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Lok Sabha Question No. 387 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Updation of NPR
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Suresh Kodikunnil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 387

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020/ MAGHA 15, 1941 (SAKA)

UPDATION OF NPR

387. SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  made  it  mandatory  to  share  details  of Aadhaar, passport number, voter ID and driving licence and the same are to be compulsorily collected by the enumerators of the National Population Register (NPR) updation in the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons  for  the  collection  of  such documents;
- (c) whether the Government is seized of the fact that such demands made during  the  enumeration  exercise  conducted  in  connection  with  the updation of NPR is contravening the position clarified by the Government which guarantees the privacy of the citizens;
- (d) if so, the action proposed to be taken in this regard;
- (e) whether the Government has received representations and memoranda from various sections of the society to refrain from collecting sensitive documents; and
- (f) if so, the response of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

- (a): The respondent has to provide the information for National Population Register (NPR) updation true to the best of his knowledge and belief.  Aadhaar number is collected voluntarily.

## L.S.US.Q.NO.387 FOR 04.02.2020

(b) to (d): Population Register is a register containing details of persons usually residing in a village or rural area or town or ward or demarcated area  within  a  ward  in  a  town  or  urban  area.  NPR  was  first  prepared  in 2010 and updated in 2015. In pursuance of Sub-rule (4) of Rule 3 of the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003, framed under the Citizenship Act,1955, Central Government decided  to  prepare  and  update  the  population  register  during  April  to September, 2020 throughout the country except Assam for collection of information relating to all persons usually residing in village or town.

(e) & (f): No document is to be collected during the updation of NPR.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 386 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Revival of Sugar Mill of Darbhanga
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Gopal Jee Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY  OF COilSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD &  pUBLtC  DISTR|BUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIG DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 386 TO BE ANSWERED  ON 4rh FEBRUARY, 2O2O

## REVIVAL OF SUGAR MILL OF DARBHANGA

## t385.  SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR:

Will the Minister of  CONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLtc

DISTRIBUTION  :tctTFdr arril, vr<.a 3fh Tr+qfrfi fur{ur d* be pteased  to state:

- (a)  whether the government has proposed to set up/ revive sugar mill at darbhanga in bihar where sugarcane is grown in plenty but there is lack of sugar malls;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MTNISTRY OF CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (sHRt DANVE RAOSAHEB DADARAO)

The Gentral Govemment with a view to encourage setting up of new sugar mills in the country has delicensed the sugar industry. l{ow the Entrepreneurs  are free to set up new sugar mills at their preferred locations, subiect to  compliance  of  rules and regulations of  the

(aXb)&(c): Central/State Government.

As regards revival of potentially  viable sick sugar undertakings,  it is the responsability  of the entrepreneur concerned  to take steps to reopen/revive the closed/sick  sugar mills as far as private sector is concerned.  ln case of  public and cooperatave sugar mills, it  is the responsibility of  the  concerned  State/UT Government. As  per the information  received from the State Government  of Bihar, a unit of Bihar State Sugar Gorporation Ltd., Raiyam at Darbhanga  has been transferred to Sri Tirhut lndustries  Ltd., on long term lease, to revive this sugar mall in the area.
Lok Sabha Question No. 384 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Online Fraud
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Anubhav Mohanty, Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 384

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020/ MAGHA 15, 1941 (SAKA)

## ONLINE FRAUD

384. SHRI ANUBHAV MOHANTY: SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether it is a fact that the more the Government is pushing people towards non-cash transactions like net banking and use of ATMs etc., net fraud is also on the increase;

(b) if so, the number of net and online fraud cases reported to the cyber crime department during the past three years ending 31/12/2019 and the number of such cases which have been solved;

(c)  whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  come  up  with  better  and foolproof methods of net banking and other devises in order to protect the users of net banking facilities; and

(d) the steps taken by the Government to prevent people from becoming victims of online fraud?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) to (d):   With the rapid increase in use of cyber space, number of cyber crimes including online frauds are also increasing. As per data maintained by National Crime Records Bureau, 3466 and 3353 cases of online frauds

were  registered  in 2017  and 2018,  respectively.   Data  pertaining to the

## L.S.US.Q.NO.384 FOR 04.02.2020

year 2019 is not available. NCRB started to collect data separately about Online Banking Frauds since 2017.

In order to prevent online frauds and protect users, Ministry of Home Affairs has taken several steps that inter-alia include;

- i) An Inter-Ministerial Committee has been constituted on Phone Fraud (IMCPF) having members  of  stakeholder organizations,  namely Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY), Department of Financial Services, Department of Telecommunication,  Reserve  Bank  of  India  and  Law  Enforcement Agencies. FCORD-FICN Coordination Agency has been designated as Central Nodal Agency for this purpose and ADGP/IGP Crime in each State/UT is the State Nodal Officer.
2. ii) An advisory dated 12 th  February 2018 was issued on 'steps to check phone frauds' to all State Governments/UT Administrations, which is available at www.mha.gov.in.
3. iii) Reserve  Bank  of  India  has  issued  several  circulars/  guidelines related to security and  risk mitigation  measures  for  securing electronic / digital payment transactions.
4. iv) Steps  have  been  taken  to  spread  awareness  about  cyber  crimes, issue of alerts/advisories, capacity building/training of law enforcement personnel/prosecutors/judicial officers, improving cyber

## L.S.US.Q.NO.384 FOR 04.02.2020

forensics  facilities  etc.  in  association  with  police  departments  in different States/UTs.

- v) The Central Government has also launched the National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal, www.cybercrime.gov.in to enable complainants to report complaints pertaining to all types of cyber crimes, including net and online frauds.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 381 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Supply and availability of Fertilizers
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Tapir Gao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO\_ 381 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.02.2020

## Supply and Availability of Fertilizers

## 381 . SHRI TAPIR GAO:

## Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has created any platform to monitor the supply and availability of fertilizers in the country;
- (b) if so, tne details thereof;
- (c) wheth er some State Governments are also monitoring the availability and supply of fertilizers; and
- (d) if the details thereof, State-wise? SO,

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

(a) & (b): Sir, Department of Fertilizers (DoF) has developed an IT enabled system viz. Integrated Fertilizer Management System (iFMS) , which captures end to end details of Fertilizer in terms of Production, Movement, availability, requirement; Sale Subsidy Bill Generation to Subsidy payment to fertilizer   companies. The iFMS   system can be accessed at   http Ilmfms nic.inl. Concerned stakeholders like DoF State Agriculture Departments , District Collectors, Fertilizer Companies are all provided with separate user passwords for operating and monitoring purposes. Few features of iFMS portal are as below:

- Real time, online tracking of fertilizer movement;, along the plantlport-rake district-wholesaler-retailer chain: point-
- Real time Fertilizer availability data at State, district, wholesaler & retailer level.
- Real time tracking of sale of fertilizers at subsidized rates to farmers through PoS devices.
- A C( mplete end to end transaction visibility of fertilizers  starting from importl production till sales to farmers.

Department has also developed a dashboard which can be accessed at https Ilurvarak nicin: The dashboard is developed to facilitate easy monitoring by various Stake holders viz. State Agriculture Departments, District Collectors and State Marketing Federations. The Dashboards provide various reports viz.

- 20 buyers (State wise, District wise) Top
- The retailers not selling fertilizer through PoS devices
- Frequent buyers (State wise, District wise)
- Stock as on Today
- Stock Availability: at port; plant; in states, product and period-wise (month, year etc:)

(c) & (d): The State Governments are also monitoring the availability and supply of fertilizers through these portals.
Lok Sabha Question No. 380 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Detention Centres
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Suresh Kodikunnil, Uttam Kumar Nalamada Reddy, Mala Roy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 380

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 04 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020/MAGHA 15, 1941 (SAKA)

DETENTION CENTRES

380.  SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT: SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH: SHRI UTTAM KUMAR REDDY NALAMADA: SHRIMATI MALA ROY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Home Ministry has issued a Model Detention Centre Manual to the States;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) the number of operational detention centres in the country and the number of detention centres being constructed, State/UT-wise;

(d) the number of individuals currently detained in these centres, State/UT-wise and the capacity of operational and under construction detention centres;

(e)  whether the Government expects the number of detainees to increase after the implementation of CAA and NRC and if so, the details thereof, including the estimated increase in detainees;

(f)  whether  the  Government  has  asked  State  Governments  to  set-up  detention centres in their respective States; and

(g) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a) & (b): In pursuance of the orders of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India dated 12.09.2018 and 20.09.2018 in I.A. No. 105821/2018 in W.P. (Civil) No. 406/ 2013 filed  by  Collaborative  Network  for  Research  and  Capacity Building, Guwahati,

## LS.US.Q.NO.380 FOR 04.02.2020

Ministry of Home  Affairs had prepared a Model Detention Centre/Holding Centre/Camp  Manual  in  consultation  with  various  stakeholders  and  this  was circulated  to  all  State  Governments/  UT  Administrations  on  09.01.2019  for implantation. The Model Manual  covers legal provisions with regard to detention and deportation of a foreign national, instructions issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs  in  this  regard  from  time  to  time,  categories  of  persons  who  may  be detained  and  the  amenities  to  be  provided  in  the  Detention  Centres/  Holding Centres/ Camps.

(c) to (g): In pursuance of the order at 28.02.2012 by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in W.P.  (Crl.)  no.  310  of  2005,  Ministry  of  Home  Affairs  issued  instructions  on 07.03.2012 to State Governments and UT Administrations to comply with the said directions of the Hon'ble Court. Detention Centres are set up by State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations as per their requirement to detain illegal immigrants/ foreigners who have completed their sentence pending their deportation to their native country. Details of number of detention centres set up by  the  State  Governments/  Union  Territory  Administrations  along  with  their capacity and number of foreign nationals detained in these detention centres are not centrally maintained.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 376 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Preparation of NPR
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Manish Tewari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 376

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 04 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020/MAGHA 15, 1941 (SAKA)

PREPARATION OF NPR

376.  SHRI MANISH TEWARI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  persons  whose  citizenship  is  not  doubtful  are  presumed  to  be Indian Citizens under the Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards  Rules,  2003,  Rule  4,  sub-rule  4  which  provides  that  when  NPR  is  being prepared particulars of such individuals, whose Citizenship is doubtful, shall be entered by the Local Registrar with appropriate remark in the Population Register for further enquiry and in case of doubtful citizenship, the individual or the family shall  be  informed  in  a  specified  proforma  immediately  after  the  verification process is over; and

- (b)  whether  Rule  6  which  provides  that  (1)  The  Registrar  General  of  Citizen Registration  shall,  by  order,  notify  the  date  on  which  the  National  Register  of Indian  Citizens  shall  be  initialized  throughout  the  country.  (2)  The  order  made under  sub-rule  (1)  may  provide  for  the  initialization  period  specifed  by  the Registrar  General  of  Citizen  Registration  for  establishment  of  the  National Register of Indian Citizens. (3) Every individual must get himself registered with the  Local  Registrar  of  Citizen  Registration  during  the  period  of  initialization  as specified under sub-rule (2) contradicts Rule 4 and reconciliation and harmonisation is required?

ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a): During  the  exercise  of  updation  of  National  Population  Register  (NPR),  no verification is done to find individuals whose citizenship is doubtful.

(b): Till  now,  the  Government  has  not  taken  any  decision  to  prepare  National Register of Indian Citizens (NRIC) at the National level.  Rule 6 of the Citizenship (Registration of Citizens and Issue of National Identity Cards) Rules, 2003 does not contradict Rule 4.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 371 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Skill Development Training to Hearing Impaired Youths
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Achyutananda Samanta

## GOVERMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (DIVYANGJAN)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 371 TO BE ANSWER ON 04.02.2020

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT TRAINING TO HEARING IMPAIRED YOUTHS

## 371: SHRI ACHYUTANANDA SAMANTA:

Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Union Government has provided any financial assistance to the State Government of Odisha or any Non-Governmental Organisation in Odisha for the purpose of   imparting skill development  training to hearing impaired youths the last  three years and if SO, the details thereof; and during

(b) the details and number of hearing empaired youths employed in various sectors after completion of the aforementioned skill development training?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

(a) Yes Sir: The Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities(DEPwD) implements an umbrella scheme, namely Scheme for Implementation of Persons with Disabilities Act(SIPDA) which has a component for Skill Development for PwDs between the age of 15 to 59, including hearing impaired youths. Under this component, the Department launched the National Action Plan(NAP) for Skill Development of Persons with Disabilities(PwDs) in March; 2015 which is implemented across the country including the state of Odisha through which skilling of PwDs is conducted through a network of empanelled training partners(ETPs) comprising Government organizations (National Institutes/National Handicapped Finance and Development Corporation/Composite Regional Centre/Other Government and Non-Govt. Organisations(NGOs) An amount of Rs. 73.36 lakhs has   been   released to ETPs of State of Odisha for skill training of 1000 PwDs(including hearing impaired) under NAP during the last 3 years. Orgs

(b) the   number of PwDs(including hearing  impaired   youths) employed in various sectors   after completion of the aforementioned skill development training in the state of Orissa is 666.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 363 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Use of Low Quality Pesticides
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 363 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## USE OF LOW QUALITY PESTICIDES

- 363 SHRI BALUBHAU ALIAS SURESH NARAYAN DHANORKAR:

Will  the  Minister  of  AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has proposed any measures to lower the use of pesticides and insecticides in farming;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is true that the incidents of death of farmers are increasing due to use of low quality pesticides on account of lack of awareness; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b): Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  is  implementing  'Sub-Mission  on Plant Protection and Plant Quarantine' Scheme, under which Integrated Pest Management approach  is  being  promoted  to  educate  the  farmers  about  judicious  use  of  chemical pesticides and to recommend use as per the directions prescribed on the label and leaflets. Integrated Pest Management seeks to promote cultural, mechanical, biological methods of pest  control  and  recommends  use  of  chemical  pesticides  as  a  measure  of  last  resort. During the last 5 years (2014-15 to 2019-20), 3730 Farmer Field Schools and 732 HRD programmes were conducted under Integrated Pest Management and 1,41,180 farmers, pesticide dealers and officials have been trained.
- (c) & (d): The  Plant  Protection  Division  is  not  in  receipt  of  any  such  report.  State Governments  of  Gujarat,  Haryana,  Kerala,  Maharashtra,  Meghalaya,  Odisha,  Punjab, Tripura,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Uttar  Pradesh,  Uttarakhand,  Arunanchal  Pradesh,  Karnataka, Chhattisgarh, Tamilnadu, Nagaland and Telangana also informed that no such incidences are reported in these States.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 362 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Launch of Sanitary Napkins
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Saikia Dilip, L.S. Tejasvi Surya, Ramesh Chander Kaushik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 362 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04 th  February, 2020

## Launch of Sanitary Napkins

## 362. SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  recently  launched  sanitary  napkin  for  menstrual hygiene of women;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the sanitary napkin is environment friendly;
- (d) the number of sanitary napkins sold in the country so far under this new scheme;
- (e) whether the price of the above sanitary napkin is cheaper as compares to similar sanitary napkins available in the market;
- (f) if so, the details thereof;
- (g) whether countrywide awareness programme  has been launched by the Department of Pharmaceuticals; and
- (h) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI D. V. SADANANDA GOWDA)

- (a) & (b) Janaushadhi Suvidha Oxo-Biodegradable Sanitary Napkin was launched by the  Government  of  India  on  4 th June,  2018.  These  sanitary  pads  were  made available  at  Rs.  2.50/-  per  pad  under  Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya  Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP).

In order to make these sanitary pads more affordable and accessible to the women of India, Government has decided to make these pads available at rate of only Rs 1/per pad. From 27.08.2019, these Oxo-Biodegradable Sanitary Napkin are available @ Rs 1/- per pad at all the PMBJP Kendras, functioning across the country.

- (c) Yes Sir. Janaushadhi Suvidha Sanitary Napkins are environmental friendly, as these pads are made with Oxo-biodegradable material complying with ASTM D-6954 (biodegradability test) standards.
- (d) As on 29.01.2020 Bureau of Pharma PSUs of India (BPPI), the implementing agency of PMBJP has sold more than 3.10 Crore pads of Sanitary Napkins through Janaushadhi Kendras, across the country.

(e) & (f) Under the Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana, these pads are being  sold  at  Rs  1/-  per  pad.  The  market  price  of  the  similar  Sanitary  Napkin  is around Rs. 3/- to Rs. 8/- per pad. (g)  &  (h)  The  awareness  about  the  salient  features  of  Pradhan  Mantri  Bhartiya Janaushadhi Pariyojana including Janaushadhi Suvidha Oxo-Biodegradable Sanitary Napkin is being spread through various types of advertisements such advertisement in Print Media, Radio advertisement, TV advertisement, Cinema Advertisements and Bus  Queue  Shelter  branding,  Bus branding, Auto wrapping. In addition to this, BPPI is also educating the public about the usages of Jan Aushadhi generic medicines through social media platforms like

Outdoor  publicity through like Hoardings, facebook, twitter, Instagram, Youtube, etc. regularly.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 359 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-02-04
Subject: Subsidy on Diesel
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Dharambir Singh

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O.I.H.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 359 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  FEBRUARY, 2020

## SUBSIDY ON DIESEL

359.   SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plan to grant subsidy on diesel to the farmers;
- (b) if not, whether the Government would formulate any plan to grant/provide subsidy on 7 litre diesel per acre considering the pitiable condition of the farmers; and

(c) whether the Government has data to assess the total subsidy on diesel and the total budget to be incurred on it if subsidy on 7 litre diesel per acre is given and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) & (b): There is no such proposal.  However, in the event of drought, Diesel Subsidy has been provided to the affected farmers from time to time on 50:50 sharing basis between the Government of India and the State Government.

- (c): Does not arise.