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Lok Sabha Question No. 4355 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Special Financial Packages
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Ramesh Chandra Majhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  4355

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, March 22, 2021/Chaitra 1, 1943 (Saka)

## Special Financial Packages

## †4355. SHRI. RAMESH CHANDRA MAJHI

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  various  State  Governments  including  Odisha  and  the  States  of  North  East  have requested  the Union Government to provide special financial packages;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with their demands, State-wise; and
- (c) the  action  taken  by  the  Government  on  these  requests  of  the  States  for  providing  special economic packages?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHR ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a) and (b): The Department of Expenditure, Ministry of Finance has received requests from the States of  Andhra  Pradesh,  Goa,  Manipur  and  Nagaland  for  the  special  financial  packages.  The  State Government of Andhra Pradesh has sought release of Rs.700 crore under the  Special  Development Package for backward areas of the State. The State Government of Goa has sought a Diamond Jubilee Year  Package  amounting  to  Rs.  500  crore  for  celebration  of  liberation  from  Portuguese  Rule.  The State Government of Manipur has sought a Special Economic Package amounting to Rs.14,567 crore including  various  sectors  of  economy.  The  State  Government  of  Nagaland  has  sought  a  Special Assistance Package amounting to Rs. 700 crore covering various sectors of economy.

(c)  Following  the  scheme  guidelines,  the  Union  Government  examines  requests  of  the  State Governments and transfers resources to States as grants-in-aid subject to availability resources within gross  budgetary  support.    The  release  of  funds  to  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh  under  the  Andhra Pradesh  Reorganisation  Act,  2014  is  based  on  recommendations  of  the  NITI  Aayog  subject  to availability of resources with the Union Government within gross budgetary support.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4353 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Private Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Anil Firojiya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.4353 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2021

## Private Schools

## †4353. SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any steps have been taken to regulate the arbitrary functioning of private schools in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the nature of steps taken in this regard;
- (c) whether a lot of private schools are taking donations from the parents of children at the time of admission on the pretext of development and modernization of their schools ;
- (d) whether the Government has taken/proposed to be taken any steps to check such type of arbitrary actions by the private schools; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) to (e): Education is a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and majority of schools are under the jurisdiction of the State Governments. Thus, the matter relating to regulate the arbitrary functioning of private schools in the country are regulated in terms of Rules and Instructions of the State Government concerned. It is for the respective State Government concerned to take necessary action against such schools which violate the Rules and Instructions of the State Government in the matter. Under clause 13 of The Right of Children to Free and Compulsory Education Act, 2009, capitation fee and screening of child and parents for admission of the child has been prohibited.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4349 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: India’s Per Capita Income
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar, Kani K. Navas

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4349

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2021

## INDIA'S PER CAPITA INCOME

4349. SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR: SHRI K. NAVASKANI:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state: (a) whether the International Monetary Fund Global Economic Outlook report has projected that Bangladesh is set to surpass India's per capita income in 2020 and if so, the reasons therefor; (b) whether the report states that the Indian economy will be among the steepest declining economies in the world in 2020 and if so, the details thereof; and (c) whether it is true that five years ago, India's per capita income was 40 per  cent higher than that of Bangladesh and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR) (a)  As  per  International  Monetary  Fund's  (IMF's)  World  Economic  Outlook  (WEO)  report, October 2020, India's per capita Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in purchasing power parity (PPP)  terms  in  2020  is  estimated  at  US$  6283.57  as  compared  to  US$  5138.58  for Bangladesh. (b) As per IMF's WEO Update, January 2021, the Indian economy is estimated to grow at (-) 8% in 2020, a contraction smaller than that of Spain (-11.1%), Argentina (-10.4%), United Kingdom (-10%), Philippines (-9.6%), Italy (-9.2%), France (-9%) and Mexico (-8.5%). (c) As per IMF's WEO report, October 2020, India's per capita GDP in PPP terms in 2015 was US$ 5464.86, 46.7 percent higher than that of Bangladesh (US$ 3724.26).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4348 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Fuel for BS-VI Vehicles
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4348 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd MARCH, 2021

## Fuel for BS-VI Vehicles

## 4348. DR. (PROF.) KIRIT  PREMJIBHAI  SOLANKI:

## पैोिलयमऔराक ृ ितकगैसमंी

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

- (a) whether Bharat Stage-VI vehicles need different composition of petrol and diesel, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the refineries in India have been re-configured  to make petrol and diesel for Bharat Stage-VI and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c)  whether  any  changes  have  been  made  to  petrol  and  diesel  to  reduce  the environmental pollution?

## ANSWER

## पैोिलयमऔराक ृ ितकगैसमंी ( ीधमधान )

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

- (a)  Bharat  Stage  VI  (BS-VI)  vehicles  require petrol  and  diesel with sulphur content not exceeding 10 parts per million (ppm).
- (b) Refineries have undertaken projects to produce and supply BS-VI compliant petrol and diesel as per mandated date for supply of BS-VI fuels across the country.
- (c)  The  sulphur  content  of  both  petrol  and  diesel  have  been  brought  down  from  50 ppm  in  BS-IV  to  10  ppm  max  in  BS-VI,  enabling  the  introduction  of  advanced emission  control  technologies,  including  Diesel  Particulate  Filters  (DPF)  to  reduce Particulate Matter (PM) and Selective Catalyst Reduction (SCR) systems for reduction in Nitrogen Oxides (NOx) emissions in BS-VI vehicles.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4346 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Research papers in the Universities
Ministry: Education
Asked by: E. T. Mohammed Basheer

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.4346 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2021

## Research papers in the Universities

4346. SHRI E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that research papers in the Universities are not published for the benefit of general public and R&D; and (b) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) & (b): The University Grants Commission has informed that Faculty members of universities publish research papers in various journals for the benefit of the general public and R&D.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4345 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: On line fake educational institutions
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Arvind Kumar Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4345 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2021

## On line fake educational institutions

- 4345 . DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state : (a) whether the Government is aware of the rising shadow gig economy in education sector, where students are being robbed by online fake educational institutions, many of which operates from outside India; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether the Government is taking any steps/ making efforts to protect the students from such online fraudulent activities. (d) if so, the details thereof; and

- (e) if not, the reasons therefor ?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) to (e): As per UGC, No online fake Universities figure in the list of identified fake Universities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4344 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Development of Ruiya Fort
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†4344 ANSWERED ON 22.03.2021

## DEVELOPMENT OF RUIYA FORT

## †4344. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  or  proposes  to  take  any steps  to  develop  the  fort  of  Raja  Narpati  Singh  in  Ruiya, Madhoganj,  in  Hardoi  district  under  Misrikh  Parliamentary constituency  of  Uttar  Pradesh,  built  in  the  memory  of  Raja Narpati Singh who got martyred while fighting with the British in the rebellion of 1857, on the occasion of 75th Independence day and include it in the Central list of tourist places; and (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) and (b): Development  and  Promotion  of  Tourist  places  is primarily the responsibility of the State Government/Union Territory (UT) Administration. However, Ministry under its schemes of Swadesh  Darshan  and  PRASHAD  provides  financial  Assistance  to the  State  Governments/UT  Administrations/Central  Agencies  for development of tourism infrastructure and facilities in the country. The projects under the schemes are identified for development  in  consultation  with  the  State  Governments/Union Territory   Administrations and are sanctioned subject to availability of funds, submission of suitable Detailed Project Reports, adherence to  scheme   guidelines  and  utilization  of  funds  released  earlier. Development of the fort of Raja Narpati Singh in Ruiya, Madhoganj, in  Hardoi  district   is  not  under  consideration  under  the  above Schemes by Ministry of Tourism.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4342 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Foreign Insurance Companies
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Sudarshan Bhagat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4342

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, MARCH 22, 2021/CHAITRA 1, 1943 (SAKA)

## FOREIGN INSURANCE COMPANIES

## †4342. SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  cases  of  non-payment  of  the  amount  to  most  of  the  insurance holders by the foreign insurance companies are on the increase;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) if not, whether most of the beneficiaries are not able to get the benefit of most of the insurance companies in view of the complex Government rules; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  and  (b): Foreign Insurance Companies do not operate in India for direct insurance business and only provide re-insurance under a specific registration called Foreign Reinsurance Branches.
- (c) and (d): As regards claim settlement by Indian Insurance companies, including those having  their  foreign  shareholding,  are  governed  by  Insurance  Regulatory  and Development Authority of India (IRDAI). IRDAI has informed that claim settlement is done  in  accordance  with  IRDAI  (Protection  of  Policyholder's  Interest)  Regulations, 2017.

As  per  Section  15(8)  of  IRDAI  (Protection  of  Policyholder's  Interest)  Regulations, 2017, an insurer shall, within a period of 30 days, offer a settlement of the claim to the  insured/claimant.  In  case  of  default,  as  per  the  Section  15(10)  of  abovementioned  Regulations,  the  insurer  is  liable  to  pay  interest  at  a  rate,  which  is  2% above  the  bank  rate,  from  the  date  of  receipt  of  last  relevant  and  necessary document from the insured/claimant by insurer till the date of actual payment.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4340 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Language Building
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Darshana Vikram Jardosh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4340

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2021

## Language Building

## † 4340.    SHRIMATI DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH :

Will the Minister of  EDUCATION   be pleased to state:

- (a) The number of Universities currently functional in the Country;
- (b) The number of Universities where Language Buildings are functional; and
- (c) The  reaction  of  the  Government  in  regard  to  the  Universities  where Language Buildings are  not  functional ?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) to (c): There  are 1043 Universities functional in the country.  No specific data  with  regard  to  functionality  of  language  building/centre  in  the  Central Universities is maintained.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4336 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Special Assistance Grant for Telangana
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Nama Nageswara Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4336 TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, March 22, 2021/Chaitra 1, 1943 (Saka) Special Assistance Grant for Telangana

†4336. SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has received any proposal from the State Government of Telangana seeking special assistance grant for development of backward areas under the provisions of A.P. Reorganisation Act, 2014 and if so, details thereof;
- (b) the details of amount released and the amount pending to be released as special assistance grant by the Union Government for development of backward districts of Telangana, Year-wise; and
- (c) the timeline by which the pending installment of special assistance grant will be released to Telangana by the Union Government?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHR ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a): Yes Sir. The Union Government had received a proposal dated 16.02.2021 from the State Government of Telangana seeking special assistance grant amounting to Rs. 900.00  crore  for  the  financial  years  2019-20  and  2020-21  for  development  of backward  areas  under  the  provisions  of  the  Andhra  Pradesh  Reorganisation  Act (APRA), 2014.

- (b): The Union Government has released an amount of Rs. 1800 crore to the State of Telangana under Section 94(2) of the APRA, 2014 for development of nine backward districts of the State. The 1 st installment of Rs.450 crore was released on 22.02.2016, the 2 nd installment of Rs. 450 crore was released on 19.12.2016, the 3 rd installment of Rs.450 crore was released on 01.08.2017 and the 4 th installment of Rs.450 crore was released on 28.09.2018.
- (c):  The release of funds for development of nine backward districts of the State of Telangana under Section 94(2) of the APRA, 2014 is based on recommendations of the NITI Aayog.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4334 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Girls Education During COVID - 19 Pandemic
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Behanan Benny, Navneet Ravi Rana

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4334

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd March, 2021

## Girls Education During COVID - 19 Pandemic

## 4334. SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

SHRIMATI NAVNEET RAVI RANA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that while the boys were given priority for online studies due to their access to computers or smart phones at home, the economic crunch due to Covid-19 put the girls at a disadvantage;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has assessed the detrimental impact on girls education during lockdown;
- (c) the measures taken by the Government to address this issue;
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to meet the dependence on digital education; and
- (e) total number of female students dropped out from schools at primary and secondary level between March 2020 to January 2021?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) Online classes are being conducted at the schools by employing various digital tools in the form of DIKSHA portal (https://diksha.gov.in/), SWAYAM Portal (swayam.gov.in), SWAYAM Prabha, DD Channel, e-Pathshala (https://epathshala.nic.in/), NROER (National Repository of Open Educational Resources) portal (https://nroer.gov.in/welcome), radio, community radio and CBSE podcasts etc. The medium of TV, radio has been used for the students who do not have digital means.

The steps taken by all the states are shown in this report -India Report Digital Education June 2020

https://www.mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/India\_Report\_Digital\_Education \_0.pdf

(b) to (e) Education is a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution, and the matter relating to education pertains to Central as well as the State Government concerned. Mapping of the students is being done school wise and individual performance of every student has been observed and a track on the same has been put on record. Accordingly, the state governments have been directed to act based on the situation prevailing at every place to meet the demands of all students for providing them with the digital access required for learning digitally.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4331 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: TRIFED Partnership with ABVKK
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Imtiaz Jaleel Syed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4331 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2021

## TRIFED PARTNERSHIP WITH ABVKK

4331. SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Tribal  Co-operative  Marketing  Development  Federation  of  India proposes to partner with Akil Bhartiya Vanvasi Kalyan Kendra in setting up TRIFOOD

Parks in different States to benefit the tribal population of the country; and

(b) if so, the future plan chalked out by TRIFED for the welfare of tribals in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  As  informed  by  Tribal  Cooperative  Marketing  Development  Federation of India (TRIFED), an MOU has been signed between TRIFED and M/s Akhil Bhartiya Vanvasi Kalyan Kendra, Jashpur on 03.01.2021. The MoU envisages to establish Van Dhan Vikas Kendras and Tribal Entrepreneurship Development (TED) Parks in States, which  intends  to  provide  direct  and  indirect  employment  to  the  tribal  families.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4330 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-22
Subject: Online Education in Rural Areas
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Achyutananda Samanta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4330

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd March, 2021

## Online Education in Rural Areas

4330. SHRI ACHYUTANANDA SAMANTA:

- Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) according to the 75th National Sample Survey of India published by Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, only 4 per cent of rural household possess computer and only 15 per cent of rural households have access to internet; (b) if so, whether the Government plans on formulating a policy to provide low-cost devices (smartphones, tablets, laptops) and internet access to students, enabling the less privileged students to cope with the demands of online education and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and (c) whether the Government has taken steps to improve the school infrastructure in rural
- India Considering rural Government schools lack basic academic support infrastructure such as library, laboratory, sports facilities and teaching aids and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

- (a) Internet access under BHARAT NET scheme has been made available to Govt institutions and to improve the internet connectivity in rural areas the CSC eGovernance Services India Ltd (CSC-SPV) of MEITY has been assigned the task of providing Fibre to the Home (FTTH) connectivity to the Government Institutions,

including schools. This project is for providing Internet connection to Government schools in respective Gram Panchayats.

(b) The National Education Policy, 2020 calls for benefits of online/digital education to all children. Para 24.4 (f) of the new education policy discusses the possibilities of digital equipment suitable for poor students.

(c) One of the major interventions for improving quality of education under the Samagra Shiksha scheme includes provision for library and books across all levels of school education. It includes providing grant for libraries in government schools.

Under the Samagra Shiksha, Sports and Physical Education component has been introduced for the first time for encouragement of Sports, Physical activities, Yoga, Cocurricular activities etc.

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