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Lok Sabha Question No. 4659 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Earning from Petroleum Products
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, Gaddam Ranjith Reddy, Kavitha Malothu, Dayakar Pasunoori

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4659 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 MARCH, 2022

## Earning from Petroleum Products

4659.   SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA:

DR. G. RANJITH REDDY:

SHRIMATI KAVITHA MALOTHU:

SHRI PASUNOORI DAYAKAR:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी

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

- (a)  whether  it  is  true  that  the  Government  has  earned  Rs.  4.55  lakh  crores  on  petrol,  diesel  and other petroleum products during 2020-21 compared to Rs. 3.34 lakh crores during 2019-20;
- (b) if so, the detailed break-up of the earnings from petrol, diesel and other products;
- (c) the details of the estimated contribution and earnings of petroleum sector to Central exchequer during the year 2021-22; and
- (d)  the  earnings  of  the  Government  from  States  through  collection  of  taxes  during  the  last  five years and the current year, year and State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

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

(a) to (d): The details of contribution to central and state exchequer from petroleum sector during last five years are as under:

## Rs./Crores

| Year                         | Total Contribution to Central Exchequer   | Total Contribution to State Exchequer   | Total Contribution of Petroleum Sector to Exchequer   |
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------|
| 2016-17                      | 3,35,175                                  | 1,89,770                                | 5,24,945                                              |
| 2017-18                      | 3,36,163                                  | 2,06,863                                | 5,43,026                                              |
| 2018-19                      | 3,48,041                                  | 2,27,591                                | 5,75,632                                              |
| 2019-20                      | 3,34,315                                  | 2,21,056                                | 5,55,371                                              |
| 2020-21                      | 4,55,069                                  | 2,17,650                                | 6,72,719                                              |
| 2021-22 (April to December,) | 3,54,264                                  | 2,07,658                                | 5,61,922                                              |

Based  on  data  provided  to  Petroleum  Planning  and  Analysis  Cell  (PPAC)  by  16  major  oil  &  gas companies
Lok Sabha Question No. 4654 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Sustainable Cities
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kripanath Mallah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4654

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 31, 2022

## SUSTAINABLE CITIES

NO. 4654. SHRI KRIPANATH MALLAH: Will the Minister HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the Government has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Sustainable Cities India Programme within the country and if SO, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the target set and the funds proposed to be allocated under the said programm ; and
- (c) the time by which it is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a) to (c): A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) titled `Sustainable Cities India Program' has been signed between the World Economic Forum (WEF), Geneva, Switzerland, and National Institute of Urban Affairs (NIUA), Delhi, an autonomous body under the aegis of Ministry of Housing & Urban Affairs (MoHUA) with the objective to align and scale efforts by national, State and city governments, businesses, and research institutes to mainstream integrated solutions for sustainable urban ecosystem transition:

No funds have been allocated by the Government of India for the purpose and WEF & NIUA shall bear costs and expenses related to their involvement in the Project\_ The scope of the collaboration is given below :

- Promote sharing of best practice policy ideas, technologies, and business models to support the cities in implementing climate relevant measures through the Forum's toolbox of solutions:
- Foster cross-sector collaboration critical to urban sustainability transitions through a series of design-thinking workshops for supporting climate action in Indian cities.
- Identify and contribute policy, business models and other solutions for urban de-carbonization and resilience to be added to the open-source Toolbox of Solutions which can be   replicated in India and in other emerging markets:

The term of the Agreement is 12 months starting from February, 2022, renewable by mutual agreement between both parties:
Lok Sabha Question No. 4651 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Nai Manzil Scheme
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Midhun Reddy, Maddila  Gurumoorthy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4651 ANSWERED ON 31.03.2022

## NAI MANZIL SCHEME

## 4651 .  SHRI P.N. MIDHUN REDDY SHRI MADDILA GURUMOORTHY

Will the Minister of Minority Affairs be pleased to state:

(a)  the  number  of  individuals  who  have  received  skill  development  training  under the Nai Manzil Scheme in 2020-21;

(b)  the  number  of  women/girls  from  minority  groups  who  have  been  trained  and secured employment in the organised sector in 2020-21;

(c) whether  the Government  proposes  to  increase  reservation of seats for women/girls from the present thirty percent; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a) The number of individuals who have received skill development training under the Nai Manzil scheme in FY 2020-21 alone is 1965 beneficiaries out of total 93485 skill trained since inception.
- (b)  Total of 834 number of women/girls from minority groups have been trained during the year 2020-21.  A total of 2059 women beneficiaries (including those trained in previous years) secured employment in the organised sector in FY 2020-21.  Total 39635 women beneficiaries have been skill trained since inception of the Scheme.
- (c) & (d)    Though   only 30% of  the beneficiary seats are earmarked for girl/women candidates, the percentage of  women beneficiaries actually trained is more than 42% in case of Nai Manzil Scheme.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 4647 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Subsidy for Rooftop Solar Connections
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: P.P. Chaudhary, Rajendra Agrawal, Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4647

ANSWERED ON 31.03.2022

## SUBSIDY FOR ROOFTOP SOLAR CONNECTIONS

4647. SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken/proposed any steps to provide subsidized rooftop solar power connections to the rural population;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) the details of data depicting the estimates of installed capacity of solar power separately for both rural and urban India, if any; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to develop a pocket friendly technology for the easy accessibility of solar power to rural and urban population?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) to (c) The Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) is implementing Rooftop Solar Programme Phase-II for which the guidelines were issued in August 2019. Under this Programme 4000 MW rooftop solar (RTS) capacity addition is targeted through Central Financial Assistance (CFA) in residential sector including for households in rural areas.

For individual households CFA upto 40% of the benchmark cost is provided for RTS projects upto 3 kW capacity and upto 20% for RTS system capacity beyond 3 kW and up to 10 kW. For Group Housing Societies/Residential Welfare Associations (GHS/RWA), CFA is limited to 20% for RTS plants for supply of power to common facilities of maximum 500 kW capacity.

Based on demand received from Distribution Utilities and other State implementing agencies, MNRE has allocated 3162 MW of RTS capacity against total 4000 MW capacity targeted under the Programme in residential sector and a total of 1252 MW capacity has been reported installed as on 28.02.2022.

- (d) The total solar power installed capacity in the country as on 28.2.2022 was 50.78 GW including 6.4 GW from rooftop solar. The majority of rooftop solar installation are in urban areas. However, the bulk of total solar capacity is installed in rural areas.
- (e) For promotion and use of solar powered technologies such as rooftop solar, solarisation of agriculture pumps  both  diesel  operated  and  grid  connected,  solar  street  lights,  solar  study  lamps,  solar  powered livelihood applications, etc., MNRE has been implementing several schemes and programmes.

Presently, the MNRE is providing financial support through schemes such as Pradhan Mantri Kisan Urja Suraksha evam Utthaan Mahabhiyan (PM-KUSUM) and Rooftop Solar Programme Ph-II making solar power more affordable and easily accessible to rural and urban population.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4646 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Centres of Excellences-Hydrogen
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Khagen Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4646

ANSWERED ON 31.03.2022

## CENTRES OF EXCELLENCES-HYDROGEN

## 4646. SHRI KHAGEN MURMU

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up a number of Centres of ExcellencesHydrogen (CoE-H) throughout the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)  to  (c)In  the  Independence  Day  speech  on  August  15,  2021,  Hon'ble  Prime  Minister announced the launch of National Hydrogen Mission.

Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  has  accordingly  formulated  a  draft  National  Green Hydrogen Mission document. The draft Mission proposes support for Centres of Excellence for Research and Development on different aspects of Hydrogen.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4645 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Minority Status
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Ranjeeta Koli, Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4645 ANSWERED ON 31.03.2022

## MINORITY STATUS

## 4645.  SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the details of the communities accorded minority status by the Government so far;
- (b)  whether  any  demand  has  been  received  by  the  Government  from  any  community  for according minority status and if so, the details and the dates on which such demands were received;
- (c)  the details of the provisions made by the Government to accord minority status;
- (d) whether there is any provision/proposal under consideration to abolish this status of minority community and if so, the details thereof;
- (e)  whether growing minority population has been reviewed; and
- (f)  if so, the time by which it is likely to be done and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a)  to  (c)    Central  Government  notifies  minority  communities  in  consultation  with  various stakeholders under Section 2 (c) of National Commission for Minorities (NCM) Act, 1992.  The Central  Government  has  so  far  notified  six  communities  namely  Christians,  Sikhs,  Muslims, Buddhists, Jains and Parsis as Minority communities. Proposals for grant of minority status, as and when received are considered by Ministry of Minority Affairs as per provisions of the NCM Act, 1992.

(d) to (f)  At present, there is no such proposal under consideration with the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4642 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Highway Projects in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Beesetti  Venkata Satyavathi, Kotagiri Sridhar

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received requests for construction of a bypass road on eastern side of Vijayawada in the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details and the present status thereof;
- (c) whether  any steps have been  taken by the Government  for preparation of a Detailed Project Report (DPR) for six-lane National  Highway  from  Visakhapatnam  Port  to  Bhogapuram  via Rushikonda and Bheemili; and
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) & (b)     Yes Sir. Earlier, the feasibility study was conducted for 180 km Road with 100m ROW as Outer Ring Road connecting Vijayawada -Guntur -Tenali Urban  Agglomeration  subject  to  the  condition that State Government  of  Andhra  Pradesh  agrees  to  provide  entire  land  free  of cost. Subsequently, Government  of Andhra Pradesh requested for developing only 78 km Eastern Bypass to Vijayawada and it was decided that State Government of Andhra Pradesh may hand over the entire land free from encumbrance without any cost to this Ministry for taking up the project. Subsequently, Government of Andhra Pradesh during meeting held on 17.02.22 agreed for exemption of State GST on construction material

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4642 ANSWERED ON 31 ST  MARCH, 2022

## HIGHWAY PROJECTS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

4642. DR. BEESETTI VENKATA SATYAVATHI: SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

such as Cement, Steel and Bitumen etc., for waiver of Royality on Earth, Sand and Aggregates/Stones etc., for waiver of applicable local taxes and to give preferential mining rights to National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)/ Concessionaire (s) to make the project viable. On receipt of the proposal  on  these  lines  from  State  Government,  the  feasibility  of  the project will be determined and appropriate action will be taken. (c)  &  (c)        The  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  preparation  for  the  said stretch  has  been  initiated  for  analysing  the  viability  of  the  project  and finalising  the  alignment,  project  cost,  features,  bidding  documents  etc.

keeping in view the tourism potential of the area.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4639 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Buffer Stock of Petroleum
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Sougata Ray

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4639 TO BE ANSWERED ON 31 st March, 2022

## BUFFER STOCK OF PETROLEUM

4639 : PROF. SOUGATA RAY :

## पैोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

- (a) the details of petroleum buffer stock in the country;
- (b) whether the stock is enough for one year in case any untoward happening in international relations;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the details of petroleum production in the country; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to enhance the petroleum production in the country?

## ANSWER

## पैोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामेवर तेल )

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

(a)to(c):  The  capacity  of  the  Strategic  Petroleum  Reserves  (SPR)  facilities established in the country so far is 5.33 Million Metric Tonnes (MMT) which is  estimated  to  provide  for  about  9.5  days  of  crude  oil  requirement.    Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) currently have capacity for 64.5 days.  Hence, total storage capacity of crude oil and petroleum products is 74 days.

(d)&(e): The details of production of crude oil and petroleum products for the last 3 years and current year are as follows :

|                                           |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 (Apr- Jan) |
|-------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|----------------------|
| Production of Crude Oil (in MMT)          |      34.2 |      32.2 |      30.5 |                 24.9 |
| Production of Petroleum Products (in MMT) |     262.4 |     262.9 |     233.5 |                209   |

Various long term and short term policy initiatives have been taken to increase production of  domestic  oil  and  gas  which  inter-alia  include  Discovered  Small Field  Policy,  Hydrocarbon  Exploration  and  Licensing  Policy  (HELP),  Policy framework for Coal Bed Methane, etc. The Government has awarded additional 105  blocks  and  1,56,579  sq.km.  area  for  exploration  under  HELP.    Further, Government has also provided functional freedom to National Oil Companies and  facilitated  wider  private  sector  participation  by  streamlining  approval processes including electronic single window mechanism.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4636 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Freight Truck
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Parvesh Sahib Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4636

## ANSWERED ON 31 ST   MARCH, 2022

## FREIGHT TRUCK

4636. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH VERMA:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)     the number of registered freight trucks plying in the country and the trend of increase or decrease in their number during the last three years and the current year;
- (b)     whether the Government has conducted any study to ascertain the percentage of trucks that ply empty and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)     the steps taken by the Government to increase the number of energy and fuel-efficient trucks during the said period?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)     The total number of vehicles registered as Goods Carriers in the country  till  22.03.2022  is  1,03,24,663.  The  number  of  vehicles registered as Goods Carrier  in the country during the last three years is mentioned below-

| 2019     | 2020     | 2021     | 2022 (Till 27.03.22)   |
|----------|----------|----------|------------------------|
| 7,00,979 | 4,50,163 | 5,41,165 | 1,58,476               |

The details given are for digitised vehicle records as per centralised Vahan 4 . (b)     No Sir.

(c)      To  promote  pollution  free  automobiles,  Ministry  of  Road Transport  &  Highways  has  notified  mass  emission  standards  to introduce alternate fuels viz. blends of ethanol with gasoline ( E-10, E-12,  E-15,  E-20),  flex-fuel  (E  85)  or  (E  100)  and  Ethanol  blend  for diesel  vehicles  (ED  95),  Biodiesel,  Bio-CNG,  Liquefied  Natural  Gas (LNG), Methanol M15 or M100 and Methanol MD 95 , dual fuel, M85 and  Di-Methyl  Ether  (DME  or  D100),  Hydrogen  Fuel  Cell  Vehicle, Hydrogen  CNG.  Government  has  also  taken  various  initiatives  for greater adoption of electric vehicles in the country.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4635 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-31
Subject: Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines-2020
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Kumbakudi Sudhakaran

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received any objections from various cab aggregators against the requirement of specified compliances imposed under the Motor Vehicles Aggregator Guidelines 2020 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  various  cab  aggregators  have  requested  for  some amendments  in  the  said  guidelines  for  reducing  the  number  of specified compliances and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the said guidelines have been able to promote alternative mobility  options  such  as  carpooling  by  differentiating  carpooling activities from commercial aggregators and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government has any plan to make further amendments in the said guidelines and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a)  & (b)  Suggestions were received from M/s. OLA, UBER, BLA BLA Car, Make My Trip and IndiaTech.
- (c)  Ministry of Road Transport & Highways issued the Motor Vehicle Aggregators  Guidelines,  2020   in  accordance  with  section  93  of Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, for the compliance of all

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4635 ANSWERED ON 31 ST  MARCH, 2022

## MOTOR VEHICLE AGGREGATOR GUIDELINES-2020

4635. SHRI  KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग

मंत्री

States/UTs on 27 th  November, 2020. These  guidelines provide a guiding  framework  to  the  State/UT  Governments  for  issuance  of license  as  well  as  regulating  the  business  conducted  by  such Aggregators.  Para 11 of the Motor Vehicle Aggregators Guidelines 2020 contains provisions with regard to Ride pooling.

(d) No further amendment  in the Motor Vehicle Aggregator Guidelines, 2020 is under consideration with this Ministry.

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