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Lok Sabha Question No. 2824 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Environmental Clearance to Gas based Electricity Projects
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Ramdas Chandrabhanji Tadas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2824

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## Environmental Clearance to Gas based Electricity Projects

## 2824.  SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government has granted environmental clearance to gas based electricity projects during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the criteria/norms/methods stipulated for granting such clearance;
- (c) the number of projects still pending with the Government across the country including Maharashtra along with the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the time by which these projects are likely to be approved by the Government along with the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) to (d) The gas based thermal power project is considered for grant of Environmental Clearance (EC) under the provisions of Environment Impact Assessment (EIA) Notification, 2006, as amended. TheGas based Thermal Power project of ≥ 5 MW electricity generation capacity  are  required  to  obtain  EC  under  the  provisions  of  the  EIA  Notification,  2006. Thermal Power projectwith capacity of ≥ 500MW is considered by the MoEF&CC at central level as Category 'A' project; whereas, the project with capacity of ≥ 5 MW and < 500 MW are  considered  by  the  MoEF&CC  at  State  level  as  Category  'B'  project.  The  EIA Notification,  2006,  as  amended inter-alia provides  for  preparation  and  submission  of Environment  Impact  Assessment  (EIA)  Report,  Environmental  Management  Plan  (EMP), Disaster  Management  Plan  (DMP)  and  Public  Consultation  by  the  project  proponent  for consideration of the EAC. The Expert Appraisal Committee (EAC) comprising domain area experts  after  detailed  examination  and  deliberation  on  various  environmental  and  social aspects of the project viz. environmental sensitivity, location, impact on local environment and population etc., recommend the project for grant of Environmental Clearance suggesting suitable  preventive  measures  to  minimize  the  environmental  and  social  impacts  associated with the project.

During the last three years one gas based thermal power project has been granted EC by the MoEF&CC at Central Level; whereas, one gas based thermal power project has been granted EC  by  the  State  Environment  Impact  Assessment  Authority  (SEIAA)  during  the  said period.No proposal of gas based thermal power project is pending with the Ministry for grant of Environmental Clearance.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2820 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Entrance Tests for PG Courses
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Goddeti Madhavi, M V V Satyanarayana

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2820 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## Entrance Tests for PG Courses

## 2820. SHRIMATI GODDETI MADHAVI: SHRI M.V.V. SATYANARAYANA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether many Universities and Indian Institute of Technology (IITs)/ Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) are conducting entrance tests for Post Graduate (PG) course admissions in all States all over the country and at least in a city in each and every State.

(b)  if  so,  whether  Delhi  University  and  Ambedkar  University  of  Delhi  are  not  conducting their  entrance  examinations  for  PG  courses  in  Andhra  Pradesh  inspite  of  CBT  (Computer Based Test) Centers Infrastructure available in Visakhapatnam in AP.

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

(d) the measures taken/being taken by the Government to mitigate the hardships of students who have to travel all the way either to Hyderabad in Telangana or Bhubaneswar in Odisha, to take the said test?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) to (d) The admission to various masters programme in Indian Institute of Technology  (IITs)  is  based  on  GATE    and  JAM  examinations,  which  are  conducted  in various parts of the country including in Andhra Pradesh.  Likewise, the admission in Post graduate management courses in Indian Institute of Management (IIMs) is conducted through Common Admission Test (CAT) across the country. Dr B.R. Ambedkar University Delhi is under the Govt. of NCT of Delhi. The University of Delhi admits students against 50% of sanctioned Postgraduate seats through all India entrance examination which is conducted by National  Testing  Agency  (NTA).  In  pursuance  of  National  Education  Policy,  2020,  the admission in Central Universities for Undergraduate and Post graduate programmes is to be done through Common University Entrance Test (CUET) in minimum 13 languages and over hundreds of examination centres across the country.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2819 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Class Ten English Exam
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Geetha Viswanath Vanga, Y. S. Avinash Reddy, Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2819 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

Class Ten English Exam

## 2819.   SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHAVISWANATH: SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY: SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Central  Board  of  Secondary  Education  (CBSE)  has  expressed  regret  for including  a  misogynistic  comprehension  exercise  in  its  Class  10  English  examination, and vowed to review its paper setting processes; and
- (b) whether the Government proposes to drop such question/s and all students  granted full marks for that section as one of the question paper contained a passage which blame a 'feminist  revolt'  for  teenage  indiscipline  and  if  so  the  details  thereof  and  corrective steps/measures being taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a)  and  (b):      It  came  to  the  notice  of  Central  Board  of  Secondary  Education(CBSE)   that  a passage  in  the  question  paper  of  English  (Language  &  Literature)  of   Class-X  was  not  in accordance with the guidelines of setting question papers. Accordingly, the passage was dropped from  the  question  paper  and  to  maintain  uniformity  it  was  decided  that  full  marks  will  be awarded to all the students for this question to all sets of question papers.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2812 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Insurance Cover for Bank Deposits
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Devji Mansingram Patel, Arun Sao, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar, Sunil Kumar Singh

2812.

SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

SHRI ARUN SAO:

SHRI RANJEET SINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- a)  whether the Deposit Insurance Credit Guarantee Corporation has not raised insurance cover limit for bank deposits for the last 26 years;
- b)  if so, the reasons therefor; and
- c)  the  remedial  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  raise  the  limit  of  bank  deposits including institutional deposits by determining risk assessment of all the banks?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## (DR. BHAGWAT KARAD)

(a) to (c) : No, Sir. With a view to providing a greater measure of protection to depositors in banks, the Deposit Insurance and Credit Guarantee Corporation (DICGC) raised the limit of insurance cover for depositors in insured banks from the earlier level of ₹1 lakh to ₹5 lakh per  depositor  with  effect  from  04.02.2020  under  Section  16  (1)  of  the  DICGC  Act,  1961. Thus, the limit of the deposit insurance amount payable by DICGC to any one depositor in respect of deposits held by him/ her in the same right and same capacity at all the branches of  an  insured  bank  taken  together,  is  ₹5  lakh.  The  deposit  insurance  cover  is  applicable uniformly to all insured banks and their depositors.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2812

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, 21st MARCH, 2022/ PHALGUNA 30, 1943 (SAKA)

## INSURANCE COVER FOR BANK DEPOSITS
Lok Sabha Question No. 2805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Funding to Culture Promoting Seminars
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Manoj Kumar Tiwari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2805

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 st MARCH, 2022

## FUNDING TO CULTURE PROMOTING SEMINARS

## 2805. SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

Will the MINISTER OF CULTURE be pleased to state :

- (a)  whether the Government has any scheme to fund the seminars/ workshops which promote culture at different forums;
- (b) if so, the details of such schemes;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the details of its impact on the cultural tourism of the country?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a)&(b)Yes sir. The Ministry of Culture administers a scheme by the name of Cultural Function and Production Grant Scheme (CFPGS) under which financial assistance is provided to 'not-for-profit' organizations, NGOs, Societies, Trusts and Universities for organising Seminars, Workshops Conference, Research, Festivals, Exhibitions, Symposia,  Production  of  Dance,  Drama-Theatre,  Music  etc.  and  small  research projects on different aspects of Indian Culture.

The quantum of financial assistance under Cultural Function and Production Grant Scheme (CFPGS) is restricted to 75% of the expenditure, subject to a maximum of Rs. 5.00 lakh per project.  However, the Ministry may in exceptional circumstances, increase the assistance to any project of outstanding merit and relevance uptoRs. 20.00 lakhs with the approval of Hon'ble Minister of Culture. The Grant is released in two instalments of 75% and 25%. The scheme is open throughout the year.

- (c)Does not arise.
- (d)No formal study has been instituted to assess its impact on cultural tourism of the country .

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2803 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Projects Pending for Environmental Clearance
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Ramapati Ram Tripathi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: 2803

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## Projects Pending for environmental clearance

2803:   DR. RAMAPATI RAM TRIPATHI:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  those  development  projects  of  Uttar  Pradesh  which  have  not  yet  got environmental clearance from the Union Government;
- (b) the average time taken in granting the clearance to the development schemes relating to the construction of roads and bridges;
- (c) the number of projects relating to construction of National highways stalled owing to nonclearance by the Government especially in Uttar Pradesh; and
- (d) the details of the prompt action taken by the Government on the requests from the State for grant of clearance to the development projects?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (d) As per information available on PARIVESH portal, 205 proposals relating to grant of  Environment  Clearance  (EC)  for  developmental  projects  have  been  submitted  from  the State of Uttar Pradesh, out of which, 3 proposals  are with the Ministry at Central level and 202 proposals are with State Environment Impact Assessment Authorities (SEIAAs), Uttar Pradesh.  The  average  time  taken  at  the  Central  level  for  granting  EC  to  the  development projects relating to the construction of roads was 172 days in 2020, which has reduced to 108 days in 2021.

A number of steps have been taken by the Central Government to streamline and expedite Environment Clearances, which inter-alia includes following:

- i. Ministry has launched a single window  online PARIVESH  (Pro-Active  and Responsive  facilitation  by  Interactive,  Virtuous  and  Environmental  Single-window Hub)  portal  on  10 th August,  2018  in  an  effort  to  automate  the  entire  process  of clearances.
- ii. Expert  Appraisal  Committee  (EAC)  meetings  for  appraisal  of  projects  for  EC  at Central level are now conducted twice a month in the ministry.
- iii. Various other initiatives have also been taken by the Ministry through administrative, policy and technological interventions to remove  redundancies and to ensure transparent and simplified process of clearance without compromising on rigor of the environmental concerns.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2802 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Central University in Gujarat
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2802 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## Central University in Gujarat

†2802. SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a)    whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  a  Central  University  in  Dahod district of Gujarat State which is declared as a Smart City; (b)   if so, the details thereof; (c)      whether the Government proposes to further develop the existing educational institutions of the district as per smart norms; and

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

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (DR. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) to (d) Setting up of a Central University is an ongoing process. There is already a Central  University  in  the  State  of  Gujarat  namely  Central  University  of  Gujarat. However,  at  present  there  is  no  proposal  under  consideration  in  the  Ministry  for setting up of a Central University in Dahod, Gujarat.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Increase in Revenue
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 2801

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2022 Phalguna 30, 1943 (Saka)

## Increase in Revenue

## 2801. SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there has been an increase in the revenue during last three years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the amount of increase or decrease therein;
- (c) the estimated increase in the revenue during the current year; and
- (d) the decrease or increase in such an estimated revenue as compared to the last five years?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

(a), (b) & (d):                                                                                                                       (In Rs. Crores)

| Financial Year   | Revised Estimates   | % Growth (y-o-y)   | Actuals      | % Growth (y-o-y)   |
|------------------|---------------------|--------------------|--------------|--------------------|
| p2016-17         | 14,23,562.92        | -                  | 13,74,202.98 | -                  |
| 2017-18          | 15,05,427.50        | +5.75%             | 14,35,232.65 | + 4.44 %           |
| 2018-19          | 17,29,682.44        | +14.9%             | 15,52,915.50 | + 8.2%             |
| 2019-20          | 18,50,100.37        | +6.96%             | 16,84,059.05 | + 8.44 %           |
| 2020-21          | 15,55,153.17        | -15.94%            | 16,33,919.54 | - 2.98%            |

Source: Receipt Budget

(c):

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(In Rs. Crores)

| S. No.                                                                    | Financial Year   | Actuals (till 31 st January)   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------|--------------------------------|
| (a)                                                                       | 2020-21          | 12,42,959                      |
| (b)                                                                       | 2021-22          | 18,38,921                      |
| Increase in revenue as compared to corresponding period of previous year. | (b-a)            | 5,95,962 (47.95%)              |

Source: Review of Union Government Accounts upto January, 2022,

Accounts at a glance.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2800 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Status of Cryptocurrency
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Karti P. Chidambaram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2800 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## Status of Cryptocurrency.

2800: SHRI KARTI P. CHIDAMBARAM

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:

- (a) the current legal status of cryptocurrency in India;
- (b) whether infrastructure costs incurred in mining cryptocurrencies are to be treated as cost of acquisition and are therefore permissible deductions;
- (c) if so, the details thereof?
- (d) while losses incurred due to the transfer of virtual digital assets cannot be set off against any other income, whether the losses arising from the sale of one virtual digital asset can be set off the arising from another virtual digital asset; and gains against
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

- (a): Currently, Cryptocurrencies are unregulated in India.
- (b)&(c): Finance 2022 (the Bill) has proposed to insert section 115BBH to the Income-tax Act,1961 (the Act) to provide for taxation of income from transfer of virtual digital assets (VDA) As per the proposed section, any income from transfer of VDA shall be taxed at the rate of 30% Further;,while computing the income from transfer of VDA, no deduction in respect of any expenditure (otherthan cost of acquisition) or allowance is allowed The Bill also proposes to define VDA If any asset falls within the proposed definition,

considered as VDA for the purposes of the Act and such virtual be accordingly: As per the proposed other provisions of the Act in mining of VDA provisions of section 115BBH, infrastructure costs incurred will will not be treated as cost of acquisition as the same (eg: crypto assets) which is not allowable as deduction as be in the nature ofcapital expenditure the provisions of the Act will asset per section 115BBH to the (d)&(e): As per the provisions of the proposed VDA will not be Act,1961  (the Act), loss from the  transfer of Income-tax arising from transfer of another VDA allowed to be set off the income against
Lok Sabha Question No. 2799 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Tax on Tobacco Products
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

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## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2799

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY THE 21 ST  MARCH, 2022 PHALGUNA  30, 1943 (SAKA)

## TAX ON TOBACCO PRODUCTS

## 2799. SHRIMATI RANJANBEN DHANANJAY BHATT:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a): whether the Government is contemplating to impose tax on tobacco products;
- (b): if so, whether any steps have been taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c): if so, the details thereof; and
- (d): if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

(a), (b) and (c ): Tobacco products such as bidi, cigarettes, chewing tobacco, gutkha, etc. already attract GST at the highest rate of 28%, and a compensation cess up to 290%  on  ad  valorem  basis  along  with  specific  rate,  on  certain  products  like cigarettes, up to Rs. 4170 per thousand. In addition, Tobacco products also attract Excise Duty and National Calamity and Contingency Duty.

(d): Does not arise in view of (a), (b) and (c) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2798 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Smuggling of Vulture
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Queen Oja, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2798

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## Smuggling of Vulture

2798.

SHRIMATI QUEEN OJA:

DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND  CLIMATE  CHANGE  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether the cases of vulture smuggling have been noticed by the Government;
- (b) if so, the number of such cases reported during the last three years; and
- (c) the details of the action taken in the said cases?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a), (b) and (c) As  per  the  data  available  in  records  of  Wildlife  Crime  Control  Bureau provided  by  the  States/  UTs  Forests  and  Police  authorities,  the  details  of offences involving vultures during the last three years are as under:

|   S. No |   Year | Number of vulture seizure cases   |
|---------|--------|-----------------------------------|
|       1 |   2019 | 1                                 |
|       2 |   2020 | -                                 |
|       3 |   2021 | -                                 |

The cases are registered under the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972, by the concerned State Forest Authorities. Arrests have been made and investigation carried out for prosecution.

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