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Lok Sabha Question No. 3669 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Ring Road Project
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shyam Yadav Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3669

ANSWERED ON 24 TH  MARCH, 2022

## RING ROAD PROJECT

3669.   SHRI SHYAM SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  any  ring  road  development  project  is  identified  for development in the city of Jaunpur, Uttar Pradesh; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

(a) & (b) Development of National highways is a continuous process and  is  taken  up  depending  upon  availability  of  funds  and  inter  se priority. Presently, there is no proposal of Ring road in Jaunpur city by State PWD / NHAI for execution through MoRTH.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3668 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Ambit of Air Traffic Control System
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Ajay Nishad

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOKSABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 3668 March 2022) 24th

(To be answered on the

## AMBIT OF AIR TRAFFIC CONTROL SYSTEM

3668.

SHRI AJAY NISHAD

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) the number of such airways in the country which are not under radar or within the ambit of traffic control room;
- (c) the steps taken to bring these airways under radar or air traffic control system?
- (b) the reasons for the absence of radars or air traffic control room on such airways; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry o CIVIL AVIATION

(GEN: (DR) V. K SINGH (RETD))

(a): AII aircraft operations/ airways within the Indian Airspace are under the ambit of Air Traffic Services.

(b) & (c): Does not arise in view of reply to (a) above: point
Lok Sabha Question No. 3663 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Closed MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Kalyan Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3663

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2022

## CLOSED MSMEs

## 3663.        SHRI KALYAN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state: the  action  proposal  of  the  Government  to  restart  the  closed  MSMEs  during  the  last  three years and the budgetary allocation made during 2022-23 in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA)

The Government has taken a number of measures for promotion, development, and for enhancing the competitiveness of MSME sector, including restarting the closed MSMEs. Some of them, announced as a part of the economic package under Aatma Nirbhar Bharat Abhiyan, includes the following :-

- (i) Rs. 20,000 crore Subordinate Debt for MSMEs.
- (ii) Emergency  Credit  Line  Guarantee  Scheme  (ECLGS)  for  Businesses,  including MSMEs.
- (iii) Rs. 50,000 crore equity infusion through Self Reliant India Fund.
- (iv) New revised classification of MSMEs based on composite criteria of investment in Plant & Machinery or equipment and Turnover.
- (v) No Global tenders for Government procurements upto Rs. 200 crore.

In addition, the Government has announced the following initiatives for MSMEs in the Budget 2022-23:-

- (i)    Udyam, e-Shram, NCS and ASEEM portals to be interlinked for credit facilitation, skilling and recruitment.
- (ii)    Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme (ECLGS) to be extended up to March 2023  and  its  guarantee  cover  to  be  expanded  by  Rs.  50,000  crore,  with  the additional  amount  being  earmarked  exclusively  for  the  hospitality  and  related enterprises.
- (iii)  Credit Guarantee Trust for Micro and Small Enterprises (CGTMSE) scheme to be revamped with required infusion of funds to facilitate additional credit of Rs. 2 lakh crore for MSEs and expand employment opportunities.
- (iv)   Roll out of Raising and Accelerating MSME Performance (RAMP) programme with an outlay of Rs. 6,000 crore over 5 years.

The budgetary allocation made to Ministry of MSME during 2022-23 is Rs. 21,422.00 crore.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3661 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Renewable Energy Parks
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Girish Chandra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3661

ANSWERED ON 24.03.2022

## RENEWABLE ENERGY PARKS

3661. SHRI GIRISH CHANDRA

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state

- (a) whether the Government has considered setting up of renewable energy parks in the country as a part of 'Make in India' initiative to boost self sufficiency;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- c) whether any such park has been proposed to be established across the country particularly in the State of Uttar Pradesh; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)&(b)  The  Government  is  implementing  a  scheme  for  setting  up  of  50  Solar  Parks  of aggregate capacity 40,000 MW in the country. These parks are meant to provide developed infrastructure to facilitate installation of solar power projects. Central Financial Assistance of up to Rs. 25 Lakhs for preparation of Detailed Project Report and Rs. 20 Lakhs per MW or 30% of the project cost, whichever is lower, is provided for development of such Parks under the scheme.

(c)&(d)  As  on  28.02.2022,  the  Government  have  sanctioned  56  solar  parks  of  cumulative 38,266 MW capacity in 15 States in the country including Uttar Pradesh under the scheme. The details  of  7  solar  parks  with  a  total  sanctioned  capacity  of  3805  MW  in  the  State  of  Uttar Pradesh  are as under:

| Name of Solar Park    |   Capacity sanctioned (in MW) |
|-----------------------|-------------------------------|
| Solar park in UP      |                           440 |
| Jalaun Solar Park     |                          1200 |
| Lalitpur Solar Park   |                           600 |
| Jhansi Solar Park     |                           600 |
| Mirzapur solar park   |                           100 |
| Chitrakoot solar park |                           800 |
| Kalpi Solar Park      |                            65 |
| TOTAL- 7 Solar Parks  |                          3805 |
Lok Sabha Question No. 3660 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Bengaluru Metro Network
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3660

## To BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 24, 2022

## BENGALURU METRO NETWORK

## NO. 3660. SHRI LS\_ TEJASVI SURYA:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the status of completion of Phase 2, 2A, 2B of the Bengaluru metro
- network and any other Phase under construction;
- (b) whether the Government has received any further expansion plan of the metro network in Bengaluru and if SO, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the delay in meeting the deadlines for the projects
- can be attributed to contractors not delivering the project in time;
- (d) if whether the Government has taken action against such defaulting contractors like blacklisting them; along with the details of the measure taken to protect the safeguard, the interests of citizens and implementing agency; and
- (e) whether the cost of the metro projects have increased due to the aforementioned delay and if SO, the measures taken by the Government to prevent further  delays and avoid the escalation of project costs?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a) Bangalore Metro Rail Project Phase 2, 2A and 2B are being implemented by Bangalore Metro Rail Corporation Limited (BMRCL) in Bengaluru BMRCL has informed that as on February 2022, the physical and financial progress of Phase-II is 64% and 65% respectively and that of Phase 2A and 2B is 15% and 15.5% respectivelyOut of the total sanctioned length of 72.1 kms of Phase-II, 13.65 km is operational: city-

- (b) No, Sir.

(c) to (e) Metro Rail Projects undertaken with central financial assistance are implemented by Joint Venture Special Purpose Vehicles (SPVs), which are Board run companies with representations from Central and respective GovernmentsThe progress regarding project implementation is reviewed by the Board periodically and the problems encountered in project   implementation are addressed   suitably: The decision regarding terminating contracts, retendering or blacklisting contractors is taken by the Metro Rail  corporations against defaulting contractors. Some of the Metro Rail corporations have informed that contractors delay in meeting the deadlines is one of the reasons for delay in project: Only Chennai Metro Rail Limited (CMRL) has informed that project cost has increased on account of delays contractors. Metro Rail companies including CMRL are using Project Management Information tools to keep close watch on the performance of contractors for taking prompt corrective action to avoid time and cost overrun attributable to different reasons including on account of delays by contractors: by

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3658 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Visakhapatnam Coffee Cluster
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Goddeti Madhavi, Chandra Sekhar Bellana, M V V Satyanarayana

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3658

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2022

## VISAKHAPATNAM COFFEE CLUSTER

3658.  SHRIMATI GODDETI MADHAVI: SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA: SHRI M.V.V. SATYANARAYANA:

Will the Minister of MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  prepared  a  detailed  project  report  for the Visakhapatnam Coffee Cluster and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the  details  of  the  cost  approved  in  the  said  project  till  now  for  establishing common facility centre, product development and design intervention?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES (SHRI BHANU PRATAP SINGH VERMA)

- (a): The  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  of  Visakhapatnam  Coffee  Cluster  was prepared  by  Nodal  Agency  i.e.  Indian  Micro  Enterprises  Development  Foundation (IMEDF) for intervention under the Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries (SFURTI) of Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME), Government of India.
- (b): The  proposal  of  Visakhapatnam  Coffee  Cluster  was  presented  to  the  32 nd Scheme  Steering  Committee  (SSC)  Meeting  of  SFURTI  held  on  15.01.2020  and committee  approved  the  project  with  total  cost  of  Rs.  1,79,49,500/-  including  GoI grant of Rs. 1,65,25,000/-. The funds of Rs. 1,55,84,750/- out of approved GoI grant has been released till now for various interventions under the project.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3656 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Issuance of Petrol Pump License
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Arvind Kumar Sharma

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3656 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH  MARCH, 2022

## Issuance of Petrol Pump License

## 3656.     DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA:

## पेोलयम एवं ाक ृतक गैस मंी

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Department  of  Explosives  earlier  used  to  issue  the  petrol  pump license in the name of dealer;
- (b) if so, the reasons for stopping this practice; and
- (c) whether the Government is considering to review the policy for issuing license in name of the dealer and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंालय म राय मंी ( ी रामेवर तेल )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

- (a)&(b)      The  licence  to  petrol  pump  (retail  outlet)  is  issued  by  Controller  of Explosives in the name of Individual or company in whose name the No Objection Certificate is issued by the District Authority.
- (c)              At present, no such proposal is under consideration.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3655 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Increase in Share of Natural Gas
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Brijendra Singh

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3655 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.03.2022

Increase in Share of Natural Gas

## 3655. SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH:

## पेोलयम और ाक ृतक गैस मंी

Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has set any target to increase the percentage of natural gas in the country's total energy mix;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this direction; and
- (c)  the  details  of  addition  and  upgradation  of  natural  gas  infrastructure  during  the  last  three years and the current year, year-wise?

## ANSWER

## पेोलयमऔराकृ तकगैसमंालयमरायमंी ( ीरामेवरतेल )

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) to (b): The Government has set a target to raise the share of natural gas in energy mix to 15% in 2030 from about 6.7% now. Various steps taken by the Government in this direction include  expansion  of  National  Gas  Grid  Pipline,  expansion  of  City  Gas  Distribution  (CGD) network, setting up of Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Terminals, allocation of domestic gas to Compressed Natural Gas (Transport) / Piped Natural Gas (Domestic) CNG(T)/PNG(D) in no cut category, allowing marketing and pricing freedom to gas produced from high pressure/high temperature areas, deep water & ultra-deep water and from coal seams, Sustainable Alternative Towards Affordable Transportation (SATAT) initiatives to promote Bio-CNG, etc.

(c): As on 31.12.2021, PNGRB has authorized approximately 33,768 km length of Natural Gas Pipeline  Network  across  the  country.  Out  of  this,  20,334  km  length  of  natural  gas  pipelines including  spur  lines,  are  operational  and  a  total  of  15,194  km  length  of  pipelines  is  under various stages of construction. The length of operational pipelines has increased from 16,368 kms on 31.03.2019 to 20,334 kms on 31.12.2021.

With  the  aim  to  increase  coverage  of  CGD  Networks  in  the  country,  Petroleum  & Natural  Gas  Regulatory  Board  (PNGRB)  has  authorized  268  GAs  for  development  of  CGD Network in the country. Further, Letters of Intent have been issued for 21 GAs. Also, PNGRB has launched 11A CGD bidding round for development of CGD Networks in 6 GAs (covering 27  districts).  After  that  ,  the  CGD  network  shall  potentially  cover  98%  population  and  88% geographical  areas  of  the  country.  The  number  of  CNG  stations  established  by  various authorized  entities  has  increased  from  1,742  on  31.03.2019  to  3,878  on  31.01.2022.  The pipelines being laid by the CGD entities has also increased from 1,61,992 inch kms to 3,52,961 inch kms on 31.01.2022.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3652 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Permission to Foreign Airlines
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Rajmohan Unnithan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 8 3652 (To be answered on the March 2022) 24th

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

## PERMISSION TO FOREIGN AIRLINES

3652. SHRI RAJMOHAN UNNITHAN

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- airlines at various airports; and
- (b) whether the Government proposes to reconsider its decision not to allow foreign irlines at Kannur Airport; if s0, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(GEN. (DR) V. K SINGH (RETD))

(2) Currently, due to significant imbalance in the number of points of call in favour of foreign carriers; the Government of India is not granting any nonmetro airport as a new point of call to any foreign carrier for the purpose of operating passenger services However, Indian designated carriers are free to Kannur International Airport; under the ambit Of bilateral air service agreements concluded by India with foreign countries.

- (b) Kannur International Airport was commissioned in December 2018. Within a period of one year, by Winter 2019 schedule, Indian carriers were operating 65 international services per week from Kannur: Presently, there is no

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be pleased to state:-
Lok Sabha Question No. 3651 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: Scholarship Schemes in UP
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Kunwar Danish Ali

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3651

ANSWERED ON 24.03.2022

## SCHOLARSHIP SCHEMES IN UP

†3651. KUNWAR DANISH ALI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  applications  received  and  funds  approved  for  pre-matriculation, post-matriculation  and  Merit-cum-Means  scholarship  schemes  implemented  for minorities in Uttar Pradesh during the last five years;
- (b) whether the State Government has fully utilised the funds and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c)  whether  any  amount  is  outstanding  with  the  State  Government  under  this scheme and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a): The Ministry of Minority Affairs implements three Scholarship Schemes viz. PreMatric,  Post  Matric  and  Merit-cum-Means  based  Scholarship  Schemes  for  the educational empowerment of students belonging to economically weaker sections of the six notified minority communities i.e. Buddhist, Christian, Jain, Muslim, Parsi and Sikh  in  all  States/UTs  across  the  country.  The  details  of  applications  received, verified and funds approved under the 3 Scholarship Schemes for the applicants of Uttar Pradesh during the last five years i.e. from 2016-17 to 2020-21 are as under:-

| Scheme                             | Final verified applications from U.P.   |   Scholarships disbursed (in Rs. Crore) |
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme      | 37,21,766                               |                                 1066.24 |
| Post Matric Scholarship Scheme     | 5,31,248                                |                                  328.2  |
| Merit-cum-Means Scholarship Scheme | 57,379                                  |                                  142.57 |

(b) & (c): The scholarships are disbursed directly in the beneficiary account, under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3650 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-24
Subject: National Rural Drinking Water Mission
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Nihal Chand Chauhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3650

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24/03/2022

## NATIONAL RURAL DRINKING WATER MISSION

## †3650.  SHRI  NIHAL CHAND:

Will the Minister of  JAL SHAKTI  be pleased to state:

- (a)   the main objectives and features of the National Rural Drinking Water Mission;
- (b)   the effective steps taken by the Government under the said Mission;
- (c)   whether  the Government proposes to provide special assistance to address the problem of drinking  water in rural areas of the country;
- (d)   if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)   the targets set and achievements made by the Government under the said Mission?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE  FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI  PRAHLAD  SINGH  PATEL)

(a) to (e) Since August, 2019 Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) after subsuming erstwhile National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP)  to  make  provision  of  potable  water  to  every  rural  household  through  tap  water connection, by 2024.The estimated outlay of the  mission is Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore, out of which Central share is Rs. 2.08  lakh Crore.

At the time of announcement of Jal Jeevan Mission, out of 18.93 Crore rural households, 3.23 Crore (17%) households were reported to have tap water connections. So far, more than 6 Crore (31%) rural households have been provided with tap water connections in last 30 months. Thus, as of date, out of 19.32 Crore rural households in the country, 9.24Crore (48%) households are reported to have tap water supply in their homes.

The key features of the Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) are to make provision of potable water to every rural  household  through  tap  water  connection  at  a  service  level  of  55  litre  per  capita  per  day (lpcd), of prescribed quality (BIS:10500), on regular and long-term basis.

Number of steps have been taken to plan and implement JJM in the whole country with speed, inter alia ,  which includes joint discussion and finalization of saturation plan and annual action plan (AAP) of States/ UTs, regular review of implementation, workshops/ conferences/ webinars for  capacity  building,  training,  knowledge  sharing,  field  visits  by  multi-disciplinary  team  to provide technical support, etc.  Detailed  Operational  Guideline  for  the  implementation  of  JJM; Margdarshika  for  Gram  Panchayats  &  VWSCs  to  provide  safe  drinking  water  in  rural households and Guidelines on a special campaign to provide piped water supply in anganwadi centres, ashramshalas and schools have been shared with States/ UTs, to facilitate planning and implementation  of  Jal  Jeevan  Mission.  For  online  monitoring,  JJM-Integrated  Management Information System (IMIS) and JJM-Dashboard has been put in place. Provision has also been made for transparent online financial management through Public Financial Management System (PFMS).

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