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Lok Sabha Question No. 4133 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Beautification of Places under Bardhaman Purba Constituency
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Mondal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4133 ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## BEAUTIFICATION OF PLACES UNDER BARDHAMAN PURBA

## CONSTITUENCY

## 4133. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- whether  the  Government  proposes  to  beautify  the  four  most beautiful  tourism  places  under  Bardhaman  Purba  Lok  Sabha Constituency  in  West  Bengal  i.e.  Kalna,  Katwa,  Raina  and
- (a) Purbosthali as new tourism spots in India;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof,  along  with  the  future  initiatives  in this regard, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF TOURISM

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a): The Ministry of Tourism has not received any proposal in this regard.
- (b) and (c): The Ministry of Tourism under Schemes of Swadesh Darshan  and  National  Mission  on  Pilgrimage  Rejuvenation  and Spiritual, Heritage Augmentation Drive (PRASHAD) provides financial assistance to State Governments/Union Territory Administrations  for  tourism  infrastructure  development  with  their consultation  and  subject  to  availability  of  funds,  submission  of suitable  detailed  project  reports,  adherence  to  scheme  guidelines and  utilization  of  funds  released  earlier  etc.  The  details  of  the projects  sanctioned    under    Swadesh  Darshan    and  PRASHAD schemes in the state of  West  Bengal  is  as under:-

| Scheme          | Name of project                                                                                                 | Sanction year   |   Amount sanctioned (Rs. In Cr. |
|-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------|---------------------------------|
| Swadesh Darshan | Development of Beach Circuit: Udaipur- Digha- Shankarpur- Tajpur- Mandarmani- Fraserganj-Bakkhlai- Henry Island | 2015-16         |                           67.99 |
| PRASHAD         | Development of Belur                                                                                            | 2016-17         |                           30.03 |

The  Ministry  of  Tourism  has  now  revamped  the  'Swadesh Darshan'  scheme  for  sanctioning  of  new  projects  in  the  country, following a destination and touristic centric approach. ********
Lok Sabha Question No. 4132 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Costing of Covaxin and Covishield Vaccines
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Thirumaa Valavan Thol

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4132 ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2022 [CHAITRA 7, 1944 (SAKA)]

## COSTING OF COVAXIN AND COVISHIELD VACCINES

QUESTION 4132. SHRI THIRUMAAVALAVAN THOL:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Competition Commission of India has the details of cost buildup of Covaxin and Covishield vaccine produced in India, so as to prevent these two monopoly producers from exorbitantly pricing and selling the vaccines in the current situation of medical emergency;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether  the  Government  has  ensured  that  selling  price  does  not  have abnormal huge gap with the cost of production of Covaxin and Covishield and if so, the details thereof;

(d) whether the Government has instructed the company to price the vaccine in consultation with the Government and ensured that the pattern of costing has not given advantage for business monopoly of these two companies; and

- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  OF  THE  MINISTRY  OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  OF  THE  MINISTRY  OF  PLANNING;  AND  MINISTER  OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS.

(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a)&(b):  No,  Sir.  The  Competition  Commission  of  India  ('Commission')  has  no details of cost build-up of Covaxin and Covishield vaccine produced in India.

(c)to(e):  The  Commission  issued  an  advisory  on  19.04.2020  for  guidance  of corporates during Covid times which, inter-alia, cautioned the corporates not to take  advantage  of  the  pandemic  to  contravene  any  of  the  provisions  of  the Competition Act, 2002.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4128 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Swayam Prabha Programme
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sanganna Amarappa Karadi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4128 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Swayam Prabha Programme

## 4128.   SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  reviews  or  coordinates  the  content  aired  on  Swayam  Prabha  TV channels on its effectiveness in imparting knowledge in the PM e-Vidya programme;
- (b) the number of course materials prepared by the Government for delivering online courses and imparting  education  through  TV  channels,  along  with  the  details  of  the  classes  they  were made for and the subjects;
- (c) whether the Government has undertaken any study to evaluate the effectiveness of online and digital education and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the measures being taken by the Government to improve the quality of the same?

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

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(a) & (b) To facilitate the digital learning, a comprehensive initiative called PM e-VIDYA has been introduced as part of AtmaNirbhar  Bharat  Abhiyaan,  which  unifies  all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode access to education. Provision for One Class One Channel has been made on Swayam Prabha TV. The e-Contents/programme uploaded under PM e-Vidya is based on NCERT curriculum.

Department of Higher Education has undertaken several digital initiatives for online education like SWAYAM,  SWAYAM  Prabha,  Virtual  Labs  etc.  There  are  2598  unique  courses  covering engineering  and  non-  engineering  disciplines.  22  SWAYAM  Prabha  channels  have  content  of around 5100 hours on various subjects. There are around 120 virtual labs with 1200 experiments. These contents are prepared by the premier institutions like IITs, IIMs, IISc, Universities, NCERT etc.  These  contents  are  for  Class  I-XII,  UG  and  PG  programmes  in  different  subjects  taught  in schools/colleges, emerging areas of technology and skill development, including soft skills.

(c)  &  (d)  The  Ministry  of  Education  through  National  Council  of  Educational  Research  and Training  (NCERT)  had  conducted  a  survey  related  to  online  teaching  learning  in  Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS), Navodaya Vidyalaya Samiti (NVS) and Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) schools. The details may be accessed which may be accessed at the following links: https://www.mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/Learning\_Enhancement\_0.pdf

Further,  it  was  observed  in  Third  Party  Evaluation  that  the  digital  initiatives  of  Deptt.  of  Higher Education complements and supplements the conventional education.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4126 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Vidyanjali Programme
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Hema Malini

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4126 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Vidyanjali Programme

4126.   SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government has launched Vidyanjali Programme with the aim of strengthening schools and improving the quality of school education through community, CSR and private sector involvement across the country;

- (b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c)  the  extent  to  which  Vidyanjali  Programme  is  successful  so  far  in  achieving  its  goal  and  the challenges faced in implementation of the said programme?

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

(a)  to  (c)  :  Yes,  Vidyanjali    is  an  initiative  of  Department  of  School  Education  and  Literacy, Ministry of Education, for facilitating the community and volunteers to directly connect with the government and government-aided schools to contribute their services and/or assets/ materials/equipment through a dedicated portal which may be accessed at https://vidyanjali.education.gov.in. Recognising the importance of community involvement in all spheres of education right from foundational level to adult education, the program complements the efforts of the government in improving the quality of education in schools across the nation and in achieving the objectives of the National Education Policy 2020. As on 23.03.2022, 153615 schools are onboarded on the vidyanjali portal and 20732 volunteers are registered for contribution through Vidyanjali portal.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4124 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Sports Infrastructures in UP Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Shyam Yadav Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4124 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th  March, 2022

Sports Infrastructures in UP Schools

## 4124. SHRI SHYAM SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of schools in Uttar Pradesh not having sports ground;
- (b) the number of schools where sports ground facility was built during the last three years in UttarPradesh; and
- (c)  the  funds  allocated  by  the  Government  to  build  sports  infrastructure  in  schools  in  Uttar Pradesh?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## ANSWER (SMT ANNPURNA DEVI)

(a) & (b): Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under the domain of respective State and UT Governments. As per Unified District Information System for Education Plus (UDISE+) for the year 2019-20, out of 137638 government schools in Uttar Pradesh 44175 do not have sports ground facility. The total number of schools where sports ground facility was built during the last three years in Uttar Pradesh is 10820. Further, to address the issue of shortage of playgrounds in schools, this Ministry has issued an advisory to the State and  UT  Governments  that  the  schools  that  do  not  have  playgrounds,  may  make  adequate arrangements in adjoining playground, municipal park etc., for children to play outdoor games and other physical activities.

(c): Department of School Education and Literacy has launched an Integrated Scheme -Samagra Shiksha for School Education. Realizing the need for holistic development of children, under the Samagra Shiksha, Sports and Physical Education component has been introduced for encouragement of Sports, Physical activities, Yoga, Co-curricular activities etc. A provision has been made for grants for sports equipments in all the government schools at the rate of Rs. 5,000 to  Rs.  25,000  for  various  levels  in  schools per  annum.  In  addition,  as  per  new  norms  of  the scheme, an additional grant of upto Rs. 25,000 per school will be provided to the schools in case at least 2 students of that school win a medal in Khelo India National School Games competition. During the last three years funds approved under Sports Grant for the Government Schools in Uttar Pradesh is as under :

| Years   |   Financial approval (In lakh) |
|---------|--------------------------------|
| 2019-20 |                       10756    |
| 2020-21 |                         558.75 |
| 2021-22 |                        9622.35 |

Source : PRABANDH

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4122 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: National Scholarship Portal
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4122 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 th  MARCH, 2022

## National Scholarship Portal

## 4122. SHRI PATEL HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  launched  a  National  Scholarship  Portal  to  provide  students access to National and State Level Scholarships provided by various Government authorities;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the number of students benefitted therefrom in the country and the quantum of funds spent during the last financial year?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Yes, Sir. The National Scholarships Portal (NSP) was developed and launched by the Hon'ble Prime Minster of India under Digital India Programme in July 2015. It was aimed to build  a  unified  digital  platform  to  bring  synergy,  transparency  and  efficiency  in  scholarships disbursement in India. The prime objective of the NSP is to create a unique, simplified and userfriendly  platform  for  students  to  help  them  avail  benefits  of  educational  scholarships  in  an efficient and transparent manner. Any Ministry/Department/State can on-board NSP. At present,

114 scholarships schemes belonging to 16 Ministries/Departments and 14 States are on-boarded on NSP. The main features of the NSP portal are:

-  One-Page single scholarship form designed for every scholarship on-boarded on NSP to simplify scholarship application.
-  Visibility  of  more  than  100  schemes  on  a  single  portal  has  brought  transparency  in government operations to a new benchmark in India.
-  Financial assistance is directly passed to user accounts through DBT.
-  The system is updated every year for faster and effective verification and finalization of applications  based  on  values  received  from  different  systems  on  near  real  time  basis through Application Programming Interfaces (APIs).

(c):    During  the  financial  year  2020-21,  more  than  1.28  crore  students  applied  on  National Scholarships Portal, out of which 68.48 lakh applications were finally verified and about Rs.2899 crore was disbursed to the students' bank accounts through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4121 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Academic Integrity in Research Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.4121 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Academic Integrity in Research Education

4121. SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  of  the  increasing  occurrence  of academic integrity in research education and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  policy  adopted  by  the  Government  to  check  the  plagiarism  in  research journals;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to change the current regulations to tackle the menace of plagiarism;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the number of fraud cases brought to the notice of University Grants Commission during the last five years?

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

- (a)  &  (b):  The  University  Grants  Commission  (UGC)  has  informed  that  the  UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of M.Phil/Ph.D. Degree) Regulations, 2016 provide that the Institution shall evolve mechanism using well developed software and gadgets to detect plagiarism and other forms  of  academic  dishonesty.  The  UGC  (Promotion  of  Academic  Integrity  and Prevention  of Plagiarism  in  Higher  Educational  Institutions)  Regulations,  2018  also contain measures for Curbing Plagiarism, Provisions for Detection / Reporting Handling of Plagiarism and prescribing penalties in cases of plagiarism.

Further  to  ensure  prevention  of  academic  misconduct  including  plagiarism in academic writing among student, faculty, researcher and staff, the UGC has set up a Consortium for Academic and Research Ethics (CARE) to identify, continuously monitor and maintain 'UGC-CARE Reference List of Quality Journals' across disciplines.

- (c)  &  (d):  The  UGC  has  informed  that  presently  there  is  no  proposal  to  change  the current provisions relating to plagiarism in the regulations.
- (e):  UGC  does  not  centrally  maintain  the  data  regarding  the  number  of  fraud  cases relating to plagiarism. The cases of plagiarism as and when reported to the Commission are referred to the University concerned with a request to take appropriate action in the light of UGC regulations.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4118 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Vacancies in Central Universities
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Magunta Sreenivasulu Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4118 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Vacancies in Central Universities

## 4118. SHRI MAGUNTA SREENIVASULU REDDY:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether it is  a  fact  that  there  are  over  10,000  vacancies  of  full  time  teacher's  posts  in  Central Universities, IIMs and IITs in the country;
- (b) if so, the reasons for such large number of vacancies; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to increase recruitment in the said institution?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) Occurring of vacancies and filling thereof is a continuous process. The vacancies arise due to  retirement,  resignation  and  additional  requirements  on  account  of  enhanced  students'  strength.  The Institutions are adopting various measures to address the shortage of faculty in order to ensure that studies of students are not affected which inter-alia, includes engaging research scholars, hiring through contract, re-employment  or  through  visiting  faculty.  Ministry  of  Education  has  requested  all  the  Central  Higher Educational Institutions to fill up the vacancies in a Mission Mode within a period of one year starting from 5 th September, 2021. So far 8589 (eight thousand five hundred eighty nine) posts have been advertised in Higher Educational Institutions of Ministry of Education.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4115 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Clubs under Kendriya Vidyalayas
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Pintu

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4115 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## CLUBS UNDER KENDRIYA VIDYALAYAS

## † 4115. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  is  running  central  or other clubs in its regional offices;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the sources of Chairman, Treasurer, Secretary and other members who make contributions to Cricket Clubs and other clubs?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c)  There  is  no  registered  club  being  run  by  Kendriya  Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) in its regional offices. However, provisions are made for promotion of sports among students and staff of KVS.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4110 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Tagore Cultural Complex
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

## 4110. DR. NISHIKANT DEBEY

## Will the MINISTER OF CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the much awaited Tagore Cultural Complex (TCC) at Deoghar in Jharkhand may take more time for its implementation;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has fixed any new time line for the completion of this TCC;
- (d) if so, the details therefor; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

## (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY):

## ANSWER

(a) to (e) As per Tagore Cultural Complexes (TCC) scheme guidelines, a project is required to be completed within a period of three years from the date of release of 1 st  installment by Ministry of Culture.

The  proposal  submitted  by  State  Government  of  Jharkhand  in  2017  was  approved  by National Appraisal Committee (NAC) in its meeting held on 16.04.2019, with a total project cost of Rs. 19,72,16,835/- out of which Rs. 11,83,30101/- was the Central share, subject to certain modification in the proposal. The decision was communicated to the project authority by the Ministry in May, 2019 and subsequent reminders sent to them to submit the requisite  documents.  As  no  response  was received  from  project  authority,  the  matter  was  again  placed  before  NAC  in  its  meeting  dated 28.02.2020 and it was decided to send a last reminder to submit the requisite documents/ clearance within a period of 90 days failing which recommendation of NAC in its meeting dated 16.04.2019 will stand cancelled. This decision was communicated by the Ministry in April, 2020 but no response has been received from the project authority till date. As the case is pending since 2017 and the requisite documents are still awaited, it has been decided to suomotu close the case. Therefore, this Ministry does not propose to fix any new time line for this project.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4110 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## TAGORE CULTURAL COMPLEX