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Lok Sabha Question No. 1131 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Warehouses and Silos at Ports
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY  OF PORTS,  SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 1131

ANSWERED ON 3RD DECEMBER,  2021

## WAREHOUSES AND SILOS AT PORTS

,1  13,I , SHRI PATEL HASMUKHBHAI SOMABHAI:

Will the Minister  of PORTS,  SHIPPtNG  AND WATERWAYS be pleased to state.

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- whether the Government has planned  to develop  product specific warehouses and silos at ports in the country in a bid to minimize logistic cost and storage cost; (a)
- if so, the details  thereof, and (b)
- the quantum of funds sanctioned particularly  to develop such product  specific warehouses and silos in Gularat and if so, the details thereof? (c)

## ANSWER

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

(a), (b) & (c): The Ministry through  the (SDCL) issued Expression of lnterest interest of private operators/ investors warehouses/  silos at various  Major and located  near port area and alongside the Sagarmala  Development  Company Limited (Eol) on 23 December 2020 to elicit the for the development  of product  specific Non-major ports,  Multimodal  Logistic Parks National Waterways.

Total 26 companies  had submitted their applications  in response to Eol and 71 interests received  for the development  of warehouses/ product specific warehousing  at various locations  across the country. The information received in response  to the Eol has been forwarded to the relevant  port  Authorities for taking the projects forward in discussion with the interested  companies.  As of now there rs no requirentellt  u[ a separate policy  for rmplementation  of these projects as the exrsting policies  are sufficient  to deal wiUr Ire related  matter.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1125 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Sharing Technology for Producing Vaccine
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## GOVERNMNET OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1125 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2021

## SHARING TECHNOLOGY FOR PRODUCING VACCINE

## 1125. SHRI NATARAJAN P.R.:

## Will the Minister of External Affairs be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the United States had opposed the resolution in the 73rd world health assembly on sharing technology for producing vaccine, medicines and diagnostic kits to combat the threat of COVID-19; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the reaction of the Government thereon?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

(a) & (b) At the 73rd World Health Assembly session held in 2020, the COVID-19 Response Resolution was adopted with consensus. Government of India co-sponsored this resolution. The Government of the United States had dissociated itself from certain paras of the resolution, including the para that called for universal, timely and equitable access to and fair distribution of all quality, safe, efficacious and affordable essential health technologies and products and the need for urgent removal of unjustified obstacles thereto consistent with the provisions of relevant international treaties   including   the   provisions   of   the   TRIPS   agreement   and   the flexibilities as confirmed by the Doha Declaration on the TRIPS Agreement and Public Health.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1122 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: District Child Welfare Committee
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Hanuman Beniwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1122 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2021

## DISTRICT CHILD WELFARE COMMITTEE

## 1122. SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL:

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

- (a) the details of the judicial power vested in the District Child Welfare Committee along with the category of cases where it is mandatory for police to report it to the District Child Welfare Committees;
- (b) whether there is any provision  to  penalize police  personnel  who decided  such cases on their own without reporting it to the said committee, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  of  the  incidents  of  overreaching  of powers by the police officials  in  cases  falling  under  the  jurisdiction  of  the  said committee in the Nagaur district of Rajasthan during the last two years; and
- (d) if so, the details of such cases?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b)  : The  judicial  power  vested  in  the  District  Child  Welfare  Committee  are enshrined as per section 27 (9) of the Juvenile Justice (Care & Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act, 2015). The details of powers and functions of District Child Welfare Committee  are  given  in  section  29  and  30  of  the  JJ  Act,  2015.  The  procedures  for mandatory reporting including offence for non-reporting and penalty are detailed in the Section 32 to 34 of the JJ Act, 2015.
- (c)  &  (d)  :  The  primary  responsibility  of  the  implementation  of  the  Act  lies  with  the respective State/UT Governments. As per information provided by the State Government of Rajasthan, four instances of violating the provisions have been recorded for the period from 10 th July 2020 to 30 th May 2021 as follows:
- i. Case no 11/16.1.2021. Police Station Gotan
- ii.  Case no 103/05.5.2021 Police Station Gotan
- iii. Case no 83/10.4.2021 Police Station Gotan
- iv. Case no 2/1.1.2020 Police Station Gotan

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1118 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Tele-Law Mobile App
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Pocha Brahmananda Reddy, Sanjeev Kumar Singari, Goddeti Madhavi, M V V Satyanarayana, Kotagiri Sridhar, Talari Rangaiah, Chandra Sekhar Bellana

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1118 TO BE ANSWERED ON, FRIDAY, THE 3 rd  DECEMBER,2021

## Tele-Law Mobile App

1118. SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY:

DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI:

SHRIMATI GODDETI MADHAVI:

SHRI M.V.V. SATYANARAYANA:

SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI:

SHRI TALARI RANGAIAH:

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has recently launched the Citizen's Tele-Law Mobile App;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the salient features of this App along with the benefits of this App for the citizens?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE ( SHRI KIREN RIJIJU )

- (a)  to (c) Yes Sir.Tele-Law is a unique e-interface platform which provides pre litigation legal  advice and  legal consultation to  people, especially to  the  needy  and disadvantaged,  through  Panel  Lawyers  via  video  conferencing  and  telephone facilities, available at Common Service Centers (CSCs). Constant endeavours are being made to make Tele-Law a robust, popular and versatile medium. As a step in this  direction,  Government  has  recently  launched  the  Citizens'  Tele-Law  Mobile App. The Mobile App enables any beneficiary to seek pre-litigation legal advice by consulting the Panel Lawyer directly through the Mobile App.The consultation is free

of  cost  for  the  beneficiaries  entitledto  free  legal  aid  under  Section  12  of  Legal ServicesAuthorities (LSA) Act, 1987while others can avail at a modest fee of Rs 30 per consultation.At present, the App is available in 6languagesviz. Marathi, Punjabi, Tamil, Telugu, Hindi and English. Tele-Law  is  currently  operational  in  51,434  Common  Service  Centers  (CSCs) covering 633 districts across 34 States/UT in the country, including 115 Aspirational Districts. 12,46,922 beneficiaries have registered for advice out of which advice has been enabled in 12,31,746 cases. This includes 3,81,791 women, 3,74,294 OBCs, 3,25,413  Scheduled  Castes  and  2,45,349  Scheduled  Tribes.  During  Covid  times, Tele-Law  helped  common  citizens  to  claim  their  rights  and  entitlement  under various Government welfare schemes.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1115 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Transfer of Judges
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Manickam Tagore B

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1115 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 03.12.2021

## Transfer of Judges

## 1115. SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B. :

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

- (a) whetherit  is  a  fact  that  senior  advocates  and  lawyers  bodies  of  Madras High Court protested against the transfer of Chief Justice of Madras High Court to Meghalaya High Court;
- (b) if so the details thereof;
- (c) whether  it  is  also  true  that  the  agitating  lawyers  and  the  associations related to them have alleged that the said transfer was not according to the prescribed rules; and
- (d) if so the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) to (d) : Yes.  Sir,  some  Senior  Advocates  and  lawyers  bodies  of  Madras High  Court  protested  on  the  transfer  of  Chief  Justice,  Madras  High  Court  as Chief Justice of Meghalaya High Court which was notified on 15 th November, 2021.  Transfer  of  Chief  Justice/Judge  of  High  Court  is  recommended  by  the Chief Justice of India and the four senior-most puisne Judges of Supreme Court of India. As per Memorandum of Procedure, Chief Justice of India is empowered to  initiate  proposal of  transfer of Chief Justices/Judges of High Courts and his opinion in this regard is determinative. After obtaining approval of the President of India, Government notifies the transfer. All transfers are to be made in public interest i.e. for promoting better administration of justice in various High Courts in the Country.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1114 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Vaccine Maitri Programme
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Krishna Pal Singh Yadav, Rajbahadur Singh, P.P. Chaudhary, Pratap Chandra Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1114 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.12.2021

## VACCINE MAITRI PROGRAMME

1114. DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

## SHRI RAJBAHADUR SINGH:

## SHRI P.P . CHAUDHARY:

## SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI:

## Will the Minister of External Affairs be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of doses and countries to which COVID-19 vaccines have been sent since the restart of the vaccine Maitri program;
- (b) the number of vaccines which India proposes to distribute globally as part of International Vaccine Partnership like COVAX; and
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government in the global fight against COVID-19?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

(a) Since the start of Vaccine Maitri Programme in Jan 2021, India has supplied 723.435 lakh doses to 94 countries and 2 UN entities in the form of grant, commercial export or through COVAX. After holding the vaccine export to cater to the domestic demand first, in last few weeks India has supplied   vaccines   to   several   countries   including   Nepal,   Bangladesh, Myanmar, Iran, Paraguay and Indonesia.

(b) & (c) Exact volume of export of vaccines will be determined by domestic   production and   requirements   of national vaccination programme.

The Government has taken initiatives to share medicines, vaccines, PPE,   test   kits   and   other   medical   and   health   products,   training programmes, capacity building projects, genomic surveillance, recognition of vaccination certificates etc. as part of the global fight against COVID19.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1113 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Anti-drone System
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Margani Bharat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEFENCE RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1113

TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd  DECEMBER, 2021

## ANTI-DRONE SYSTEM

## 1113. SHRI MARGANI BHARAT:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that India does not have any anti-drone system to counter attacks by drones;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of countries which have the best anti-drone systems in the world;
- (d) whether the Government has any proposal to acquire anti-drone system to protect our defence bases, defence installations, etc.; and
- (e) if so, details thereof along with the efforts being made during the last two years to acquire anti-drone system?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

- (a) No, Sir. It is not  true.  India  has  already  developed an indigenous Anti-Drone System. The system is capable of Detection, Tracking, Soft Kill and Hard Kill of enemy Drones.
- (b) Not Applicable.
- (c) Information indicates that following countries have Anti-Drone capabilities:
-  USA, Israel, France, UK and Germany.
- (d) & (e) Order for Anti-Drone Systems has been placed by Indian Armed Forces (Navy, Army &  Air  Force)  on  M/s  BEL  based  on  technology  developed  by  DRDO.  DRDO  has  also transferred the technology for production of these to 04 more private industries.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1112 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Cashless Facilities to CGHS/ECHS
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: K. Shanmuga Sundaram, P. Velusamy

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1112 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 rd  DECEMBER 2021

## Cashless Facilities to CGHS/ ECHS

## 1112.  SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K.: SHRI VELUSAMY P.:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government  is  aware  of  the  fact that several private hospitals empanelled under the Central Government Health Scheme (CGHS)/ Ex-Servicemen Contributory  Health  Scheme  (ECHS)  have  suspended  cashless  services  to  the beneficiaries of the said healthcare programme;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  pending  amount  to the  hospitals  both private  and Government Hospital; and
- (c)  the steps taken by the Government to ensure un-interrupted cashless services to the beneficiaries?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a)  to  (c): Under  the  Central  Government  Health  Scheme(CGHS),  empaneled Health Care Organizations (HCOs) are required to provide cashless facilities to the eligible CGHS  beneficiaries.    However,  there  have  been  reports  that  some hospitals  are  not providing  cashless  facilities.  Suitable  action  is  taken  against  them  whenever  such  cases come to notice. AMRI Hospital, Bhubneshwar, CARE Hospital, Bhubneshwar, SAL Hospital, Ahmedabad, M/s Charnock Hospitals Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata, Rabindranth Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Kolkata and MIOT Hospital, Chennai have submitted notice to opt  out  of  CGHS.  Regarding  Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS), as per the information provided by the Ministry of Defence, 174 Health Care Organizations (HCOs) have stopped giving cashless services to ECHS beneficiaries.

Under CGHS there is no pending bill pertaining to Government Hospitals. Clearance of pending bills of HCOs is a continuous process. During the Current Financial Year, HCOs' bills  worth  Rs.  1100  crore  (approx.)  have  been  paid  and  bills  amounting  to  Rs.  797  crore (approx.) are received for payment. Under ECHS, Bills amounting to Rs. 75 crore (approx.) are also received for payment.

Under  CGHS,  following  steps  have  been  taken  to  ensure  uninterrupted  cashless services to the beneficiaries:

- (i) Additional manpower has been mobilised to expedite settlement of hospital claims.

- (ii)  In June 2021, CGHS has shifted to settlement of bills in paperless mode on the IT Platform of National Health Authority which is an attached Office of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare.

As  informed  by  Ministry  of  Defence,  following  steps  have  been  taken  for  timely payment of bills to the hospitals empanelled under ECHS: -

- (i) Provision of adequate budgetary support has been made.
- (ii)  Usages of IT solution for continuous monitoring for efficient processing of bills and timely payment.
- (iii) Empanelment  of  additional  HCOs  as  an  alternative  to  those  who  have  refused services.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1110 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Pitiable Condition of Government Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Heena Vijaykumar Gavit

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1110 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03 RD  DECEMBER, 2021

## PITIABLE CONDITION OF GOVERNMENT HOSPITALS

## 1110: DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

DR. HEENA GAVIT:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted/proposes  to  conduct  any  survey  to  assess  the functioning of Government Hospitals and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  received  complaints  regarding  the  pitiable  condition  of hospitals in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise including Maharashtra; and
- (d) the measures taken by the Government for improvement in the condition and functioning of Government hospitals in the country?

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY

## ANSWER WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a)  to  (d):  'Health'  being  a  State  subject,  it  is  responsibility  of  State  Government  to  make efforts to provide adequate health care facilities to the people by improving its functioning. Further, information regarding complaints in reference to pitiable condition of hospitals in the country is dynamic in nature and is not maintained centrally.

Assessment of hospitals functioning is a regular ongoing process, which is done from time to time. To cope up with ever increasing demand of health care services, hospitals are strengthened  in  terms  of  infrastructure  and  manpower  etc.  from  time  to  time.  Central Government  also  supplements  the  efforts  of  State  Governments  by  way  of  providing assistance to the State Governments through schemes/programmes such as National Health Mission (NHM) and Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY) etc.

Further, some of the measures undertaken by the hospitals are as under:

(i) Regular Monitoring of hospital is done for Cleanliness and Infection Control under KAYA-KALP Scheme.

(ii) Feedback Mechanism exists through 'MERA ASPATAAL APPLICATION'.

(iii) Grievance redressal mechanism also exists in these hospitals.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1107 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Crash of Indian Air Force Aircraft
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Sandhya Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1107

TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd  DECEMBER, 2021

## CRASH OF INDIAN AIR FORCE AIRCRAFT

1107. SHRIMATI SANDHYA RAY:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of aircrafts of the Air Force which have crashed during the last two years in the country including Mirage-2000, which has recently crashed in Bhind district of Madhya Pradesh;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  investigation  regarding  the  said  aircraft accidents;
- (c) if so, the details and the outcome thereof along with the action taken in this regard;
- (d) the quantum of loss incurred due to such crashes; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to avoid such incidents in the future?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

- (a) A total of seven aircraft of Air Force have crashed in the last two years, including the Mirage 2000 which crashed recently in Madhya Pradesh.
- (b) to (d): Every aircraft accident in the IAF is investigated by Court of Inquiry (Col) to ascertain the  cause  of  accident  and  the  recommendations  of  the  completed  Court  of  Inquiry  are implemented. Only after the completion of the Court of Inquiry, quantum of loss is finalised.
- (e) The steps taken by the Government to avoid such incidents in the future include invigoration of  Aerospace Safety Organisation, maintaining a database of accident & incidents, improving training methodology, increased use of simulators, enhanced bird hazard management etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1106 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: Infertility among Indian Couple
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH RESEARCH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  1106 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 RD  DECEMBER 2021

## INFERTILITY AMONG INDIAN COUPLE

## 1106. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the number of Indian couples affected by infertility is increasing, if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the number of Indian couples affected by infertility is higher in urban areas to rural areas along with the reasons behind the same;
- (c) the data depicting the number of Indian couples gone through In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF) treatment in last four years;
- (d) whether the Government has taken/proposed any steps to subsidize the IVF treatment for the rural population, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  direct  the  Health  Insurance Companies to cover the IVF treatment and if not, the reason therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a) to (c) : No such data is maintained in Department of Health Research/ICMR.
- (d) & (e) : Health is a State subject. Government of India takes initiatives   for betterment of health infrastructure in the country on continuous basis.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1105 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-03
Subject: AIIMS in Nanded
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Prataprao Govindrao  Patil Chikhalikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1105 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd  DECEMBER 2021

## AIIMS IN NANDED

## 1105.   SHRI PRATAPRAO PATIL CHIKHLIKAR:

Will the MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal/or  proposes  to  establish  AIIMS  in Nanded;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor particularly keeping in view the non-availability of any AIIMS like hospitalin the region??

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY

## ANSWER WELFARE (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

(a) to (c) The Government has plans to set up AIIMS in each State in a phased manner.   As far as Maharashtra is concerned, setting up of an AIIMS at Nagpur has already been approved. No proposal for setting up of an AIIMS at Nanded, has been received from the State Government of Maharashtra