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Lok Sabha Question No. 1383 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Phase II of FAME India Scheme
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1383

ANSWERED ON 26.07.2022

## PHASE II OF FAME INDIA SCHEME

## 1383. SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES भारी उद्योग मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Phase-II  of  Faster  Adoption  and  Manufacturing  of  (Hybrid  &)  Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) Scheme is being implemented for a period of five years with a total budgetary support of Rs. 10,000 crores and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the subsidy provided for Electric Vehicles (EVs) of all types supporting electrification of public and shared transportation;
- (c) whether the Government has targeted to introduce Electric Vehicles (EVs) of different types by 2030 and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government is considering to set up EV depot and promote the use of electric and hybrid vehicles under Green Transport Scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES (SHRI KRISHAN PAL GURJAR)

- (a): Yes, Sir.  The Government notified Phase-II of FAME India Scheme initially for a period of three years commencing from 1 st April, 2019 with a total budgetary support of Rs. 10,000 crore.  The Scheme was extended for a further period of 2 years up to 31 st March, 2024.  This phase  focusses  on  supporting  electrification  of  public  &  shared  transportation  and  aims  to support, through subsidies, 7090 e-Buses, 5 lakh e-3 Wheelers, 55000 e-4 Wheeler Passenger Cars and 10 lakh e-2 Wheelers.  In addition, creation of charging infrastructure is also supported to address range anxiety among users of electric vehicles.
- (b): Sir,  in  order  to  restrict  high-end  vehicles  from  availing  the  demand  incentive  under FAME India Scheme Phase-II, the incentive is restricted to the vehicles with ex-factory price less than a particular threshold.  The incentives amount is calculated based on size of the battery used in the vehicles.  The incentive is linked to battery capacity i.e. Rs. 10,000/KWh for e-3W and e-4W with a cap 20% of the cost of vehicle.  Further, the incentive/ subsidies for e-2W has been increased to Rs. 15,000/KWh from Rs. 10,000/KWh with an increase in cap from 20% to 40% of the cost of vehicle w.e.f. 11 th June, 2021.
- (c) & (d): Sir, no such proposal is under consideration in the Ministry of Heavy Industries.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1382 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Kisan Drones
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Manne Srinivas Reddy, Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE & FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1382

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  JULY 2022

## KISAN DRONES

1382. SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY: SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY:

Will  the Minister  of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that drones could be used for spraying pesticides and other plant chemicals in around 30,000 acres during Kharif season largely as pilot projects and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the limitation in using drones for spraying plant chemicals will come from small and marginal farmers as their financial heft is limited and drones can become successful with large farmers who have large land parcels, not in places where land parcels are small and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of steps being taken to address such issues to help farmers?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) to (c):  The drones can be used for spraying of chemical pesticides and application of soil  nutrients  and  accordingly,  the  Department  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers  Welfare  has released the Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for use of drones in pesticide and nutrient application, which provide concise instructions for effective and safe operations of drones. The  Department  so  far  has  released  funds  amounting  to  Rs.2.25  crores  to  the Government of Kerala for purchase of 14 drones for its demonstration in farmers' fields in 4000 hectares through Farmer Producer Organizations (FPOs) and Rs. 52.50 crores to Indian  Council  of  Agricultural  Research  (ICAR)  for  purchase  of  300  drones  and  their demonstrations  in  farmers'  fields  in  75000  hectares  through  100  KrishiVigyanKendras (KVKs),  75  ICAR  Institutions  and  25  State  Agricultural  Universities  (SAUs)  across  the country.

The Department is also providing financial assistance @ 40% of the basic cost of drone and its attachments up to a maximum of Rs. 4.00 lakhs for establishment of Custom Hiring Centers (CHCs) under Cooperative Society of Farmers, Farmers Producer Organizations (FPOs) and Rural entrepreneurs. The agricultural graduates establishing the drone CHCs are provided financial  assistance  @ 50% of the cost of  drone  up  to a maximum  of Rs. 5.00 lakhs.   The main objective these CHCs is to make available drone serviceson hireto the farmers including the small and marginal farmers.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1381 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-26
Subject: Trasnsforming of AIR and DD
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak, Raksha Nikhil Khadse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1381

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2022)

TRANSFORMING OF AIR AND DD

1381. SHRI MANOJ KOTAK:

## SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE:

Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes transforming of All India Radio (AIR) and Doordarshan (DD), the Voice of the Nation into digital terrestrial  platform  and  to  establish  DD  as  the  sole  Terrestrial Service provider in the country; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING; AND MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a) & (b) Presently, Doordarshan has 23 Digital Terrestrial Transmitters which are operational at 19 locations across the country.  Prasar Bharati has signed an MoU with IIT Kanpur to develop Next  Generation Broadcast  solution/roadmap  for  Digital  Terrestrial Broadcasting consistent with emerging standards such as 5G Broadcast.

AIR has 123 MW transmitters in its network, out of which there are 38 digital MW transmitters (DRM). There are 7 SW transmitters including 3 digital  SW  transmitters  (DRM).  There  is  no  digital  transmitter  in  FM band of AIR Network.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 120 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Vacant Faculty Posts in IIIT, Sri City
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Balashowry Vallabbhaneni, Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 120 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

Vacant Faculty Posts in IIIT, Sri City

## *120.   SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI: SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether 22 posts of faculty out of sanctioned posts of 53 are lying vacant in Indian Institute of Information Technology (IIIT), Sri City, Chittoor;
- (b) if so, whether the Government is managing these vacancies of faculty through part-time or contract or re-employment of teachers and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  above  vacancies  are  due  to  enhancement  of  students'  strength  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has directed all Central Higher Educational Institutions to fill up the vacancies in a Mission Mode within a period of one year starting from September, 2021; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the status of filling up of the said 22 vacancies?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a) to (e) :

A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF  LOK  SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.120  TO  BE  ANSWERED  ON  25.07.2022  ASKED  BY  SHRI BALASHOWRY  VALLABHANENI  AND  SHRI  LAVU  SRI  KRISHNA  DEVARAYALU, HON'BLE MEMBER(S) OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING 'VACANT FACULTY POSTS IN IIIT, SRI CITY'.

(a) to (e): Out of the 53 sanctioned posts of faculty in IIIT, Sri City, Chittoor, 18 posts of faculty are lying vacant.  Institute is managing these vacancies of faculty through contract or visiting faculty from industry and leading academic institutions ensuring the effectiveness of teaching and learning. At present, the Institute has 35 regular faculty, 03 Contract faculty and 15 Visiting faculty members. Considering  the  increase  in  students'  strength,  the  sanctioned  faculty  posts  have  been increased from 40 to 53.  Arising of vacancies and filling them up with suitable, qualified candidates is a continuous process in IIITs. Ministry  of  Education  has  given  directive  to  all  its  Higher  Educational  Institutions  to undertake special drive to fill vacancies in their institutions on Mission Mode within a period of one year starting from September, 2021.  Since September 2021, 916 posts of faculty have been filled in the various institutions viz Central Universities-375, IITs-355, IIITs-84, NITs-71, IISERs-27, SPAs4.  So far as IIIT, Sri City is concerned, since September, 2021, Institute has filled 5 faculty posts.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 118 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Use of CSR Funds by PSBs
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

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

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*118

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 25 TH  JULY/ SRAVANA 3, 1944 (SAKA)

## Use of CSR Funds by PSBs

†*118.  SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken or proposes to take any steps to ensure that various Public Sector Banks (PSBs) spend funds under Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) in the most backward, Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes dominated areas of the country; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

The Finance Minister (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a) and (b): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## ANSWER

## Statement for Lok Sabha Starred Question no. †*118 for 25 th  July 2022, regarding 'Use of CSR of PSBs' by SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT, Member of Parliament

(a) and (b): Public Sector Banks (PSBs) are not covered by the Companies Act and hence the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) policy related provisions of the Companies Act are not applicable  to  these  banks.  However,  RBI  has  issued  guidelines  for  Scheduled  Commercial Banks,  including  PSBs,  on  Corporate  Social  Responsibility,  Sustainable  Development  and Non-Financial Reporting.

Under CSR, PSBs spend funds across the country, including in the most backward, scheduled castes / scheduled tribes dominated areas of the country. The major CSR activities, inter alia , are the following:

- (i) Rural and slum development;
- (ii) Providing safe drinking water, sanitation, etc.;
- (iii) Enabling  employment  enhancing  vocational  skills  through  Rural  Self  Employment Training Institutes, vocational centres etc.;
- (iv) Healthcare- welfare of physically/mentally challenged persons, providing ambulances and critical care medical equipment to hospitals/health-centres, etc.;
- (v) Education- granting scholarships to students, improving the infrastructure at schools, etc.
- (vi) Ensuring environmental sustainability by initiating/supporting programmes for afforestation, rainwater harvesting, protecting forest cover; and
- (vii) Contribution to the Prime Minister's National Relief Fund or any other fund set up by the  Central  Government  or  the  State  Governments  for  socio-economic  development and relief  and  funds  for  the  welfare  of  the  Scheduled  Castes,  the  Scheduled  Tribes, other backward classes, minorities and women.

PSBs under CSR have also made expenditure on activities that are not attributable to specific locations and are spread across the country supporting pan-India projects, e.g., Swachh Bharat Kosh, National Sports Development Fund, Clean Ganga Fund, PM's National Relief Fund, etc. and  therefore,  the  exact  details  with  regard  to  CSR  expenditure  cannot  be  apportioned  to specific location like most backward, Scheduled Castes / Scheduled Tribes dominated areas of the country.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 117 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Beneficiaries under PMJDY
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Kanakmal Katara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUE STION NO.  *117

ANSWERED ON MONDAY, JULY 25, 2022 / SRAVANA 3, 1944 (SAKA)

## BENEFICIARIES UNDER PMJDY

## *117. SHRI KANAKMAL KATARA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the number of Jan-Dhan account holders under the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) in Banswara-Dungarpur in Rajasthan; and
- (b) the  present  status  of  the  total  number  of  accounts  opened  in  Banswara-Dungarpur  in Rajasthan?

## ANSWER

## THE FINANCE MINISTER

(Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman)

(a) and (b) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## 17 th  POSITION

## Statement referred to in reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question No. *117 for 25.07.2022 by Shri Kanakmal Katara, MP, Regarding 'Beneficiaries under PMJDY '

- (a) As apprised by banks, the total number of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY) accounts in Rajasthan as on 06.07.2022 is 3.19 crore. This includes 12.12 lakh and 8.5 lakh PMJDY accounts from Banswara and Dungarpur districts respectively.
- (b) The total number of operative Current Account Saving Account (CASA) in Rajasthan as  on  08.07.2022  is  800.43  lakh.  This  includes  18.18  lakh  and  15.44  lakh  CASA accounts from Banswara and Dungarpur districts respectively.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 115 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Funds for Rural Local Bodies
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: M V V Satyanarayana

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 115

Answered on Monday the 25 th  July, 2022/ Sravana 3, 1944 (SAKA)

## Funds for Rural Local Bodies

## 115.  SHRI M.V.V. SATYANARAYANA :

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  as  per  the  report  of  the  14 th Finance Commission,  Andhra  Pradesh  was  allocated  a  total  amount  of  Rs.  8654.09 crores for Rural Local Bodies in the State and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is true  that only Rs. 8124.13 crores have actually been released for the purpose and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  relevant  funds  have  not  been  released  to  the Ministries of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj by the Finance Ministry so that this overdue amount can be paid; and
- (d) if so, the time by which the pending dues are likely to be cleared?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF FINANCE

## (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

(a) to (b) Yes Sir. The 14 th  Finance Commission had inter-alia recommended Rural Local Bodies (RLBs) grants for the Gram Panchayats in all the States.  For Andhra Pradesh, FC-XIV had recommended a total RLB grant of Rs. 8,653.69 crores for the award period from 2015-16 to 2019-20.  Out of this, an amount of Rs. 8,124.40 crore was released to the State Government of Andhra Pradesh.

(c) No Sir. The Ministry of Finance releases Finance Commission recommended grants directly to the State Governments and not to the Ministry of Rural Development and Panchayati Raj.

(d)     FC-XIV had recommended RLBs grant in two parts (a) Basic Grant and (b) Performance Grant.  Eligibility conditions for release of these grants to the State Governments were also prescribed by the FC-XIV. Fulfillment of these conditions was  monitored  by  the    Nodal  Ministry  i.e.  the  Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  for

RLBs.

Based  on  the  recommendations  received  from  the  Nodal  Ministry  and compliance of the stipulated conditions within the award period, Basic Grants for all the five years of the award period from 2015-16 to 2019-20 were released to the Government of Andhra Pradesh. Performance  grants  (PG)  for  the  years  2016-17 and  2017-18  were  also  released  to  the  State  Government  for  eligible  Gram Panchayats.  However,  Performance  Grants  for  the  years  2018-19  and  2019-20 could not be released to the State due to non-fulfillment of the stipulated conditions within  the  respective  award  years.  No  performance  grant  was  recommended  by FC-XIV for any State for 2015-16.

The award period of the FC-XIV has ended on 31-3-2020. No balance grant is payable to Andhra Pradesh now.  From 1 st  April, 2020, funds recommended by the 15 th Finance  Commission  for  the  Local  Bodies  are  being  released  to  all  States including Andhra Pradesh.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 113 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Impact of Rising Prices of Crude Oil on Budget
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: A. Chellakumar, Amar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 113

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 JULY 2022

## IMPACT OF RISING PRICES OF CRUDE OIL ON BUDGET

## 113. DR. A. CHELLAKUMAR:

DR. AMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Budget 2022-23 was prepared using calculations that estimated crude oil prices to be between USD 75 to USD 80 starting from April 2022 onwards;
- (b) if so, the manner in which the current surge in crude oil prices will affect the budget;
- (c) whether the Government intends to amend any part of the budget in response to the current surge in crude oil prices and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government believes that India's Current Account Deficit (CAD) will grow with the rising crude oil prices; and
- (e) if so, whether the Government has taken any measures to reduce CAD and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF FINANCE (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY TO THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 113 DUE FOR REPLY ON 25.07.2022 RAISED BY DR. A. CHELLAKUMAR AND DR. AMAR SINGH ON 'IMPACT OF RISING PRICES OF CRUDE OIL ON BUDGET'

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(a) to (c):  No, Sir. The Budget Estimates of Expenditure for FY 2022-23 do not presume any particular  price  level  of  crude  oil.  The  Budget  does  not  provide  subsidy  for  petroleum products except LPG.

Economic Survey for 2021-22 assumes crude oil prices to be in the range of USD 70 to USD 75 per barrel while projecting the GDP growth rate during the financial year 2022-23 to be 8%

to 8.5% in real terms. (d)  &  (e):  The  size  of  India's  Current  Account  Deficit  (CAD)  depends  on  several  factors including  exports,  imports,  price  of  crude  oil,  among  others.  Government  is  carefully monitoring the CAD and has recently increased customs duty on gold from 10.75% to 15% to restrain  gold  imports  that  is  likely  to  reduce  CAD.  Further,  RBI  has  recently  announced  a series of measures to increase foreign exchange inflows to finance Current Account Deficit.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 109 (STARRED), answered on 2022-07-25
Subject: Applications for Affiliation with NIOS
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod

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

## LOK  SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 109 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.07.2022

## Applications for Affiliation with NIOS

## *109. SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  details  about  the  applications  received  by  the National Institute of Open School (NIOS) for new affiliation of accredited institutions/centres; and
- (b) if so, the details of such applications received by NIOS from the year 2015 up to May, 2022?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION ( SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) and (b): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO THE PARTS (a) AND (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 109 FOR ANSWER ON 25.07.2022 ASKED BY SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD, HON'BLE MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT REGARDING APPLICATIONS FOR AFFILIATION WITH NIOS.

(a) and (b): Yes Sir, The details of applications received by the National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS) for new affiliation of Accredited Institutions/Centres from the year 2015 to May, 2022 are as below:-

| Sl. No.   | Year   |   Total Received |   Recommended |   Not Recommended / UnderProcess |
|-----------|--------|------------------|---------------|----------------------------------|
| 1.        | 2015   |              535 |           228 |                              307 |
| 2.        | 2016   |              777 |           530 |                              247 |
| 3.        | 2017   |              472 |           342 |                              130 |
| 4.        | 2018   |              693 |           407 |                              286 |
| 5.        | 2019   |              724 |           423 |                              301 |
| 6.        | 2020   |              556 |           482 |                               74 |
| 7.        | 2021   |              545 |           397 |                              148 |
| 8.        | 2022   |              296 |           153 |                              143 |
|           | Total  |             4598 |          2962 |                             1636 |

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