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Lok Sabha Question No. 3168 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Protest Against Central Media Accreditation Guidelines-2022
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Manish Tewari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3168

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2022

## PROTEST AGAINST CENTRAL MEDIA ACCREDITATION GUIDELINES-2022

## 3168.  SHRI MANISH TEWARI:

## Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  journalists  along  with  the  Press  Trust  of  India  are protesting  against  the  Central  Media  Accreditation  guidelines-2022  and  if  so, the reasons therefore;
- (b) whether it is a fact that the Government released these guidelines without any consultation with stakeholders and the journalistic community, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  nominated  officials  have  been  given  discretion  to decide  that  a  journalist's  story  is  moral,  decent  among  other  open-ended subjective grounds;
- (d) whether  this  is  an  attempt  to  suppress  journalist's  access  to  information  and freedom of speech and expression guaranteed by the Constitution of India; and
- (e) whether it is  a  fact  that  there  has  been  an  inordinate  delay  in  the  renewal  of accreditation cards of journalists by Press Information Bureau (PIB) and if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING; AND MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a) to (b) The Government has issued The Central Media Accreditation Guidelines, 2022 for grant of accreditation to working journalists  at  the  headquarters  of  the  Government  of  India.  While formulating  these  Guidelines,  the  Central  Government  took  into consideration suggestions received by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) from various stakeholders including Members of the erstwhile Central Press Accreditation Committee, Media Associations, representatives of online media, etc. (c) Central  Media  Accreditation  Committee  is  chaired  by  the Principal DG, PIB and comprising of up to 25 Members representing different media organisations to discharge the functions laid down under  these  guidelines  and  take  decision  on  the  basis  of  various criteria laid down therein. (d)  No Sir. (e) Process for renewal of PIB accreditation card has been opened immediately after new 'The Central Media Accreditation Guidelines, 2022' were issued. PIB has already started issuing the PIB accreditation cards from 25 th  February, 2022.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3167 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: PLI Scheme for Heavy Industries
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Locket Chatterjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3167

ANSWERED ON 22.03.2022

## PLI SCHEME FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## 3167.  MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES भारी उद्योग मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to shift the power/energy utilisation of the heavy industries to more renewable sources of power/energy and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  introduce  any  new  Production  Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for this sector under the Make in India initiative; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES (SHRI KRISHAN PAL GURJAR)

- (a): Sir,  on  November  11,  2020,  the  Cabinet  had  approved  the  introduction  of  the  PLI Scheme  for  10  key  sectors,  for  enhancing  India's  manufacturing  capabilities  and  exports under Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative.  One of the 10 sectors for which the introduction of PLI had  been  approved  by  the  Cabinet  was  'High-Efficiency  Solar  PV  Modules'  for  achieving manufacturing capacity of Giga Watt (GW) scale in high efficiency solar PV modules.
- (b) & (c): Sir, no such proposal is under consideration in the Ministry of Heavy Industries.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3163 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Setting up of Sports Universities
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Kaushalendra Kumar

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS & SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3163 TO BE ANSWERED ON 22.03.2022

Setting up of Sports Universities

†3163. SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR:

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

- (a) the number  of  national  sports  universities set  up  by  the Government in which the youths are studying in the country during the last five years and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to set up such universities on the lines of London to create interest of the youths towards sports and also for the development of sports, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details and the number of such universities proposed to be set  up  in  the  country  including  Bihar  along  with  the  name  of  the States and the locations;
- (d) the time by which such universities are likely to be set up; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS [SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR]

- (a)  and  (b):  Sir,  the National  Sports  University  (NSU)  at  Imphal, Manipur  was  set  up  by  the  Government  in  2018.  The  NSU  has started  function  from  a  temporary campus  in  Khuman  Lampak Sports  Complex,  Imphal.  At  present,  the  University  offers  five courses namely  (i)  Bachelor  of  Science  in  Sports  Coaching,  (ii) Bachelor  of  Physical  Education  &  Sports,  (iii)  Master  of  Arts  in Sports Psychology, (iv) Master of Science in Sports Coaching and (v)

Master of Physical Education & Sports. Total number of 329 youth are studying in the courses. One  of the objectives of setting up of National Sports University  to  generate  capabilities  to  provide  infrastructure  of international  standard  for  education,  training  and  research  in  the areas  related  to  physical  education  and  sports  sciences,  sports technology and high performance training for all sports and games. The National  Sports  University  (NSU)  at  Imphal,  Manipur was established to promote sports education in the areas of sports science, sports technology, sports management and sports coaching  besides  functioning  as  the  national  training  centre  for select sports disciplines by adopting best international practice. (c)  to  (e):  There is no  any  other  such  proposal in  the  Ministry  of Youth  Affairs  &  Sports to  set  up  new  sports  universities  in  the country including Bihar at present. In view of above, question does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3160 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Strengthening of NDRF
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandan Singh, Ajay Nishad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3160

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  MARCH, 2022/ CHAITRA 1, 1944 (SAKA)

STRENGTHENING OF NDRF

†3160. SHRI CHANDAN SINGH: SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  recently  to  strengthen the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) and its capabilities; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b):      To  strengthen the National Disaster Response Force (NDRF) in  the  country,  Government  of  India  had  approved  the  raising  of  04 additional battalions  of  NDRF,  that  increased  the  number  of  NDRF battalions from 12 to 16, which are strategically located as per vulnerability  profile  of  the  country  to  provide  immediate  response  during disaster or threatening disaster situation.

In  order  to  build  and  continuously  upgrade  the  capacity  of  NDRF personnel and to provide them holistic training, NDRF Academy has been set up in Nagpur in 2018. Apart from it, strengthening of NDRF is monitored and reviewed at regular intervals in view of unforeseen disasters occurring in the country, which inter-alia include the following:-

(i). Government  of  India  has  approved  the  Umbrella  Scheme  namely 'Infrastructure  for  Disaster  Management'  from  2021-22  to  2025-26  at  a total financial outlay of Rs.949.81 crores, for infrastructure Development in NDRF Battalions and NDRF Academy.

(ii). NDRF is equipped with state of art equipment to deal with various manmade and natural disaster situations.

(iii).  Capacity building programmes  of  NDRF  as  well  as  of  various stakeholders  including  school  safety  programmes  are  undertaken  to enhance preparedness of the community.

(iv). International workshop/ field exercises are also undertaken by NDRF to  acquaint  the  Force  with  the  latest  international  standards. NDRF personnel are also nominated to participate in various international events i.e training courses/seminars/ workshops  etc., which benefits  NDRF personnel in updating their skills about best practices in Disaster Management, knowledge of sophisticated equipment & techniques being adopted globally.

(v). The  Central  Government  is  providing  all  support  and  assistance  to the NDRF for upgrading the force capability by providing requisite approval for purchase of advanced equipment as and when needed.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3158 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Custom Hiring Centres
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Uday Pratap Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3158 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND MARCH 2022

## CUSTOM HIRING CENTRES

3158.SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH

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

- (a)  whether  there  is  any  proposal  for  setting  up  3000  new  custom  hiring  centres  in Madhya Pradesh; (b) if so, the details thereof and the time by which the said centres are likely to be set up; (c) whether there is any proposed target for setting up skill development centres for new custom hiring centres along with Farmer Producers Organization (FPOs) and if so, the details thereof; (d) whether a target of setting up of mechanized farming system in 600 villages has been set  in  collaboration  with  major  manufacturers  of  yantradoot  machines  in  order  to
- establish the agricultural machine skill development institutes; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (e): As per the information submitted by the Government of Madhya Pradesh, it  has  targeted to set  up 3000  new Custom Hiring Centres under Atmanirbhar Madhya Pradesh programme. At present Skill Development Centers are operational in  Bhopal, Jabalpur, Satna, Sagar and Gwalior. The Government of Madhya Pradesh has targeted to  setup  four  new  Skill  Development  Centers  in  Ujaiin,  Narmadapuram,  Chambal &Shahdol Divisions. It has also been targeted to setup mechanized farming system in 600 villages under Yantradoot village scheme of Government of Madhya Pradesh under which  large  level  cluster  demonstrations  are  organized  along  with  training  and  visit programmes in a planned manner.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3157 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: PM-KISAN Payments to Ineligible Persons
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Balubhau (Alias Suresh Narayan) Dhanorkar

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3157

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd MARCH, 2022

## PM-KISAN PAYMENTS TO INELIGIBLE PERSONS

3157. 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  it  is  a  fact  that  over  Rs  2500  crores  of  PM-KISAN  Scheme  funds  were transferred to ineligible beneficiaries;

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

(c) whether Aadhaar-linking was made mandatory for the scheme to remove ineligible beneficiaries from the system; and

(d)  if  so,  the  reason  why  Aadhaar  linkage  failed  to  stop  such  leakage  of  funds  to ineligible beneficiaries?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी ( SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) & (b): Eligibility of farmers was initially based on their self-declaration and after verification of their details by State/UTs. Also only essential fieldswere made mandatory for registration. Soon after successful initiation of transfer of benefits to farmers through Direct Benefit Transfer(DBT) System, rigorous checks and balances were added using technology and by developing Standard Operating Procedures(SOPs), Modules, validation by other systems (UIDAI, Income Tax) and by making other fields mandatory viz.  Aadhaar,  Mobile  No.,  Land  details,  etc.  Further,  integration  with  Pensioners  & Employee Record has also been enabled.

An  amount  of  more  than  Rs.  4352.49  Crore  which  is  2%  of  the  total  amount transferred  to  all  the  beneficiaries  has  been  reported  to  have  been  transferred  to ineligible  beneficiaries. An SOP has been devised and circulated to States for getting refund  from  ineligible  beneficiaries  and  return  of  funds  to  Government.  Besides,  a facility  has  been  created  on  the  web-portal  through  which  any  individual  farmer  can refund the money through NTRP system. So far, an amount of Rs. 296.67 Crore has been recovered from ineligible beneficiaries.

(c)& (d) Aadhaar authentication was made mandatory in PM-KISAN w.e.f. 01.12.2019 with an exemption to the States of Assam, Meghalaya, and J&K. The funds are released under PM-KISAN based on the data received from the States/UTs which goes through many levels of validation including Aadhaar authentication. The purpose of making the Aadhaar authentication mandatory in PM-KISAN was to strengthen and further  refine  the  database  of  the  Scheme  by  introducing  another  level  of  validation. Aadhaar  authentication,  though  increases  the  probability  of  the  beneficiary  being eligible, it does not guarantee it as there are other reasons such as the exclusion criteria of  the  Scheme  which  can  render  a  beneficiary  ineligible  despite  being  Aadhaar authenticated.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3153 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Fencing Dispute on Farmlands
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Gurjeet Singh Aujla

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3153

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  MARCH, 2022/ CHAITRA 1, 1944 (SAKA)

FENCING DISPUTE ON FARMLANDS

3153. SHRI GURJEET SINGH AUJLA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  refixing  of  the  fence  nearer  to  the  Zero  Line,  touching Kakkar  village,  Amritsar,  has  been  done  amidst  the  ongoing  fencing dispute on farmlands;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  of  the  rectification  of  fencing nearer to Zero Line  in terms of dimension; and

(c) if not, the manner in which the fencing dispute on the farmland going to be resolved?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NISITH PRAMANIK)

(a) & (b): No refixing of fence near to the Zero Line in BOP Kakkar under

Amritsar Sector has been done.

(c): The question does not arise in view of the reply of (a) & (b) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3151 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Development of Transport Facility for CAPFs
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Indra Hang Subba

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3151

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 ND  MARCH, 2022/ CHAITRA 1, 1944 (SAKA)

DEVELOPMENT OF TRANSPORT FACILITY FOR CAPFs

3151. SHRI INDRA HANG SUBBA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  percentage  of  budget  in  the  Financial  Year  2022-23  allocated  for development of transport facility for Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) deployed along far flung border areas;

(b) the percentage of budget expenditure for hardship allowances; and

(c) the total length of roads constructed to connect border out post along the border to facilitate easy movement of forces during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Out of the total budget of Rs. 3,158.06 crore allocated for the year 2022-23  under  capital  heads  for  the  border  guarding  forces  viz.  Assam Rifles (AR), Border Security Force (BSF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) and Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), a provision of Rs. 405.06 crore has been kept  under  the  head  'Motor  Vehicles'  for  transport  facility  for  Border Guarding CAPFs, which is 12.83% of the total allocation.

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 3151 FOR 22.03.2022

(b): Out of the total budget of all CAPFs and Assam Rifles under 'Salary' head amounting to Rs. 68,623.73 crore for the year 2021-22, an expenditure of Rs. 3,944.00 crore has been incurred on payment of Risk & Hardship Allowance (upto February 2022), which is 5.74%  of the budget under 'Salary' head.

(c): 705.181  Kms.  length  of  roads  have  been  constructed  to  connect Border Out Posts  (BOP) along the border to facilitate  easy  movement  of forces during the last five years.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3150 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Funding for FPOs
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Mimi Chakraborty

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3150

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 22 nd  MARCH, 2022

## FUNDING FOR FPOs

3150.   MS. MIMI CHAKRABORTY:

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

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  budget  funding  for  the  promotion  of  Farmer  Producer Organisations (FPOs) was reduced from Rs. 700 crore in 2021-22 to Rs. 500 crore in 2022-23 (budget estimates); and
- (b) if so, whether it will fulfil the demand of rental machinery, and provide technical support to farmers and rural enterprises to improve the agriculture value chain therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFAR कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) & (b): Additional fund requirement are considered at Revised Estimate (RE) stage, based on expenditure progress at that stage and committed liabilities, pending proposals, etc.

The  Central  Sector  Scheme  for  'Formation  and  Promotion  of  10,000  Farmer Producer  Organisations  (FPOs)'  to  form  and  promote  10,000  new  FPOs  has  a  total budgetary outlay of Rs.6865 Crores.

Formation & promotion of FPOs are to be done through Implementing Agencies (IAs), which  further  engage  Cluster  Based  Business  Organizations(CBBOs)  to  form  &  provide professional handholding support to FPOs for a period of 05 years including preparation and execution of business plan for the concerned FPOs for ensuring better marketing & market linkages on sustainable basis.

Under  the  said  Central  Sector  Scheme,  Implementing  Agencies  (IAs)  have  been allocated a total of 4965 FPO produce clusters, out of which a total of 2315 number of FPOs have been registered in the country.

So  far,  a  total  of  Rs.  410  Crores  has  been  released  to  respective  Implementing Agencies under the scheme to form & promote FPOs which includes:-

- a)  an amount of Rs. 14.05 Crores transferred to 352 FPOs towards matching equity grant, which is required to strengthen financial base of FPOs and help them to get credit from financial institutions for their projects and working capital requirements for business development.
- b)  An  amount  of  Rs.  108.82  crores  as  FPO  Management  Cost  is  transferred  to concerned Implementing Agencies for onward transferring to the respective FPOs. This will provide financial support to the FPOs to the extent provided to make them sustainable and economically viable.

Further, in order to ensure access of FPOs to credit a dedicated Credit Guarantee Fund(CGF) has created with NABARD.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3149 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-22
Subject: Horticultural University in Telangana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3149

TO BE ANSWERED ON 22 nd  MARCH, 2022

## HORTICULTURAL UNIVERSITY IN TELANGANA

3149. SHRI B.B. PATIL:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  from  Telangana  for  the establishment of an Horticulture University in Telangana and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  there  are  remaining  funds  that  are  still  to  be  released  by  the  Union Government to Telangana for the abovementioned project;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the time by which the remaining funds are likely to be released?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a)  to (d) In the Budget (2014-15), the Government proposed to establish Horticultural University in the State of Telangana and an initial sum of 50 crores was allocated for the purpose.

Accordingly, the Government of India requested Government of Telangana to take appropriate action for establishing State Horticultural University with the financial support  of  Central  Government.  As  per  the  Action  Plan  received  from  Telangana Government,  Department  of  Agricultural  Research  and  Education  (DARE)  has released an amount of Rs. 135 crores till 2016-17 for the purpose. The University has been fully established as proposed and no further funds are to be released to the Government of Telangana for this purpose.

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