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Lok Sabha Question No. 5081 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Environment Audit Report
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Arvind Ganpat Sawant, Krupal Balaji Tumane

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5081

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.04.2022

## Environment Audit Report

## 5081.   SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

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

- (a) the details of the Environment Statement submitted by various entities under Rule 14 of The Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, vide Form 5, State-wise;
- (b) whether the  Government has procured data from all State  Pollution  Control  Boards  to conduct study of Environmental Audit Report;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to study the Environment Statements submitted to the State Pollution Control Boards to formulate comprehensive Reports that outlines policy changes proposed to be introduced to enable to achieve climate targets; and
- (e) 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) to (e) As per Rule 14 of Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986, every person carrying on an industry, operation or process requiring consent under Section 25 of the Water (Prevention and Control  of  Pollution)  Act,  1974  (6  of  1974)  or  under  Section  21  of  the  Air  (Prevention  and Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 (14 of 1981) or both or authorization under the Hazardous and other  Wastes  (Management  and  Transboundary)  Rules,  2016  issued  under  the  Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 are required to submit an Environment Statement for the financial year ending the 31 st March in Form V to the concerned State Pollution Control Board  / Pollution Control Committee on or before the (30 th day of September) every year.

The environment statement is a tool for self-assessment by industries to know the level of environmental protection measures taken on temporal basis. The resource conservation, energy consumption, water conservation, waste generation and managements and financial expenditure are  some  of  the  indicator  used  to  assess  the  measures  taken  control  pollution  and  improve environment. Therefore, at present, there is no sector specific format (Form V).

The environment statements are collected and maintained by concerned SPCBs/PCCs as per provisions of  Rule-14 of Environment (Protection) Rules, 1986 and the Central  Government do not maintain any such data.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5080 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Medical Tourism
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Asaduddin Owaisi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5080

## ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022

## MEDICAL TOURISM

## 5080.  SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) whether, in a move to give a major boost to medical tourism in the country,  the  Government  proposes  to  rollout  a  'Heal  In  India' programme to build India's global image in the medical tourism;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to develop a digital platform to provide  all  information  about  hospitals,  treatment,  procedures, accommodation, prices of treatment etc.;
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the extent to which this step of the Government is likely to attract foreigners for medical tourism?

## ANSWER

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

## MINISTER  OF TOURISM

- (a)  to  (e):  Yes,  Sir.  In  order  to  boost  Medical  Tourism  in  the  country, Ministry of Tourism has formulated a National Strategy and Roadmap for Medical and Wellness Tourism. The Strategy has identified the following key pillars:
- (i)
- Develop a brand for India as a wellness destination
- (ii) Strengthen the ecosystem for medical and wellness tourism
- (iii) Enable  digitalization  by  setting  up  Online  Medical  Value  Travel (MVT) Portal
- (iv)
- Enhancement of accessibility for Medical Value Travel
- (v)
- Promoting Wellness Tourism
- (vi) Governance and Institutional Framework

The  strategy  document  envisions  marketing  India  as  a  medical and  wellness  tourism  destination  under  'Heal  in  India'  brand.  Under 'Heal  in  India'  campaign,  an  integrated  communication  strategy  to promote brand India will be prepared and executed in partnership with the industry. This will be promoted as sub brand of Incredible India on all the digital platforms and global media campaign of the Ministry.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5079 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Complaints of Irregularities in Electoral bonds
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Andimuthu Raja

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5079

## ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 4 th APRIL, 2022

## COMPLAINTS OF IRREGULARITIES IN ELECTORAL BONDS

5079. SHRI A. RAJA: Will the Minister of State (Finance) be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether any complaints have been received about irregularities and pressures in issuing electoral bonds;
- (b) If so, the details thereof; and
- (c) The future action plan in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to (c): The electoral bonds are issued as per the provisions of the Electoral Bonds Scheme. The  Government  has  not  received  any  complaints  about  irregularities  and  pressures  in issuing electoral bonds.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 5075 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Standardization of Skill Development
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Sanjay Bhatia

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5075 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022

## STANDARDIZATION OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT

## † 5075. SHRI SANJAY BHATIA:

Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP  be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage of women applicants out of the total number of applicants belonging to  Karnal  Parliamentary  Constituency  of  Haryana  who  were  imparted  training  last  three years;
- (b) whether the  Government has initiated action for providing recognition and standardization of Skill Development under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana(PMKVY);
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THEMINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a) Under Skill India Mission, Ministry is delivering skills to the youth across the country through  its  flagship  scheme  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY).  Under PMKVY,  during  last  three  years  i.e.  2018-21,  25,459  candidates  have  been  trained  / oriented in Karnal Parliamentary Constituency (Karnal and Panipat districts); out of which, 10,822 are female candidates which is around 43% of total trained / oriented candidates.
- (b)  and  (c)       Under  PMKVY,  candidates  are  trained  in  short  term  training  (STT)  and oriented in Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). Training is being imparted under NSQF (National  Skills  Qualification  Framework)  aligned  job  roles  and  scheme  follows  the standardized Common Cost Norms.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 5072 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Central Vista Re-development Project
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5072 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022

## CENTRAL VISTA RE-DEVELOPMENT PROJECT

## 5072.    SHRI NATARAJAN P.R. :

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the artefacts and manuscripts which are as old as 5,000 years and which speak of the diverse civilization are available in the museum which comes under Central Vista re-development project;
- (b) if so, the details of safety measures taken to ensure the availability of these manuscripts including Jawaharlal Bhavan;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the alternative measures planned in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION

## (G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) to (b) Yes Sir, National Museum, which comes under Central Vista ReDevelopment  Project,  possesses  artefacts  as  old  as  5000  years representing our diverse civilization. However, no manuscripts as old as 5000 years are available in the National Museum or in Jawaharlal Bhavan.  Safety  and  security  of  artefacts  is  ensured  through  CCTV surveillance and by deploying CISF personnel on 24/7 basis.
- (c) to (d) Do not arise.
Lok Sabha Question No. 5070 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: National Council for p;romotion of Urdu Language
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5070 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2022

## National Council for promotion of Urdu Language

## 5070.  SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the quantum of amount allocated/released to National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL) during the last five years;
- (b) the detailed expenditure of NCPUL during the said period, year-wise; and
- (c) the schemes being implemented by NCPUL at present?

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

- (a) & (b) :  The quantum of amount allocated/released and expenditure during last five years to National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), New Delhi is as under:-

(Rs. In lakh)

| Year    |   Grants allocated |   Grants released | Expenditure incurred   |
|---------|--------------------|-------------------|------------------------|
| 2017-18 |               7000 |              7000 | 7848.00*               |
| 2018-19 |               7040 |              7040 | 7452.00*               |
| 2019-20 |               8400 |              8400 | 8652.00*               |
| 2020-21 |               8600 |              8600 | 9078.00*               |
| 2021-22 |               8950 |              8950 | 9600.00*               |

* Expenditure  includes  the  expenditure  from  internal  resources  generated  by NCPUL.
- (c) : The  NCPUL,  New  Delhi  has  been  implementing  the  following  schemes  for promotion of Urdu language in all over India.
- (i) One Year Diploma CABA-MDTP
- (ii) Two Year Diploma in Calligraphy
- (iii) One Year Diploma in Urdu
- (iv) Two Year Diploma in Arabic

| (v)     | One Year Certificate in Arabic                                        |
|---------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
| (vi)    | One Year Certificate in Persian                                       |
| (vii)   | Certificate Course in Paper Machie                                    |
| (viii)  | Publication of Books/periodicals                                      |
| (ix)    | Exhibition/Book Fair under Books Promotion                            |
| (x)     | Academic Project                                                      |
| (xi)    | National/International Seminar                                        |
| (xii)   | Workshop on Capacity Building of Urdu Working Journalists             |
| (xiv)   | Production telecast Urdu Duniya on TV channel through 'News-18'       |
| (xv)    | Financial Assistant for Seminar/Lecture Series                        |
| (xvi)   | Financial Assistance to Author for Bulk Purchase of Books/Periodicals |
| (xvii)  | Financial Assistance to Author for Publication of manuscripts         |
| (xviii) | Financial Assistance to Scholars for Research Projects                |
| (xix)   | Advertisement and subsidy to News Papers under Urdu Press Promotion   |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5066 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Management of Grasslands
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5066

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.04.2022

## Management of Grasslands

5066. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDERA SINGH CHANDEL:

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

- (a) the details of the number of grasslands in the country including Bundelkhand;
- (b) whether the grasslands are in poor condition in Bundelkhand due to lack of proper care and also these have been illegally occupied;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the measures being taken by the Government for proper management of grasslands?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) Management and protection of grasslands is primarily the responsibility of State Governments. As per the Desertification and Land Degradation Atlas (2011-13) prepared by Space Application Centre, the area of degraded grassland/grazing land in the country has increased by 0.99 million hectares since 2003-05. The measures  taken  by  the  Ministry  for  proper  management  of  wildlife  habitats, including grasslands,include:
- i. Under the Green India Mission, an area of 4495.70 hectare has been  treated  since  2015-16  under  restoration  of  grasslands category.
- ii. National  Afforestation  and  Eco-Development  Board  (NAEB) is implementing National Afforestation Programme (NAP) for ecological restoration of degraded forests and adjoining areas through people's participation. Out of seven plantation models under  NAP,  one  model  namely  'silvipasture  development' promotes  plantation of Indian grasslands inside  degraded forests.  An  area  of  8413  hectare  has  been  sanctioned  for development  of  silvipasture  during  the  period  2015-16  to 2020-21.
- iii. Protected Areas, viz., National Parks, Sanctuaries, Conservation  Reserves  and  Community  Reserves  have  been notified all over the country under the provisions of the Wild Life (Protection) Act, 1972  to protect wildlife and  their habitats including grasslands.
- iv. The Ministry provides financial assistance under the Centrally Sponsored  Schemes  of  Development  of  Wildlife  Habitats, Project  Tiger  and  Project  Elephant  for  protection  of  wildlife habitats which include grasslands.

Information regarding number of grasslands in the country is not collated in the Ministry.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5063 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Waste Land Development Board
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Bhagirath Chaudhary

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTIO N NO. 5063

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.04.2022

## Waste Land Development Board

## 5063. SHRI BHAGIRATH CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a)   whether letter no.28.2.24/89-90 MM-III dt.08.02.1991 by Dr. D.D. Das, Director, TE, West  Land  Development  Board,  Government  of  India  was  sent  to  The  Assistant Inspector General, Forest, West Land Development Board' under Pushkar severage and forest project;
- (b)   if so, the issue regarding for which letter was sent; and
- (c)   the details of the entire noting-drafting regarding the said letter?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) As per Record Retention Schedule of the Government of India, the project files  are  classified  under  Category  'C'  and  have  the  retention  schedule  of maximum 10 years.    Since  the  matter  pertaining  to  Pushkar  severage  and forest  project is  more than 30  years old and weeding of files is done from time  to  time  as  per  Record  Retention  Schedule,  no  such  old  records  are available at present.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5062 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: SWAYAM PRABHA Programme
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Prathap Simha, L.S. Tejasvi Surya, Sanganna Amarappa Karadi, S. Muniswamy, Umesh G. Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## DEPARTMENT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION AND LITERACY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5062

TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  APRIL, 2022

## SWAYAM PRABHA Programme

5062. SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

SHRI S. MUNISWAMY:

DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

- Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a)  the  expected  date  of  launch  of  additional  channels  for  decimating  regional  content under the PM e-Vidya and/or Study Webs of Active Learning for Young Aspiring Minds (SWAYAM  PRABHA)  and  in  case  of  phase-wise  launch,  the  expected  date  of  each phase, along with the number of channels being launched during that phase; (b) the number of channels to be launched and the funds allocated for the same for the present year in PM e-Vidya and SWAYAM PRABHA; and (c) the review mechanism in place for the effectiveness of the content being aired on PM
- e-Vidya and SWAYAM PRABHA?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION

## (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

- (a) & (b) As  per  budget  announcement  for  Financial  Year  2022-23, 200  (Two hundred) PM eVIDYA Swayam Prabha DTH TV Channels were announced. 12 Channels in school education and 22 channels in higher education are already functional.

content development for TV is done under a Standard operating Procedure (SoP). CIET, NCERT is the nodal agency and SCERTs of States and UTs coordinate the

- (c) The effort based on guidance by CIET, NCERT.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5061 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-04
Subject: Raids by Central Agencies
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Mala Roy

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 5061

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, APRIL 04, 2022 / Chaitra 14, 1944 (Saka)

## RAIDS BY CENTRAL AGENCIES

5061. SHRIMATI MALA ROY:

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  raids  conducted  by  the  central  agencies  such  as  Enforcement  Directorate against the opposition leaders in poll-bound States; and
- (b) the details of all such raids that happened after announcement of Assembly election in a State since 2014?

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

- (a)  and  (b):  Action  under  relevant  acts  (like  Prevention  of  Money  Laundering  Act,  Foreign Exchange Management Act, Income Tax Act etc.) are initiated against the offenders/violators on the basis of incriminating evidence irrespective of the position, status or political affiliation and irrespective of announcement of election or otherwise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 435 (STARRED), answered on 2022-04-01
Subject: Pilgrimage to Foreign Countries
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.435 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.04.2022

## PILGRIMAGE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES

## † *435. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of pilgrims who visited various religious places located in foreign countries during each of the last three years, year and religious place-wise;
- (b) the details of the criteria adopted for selection of the said pilgrims, including the financial and   other assistance related to transportation/catering/accommodation,   etc.   provided,   religious place-wise;
- (c) whether   effective   steps   have   been   taken   to   ensure   proper arrangement for them and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the number of pilgrims likely to visit the said religious places in the coming years?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## [DR. SUBRAHMANYAM JAISHANKAR]

- (a)  to (d) A Statement is laid on the table of the house.

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) of the LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *435 REGARDING 'PILGRIMAGE TO FOREIGN COUNTRIES' FOR ANSWER ON 01.04.2022

Government   is   involved   in   the   logistical   facilitation   and   welfare   of pilgrims proceeding on pilgrimage to foreign countries in coordination with the concerned foreign governments.   These pilgrimages include the Haj, Kailash Mansarovar and places of religious worship in Pakistan. Government does not provide any direct financial assistance or monetary subsidy to pilgrims.

2. Due to the COVID pandemic, and consequent restrictions imposed by the concerned countries, pilgrimages for the Haj and Kailash Mansarovar could not take place in 2020 and 2021.  Pilgrimages to religious places in Pakistan were, however, undertaken.
3. In the last three years, a total of 1,99,936 pilgrims went for a Haj in 2019; while no Haj pilgrimage took place in 2020 and 2021.
4. In the last three years, a total of 1,346 pilgrims undertook the Kailash Mansarovar yatra.  The pilgrimage was not undertaken in 2020 and 2021.
5. In the last three years, a total of 4,186 pilgrims proceeded to places of religious worship in Pakistan in 2019; 1,330 in 2020; and 5,425 in 2021.
6. As per the agreement with the Government of Pakistan concluded on 24 October 2019 for the facilitation of pilgrims to visit Gurudwara Darbar Sahib Kartarpur, Pakistan, a total of 34,194 pilgrims visited Gurudwara Darbar Sahib site, Kartarpur in 2019; 28,315 in 2020; and 9,738 in 2021.
7. Government is in touch with concerned foreign governments to facilitate pilgrimages to religious sites once these are opened.

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