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Lok Sabha Question No. 2845 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Integrated Development of Theme Based Tourist Circuit in Karnataka
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Sanganna Amarappa Karadi, S. Muniswamy, Annasaheb Shankar Jolle, Umesh G. Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2845 ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF THEME BASED TOURIST CIRCUIT

## IN KARNATAKA

2845. SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

SHRI S. MUNISWAMY:

SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Swadesh  Darshan  Scheme  launched  for  the integrated development of theme based tourist circuits has no tourist circuit included from the State of Karnataka;
- (b) whether the Government is tracing any such circuit from the State of Karnataka;
- (c) whether there is a plan to consider a few important places of religious importance from the State of Karnataka in the near future;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  sanction  funds  for  this scheme to Karnataka in near future in view of the State being large in size and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether all  States  are  covered  under  this  scheme  and  if  so, the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  whether  there  will  be  uniform coverage for all the States, area-wise and population-wise?

## ANSWER

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

MINISTER OF TOURISM

(a) to (e):   The    Ministry  of    Tourism    has    not    sanctioned    any tourism  project  in    the    State    of    Karnataka  under  its    Swadesh Darshan  scheme,  however,  the  Ministry  of  Tourism  has  already sanctioned  76  projects  in  31  States/UT  Administrations  under  the scheme.  The  Ministry  has  now  revamped  its  Swadesh  Darshan scheme for sanctioning of  new projects in the country,   following  a destination and  tourist  centric  approach. In  addition,  the Ministry of  Tourism  under  its   ongoing scheme of  'Pilgrimage  Rejuvenation  and Spiritual, Heritage, Augmentation Drive  (PRASHAD)'    also    sanctions    projects  in  the      country  for development  of tourism infrastructure with the objective of integrated development of identified pilgrimage and heritage destinations. Development  of  Tourism  is  primarily  responsibility  of  the  State Governments/Union  Territory Administrations. The Ministry of Tourism    had  advised  the    State    Government    of  Karnataka    for submission  of  proposal  to  be taken  up  under  Swadesh Darshan scheme.  The  State  Government  of  Karnataka  has  submitted  a concept  proposal  for  Development  of  Sri  Chamundeshwari  Devi Temple in Mysuru under PRASHAD scheme. Site visit to Chamundeshwari Temple  has  been  conducted  on  10 th  February, 2022 and  the  State  Government  has  set  the  target  to  submit the Detailed  Project  Report (DPR)  for  further  approval  of  project under  PRASHAD  scheme.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2841 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Branches of Banks in Gram Panchayats
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Ganesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2841.

## ANSWERED ON MONDAY, MARCH 21, 2022/PHALGUNA 30, 1943 (SAKA)

## Branches of Banks in Gram Panchayats

## 2841. SHRI GANESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to open the branches of Nationalised Banks in those Gram Panchayats which situated far from cities across the country;
- (b) if so, whether the Government proposes to open the branches of Nationalised Banks in Ramgarh Berhna, Ghunwara, Singhpur, Khamharia, Tala Villages under Satna Parliamentary Constituency in Madhya Pradesh in which commercial activities are done at large scale; and
- (c)    if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  time  by  which  the  sanction  is  likely  to  be  granted?

## Answer

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## (DR BHAGWAT KARAD)

(a) to (c)  In terms of the revised guidelines issued by Reserve Bank of India (RBI) vide circular on 'Rationalization  of  Branch  Authorization  Policy'  No.  DBR.BAPD.BC.69/22.01.001/2016-17  dated May 18, 2017, the term ' Branch' has been substituted by 'Banking Outlet (BO)' which includes both physical  brick  and  mortar  branches  and  Business  Correspondent  (BC)  outlets  to  enable  banks  in expanding their network even in remote rural areas in a cost-effective manner for hassle free services to customers in rural areas.

In pursuance of extant RBI guidelines, rolling out of banking outlets in uncovered areas is a continuous process  looked  after  by  the  State  Level  Bankers'  Committee  (SLBC),  in  consultation  with  the concerned  State  Government,  member  banks  and  other  stakeholders.  Banks, inter-alia ,  consider proposals for opening banking outlets in the light of RBI's instructions, their business plans and their commercial viability. To further assess the viability  for opening a banking  outlet, banks carry out survey as required.

To ensure availability of banking outlet (Bank branch  / Business Correspondent/India Post Payments Bank),  within  5  kilometres  of  all  inhabited  villages,  the  Government  has  launched  a  Geographic Information  System  (GIS)  based  App.,  namely,  Jan  Dhan  Darshak  App  (JDD  App)  developed  by National  Informatics  Centre  (NIC).  Banks  upload  the  GIS  location  of  their  branches,  Business Correspondents (BCs) and Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) on the app.

As apprised by the State Level Bankers' Committee, Madhya Pradesh, there is no unbanked village in the Satna District of Madhya Pradesh. While Ghunwara, Singhpur and Tala villages are covered by 'Madhyanchal Gramin Bank', banking services in other villages  viz; Ramgarh, Berhna  Khamharia are provided through the Business Correspondents.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2838 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Teachers Trainers
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel, Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2838 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST  MARCH, 2022

## Teachers Trainers

## †2838. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL: SHRIMATI MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) whether continuous training of teachers has been stressed after implementation of New Education Policy by the Government; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) the details of vacant posts of teacher trainers in the country, State-wise including in Bundelkhand region in Uttar Pradesh State and Uttarakhand State; and

(d) the measures being taken by the Government to fill these vacant posts?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) & (b) Yes, the National Education Policy 2020 reiterates the need for continuous opportunities for self-improvement of teachers to learn the latest innovations and advances in their professions. Training is to be offered in multiple modes, such as, workshops, online teacher development modules, etc. NEP also  stipulates  that  each  teacher  is  to  participate  in  at  least  50  hours  of  continuous  professional development (CPD) opportunities every year. (c) & (d) Recruitment  is  a  continuous  process.  The  vacancies  keep  arising  due  to  retirement  and additional requirements on account of enhanced students' strength. Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution. The recruitment, service conditions and deployment of teacher educators comes under the purview of the concerned State/Union Territory (UT) Government. Ministry of Education has  been  requesting  all  the  States  and  UT  Governments  for  filling-up  the  vacant  posts  of  teachers, teacher educators and their rational deployment, for which the Ministry issues advisories to all States and UTs from time to time.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2834 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Invoking of SARFAESI Act
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair. Sreekandan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

ANSWERED ON Monday; March, 21, 2022/Phalguna 30, 1943 (Saka)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2834

## Invoking of SARFAESI Act

## 2834. SHRI VK SREEKANDAN:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the financial institutions, including nationalised banks have initiated to invoke the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Securities Interest (SARFAESI) Act against farmers for the farm loans took by them in many parts of Kerala including in the Wayanad district and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is also a fact that the said invocation is being undertaken by the financial institutions and nationalised banks when the farming community in many parts of Kerala was struggling with the impacts of the floods in 2018 and 2019 as well as the outbreak of the Covid-19 pandemic coupled with the sharp fall in prices of crops;
- (c) if so, whether it is also true that there have been protests against this action by the farming community in many of Kerala and if so, the details thereof; and parts
- (d) the corrective steps taken by the Government to protect the farming community?

## ANSWER

The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (Dr. Bhagwat Kisanrao Karad)

Answer to question nos (a) to (d)

As per section 31() of the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (SARFAESI) Act; 2002 , banks and financial institutions are not empowered to invoke SARFAESI Act where the repayment of the loan is secured by agricultural land. institutions are not empowered to invoke SARFAESI Act in cases where ihe amount due from the borrower is below Rupees one lakh:

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2833 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Sharing Pattern under SDRMF
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Mahesh Sahoo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2833

Answered on March 21, 2022/ Phalguna 30, 1943 (Saka)

## 'Sharing Pattern under SDRMF'

## 2833. SHRI MAHESH SAHOO:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the 15th Finance Commission has recommended sharing pattern ratio of 75: 25 between the Centre and States in States Disaster Risk Management Fund(SDRMF);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  with  a  score  of  90:10,  the  Government  will  allow  a  special dispensation of sharing pattern 90:10 at par with the North Eastern States; and
- (d) if not, the reason therefor ?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Yes Sir. The 15th Finance Commission has recommended the cost-sharing ratio between the Union and State Governments of 75:25 for general states and 90:10 for NorthEast and Himalayan States in the SDRMF.

(c) to (d):  The Union Government vide Para 13 of the Explanatory Memorandum as to the action taken on the recommendations made by the 15 th Finance Commission in its report for the  award  period  2021-22  to  2025-26  has  inter-alia  accepted  the  recommendation  on continuation of the existing cost-sharing ratio between the Union and State Governments of 75:25 for general states and 90:10 for North-East and Himalayan States.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2831 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Public Sector GICs
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: M. K. Raghavan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2831

ANSWERED ON - 21.3.2022

## Public Sector GICs

2831. SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has arrived at the names of public sector General Insurance Companies (GICs) for privatisation and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has any plans to infuse funds into public sector GICs to improve its solvency ratio in 2022-23 and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has permitted General Insurance Public Sector Association of India to undertake talks on wage revision of its employees and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether General Insurance Public Sector Association of India has entered into wage revision talks with registered Trade Associations of public sector GICs; and
- (e) if so, the details regarding the meetings held and decisions arrived at?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DR. BHAGWAT KARAD)

(a): As per inputs received from Department of Investment and Public Asset Management, Government  has  not  yet  decided  on  the  Public  Sector  General  Insurance  Companies (PSGICs) that are to be privatised.

(b):  Government  is  in  receipt  of  a  proposal  from  the  General  Insurers'  (Public  Sector) Association  of  India  (GIPSA)  for  capital  infusion  for  PSGICs  towards  supporting  their solvency position.

(c) to (e): Wages in PSGICs are settled periodically on the basis of negotiations between PSGICs and the unions of workmen employees of PSGICs, in terms of the provisions of section 19 of the Industrial Disputes Act, 1947. In case of non-workmen employees, wage revision is agreed to between PSGICs and associations of such employees after discussions among them. PSGICs negotiate/discuss with unions/associations through GIPSA. Based on such settlement/discussions, the amendments proposed by GIPSA to the schemes made by the Central Government under section 17A of General Insurance Business (Nationalisation) Act, 1972 for regulating the terms and conditions of PSGIC employees are considered  by  the  Government.  Government  is  not  in  receipt  of  any  such  wage settlement/revision proposal at present.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2829 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Data of Migrant Workers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara, Shyam Yadav Singh, Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao, Abdul Majeed Ariff

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2829

TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## DATA OF MIGRANT WORKERS

## 2829. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR:

SHRI SHYAM SINGH YADAV:

SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

ADV. A.M. ARIFF:

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

- (a)whether  the  Government  has  started  maintaining  database  for migrant  workers  with  regard  to  a  special  portal  for  all  kinds  of workers, if so, the details thereof along with the number of migrant workers  in  various  States  of  the  country,  Statewise  including  the workers  from  Jaunpur  district  in  Uttar  Pradesh  working  in  other States, Statewise; if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b)whether  the  Government  has  put  in  place  any  mechanism  to  fix accountability  upon  employers,  labour  departments  of  source  and destination States to track recruitments and placements, movement of  labour  and  operation  of  contractors  with  respect  to inter-State migration for domestic workers; and
- (c)whether the Government has in place special focused measures for women workers and children where family migrates as a whole to another State for livelihood opportunities?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  has    launched  e-SHRAM portal,  a  National  Database  of  the  Unorganised  Workers  on  26 th August,  2021.  It  has  been  made  available  to  the  States/UTs  for registration  of  unorganised  workers  including  migrant  workers  on  eSHRAM portal. The main objective of the e-SHRAM portal is to create a

national database of unorganised workers seeded with Aadhaar. It is also  to  facilitate  delivery  of  Social  Security  and  welfare  Schemes  to such workers. As on 14.03.2022, more than 26.60 crore unorganised workers have been registered on this portal.

(b) & (c): In  order  to  safeguard  the  interest  of  the  migrant  workers, the Central Government had enacted the Inter-state Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Act, 1979. This Act  has  now  been  subsumed  in  the  Occupational  Safety,  Health  and Working Conditions Code, 2020.  The aforementioned code commonly known as OSH Code, provides for decent working conditions, minimum wages, grievances redressal mechanisms, protection from abuse and exploitation,  enhancement  of  the  skills  and  social  security  to  all category of organised and unorganised workers including migrant domestic workers.  The Code is applicable to every establishment in  which  ten or  more  inter-state  migrant  workers  are employed  or  were  employed  on  any  day  of  the  preceding  twelve months.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2827 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: IIITDM, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Talari Rangaiah

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2827 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## IIITDM, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh

## 2827. DR. TALARI RANGAIAH:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  sanctioned  Indian  Institute  of  Information Technology, Design and Manufacturing (IIITDM) Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh as per Andhra Pradesh re-organization Act, 2014;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  indicating  the  progress  and  the  performance  of IIITDM, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh; and
- (c) the funds allocated, released and utilised and the timeline for completion of the IIITDM, Kurnool, Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)   :  Yes Sir.
- (b)   :  Indian  Institute  of  Information  Technology  Design  and  Manufacturing (IIITDM), Kurnool started its academic session from the campus of its Mentor Institute i.e. IIITDM Kancheepuram from 2015-16 with initial student intake of 50. The Institute is operating from its permanent campus at Jagannathagattu Hill, Kurnool from July 2018.  The current students' strength is 616.  Institute offers  UG,  PG  and  Ph.D  programmes in the Department of Computer Science and  Engineering  (CSE),  Electronics  and  Communication  Engineering  (ECE), Mechanical Engineering (ME), etc. Apart from existing buildings i.e. Administrative cum Academic building, hostels and Dining halls, construction of 12 buildings in permanent campus is in an advance stage.
- (c)   :  An amount  of  Rs.297.00  crore  was  approved  for  establishment  of permanent campus of IIITDM Kurnool, out of which an amount of Rs.151.35 crore has been released.  The likely date of completion of permanent campus is December, 2022.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2826 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Funds Spent on Kannada Classical Language
Ministry: Education
Asked by: D.K. Suresh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2826 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## Funds Spent on Kannada Classical Language

## 2826.      SHRI D.K.SURESH:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that the Government is not providing adequate funds to Kannada despite it is accorded the status of classical language; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c)  the  details  of  the  total  funds  released  and  spent  on  Kannada  classical language till date; (d)  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  suggestion/complaint  in  this
- regard; and
- (e) if so, the response of the Government in this regard?

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

(a)  to  (e)  : No  Sir. The  focus  of  the  Government  of  India  is  to  promote  all Indian Languages including Classical Kannada language. The National Education Policy, 2020 focuses on promotion of all Indian Languages including six classical Languages. The Centre of Excellence for Studies in Classical Kannada that was earlier  functioning  from  Central  Institute  of  Indian  Languages  (CIIL),  Mysuru has  been  shifted  from  the  Institute  to  Mysuru  University  as  per  the  demands from stakeholders. Government of India releases funds to CIIL for promotion of Classical  Kannada  and  some  other  Classical  Languages.  CIIL  in  turn  releases funds to respective centres as per the requirement and utilisation. An amount of Rs.13.30 crore has been allotted to CIIL for the purpose of implementation of Classical Kannada Language and expenditure incurred is Rs.5.71 crore, so far.

Various  suggestions  received  from  time  to  time  with  regard  to  promotion  of Classical Kannada have been noted.  Government of India has constituted a High Powered  Committee  to  explore  and  recommend  pathways  for  the  holistic  and multidisciplinary  growth  of  Indian  Languages  as  envisaged  in  the  National Education  Policy,  2020.  The  Committee  will  also  advise  the  Ministry  on  all matters pertaining to promotion of classical languages.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2825 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-21
Subject: Adarsh Vidyalayas
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Jual Oram

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2825 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2022

## Adarsh Vidyalayas

2825. SHRI JUAL ORAM:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has a proposal to set up Adarsh Vidyalayas in the Scheduled Districts in every State;
- (b) if  so,  the  number  of  Scheduled  Districts  identified  in  the  State  of  Odisha  for  the establishment of Adarsh Vidyalayas;
- (c) whether any such Adarsh Vidyalaya is proposed to be set up in Sundargarh District, a Scheduled District of Odisha; and
- (d) if so, the steps taken in this regard?

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

(a)  to  (d):    The  Finance  Minister  in  her  Budget  Speech  on  01.02.2021  has  announced  to qualitatively  strengthen  more  than  15,000  schools  from  across  the  country  to  include  all components  of  the  National  Education  Policy,  2020.  The  objective  is  to  develop  them  as exemplar schools in their regions, handholding and mentoring other schools to achieve the ideals of the policy.

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