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Lok Sabha Question No. 404 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Use of Renewable Energy in Textile Industry
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Hema Malini

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *404 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2023

## USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY IN TEXTILE INDUSTRY

## *404. SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री be pleased to state :

- (a) whether it is a fact that the textile industry is one among those industries which have the highest negative effects on the environment, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the damage caused to the environment by the textile industry can be reduced or minimised by using Decentralised Renewable Energy (DRE) to the maximum, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the use of the said DRE can significantly accelerate the level of the textile production and also increase and improve productivity of the rural micro, small and medium scale enterprises; and
- (d)  whether  adequate  steps  have  been  taken  in  the  said  direction  by  the  Government  during  the  past years?

## उत्तर

ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंत्री ( श्री पीयूष गोयल )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (d):A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## Statement referred to in reply to the Lok Sabha Starrerd Question no. *404 to be answered on 29.03.2023 by SMT. HEMA MALINI regarding 'Use of Renewable Energy in Textile Industry'

(a): In  order  to  facilitate  the  textile  industry  to  meet  the  required  environmental  standards  and  to support new Common Effluent Treatment Plants (CETP)/ upgradation of CETPs in existing processing clusters  as  well  as  new  processing  parks  specially  in  the  Coastal  Zones,  the  Ministry  of  Textiles  is implementing Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS).

(b): Decentralised Renewable Energy (DRE) can help in replacing the conventional electricity/diesel being  used  in  the  Textile  Industry,  thus  saving  carbon  emission  generated  from  use  of  conventional electricity/diesel.

(c): In  case  of  rural  micro,  small  and  medium  scale  enterprises  where  grid  connectivity  is  not available or not reliable, DRE can provide a reliable source of electricity and would help in increasing the productivity of these enterprises.

(d): At present, there is no specific scheme to provide financial support to DRE in Textile Industry. However,  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  (MNRE)  is  implementing  PM-KUSUM  scheme, wherein  under  Component-A,  small  solar  power  plants  upto  2  MW  capacity  can  be  installed  on  the barren/pastures/marshy  land  of  farmers  in  rural  areas  which  will  help  in  increasing  the  reliability  of power supply in the rural area including rural micro, small and medium scale enterprises in that area. In addition,  under  Rooftop  Solar  Programme  Phase-II,  Central  Financial  Assistance  (CFA)  is  being provided for installation of rooftop solar in residential sector. Incentives are also being provided to the distribution companies for achieving rooftop solar capacity in all sectors including rural, micro, small and medium scale enterprises.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4830 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Decongesting Trains/Goods Train Traffic
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: K. Jayakumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4830 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2023

## DECONGESTING TRAINS/GOODS TRAIN TRAFFIC

4830.  DR. K. JAYAKUMAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is a proposal to add an additional track in ChennaiGummidipoondi route to ease the present congestion of trains/goods train traffic;
- (b) if so, the time by which the project is likely to be commenced and completed;
- (c) if not, the details of the alternative proposal of the Ministry to ease the traffic congestion in this route;
- (d) whether it is possible to increase the frequency of local trains with the existing tracks; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  4830  BY  DR.  K.  JAYAKUMAR  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 29.03.2023 REGARDING DECONGESTING TRAINS/GOODS TRAIN TRAFFIC

(a)  to  (c):  On  Chennai-Gummidipundi  route,  section  between  ChennaiAttipattu  has  4  rail  lines.  Survey  for  3 rd &  4 th   line  between  Attipattu  Gumidipundi  has  been  taken  up.  Further  consideration  of  the  project  is possible once survey report is received and result thereon are firmed up.

(d)  &  (e):    Increase  in  frequency  of  EMU  services  on  Chennai  Central  Gummidipundi section is not feasible, at present, owing to path constraints during peak hours.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4829 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: ODOP in Ladakh
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Jamyang Tsering Namgyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4829. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 29 TH  MARCH, 2023.

## ODOP IN LADAKH

## 4829.  SHRI JAMYANG TSERING NAMGYAL:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) the district-wise details of One District One Product Scheme in UT of Ladakh;
- (b) whether  the  Government  provides  any  financial  assistance  to  the  districts  in implementation of ODOP in UT of Ladakh and if so, the details, thereof, district wise;
- (c) whether the Government has been facing specific issues and challenges in UT of Ladakh regarding implementation of ODOP Scheme; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री ( श्री सोम प्रकाश ) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a): The  One  District  One  Product  (ODOP)  is  an  initiative  aimed  at  fostering balanced regional development across all districts of the country. The list of products identified under the ODOP Initiative from the UT of Ladakh is as under:
- (b) to (d): The ODOP is not a scheme. There is no financial assistance provided by the

| ODOP Product List   | ODOP Product List   | ODOP Product List    | ODOP Product List   | ODOP Product List   |
|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
| S. No               | Name of the UT      | Name of the District | Product 1           | Product 2           |
| 1.                  | Ladakh              | Kargil               | Seabuckthorn        | Pashmina            |
| 2.                  | Ladakh              | Leh                  | Apricot             | Tourism             |

Government  of  India  to  any  State/UT  under  the  ODOP  Initiative.  Regular meetings with beneficiaries, social media outreach, capacity-building initiatives, etc.    are  done  to    promote    awareness  about  ODOP.  The  Initiative  has undertaken various stakeholder consultations with Pashmina manufacturing unit at  Phyang,  Woolen  Carpet  Training  Centre  for  women  at  Phyang,  Jimpo Industrial unit, SEWA NGO training centre for pashmina and woolen products, to boost manufacturing capacity and technology use by locals. The Initiative has also undertaken trade facilitation and capacity building workshops on Pashmina, Seabuckthorn, and Apricot products and buyer-seller interactions for Ladakh Pashmina and the Century Development Corporation (CDC).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4828 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Scrapping of Boards
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Girish Chandra

## SCRAPPING OF BOARDS

## 4828. SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

- (a) the details of the policy to promote the handloom sector;
- (b) whether it is a fact that the Government proposes scrapping of Boards which were established to benefit the weavers;
- (c) if so, the details in this regard; and
- (d) whether the Government is considering to keep weaving sector out of the purview of GST?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् ) THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES

## (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a): The Government of India, Ministry of Textiles has been implementing the following schemes during 2021-22 to 2025-26 for development of handlooms and welfare of weavers across the country:

1. National Handloom Development Programme;
2. Raw Material Supply Scheme;

Under  the  above  schemes,  end  to  end  support  is  provided  to  handloom  workers  for  raw materials,  looms  &  accessories,  skilling,  infrastructure  development,  design  &  product  development, marketing in domestic/overseas markets, MUDRA loans etc.

(b) & (c): After a thorough review of the functioning of the All-India Handloom Board, the Board was disbanded by the Government in the year 2020.

(d): Goods  and  Services  Tax  (GST)  has  been  introduced  by  Government  of  India  to  rationalize multiple  taxes  on  goods  &  services  and  bring  uniformity  and  transparency  in  the  taxation  system. Accordingly, it is applicable to the Textile sector, including handlooms.

GST rates are prescribed on the recommendation of GST Council, which consists of  Union Finance Minister  and  Ministers  nominated  by  representative  State  Governments.  In  its  45 th meeting,  GST Council made a recommendation for revising GST rates on textile products and related services from 5% to 12% to correct inverted duty structure in these goods and services.

Subsequently, GST Council in its 46 th meeting decided to defer the increase in GST rate on textile and textiles related job work services. Consequently, there has been no change in GST rate on garments and fabrics.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4827 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Futureskills Prime Scheme
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Bhartruhari Mahtab

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4827

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 29.03.2023

## FUTURE SKILLS  PRIME  SCHEME

## 4827.  SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

Will  the  Minister  of  ELECTRONICS  ANDINFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) the total number of candidates who have signed up on the Futureskills Prime scheme portal;
- (b) the  number  of  candidates  who  have  signed-  up  and  completed  the  National  Occupational Standards/National Skill Qualification Framework aligned Foundation/Deep Skilling courses; and
- (c) the  number  of  trainers  and  Government  officials  who  have  been  provided  training  by research centres under the blended training programme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a)  to  (c):  Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  (MeitY)  in  collaboration  with National  Association  of  Software  and  Service  Companies  (NASSCOM)  has  initiated  Future Skills  PRIME  (Programme  for  Re-skilling/Up-skilling  of  IT  Manpower  for  Employability) scheme which is aimed at re-skilling/up-skilling  of  IT professionals in emerging technologies namely Artificial Intelligence, Robotic Process Automation, Augmented/Virtual Reality, Internet of Things, Big Data Analytics, Additive Manufacturing/3D Printing, Cloud Computing, Social& Mobile,  Cyber  Security  and  Blockchain.  Under  the  FutureSkills  PRIME,  as  on  23.03.2023,  a total of 13,12,775 candidates have signed-up on the portal, 3,53,654 candidates have enrolled in various National Occupational Standards/National Skill Qualification  Framework  aligned Foundation/Bridge/Deep  Skilling  aligned  courses,  out  of  which  1,37,645  candidates  have completed  their  course(s).  Further,  NIELIT/C-DAC  Resource  Centres  have  trained  a  total  of 1065 Trainers and 9,051 Government Officials.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4824 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Setting up of Textile Park in Ujjain
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Anil Firojiya

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4824 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2023

## SETTING UP OF TEXTILE PARK IN UJJAIN

## 4824. SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री be pleased to state :

- (a) whether any step has been taken to set up a textile park in Ujjain which was earlier known as textile hub and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether any work is being done to promote textiles in the aforsaid city; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

- (a)  &  (b): No proposal  for  setting  up  of  Textile  Park  at  Ujjain  has  been  received  in  the  Ministry. However,  the  Government  has  finalized the  site  of  Dhar  in  Madhya  Pradesh  for  setting  up  of  PM MITRA Parks.
- (c) & (d): For holistic development of the entire textile value chain of the country including Ujjain in Madhya Pradesh, Government is implementing several schemes viz. Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme  for  Textiles,  SAMARTH-  Scheme  for  Capacity  Building  in  Textile  Sector,  Amended Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme, National Technical Textiles Mission, Silk Samagra-2, etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4823 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Survey by Dalberg Researchers
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: D. Ravikumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4823

## To BE ANSWERED ON MARCH, 2023

## SURVEY BY DALBERG RESEARCHERS

## 4823. SHRI RAVIKUMAR D::

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND

PUBLIC

- (a) whether it is a fact that the survey conducted by Dalberg researchers has found that over three fourth of low-income households (i.e-, 77%) possess no ration card and if the details of the action taken to enroll them;
- (b) the steps taken by the Ministry to are still
- enroll the people who outside the PDS net;
- (c) whether the Dalberg report says that ePoS (electronic Point-of-Sale machine) based transactions related t0 ONORC fail many times due to biometric authentication or connectivity failure; and
- (d) if sO, the steps taken by the Government to address the issue?

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a) & (b): National Food  Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) through Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS) provides coverage upto 75% of rural population and upto 50% of urban population for receiving highly subsidized foodgrains and covers about two-thirds of the total population i.e about 81.35 crore beneficiaries of the country and the coverage under the Act is substantially high to ensure that all the vulnerable and needy sections of thie society get its benefit.

NFSA is operated in the joint  responsibilities of the Central and StatelUT Governments, where inter-alia, the operational responsibilities for identification of eligible householdsl beneficiaries under the Antyodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) and Priority households (PHH) categories of the Act and issuance or ration cards to them, etc. rests with respective StateslUTs: Further, States/UTs are advised from time-to-time to review the existing list of beneficiary households and remove the ineligible households so as to include only the most eligible:

(c) & (d): ONORC plan is implemented in all 36 StateslUTs, across the country: The ONORC plan empowers the NFSA beneficiaries, particularly migrant beneficiaries, to lift their entitled foodgrains from any electronicPoint of Sale (e-PoS) enabled Fair (FPS), anywhere in the country, by using their samelexisting ration card issued under NFSA after biometriclAadhaar authentication on the e-PoS device. Since inception, more than 102 Crore portability (inter-intra) transactions have been recorded in the ccuntry, which shows the wide acceptance of ONORC plan: Further, Department has issued advisories to all StateslUTs that no genuine beneficiarieslhouseholds shall be denied from their entitled foodgrains under NFSA, only the ground not possessing an Aadiaar number, or due to any technical failure of ePos device includiny {ailure of Aadhaar biometric authentication of beneficiary owing to network connectivity linking issues:

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4821 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Lowering Budget Allocation for Food in PDS
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Kalyan Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4821

## LOWERING BUDGET ALLOCATION FOR FOOD IN PDS

## 4821. SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC

- (a) whether the Government has slashed the budgetary allocation for food and public distribution to Rs: 2,05,513 crore which is over 30 per cent against the revised estimate of 2,96,303 crore for 2022-23, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether it is also a fact that allocation for National Food Security Act is about Rs: 2 lakh crore as compared to Rs 2.8 lakh crore allocated last year; and
- (c)
- if so, the reasons therefor?

## A NSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) to (c): In the wake of COVID-19 in the country in March 2020, the Department of Food and Public Distribution had started the distribution of 'additional' and 'free-of-cost' foodgrains (RicelWheat) to around 80 crore Priority Household (PHH) and Antodaya Anna Yojana (AAY) beneficiaries in the country under PMGKAY to ameliorate the food security hardships faced by the poor and needy due to unprecedented Under PMGKAY, about 1,118 LMT foodgrains have been allocated with an earmarked total financial outlay of approximately Rs. 3.91 Iakh crore from Phase-I to Phase-VII of the scheme. Now the Central Government is distributing free foodgrains to all NFSA beneficiaries, as per their entitlement, under Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) from Jan, 2023. 1st

A total budget of Rs. 2,04,424.60 crore in BE 2023-24 has been allocated as compared to Rs. 2,13,053.09 crore in BE 2022-23 for National Food Security Act. Government of India has been providing sufficient funds to meet the requirement of food subsidy of the Department and funds allocated in BE for FY 2023-24 are sufficient:
Lok Sabha Question No. 4820 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Electrification Works in Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Vinayak Bhaurao Raut

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4820 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2023

## ELECTRIFICATION WORKS IN RAILWAYS

†4820. SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR: SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  electrification  work  of  Railways  across  the  country including Maharashtra  is  going  on  and  if so, the details thereof, district/State-wise;
- (b)  whether  railway  routes  have  been  electrified  by  acquiring  the agricultural and vacant land of farmers at various places and if so, the details of such places particularly of Maharashtra;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  the  land  of  several  farmers has been used for electrification but they have not been compensated for their agricultural land;
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor and the time by which the compensation is likely  to  be  provided  to  them  along  with  the  steps  taken  by  the Government in this regard; and
- (e) the policy of the Government regarding the payment of compensation for land to these farmers?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND

ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (e) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4820 BY SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS  PAWAN  RAJENIMBALKAR  AND  SHRI  VINAYAK  RAUT  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 29.03.2023 REGARDING ELECTRIFICATION WORKS IN RAILWAYS (a) Yes, Sir. The  Railway  projects  are  sanctioned/executed  Zonal Railway  wise  and  not  State/District  wise.  179  Railway  Electrification projects  of  32,319  km  length  and  costing  approx. ` 46,993  crore  were undertaken across the country including the state of Maharashtra, out of which  20,121  km  length  costing  approx. ` 30,606  crore  have  been completed up to 31.03.2022.

(b)  to  (e)  Generally,  Indian  Railways  does  not  acquire  any  land  for Electrification projects. In case any small stretch of land is acquired at any  place,  compendium  of  such  cases  is  not  maintained  by  Railways. Further,  land  acquisition,  if  any,  is  done  through  concerned  district authorities. The requisite compensation is paid by Railways as decided by the concerned District authorities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4818 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-29
Subject: Steel Plant in West Bengal
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Khan Saumitra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4818 FOR ANSWER ON 29.03.2023

## STEEL PLANT IN WEST BENGAL

4818.  SHRI SAUMITRA KHAN:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

be pleased to state the details of the measures taken by the Government to attract and facilitate investment in the steel plant/steel sector in West Bengal along with the achievements made therein during the last three years?

## ANSWER

(SHRI FAGGAN SINGH KULASTE)

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STEEL

Steel being a de-regulated sector, the Government acts as a facilitator, by creating an enabling environment for development of the Steel sector in all states of the country including  West  Bengal.  Decisions  regarding  investment  in  any  state  are  based  on commercial considerations and market factors by the concerned Steel companies/investors.  The  details  of  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  for facilitating steel sector for all states, include the following: -

- i. Establishment of  a  Project  Development  Cell  (PDC) in  the  Ministry  which  is engaged  in  identifying  projects  to  facilitate  new  investments,  evaluating  the pipeline of projects, and taking necessary steps to fast-track their implementation.
- ii. Participation  in  events  like  world  expo  held  recently  in  Dubai,  interaction  of Ministerial  delegation  with  domestic  steel  users  in  Japan,  Korea,  Russia  to highlight  the  expertise of  the  steel  sector in  India  and  showcase  an  array  of investment opportunities as well as business potential in India's steel sector.
- iii. Make in India initiative and the PM Gati-shakti National Master Plan with further engagement with potential users, including from Railways, Defence, Petroleum and  Natural  Gas,  Housing,  Civil  Aviation,  Road  Transport  and  Highways, Agriculture and Rural Development sectors to enhance the steel usage, overall demand for steel and investment in steel sector in the country.

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