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Lok Sabha Question No. 3938 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana for Migrant Labourers
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Manoj Rajoria, Jual Oram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3938 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## PRADHAN MANTRI GARIB KALYAN YOJANA FOR MIGRANT LABOURERS

†3938. DR. MANOJ RAJORIA: SHRI JUAL ORAM:

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

- (a)the number of people who benefited from the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana launched for migrant labourers owing to lockdown like situation since  March2020  during  Covid-19  outbreak  along  with  the  State-wise details of the amount spent on this scheme;
- (b)whether the Union Government  is formulating any concrete policy regarding migrant labourers keeping in view the Covid-19 like situation in future and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether  the  Government  has  made  any  survey  on  the  problems  of  the migrant workers and if so, the different kinds of work place where these workers are facing problems; and
- (d)the steps taken to rescue these workers and also to ensure their safety and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Government had announced the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) of Rs. 1.70 lakh crore on 26.3.2020 to help the poor including migrant labourers in their fight against COVID-19. PMGKP  provided  benefits  to  existing  beneficiaries  of  the  National Food Security Act (NFSA), Pradhan Mantri Ujjwala Yojana, PM-KISAN, National  Social  Security  Programs  &  Employees  Provident  Fund Schemes covering every section of society. Besides, a comprehensive personal accident cover of Rs. 50 lakh to healthcare providers and an ex-gratia payment of Rs. 500 per month for 3 months to all women PM Jan Dhan Yojana Account holders was also provided. The benefits under the package were provided to eligible beneficiaries of every State/UT.

(b) to (d): Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  has  launched  All  India Survey of migrant workers with effect from 01.04.2021.

Simultaneously,  the  Ministry  has  also  launched  e-SHRAM portal,  a  National  Database  of  the  Unorganised  Workers  in  August, 2021. It has been made available to the States/UTs for registration of unorganised workers including migrant workers. The main objective of the  portal  is  to  create  a  national  database  of  unorganised  workers seeded with Aadhaar. The portal shall help determine workers' migrant status  through  a  dynamic  database.  By  providing  linkages  to  NCS, ASEEM and UDYAM Portals, it shall facilitate providing job opportunities and upskilling to the migrant workers. It is also meant to facilitate delivery of Social Security benefits and welfare Schemes to the  migrant  workers.  As  on  23.03.2022,  more  than  26.88  crore unorganised workers have been registered on this portal.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3936 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Use of Tobacco Products by Students
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Hemant Patil

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3936 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Use of Tobacco Products by Students

†3936.  SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)   whether the Government proposes to frame any curriculum to spread awareness about harmful effect of tobacco products amongst school children;

- (b)   if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)   the level at which the said curriculum is likely to be included in the education system?

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

(a)  to  (c):  The  National  Council  of  Educational  Research  and  Training  (NCERT)  has  already incorporated age-appropriate contents related to tobacco, drugs and intoxicants in the syllabus, textbooks and other teaching learning materials based on extant National Curriculum Framework. The contents on Drug Abuse are discussed in the NCERT's textbooks of Science for Class VIII, Biology for Class XII and Psychology for Classes XI and XII. Syllabus of Health and Physical  Education  developed  by  the  NCERT  also  provides  space  to  drug  abuse  with  an objective to spread awareness among children. Under the Ayushman Bharat School Health and Wellness Programme (SHP), special classes and experiential learning activities like Role Play, Folk Dance, Poster making, Creative writing, Debate, Discussion and Skill Building activities are organised with school students for awareness generation on issues related to tobacco, drug / substance misuse. The Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) has introduced Life-Skills education  as  a  part  of  curriculum  in  the  schools  affiliated  to  it.  Life-skills  enable  students  to abstain from tobacco and other addictive substances. CBSE schools follow textbooks of NCERT which have content related to drug abuse including the ill effects of tobacco in the syllabus of Classes VIII, XI and XII. CBSE has also been issuing periodic circulars to schools affiliated to it for sensitizing all students about ill-effects of tobacco.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3933 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: KVs Without Amenities
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3933 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## KVs WITHOUT AMENITIES

## 3933. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Principals,  Vice-Principals  and  Head-masters  working  in Kendriya  Vidyalayas  (KVs)  take  their  teaching  periods  including  on-line periods as per KVs norms/guidelines;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof indicating the periods allotted on weekly/monthly basis and if not the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the officers responsible for monitoring the teaching periods submit their reports to the higher authorities of KVs; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  Kendriya  Vidyalaya  Sangathan  (KVS)  has  informed  that  as  per  the practice, the following schedule is required to be followed by the Principals, VicePrincipals and Headmasters for taking classes:-

| Principal      | - 5 Periods per week   |
|----------------|------------------------|
| Vice-Principal | - 22 Periods per week  |
| Head Master    | - 16 Periods per week  |

(c) & (d) The monitoring of Principals are being done by the concerned Regional Office during visits / inspections by Assistant Commissioners & Deputy Commissioner and for Vice-Principals and Headmasters, it is being done by the Principals concerned.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3925 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Human Development Report of World Bank
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Ganesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3925 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT OF WORLD BANK

†3925. SHRI GANESH SINGH:

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

- (a)whether there are 10 to 14 crore child labourers in the country as per the Human Development Report of the World Bank;
- (b)if so, whether the country accounts for the highest number of cases of violation of child rights;
- (c)whether there is lack of proper and reliable data regarding children who comprise 40 per cent of the entire population and are helpless
- due to their social, economical and geopolitical conditions; and (d)if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): The  Ministry  of  Labour  &  Employment  is  not  in  receipt  of any such report from World Bank in this regard.
- (b): As  per  'Crème  in  India,  2020'  a  publication  of  National Crime  Records  Bureau,  464,  772  and  476  number  of  cases  were registered  during  calendar  year  2018,  2019  and  2020  respectively under  Child  and  Adolescent  Labour  (Prohibition  and  Regulation)  Act, 1986 in the country.
- (c) & (d): The Indian Census conducted by Registrar General of India contains  statistical  information  on  different  characteristics  of  the people of India, which also include children. This census is a decennial census, and last census is of 2011.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3924 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Overseas scholarship
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Gyaneshwar Patil, Nayab Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3924 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH  MARCH, 2022

## Overseas scholarship

## †3924. SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL: SHRI NAYAB SINGH:

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

- (a)  whether the Government provides support and training to students applying for foreign scholarships;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has set up any centres in the States to help the students to get foreign scholarships;
- (d)    if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  funds  allocated  to  these  centres  and  disbursed among students during the last three years and the current year, State-wise including Madhya Pradesh?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):The  Ministry  of  Education  provides  financial  aid  to  Indian  students  for  higher studies in India. Moreover, based on requests received from friendly foreign countries/institutions,  the  Ministry  of  Education disseminates  information  on  scholarships offered by such donor countries for Indian students of all the States and Union Territories to study abroad. The details are available on the Ministry's website https://www.education.gov.in/scholarships.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3922 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Privatisation of SCI
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: T. R. Paarivendhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF INVESTMENT AND PUBLIC ASSET MANAGEMENT (DIPAM)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3922

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY 28 th  March, 2022

Chaitra 7, 1944 (Saka)

## Privatisation of SCI

## 3922: DR. T.R. PAARIVENDHAR :

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has proposed to privatise Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  all  formalities  with  regard  to  privatisation  of  SCI  such  as preliminary  wonks/preparatory  works  are  likely  to  be  completed  and applications/  quotations  from  interested  private  companies  have  been invited;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along with the reasons for selling out the profit making public sector company;
- (d) the time by which the SCI is likely to be privatised; and
- (e) the total amount is likely to be earned through the privatization of SCI?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): CCEA in its meeting held on 20.11.2019 accorded 'in-principle' approval for  strategic  disinvestment  of  63.75%  of  Shipping  Corporation  of  India  Limited (SCIL) shares held by Government of India (GoI) alongwith transfer of management control.  Thereafter,  Transaction  Advisor,  Legal  Advisor  and  Asset  Valuer  were appointed. Preliminary Information Memorandum (PIM)/Expression of Interest (EoI) was floated on 22.12.2020. By the last date of submission of EoIs, multiple EoIs were received. The transaction is presently under due diligence stage. Besides, the non-core assets are in the process of being demerged.

(e) As per the strategic disinvestment process, the sale price is determined based on the outcome of the financial bidding which takes place after the due diligence process is completed.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3921 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: ESIC Hospital in Kasaragod, Kerala
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Rajmohan Unnithan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3921 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## ESIC HOSPITAL IN KASARAGOD, KERALA

## 3921. SHRI RAJMOHAN UNNITHAN:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR  AND  EMPLOYMENT  pleased  to state:

- (a)whether ESIC is planning to establish fifty-bedded speciality hospitals  for  areas  devoid  of  ESIC  hospitals  as  Kasaragod,  Kerala has neither an ESIC hospital nor a tie-up with empanelled hospital under the ESIC Scheme;
- (b)whether  the  Government  has  noticed  that  thousands  of  ESIC beneficiaries  are  unaware  of  the  facilities  provided  under  ESIC schemes and paying huge money for their treatment in other Health Care providers if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)whether the Government will consider Kasaragod to be included in the list for an ESIC hospial as per this scheme, if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c):  Setting up of an Employees' State Insurance (ESI) hospital is based on the Insured Person (IP) population in a peripheral area.  In the  Kasaragod  district  of  Kerala,  IP  population  is  9388  against  the norm of 20,000 IP population within a radius of 25 kms. for setting up of  a  30  bedded  ESI  hospital.    However,  in  such  areas  including Kasaragod (Kerala), where there is no ESI hospital, the ESI beneficiaries are provided primary, secondary  and  tertiary care medical services through tie-up arrangements with public and private hospitals.

In  Kasaragod  district  (Kerala),  tie-up  arrangement  has already been made with M/s. Aramana Hospital and Heart Centre for providing medical services to ESI beneficiaries.

ESI Scheme, framed under the ESI Act 1948, is one of the oldest schemes in the country and all the workers are generally aware of the scheme.  However, the ESIC has taken various steps to reach out to the workers to make them aware of the facilities under the ESI Schemes, including the following:-

- i. Media  publicity  through  advertisements,  press  releases,  social media, interactions on television, etc. for dissemination of information on new initiatives by the ESIC.
- ii. Organising meetings, seminars, outreach programmes, health check-up camps/melas, awareness drives, etc.
- iii. Collecting  feedback  from  targeted  audience  for  timely  corrective action, clarifications etc.
- iv. Publications of brochures, booklets etc. as well as regular updation of information on ESIC's website.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3920 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Smuggling of Cigarettes
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal, Shankar Lalwani

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-3920

ANSWERED ON-MONDAY MARCH 28, 2022 / CHAITRA 7, 1944 (SAKA)

## SMUGGLING OF CIGARETTES

## 3920.  DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL. SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI.

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is losing thousands of crores in revenue every year as a result of smuggling of foreign cigarettes into India;
- (b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to check smuggling of cigarettes;

(c)  whether  the  legal  trade  of  cigarettes  is  continuously  shrinking  due  to  alleged smuggling; and

(d)  if  so,  the  steps  likely  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  protect  the  legitimate business?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE

## (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

- (a) Being a clandestine activity, the loss in revenue because of smuggling could not be accurately estimated in the recent years. However, field formations and Directorate of Revenue  Intelligence  (DRI)  have  seized  around  14  crore  sticks  of  cigarettes  in  the current financial year.
- (b) The  field  formations  and  Directorate  of  Revenue  Intelligence  (DRI)  under  Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Department of Revenue, keep constant vigil.  On  detection  of  cases  of  attempted  smuggling,  action  including  seizure  and confiscation  of  smuggled  cigarettes  and  invoking  penal  provisions,  is  taken  in accordance with the Customs Act, 1962.
- (c) There  is  no  credible  report/study  from  which  any  inference  on  the  impact  of smuggling of cigarettes on legal trade of cigarettes can be made.
- (d) The  Government  makes  policy  interventions.  Simultaneously  taking  operational measures to check smuggling as well.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3917 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: ST Population of Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kunwar Danish Ali

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-† 3917

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 28/03/2022

## ST POPULATION OF UTTAR PRADESH

† 3917. KUNWAR DANISH ALI:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage of population of Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Uttar Pradesh at present;
- (b) the percentage of reservation for ST at present;
- (c) whether the Union Government has received any proposal to increase the reservation according to the percentage of population from the State Governments of Uttar Pradesh; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action taken by  the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SMT. RENUKA SINGH SARUTA)

- (a): The population of Scheduled Tribes (ST) in Uttar Pradesh is about 0.6 % of the total population of the State as per Census, 2011.
- (b) to (d): As  informed by Tribal Development Department, Government of Uttar Pradesh that there is a provision of  2  percent reservation for Scheduled Tribes in the State and  no proposal has been sent to Union Government by the State Government to increase the reservation.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3916 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Benefits of Reservation
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Deepak Baij

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED NO- †3916

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 28.03.2022

## BENEFITS OF RESERVATION

†3916. SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether persons belonging to some castes are not getting the benefit of reservation for the Scheduled Tribes (STs) due to spelling difference in the name of their caste, if so, the details thereof;

- (b) the number of castes which evidence has been produced that they were covered under the STs earlier and that study is being taken place;
- (c) the details of such STs, State-wise, where the persons belonging to that are not getting the benefit of reservation due to difference in spelling of their caste or some other reasons; and
- (d) the details of such castes which have been included in the list of STs in one State and in the list of Scheduled Castes in the other State, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI BISHWESWAR TUDU)

(a) to (d): Ministry of Tribal Affairs is a nodal Ministry for specification of communities as Scheduled Tribes under Article 342 of Constitution of India. However, the responsibility for issuance  of  Scheduled  Tribes  certificates  and  verification  of  social  status  rests  with  the concerned State Government/UT Administration.

Hon'ble Supreme Court in its decision dated 28-11-2000 in case No. 652 of 2000 (Civil Appeal No. 2294 of 1986) State of Maharashtra Vs. Milind regarding order issued under Article 341 and 342 of Constitution had held which inter-alia states that , ' STs Order must be read as it is. It is not even permissible to say that a tribe, sub-tribe, part of or group of any tribe or tribal community is synonymous to the one mentioned in STs Order, if they are not so specifically mentioned in it.'

The Government of India on 15.6.1999, and further amended on 25.6.2002, has approved the modalities for  deciding the claims for inclusion in,  exclusion  from  and  other modifications  in  the  Orders  specifying  lists  of  Scheduled  Tribes.  According  to  these modalities, only those proposals which have been recommended and justified by the State Government/UT Administration concerned, can be processed further. Thereafter, it has to be concurred with by the Registrar General of India (RGI) and the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes (NCST) for consideration for amendment of legislation. All actions are taken as per these approved modalities.

The  list  of  Scheduled  Tribes  is  State/UT  specific  and  a  community  declared  as  a Scheduled Tribe in a state need not be so in another State/UT.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3914 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Hijab Issue
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Andimuthu Raja

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3914 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Hijab Issue

## 3914. SHRI A. RAJA:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of incidents over Hijab ban in schools of Karnataka;
- (b) the number of protests and dharnas which occurred all over the country; and
- (c) the  efforts  made  by  the  Government  to  resolve  the  Hijab  issue  in  the  interest  of providing education to girls belonging to minority community?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) Education  is  in  the  concurrent  list  of  the  Constitution  and  majority  of  the schools are under the domain of respective State and UT Governments. For this matter, the appropriate authority is the State Government.

The aggrieved parties in the matter of Hijab ban approached the Hon'ble High Court of Karnataka, which, vide it's order dated 10.02.2022 restrained all the students regardless of their religion or faith from wearing saffron shawls (Bhagwa), scarfs, hijab, religious flags or the  like  within  the  classroom,  until  further  orders.  The  State  Govt.  implemented  the  said order.

Further,  a  full  Bench  of  the  Karnataka  High  Court  in  their  order  dated  15.03.2022 inter-alia observed 'It is also true that our Constitution protects the rights of school children too  against  unreasonable  regulations.  However,  the  prescription  of  dress  code  for  the students  that  too  within  the  four  walls  of  the  class  room  as  distinguished  from  rest  of  the school premises does not offend constitutionally protected category of rights, when they are 'religion-neutral' and 'universally applicable' to all the students.' The Hon'ble High Court further observed 'In view of the above, we are of the considered opinion that the prescription of  school  uniform  is  only  a  reasonable  restriction  constitutionally  permissible  which  the students cannot object to'. Further, the matter is still sub-judice before the Hon'ble Supreme court of India.

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