the Operation Greens Scheme (TOP to TOTAL) since November 2020 are Assam, Manipur and Tripura from the North Eastern Region and Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh from the Himalayan Region. Air transportation has also been coordinated and facilitated under the Scheme by Ministry of Civil Aviation from various originating airports that service agri-product clusters in Andhra Pradesh, Assam; Delhi; Gujarat; Jammu & Kashmir, Karnataka, Kerala, Ladakh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Odisha, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu; Tripura; Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.

(c) and (d): Yes Sir: The Krishi Udaan Scheme focuses on improvement of value realization, especially in North-East and tribal districts, through convergence with various schemes of Ministries/ Departments concerned, including those of Ministry of Tribal Affairs; for (i) facilitation of movement of agri-produce by air, (ij) increasing freight capacity and the expanse of aircraft movements, (iii) strengthening cargo-related infrastructure at airports and at off-airports locations, and (iv) incentivisation of air transportation of agri-produce:

- (b) if s0, the names of the States where works have been started under the said scheme so far;
- (d) if s0, the details thereof?
Lok Sabha Question No. 3827 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: NH Projects in Maharashtra
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar

be pleased to state:

- (a)    the details of new National Highway (NH) projects sanctioned for  construction  in  the  State  of  Maharashtra  especially  in  Vidarbha region during the last three years;
- (b) whether the Government has received any proposal for construction of new NHs from the State Government during the said period;
- (c)      if so, the action taken by the Government thereon; and
- (d) the funds allocated, released and utilised for development/construction of NHs in Maharashtra during each of the last three years?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3827 ANSWERED ON 18 TH  MARCH, 2021

## NH PROJECTS IN MAHARASHTRA

## 3827. SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

(a)  to ( c)  Details of  proposals received from the State Government of  Maharashtra  and  sanctioned  for  construction  of    new  NHs including those in Vidarbha region during the last three years are as under:

|   S. No. | Year    |   Number |   Amount (Rs. in Crore) |
|----------|---------|----------|-------------------------|
|        1 | 2017-18 |       99 |                   17149 |
|        2 | 2018-19 |        9 |                    1269 |
|        3 | 2019-20 |      109 |                    2343 |

(d) The details of funds allocated and expenditure incurred on the development/construction of NHs in the state of Maharashtra during the last three years are given as below:

(Rs. in Crore}

| S. No.   | Year      | Allocation*   | Expenditure   | Expenditure   |
|----------|-----------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
|          |           |               | State PWD     | NHAI          |
| 1        | 2017-18   | 2966          | 2964          | 4069          |
| 2        | 2018-19   | 7051          | 7445          | 6902          |
| 3        | 2019-2020 | 10341         | 10998         | 6022          |

*No State wise allocation has been made to Highways Authority of India (NHAI) *****

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3825 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Promotion of Scout and Guides Movement
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Hibi Eden

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF YOUTH AFFAIRS)

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3825 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2021

## Promotion of Scout and Guides Movement

## 3825.

SHRI HIBI EDEN

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

- (a) whether the Government plans to implement new schemes to promote the scout and guides movement in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total budgetary allocations for the National Youth Development and contribution from non budgetary sources;
- (c) whether  measures  have  been  taken  to  promote  National Service  Scheme  and  Scout  and  Guide  movement  in  every school and university in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS {KIREN RIJIJU}

- (a) This Ministry runs a Scheme namely 'Assistance to Scouting & Guiding'  under  which  funds  in  the  form  of  grant  in  aid are released  to  Scouting  &  Guiding  Organisations  for  conducting Scouting  &  Guiding  activities  across  the  country.  No  new scheme is envisaged.
- (b) The total Budgetary allocation for National Youth Development is as under:

| Scheme/Year   | 2018-19   | 2019-20   | 2020-21   |
|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|

| NPYAD   | ₹ 25 Lakhs   | ₹ 21 Lakhs   | ₹ 20 Lakhs   |
|---------|--------------|--------------|--------------|
| NYDF    | Nil          | Nil          | Nil          |

Contribution from non-budgetary sources for NPYAD and NYDF is NIL.

- (c) & (d)  Measures have been taken to promote National Service Schemes (NSS) and Scout and Guide movement in every school and  university  in  the  country.  NSS  has  its  presence  in  479 Universities  covering  17,676  Colleges/Technical  Institutions and 51 +2 Councils/Directorates and 12,087 Senior Secondary Schools  across  the  country.  This  Ministry  releases  financial assistance to NGOs in the form of grant-in-aid to promote scout & guide activities across the country.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3824 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Irregularities in Hyderabad Metro Rail
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Anumula Revanth Reddy

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3824 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 18, 2021 IRREGULARITIES IN HYDERABAD METRO RAIL

NO. 3824.  SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  received  complaints  regarding  any ongoing irregularities in the Hyderabad metro rail project;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof including the action taken thereon;
- (c) whether  it  is  true  that  the  Concessionaire,  in  collusion  with  the State  Government has unlawfully increased the fare by  more than double, and yet, received and misappropriated a large proportion of the Viability Gap Funding (VGF) by the Union  Government;
- (d) whether the Concessionaire was allowed to unlawfully misappropriate large unearned gains, by not enforcing article 41 of the Concession Agreement; and
- (e)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

(a) to  (e):  Hyderabad  Metro  Project  is  a  State  Government initiative under Public Private Partnership with Viability Gap Funding  from  Ministry  of  Finance,  Government  of  India  and  was initially sanctioned under The Andhra Pradesh Municipal Tramways (Construction, Operation and Maintenance) Act 2008. Subsequently, the project was brought under The Metro Railways (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002 to bring uniformity of standards as well as safety certification by Commission of Railway Safety in respect of Metro Rail Projects. Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited has informed that fares  have  been  fixed  by  Metro  Rail  Administration  of  Hyderabad Metro Rail  Project  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  contained  in The Metro Railways (Operation and Maintenance) Act, 2002. Hyderabad Metro Rail Limited has further informed that they have not received any complaints regarding any ongoing scam  or corruption or misappropriation in Hyderabad Metro Rail Project.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Prime Minister‘s 15 Point Programme
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Raju Bista

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3823 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2021

## ALLOCATION/UTILIZATION OF FUNDS FOR MINORITY DEVELOPMENT

## 3823.   SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  funds  spent  by  the  Government  on  minority  development  between financial years 2015 and 2021; and
- (b) the percentage of the budgetary allocation made by the Government and spent on the Sikh, Jain, Buddhist and Parsi communities respectively during the above period?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a):     Ministry of Minority Affairs implements various programmes/ schemes for socioeconomic  and  educational  empowerment  of  the  six  (6)  centrally  notified  minority communities  namely  Christians,  Sikhs,  Buddhists,  Parsis,  Jains  and  Muslims.  An amount  of  Rs.  21028.92  crore  has  been  Spent  from  2015-16  to  2020-21  as  on 28.02.2021.
- (b): Community-wise  allocation  of  funds  under  the  schemes  of  the  Ministry  is  not made in the budget .However, during 2015-16 to 2019-20, 36,99,296 scholarships have

been sanctioned to the students belonging to Sikh, Jain, Buddhist and Parsi communities. Community-wise number of beneficiaries given in the table:

|              | Name of Minority Community   | Name of Minority Community   | Name of Minority Community   | Name of Minority Community   |
|--------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|------------------------------|
|              | Sikhs                        | Parsis                       | Jains                        | Buddhists                    |
| Total No. of | 25,41,879                    | 4,562                        | 4,08,415                     | 7,44,440                     |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3822 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Proposal for International Airport in Kanpur
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Satyadev Pachauri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3822 (To be answered on the March 2021) 18th

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

## PROPOSAL FOR INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT IN KANPUR

## 3822. SHRI SATYADEV PACHAURI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- ibtointernational airport and if not; the reasons therefor; airport
- of Uttar Pradesh in this regard and if the detaiis thereof; SO,
- (c) whether the Government thinks it appropriate to convert at national and internationai industrial Kanpur earned
- reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(Shri Hardeep Singh Puri)

(2): Declaration o an airport as an International flights besides provision of Ground operation of international Quarantine services etc. and Animal & Plant

as an Pradesh: Govt: of Uttar

(c) & (d): Development upgradation %f airports is a continuous process and the availability of land, commercial depending on and traffic demand willingness of airlines to socio-economic considerations operate to from such airports. viability,
Lok Sabha Question No. 3821 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Four-Laning Project
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Anil Firojiya

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to convert the UjjainChintaman, Jawasa-Hanspur-Lekoda-Limbapipaliya-RalamandalIndore roads into four-lane;
- (b) if so, the steps taken in this regards; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) The Road  from Ujjain-Chintaman,  Jawasa-Hanspur-LekodaLimbapipaliya-Ralamandal-Indore is not a National Highway. Further, no proposal under Central Road Infrastructure Fund (CRIF) scheme has been received from the State Govt. of Madhya Pradesh for conversion of this road into four lane during the current financial year till date.
- (b) Does not arise.
- (c) Does not arise.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3821

ANSWERED ON 18 TH  MARCH, 2021

## FOUR-LANING PROJECT

3821. SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3820 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-18
Subject: Waiting time at Toll Plazas
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3820

ANSWERED ON 18 TH  MARCH, 2021

## WAITING TIME AT TOLL PLAZAS

## 3820. SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

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## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any study has been undertaken regarding the average time spent by the vehicles in queue at each toll plaza on Asian Highway-47 (Old NH-4) stretch from Pune  to  Kagal;
- (b)  if so,  the  details  thereof;
- (c) if not, whether the Government proposes to undertake such a study and implement measures to minimize waiting time in long queues at toll plazas thereby minimizing the huge losses of time and fuel; and (d)  the  list  of  villages  exempted  from  toll  at  Tasawade  and  Anewadi
- toll  plazas on AH-47 in Satara district of Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)  &  (b) A  Control  and  Command  Centre  has  been  established  at Headquarters  of  National  Highways  Authority  of  India  (NHAI)  where monitoring  is  being  done  by  live  Closed-Circuit  Television  (CCTV) cameras.  Also,  Global  Positioning  System  (GPS)  based  software  is being used to monitor wait time at fee plazas.
- (c) In order to promote digital fee collection, Government has declared all  lanes  of  fee  plazas  on  National  Highways  as  FASTag  Lane  of  fee plazas w.e.f. midnight of 15th/16th February 2021, which has resulted in reduced waiting time and minimized queues at fee plazas.

(d) As per Fee Notification S.O. 647(E) dated 05.05.2005 published in Gazette  of  India  for  Taswade  fee  plaza,  there  is  no  provision  of exemption in fee to nearby villages. In  case  of  Anewadi  fee  plaza,  as  per  the  National  Highways  Fee (Determination  of  Rates  and  Collection)  Rules,  2008,  there  is  a provision  of  monthly  pass  for  a  person  owning  a  non-commercial vehicle and residing within 20 kilometers from the fee plaza, provided a service road or alternative road is not available.

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