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Lok Sabha Question No. 1089 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Development of Five Heritage Sites
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Riti Pathak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1089

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## DEVELOPMENT OF FIVE HERITAGE SITES

† 1089.  SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) the proposed plan for development of five heritage sites mentioned in the Union Budget of the country;
- (b) whether the Government propose to develop more such sites in future;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the criteria of selection of such heritage sites by the Government?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) The Government of India announced five (05) sites to be developed as 'Iconic Sites'.

The Archaeological Survey of India proposes to provide public amenities and enhancement of visual aesthetics of the site, exposition and excavation of buried remains, wherever required, and

on-site museum/ interpretation center to understand the site and its features in an immersive manner, in consultation with the state governments,

(b), (c) & (d) At present, there is no proposal.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1084 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Exit from Oil Business
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Mimi Chakraborty

## Exit from Oil Business

## 1084.    MS. MIMI CHAKRABORTY:

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  exit  from  oil  business  and  sell  100  percent  of Government share to private entity;
- (b) whether it is also a fact that without any survey and single effort, the Government wants to exit from the oil business; and
- (c)  if  so,  the  reasons  and  supportive  facts  with  documents  why  the  Government  does  not sustain in public organization thereof?

## ANSWER

पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामेवर तेल )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) to (c)    Disinvestment is the subject matter of Department of Investment and Public Asset Management (DIPAM) and  DIPAM has  informed  that  in  February,  2021,  the  Government has notified New Public Sector Enterprise ('PSE') Policy for Atmanirbhar Bharat. New PSE Policy delineated 4 broad Strategic Sectors, which includes Petroleum Sector, based on the criteria  of  national  security,  energy  security,  critical  infrastructure,  provision  of  financial services and availability of important minerals. In Strategic sectors, bare minimum presence of  the  existing  public  sector  commercial  enterprises  at  Holding  Company  level  will  be retained under Government control. The remaining enterprises in a strategic sector will be considered for privatisation or merger or subsidiarization with another PSE or for closure.

NITI Aayog has been mandated to make recommendations with regard to the CPSEs under Strategic Sectors that are to be retained under the Government Control or to be considered for privatisation or merger or subsidiarization with another PSE or for closure. Government will consider the recommendations of NITI Aayog and decide on case to case basis.

Privatisation will minimise the presence of Government in the PSEs and to make available newer investment opportunities for private sector, so as to allow infusion of private capital, technology, innovation and best management practices. This will also eliminate unnecessary overlap  of  PSEs  within  the  same  sector  and  improve  economies  of  scale  and  reduce wasteful  administrative  costs.  Post  disinvestment  growth  of  PSEs  may  generate  higher economic activities resulting in new job opportunities and growth of the ancillary industries. The  resources  unlocked  would  be  used  to  finance  various  social  sector/  developmental programmes of the Government, which shall benefit the public.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1082 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Practical Knowledge
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Anumula Revanth Reddy

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1082 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## Practical Knowledge

## 1082. SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of the problems faced by students of engineering and  other  practical  courses  in  gaining  practical  knowledge  in  the  online  mode  of education;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  steps  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  assure  jobs  for  the upcoming work force if they have negligible practical knowledge which would have been imparted in regular offline classes; and
- (d)     the data of jobs acquired by the engineering students in the last five years?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (c): Some challenges are faced by students of engineering and other practical courses in gaining practical knowledge in the online mode of education. In this regard, Government has initiated project of Virtual Labs which is aimed at providing remote access to Labs in various disciplines  of  Science  and  Engineering. This  helps  students in  learning  basic  and  advanced concepts  through  remote  experimentation  and provides  a  complete  Learning  Management System  around  the  Virtual  Labs  where  students  can  avail  of  various  tools  for  learning, including additional web-resources, video-lectures, animated demonstrations and selfevaluation.  A  public  private  partnership  initiative  named  National  Educational  Alliance  for Technology  (NEAT)  has  also  been  launched.  Along  with  NEAT  scheme,  a  portal  called Enhancement in Learning with Improvement in Skills (ELIS) has also been developed which provides  internship  opportunities  to  Indian  students  in  various  government  and  private sector/organization and digital content free of cost to enhance youth employability.

(d): No such data is centrally maintained by the Government.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1081 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Staff Quarters of Bhilai Steel Plant
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Krupal Balaji Tumane, Bhavana Gawali (Patil)

THE MINISTER OF STEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1081 FOR ANSWER ON 26/07/2021

## STAFF QUARTERS OF BHILAI STEEL PLANT

## 1081.  SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  staff  quarters  are  in  excess  of  the  number  of employees working in Bhilai Steel Plant of Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) and if so, the reasons therefor and the manner in which the Plant is utilizing them;
- (b) whether  many  people  are  residing  in  these  quarters  in  an  unauthorised manner or on rent and if so, whether the Government has conducted any inquiry in this regard;
- (c) if so, whether the officers are also involved in such irregularities and if so, the action taken/ being taken by the Government thereon;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to evict/ sale out or to lease out the land / utilize  the  land  for  commercial  purpose/  quarters  lying  vacant  to  reduce  the  loss incurred by the Plant and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  time  by  which  the  quarters  of  the  said  Plant  which  were  declared dangerous some time back are likely to be demolished ?

## ANSWER

(SHRI RAM CHANDRA PRASAD SINGH)

- (a) Staff  quarters  in  Bhilai  Steel  Plant  (BSP)  of  Steel  Authority  of  India  Limited (SAIL)  were  constructed  in  keeping  with  the  then  requirement.  The  quarters subsequently rendered surplus have been utilized by SAIL on lease/licence basis in accordance with their relevant scheme / policy to employees/ex-employees.

(b)to(d):  BSP  has  got  83  quarters  out  of  465  quarters  vacated  from  unauthorized occupants from 1.04.2019 to 30.06.2021.  The cases of unauthorized occupation are inquired  into  by  the  Estate  Officer  of  SAIL  as  per  the  provisions  under  the  Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971 for eviction.  SAIL has no proposal to sale out or to lease out the land / utilize the land/quarters lying vacant for commercial purpose.

- (e) Out of 3797 quarters identified to be uninhabitable / unfit by Bhilai Steel Plant for demolition, 1926 units have already been demolished.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1080 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Amendment to IBC
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rajmohan Unnithan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1080 ANSWERED ON MONDAY THE 26 th  JULY, 2021/ SRAVANA 4, 1943 (SAKA)

## AMENDMENT TO IBC QUESTION

1080. SHRI RAJMOHAN UNNITHAN:

## Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

कॉर्पोरे ट कार्य मंत्री

- (a) whether  the  Government  is planning to amend  the  Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC) to prevent promoters from delaying the resolution process and to ensure its time-bound completion;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;

(c)

whether a special presentation was given by the bankers to the Reserve

Bank  of  India  (RBI)  and  the  Union  Finance  Ministry,  which  said  that  the delaying tactics of promoters are eroding the very spirit of IBC and this is

stalling the resolution plan, citing the case of Jaypee Infrastructure; and

- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## 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) and (b): No amendment is proposed.
- (c) and (d): No such input/information is available.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1079 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Freezing of Investment by NSDL
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1079

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 th  JULY, 2021/ SRAVANA 04, 1943 (SAKA) FREEZING OF INVESTMENT BY NSDL

## 1079:  SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the National Securities Depository Ltd. (NSDL) has frozen Rs.45000 crore black money investment through Mauritius;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has any data about how much amount came in the country through Mauritius route in the last five years;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether any inquiry has been done to check genuineness of these investments and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE

- (a) & (b): In a matter pertaining to issuances of Global Depository Receipt (GDR) by certain Indian listed companies, the market regulator, Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), vide Order dated June 16, 2016, had directed depositories to freeze certain beneficiary accounts of some entities, which received underlying shares on conversion/ cancellation of specified GDRs.
- (c ) & (d): The details of Foreign Portfolio Investments (FPI) and Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) made by foreign investors through Mauritius in the last five years is as under:

| Financial Year   | Net FPI Investment (In Rs. Crore)   | FDI Inflows (In Rs. Crore)   |
|------------------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2016-17          | -14,290                             | 105,587                      |
| 2017-18          | -75,995                             | 102,492                      |
| 2018-19          | -71,904                             | 57,139                       |
| 2019-20          | -62,749                             | 57,785                       |
| 2020-21          | -11,155                             | 41,661                       |

Source: Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade and Securities and Exchange Board of India

(e): Foreign  Portfolio Investors (FPIs) are  registered  and  regulated  under  the  SEBI  (FPI) Regulations 2019 and are required to comply with the provisions of the said Regulations. Entities receiving FDI have to comply with reporting requirements as laid down by Reserve Bank of India (RBI).  Enforcement  Directorate  and  Income  Tax  Department  take  appropriate  actions  in  case  of persons, who are found to be involved in violation of the provisions of various Acts administered by them and relevant to the specific foreign investments.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1073 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Central Assistance to Puducherry
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Vaithilingam Ve.

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Expenditure

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1073

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 26 th  JULY, 2021 Sravana 4, 1943( Saka)

## CENTRAL ASSISTANCE TO PUDUCHERRY

## 1073,  SHRIVE. VAITHILINGAM:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- a) Whether the Union Government is aware that the annual central assistance to the UT of  Puducherry  remains  static  for  a  quite  long  time  without    reasonable  increase  to match the revenue deficit;
- b) If so, the details thereof;
- c) Whether  the Union Government will come forward to adequately  increase the central assistance and if so, the details thereof;
- d) Whether the Union Government has made any study on the minimum requirement  of central assistance  for UT Government based on a reasonable formula; and
- e) If  not,  whether  the  Union  Government  will  come  forward  to  initiate  steps  in  this direction and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE

## (SH. PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

(a)  to  (c):The  annual  growth  in  central  assistance  to  the  UT  of  Puducherry  is  about  4.5%, except in the year 2020-21 in which about 10% increase was given.

Details of central assistance received during the last 7 years are given below:

| Year    |   Rs. in crore | Growth%   |
|---------|----------------|-----------|
| 2015-16 |        1300    | --        |
| 2016-17 |        1353.13 | 4.09      |
| 2017-18 |        1418.69 | 4.85      |
| 2018-19 |        1470.99 | 3.69      |
| 2019-20 |        1539.98 | 4.69      |
| 2020-21 |        1698    | 10.26     |
| 2021-22 |        1724.77 | 1.58      |

(d) and (e): The Annual allocation by the Ministry of Finance towards Central Assistance to the UTs are based on the projections/expenditure trends and availability of resources, which  are  reviewed  and  provided  for  through  supplementary  grants  approved  by  the Parliament for respective Financial Year.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1071 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Fund Utilisation in States‘ Schemes
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Chunni Lal Sahu

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1071 Monday, July 26, 2021/Sravana  4, 1943 (Saka)

## Fund Utilisation  in States'  Schemes

## 107,I.  SHRI  CHUNNI  LAL SAHU:

Will the Minister  of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the names  of the schemes in the States on which funds of the Union Government are being utilised by changing the names of central schemes;
- (b) the details and amount of funds  spent on the said'schemes  during  the year  2019-20  and 202021, scheme-wise;
- (c) the amount of funds spent  by the Union Government  particularly  on Narwa-Garua-Ghunva-Badi schemes in Chhattisgarh  along with the names of the schemes; and
- (d) the details  and percentage  of the funds  allocated  by the Union Government  and the amount  of funds of the State Government  utilised in the said schemes?

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

- (a)  to (d): Union Government  provides funds for Centrally Sponsored Schemes (Css)/Central Sector schemes (CS) as per approved guidelines formulated by the concerned Ministries /Departments.  The Ministries  /Departments monitor  utilization  of funds as per  scheme  guidelines and release next instalment  on the recerpt of utilization certificate.  The utilization  of the budgetary allocations  is monitored  by the Financial  Adviser (FA) and Chief Controller  of Accounts  (CCA) of the respective Ministry/Department.  The funds allocated during the year 2019-20  and 2O2O-21 under CSS and CS are as follows:

(Rs. in crore)

| Scheme Category   | 2O19-20 (Actual)   | 2020-21 (RE)   |
|-------------------|--------------------|----------------|
| CSS               | 3,09,552.68        | 3,87,899.80    |
| AQ                | 7 ,57 ,091.13      | 12,63,689.81   |

However, it is stated that to preserve  the All lndia character  of cSS scheme,  Department of Expenditure vide D.O letter No.66('1)/PF -1112015  dated 31.08.2017  issued  a set of guidelines.  As per the guidelines  the specific name and details of each scheme receive Parliamentary  approval through  budget  provision and the process  of appropriation.  Therefore, releases of funds of such schemes and their utilization must necessarily  be strictly in accordance with the Parliamentary authorization  All Ministries/Departments have been requested  that for each CSS, a set of core features consisting of the target  group, funding  pat'(ern  and de very mechanism apart from its name, logo and tagline may be made unalterable by the State Governments. Narwa-GarwaGhurwa-Badi is a State scheme of Government  of Chhattisgarh.  State schemes  are monitored by the respective State Governments.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1070 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Digital Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Hema Malini

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1070

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 th  JULY, 2021

## Digital Education

## †1070. SHRIMATI HEMA MALINI:

- Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) whether the digital education has been very useful and effective during the covid19 pandemic; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether the digital education can be an effective choice to make improvement in the level of education in rural areas also; (d) if so, the details thereof; and (e)  the  effective  steps  taken/proposed  to be  taken by  the  Government  to  increase
- digital education both in urban and rural areas equally?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (d) Yes, due to prevalence of COVID-19, educational institutions in large parts of India have been unable to conduct physical classes. In these circumstances efforts have been made to continue teaching-learning process in the form of online as well as offline mode.

A  comprehensive  initiative  called PM  eVIDYA has  been  initiated  as  part  of  Atma Nirbhar  Bharat  Abhiyaan  on  17th  May,  2020,  which  unifies  all  efforts  related  to digital/online/on-air  education  to  enable  multi-mode  access  to  education.  The initiative includes:

- DIKSHA (one nation, one digital platform) is the nation's digital infrastructure for providing quality  e-content  for  school  education  in  states/UTs  and  QR  coded Energized Textbooks for all grades are available on it.
- One earmarked Swayam Prabha TV channel per class from 1 to 12 (one class, one channel).
- Extensive use of Radio, Community radio and CBSE Podcast- Shiksha Vani.
- Special  e-content  for  visually  and  hearing  impaired  developed  on  Digitally Accessible Information System (DAISY) and in sign language on NIOS website/ YouTube.

To reach out to those students who lack access to technology various innovative activities are being done at national, state or district level such as Gali-Gali Sim-Sim, Tili-Mili  programme,  Motor  Eskool,  Roving  Teacher,  Project  SMILE  (Social  Media Interface  for  Learning  Engagement),  e-Kaksha,  formation  of  Whatsap  and  other social  media  groups, Work Book Distribution at home, Teacher calling to maintain connects with students.

- (e) Keeping in view the availability of digital infrastructure PRAGYATA Guidelines on  Digital  Education  have  been  issued.  The  guidelines  brief  on  various  modes  of digital education including online mode that depends more on availability of internet, partially  online  mode  that  utilizes  the  blended  approach  of  digital  technology  and other offline activities, and offline mode that utilizes television and radio as a major medium of instruction of education. The guidelines can be accessed at:

https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/pragyata-guidelines\_0.pdf

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1067 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: 100-Bedded ESI Hospital in Jharkhand
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1067 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## 100-BEDDED ESI HOSPITAL IN JHARKHAND

1067. DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)the  present  status  of  100-bedded  ESI  Hospital  at  Karon-Deoghar district of Jharkhand;
- (b)whether the Government has taken steps to start the hospital;
- (c)if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) to (d): The  Employees'  State  Insurance  Corporation  (ESIC)  has approved  for  setting  up  of  a  100  bedded  ESI  hospital  at  Deoghar, Jharkhand. The Government of Jharkhand has allotted 10 acres of land free of cost to the ESIC at village Sagarbhanga, Karon Circle, Deoghar. The aforementioned land has not been found suitable by ESIC.

ESIC has therefore requested the State Government to allot suitable alternate land free of cost or at a token value.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1066 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-07-26
Subject: Development of Tourist Places in Satna
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Ganesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†1066 ANSWERED ON 26.07.2021

## DEVELOPMENT OF TOURIST PLACES IN SATNA

†1066. SHRI GANESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

(a) whether  there  is  any  action  plan  to  develop  tourists  and pilgrimage sites at the river bank area located near Chitrkoot and Maihar situated in Satna district of Madhya Pradesh; and (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

MINISTER OF TOURISM

(a) and (b): No, Sir.

This is to state that under its Schemes viz. 'National Mission on  Pilgrimage  Rejuvenation  and  Spiritual,  Heritage  Augmentation Drive  (PRASHAD)'  and  'Integrated  Development  of  Theme  Based Tourist  Circuits  in  the  Country  (Swadesh  Darshan)" Ministry  of Tourism provides Central Financial Assistance to the State Governments / Union Territory Administrations concerned for development of tourism infrastructure at the places/sites selected on their requests as per the guidelines of the schemes, which is a continuous process.

As of now there is no action plan in the Ministry of Tourism to develop the sites referred in the question.

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