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Lok Sabha Question No. 2608 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: National Irrigation Project Status
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy, Manne Srinivas Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2608

ANSWERED ON 16.03.2023

## NATIONAL IRRIGATION PROJECT STATUS

## 2608.    SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any proposal to declare the national project status to any irrigation related projects in the country including Kaleshwaram and Palamuru-Rangareddy projects in Telangana;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c)  the  details  of  the  requests/representations  received  from  each  State  including  Telangana  and  the  action taken thereon till date along with the funds sanctioned/spent for this purpose by Centre/State Governments till date; and

(d)  the  reasons  for  not  declaring  the  national  project  status  and  for  not  releasing  any  funds  to  such  big irrigation projects in each State including Telangana?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI

## ( SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU )

(a) to (d) For inclusion of a project for funding under National Projects (NP) scheme of this Ministry, it is required to be first appraised by Central Water Commission (CWC), and accepted by the Advisory Committee on Irrigation, Flood Control and Multipurpose Projects (Advisory Committee) of this Ministry. Subsequently, the State Government concerned is to submit a proposal in the prescribed format regarding inclusion of the project  under  the  NP  scheme.  As  per  laid  down  norms  of  NP  scheme,  the  project  is  then  required  to  be considered by the High Powered Steering Committee (HPSC) for examining if the project meets the contours of  the  NP  scheme. On being recommended by HPSC, and as per availability of funds etc., Government of India may approve inclusion of a project under the National Projects scheme.

Apart from the projects already included under the NP scheme, the HPSC has considered two proposals for  inclusion  under  NP  scheme.  One  is  Kosi-Mechi  link  project  of  Bihar,  which  was  recommended  by  the HPSC in Nov., 2020 for inclusion under the scheme, at project cost of Rs. 4,900 crore at 2015-16 price level. However, it has not been possible to include Kosi-Mechi link project as the State Government has conveyed its  inability to agree to the funding pattern of 60% (Centre) : 40% (State) for the project. The other project considered by HPSC is Upper Bhadra project of Karnataka, with an estimated cost of Rs. 16,125.48 crore (excluding the on-farm development cost), which has been recommended by the HPSC in 2022 at the funding pattern of 60% (Centre) : 40% (State) for the balance cost.

As far as inclusion of Kaleshwaram  or Palamuru Rangareddy projects of Telangana under the NP scheme is concerned, the State Government has not submitted any proposal to this Ministry in this regard.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2606 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Loss of Oil Marketing Companies
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Nitesh Ganga Deb

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2606 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 MARCH, 2023

## Loss of Oil Marketing Companies

2606. SHRI NITESH GANGA DEB:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

(a) whether the Government has any proposal to minimise the loss of oil marketing companies by selling petrol and diesel at less than the market rates when the international prices of these two products were much higher in the year 2022; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामे वर तेल )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a): No Sir. Prices of petrol and diesel in the country are linked to the prices of respective products in the international market. Retail prices of petrol and diesel in the domestic market have been market-determined with effect from 26.06.2010 and 19.10.2014 respectively. Since then, the Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) take appropriate decision on pricing of petrol and diesel.

Government continues  to  modulate  the  effective  price  to  consumer  for  domestic  LPG.  Public Sector  Oil  Marketing  Companies  have  suffered  huge  losses  on  sale  of  domestic  LPG.  To compensate  these  losses,  the  Government  has  recently  paid  a  one-time  compensation  of  Rs. 22000 crore to OMCs.

- (b): Question does not arise.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2605 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: National Air Sports Policy
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 2605 (To be answered on the 16 th  March 2023)

## NATIONAL AIR SPORTS POLICY

## 2605. SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the current status of the National Air Sports Policy (NASP), 2022;
- (b)  whether  any  sites  have  been  identified  across  the  country  for  the promotion of  the  enlisted  sports;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, sport-wise and State/UT-wise including the details
- of the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the status of the creation of Air Sports Federation of India (ASFI), Statelevel units of the national air sports associations, including their composition?

## ANSWER

(Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia)

(a) The Ministry of Civil Aviation launched the National Air Sports Policy infrastructure and international best practices and to promote Aero Sports in

(NASP 2022) on 7th June 2022 to bring in the latest technology, equipment, the country.

(b) to (e) India has high potential for air sports due to its large geographic expanse, diverse topography and different climatic zones. The air sports hubs in the country include:

i) Bir Billing (Himachal Pradesh) - Paragliding

- ii) Pushkar (Rajasthan) - Hot air ballooning
- iii) Kangra valley (Himachal Pradesh) - Hang gliding
- iv) Pune/Mumbai (Maharashtra) - Paramotoring
- v) Mysore (Karnataka), Narnaul (Haryana), Pondicherry, Dessa (Gujarat) Dhana (Madhya Pradesh) - Skydiving

NASP 2022 envisages a Four-tier governance structure. Air Sports Federation of India (ASFI) as the apex governing body and Associations at national level for  each  air  sport  for  handling  day  to  day  activities  e.g.  Paragliding Association of India or Skydiving Association of India etc.  Further, air sports

## association-wise State units and unit are at District level.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2604 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Airservice from Manpur Airstrip
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Devji Mansingram Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 2604

(To be answered on the 16 th  March 2023)

## AIRSERVICE FROM MANPUR AIRSTRIP

## 2604. SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government of Rajasthan has forwarded a proposal to the Union Government to introduce air services from Manpur Airstrip under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) launched with the name of the Ude Desh Ka Aam Nagrik (UDAN) in the country including Rajasthan;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the State Government has been assured to make advance booking of at least 15 to 20 tickets in all the UDAN flights by Prajapati Brahmkumari Samaj in case passengers UDAN service is launched from Manpur airstrip to Ahmedabad, Jaipur, Delhi, Mumbai, Udaipur and all major cities and metropolitans of the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the reasons for delay in launching air service from Manpur airstrip under RCS?

## ANSWER

(Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia)

- (a) to (e): Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has been receiving requests / demands from various quarters including States / UTs for more air connectivity. Selection of airlines is done through a transparent e-bidding process under UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik). UDAN is a market driven scheme. Interested airlines based on their assessment of demand on particular routes, submit their proposals at the time of bidding under UDAN.

Manpur, Abu Road airstrip in Rajasthan is available in the list of unserved airports in the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) Scheme document for bidding. None of the airline bidders has submitted any proposal to operate UDAN flights from this airport so far. In case, any airline submits valid bid connecting to Manpur (Abu Road) Airstrips, the same shall be considered as per the provisions of the UDAN Scheme.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2603 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Women Safety in Public Road Transport
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shiromani Ram

be pleased to state:

- (a) the initiatives proposed to be taken under the scheme for women safety in public road transport in the country; (b) whether the Ministry has coordinated with the Ministry of Women and Child Development for better implementation of the said scheme and if so, the details thereof; (c)  whether  any  private  companies  are  proposed  to  be  engaged  as implementing partners under the scheme and if so, the details thereof; (d) the criteria laid down for monitoring and evaluation of programmes under the scheme and the details of the proposals to engage private parties or third parties; and (e) whether the Government has issued any guidelines to the States to set up a public transport tracking system for the safety of women and if
- so, the details thereof?

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2603

ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2023

## WOMEN SAFETY IN PUBLIC ROAD TRANSPORT

2603. SHRI RAMSHIROMANI VERMA:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a)  and  (e)  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and  Highways  (MoRTH)  has formulated a Scheme for Implementation o f 'Development, Customization,  Deployment  and  Management  of  State-wise  vehicle tracking platform for Safety & Enforcement as per AIS 140 Specifications',  in  States/UTs  under  Nirbhaya  Framework.  Scheme guidelines  were  issued  on  15th  January  2020.  Under  this  Scheme, States/UTs will set up Monitoring Centre (Command and Control Centre or backend system) in compliance with AIS-140 Standards. (b) Yes, Sir. Regular meetings are held by the Empowered Committee set up in Ministry of Women and Child Development for monitoring the progress of the Scheme along with the other projects sanctioned under Nirbhaya Framework. (c)  and  (d)  The  selection  of  agency  for  design,  development  and deployment of Vehicle Tracking Platform in the Monitoring Centre and its evaluation, lies with the States, in accordance with the Guidelines

issued by MoRTH.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2600 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: National Highway Projects in Odisha
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Pinaki Misra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  No. 2600 ANSWERED ON 16 th  MARCH, 2023

NATIONAL HIGHWAY PROJECTS IN ODISHA

2600.    SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there are some National Highway projects in Odisha that are running behind their original schedule;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the details of revised timeline set for their completion?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a)  to (c) 28 National Highway projects are running behind their original schedule in Odisha out of which 15 projects are being implemented by Odisha State PWD and 13 projects are being implemented by NHAI.  The reasons  for  delay  are  mainly  due  to  delay  in  land  acquisition,  forest clearance and utility shifting, COVID-19, slow progress of contractors /concessionaires, financial issues of contractors/ concessionaires etc. Out of 28 delayed projects, 7 are likely to be completed in March 2023 and remaining 21 are likely to be completed in 2023-24.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2594 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Production of Hydrogen based Power
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2594

ANSWERED ON 16.03.2023

## PRODUCTION OF HYDROGEN BASED POWER

- +2594. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL

Will the Minister of New and Renewable Energy be pleased to state:

- (a) whether steps have been taken to promote the production of hydrogen based power;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the investment made thereunder during the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (c) The National Green Hydrogen Mission envisages support for pilot projects and Research and Development for various applications of Green Hydrogen. Preliminary analysis suggests that power generation from Green Hydrogen would have significantly lower efficiency and higher cost. Government of India has not made any specific  investment in production of hydrogen-based power in the last three years and current year.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2592 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Gagan System
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Queen Oja

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 2592 (To be answered on the 16 th  March 2023)

## GAGAN SYSTEM

## 2592. SHRIMATI QUEEN OJA

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD))

(a): Yes Sir, GAGAN (GPS Aided GEO Augmented Navigation) is an Indian Satellite Based navigation system which has been developed jointly by Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). GAGAN was implemented to provide state of the art Satellite based navigation to all civil aviation aircrafts over the Indian Airspace as per International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) Standards And Recommended Practices (SARPs).

GAGAN has been certified and became fully operational since May 2015 and is capable of providing Navigation services to Departure, En-route & Landing operations to suitably equipped aircraft over entire Indian air space and at most part of Indian landmass.

(b): The total capital expenditure cost of GAGAN project is Rs. 792.70 crore.

(c) & (d): GAGAN is a navigation system facilitating suitably equipped aircraft to navigate during its all phases of flight. No changes are required for ground infrastructure and GAGAN can be utilized in an aircraft fitted with GAGAN enabled receivers.

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be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has launched 'Gagan System' and if so, the details thereof including its aims and objectives and reasons therefor;
- (b) the estimated cost to develop and deploy the said scheme;
- (c) whether it perfectly controls the Air Traffic System or it requires some changes; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?
Lok Sabha Question No. 2579 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Hefty Hike in Charges
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Sudheer Gupta, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Bidyut Baran Mahato, Shrirang Appa Barne, Prataprao  Jadhav

2579.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 2579

(To be answered on the 16 th  March 2023)

## HEFTY HIKE IN CHARGES

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE SHRI SANJAY SADASHIVRAO MANDLIK SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE

SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government proposes to substantially increase the landing/parking and user development fees on smaller airports in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c)  the  names  of  the  airports  where  such  hike/  increased  charges  would  be applicable, airport-wise;
- (d) the manner in which such hike or increase in charges are going to benefit and bridge the revenue shortfall at these smaller airports, already running in loss during the last five years; and
- (e) whether such hike in landing/parking fees and user development fees would affect the passenger traffic from these airports and if so, the corrective measures taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia)

(a) to (e): The Government of India has set up Airport Economic Regulatory Authority of India (AERA) in 2009, to determine the tariff of aeronautical services at major airports, the fees to be levied on the passengers and to monitor the set performance standards of the services. As per AERA Act, 2008, as amended from time to time, major airports have been defined as the airports which have an annual passenger throughput of more than three and a half million or any airport or a group of airports notified as such by the Central Government. At present, 27 airports are major airports under AERA Act, 2008.

The non-major airports, not under the purview of AERA, are required to be regulated by the Government as per the extant provisions under Aircrafts Act,

1934 and Aircraft Rules, 1937, as amended from time to time. Ministry of Civil Aviation (MoCA) has published a Concept paper proposing principles of tariff regulation for the Non-major airports. The concept paper categorizes Non Major Airports into three clusters for the purpose of tariff determination with upward revision of the existing Tariff at such airports. The initiative intends to reduce regulatory uncertainties, to enable the airport operators to get a reasonable Rate of Return for the assets deployed by them and also to achieve financial viability of operations  and  facilitate  investment  decisions  by  the  Non-Major  airport operators/developers.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2576 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Fuel Demand
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Gautham Sigamani Pon

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2576 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th  MARCH, 2023

## Fuel Demand

## 2576.  DR. PON GAUTHAM SIGAMANI:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that the country's fuel demand witnessed the sharpest rebound in February as consumption rose by double digit and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)       whether it is also a fact that the sale of diesel alone rose almost twenty five per cent in the said month; and
- (c)        if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामे वर तेल )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a) to (c) The consumption of petroleum products during April-February, 2023 with a volume of 201.79  MMT reported a growth of  10.77% compared to  the  volume  of 182.18 MMT during the same period of the previous year. This growth was led by 14.05% growth in Motor Spirit (MS) and 13.26% in High Speed Diesel (HSD).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2575 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-16
Subject: Privatisation of Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Kotagiri Sridhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 2575

(To be answered on the 16 th  March 2023)

## PRIVATISATION OF AIRPORTS

## 2575. SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has followed all the guidelines issued by NITI Aayog for privatisation of the Airports in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the details of the fiscal incentives provided by various States to attract FDI in civil aviation sector, the State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

(Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia)

- (a) & (b): In accordance with the provisions of Section 12A of Airports Authority of India (AAI) Act, 1994 (as amended in 2003), AAI, with the approval of the Government of India, may lease the premises of an airport (including buildings and structures thereon and appertaining thereto) to carry out some of its functions, in the public interest or in the interest of better management of airports. Accordingly, AAI has leased  out  some  of  its  airports  for  Operations,  Management  and Development under PPP mode, where the ownership of these leased airports remains with AAI.
- The PPP transaction of six leased out airports namely, Ahmedabad, Lucknow, Mangaluru, Jaipur, Guwahati and Thiruvananthapuram was carried out as per the  Public  Private  Partnerships  Appraisal  Committee  (which  also  includes representative of NITI Aayog) Guidelines issued by Department of Economic Affairs (DEA), Ministry of Finance.
- (c):  Ministry  of  Civil  Aviation  (MoCA)  has  taken  various  steps  to  attract investment from private investors for development of airport infrastructure in the country. Government of India has permitted 100% Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in Greenfield and Brownfield airport projects under the FDI Policy. State Governments also play a major role in attracting investment in the airport sector by providing various incentives such as leasing of land at concessional rate, connectivity to airport, fiscal incentives by way of exemption from State taxes, real estate development rights, availability of uninterrupted water & electricity supply,

## security around airport etc. for development of Greenfield airports.

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