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Lok Sabha Question No. 2767 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-15
Subject: National Resource Accounting
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2767

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2021

## NATURAL RESOURCE ACCOUNTING

2767.  SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to begin the process of Natural Resources Accounting (NRA) which is useful for creating accountability of the mineral and energy resources available with the States; and
- (b) If so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION,  MINISTER  OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a)&(b) The Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation (MoSPI) initiated the efforts of compilation of the Environment Accounts since 2018  using  the  internationally  agreed  standards  and  methodology adhering to the System of Environmental-Economic Accounting 2012 -Central  Framework  (SEEA  Central  Framework).  MoSPI  compiled  the stock  of  mineral  reserves  for  the  years  2005,  2010  and  2015  using information from Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM), Ministry of Mines and Coal  Controller's  Organization,  Ministry  of  Coal and  published  in  the publication 'EnviStats India  2018  (Supplement  on  Environmental Accounts) ' . The publication is available on Ministry's website.

Subsequently, Government  Accounting  Standards Advisory Board (GASAB),  an  intergovernmental  body  established  under  the  aegis  of

Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  of  India  (CAG  India),  initiated  their efforts towards preparation of a road-map for implementation of Natural Resource Accounting (NRA) in India. GASAB developed a Concept Paper on  Implementation  of  NRA  in  India  in  July  2020  envisaging  short, medium and long term goals, which included a short term goal to assist the governments in preparation of Asset Accounts on Minerals and NonRenewable Energy Resources. The document is available in the website of GASAB. Further, GASAB has released formats of certain templates in October 2021 for preparing the Asset Accounts supported by detailed guidelines for use by the States.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2766 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-15
Subject: Mineral Activities
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Raksha Nikhil Khadse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2766

ANSWERED ON 15.12.2021

## MINERAL ACTIVITIES

## 2766. SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE: SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  asked  the  States  to  streamline  and  enhance  their internal control system mechanism on mineral activities; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINES, COAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

(a)  &  (b):  Mineral  Conservation  and  Development  Rules  (MCDR),  2017  provide  rules regarding conservation of minerals, systematic and scientific mining, development of the mineral in the country and for the protection of environment. The Ministry of Mines has notified  the  Mineral  Conservation  and  Development  (Amendment)  Rules,  2021  on 03.11.2021. The amended Rules prescribe that all plans and sections shall be prepared by combination of Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) or Total Station or by the use of drone survey or as may be specified in this regard by Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) in relation to certain or all category of leases.

Lessees having annual excavation plan of 1 million tonne or more in a particular year or leased area of 50 hectare or more shall carry out a drone survey of the leased area and up to 100 metres outside the lease boundary in the month of April or May every year and submit the processed output images obtained from such survey or any other format as may be specified by the IBM in this regard to the Controller General on or before 1st day of July every year.

Other lessees shall  submit  soft  copy  of  high  resolution  Georeferenced  Ortho-rectified Multispectral satellite images of the leased area and upto 100 metres outside the lease boundary taken in the month of April to June of every year, to the Controller General on or before 1st day of July of the that year in the standard format.

These steps will not only improve mine planning practices, security and safety in the mines but also ensure better supervision of mining operations.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2765 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-15
Subject: National Monetisation Plan
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: V. Kalanidhi, P. Velusamy, Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair. Sreekandan, Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2765 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2021

## NATIONAL MONETISATION PLAN

2765. DR. KALANIDHI VEERASWAMY:

SHRI VELUSAMY P.:

SHRI V.K.SREEKANDAN:

DR. T. SUMATHY (a) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is having  any proposal to bring out  any infrastructure  asset monetization plan under the National Monetisation Plan in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the amount targeted and the sectors identified for the purpose;
- (c) whether the assets will be under the control of Central Government or handed over by the private players to the Government after certain period of time;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the time limit for handing over the assets; and
- (e) whether road and power sector will be included in the asset monetisation programme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) The  Government  has  announced  the  National  Monetisation  Pipeline  (NMP)  on August 23, 2021. The NMP includes infrastructure assets of central government line ministries / departments and entities.
- (b) The aggregate asset pipeline over FY22-25 under NMP is indicatively valued at Rs 6.0  lakh  crore.  The  sectors  identified  under  the  NMP  include  roads,  ports,  airports, railways, warehousing, gas & product pipelines, power generation and transmission, mining, telecom, stadium and urban real estate.
- (c) and (d):  The  NMP provides the  guiding  principles  for  undertaking  monetization  of infrastructure  assets.  The  detailed  transaction  structure  and  modalities  in  respect  of aspects  mentioned  will  be  finalised  by  the  concerned  Ministries  and  asset  owning entities based on transaction due diligence and preparation.
- (e) The NMP includes roads and power sectors. Indicative value of  asset pipeline over 4 year  period  of  FY22-25  for  roads  and  power  sectors  is  Rs.  1,60,200  crores  and  Rs 85,032 crore respectively.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2763 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-15
Subject: PLI Scheme to boost Steel Production
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Manoj Kumar Tiwari

THE MINISTER OF STEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2763 FOR ANSWER ON 15/12/2021

## PLI SCHEME TO BOOST STEEL PRODUCTION

## 2763.  SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government/SAIL  proposes  to  make  investment  under  the Production Linked Incentive (PLI) for speciality steel to boost the production of steel in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  SAIL  has  evaluated  the  guidelines  of  the  scheme  and  reached  a conclusion with respect to the investments under it and if so, the details thereof and the outcome therefor;
- (c) whether  Government  has  invited  applications  from  the  interested  parties looking to invest under the scheme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  any  foreign  country  or  foreign  based  steel  company  has  shown interest  for  investment  under  the  said  scheme  in  the  country  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and the investment made or likely to be made by such companies?

## ANSWER

(SHRI RAM CHANDRA PRASAD SINGH)

(a)to(d):  Detailed  guidelines  for  the  Production-Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  scheme, covering 5 broad product categories of specialty steel with an outlay of ₹6,322 crores to be released over 5 years, have been notified on 20 th October, 2021. The scheme envisages production-linked incentive to companies registered under the Companies Act, 2013, which qualify through the application process given in the guidelines and achieve committed incremental production prescribed for each product sub-category and make minimum prescribed investment in creating new capacity for manufacturing the  applied  product  sub-category.  Ministry  organized  a  seminar  on  the  scheme  on 25 th October,  2021  in  which  all  major  domestic  steel  companies  including  Steel Authority  of  India  Limited  (SAIL)  participated.  Decisions  regarding  investment  are taken  by  various  companies  including  SAIL  on  commercial  considerations  and market  dynamics.  Various  arrangements  have  been  made  for  inviting  applications from the interested parties.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2762 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-15
Subject: Employing Engineers in Software/Hardware
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: S. Muniswamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2762

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 15.12.2021

## EMPLOYING ENGINEERS IN SOFTWARE / HARDWARE

## 2762.    SHRI S. MUNISWAMY:

Will  the  Minister  of  ELECTRONICS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY  be  pleased  to state:-

- (a) whether there has been a trend from decades to employ engineers from other branches other than Information technology, computer science, electronics & communications etc. as software or hardware engineers and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government recognize the fact that employing engineers from other branches also deprives the core branches of software and hardware from employment, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to stop this practice and instruct the corporates to employ only the engineers of the relevant branches as software and hardware engineers and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a): Yes, Sir.  As per National Association of Software and Services Companies (NASSCOM), while bulk hiring by the Indian IT industry is from the computer science/information technology domain, engineers from other domains are also hired by the technology sector to build domain led solutions.
- (b): The IT sector is building solutions for all economic sectors, so for the growth of IT industry the support of engineers from other branches is also required.
- (c): No, Sir. IT industry is skill driven and provides sector specific technology solutions.  Based on the job roles & the skills needed, the industry hires engineers and other professionals with the desired qualifications, experience and competencies from both technical and non technical fields.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2761 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-15
Subject: Cyber Appellate Tribunal
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Rajbahadur Singh, P.P. Chaudhary, Pratap Chandra Sarangi, Sandhya Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION 2761

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.12.2021

## CYBER APPELLATE TRIBUNAL

## 2761.   DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

SHRI RAJBAHADUR SINGH:

SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

SHRIMATI SANDHYA RAY:

Will the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:-

- (a) the details of the number of cases that were brought to the notice of the Cyber Appellate Tribunal and the details of the orders passed in the past three years;
- (b) whether the Government plans to act upon the Standing Committee's recommendation that there would be more than one bench of the Tribunal and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government has any plan to increase the number of benches for faster disposal of such cases, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a): The Cyber Appellate Tribunal was merged with Telecom Dispute Settlement and Appellate Tribunal  (TDSAT)  through  the  Finance  Act,  2017.  Ministry  of  Electronics  &  Information Technology (MeitY) has no data related to cases filed and orders passed by TDSAT.

- (a) and (c):     Do not arise as MeitY has no administrative jurisdiction over TDSAT.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 238 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: Poshak Smart Gram Yojana
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Jaskaur Meena

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 238

TO BE ANSWERED ON 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## POSHAK SMART GRAM YOJANA

- *238 . SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f'k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a)  the salient features of the 'Poshak Smart Gram Yojana';
- (b)  the details of the estimated amount under the said scheme;
- (c)  the number of States likely to be covered under the said scheme and the targets set thereunder;
- (d)  whether the Government has covered villages of Dausa district of Rajasthan under the said scheme; and
- (e)  if so, the details thereof and if not, the time by which the said villages are likely to be covered?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a)  to (e):    A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION   No.   238 TO BE ANSWERED ON  14 TH  DECEMBER, 2021 REGARDING 'POSHAK SMART GRAM YOJANA'

(a) As a part of the Celebration of Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav, the Nutri-Smart Village Programme (Poshak Smart Gram) is implemented by Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) - Central Institute for Women in Agriculture (CIWA), Bhubaneswar along  with  its  13  All  India  Coordinated  Research  Project  -  Women  in  Agriculture (AICRP-WIA) centers in 75 villages located in 23 districts of 13 states of the country to strengthen the Prime Minister's overarching scheme  for holistic nourishment (POSHAN  Abhiyaan).  It  focuses  on  nutritional  security  using  available  resources, awareness,  motivation  and  attitudinal  changes.  Under  the  programme,  people  are encouraged mainly to develop nutri-garden in their homes and other common places in the village so that they can grow what they eat for their nutritional security and mixed cropping pattern or crop diversification is promoted for diversified diet.

(b) The expenditure for the scheme is met from budget allocation of Rs.925 Lakh for the year 2021-2022 for ICAR-CIWA and AICRP-Women in Agriculture.

(c) The Nutri-Smart Village Programme covers 75 villages of 23 districts located in 13 states of India.

(d)  and (e): In Rajasthan, this program covers Udaipur district by AICRP on Women in  Agriculture  under  Maharana  Pratap  University  of  Agriculture  and  Technology, Udaipur. As the programme has been launched to mark the celebration of 75 years of India's independence, it covers 75 villages only, selected on the basis of pre-defined indicators.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 236 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: Amendment in Registration of Births and Deaths Act
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rakesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *236

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 14 TH  DECEMBER, 2021/ AGRAHAYANA 23, 1943 (SAKA)

AMENDMENT IN REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS ACT

†*236. SHRI RAKESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any proposal for amendment in the Registration of Births and Deaths Act in the country and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether only the current and new data of births and deaths is proposed to be collected/compiled and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the data prior to the year of implementation of the proposal is also proposed to be included and if so, the details thereof; and

- (d) if not, whether the Government proposes to include the data of earlier census to make the proposal/ exercise more effective and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.*236  FOR ANSWER ON 14.12.2021

(a): Following  consultations  with  the  concerned  Union  Ministries/Departments and  all  the  State  Governments/Union  Territories,  a  draft  amendment  to  the Registration of Birth & Death (RBD) Act, 1969 was placed in public domain from 18.10.2021 to 02.12.2021 for comments.

(b) & (c): The registration of birth and death is mandatory under the RBD Act, 1969 and the Chief Registrar is mandated to publish a statistical report on the registered births  and  deaths  during  the  year.    The  draft  amendment  includes  a provision for maintaining a unified database of civil registration records at State level and for integration with the database at national level.

(d): There is no such proposal.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 231 (STARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: False and Misleading Advertisements
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Keshari Devi Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 231 TO BE ANSWERED ON 14.12.2021

## FALSE AND MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS 231. SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL:

Will the Minister of INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  put  a  check  on  false  and misleading  advertisements  along with the details thereof;
- (b) the number of celebrities against whom legal action has been taken for endorsing misleading advertisements along with the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has set up or proposes to set up any Special Team or Committee to put a stop on false/ misleading advertising by taking suo moto action; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (D) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 231 FOR ANSWER ON 14.12.2021 (a)  to  (d):  The  Consumer  Protection  Act,  2019  inter  alia regulates matters relating to violation of rights of consumers, unfair trade practices and false or misleading advertisements. A  Central  Consumer  Protection  Authority  (CCPA)  has  been established on 24 th  July 2020 under the Act to look into those matters  either  suo  moto  or  on  complaints  or  on  directions from the Central Government. All  advertisements  telecast  on  private  satellite  TV  channels are  required  to  adhere  to  the  Advertising  Code  laid  down under Cable Television Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 and the rules framed there under. Appropriate action is taken by the  Ministry  of  Information  and  Broadcasting  against  TV channels, in case of violation of the Advertising Code. In respect of Print media, Press Council of India established  under  the  Press  Council  Act,  1978  has  framed 'Norms  of  Journalistic  Conduct'  for  adherence  by  the  Press. The Norms includes specific provisions on advertisements in print media.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2760 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-14
Subject: Utilization of Stubble
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Gurjeet Singh Aujla

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2760

TO BE ANSWERED ON  14 TH  DECEMBER, 2021

## UTILIZATION OF STUBBLE

2760.  SHRI GURJEET SINGH AUJLA:

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

- (a) the provisions undertaken by the Government to rectify the issue of extensive burning of paddy and utilize it for increasing fertility of soil;
- (b) whether the Government has signed any LoU or MoU with some nternational/national chemical companies to convert the residue into efficient usage of it through mixing it in the soil  through  fixation  and  microorganism  enhancing  techniques;  and  (c)  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

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

- (a) To support  the efforts  of  the  Governments  of  Punjab,  Haryana,  Uttar  Pradesh  and NCT  of  Delhi  to  address  air  pollution  and  to  subsidize  machinery  required  for  in-situ management  of  crop  residue,  a  Central  Sector  Scheme  on  'Promotion  of  Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar  Pradesh and NCT of Delhi' is being implemented from 2018-19. Under this scheme financial assistance @ 50% of the cost of machinery is provided to the farmers for purchase of crop residue management machinery and financial assistance @ 80% of the project cost is  provided  to  the  Cooperative  Societies  of  Farmers,  Farmers  Producers  Organization (FPOs), Registered Farmers Societies and Panchayats for establishment of Custom Hiring Centres of crop residue management machinery. During the period from 2018-19 to 202122, funds amounting to Rs. 2440.07 crores have been released for these States and more than 39000 Custom Hiring Centres(CHCs) have been established and more than 2.00 lakh crop  residue  management  machines  have  been  supplied  to  these  CHCs  and  individual farmers of these four States.

Indian  Agricultural  Research  Institute  (IARI),  New  Delhi  developed  a  biodecomposer for accelerated decomposition of paddy straw to utilize it for increasing fertility of soil. The State Governments of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi during 2020-21 have used this Pusa decomposer for paddy stubbles decomposition in more than 5.50 lakhs hectare area.

(b) & (c): The Department of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare has not signed any LoU or MoUwith any international/national chemical companies to convert the residue into efficient usage  of  it  through  mixing  it  in  the  soil  through  fixation  and  microorganism  enhancing techniques.However, IARI New Delhi has licensed their Pusadecomposer technology for its manufacturing to Sanguine Seeds which is an Indian subsidiary of UPL.

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