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Lok Sabha Question No. 2617 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Cultural Diplomacy
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Riti Pathak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2617 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2021

## CULTURAL DIPLOMACY

## † 2617.   SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether   the   Government   is   expanding   cultural   diplomacy around   the   World   through   Indian   Council   for   Cultural Relations (ICCR) Centres via various Indian cultural activities, cultural heritage   and in recent landscape through ancient yoga;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the list of the countries where these centres are running; and
- (d) the details of the employees working in these centres and the process of their recruitment?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## (SMT. MEENAKSHI LEKHI)

(a)&(b) The Government of India through the Indian Council for Cultural Relations (ICCR), has been expanding cultural diplomacy around the world vide its activities in various fields including interalia, teaching of Yoga, Dance, Music and Hindi; sponsoring visits of performing art groups; organizing Indian festivals; hosting foreign cultural   groups;   organizing   /   supporting   conferences   /seminars /workshops   in   various   fields,     promotion   of   Yoga   &   Ayurveda including   celebration   of   International   Day   of   Yoga;   supporting Chairs of Indian Studies in various foreign universities; offering scholarships to foreign students to study in India; hosting eminent academicians/distinguished visitors in India; gifting of busts/statues   of   Mahatma   Gandhi   and   other   national   heroes; exchanging visual art exhibitions.

(c) ICCR runs 37  Indian Cultural Centres located at  Georgetown (Guyana),   Paramaribo   (Suriname),   Port   Louis   (Mauritius), Jakarta (Indonesia),   Moscow   (Russia),   Berlin   (Germany),   Cairo   (Egypt),  London (United   Kingdom),   Durban   (South   Africa),   T ashkent   (Uzbekistan),  NurSultan  (Kazakhstan),   Port   of   Spain   (Trinidad  &   T obago),   Colombo   (Sri Lanka),   Dushanbe   (T ajikistan),   Bali   (Indonesia),   Suva   (Fiji),   Kathmandu

(Nepal), Kabul   (Afghanistan),   Beijing   (China),   Bangkok   (Thailand),   T okyo (Japan), Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia), Dhaka (Bangladesh), Thimphu (Bhutan), Mexico City (Mexico), Budapest (Hungary), Prague (Czech Republic), Yangon (Myanmar),   Dar-es-Salaam   (Tanzania),   Male   (Maldives),   Seoul   (South Korea), The Hague (Netherlands), Sao Paulo (Brazil), T ehran (Iran),  Sydney (Australia), Hanoi (Vietnam) and T el Aviv (Israel).

## ICCR also extends support to the Indian Cultural Centre in Valladolid (Spain) as per the MoU signed in December 2018.

(d) A total of 110   teachers   are   deployed   in   Indian Mission/Post/ICCs   for   teaching   Indian   Dance,   Music,   Hindi   and Yoga. Their selection is done through open advertisement. Support staff for administration, accounts & housekeeping are hired locally.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2616 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Demands from MPs of Chhattisgarh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Vijay Baghel, Sunil Kumar Soni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2616 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2021

## DEMANDS FROM MPs OF CHHATTISGARH

†2616. SHRI VIJAY BAGHEL: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  demands  representation  given  by  the  Members  of Parliament  from  Chhattisgarh  to  the  Ministry  of  Railways  during  the last three years;
- (b) the details of demands approved along with the levels at which works have been approved in respect of such demands;
- (c) the reasons for not approving the demands, if any; and
- (d) the time by which these works are scheduled to be completed?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a)  to  (d)  Demands/representations regarding various issues such as new lines/doubling/gauge conversion, stoppage of trains, increase in frequency/restoration of train services, setting up of coach/wagon factory, passenger amenities, construction of road over bridge/road under bridge, etc.  are  received  by  Ministry  of  Railways  at  various  levels  such  as Divisional  offices,  Zonal  Railways  &  Railway  Board  and  the  same  are replied  by  respective  Divisions,  Zonal  Headquarters  and  Directorates  of Railway Board. As receipts of such demands/representations is a continuous  process,  centralized  compendium  of  such  requests  is  not maintained.  Action  on  such  demands,  as  found  feasible  and  justified,  is taken from time to time.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2615 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Defence Cluster
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Rakesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2615

TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 th  August, 2021

## DEFENCE CLUSTER

## 2615. SHRI RAKESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received proposal from the Madhya Pradesh Government with regard to the development of a Defence cluster in Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  develop  a  Defence  cluster  in  Jabalpur  to promote industrial  development  of  entire  skill  industry  and  employment  opportunities; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI AJAY BHATT)

- (a) to (d):   A statement is attached.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK SABHA  UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2615  FOR  ANSWER  ON  04.08.2021 REGARDING 'DEFENCE CLUSTER'.

(a) to (d):  Though a letter dated 12/07/2021 has been received from Chief Minister of Madhya Pradesh requesting to develop a Defence MSME Cluster at Jabalpur and Itarsi, however, no detailed proposal has been received from Government of Madhya Pradesh. In  this  context,  the  Government  of  India  has  already  opened  up  the  defence  sector  for private/public  participation  and  introduced  liberalized  policies  &  schemes  to  promote MSME vendor base, the advantage of which may be taken by the Government of Madhya Pradesh.  Further, there are already 05 (five) Ordnance Factories in Jabalpur and Itarsi viz. Ordnance Factory Itarsi, Gun Carriage Factory (GCF), Ordnance Factory Khamaria (OFK),  Vehicle  Factory  Jabalpur  (VFJ)  and  Grey  Iron  Foundry  (GIF).    The  ongoing corporatisation of Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) and the focus of the Government on indigenization are expected to generate more opportunities for MSME sector.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2612 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Cyber Attack on Organisations
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: P. Velusamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2612

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.08.2021

## CYBER ATTACK ON ORGANISATIONS

## 2612.    SHRI VELUSAMY P.:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Ministry  has  any  data  on  cyber  attack  on  our  organisations  including Government and Non-Government organisations;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken  to  avoid  building  an  unbreakable  firewall with the aid of any foreign nation;
- (c) whether the Government has any proposal to invite Chinese telecom giant Huawei and ZTE which are banned in United States regarding the 5G network; and
- (d) if so, the details and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a):      Indian  Computer  Emergency  Response  Team  (CERT-In)  is  mandated  to  track  and monitor  cyber  security  incidents  in  India.  CERT-In  has  reported  that  a  total  of  2,08,456, 3,94,499,  11,58,208  and  6,07,220  cyber  security  incidents  have  been  observed  during  the year  2018,  2019,  2020  and  2021  (upto  June)  respectively.  Out  of  this,  a  total  number  of 70,798,  85,797,  54,314  and  12,001  cyber  security  incidents  were  related  to  Government organizations during the year 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021 (upto June) respectively.
- (b):   The comprehensive security guidelines in the form of license Amendments have been issued  to  Telecom  Service  Providers  (TSPs)  by  Department  of  Telecom  (DoT)which  were subsequently incorporated as a separate chapter on Security Conditions in Unified License. Vide  these  license  conditions,  it  is  mandated  that  TSPs  are  responsible  for  the  security  of their  network.  It  is  also  mandated  that  only  those  network  elements  shall  be  inducted  into their  Telecom  Network  which  have  been  tested  as  per  relevant  contemporary  Indian  or

International  Security  Standards.    As  per  Unified  License  condition,  each  licensee  has  to undertake an audit of their networks or get their networks audited from security point of view once  in  a  financial  year  from  a  network  audit  and  certification  agency.Further,  it  has  also been mandated under license terms& conditions that only a resident Indian citizen shall be the  Chief  Officer  in  charge  of  technical  network  operations,  Chief  Security  Officer/Chief Information  Security  Officer,  System  Administrator  and  in-charge  of  Telecom  Network  & Switches.

(c) and (d): The use of 5G technology in telecommunications networks in India has not yet commenced.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2611 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Data of NSO
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Santosh Pandey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2611

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2021

## DATA OF NSO

## 2611. SHRI SANTOSH PANDEY:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the National Statistics Office (NSO) has released the data for the period January 2019 to June 2021 on the basis of administrative records available with the selected Government agency to assess the progress of employment in Chhattisgarh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the outcome of the report?

## 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 (c): No Sir. National Statistical office (NSO), Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation does not release state-wise employment  data  based  on  administrative  records.  However,  this Ministry has been bringing out the formal sector employment outlook related statistics at All India level through monthly press release since April  2018,  covering  period  from  September  2017  onwards  using

information  on  the  number  of  subscribers  who  have  subscribed  in three  major  schemes,  namely  the  Employees'  Provident  Fund  (EPF) Scheme,  the  Employees'  State  Insurance  (ESI)  Scheme  and  the National Pension Scheme (NPS). The number of new subscribers who joined the Employees' Provident Fund  (EPF),  Employees'  State  Insurance  (ESI)  and  National  Pension Scheme  (NPS)  during  the  financial  year  2019-20  were  110.41  lakh, 151.45 lakh and 7.57 lakh respectively. These figures for 2020-21 and 2021-22  (up  to  May  2021)  were  85.49  lakh,  115.05  lakh,  6.29  lakh and 13.14 lakh, 19.34 lakh, 1.06 lakh respectively.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2609 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: SCO Meeting on Afghanistan
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Lallu Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2609 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2021

## SCO MEETING ON AFGHANISTAN

## † 2609. SHRI LALLU SINGH:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the meeting of foreign Ministers of SCO countries on the matter of Afghanistan in Dushanbe;
- (b) whether India has suggested any plan to bring peace in Afghanistan in the said meeting;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of efforts being made by India at international level to establish peace in Afghanistan?

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

(a) to (d) External Affairs Minister (EAM) visited Dushanbe, Tajikistan on July   13-14,   2021   to   participate   in   the   meeting   of   the   SCO   Council   of Foreign Ministers. EAM also participated in the meeting of the SCO Contact Group   on   Afghanistan   on   July   14,   2021.   The   Foreign   Ministers   of Afghanistan,   China,   Kazakhstan,   Pakistan,   Russia,   T ajikistan   and Uzbekistan also took part in the meeting. Kyrgyzstan was represented by their Deputy Foreign Minister.

At this meeting, EAM reiterated our support for a stable, sovereign, peaceful and democratic Afghanistan. India's priorities were outlined as cessation   of   all   violence   and   terrorist   attacks. The   importance   of settlement   of   the   conflict   through   political   dialogue   and   respect   for interests of all ethnic groups, women and children was also emphasized.

Government   is   in   contact   with   various   stakeholders   within   and outside Afghanistan, including regional and international partners on the situation in Afghanistan.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2608 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Propagation of Obscene Mesages/Advertisements
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Jyotirmay Singh Mahato

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2608 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  AUGUST, 2021

## PROPAGATION OF OBSCENE MESSAGES/ADVERTISEMENTS

## †2608. SHRI JYOTIRMAY SINGH MAHATO:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the telecom companies are propagating the obscene, misleading and unwanted advertisements through e-mails, whatsapp messenger and facebook etc. to gain financial profit and if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (b) the number of such complaints received by the Government so far;
- (c) whether  such  messages/advertisements  are  against  the  traditions  of  Indian  culture  and society which are causing adverse effect on young generations and if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (d) the steps proposed to be taken by the Government to ban the publicity of such messages ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

(a) to (d) Telecom  companies  have  reported  that  they are not propagating obscene, misleading  and  unwanted  advertisements  through  e-mail,  Whatsapp  messenger,  Facebook  etc. for their financial benefit.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2607 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Implementation of BharatNet Project
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Bellana, Sanjeev Kumar Singari, M V V Satyanarayana, Kotagiri Sridhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2607 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  AUGUST, 2021

## IMPLEMENTATION OF BHARATNET PROJECT

2607.   SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA: DR. SANJEEV KUMAR SINGARI: SHRI M.V.V. SATYANARAYANA: SHRI SRIDHAR KOTAGIRI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has given any approval for the revised implementation strategy of  BharatNet  Project  through  Public  Private  Partnership  (PPP)  model  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) whether the said mode of implementation of the project will be done in sixteen States of the country and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the estimated maximum viability gap funding approved for the above PPP model and the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

(a) to (c) Yes Sir. On 30.06.2021, Union Cabinet accorded approval for a revised strategy for implementation of BharatNet through Public-Private Partnership (PPP) model in 16 States of the  country  covering  about  3.61  lakh  villages  including  GPs.   These  States  are  Kerala, Karnataka,  Uttar  Pradesh,  Rajasthan,  Punjab,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Haryana,  West  Bengal, Arunachal  Pradesh,  Manipur,  Mizoram,  Tripura,  Nagaland,  Meghalaya,  Assam  and  Madhya Pradesh.  The  total  approved  maximum  cost  is  Rs.  19,041  crores  on  Viability  Gap  Funding (VGF) for implementation of the PPP Model of BharatNet in these 16 States.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2605 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Free Import of Pulses
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Aparupa  Poddar, Amar Singh, Pradyut Bordoloi, Behanan Benny, T.N. Prathapan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2605 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04 th AUGUST, 2021 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04

## FREE IMPORT OF PULSES

## 2605. SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR:

DR. AMAR SINGH:

SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

SHRI T.N. PRATHAPAN:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािण�य एवं उ�ोग मं�ी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has assessed the detrimental impact leading to lower prices for local farmers as a result of the announcement of free import of pulses;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has assessed the impact of falling prices of pulses on the sowing quantity by farmers;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether the Government has assessed the impact on traders who already bought grains at higher prices than MSP and stocked them; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

- (a) & (b)  To  enhance  the  domestic  availability  and  smoothen  the  inflow  of  pulses  import, changes have been made in import policy by shifting Tur, Urad and Moong from restricted category to free category for a limited period from 15th May 2021 to 31st October 2021. The Minimum Support Price (MSP) of pulses like Tur, Moong and Urad for the season 2021-22 has been fixed at Rs 6300, Rs. 7275 and Rs. 6300 per quintal respectively.  The wholesale price of Gram, Tur, Urad and Moong etc. saw fluctuations during the past two months, but on the whole, the prices of pulses   have been prevailing higher than MSP during the period.
- (c) & (d) There is no adverse impact on sowing of these pulses. The estimated area covered under sowing in 2019-20 was 13646.32 thousand hectares while it was 13755.61 thousand hectares in 2020-21.
- (e) & (f) Import of pulses is allowed and the import quantity is determined taking into consideration overall availability and price situation to protect farmers' and consumers' interest. No such assessment of the said impact has been done.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2604 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Privatisation of Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: S. Venkatesan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 2604

TO BE ANSWERED ON  04.08.2021

## PRIVATISATION OF RAILWAYS

2604. SHRI S. VENKATESAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a National Rail Plan (NRP) for infrastructure development and privatisation of Railways for thirty years has been evolved; and
- (b) if  so, the timeline for privatisation of passenger trains, freight trains, stations, production units, railway public sector like CONCOR, Dedicated Freight Corridor corporation, etc. as per NRP?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS  AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a): Indian Railways has prepared a National Rail Plan (NRP). The objective of the Plan is to create infrastructure capacity ahead of demand, which in turn cater to future growth in demand right up to 2050 and also increase the  modal  share  of  Railways  to  45%  in  freight  traffic  and  to  continue  to sustain  it.  However,  the  NRP  does  not  deal  with  the  privatization  of Railways.

(b): Does not arise

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2603 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Prices of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2603 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2021

## Prices of Coal

## 2603.  SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is in favour of making the domestic prices of coal at par with international rates;
- (b)   if so, whether it has been strictly opposed because the international players do not want India's interference in deciding the prices of coal; and
- (c)    whether  lower  international  prices  and  insufficient  domestic  production  are  leading  to increase in coal import in India and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COAL, MINES AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

- (a)  &  (b)  Fixing  the  price  of  coal  is  not  in  the  domain  of  Government.  Pricing  is  an operational decision of Coal India Limited(CIL) and the Government does not play any role in  it.  After  complete  decontrol  of  coal  prices  w.e.f.  01.01.2000,  Coal  India  Limited  (CIL) fixes  the  basic  prices  of  coal  produced  by  CIL  and  its  subsidiary  companies.  The  coal companies fix the coal price based on input costs, inflation index, market trends etc.
- (c) As per the current import policy, coal is kept under Open General License (OGL) and consumers are  free  to  import  coal  from  the  source  of  their  choice  as  per  their  contractual prices on payment of applicable duty.  In view of limited domestic availability of coking coal, coking coal will continue to be imported for use by the steel sector. Further, coal imported by power plants designed on imported coal and high grade coal required for blending purposes will  also  be  imported  in  the  country  as  this  cannot  be  fully  substituted  by  domestic  coal. However, coal import is being reduced by increasing availability of domestic coal in India. Import  of  coal  has  reduced  from  a  level  of  248.5  MT  during  2019-20  to  214.99  MT (Provisional)  during  2020-21  showing  a  negative  growth  of  13.5%.  For  the  long  term, Government has taken many measures including commercial coal mining, with a provision for 100% foreign direct investment to increase domestic availability of coal.

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