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Lok Sabha Question No. 1018 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Land Acquired by Bokaro Steel Plant
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

THE MINISTER OF STEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1018 FOR ANSWER ON 26/07/2021

## LAND ACQUIRED BY BOKARO STEEL PLANT

## 1018.  SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  total  area  of  land  transferred  to  persons,  non-government organisations, educational institutions out of the land acquired for Bokaro Steel Plant;
- (b) whether the allotment of land to beneficiaries on lease basis has been made during  the  last  three  years  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  year-wise  and  period  for which the land has been allotted on lease;
- (c) the criterion adopted for allotment of land;
- (d) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  provisions  of  Land  Acquisition  Act, 1894 have been violated and if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (e) the total area of land or numbers of houses allotted on lease during the last three years till date?

## ANSWER

(SHRI RAM CHANDRA PRASAD SINGH)

(a)&(b): Steel Authority of India Limited(SAIL) has not  transferred land to persons, non-government organisations or educational institutions out of the land acquired for Bokaro Steel Plant. However, SAIL has allotted 964.705 acres of land on lease basis to persons, educational institutions, PSU etc. out of land acquired for Bokaro Steel Plant for the development of civic amenities to cater the needs of the populace of the city.

During the last three years allotment of land has been made on lease basis for a period of 33 years to M/s GAIL (India) Limited (2.5 acres) for the construction of Tap Off Point (ToP) as well as Sectionalising Valve Station in 2019 and to Jharkhand State  Cricket  Association  (affiliated  to  Board  of  Control  for  Cricket  in  India)  (20.17 acres) for construction of Cricket Stadium in 2021.

- (c) Allotment of land has been made by SAIL in accordance with the guidelines as approved by the Board of Directors of SAIL during 340 th meeting held on 21 st and 25 th July, 2008.
- (d) No, Sir.
- (e) No  house/quarter  has  been  allotted  on  lease  basis  by  Bokaro  Steel  Plant during last three years.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1017 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Conservation Projects Through National Culture Fund
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Rama Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1017 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH  July, 2021

## CONSERVATION PROJECTS THROUGH NATIONAL CULTURE FUND

## 1017.   SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI

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

- (a) whether the conservation projects being implemented through funds received from  National  Culture  Fund  (NCF)  are  being  monitored  by  the  Project Monitoring Committee;
- (b) if so, the shortcomings detected by the  Government  during  the said monitoring; and
- (c) the action taken by the Government at the central level to address the said shortcomings along with the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

## (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a)    Yes  Sir,  a  Project  Implementation  Committee  (PIC)  is  constituted  at  the commencement of each project to monitor the progress of the project.  The Project Implementation Committee comprises of experts and representatives of the

concerned parties involved in the project.

- (b)  &  (c)    The  shortcomings  or  delays,  if  any,  in  the  execution  of  the  projects  are rectified  or  reasons  of  delay  addressed  to  achieve  the  outcomes  listed  in  the Memorandum of Understanding (MoUs) agreed between the NCF, sponsoring party and execution agency.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1016 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Skill Development of Migrant Labourers
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Pradeep Kumar Singh, Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1016 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT OF MIGRANT LABOURERS

## 1016.  SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

## Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government has formulated any  roadmap/plan for skill mapping  and skill development of migrant labourers; specially from Bihar and Rajasthan;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to train migrant labourers with industry relevant vocational skills and index their wages with the skills they possess?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) Yes Sir. Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has formulated the special programme for the training of reverse Shramik (migrant) imparted from COVID19 under its flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY).
- (b)       This special programme for training of reverse migrants under PMKVY has covered 116 districts  of  6  States  namely  Bihar,  Jharkhand,  Madhya Pradesh,  Odisha,  Rajasthan and  Uttar  Pradesh  selected  under  Garib  Kalyan  Rojgar  Abhiyan  (GKRA)  of  Ministry  of Rural Development. PMKVY has two components namely Short Term Training (STT) and Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL).  As  on  10.07.2021,  70,823  migrants  have  been trained  /  oriented  (32,789  in  short  term  training  STT)  +  38,034  in  Recognition  of  Prior Learning (RPL)) including 31,619 from State of Bihar and 12,478 from State of Rajasthan.
- (c) Under  this  special  programme  the  identification  of  reverse  migrants  and  their mapping with job roles was done with the support of District Administration. Also, STT is linked to placement, while RPL recognizes the exciting skills of candidates and does not mandate placement. Under STT-PMKVY, 32,789 and 22,954 candidates have been rained and  certified,  respectively.  Out  of  certified  Candidates,  9,161  candidates  have  been provided with the placement (wage/self employment) in various sectors.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1015 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Development of Temples in Odisha
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. † 1015

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## DEVELOPMENT OF TEMPLES IN ODISHA

## † 1015. SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  pilgrimages  like  temples  and  ancient  monuments  being  developed  in Kalahandi and Noapada districts in Odisha;
- (b) whether steps have been taken for the beautification of such  temples and monuments;
- (c) if  so,  whether  the  Odisha  unit  of  Archaeological  survey  of  India  (ASI) has made any recommendations in this regard;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the funds allocated for beautification and development of such temples and monuments?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  Conservation, preservation and environmental development work of centrally  protected  monuments  and  temples  in  the  country  including  one monument  in  Kalahandi  and  Noapada  districts  in  Odisha  is  a  continuous process  and  same  is  attended  regularly  by  the  Archaeological  Survey  of India (ASI) as per the availability of resources.
- (b)  Yes Sir. In addition to conservation of monuments the development works are attended keeping regard to the archaeological norms and principles and Conservation  Policy  of  ASI,  2014,  with  a  thrust  on  retaining  originality, authenticity & integrity of protected monuments.
- (c) & (d) ASI Odisha Unit submits Annual Conservation Programme  following conservation guidelines, archaeological norms & principles and Conservation Policy of ASI which is implemented after due scrutiny.
- (e)  The funds allocated for conservation, preservation & environmental development  work  of  protected  monuments  of  ASI  in  Odisha,  for  current financial year 2020-21, is Rs. 363 lakh.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1014 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Creation of Corpus for Salaries and Arrears
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Mahesh Sahoo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF INVESTMENT AND PUBLIC ASSET MANAGEMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1014

SRAVANA 4, 1943 (SAKA)

## CREATION OF CORPUS FOR SALARIES AND ARREARS

## 1014. SHRI MAHESH SAHOO:

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) under the aegis of the Ministry is creating a COrpus of about Rs 150/175 crore t0 pay salary arrears pending since March 2020 and other statutory dues as decided in the ministerial meeting on 10.11.2020 and minutes on 01.12.2020 to save the employees of Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL) in Jajpur and Odisha from starvation;
- (b) if so, the details thereof:
- whether DIPAM is arrangements with consortium of banks for restructuring of NINL*s loan or deferment of loan interest RBI guidelines on COVID using
- making   necessary restructuring; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## (DR: BHAGWAT KISHANRAO KARAD)

- (a) to (d): Neelachal Ispat Nigam Limited (NINL) is a Joint Venture company of 4 CPSEs namely MMTC Limited, NMDC Limited, Bharat Heavy Electrical Limited (BHEL) and MECON Limited and 2 State PSUs of Odisha Government, namely, Industrial Promotion and  Investment Corporation of Orissa Ltd. (IPICOL) and Odisha Mining Corporation (OMC) MMTC Limited is the controlling promoter in the NINL.

DIPAM is not creating a corpus to pay salary arrears and other statutory dues. However; on successful completion of disinvestment transaction, the Waterfall Agreement among promoters envisages priority for payment of dues of employees from the consideration received from disinvestment.

NINL has informed that had submitted an application to consortium of banks for deferment of existing loan payment schedule through suitable Restructuring Plan: they

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1013 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Incentives for GST Payment
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: A. Ganeshamurthi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1013

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

## INCENTIVES FOR GST PAYMENT

## 1013. SHRI A. GANESHAMURTHI:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  it  is  true  that  the  Government  is  awarding/  giving  incentives  to  those  companies paying the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regularly and properly to the Government;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  manner  and  method  to  be  adopted  to  give  incentives  to  those  companies  paying  GST properly; and
- (d) the total number of such companies which were paid incentives since the implementation of GST, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) Yes, the Government has awarded Appreciation Certificates, on the eve of completion of 4 years of GST, to 54,439 (Fifty-four thousand four hundred and thirty-nine) taxpayers who have made substantial contribution in payment of GST and filed their returns in a timely manner. The state -wise distribution of these 54,439 taxpayers is as under:

| State/UT       |   Count of GSTIN |
|----------------|------------------|
| Maharashtra    |            15131 |
| Karnataka      |             7254 |
| Tamil Nadu     |             5589 |
| Haryana        |             3459 |
| West Bengal    |             2977 |
| Telangana      |             2863 |
| Rajasthan      |             2527 |
| Uttar Pradesh  |             2179 |
| Gujarat        |             2162 |
| Punjab         |             1709 |
| Madhya Pradesh |             1694 |

| Kerala                      | 1385   |
|-----------------------------|--------|
| Delhi                       | 1163   |
| Uttarakhand                 | 895    |
| Assam                       | 583    |
| Bihar                       | 551    |
| Andhra Pradesh              | 516    |
| Goa                         | 436    |
| Chandigarh                  | 361    |
| Chhattisgarh                | 192    |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli      | 181    |
| Odisha                      | 128    |
| Tripura                     | 104    |
| Jharkhand                   | 96     |
| Meghalaya                   | 88     |
| Himachal Pradesh            | 60     |
| Pondicherry                 | 47     |
| Sikkim                      | 44     |
| Jammu and Kashmir           | 32     |
| Mizoram                     | 24     |
| Arunachal Pradesh           | 2      |
| Nagaland                    | 2      |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 2      |
| Manipur                     | 1      |
| Lakshadweep Islands         | 1      |
| Ladakh                      | 1      |
| Total                       | 54,439 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1012 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Labour Protection in Terms of Job Security
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1012 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## LABOUR PROTECTION IN TERMS OF JOB SECURITY

1012. MS. RAMYA HARIDAS:

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

- (a)whether it is a fact that the labourers working on construction sites can
- avail medical benefits under the Employees' State Insurance Scheme; (b)if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether the Government is planning to strengthen the labour protection in  terms  of  job  security,  wages,  working  conditions,  social  security  and welfare; and
- (d)if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): The Employees' State Insurance Corporation (ESIC) had covered  construction  site  workers  w.e.f.  31.07.2015.    However,  on  the plea  of  Builders'  Association,  the  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  of  India  has granted stay on the coverage of construction site workers.  The stay is still in force and the matter is sub judice.
- (c) & (d): The Government has enacted four Labour Codes; namely, the Code on Wages, 2019, the Industrial Relations Code, 2020, the Code on Social  Security,  2020  and  the  Occupational  Safety,  Health  and  Working Conditions Code, 2020 with the objective to provide minimum and timely wages, a safe working environment to protect health of workers in order to create positive impact on their lives, welfare facilities in establishments, extension of the coverage of social security to workers including unorganised workers, gig workers  and platform workers, etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1010 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Giving up of LPG Subsidy
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: S. Venkatesan

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1010 TO BE ANSWERED ON  26 th  JULY, 2021

## Giving up of LPG Subsidy

1010. SHRI S. VENKATESAN:

पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of LPG connections given in total so far throughout the country as on 31.03.2021;
- (b) the number of LPG customers who have responded to the call of 'Give up subsidy' so far throughout the country as on 31.03.2021;
- (c) the total subsidy given for LPG connections in the financial years starting from 2015 to 2021 year-wise; and
- (d)  the  savings  in  subsidy  due  to  response  to  'Give  up  subsidy'  call  in  the  Financial years starting from 2016- 2021 with details of number of options, year-wise?

## ANSWER पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ी रामेवर तेल

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

- (a) & (b) The total number of LPG customers as on 31.03.2021 across the country is 28.95 crore. As on 31.03.2021, 1.08 crore LPG consumers have given up their subsidy under 'GiveItUp' campaign across the country.
- (c)  The details of amount of subsidy/under-recovery on supply of domestic LPG  from 2015-16 to 2020-21 are given as under:
- (d)    As  per  available  data,  the  estimated  savings  due  to  blocked/non-subsidised domestic/GiveItUp consumers from 2015-16 to 2020-21 is  Rs.  57,768 crore.

| Particulars   | Total Subsidy/ Under-recovery on Domestic LPG ( ₹ in crore)   |
|---------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2015-16       | 22,029                                                        |
| 2016-17       | 18,337                                                        |
| 2017-18       | 23,464                                                        |
| 2018-19       | 37,209                                                        |
| 2019-20       | 24,172                                                        |
| 2020-21(P)    | 11,896                                                        |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1007 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Auction of Oil and Gas Fields
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1007 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 th  July, 2021

## Auction of Oil and Gas Fields

†1007. SHRIMATI RANJANBEN DHANANJAY BHATT:

पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंी

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

- (a) whether the Government has not made use of ONGC and Oil India Limited in increasing hydrocarbon production till now;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to auction large oil and gas fields; and
- (c) if so, whether the Government has taken any steps in this regard so far and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

पेोिलयम और ाकृितक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामेर तेली )

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

- (a) to (c) The bulk of production of oil & gas in the country comes from ONGC and Oil India Ltd (OIL). The total production of oil and gas in the country during 202021  was  30.49  Million  Metric  tons  of  oil  and  28.67  Billion  cubic  metre  of  gas. ONGC and OIL produced 76% of oil and 85% of gas out of total production.

The Government introduced the policy reforms on 28 th Feb, 2019, in exploration and  licensing  policy  for  enhancing  domestic  exploration  and  production.  The reforms  provides  that  in  respect  of  the  large  and  marginal  nomination  fields, ONGC  and  OIL  can  choose  field  specific  production  enhancement  models including farm out and Joint Ventures/ Technical Service Model.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1005 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Teaching Indian Philosphy
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Pushpendra Singh Chandel

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1005 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## Teaching Indian Philosophy

## †1005. SHRIMATI MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH; SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  plan  to  teach  the  students  through interesting methods under the New Education Policy;

(b) if so, the arrangement made by the Government to provide training to the teachers in this regard;

(c) whether the Government has proposed to include Indian Philosophy and famous legends and  folklores  in  middle  and  high  school  curriculum  along  with  providing  education  in mother tongue; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) & (b ): Department of School Education and Literacy, Ministry of Education launched a National Initiative for Proficiency in Reading with Understanding and Numeracy (NIPUN Bharat)  on  5th  July  2021,  for  ensuring  that  every  child  in  the  country  necessarily  attains foundational literacy and numeracy by the end of Grade 3, by 2026-27.  This Mission, which has been launched under the aegis of the centrally sponsored scheme of Samagra Shiksha, focuses  on  providing  access  and  retaining  children  in  foundational  years  of  schooling; teacher capacity building; development of high quality and diversified Student and Teacher Resources/Learning Materials; and tracking the progress of each child in achieving learning outcomes. It promotes activity based learning and Innovative pedagogies such as toy-based and  experiential  learning  for  use in  classroom  transaction  to  make  learning  a  joyful  and engaging activity. Nipun Bharat lays special emphasis on capacity building of teachers and a special package for foundational literacy and Numeracy under NISHTHA is developed by National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) for teachers teaching at pre-primary  to  primary  grade.  The  prominent  feature  of  this  integrated  programme  is the activity  based  modules  for  innovative  child  centric  pedagogies,  including  educational games  and  quizzes, Social-emotional  learning,  motivational  interactions,  team  building, preparation  for  school  based  assessment,  in-built  continuous  feedback  mechanism,  online monitoring and support system, training gap and impact analysis (Pre and Post training), and

inclusion.

(c) and (d): Para 4.32 of the New Education Policy (NEP), 2020 entrusted States to prepare their own curricula, (which may be based on the National Curriculum Framework for School Education (NCFSE) prepared by NCERT to the extent possible) incorporating State flavour and material as needed. It also emphasizes to make available such textbooks in all regional languages.

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