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Lok Sabha Question No. 3960 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Signboards in Local Languages
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao, Debasree Chaudhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3960

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.3.2022

## SIGNBOARDS IN LOCAL LANGUAGES

## 3960. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN: MS, DEBASREE CHAUDHURI:

Will the Minister of Culture be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  and  details  of  the  Archaeological  Survey  of  India  (ASI)  monuments which have boards in    local languages;
- (b) the new Indian languages which have been introduced on the boards of ASI sites;
- (c) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  Government  is  planning  to  increase  the  number  of Indian languages on the signboards of ASI monuments;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (e) whether there is any plan to make the information available digitally for tourists and visitors and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) There are 3693 Centrally Protected Monuments/ Sites across the country. Signage
- & in  Hindi  and  English  are  provided  at  most  of  the  monuments  including  World
- (b) Heritage properties, ticketed monuments and other monuments which are visited by tourists. Local languages used on signages include Assamese, Bengali, Bodhi, Dimasa,  Gujarati,  Hindi,  Kannada,  Marathi,  Malayalam,  Odia,  Punjabi,  Tamil, Telugu, Urdu, etc. on regional basis.
- (c) Since resources have to be used intelligently, we don't propose to use and increase
- & the boards in other languages other than that of States.

(d)

- (e) Yes, Sir. A mobile App has been prepared to provide information on all Centrally Protected Monuments, in multiple languages.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3959 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: E-Learning
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Jual Oram

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3959 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## E-learning

## 3959. SHRI JUAL ORAM:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of school students in the country who do not have access to any form of online learning or e-learning, State and UT-wise ;
- (b) the  measures  taken  to  ensure  seamless  continuation  of  learning  for  students  who  lack  such access;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  any  frameworks  for  the  safe  reopening  of  schools  and Universities  and  contingency  plans  for  prolonged  e-learning  in  case  of  extended  closure  of Schools and Universities and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Education is in the concurrent list of the Constitution and majority of the schools are under the domain of respective State and UT Governments. The State/UT wise data regarding the 'number of schools having internet facility by school category and management' and 'number of schools having computer available by school category and management' is available at serial No. 37 (Id 3106) and 38 (Id 3109) respectively under the sub-heading Infrastructure of  which the UDISE++ link has been provided herewith:

https://dashboard.udiseplus.gov.in/#/reportDashboard/sReport

- (b)  &  (c)  To  facilitate  the  online  learning  by  all  students  a  comprehensive  initiative  called  PM eVIDYA  has  been  initiated  as  part  of  AtmaNirbhar  Bharat  Abhiyaan  on  17th  May,  2020,  which unifies all efforts related to digital/online/on-air education to enable multi-mode access to education. The initiative includes:
-  DIKSHA the nation's digital infrastructure for providing quality e-content for school education in  states/UTs  and  QR  coded  Energized  Textbooks  for  all  grades  (one  nation,  one  digital platform).
-  One earmarked Swayam Prabha TV channel per class from 1 to 12 (one class, one channel).
-  Extensive use of Radio, Community radio and CBSE Podcast- Shiksha Vani.
-  Special e-content for visually  and  hearing  impaired  developed  on  Digitally Accessible Information System (DAISY) and in sign language on NIOS website/ YouTube.

The  Ministry  of  Education  has  issued  detailed  SOP/guidelines  regarding  health  and  safety precautions for reopening of schools after issue of Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) guidelines for unlock-5, on 5 th October, 2020. These guidelines can be accessed at:

https://www.education.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/SOP\_Guidelines\_for\_reopening\_s chools\_0.pdf

University  Grant  Commission  or  UGC  has  released  a  notification  on  the  official  website which is available at:

https://www.ugc.ac.in/pdfnews/0626368\_UGC-Letter-Regarding-COVID-Appropriate-Behaviour-in-HEIs.pdf

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3956 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Facilities in Jharkhand Schools
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Vishnu Dayal Ram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION & LITERACY

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3956 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Facilities in Jharkhand Schools

3956. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the data regarding Government schools in Jharkhand having access to computers and internet facilities;
- (b)  the  data  regarding  Government  schools  in  Jharkhand  that  have  playgrounds  and sports equipment;
- (c) the data regarding Government schools in Jharkhand that have library facilities; and
- (d)  the  data  regarding  Government  schools  in  Jharkhand  state  that  have  tap  water connection under the Jal Jeevan Mission?

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

(a) to (d): As per Unified District Information System for Education (UDISE+) 2019-20, the  details  of  Government  schools    in  the  State  of  Jharkhand  having  ICT,  internet facilities, playgrounds, play material/ games/ sports equipments, library facilities and tap water connection  is as under:

| Item                                 |   Number |
|--------------------------------------|----------|
| ICT                                  |     1182 |
| Internet                             |    10891 |
| Playground                           |    19679 |
| Play material/games/sports equipment |    27232 |
| Library                              |    34063 |
| Tap Water                            |     3187 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3955 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Minimizing Adverse Effects of Development Projects
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara, Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3955

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Minimizing Adverse Effects of Development Projects

## 3955.   SHRI G. M. SIDDESHWAR: SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) has given necessary suggestions for  minimizing  the  adverse  effects  of  linear  development  projects  (Railway lines, Highways, etc.) passing through forest areas?
- (b) if so, the details thereof?
- (c) whether  the  Government  is  proposing  to  give  them  the  status  of  legal obligation  in  view  of  the  recommendations  made  by  WII  and  for  absolute implementation of these recommendations in linear development projects; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) and (b) A guidance  manual  titled  'Eco-Friendly  Measures  to  Mitigate  the  Impacts  of Linear  Infrastructure  on  Wildlife'  was  released  by  the  Ministry  in  December 2016.  The  document,  which  was  prepared  by  the  Wildlife  Institute  of  India, provides detailed guidance for planning, locating, designing, implementing and operating smart green roads, railways and power-lines.
- (c) and (d) The Standing Committee of National Board for  Wild Life, in its 47 th meeting held  on  25 th January  2018,  recommended  that  user  agencies  should  take  into consideration  the  guidelines  of  the  Wildlife  Institute  of  India  while  designing linear  infrastructure  inside  Protected  Areas  and  Eco  Sensitive  Zones.  The Ministry has advised the State/UT Forest Departments that linear infrastructure proposals  should  be  accompanied  by  an  animal  passage  plan  prepared  on  the basis of the guidelines and in consultation with the State Chief Wildlife Warden.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3953 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Funds for Environment Preservation
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: S. Gnanathiraviam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3953

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Funds for Environment Preservation

## 3953.   SHRI GNANATHIRAVIAM S:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  a  major  portion  of  funds  allocated  for  environment preservation projects has not been utilized;
- (b) the details of the said projects for which fund has not been utilized and details of which are lying pending till date; and
- (c) the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (c)

Control of Pollution scheme is implemented by Ministry of Environment Forest and Climate Change to support various projects on pollution prevention and air quality improvement. The schemes support various projects and program for monitoring of ambient air, water and noise and strengthening of such monitoring facilities, Research & Development, financial support to  the  State  Pollution  Control  Boards,  and  implementation  of  national  clean  air  program launched by the ministry with an objective to reduce the particulate matters in non-attainment Cities.For  the  financial  year  2021-22,  a  budget  allocation  for  Control  of  Pollution  scheme was Rs. 390.10 Crores and fund utilise was Rs. 390.10 Crores as on date.

Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) and Commission for Air Quality Improvement in National  Capital  Region  and  Adjoining  Area  (CAQM)  are  two  organisation  mandated  for taking measures for control and prevention of pollution. Grant-in-aid is provided to these two organisation for undertaking various projects to meet their mandated function. For Financial year 2021-22, Grain-in-aid provided to CPCB and CAQM was Rs. 97.5 Cr and Rs. 14.0 Cr and the same has been fully utilised.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3951 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Regulation of Fees of Educational Institutions
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Abdul Khaleque

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3951 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Regulation of Fees of Educational Institutions

## 3951.  SHRI ABDUL KHALEQUE:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  come  up  with  a  policy  to  regulate  fees  of  public  educational institutions across the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c)  the  steps  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  regulate  the  fees  of  public institutions across the country?

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

(a) to (c): Education is a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution and schools, other than those owned  / funded by Central Government,  are under the jurisdiction of the State Governments.  Thus,  the  matter  relating  to  fees  and  its  components  in  schools  are  regulated  in terms of Rules and Instructions of the State Government concerned. So far as schools affiliated to Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) are concerned, Rule 7.6 of Affiliation Bye-Laws, 2018 states that the acts and regulations of the Central and State/UT Governments enacted/framed in connection with regulation of fee in respect of the various categories of the schools situated in the State are applicable to the school affiliated with CBSE.

The Universities are autonomous bodies which are governed by their respective Acts / Statutes etc. Based on the type of universities, the criteria for fee structure is administered. In respect of IITs/IIITs/NITs/IIEST/IIMs  etc,  the  fee  structure  is  regulated  as  per  the  provisions  of  the respective Acts/Statutes.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3950 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Master Degree Course in Graphic Design
Ministry: Education
Asked by: C. Lalrosanga

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3950 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Master Degree Course in Graphic Design

## 3950. SHRI C. LALROSANGA

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  only  one  National  Institute  of  Design  (NID)  and  one  or  two  Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) with very limited seats offered Master Degree Course in Graphic Design;
- (b) if  so, the details thereof indicating the name of the institutions along with the total seats available therein for the said Course;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to increase the seats in the above said course from the next academic year of IIT and NID in view of increasing demand of the Course; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):  Ministry of Commerce & Industry, the administrative Ministry for National Institutes  of  Design  (NIDs),  has  informed  that  NID,  Ahmedabad  offers  Masters Programme  in  Graphic  Design.    Due  to  the  pedagogical,  hands-on  and  interactive nature of teacher-learning structure of NID, Ahmedabad, it allows a limited number of seats  in  any  discipline  offered  at  undergraduate  or  post  graduate  programmes. However, the number of seats in NID Ahmedabad has been increased from 17 to 22 in recent years in the Graphic Design programme.

Indian  Institute  of  Technology  (IIT)  at  Bombay  offers  a  two  year  Master  of  Design Programme wherein Graphic Design is a subset of Communication Design and has 17 seats during the current Academic Year. IIT Hyderabad offers a Programme in Masters of  Design  in  Visual  Design  with  specialization  in  Graphic  Design  by  selecting appropriate  elective  courses  like  Graphic  Design,  Information  Design,  Typography, Photography,  Imaging  etc.  as  elective  subject  and  has  47  seats  during  the  current academic  year.The  number  of  seats  during  an  academic  year  is  decided  by  the concerned IITs.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3948 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Damage to Mada Mangrove in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3948

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Damage to Mada Mangrove in Andhra Pradesh

## 3948.   SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  National  Green  Tribunal  report  on damage  to  Mada  Mangrove  forests  in  East  Godavari  due  to  construction activity by the State Government of Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  the  extent  of  damage  to  mangroves  and  its  impact  by causing disruption of livelihood for fishermen families;
- (c) whether  the  State  Government  of  Andhra  Pradesh  has  taken  any  remedial measures for rejuvenation of mangroves in East Godavari;
- (d) if  so,  whether  any  auditing  of remedial measures has taken place, if not,  the reasons therefor along with the future course of action; and
- (e) the details of the funds allocated to Sate Government of Andhra Pradesh, funds utilized  for  rejuvenation  of  mangroves  since  2019  and  lying  unused  and  the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) to (d) A  joint  committee  constituted  by  the  Hon'ble  NGT  (SZ)  vide  order  dated 27.08.2020 in O.A. No. 160 of 2020 has observed in its report submitted before the Hon'ble NGT on 12.01.2021 that depositing of dredging spoils has impacted the portion of bund and consequently portion of mangrove area damaged which is approximately 1.8 Kms from the Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary boundary as well as proposed Eco Sensitive Zone of Coringa Wildlife Sanctuary. The Committee vide  its  further  report  filed  before  the  Hon'ble  NGT  has  recommended  the following:
-  The  Restoration  methods  in  the  manual  'Manual  Forest  Restoration  in Andhra Pradesh, India' published by M.S. Swaminathan  Research Foundation can be followed since it was a successful project in Andhra Pradesh.
-  Rs. 20 lakhs may be required for the purpose of restoration of mangroves in the affected area.

The  progress  by  the  concerned  authorities  on  recommendation  of  the  joint committee is submitted to Hon'ble NGT. The matter is sub-judice.

- (e) The State Government of Andhra Pradesh has utilized an amount of Rs.107.606 lakh, Rs.76.170 lakh and Rs.48.560 lakh during 2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22 (up to February, 2022) respectively for rejuvenation of mangroves since 2019.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3947 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Impact of Rising Oil Prices
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3947

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.3.2022

## IMPACT OF RISING OIL PRICES

3947. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:

- (a) the steps being taken by the Government to mitigate the impact of oil price rise;
- (b) whether the Government has ascertained the impact of rising oil prices on consumption as well as private investments flowing into the Indian economy;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government to ensure that private investments continue to flow in India despite the Ukraine-Russia crisis?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (d): There have been wide fluctuations in global crude oil prices in recent months. The  average  price  of  Indian  basket  of  crude  oil  had  fallen  to  a  low  of  US$73.30/bbl  in December 2021. However, it crossed US$ 100/bbl on February 24, 2022 consequent to the  Russia-Ukraine  crisis,  thereafter  peaking  to  US$128.24/bbl  on  March  9,  2022.  It  is currently  at  US$117.71/bbl  as  on  March  24,  2022.  The  impact  of  high  global  crude  oil prices on domestic consumption is dependent on the duration for which crude oil prices would  remain  elevated  due  to  the  existing  geo-political  crisis.  Government  is  keeping  a close watch on the evolving situation. The Russia Ukraine crisis is unlikely to impact the flow of private investments in the country as foreign direct investments (FDI) to India both from Russia and Ukraine taken together are miniscule.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3939 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-28
Subject: Special Education Zones
Ministry: Education
Asked by: M. P. Abdussamad Samadani

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3939 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2022

## Special Education Zones

## 3939.  DR. M.P. ABDUSSAMAD SAMADANI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has taken cognizance of the proposition of the New Education Policy (NEP)  to  set  up  special  education  zones  in  the  regions  where  there  is  concentration  of  people belonging to Socio-Economically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs) and the facts that AMU centres are established in the SEDG concentrated regions;

(b) if so, whether the Government proposes to provide special funding to the AMU centres under the NEP provisions; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a)  to  (c):  National  Education  Policy  2020  envisions  that  regions  of  the  country  with  large populations from educationally-disadvantaged SEDGs should be declared Special Education Zones (SEZs),  where  all  the  schemes  and  policies  are  implemented  to  the  maximum  through  additional concerted efforts, in order to truly change their educational landscape. Further, it aims to ensure that no  child  loses  any  opportunity  to  learn  and  excel  because  of  the  circumstances  of  birth  or background. It proposes special emphasis to be given on Socially and Economically Disadvantaged Groups (SEDGs).

Since education is a concurrent subject, State/UT Governments play a vital role in the implementation of the National Education Policy 2020. A number of initiatives have been taken by the Ministry of Education, University Grants Commission (UGC), All India Council for Technical Education  (AICTE),  other  relevant  Ministries/Departments,  State/UT  Governments  and  other stakeholders  towards  implementation  of  NEP  2020  for  enhancing  the  quality  of  education  at  all levels.

Major schemes/projects/programmes have been aligned with NEP 2020 to improve the standard of education.  In  2021-22,  funds  of  Rs.  1214  Crore  (approx)  have  been  released  to  Aligarh  Muslim University.

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