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Lok Sabha Question No. 341 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Setting up of Renewable Energy Plants
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 341

ANSWERED ON 03.02.2022

## SETTING UP OF RENEWABLE ENERGY PLANTS

## 341. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL

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

- (a) whether the Government has prepared any road map to set up various renewable energy plants in the country to meet the ever increasing demand for energy;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State/ UT-wise;
- (c) whether the State of Bihar has been identified for setting up of new renewable energy plants during the current year; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) &(b) In accordance with Hon'ble Prime Minister's announcement at COP26, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy is committed to achieving  500 GW of installed  electricity  capacity from non-fossil fuel sources by 2030.

The Ministry have constituted a committee for preparing a roadmap to achieve 500 GW of non-fossil fuel based energy capacity by 2030.

(c)&(d) Solar and wind capacities in the country are mostly set up by private developers, who are free to establish plants in any part of the country, including Bihar. So far an RE capacity (including large hydro) of 386.95 MW has been installed in the State of Bihar.

As per information provided by Bihar Renewable Energy Development Agency(BREDA), following projects have been identified in the State of Bihar for setting up during the current year:

-  Installation of 250MW Grid connected Ground Mounted solar power plant on long term basis i.e for 25 years.
-  Installation of grid Connected Rooftop solar power plant at Government buildings at a total capacity of 38.65 MW.
-  Installation of 1.6 MW Floating solar power plant in RESCO mode.
-  Installation of 525 kWp Floating solar power plant in CAPEX mode.
-  Installation of 200-250 MW solar power plants at Kajra and Pirpainti.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 340 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Expansion of NH-149
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Mahesh Sahoo

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has a proposal for expansion of four lane NH - 149 from Pitiri to Pallahara in Angul and Dhenkanal districts of Odisha; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) No sir.
- (b) The  traffic  on  this  road  is  much  below  the  norm  prescribed  for widening to 4 lane.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 340 ANSWERED ON 03 RD  FEBRUARY, 2022

## EXPANSION OF NH-149

340.  SHRI MAHESH SAHOO:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री
Lok Sabha Question No. 338 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Samooh Nal Jal Praday Yojana
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 338

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2022

## SAMOOH  NAL  JAL  PRADAY  YOJANA

## 338. SHRI RAJESHBHAI  CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI  be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of number of villages in Gujarat being provided with drinking water facility by providing  a  water  connection  to  every  house  under  'Samooh  Nal  Jal  Praday  Yojana' (SNJPY); and
- (b) the details of the estimated targets along with the amount to be spent for the said scheme during the next three years, district and year-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) Since August 2019, the Government  of  India, in partnership with the States, is implementing  Jal  Jeevan  Mission  (JJM)  to  make  provision  of  potable  water  supply  to  every rural household in the country through Functional Household Tap Connections by 2024.

At the time of the announcement of JJM, out of 91.77 Lakhs rural  households, 65.16 Lakhs rural households (71%) were having provision of tap water connections in the State. Since then, over 18.27 Lakhs rural households have been provided with tap water connections and, as of date, provision of the tap water supply has been made to 83.44 Lakhs (90.92%) households.

The detailed information related to the status and progress of the provision of tap water supply to rural households is available in the public domain, which can be accessed on JJM-dashboard at:

## https://ejalshakti.gov.in/jjmreport/JJMIndia.aspx

- (b)  Under  JJM,  the  State  Government  has  planned  to  provide  tap  water  connections  to  all remaining rural households by 2022 much ahead of the national goal. During the current year, it has planned to provide tap water connection to 10 lakh rural households. The State has been allocated an amount of Rs. 3,410.61 Crore as Central Share in the current financial year, out of which Rs.2,557.96 Crore has been drawn and expenditure of 1,521.88 Crore is reported till date by the State Government.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 336 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Energy Audit
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Hibi Eden

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.336

## ANSWERED ON 03.02.2022

## ENERGY AUDIT

336. SHRI HIBI EDEN:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to make rules to encourage energy audit for inspection, survey and an analysis of electrical energy flows for energy conservation in a building owned by individuals and corporations;

(b) if so, the details and the present status thereof;

(c) the efforts made/steps taken by the Governmentto encourage/promote the State Governments to audit the electrical energy expenditure;

(d) whether  there  are  several  hurdles  to  conduct  electrical  energy  audit  by  an accredited energy auditor; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) & (b) : In  terms  of  Section  15  (b)  and  (c)  of  the  Energy  Conservation  Act,  2001, State Governments are empowered to direct building owners to get audit conducted by an  accredited  energy  auditor  in  such  a  manner  and  at  such  interval(s)  of  time  as specified by regulations.

The Bureau of Energy Efficiency (BEE) has informed that 9 States namely, Andhra  Pradesh,  Gujarat,  Haryana,  Kerala,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Maharashtra,  Punjab, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, have mandated certain category of commercial buildings to undertake energy audit.

(c) : To  mandate  electricity  distribution  companies  to  undertake  energy  audit and accounting on periodic basis, Ministry of Power  has notified  the  'Bureau of Energy

Efficiency (Manner and Intervals for Conduct of Energy Audit in Electricity distribution companies),  Regulations,  2021  under  the  provisions  of  Energy  Conservation  (EC)  Act, 2001.  These  regulations  stipulate  that  every  electricity  distribution  company  shall conduct an annual energy audit for every financial year and submit the annual energy audit  report  to  the  BEE  and  respective  State  Designated  Agency  and  also  make  it available on the website of the electricity distribution company within a period of four months from the expiry of the relevant financial year. Further,  the  Government  has  launched  'Revamped  Distribution  Sector Scheme (RDSS) - A Reforms based and Results linked Scheme" in July 2021 which has provisions  for  financial  support  for  Prepaid  Smart  Metering  for  25  crores  consumers along  with  System  Metering  with  communication  features,  which  would  facilitate automatic measurement of energy flows in the system for energy accounting as well as auditing without any human intervention. (d) & (e) :  The BEE has informed that there are no hurdles to conduct electrical energy

audit by an accredited energy auditor.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 335 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Drone School
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Ravneet Singh, Su Thirunavukkarasar

335.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 335 (To be answered on the February 2022) 3rd

## DRONE SCHOOL

## SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU SHRI THIRUNAVUKKARASAR SU:

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- (b) if so, the details thereof; State/UT-wise;

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up drone schools in various parts of the country;
- the details of the benefits likely to be accrued to the students of these drone schools for career progression in future;
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not; the reasons therefor?
- (d) whether the Government proposes to have any foreign collaboration in this\_regard;\_and

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(GEN. (DR) V. K SINGH (RETD))

- (a) (b) As per Drone Rules, 2021, any person who intends to obtain the authorisation to establish a Remote Pilot Training Organisation (RPTO) shall submit an application to the Director General of Civil Aviation in Form DS o the Digital Platform; along with the specified fees As on 31 December 2021, nine remote training organisation have been set up by entities under Government or private ownership. The State-wise list of RPTOs is attached herewith as Annexure. Sky pilot
- (c) to (e) 4 class tenth certificate from a recognised Board can obtain a remote pilot licence after successful completion of training from authorised remote pilot training organisation. Students passing out of drone schools can look for employment opportunities in drone operations; maintenance, design, manufacturing and data analytics, etc. depending on the courses successfully completed by them: Any

An authorised remote pilot training organisation is free to have collaboration with foreign entities while ensuring strict compliance with the requirements specified by the Director General of Civil Aviation in respect of training syllabus; infrastructure, instructors, equipment and infrastructure etc.

Annexure State-wise list of remote pilot training organisations

| S No   | State         | Name of the remote pilot training organisation   |
|--------|---------------|--------------------------------------------------|
|        | Jharkhand     | Alchemist Aviation Pvt. Ltd.                     |
| 2      | Maharashtra   | Redbird Flight Training Academy Pvt. Ltd.        |
| 3      | Maharashtra   | The Bombay Flying Club                           |
| 4      | Tamil Nadu    | CASR Anna University                             |
| 5      | Telangana     | Flytech Aviation Academy                         |
| 6      | Telangana     | Telangana State Aviation Academy                 |
|        | Uttar Pradesh | Ambitions Flying Club Pvt: Ltd.                  |
| 8      | Uttar Pradesh | Indira Gandhi Rashtriya Udan Akademy             |
| 9      | Uttar Pradesh | Pioneer Flying Academy Pvt: Ltd.                 |
Lok Sabha Question No. 332 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Hate Crimes against Mnorities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: T.N. Prathapan, Anto  Antony, A. Chellakumar, Nusrat Jahan Ruhi, K. Muraleedharan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 332

## ANSWERED ON 03.02.2022

## HATE CRIMES AGAINST MINORITIES

## 332. SHRI T.N. PRATHAPAN:

SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

DR. A. CHELLAKUMAR:

SHRIMATI NUSRAT JAHAN RUHI:

SHRI K. MURALEEDHARAN:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of religion based atrocities in India, State-wise and year-wise from 2019 till date;
- (b) the number of deaths due to religion based atrocities in India, State-wise and year from 2019 till date;
- (c) the number of hate-crimes against minorities in India, State\_wise and year-wise from 2019 till date;
- (d) whether the Government is aware that cases of communal rioting increased by 96 per cent and caste riots increased by nearly 50 per cent in 2020 and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (e) the action taken/being taken in this regard; and
- (f) whether the Government is aware that crimes against Scheduled Castes have increased by 9.4 per cent and Scheduled Tribes have increased by 9.3 per cent in 2020, and if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a)    to  (f)  'Public  Order'  and  'Police'  are  State  subjects  as  per  the  Seventh  Schedule  of  the Constitution of India. The  responsibility of maintaining law and order, registration and prosecution  of  crimes  against  all  citizens  including  minorities,  rests  with  the  respective  State Governments.  As  such,  specific  data  regarding  attacks  against  individual  community  is  not maintained centrally. The Government of India monitors the internal security and law and order situation  in  the  country  and  issues  appropriate  advisories  from  time  to  time  to  maintain  peace, public tranquility and communal harmony. Central Armed Police Forces (CAPF) are deployed to aid  and  assist  State  Governments,  on  their  request,  to  maintain  law  and  order  and  public tranquility.

The Government of India has issued communal Harmony Guidelines, which, inter-alia lay down standard operating procedure to deal with situations arising out of any violence. These guidelines are aimed to maintain due vigilance, careful planning and preparatory measures to prevent and pre-empt communal or any such type of violence.

Further, the National Commission for Minorities (NCM) has been set up by Government, which looks into specific complaints regarding deprivation of rights and safeguards of the minorities and take up such matters with the appropriate authorities. As per the mandate, the Commission takes  appropriate  action  on  reports  and  complaints  received  from  time  to  time  as  per  the requirement and refers them to the concerned State Government for necessary actions. During the  past  three  years,  it  has  been  observed  that  there  has  been  a  decline  in  the  total  no.  of complaints received by NCM.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 331 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Benefits of UDAN Scheme
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Malook Nagar

331.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 331

(To be answered on the February 2022) 3rd

## BENEFITS OF UDAN SCHEME

SHRI MALOOK NAGAR

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the number of people benefitted under the Ude Desh Ka Aam Naagrik (UDAN) scheme; and
- (b) the details of the steps being taken by the Government to ensure that the benefits of the said scheme reach to each citizen?

## ANSWER

Minister 0f State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(GEN. (DR) V. K SINGH (RETD))

- (a) & (b):Under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS)- UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik)    approximately 86.05 lakhs passengers have travelled on UDAN flights since its commencement on 21.10.2016 till 09.01.2022. RCS UDAN aims to stimulate regional air connectivity for making air travel affordable to the masses: UDAN is a market driven scheme. Interested airlines based on their assessment of demand O particular routes submit their proposals at the time of bidding under UDAN. The salient features of the UDAN scheme are as under:
- i) The scheme offers a unique opportunity to a common person to fly at an affordable price, for which the Government has capped the Airfare for the seats where incentives are extended to airlines under the RCS scheme launched in the country.
- iii) Till date; out of 948 valid routes; 403 RCS routes (connecting 65 airports including 8 heliports & 2 water aerodromes) have commenced under the scheme.
- ii) UDAN scheme has sparked significant increase in helicopter services in hilly areas and islands through use of heliports
Lok Sabha Question No. 330 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Domestic Market Promotion Scheme
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.330 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.02.2022

## DOMESTIC MARKET PROMOTION SCHEME

## 330.           SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

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

- (a) the  details  of  achievements  of  the  Domestic  Market  Promotion  (DMP)  scheme  so far;
- (b) the details of funds allocated and disbursed under DMP so far ; and
- (c) the details of other activities for market development undertaken by the Government under DMP, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI NARAYAN RANE)

- (a): Coir Board is implementing one scheme namely 'Coir Vikas Yojana' for promotion and  development  of  Coir  Industry  in  the  country  as  well  as  abroad.  Domestic  Market Promotion  Scheme  (DMP)  is  one  of  the  components  of  Coir  Vikas  Yojana.  The  main activities under the 'Domestic Market Promotion' component are display cum sales of coir products  through  its  Showrooms  &  Sales  Depots,  participation  in  domestic  exhibitions organized by other Agencies, organizing exclusive fairs, disbursement of Market Development Assistance (MDA) to the Coir Co-operative units and PSUs, through the State Governments/UTs concerned.  Another scheme viz. the Procurement and Marketing Support Scheme(PMS) has also been introduced by the Ministry to enhance the market exposure to the goods and services produced by the MSME Sector through new market access initiatives like  organizing/participation  in  Trade  Fairs/Exhibitions/MSME  expo/Vendor  Development Programmes etc.
- (b): Details of funds allocated and disbursed under DMP and PMS Schemes for the last two years are as follows:
- (c): Apart from display and sales of Coir products, one of the other major activities of the Coir Board under DMP is to give ample publicity for the promotion of coir and coir products in the domestic market and popularisation of the schemes and services of the Board through various publicity programmes. The following are the major publicity  programmes implemented by Coir Board:
- (i)  Television / Radio Publicity
- (ii)  Spot Publicity/Sales Campaign
- (iii) Press/Casual advertisements
- (iv) Printing of Publicity Materials/Hoarding/Coir News
- (v)  Production of Documentary Film/Corporate Film/Photo Shoot

| Financial Year   |   Domestic Market Promotion Scheme (Rs. in Lakhs) |   Procurement and Marketing Support Scheme (Rs. in Crore) |
|------------------|---------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|
| 2019-20          |                                            670    |                                                     79.88 |
| 2020-21          |                                           1334.27 |                                                     12.48 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 326 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Cities/Towns Covered under AMRUT
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chandeshwar Prasad

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 326

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 03, 2022

## CITIESITOWNS COVERED UNDER AMRUT

- NO. 326. SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number citiesltowns covered under Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) in Bihar to promote planned integrated development of cities; and
- the year 2021-22?
- (b) the details of the financial outlay for AMRUT projects during

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a): A total of 27 cities Itown the State Bihar have been covered under Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT):
- (b): Under AMRUT, financial outlay for projects have been earmarked for the entire Mission period: It has not been earmarked year-wise: The total approved State Annual Action Plans (SAAPs) for all the Statesl Union Territories (UTs) for the entire Mission period amounts to {77,640 crore, which include {35,990 crore of committed Central AssistanceSo far, Central Assistance amounting to {30,295 crore have been released to Statesl UTs for AMRUT projects:

The approved SAAP of State of Bihar amounts to {2,469.77 crore, which include committed Central Assistance of {1,164.80 crore. So far, Central Assistance amounting to 71,055.87 crore have been released to the State of Bihar for AMRUT projects:

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Lok Sabha Question No. 325 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-03
Subject: Development of NH in UP
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Bhola Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 325

ANSWERED ON 03 RD  FEBRUARY, 2022

## DEVELOPMENT OF NH IN UP

325.  SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA): SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

## be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has sanctioned National Highway (NH) from Bulandshahar to Delhi via Syana, Garh and Moradabad;
- (b) if so, the details and the present status thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has approved extension of NH-91 upto Sambhal via Debai and Aligarh;
- (d) if so, the details and the present status thereof;
- (e) whether the Government has set up any mechanism for monitoring the work on NHs and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the other steps taken by the Government to improve the condition of NHs in the State of Uttar Pradesh?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) & (b)   Delhi is connected with Moradabad through National Highway (NH)-9 & Delhi Meerut Expressway (NE-3). Delhi is also connected with Bulandshahar  through  NH-334C  (upto  Ghaziabad)  &  Delhi  Meerut Expressway  (NE-3).  At  present  there  is  no  notified  National  Highway connecting Bulandshahar -Syana-Garhmukteshwar.
- (c) & (d)   Aligarh is connected to Moradabad via Debai through NH-509. Debai  and  Sambhal  are  not  connected  through  any  notified  National
- Highway. (e) Development  and  construction  works  are  executed  as  per  the provisions  of  MoRTH  specifications  for  Road  and  Bridge  works,  IRC guidelines & Quality Assurance Manual.  In order to monitor the quality of  work,  the  Authority  Engineer/Independent  Engineer  are  engaged during construction,  operation  &  maintenance  period  of  National Highways projects. (f) Maintenance  &  repair  of  National  Highways  is  a  continuous process. For the stretch which is already awarded to the concessionaire on BOT & HAM basis, it is obligatory on the part of the concessionaire to maintain the stretch in traffic worthy condition till concession period and for the stretch which are awarded on EPC basis, it is obligatory on the part of the contractor to maintain the stretch in traffic worthy condition till defect liability period. Where concessionaire/contractor fails to repair roads as per the concession/contract agreement, Authority undertakes repairing  work  at  risk  and  cost  of  the  concessionaire/contractor.  On stretches where construction agency has been demobilised or concession period gets over, repair & maintenance is carried out through O&M contractors/TOT concessionaire or InvIT as part of their obligations in the contract/concession.

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