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Lok Sabha Question No. 1063 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Opening New Kendriya Vidyalayas
Ministry: Education
Asked by: T.R.V.S. Ramesh

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1063 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## Opening New Kendriya Vidyalayas

## 1063. SHRI T.R.V.S. RAMESH:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the criteria for opening of a Kendriya Vidyalaya in a Parliamentary Constituency;
- (b) whether any communication received by raising matter by the Hon'ble Member for the opening of a Kendriya Vidyalaya in Cuddalore District; and
- (c) if  so,  the  action  taken  by  the  Government  and  if  not,  the  action  by  when  the Government proposes to initiate the procedure in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) Opening  of  new  Kendriya  Vidyalayas  (KVs)  is  a  continuous  process.  KVs  are opened primarily to cater to the educational needs of the wards of transferable Central Government Employees including Defence & Para-Military personnel, Central Autonomous Bodies, Central Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and Central Institute of Higher Learning (IHL) by providing a common programme of education. Proposals for opening of new KVs are considered only if sponsored by Ministries or Departments of the Government of India / State Governments / Union Territories (UTs) Administrations and committing resources for setting up a new KV. The proposals received from various sponsoring  authorities  found  fulfilling  the  mandatory  pre-requisite  for  opening  of  new KVs  have  to  compete  with  other  such  proposals  under  the  'Challenge  Method'. However, KVs are not opened on the criteria of State-wise/ District-wise / Parliamentary Constituency-wise.
- (b) Yes,  Sir.  The  matter  for  opening  of  KV  in  Cuddalore  District,  Tamil  Nadu  was raised by the Hon'ble Member of Parliament under 'Rule 377' and during the 'Zero Hour' on 17/07/2019 and 24/06/2019 respectively.
- (c) Replies  to  both  'Rule  377'  and  'Zero  Hour'  have  been  sent  to  the  Hon'ble Member of Parliament on 19/09/2019.  The procedure for opening of a new KV under Civil Sector can be initiated once a proposal from the Secretary (Education) of the State Government of Tamil Nadu is received in the prescribed proformae of KVS fulfilling all requisite conditions and placed before the 'Challenge Method' Committee.  The proposal for opening a new KV in Cuddalore, Tamilnadu has not been received in the prescribed format from the State Government concerned.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1062 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: GST Fraud Cases
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Rajesh Verma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1062

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, JULY 26, 2021/SRAVANA 4, 1943 (SAKA)

## 'GST Fraud Cases'

## 1062. SHRI RAJESH VERMA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- a. the  details  of  Goods  and  Service  Tax  (GST)  fraud  cases  registered  by  the  Government  in Uttar Pradesh;
- b. the details of the action taken by the Government in this regards; and
- c. the comprehensive steps taken by the Government to check it?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHOUDHARY)

- (a) & (b) Sir, the details of Goods and Service Tax (GST) fraud cases registered and action taken by the formations under the Central  Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) in Uttar Pradesh during the period [2017-18 to 2021-22 (upto June, 2021] is as follows:
- (c) Steps taken by the Government to check the GST frauds is as under:
-  Creation of Directorate General of Analytics & Risk Management [DGARM], DGARM with the help  of  advance  analytics  and  innovative  technology  has  utilized  various  data  sources  available with CBIC, GST data provided by GSTN and external data sources for detailed data mining and analysis to generate outputs for focused and targeted action by field formations and investigation wings of CBIC.
-  Integration of Fastag with E-way bill.
-  Aadhaar based authentication for new applicants has been made mandatory.
-  Additional grounds for cancellation of registration have been introduced where there is mismatch between FORM GSTR1 and FORM GSTR 3B (Rule 21), etc.;
-  To prevent fake dealers and shell companies to pass on fake credit, without filing their GSTR3B returns  and  paying  taxes,  a  provision  has  been  made  to  block  furnishing  of  outward  supply statement in FORM GSTR-1 by a taxpayer, if 2 or more GSTR 3B returns are not filed by the said taxpayer.
-  E-invoices have been made mandatory for all B2B transaction with turnover above Rs. 50 crore.
-  Generation of E-way bill by those taxpayers who have not furnished return for consecutive period of two month has been restricted.

| Period: 2017-18 (w.e.f. July 2017) to 2021-22 (upto June 2021)   |   No. of Cases booked |   Amount Detected (In Rs. Cr.) |   Amount Recovered (In Rs. Cr.) |   No. of persons(s) arrested |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------------|---------------------------------|------------------------------|
| Period: 2017-18 (w.e.f. July 2017) to 2021-22 (upto June 2021)   |                  1115 |                        9050.08 |                          2012.3 |                           98 |
Lok Sabha Question No. 1059 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Independent Commission for Higher Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1059 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## Independent Commission for Higher Education

## 1059. SHRI NATARAJAN P.R.:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a)  whether  the  Government  has  proposed  to  establish  an  independent  commission  for higher education with the independent academies including foreign academies for all Eighth Schedule Languages; (b) if so, the details thereof with the details of its formation; (c) whether the Government has fixed any time-frame for the said purpose; and

- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (d): The Ministry of Education has announced the National Education Policy  (NEP) 2020 on 29.07.2020 after obtaining approval of Cabinet. The NEP-2020 envisions setting up of a Higher Education Commission of India as an umbrella body with four independent verticals  to  perform  distinct  functions  of  regulation,  accreditation,  funding,  and  academic standard  setting. Accordingly, the Ministry is in the process  of drafting a Bill for establishment of the Higher Education Commission of India.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1058 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Inclusion of Durga Community into ST List
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED No.1058

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## INCLUSION OF DURGA COMMUNITY INTO ST LIST

1058. SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA: Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government is planning to consider including Durua community from Odisha in the list of Scheduled Tribes and; (b) if so, the details thereof on the current status; and (c) if not,  the reason for non-inclusion and the process by which Durua community will be included in the list of Scheduled Tribes?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

(a): Proposal for inclusion of 'DURUA, DHURUA, DHURAVA' communities in the list of Scheduled Tribes of Odisha was received from Government of Odisha. (b)&(c):  The Government of India has laid down the modalities for determining the claims  for  inclusion  in,  exclusion  from  and  other  modifications  in  the  Orders specifying  list  of  Scheduled  Tribes.  According  to  these  modalities,  only  those proposals  which  have  been  recommended  and  justified  by  the  concerned  State Government/  Union  Territory  Administration  and  concurred  with  by  the  Registrar General of India (RGI) and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes are to be considered  for  amendment  of  legislation.  All  actions  are  taken  as  per  these

modalities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1054 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Production of Crude Oil
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Deepak Baij

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1054 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 th July 2021

## Production of Crude Oil

## †1054. SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंी

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

- (a) the percentage of crude oil being produced in the country;
- (b) the quantum of oil produced in the country during the last five years along with the details thereof;
- (c) the name of the countries with which import of crude oil has increased during the last five years;
- (d) the number of such companies having Indian shareholders or owners, with which import of crude oil has increased;
- (e) the quantum of surplus imports made at the time when crude oil prices were cheaper during the COVID-19 period as against the earlier times?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयम और ाक ृ तक गैस मंालय के राय मंी ( ी रामेवर तेल ) MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a)  to (b) The percentage of crude oil produced during 2020-21 was 13.3% of total crude availability (Production + Imports). Production of crude oil during the last five years are as below:

| Years                                                      |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 (P) |
|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
| Indigenous Crude oil production ( in Million Metric Tonne) |        36 |      35.7 |      34.2 |      32.2 |          30.5 |

(c)  to (d) India imported crude oil & petroleum products from various geographical regions like Middle East, Africa, Europe, North America, South America and South-

East  Asia.  There  are  two  companies  having  Indian  shareholders  or  owners,  with which import of crude oil has increased during the last five years.

(e)  To  ensure  energy  security,  Government  of  India  has  built  strategic  crude  oil reserves  of  5.33  MMT  through  a  Special  Purpose  Vehicle  (SPV)  named  Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL). Taking advantage of the low crude oil prices in international market, India purchased 16.71 million barrels (mbbl) of crude in April-May  2020  and  filled  all  the  three  Strategic  Petroleum  Reserves  created  at Vishakhapatnam,  Mangalore  and  Padur.  However,  these  reserves  are  strategic  in nature and the crude oil stored is released only in case of global supply disruptions.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1053 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: EPS Contribution
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1053

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## EPS CONTRIBUTION

## 1053. SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE:

Will the Minister of LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)whether it is true that the Government has not given its EPS contribution to Employees' Provident Fund Organisation since 2014-15;

(b)if so, the reasons therefor along with the quantum of pending arrears in this regard as on date; and

(c)the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) & (b): The   details  of  funds  released   to  the  Employees'  Provident  Fund Organisation  (EPFO)  since  2014-15  towards  Government  of  India's  statutory contribution of 1.16 per cent under the Employees' Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995 are as follows:

| Year    | Funds released (Rupees in Crores)   |
|---------|-------------------------------------|
| 2014-15 | 2,299.80                            |
| 2015-16 | 3,030.20                            |
| 2016-17 | 3,525.00                            |
| 2017-18 | 4,040.18                            |
| 2018-19 | 3,900.00                            |
| 2019-20 | 3696.67                             |
| 2020-21 | 6027.61                             |

As on 31.03.2021, there is a cumulative arrear of Rs.10,589.20 crore (provisional).

(c): Keeping in view the trend, a provision of Rs. 6364 crore  has been made  in  Budget  Estimates  2021-22 towards  Government  of  India's  statutory contribution under EPS, 1995.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1051 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: OPEC Meeting
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Gangasandra Siddappa Basavaraj

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1051 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH  JULY, 2021

## OPEC Meeting

## 1051. SHRI G.S. BASAVARAJ:

## isVªksfy;e vkSj izkÑfrd xSl ea=h

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

(a) whether under the cover of international Brent crude oil prices which have risen modestly on upward fluctuations, the Centre  and the States together jacked up at the retail outlet level the prizes of auto fuel beyond Rs.100 per litre mark throughout the country;

(b) whether the Union Government expects a fall in the prices of crude after the July meeting of the OPEC;

(c)  considering  the  uncertain  scenario  on  crude  front  post  OPEC  meeting,  whether  India  has firmed up contracts elsewhere especially Russia, CIS and Latin American countries; and

(d) the extent of crude stocks India is holding in its underground storage facilities for crude oil in Mangalore and Visakhapatnam?

## ANSWER

## isVªksfy;e vkSj izkÑfrd xSl ea=ky; esa jkT; ea=h ( Jh jkes ' oj rsyh ) MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS

## (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a): Prices  of  petrol  and  diesel  are  market-determined  with  effect  from  26.06.2010  and 19.10.2014 respectively. Since then, the Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) have been  taking  appropriate  decision  on  pricing  of  petrol  and  diesel  on  the  basis  of  international product prices and other market conditions.  The OMCs have increased and decreased the prices of  petrol  and  diesel  according  to  changes  in  international  prices  and  rupee  dollar  exchange rate.

(b) & (c): The global crude prices are affected by the supply and demand situation of crude oil,  and  in  this  context,  decision  of  OPEC  +  countries  over  the  last  three  years  to  increase  or decrease the crude oil supply to the market impacted the crude prices.

As part of Government's efforts to diversify the crude sources, Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL) signed a term contract with Rosneft to source Urals grade crude.  Indian oil companies are also sourcing crude oil from Guyana.

(d): Government of India, through a Special Purpose Vehicle (SPV) named Indian Strategic Petroleum  Reserves  Limited  (ISPRL)  is  maintaining  underground  crude  storage  facilities at Visakhapatnam  (1.33  MMT),  Mangalore  (1.5  MMT)  and  Padur  (2.5  MMT),  and  all  these storage facilities are currently filled with crude oil.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1049 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Price of Steel
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Mahua Moitra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1049

## FOR ANSWER ON 26/07/2021

## PRICE OF STEEL

1049.  SHRIMATI MAHUA MOITRA:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps taken by the Government to bring down the prices of Steel to ensure that cost of this essential commodity comes down;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to bring down the prices of raw materials like iron ore, scrap steel, steel pellets to ensure that they do not get exported from India and are rather used for steel plants ; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to reduce tariffs on Steel imports in case the price rise continues and if so, the details thereof;

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STEEL

(SHRI RAM CHANDRA PRASAD SINGH)

(a)to(c):  Steel  is  a  de-regulated  sector.  Commercial  decisions  such  as  production, export/import  are  taken  by  the  steel  companies.    However,  the  Government  has taken various steps to increase availability of iron and steel, which, inter-alia, include Mining and Mineral Policy reforms to ensure enhanced production and availability of iron  ore,  early  operationalization  of  forfeited  working  mines  of  Odisha  by  the State/Central PSUs etc., besides ramping up production and capacity utilization by steel  producers.  In  Union  Budget  2021-22,  Customs  Duty  has  been  reduced uniformly to 7.5% on Semis, Flat and Long products of non-alloy, alloy and stainless steels. Further, BCD on steel scrap has been exempted for a period up to 31 st March, 2022. In addition to the above, ADD and CVD on certain steel products have also been revoked / temporarily revoked.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1048 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Funds allocated to Telangana
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Sanjay Kumar Bandi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1048

TO BE ANSWERED ON Monday, July 26, 2021/ 04 Sravana, 1943 (Saka)

## Funds allocated to Telangana

## 1048. SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the amount of funds allocated to Telangana under various welfare schemes during the last seven years, scheme-wise;
- (b) whether utilization certificates have been submitted on time by the State Government and if not, the action considered to be taken by the Government;
- (c) whether  any  deviation  of  funds  from  one  scheme  to  other  had  been  identified  by  the Government; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action considered to be taken against such deviation?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

(a): The Union Government through the Ministries/Departments provides resources to States including the  State  of  Telangana  for  welfare  schemes/programmes.  The  details  of  the  transfers  to  the  State  of Telangana are as below:

(Rs. in crore)

|   Sl. No. | Description    |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21(RE) |
|-----------|----------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|---------------|
|         1 | Tax Devolution |      8189 |     12351 |     14876 |     16420 |     18561 |   15987.6 |       12691.6 |
|         2 | Grants-in-Aid  |      7118 |      9394 |      9752 |      8059 |      8178 |   11598.4 |       10525.4 |

Source: Report of the CAG on State Finances for the year ended March, 2019 and State Budget Documents-2021-22.

(b) to (d): As per the extant practice, release of funds to the States under various programmes including Schemes/Programmes mandated by the Finance Commission are governed by prescribed guidelines of the  respective  Schemes/Programmes,  submission  of  Utilization  Certificates  for  funds  released  as  per General Financial Rules (GFRs) and availability of funds within Gross Budgetary Support (GBS) with the Union Government. Funds that remain unutilized are adjusted towards the grants payable during the next years.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1047 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Reshuffling of subjects in Engineering Courses
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1047 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## Reshuffling of subjects in Engineering Courses

## 1047. SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

## Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) has proposed to make  Mathematics  and  Physics  optional  in Class XII for admission  into engineering courses;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the AICTE has assessed the number of teachers required to offer bridge courses to engineering students who have not studied these subjects;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the other steps taken or proposed to be taken by the AICTE in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) &  (b):Yes Sir. There are 14 options of subjects provided in All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE) Approval Process Handbook  (APH)  2021-22 for admission in  Engineering  and  Technology.  Out  of  14  subjects  at  class  XI  &  XII,  if  a student  has  not  done  a  certain  subject  which  is  essential  for  the  study  of  a  specific discipline of engineering, then student shall be required to take pre-requisite additional course (s) either on Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) before joining the  degree  programme  or  at  least  in  the  very  first  year  of  engineering  before proceeding to learn advanced courses in Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry and Biology which are part of Model curriculum of AICTE for different engineering courses.

(c) to (e): APH has a provision for the universities to offer suitable bridge courses such as  Mathematics,  Physics,  Engineering  drawing,  etc  for  the  students  coming  from diverse backgrounds to achieve desired learning outcome. Further, most of the bridge courses  are  available  on  MOOCs  and  therefore  students  can  take  benefit  of  this arrangement. The existing faculty of the institutes can hold the bridge classes.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1042 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Construction of Yatri Niwas
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†1042 ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## CONSTRUCTION OF YATRI NIWAS

†1042. SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) the  place-wise  details  of  'Yatri  Niwas'  located  in  various States as on date;
- (b) whether  there  is  any  proposal  for  the  construction  of  'Yatri Niwas' in various States during the current financial year; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

MINISTER OF TOURISM

(a) to (c): The Ministry of Tourism, Government of India, does not compile state-wise details of Yatri Niwas', since the Ministry has no  scheme  to  construct/set  up  Yatri  Niwas'  in the country. Construction  of  tourist  accommodation  units is  primarily  a  State Government/ private sector activity.

The mandate of the Ministry is to grant approval to new hotel projects and classify operational hotels under a voluntary scheme of classification/ approval.

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