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Lok Sabha Question No. 3284 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Vocational Training in Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya, Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3284 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.08.2021

## Vocational Training in Schools

## 3284. SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA: SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  to  integrate  vocational  training  with  the school curriculum for revitalising the education imparted in schools in order to have better job creation in the country;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether  the  Government  is  taking  any  measures  to  introduce  cluster  development mechanism, which could align the growth of micro, small and medium enterprises with job creating agenda; and

- (d) if so, the response of Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) & (b): The Government is implementing the scheme of Vocationalisation of School  Education  under  the  umbrella  of 'Samagra Shiksha  -  an  integrated  scheme  for school  education' .  The  scheme  seeks  to  integrate  vocational  education  with  general academic education. The scheme covers Government and Government aided schools. NSQF compliant vocational courses, based on the job roles which have been approved by National Skill  Qualification  Committee  (NSQC)  are  offered  to  the  students  of  Class  IX  to  XII alongwith other academic subjects.

Employability Skill module has been made a mandatory part of the vocational Courses. It consists of Communication Skills, Self-Management Skills, Information and Communication Technology Skills, Entrepreneurship Skills and Green Skills.

The scheme has a provision for providing exposure of vocational education to students of Classes VI to VIII with an aim to provide opportunities to the students to orient themselves with  the  skills  required  for  various  occupations  in  a  sector  and  to  equip  them  to  make informed choices while selecting their subjects in higher classes.

(c)  and  (d): Ministry  of  MSME  is  implementing  Micro  and  Small  Enterprises  -  Cluster Development  Programme  (MSE-CDP).  The  objective  of  the  scheme  is  to  enhance  the productivity and competitiveness of Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) for establishment of Common Facility Centers (CFCs) in the existing clusters. MSE-CDP is a demand driven scheme wherein financial assistance is provided as Government of India's grant.

So far, total of 191 Common Facility Center (CFC) projects have been approved across the country,  of  which,  88  have  been  completed  and  103  are  under  implementation.  The  CFC projects are set up with expected outcome in terms of production, domestic sales/exports and direct & indirect employment, etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3281 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Regulation of Share Capital and Securities
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair. Sreekandan

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Financial Services

## LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No. 3281

Answered on Monday, August 09,2021/Sravana 18,1943 (Saka)

## REGULATION OF SHARE CAPITAL AND SECURITIES

## Question

## 3281\_ SHRI VK SREEKANDAN:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Reserve Bank of India has issued a draft circular on issue and regulation of share capital and securities on Urban Cooperative Banks(UCBs);
- b) whether it is also true that this was necessitated following the changes mandated by certain amendments to the Banking Regulation Act; 1949;
- C) whether it is also true that the RBI had asked UCBs, other participants as well as other interested parties to submit their comments on the above by 31.8.2021;
- (d) whether it is also true that the RBI intends to finalise the draft circular as early as possible; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## Answer

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FNNANCE (DR. BHAGWAT KARAD)

- (a) to (e): Pursuant to the Banking Regulation (Amendment) Act, 2020 (provisions applicable to Primary (Urban) Co-operative Banks (UCBs) from June 29, 2020), Reserve Bank of India has placed a circular on Issue and regulation of share capital and securities Primary (Urban) Cooperative Banks Draft   guidelines' on RBI website for comments from   UCBs, sector participants and other   interested  parties by August 31, 2021. RBI intends to finalise the guidelines after examining the feedback
Lok Sabha Question No. 3277 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: R&D in Iron and Steel sector
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Adala Prabhakara Reddy, Hemant Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3277

FOR ANSWER ON 09/08/2021

## R&D IN IRON AND STEEL SECTOR

3277.  SHRI ADALA PRABHAKARA REDDY:

SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) the funds sanctioned under the scheme 'Promotion of Research & Development (R&D) in Iron and Steel' Sector during the last two years;
- (b) the details of energy efficient and environment friendly technologies adopted as a part of technological up-gradation/ modernisation/ expansion of projects;
- (c) whether any new methods have been found out to better treat the waste from the steel sector in an environment friendly manner; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

THE MINISTER OF STEEL

## ANSWER

(SHRI RAM CHANDRA PRASAD SINGH)

- (a) The funds sanctioned for the scheme 'Promotion of Research & Development in Iron & Steel Sector' for the years 2020-21 and 2021-22 are given below:-
- (b) The  steel  industry  is  adopting  energy  efficient  and  environment  friendly technologies  as  part  of  technological  up-gradation/  modernisation/  expansion  of programme/ projects. Some of these are:-
-  Coke  Dry  Quenching  (CDQ)  -  Power  generation  from  the  waste  heat  from CDQ.
-  Sinter  Plant  Heat  Recovery  (Power  generation  from  Sinter  Cooler  Waste Heat).
-  Bell Less Top Equipment (BLT) in Blast Furnace.
-  Top Pressure Recovery Turbine (TRT) in Blast Furnace.
-  Pulverized Coal Injection (PCI) system in Blast Furnace.
-  Hot stove waste heat recovery in Blast Furnace.
-  Dry type Gas Cleaning Plant (GCP) in Blast Furnace.
-  Cast House/ Stock House Dedusting system.
-  Converter Gas Recovery in BOF.

| Financial Year   |   Fund Sanctioned (in Rs. crore) |
|------------------|----------------------------------|
| 2020-21          |                                5 |
| 2021-22          |                                5 |

-  Energy Monitoring & Management System.
-  Secondary Fume Extraction System in Steel Melting Shop.
-  Regenerative Burners in Re-heating Furnaces of Rolling Mills.
-  Hot  charging  process  of  continuously  cast  products  at  higher  temperature directly to Rolling Mills.
-  Direct Rolling Process eliminating the need for Re-heating furnaces.
-  Energy  efficient  technology  for  Hot  Strip  Mill:  Flexible  Thin  Slab  casting  & Rolling.
-  Near Net Shape casting: Bloom cum Beam Blank caster, Bloom cum Round caster etc.
-  Adoption  of  Variable  Voltage  Variable  Frequency  (VVVF)  Drives  for  high capacity electric motors.

(c)&(d):  The  wastes  being  generated  are  effectively  recycled  back  within  the  steel plants. Some wastes such as Blast Furnace slag is granulated within the steel plant and  sold  to  cement  industry.  Research  &  Development  projects  have  also  been undertaken  for  effective  utilization  of  steel  slag  in  road  making,  construction, agriculture etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3275 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Investment by Foreign Companies
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Sandhya Ray, Krishna Pal Singh Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3275 ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 9 th  AUGUST, 2021 SRAVANA 18, 1943 (SAKA)

## INVESTMENT BY FOREIGN COMPANIES

## QUESTION

3275. SHRIMATI SANDHYA RAY: DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether such efforts or changes have been made by the Government so that foreign companies are attracted to invest or open their business units in India;
- (b) if so, the efforts made and the sectors where such efforts have been made;
- (c) whether the Government is still making such efforts or proposes to do so; and
- (d) if so, the details of the possible efforts/changes as a result of which foreign companies are likely to be attracted to trade in India?

## ANSWER

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) to (d):- Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT), Ministry of Commerce and Industry has stated on 05.08.2021 that to promote Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), the Government has put in place an investor- friendly policy, wherein except for a small negative list, most sectors are open for 100% FDI under the Automatic route. The intent has been to make the FDI policy more investor friendly, in keeping with national interest and remove  the  policy  bottlenecks  that  have  been  hindering  the  investment inflows  into  the  country.    Recently,  reforms  in  FDI  Policy  have  been undertaken  across  sectors  such  as  Coal  Mining,  Contract  Manufacturing, Digital  Media,  Single  Brand  Retail  Trading,  Civil  Aviation,  Defence  and Insurance sector, which have resulted in increased FDI inflows in India. India registered its highest ever annual FDI inflow of US$ 81.72 billion (provisional

figures) in the financial year 2020-21. Further,  Government  makes  policy  pronouncements  on  FDI  through Press Notes and detailed Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) Policy on various sectors indicating therein sector-wise FDI limits and sectoral conditions is provided in 'Consolidated FDI Policy Circular of 2020', as amended from time to time through subsequent Press Notes, which are available on the website of Department for Promotion of Industry & Internal Trade (www.dipp.gov.in) after having consultations with stakeholders  including

FDI Policy is reviewed on an ongoing basis, to ensure that India remains attractive & investor friendly destination. Changes are made in the policy apex  industry chambers,  Associations,  representatives  of  industries/groups  and  other organizations taking into consideration their views/comments.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3271 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Release of Funds under CSS
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Manjulata Mandal

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT  OF EXPENDITURE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO. 3271 Monday, August  Og, 2021/Sravana  18' 1943 (saka)

Release of Funds under CsS

## 3271. SHRIMATI MANJULATA MANDAL:

Will the Minister  of FINANCE  be pleased to state:

- ai *netnel'  tf,e Government will consider implementation  of revised  procedure  for release of funds under the centrally sponsored schemes  (css) and monitoring utilisation of funds  released  from the next financial  year instead of need ot the current  financial  year
- b) if so, the details thereof;
- cj whetner tne Government  will appreciate  the  genuine  concerns  of the State Government and consider  restoring  the earlier  sharing  pattern  of the CSS' so that more resources  of the State would  be available  for the State schemes;  and
- d) if so, the details  thereof?

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

- (a)&(b):  At present' no such  proposal is under consideration'  However' to have more effectivecashmanagementandtobringmoreefflciencyinthePublic Expenditure  Management,  the Government has issued the revised  procedure on 23'd March' 2021 for elease of funds under the centrally Sponsored Schemes  (CSS) and monitoring  utilization of funds released The revised procedure has come into effect  fiom l"i July' 2021' However'  the Government has granted relaxation of 3 months t'e upto 30rh September'  2021 for (i) op"ning ot a"prr"t"  heads for Central  and the State  share  for each CSS in the DetailedDemandfolGrantsand(ii)ProvlsionregardinglefundofUnspent fundscurrentlyavailableinthebankaccountoflmplementingAgencies(lAS) into Single  NodalAgency  concerned
- (c)&(d):  The sharing  pattern of funds under CSS is guided by oM No File No O'1  1013/021201s-CSS & cMC datec 17 08 2016 of NlTl Aayog conveying  the decision  of the Cabinet  as under:
- i The existing funding  pattern will continue  for Core of the Core Schemes
- ii. For Core Schemes,  the funding  pattern for the 8 North eastern States and ' Hrmatayan States of Uttarakhand,  Himachal  Pradesh and Jammu & Kashmir shall be Centre :90% and State :'lO% whereas for the rest of the States this ration  shall be Centre;  60% and State:40%
- rv Ordinarily,  no CSS will be sanctioned  where  the central share is less than 50%
- iii. ior Optionaf schemes, the funding  pattern Ior the 8 North eastern  States and Himalayan  States of Uttarakhand'  Himachal  Pradesh  and Jammu  & fasnmir  snitt be Centre ;80% and State :2oyo whereas for the rest of the States this ration shall  be Centre;  50% and State:50%
- v. However, all the sharing  patterns indicated above shall be subject  to the ' or""i"  ti" if the cential share  is already  below that indicated in the itaring  pattern, then the Centre's share would  remain capped at their present level

Further, in order to ensure  that local needs are catered for  "flexi funds"  under CSS was enhanced  from 1O% to 25% for States
Lok Sabha Question No. 3270 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Compliance of ECB Liability-Equity Ratio
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Jyotsna Charandas Mahant

## MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

QUESTION NO. 3270

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY  09, August 2021/Sravana 18, 1943 (Saka) Compliance of ECB Liability-Equity Ratio

## 3270: SHRIMATI JYOTSNA CHARANDAS MAHANT , MP

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Reserve Bank of India has taken any step to confirm the compliance of External Commercial Borrowings (ECB) liability -equity ratio which cannot exceed 7:1 for ECB raised under the automatic route from direct equity holder in case of FCY denominated ECB by all eligible borrowers during the whole tenure of ECB;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any qualified member of ICAI, ICSI or ICMA is required to issue certificate to confirm the compliance of ECB liability - equity ratio which cannot exceed 7:1 for ECB raised under the automatic route from direct equity holder in case of FCY denominated ECB by all eligible borrowers during the whole tenure of ECB;
- (d) if so, details thereof; and
- (e) if not, whether it is proposed to obtain any such certificate and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) The Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) Master Direction on External Commercial Borrowings  (ECB),  Trade  Credits  and  Structured  Obligations  dated  26 th March, 2019, as updated from time to time, is the extant framework governing ECB.  In terms of this  framework, eligible borrowers availing ECB and Authorised Dealer

(AD) Banks are required to ensure adherence to all applicable guidelines, including the guideline pertaining to liability-equity ratio, as specified in the Master Direction.

- (c) ,  (d)  &  (e)  As  per  the  extant  framework,  borrowers  are  required  to  submit  duly certified 'Form ECB' for any draw down in respect of ECB. This Form specifies the requirement  of  certification  by  Company  Secretary  or  Chartered  Accountant  for various parameters which inter-alia includes compliance to the ECB liability - equity ratio.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3268 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Refurbishing of Famous Temples in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: T.R.V.S. Ramesh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3268 ANSWERED ON 09.08.2021

## REFURBISHING OF FAMOUS TEMPLES IN TAMIL NADU

## 3268. SHRI T.R.V.S. RAMESH:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  enhance  the  visual impact of the various temples in the Cuddalore district, from the point of view of tourist attraction;
- (b) the district-wise total number of temples in the State of Tamil
- Nadu; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to strengthen and refurbish the  famous  temple  structures  in  Cuddalore  district  being  a tourist  attraction  place  from  the  point  of  view  of  pilgrimage and worship?

## ANSWER

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

MINISTER OF TOURISM

(a) & (c): The Ministry of Tourism under PRASHAD Scheme provides  financial  assistance  to  the  State  Governments  /  Union Territory Administrations to create pilgrimage tourism infrastructure at the selected temple destinations including enhancing the visual impact of the temples across the Country. The temples / destinations are selected based on the proposals received from the respective State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations.  As of  now  there  is  no  proposal  under  consideration  for  a  temple  in Cuddalore district in the Ministry of Tourism.

(b): No such list is maintained by the Ministry of Tourism.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3267 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Central Vigilance Commission Directives
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: K. Shanmuga Sundaram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3267

ANSWERED ON Monday, August 09, 2021/ Sravana 18, 1943 (Saka)

## Central Vigilance Commission Directives

## 3267 . SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K.:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  Central  Vigilance  Commission directives to RBI and Banks to install a system which can detect chunks of small amounts transferred abroad from a single account to check fraudulent forex transactions;
- (b)  if so, the steps taken by the Government to recover a sum of Rs.6100 crores transferred by a nationalized bank recently; and
- (c)  whether the Public Sector Banks (PSBs) are adhering to the norms prescribed by Indian Banks Association regarding Know Your Customer (KYC) and Anti Money Laundering Guidelines?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (Dr. BHAGWAT KARAD)

- (a): The Central Vigilance Commission (CVC) vide letter dated 16.10.2015 addressed to RBI had advised RBI to make systematic improvement like cumulating all the forex outward remittance transaction per customer per day to arrive at cut-off limit (say US $ 100000/-) to avoid occurrence of such lapses.
- (b): Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered Regular Case  on 09.10.2015 on receipt of a complaint filed by the Ashok Vihar Branch, New Delhi of the Bank of Baroda alleging irregularities in remittance of foreign exchange to the tune of Rs.  6172  crores  from  newly  opened  accounts  to  Hong  Kong.  As  part  of  its  overall investigation, CBI has filed chargesheet against the AGM/ Branch Head & officer (Forex) of Bank of Baroda u/s 120-B, 420, 409 IPC and 13(2) r/w 13(1) (d) of PC Act, 1988 for acts of omission & commission. CBI has also sent Letters Rogatory (LRs) to UAE, Hong Kong & China.
- (c): As informed by Indian Bank Association, The Know Your Customer (KYC) Norms and Anti - Money Laundering (AML) Standards are 'Guidance Notes' for Banks. The scope of the 'Guidance Notes' issued by IBA is applicable to all member Banks of IBA are  voluntary  and  recommendatory  in  nature.  The  'Guidance  Notes'  provide  an indication to the member Banks of what the supervisors/ regulator may take into account while evaluating compliance with the AML/ KYC norms. Further, the Guidance Notes is an IBA document and the information contained therein is only for the guidance of the industry and to ease the understanding of the legal provisions.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3263 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-09
Subject: Personal Life Cover to COVID-19 Workers
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Malook Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 3263

## ANSWERED ON- 9.8.2021

## Personal Life Cover to COVID-19 Workers

## 3263. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to provide personal life cover of Rs.50 lakh to  police  men,  media  personnel  as  well  as  administrative  officers  and  employees engaged  in  prevention  and  protection  activities  against  Covid-19  on  the  lines  of insurance cover provided to front line corona warriors including doctors, paramedical staff and other health workers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reason for disparity in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## (Dr. BHAGWAT KARAD)

- (a) to (c): The Insurance Scheme for Health Care Workers fighting COVID-19 provided comprehensive personal accident cover of Rs. 50 lakh to health workers who may have been  in  direct  contact  and  care  of  COVID-19  patients  and  may  be  at  risk  of  being impacted by this.

To give momentum to India ' s  efforts  to  fight  COVID-19 and to assure our doctors and healthcare workers that their well-being is foremost, Government announced the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package: Insurance Scheme for Health Workers Fighting COVID-19 to provide an insurance cover of Rs. 50 lakh to health workers who may have to be in direct contact and care of COVID-19 patients and who may be at risk of being impacted by this.  No proposal is under consideration to modify the scope of the scheme.