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Lok Sabha Question No. 824 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Support to MSME Sector
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK   SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 824 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2021

## SUPPORT TO MSME SECTOR

## 824 .    SHRI  DIBYENDU  ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  World  Bank  has  sanctioned  $500  million  programme  to  support  and revitalize the MSME sector of the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  detail  of  investment  and  State-wise  approval  towards  the    Programme  of MSME  competitiveness  -  a  post-covid  resilience  and  recovery  programme  (MCRRP) therefor;
- (c) whether  out  of  the  58  million  MSMES  in  india,  more  than  40  percent  are  lacking access of finance; and
- (d) if  so,  the  detail  of  support  to  MSME and their rehabilitation programme plan under Raising  and  Accelerating  Micro,  Small  and  Medium  Enterprise  (MSME)  Performance (RAMP) programme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI NARAYAN RANE)

- (a): The  World  Bank  has  communicated  to  the  Ministry  of  MSME  that,  in  its  Board meeting dated 4 th June 2021, it has approved a loan of US $500 million (₹ 3750Cr) to assist Government of India's programme 'Raising and Accelerating MSME  Performance (RAMP)',  which  is  an  initiative  to  revitalize  the  MSME  sector  that  has  been  heavily impacted by the COVID -19 pandemic.
- (b): RAMP is  a  part  of  the  MSME  Competitiveness  -  A  Post  COVID  Resilience  and Recovery Programme  (MCRRP).    State-wise investments and approvals  for  RAMP programme have not been made since Cabinet approval for RAMP is awaited.
- (c): As per the World Bank Programme Appraisal Document for the RAMP programme, over 40 percent of MSMEs lack access to formal sources of finance.
- (d): The proposed programme  (RAMP)  supports  various interventions  in  COVID Resilience  and  Recovery  initiatives  of  the  Government.    The  program  aims  at  improving market access, access to credit, strengthening Institutions and governance at the Central and State level. The programme  will support the ongoing support programmes of the Government, focusing on competitive aspect of MSMEs.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 818 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Fare Rationalisation
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIA TION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 818 (To be answered on the December 2021) 2nd

## FARE RATIONALISATION

818.

SHRI G.M: SIDDESHWAR

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- (b) if the details thereof;

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the Government has any plan to rationalize airfare charged by domestic airlines to ensure that these do not incur losses because of tough competition amongst themselves;
- whether the Government has any plan to allot specific routes to each airline under UDAN scheme to maintain healthy competition as well as reasonability in airfare; and
- (d) if s0, the details thereof and if not; the reasons thercfor?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIA TION

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

(a) & (b): Air fares are not regulated by the Government and the airlines are free to fix the reasonable tariff under the provision of Aircraft Rules, 1937 having regard to all relevant factors including the cost of operations, characteristic Of service, reasonable profit and the generally prevailing tariff Further, with a view to maintain transparency, Directorate General Of Civil Aviation (DGCA) monitors airfares on certain routes selected on random basis to ensure that the airlines do not charge airfares outside the range declared by Airlines on their websites.

However, due to the outbreak of COVID 19, scheduled domestic operations were suspended W.e.f: 25.03.2020 which were resumed in calibrated manner We.f 25.05.2020 with fare capping and upper limit on different sector) to ensure that airlines do not charge excessive fare. The fare band serves the dual purpose of protecting the interests of the travelers as well as the airlines As per the Order dated 18.09.2021 issued by Ministry of Civil Aviation(MoCA); the minimum and maximum airfares chargeabie is rolled over for the next 15 cycle: days

(c) & (d): MoCA has launched Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme on 21.10.2016 for providing connectivity to un-served and under-served airports of the country and by making air travel affordable to the masses. Interested airlines based On their assessment of demand on particular routes submit their proposals at the time Of bidding; For sustainability of operations, Selected Airiine Operators are granted exclusivity for operating air transport services flights for a (3) years from commencement %f operations on an RCS Route under the Scheme. UDAN is a demand driven scheme where bidding rounds are conducted periodically for covering more destinations/stations and routes under the scheme\_ Till date; four rounds of UDAN have been conducted and 948 routes have been awarded involving over 100 airports. Out of these awarded routes; 395 UDAN routes have already been operationalized connecting 63 UDAN airports including 2 water aerodromes & 6 heliports

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Lok Sabha Question No. 814 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Expansion of PMEGP
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 814 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2021

## EXPANSION OF PMEGP

## 814.   SHRI SHRINIWAS PATIL:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  new  micro,  small  and  medium  enterprises  set  up  under  Prime Minister's  Employment  Generation  Programme  (PMEGP)  in  the  Satara  district  of Maharashtra during the last three years;
- (b) whether  there  are  any  plans  to  expand  the  programme  with  some  additional subsidies and encouragements;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI NARAYAN RANE)

- (a): Details  of  new  micro  units  set  up  under  Prime  Minister's  Employment Generation Programme (PMEGP) in the Satara district of Maharashtra during the last three years are given below:
- (b) to (d): Ministry  of  MSME  has  also  introduced  further  financial  assistance under PMEGP in the form of second loan of up to Rs. 1.00 crore with subsidy of 15% of  the  project  cost  (20%  for  NER  and  Hill  areas)  for  expansion/upgradation  of  the existing PMEGP REGP / /MUDRA units from the year 2018-19. Further improvements in the scheme are made from time to time.

| Year    |   No. of new PMEGP units set up |   Margin Money Subsidy disbursed (Rs. in lakh) |   Estimated Employment Generated |
|---------|---------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2018-19 |                             188 |                                         537.32 |                             1504 |
| 2019-20 |                             122 |                                         356.29 |                              976 |
| 2020-21 |                             111 |                                         363.77 |                              888 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 811 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Bids for City Gas Distribution Network
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 811 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd  December, 2021

## Bids for City Gas Distribution Network

## 811.   SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

## पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंी

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

- (a)  whether  the  Petroleum  and  Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board  has  invited  bids  for  City  Gas Distribution Network in the 65 geographical areas in 11 th CGD bidding round;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, and
- (d) the details/list of geographical areas covered in Maharashtra State?

## ANSWER

## पेोिलयमऔराकृितकगैसमंालयमरायमंी ( ीरामेरतेली )

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

- (a) to (c) Yes Sir. PNGRB has launched 11 th bidding round on 17.09.2021 and invited bids for  65  Geographical  Areas  covering  208  districts  in  20  States/Union  Territories  including Maharashtra.  Geographical  Areas  identified  for  the  11 th CGD  Bidding  Round  in  the  state  of Maharashtra are as under:

|   S.No. | Geographical Areas (GAs)                   | State/UT                    |
|---------|--------------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
|       1 | Buldana, Nanded and Parbhani districts     | Maharashtra                 |
|       2 | Beed, Jalgaon and Jalna districts          | Maharashtra                 |
|       3 | Akola, Hingoli and Washim districts        | Maharashtra                 |
|       4 | Amravati and Yavatmal districts            | Maharashtra                 |
|       5 | Chandrapur and Wardha districts            | Maharashtra                 |
|       6 | Nagpur district                            | Maharashtra                 |
|       7 | Bhandara, Gondiya and Garchiroli districts | Maharashtra                 |
|       8 | Alirajpur, Nandurbar and Barwani districts | Maharashtra &Madhya Pradesh |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 809 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Allocation of Funds under HRIDAY
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sanjay Kumar Bandi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 809

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 02, 2021

## ALLOCATION OF FUNDS UNDER HRIDAY

NO.809.   SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)   the  quantum  of  funds  allocated  and  released  for  Warangal  City  under Heritage  City  Development  and  Augmentation  Yojana  (HRIDAY),  during the last five years, year wise; and
- (b)   the major works that have been completed so far and the schedule of the pending works to be completed?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a):    The  National  Heritage  City  Development  and  Augmentation  Yojana (HRIDAY) was launched on 21 st  January, 2015 and has ended on 31 st  March, 2019.   Under  HRIDAY  Scheme,  funds were  allocated  to  cities  for  the  entire Mission period and not year wise. An amount of₹40.54 crore was allocated to Warangal city under HRIDAY Scheme out of which ₹ 32.82 crore have been released as per the following details:-
- (b):    The  status  of  completed  and  on-going  works  in  Warangal  city  under HRIDAY Scheme are as under:-

| Financial Year   |   Funds released (₹ in crore) |
|------------------|-------------------------------|
| 2015-16          |                          3.92 |
| 2016-17          |                         14.25 |
| 2017-18          |                          1.22 |
| 2018-19          |                         13.43 |

|   S.No. | Name of the work                                                                         | Present Status (as on 29.11.2021)     |
|---------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|
|       1 | Bhadrakalilake foreshore development                                                     | completed                             |
|       2 | Development work at 1000 pillar temple area                                              | completed                             |
|       3 | Development work at KazipethDargah                                                       | completed                             |
|       4 | Rejuvenation of pond at Padmakshi temple and development of Jain sites of Hanamkondahill | completed                             |
|       5 | Revival and development of Fort Warangal                                                 | likely to be completed by March, 2022 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 808 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Status of CSR Fund
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Arvind Ganpat Sawant

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.808

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd  DECEMBER, 2021

## STATUS OF CSR FUND

## 808.      SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

पेोलयम एवं ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

- (a) the status of CSR Fund of Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd (HPCL);
- (b)  the  details  of  the  expenditure  incurred  from  CSR  Fund  of  HPCL  during  2017-2020,  yearwise; and
- (c)  the  details  of  the  expenditure borne by this company for the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel?

## 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) The status of CSR fund of HPCL is as below :

(Rs in crore)

| Financial Year   |   Minimum prescribed CSR Budget as per Companies Act 2013 |   Allocation of CSR Budget | CSR Expenditure   |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------|-------------------|
| 2021-22          |                                                    161.86 |                     175.48 | 50.77*            |

(*provisional as on 31.10.2021)

- (b)      The year-wise details of CSR expenditure of HPCL during 2017-2020 are as below :

(Rs in crore)

| Financial Year   |   CSR expenditure |
|------------------|-------------------|
| 2017-18          |            156.87 |
| 2018-19          |            159.81 |
| 2019-20          |            182.24 |
| 2020-21          |            156.35 |

- (c) HPCL has contributed Rs.25.00 crore and Rs.20.00 crore for 2016-17 and 2018-19 respectively from their CSR fund for the statue of Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 807 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Non Compliance by Power Plants
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Jaisiddeshwar Shivacharya Mahaswamiji

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.807

## ANSWERED ON 02.12.2021

## NON COMPLIANCE BY POWER PLANTS

807. SHRI SHA. BRA. DR. JAI SIDDESHWAR      SHIVACHARYA  MAHASWAMIJI:

Will the Minister of POWER

be pleased to state:

(a) weather  procurement  of  chimney  lining  products from  neighboring  countries  by Damodar valley  corporation  as  part  of  their  GAD  project  contract  is  a  breach  of  office memorandum issued on 23 July 2020 by Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure) specifically;

(b) if  so,  the  details  thereof;

(c) the  details  of  the  product  suppliers  from  whom  such  procurement  has  been permitted along with the country of origin;  and

(d) the details of memorandum set up to  identify non compliance by the power plants and  penalise  them  for  not  adhering  to  the  above  mentioned  order  from  Ministry  of finance?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI  R.K. SINGH)

(a): No, Sir.

(b): Does not arise in view of (a) above.

(c) & (d) Department of Expenditure (DoE) vide Office Memorandum (OM) No. F.18/37/2020PPD dated 08.02.2021 clarified its earlier order (Public Procurement No.1) issued vide OM F.No.6/18/2019-PPD dated 23.07.2020 as follows:

(i) A bidder is permitted to procure raw material, components, sub-assemblies etc., from the vendors from countries which share a land border with India. Such vendors will not be required  to  be  registered  with  the  Competent  Authority,  as  it  is  not  regarded  as  'subcontracting'.

(ii)  However, in case a bidder has proposed to supply finished goods procured directly / indirectly  from  the  vendors  from  the  countries  sharing  land  border  with  India,  such vendors will be required to be registered with the Competent Authority.

…..2

In  line  with  the  above  clarification,  DVC  approved  procurement  /  supply  of  Flue  Gas Desulphurisation (FGD) equipment to the following entities:

1. M/s Larsen and Toubro, Vadodara, Gujarat
2. M/s Thermax, Pune, Maharashtra
3. M/s Techno Electric & Engineering Co. Limited, Kolkata, West Bengal.

The above entities procured components, sub-assemblies pertaining to Borosilicate lining system of Chimney from the vendors from countries which share a land border with India, as per DoE OM dated 08.02.2021.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 806 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Ethanol Prices
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Sukanta Majumdar, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Bhola Singh

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 806 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02 nd DECEMBER, 2021

## Ethanol Prices

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

- (a)  whether the Government has granted approval for fixing higher ethanol price derived  from  different  sugarcane  based  raw  materials  under  the  Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme for 2021-22;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  accorded  authority  toOil  Public  Sector  Enterprises (PSEs) in the country to decide the pricing for 2G ethanol as well as the setting up advanced Bio-fuel refineries in the country;
- (d)  if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  the other steps being taken by the Government to promote the use of alternative and  environment  friendly  fuels  and  to  reduce  import  dependence  for  energy requirements and give a boost to the agriculture sector in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Government  has  fixed  higher  ethanol  price  derived  from  different sugarcane based raw materials under the Ethanol Blended Petrol (EBP) Programme for Ethanol Supply Year (ESY 2021-22 - period from 1st December, 2021 to 30th November, 2022) as compared to preceding ESY 2020-21. The exmill  price  of  ethanol  fixed  by  the  Government  are  from  C  heavy  molasses  route Rs.46.66  per  litre,  from  B  heavy  molasses  route  Rs.59.08  per  litre  and  from sugarcane juice / sugar / sugar syrup route Rs.63.45 per litre. Additionally, GST and transportation is to be paid to the suppliers.

(c) & (d): Government has accorded authority to Oil Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) in the country to decide the pricing for  Second Generation  (2G) ethanol. Oil  PSEs  are  setting  up  2G  ethanol  bio  refineries  in  the  country  at  Panipat  in Haryana,  Bathinda  in  Punjab,  Bargarh  in  Odisha,  Numaligarh  in  Assam  and Devangere in Karnataka.

(e): The  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  promote  use  of  bio-fuels,  includes allowing use of sugarcane and food grains (maize and surplus stocks of rice with Food  Corporation  of  India) for conversion  to ethanol;  administered price mechanism for procurement of ethanol under EBP Programme including enhanced ex-mill price of ethanol year on year from ethanol supply year 2017; lowered GST rate to 5% on ethanol for EBP Programme; amendment in Industries (Development & Regulation) Act for free movement of ethanol; interest subvention scheme for enhancement and augmentation of ethanol production capacity in the country.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-02
Subject: Operation of Monorail in Ranchi
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sanjay Seth

- (a)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 805

TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 02, 2021

## OPERATION OF MONORAIL IN RANCHI

NO. 805.

SHRI SANJAY SETH:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any scheme to operate monorail in Ranchi in view of the increasing papulation there;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of needy persons provided free houses in the urban areas of Ranchi during the last two years; and
- (d) the details of the future scheme in this regard?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- :  No, Sir.
- (b) :  Question does not arise.
- (c)&  (d):    In  pursuance  of  the  Government's  vision  of  'Housing  for All', Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs (MoHUA) is implementing Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) since 25.06.2015 for

giving  Central  assistance  to  States/  Union  Territories  (UTs)  for providing all-weather pucca houses to all eligible urban households. Central Government provides different levels of financial assistance under four verticals of the Scheme. Under In-situ Slum Redevelopment (ISSR), Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP) and Beneficiary-led  individual  house  construction/  enhancement  (BLC) verticals of the Scheme, States/ UTs/ Urban Local Bodies also make different levels of financial assistance to the beneficiaries to make the houses affordable.

In Ranchi city of Jharkhand, total 41,740 houses have so far been sanctioned under the Scheme; out of which 14,253 are completed/ delivered  to  beneficiaries  and  remaining  are  at  various  stages  of construction.

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