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Lok Sabha Question No. 3929 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: PCPIR in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: Sangamlal Kadedin Gupta, Anurag Sharma

## भारत सरकार रसायन और उर्वरक मंत्रालय रसायन एर्ं पेट्रोरसायन वर्भाग

## लोकसभा अतारांककत प्रश्न संख्या -3929 किनांक 24.03.2023 को उत्तर किए जाने के वलए

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## उत्तर प्रिेश में पेट्रोवलयम , रसायन और पेट्रोरसायन वनर्ेश क्षेत्र ( पीसीपीआईआर )

## 3929. श्री संगम लाल गुप्ता

श्री अनुराग शमाव

## : :

क्या रसायन और उर्वरक मंत्री यह बताने की कृ पा करेंगे कक :

- ( क ) क्या सरकार को पेट्रोवलयम , रसायन और पेट्रोरसायन वनर्ेश क्षेत्र ( पीसीपीआईआर ) की स्थापना के वलए उत्तर प्रिेश सरकार से प्रस्तार् प्राप्त हुआ है और यकि हां , तो ब्यौरा क्या है ;
- ( ख ) क्या सरकार की उत्तर प्रिेश में पीसीपीआईआर स्थावपत करने के वलए पररयोजना के प्रस्तार् को स्र्ीक ृ वत िेने की योजना है और यकि हां , तो तत्संबंधी ब्यौरा क्या है और यकि नहीं , तो इसके क्या कारण हैं ; और
- ( ग ) पीसीपीआईआर की मुख्य वर्शेषताएं क्या हैं और िेश भर में मौजूिा पीसीपीआईआर का ब्यौरा कया है ?

## उत्तर

## रसायन और उर्वरक राज्य मंत्री ( श्री भगर्ंत खुबा

## )

- ( क ) और ( ख ): जी , नहीं। उत्तर प्रिेश में पेट्रोवलयम , रसायन और पेट्रोरसायन वनर्ेश क्षेत्र ( पीसीपीआईआर ) स्थावपत करने के वलए उत्तर प्रिेश सरकार से कोई प्रस्तार् प्राप्त नहीं हुआ है।
- ( ग ): भारत सरकार ने पेट्रोवलयम , रसायन और पेट्रोरसायन वनर्ेश क्षेत्र ( पीसीपीआईआर ) में वनर्ेश को आकर्षवत करने और रोजगार सृजन के वलए पीसीपीआईआर नीवत , 2007 को अवधसूवित ककया था। पीसीपीआईआर एकीकृ त और पयावर्रण के अनुकू ल तरीके से बडे पैमाने पर रसायन और पेट्रोरसायन क्षेत्रों को बढार्ा िेता है। पीसीपीआईआर की संकल्पना क्लस्टर आधाररत िृविकोण के साथ की गई है , वजसमें व्यर्साय स्थावपत करने के वलए अनुकू ल प्रवतस्पधावत्मक र्ातार्रण प्रिान करने के वलए उच्च श्रेणी के सामान्य बुवनयािी ढााँिे और सहायक सेर्ाएाँ शावमल हैं।

पीसीपीआईआर नीवत , 2007 के तहत इन क्षेत्रों में वनर्ेश और औद्योवगक वर्कास को बढार्ा िेने के वलए आंध्र प्रिेश ( वर्शाखापत्तनम ), गुजरात ( िहेज ), ओविशा ( पारािीप ) और तवमलनािु ( कु ड्डालोर और नागापरिनम ) राज्य में िार पेट्रोवलयम , रसायन और पेट्रोरसायन वनर्ेश क्षेत्र ( पीसीपीआईआर ) कायाववन्र्त ककए गए हैं। । इन पररयोजनाओं के कायावन्र्यन और वनष्पािन की वस्थवत इस प्रकार है :

| सूिक    | गुजरात      | आंध्र प्रिेश             | ओविशा   |
|---------|-------------|--------------------------|---------|
| स्थान / | िहेज , भरूि | वर्शाखापत्तनम - काकीनािा | पारािीप |

| ककया गया वनर्ेश ( करोड रुपए में )   | 1,24,363      | 18,851        | 73,518        |
|-------------------------------------|---------------|---------------|---------------|
| पीसीपीआईआर की स्र्ीक ृवत की वतवथ    | फरर्री , 2009 | फरर्री , 2009 | किसंबर , 2010 |

## तवमलनािु पीसीपीआईआर की वस्थवत

सरकारी शा . आ .  ( एमएस ) संख्या 108, एिएंियूिीिी , किनांक 20.06.2017 के द्वारा कु ड्डालोर और नागपरिनम वजलों के 45 गांर्ों में लगभग 23,000 हेक्टेयर भूवम को प्रस्तावर्त पीसीपीआईआर के वलए " स्थानीय वनयोजन क्षेत्र " के रूप में घोवषत ककया गया था। तवमलनािु सरकार ने अपने शा . आ . ( एमएस ) संख्या 36, एिएंियूिीिी , किनांक 21.02.2020 के द्वारा " स्थानीय वनयोजन क्षेत्र " की घोषणा को रद्द कर किया है और इसे तवमलनािु सरकार के राजपत्र किनांक 21.02.2020 में प्रकावशत ककया गया है।

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3926 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Maternity Benefits under PMMVY
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3926 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2023

## MATERNITY BENEFITS UNDER PMMVY

## 3926.  SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of women provided with maternity benefits for the second (female) child, under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana as revamped in March 2022;
- (b) whether Government plans to extend the benefits to all the second live births, considering the equal loss of wage and nutritional requirements of pregnant women, disregarding the child's gender and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a)        Under  Pradhan  Mantri  Matru  Vandana  Yojana  (PMMVY),  the  Ministry  of Women and Child Development has also released more than ₹177.96 crore  for more than 4.77 lakh as central share of funds to States/UTs for disbursement of maternity benefits for the second (girl) child.
- (b) & (c) The maternity benefits under PMMVY is provided for the second child, subject to the condition that the second child is a girl, to discourage pre-birth sex selection and promote the girl child.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 3923 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Cost Norms for Supplementary Nutrition
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: P. Velusamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN & CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3923

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2023

## COST NORMS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY NUTRITION

3923.   SHRI VELUSAMY P.:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- a. whether the Government last revised the cost norms for supplementary nutrition vide Ministry's letter dated the 6th of October 2017, if so, the details thereof;
- b. whether  the  aforesaid  letter  provided  for  annual  revision  in  the  cost  norms  of supplementary nutrition under Anganwadi services based on Consumer Food Price Index (CFPI), if so, the details thereof;
- c. whether there has been marked increase in the CFPI after October 2017 and if so, the details thereof indicating the increase recorded therein;
- d. whether the Government has revised the cost norms provided for in the said letter after the year 2017 and if not, the reasons therefor;
- e. whether the Government is providing cash benefits to pregnant and lactating mothers under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana and is part of an intensive effort to improve the nutritional status of women and children; and
- f. if so, the amount allotted and released to Tamil Nadu therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a) to (d) The cost norms were revised in 2017 with reference to average Consumer Price Index-Rural Labour (CPI-RL) Index for May, 2016, with annual cost indexation. The recipes prepared for beneficiaries under the Supplementary Nutrition Programme mainly consist of food grains like rice, wheat, and millets and these food grains are supplied at subsidised rates of Rs 3, Rs 2 and Rs 1 respectively to the States/UTs. In view of subsidised rates of food grains, these amounts fixed for various categories of beneficiaries have been found to be sufficient to meet the requirements as provided under Schedule-II of National Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013.

(e) & (f) Under the Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY), funds are released on the basis of indicative target and utilization of previous year grants released; thus, no statewise allocation has been made under the Scheme. Further, since inception of the scheme, more than 370 crore have been released under PMMVY to the State of Tamil Nadu so far.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3919 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Green Ports
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Debasree Chaudhuri, Arvind Ganpat Sawant

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 39,t9

ANSWERED ON24IO3I2O23

## GREEN PORTS

3919. MS. DEBASREE  CHAUDHURI: SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

Will the Minister of PORTS, SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS be pteased to state: qfi , +d cfu{6{ 3fu  q-dcrrf  d-*

- (a) whether Government has any proposal  to set up Green Ports in the country  and if
- so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (b) the details of study/survey conducted  to identify  ports proposed  to be declared  as Green ports;
- (c) the details of criteria and norms laid down for the proposed ports to be declared as Green ports;
- (d) whether  the Government proposes  to handle  chemicals and hazardous materials from special yards/  docks  at ports,  if so, the details thereof;  and
- (e) the steps taken to utilise the vacant land at many ports in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS (SHRI SARBANANDA  SONOWAL)

- (a), (b) and (c) Government has undertaken green port initiatives in the major ports so that their environmental  performance can be improved\_  The green port initiatives include acquisition of equipments for monitoring environmental pollution, acquisition of dust suppression  systems,  setting up of sewage/ waste water treatment  plants, setting up of garbage disposal system for ports and ships, developing  shore reception facility for wastes from ships, setting up projects  for energy generation from renewable energy sources, providing  shore  power to ships at berths, creating Oil Spill Response (Tier-1)  capabilities at all ports,  taking actions to improve harbour water quality, inclusion of sustainable practices in terminal design, development and operation,  increasing  green  cover within port premises  etc.
- (d) Chemicals and dangerous  materials are handled by different ports following guidelines  of Petroleum  and Explosive  Safety  Organization (PESO)  and lnternational Maritime Dangerous  Goods (IMDG) codes.
- (e) Utilization of idle and vacant land at several ports in the country  is ongoing process  including  development of port-led industrialization.  Allotment of these land is done as per the Policy Guidelines for Land Management by Major Ports. The Government  of lndia simplifies  the procedure  of allotment  of land from time to time.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3914 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Appointment of Retired Supreme Court Judges
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Mala Roy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3914

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 24.03.2023

## Appointment of Retired Supreme Court Judges

## 3914. SHRIMATI MALA ROY:

## Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a number of retired Supreme Court Judges have been appointed/nominated by the Government in various positions during the last five years; and
- (b) if so, the details of Constitutional and other positions given to them during the said period, position-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE

## (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a)  to  (b):  Department  of  Justice  is  concerned  with  the  service  conditions  of  the  sitting Judges of the High Courts/Supreme Court only. Appointments of retired Supreme Court Judges to various Constitutional posts, Commissions, Tribunals etc. are made by different Ministries/Departments as per relevant rules. Therefore, the information is not centrally maintained.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3911 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-24
Subject: Manufacturing of Defence Equipment
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Malook Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3911

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  March, 2023

## MANUFACTURING OF DEFENCE EQUIPMENT

## 3911.  SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a)    the  number  of  foreign  companies  who  have  shown  interest  in  manufacturing  defence equipments under Foreign Direct Investment in the country; and
- (b)  the other measures taken/being taken by the Government for manufacturing of defence equipments indigenously?

## A  N  S  W  E  R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

(a)  to  (b):    The  Government has given approval to 45 companies/JVs operating in Defence sector  with  Foreign  OEMs.  Further,  the  Government  has  taken  several  policy  initiatives  in past  few  years    and  brought  reforms  to  encourage  indigenous  design,  development  and manufacture of defence equipment in the country, thereby reducing dependency on imports in coming years. These initiatives, inter-alia, include according priority to procurement of capital items from domestic sources under Defence Acquisition Procedure (DAP)-2020; Notification of  Three Positive Indigenisation Lists (PILs) by Department of Defence Production (DDP), MoD with a timeline beyond which they will only be procured from the domestic industry. These three lists consist of total 3738 items, out of which 2786 items have been indigenised till February, 2023. Simplification of Industrial licensing process with longer validity period; Liberalisation of FDI policy allowing 74% FDI under automatic route; Simplification of Make Procedure; Launch of Innovations for Defence Excellence (iDEX) scheme involving startups &  MSMEs;  Implementation  of  Public  Procurement  (Preference  to  Make  in  India),  Order 2017;  Launch  of  an  indigenization  portal  namely  SRIJAN  to  facilitate  indigenisation  by Indian  Industry  including  MSMEs;  Reforms  in  Offset  policy  with  thrust  on  attracting investment  and  Transfer  of  Technology  for  Defence  manufacturing  by  assigning  higher multipliers; Establishment of two Defence Industrial Corridors one each in Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 336 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Problem of Traffic Congestion in Delhi
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 336 ANSWERED ON 23 rd  MARCH, 2023

## PROBLEM OF TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN DELHI

*336. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  outer  ring  road  traffic congestion causing hardship to thousands of residents of West Enclave, Rajya Sabha Society and Vidya Vihar, Pitampura in Delhi;
- (b) if so, the steps taken to widen the railway bridge on outer ring road to  facilitate  movement  of  traffic  coming  out  of  Mangolpuri  towards Peera Garhi;
- (c) the steps taken to reduce traffic rush from Peera Garhi crossing at National Highway going to Rohtak, Haryana; and
- (d) the steps taken to reduce traffic congestion in Delhi?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

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

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  to  (d)  OF  LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 336 ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023 ASKED BY  SHRI  JAGDAMBIKA  PAL  REGARDING  PROBLEM  OF  TRAFFIC CONGESTION IN DELHI (a) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is primarily responsible for development and maintenance of National Highways in the country. Outer ring road (ORR) is not a National Highway and is being developed and  maintained  by  Government  of  National  Capital  Territory  of  Delhi (GNCTD). (b)  As a part of improvement to facilitate movement of traffic on ORR, widening of Railway Bridge at Mangolpuri has been planned by GNCTD. (c)    This  Ministry  has  taken  up  construction  of  spur  to  Bahadurgarh bypass, which is expected to reduce the traffic on section of NH-10 from Peera Garhi to Rohtak. (d)  This  Ministry  has  taken  up  the  comprehensive  development  of National Highway network in National Capital at a cost of approximately

Rs 50,000 crore.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 335 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Development of Infrastructure at Airports in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: M.K. Vishnu Prasad

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. : 335

(To be answered on the 23 rd  March 2023)

## DEVELOPMENT OF INFRASTRUCTURE AT AIRPORTS IN TAMIL NADU

- *335. DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K.

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION be pleased to state:-

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  steps  for  the  infrastructure development of Airports  in  Tamil  Nadu  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof; (b) whether the Government has also included the airports from other States also under the Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS); and (c) if so, the details of the proposed plan for air connectivity with other cities?

## ANSWER

Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jyotiraditya M. Scindia)

- (a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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STATEMENT IN RESPECT OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 335  REGARDING  "DEVELOPMENT  OF  INFRASTRUCTURE  AT

AIRPORTS IN TAMIL NADU" TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023. (a)  to  (c):  The  Airports  Authority  of  India  has  taken  steps  for development/upgradation of Airports in the State of Tamil Nadu namely Chennai, Trichy, Madurai, Coimbatore and Tuticorin. Besides the above, Airports namely Salem, Neyveli, Vellore, Tanjore and Ramnad  have been identified in the State of Tamil Nadu for flights under the UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) scheme. An airport which is included in the awarded  routes  of  UDAN  and  requires  upgradation/development  for commencement of UDAN operations, is developed under the 'Revival of unserved  and  underserved  airports'  scheme.  Salem  airport  has  been operationlized  with  UDAN  flights  under  the  scheme. The Government has set a target to operationalize 1000 UDAN routes during the currency of the scheme and to revive/develop 100 unserved & underserved airports/heliports/water aerodromes in the country by 2024 for operation of UDAN flights. As on 28.02.2023, the Selected Airline Operators (SAOs) have operationalized 469 routes connecting 74 (unserved/underserved) airports including 9 Heliports & 2 Water Aerodromes.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 333 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Production of Solar Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Ravindra Kushawaha, Ravi Kishan Shukla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 333

ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023

## PRODUCTION OF SOLAR ENERGY

- *333. SHRI RAVINDRA KUSHWAHA SHRI RAVI KISHAN

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has set a target to produce 200 GW of solar energy by 2024;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the partial target(s) achieved so far in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

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

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## STATEMENT

## STATEMENT REFFERED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 333 FOR 23.03.2023 REGARDING PRODUCTION OF SOLAR ENERGY

- (a)  & (b) Government has set a target of achieving 500 GW of installed capacity from non-fossil fuels, including around 270 GW of solar capacity, by 2030.
- (c) As on 28.02.2023, a cumulative solar power capacity of 64.38 GW has been installed in the country. In addition, solar projects of around 51.76 GW capacity are under implementation & another 39.69 GW are under tendering stage.
Lok Sabha Question No. 330 (STARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: National Green Hydrogen Policy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Saikia Dilip, Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 330

ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023

## NATIONAL GREEN HYDROGEN POLICY

- *330. SHRI DILIP SAIKIA SHRI RANJEETSINGH NAIK NIMBALKAR

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has recently launched a National Green Hydrogen Policy;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  any  incentives  are  provided/being  provided  for  the  potential  manufacturers, generation  companies  and  DISCOMs to boost large scale indigenous production of green hydrogen;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the time by which the second part of the Policy would be finalized and introduced along with the sectors involved therein?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

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

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 330 for ANSWER ON 23/03/2023

(a) to (e)  On 17 th February 2022, the Ministry of Power had issued orders with regard to certain measures in respect of Green Hydrogen/Green Ammonia production.

Recently,  on  4 th January  2023,  the  Union  Cabinet  approved  the  National  Green  Hydrogen Mission. Various financial and non-financial measures have been announced under the Mission, including inter alia , the following:

- i. Facilitating demand creation through exports and domestic utilization;
- ii. Strategic Interventions for Green Hydrogen Transition (SIGHT) programme, which includes  incentives  for  manufacturing  of  electrolysers  and  production  of  green hydrogen;
- iii. Pilot Projects for steel, mobility, shipping etc.;
- iv. Development of Green Hydrogen Hubs;
- v. Support for infrastructure development;
- vi. Establishing a robust framework of regulations and standards;
- vii. Research & Development programme;
- viii. Skill development programme; and
- ix. Public awareness and outreach programme.

Major sectors targeted under the Mission include petroleum refining, ammonia production, steel production, heavy duty long-haul road transport and shipping.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3910 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: National SC-ST Hub Scheme
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Jyotsna Charandas Mahant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3910 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023

## NATIONAL SC-ST HUB SCHEME

## 3910.      SHRIMATI JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) the  time  since  when  the  National  Scheduled  Castes/Scheduled  Tribes  Hub  (NSSH) scheme  is being operated by the Government  to  promote  entrepreneurship  amongst Scheduled Castes/ Scheduled Tribes;
- (b) whether  workshops  and  awareness  programmes  are  also  being  organised  under  the above schemes;
- (c) if  so,  the details of workshops/awareness programmes organised in the Chhattisgarh State during the last three years; and
- (d) whether the number of SC-ST beneficiaries being very less and there is decline in the number of beneficiaries every year in Chhattisgarh State under NSSH scheme and if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA)

(a) to (d): In pursuance of Budget Announcement 2016-17, the National Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Hub (NSSH) Scheme was launched by the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium  Enterprises  (MSME)  in  FY  2016-17  to  provide  professional  support  to  SC/ST entrepreneurs  to  fulfill  the  obligations  under  the  Public  Procurement  Policy  for  Micro  and Small  Enterprises,  adopt  applicable  business  practices  and  leverage  the  Stand  up  India initiative with an objective to promote 'enterprise culture' amongst the SC/ST Population.

To create awareness about the various initiatives under NSSH, awareness programmes and workshops are organized for SC-ST aspiring and existing entrepreneurs at various locations in the country. During last three years, 42 awareness programmes have been organized under NSSH with participation 1074 SC-ST aspiring and existing entrepreneurs.

Under  NSSH,  720  SC/ST  beneficiaries  from  the  State  of  Chhattisgarh  availed  the benefits under various interventions of the scheme during last three years.

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