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Lok Sabha Question No. 2094 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Entitlement Deeds to ST
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## (MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS) LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. † 2094 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021

## ENTITLEMENT DEEDS TO ST

†2094. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of requests received by Gram Sabhas regarding the distribution of entitlement deeds under the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006, State-wise; (b) the number of entitlements cancelled out of the requests received from the States including the number of entitlement deeds distributed State-wise; and

(c) the details of the pending claims as on date and by when they are likely to be settled Statewise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) The implementation of forest rights under the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest  Dwellers  (Recognition  of  Forest  Rights)  Act,  2006  and  recognition  of  forest  rights thereunder  is  a  continuous  activity  falling  within  the  purview  of  the  State  Governments. The process of receipt of claims and their settlement is in process. As per the Act and rules made thereunder, State Governments are responsible for implementation of the provisions of the Act.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2084 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Blending of Ethanol and Biodiesel
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: Anto  Antony, Behanan Benny, Pradyut Bordoloi

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2084 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02 nd  August, 2021

## Blending of Ethanol and Biodiesel

2084. SHRI ANTO ANTONY: SHRI BENNY BEHANAN: SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

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

- (a)  the progress made towards the target of 20 per cent ethanol blending in petrol by 2030 as stated in the National Policy on Biofuels, 2018 including the current percentage of the same;
- (b) the current percentage of blending of biodiesel in diesel;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to adhere  to  the  indicative  target  of  5  per cent blending of biodiesel in diesel by 2030 as proposed by the National Policy on Biofuels, 2018;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the progress made thereunder; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Government has taken various steps towards achieving 20% blending of ethanol in petrol which includes allowing use of sugarcane and food grains (maize and  surplus  stocks  of  rice  with  Food  Corporation  of  India)    for  conversion  to ethanol;  administered  price  mechanism  for  procurement  of  ethanol  under  EBP Programme including enhanced ex-mill price of ethanol year on year from ethanol supply  year  2017;  lowered  GST  rate  to  5%  on  ethanol  for  EBP  Programme; amendment in Industries (Development & Regulation) Act for freer movement of ethanol; interest subvention scheme for enhancement and augmentation of ethanol production capacity in the country. At present average ethanol blending percentage in petrol for the ongoing Ethanol Supply Year 2020-21 is 8% as on 26.07.2021.

(b) to (e): The present percentage of blending of biodiesel in diesel is less than 0.1 Percent. The National Policy on Biofuels - 2018 prescribes as indicative target of 5% blending of biodiesel in diesel by 2030.

Availability of biodiesel has been low in the last few years due to increase of price and  non  availability  of  feed  stock  for  biodiesel.  Some  biodiesel  is  also  being marketed by agencies other than Oil Marketing Companies. Further,  to  increase  the  supply  of  Biodiesel  in  the  country,  OMCs  are  regularly floating Expression of Interest (EoI) to encourage the production of biodiesel from

Used Cooking Oil.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2082 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Linking of PAN Card with Aadhaar
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: S. Muniswamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2082

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY 02 ND  AUGUST, 2021 /SRAVANA 11, 1943 (SAKA)

## LINKING OF PAN CARD WITH AADHAAR

## 2082. SHRI S. MUNISWAMY:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to link PAN Card with Aadhaar;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the decision taken by the Government with regard to the said proposal?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Quoting of Aadhaar number has been made mandatory, under the Income tax Act, 1961, for every person eligible to obtain Aadhaar number, in the application for obtaining PAN and in the return of income. Further, a person who has been allotted a PAN as on 1st July, 2017 and is eligible to obtain Aadhaar number, is required to intimate his Aadhaar number to the prescribed authority on or before a notified date.

(b) The Finance Act, 2017 inserted section 139AA in the Income tax Act, 1961, which makes it mandatory from 1 st July, 2017 for every person who is eligible to obtain Aadhaar Number, to quote his Aadhaar number in the application for allotment of permanent account number (PAN) and in the return of income. Further, under the said section, every person who has been allotted a PAN as on 1 st July, 2017 and is eligible to obtain Aadhaar Number, is required to intimate his Aadhaar to the authority prescribed by the Central Government on or before a notified date. In the event of failure on part of such person to intimate his Aadhaar, the PAN allotted to him shall be made inoperative in the manner prescribed in Rule 114AAA of the Income-tax Rules, 1962. Such person may also be liable to pay, at the time of intimation of Aadhaar to the prescribed authority, a fee of prescribed amount, not exceeding Rupees One thousand, as per section 234H which has been inserted in the Income tax Act by the Finance Act, 2021.

(c) The last date on or before which Aadhaar is required to be intimated was initially notified as 30 th Sept, 2019 vide notification no. 31/2019 dated 31 st  March 2019 and was subsequently extended from time to time. As per the latest notification no. 74 of 2021, dated 25 th June,  2021,  the  last  date  for intimation of Aadhaar stands at 30 th September, 2021.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2078 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Languages in Eight Schedule
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Mala Roy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2078

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021

Promotion of Hindi Language

## 2078. SHRIMATI MALA ROY:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of funds spent on the promotion of Hindi language during the last five years;
- (b) the details funds spent on the promotion of other Indian languages; and
- (c) the reason for such disparity, if any?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a) to (c) The policy of the Government is to promote all Indian languages. Funds are allocated/released to institutions  as  per  their  utilization  and  requirements.    For  the  promotion  and  propagation  of  Hindi language,  there  are  3  institutions  viz.  Central  Hindi  Directorate  (CHD),  New  Delhi,  Commission  for Scientific  and  Technical Terminology (CSTT), New Delhi and Kendriya Hindi Sansthan (KHS), Agra. Central  Institute  of  Indian  languages  (CIIL),  Mysore  promotes  all  languages  including  Scheduled  and Non-Scheduled languages except Sindhi, Urdu, Sanskrit, Hindi, and Tamil, for which separate institutions are there. The details of funds allocated for promotion of all Indian languages during last five years is as under:-

Rs. In crore

|                                                            |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |
|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Grants for Promotion of Indian languages (GPIL)            |    333.15 |    351    |    351    |    425.7  |    433    |
| Central Hindi Directorate (CHD)                            |     46.53 |     46.53 |     46.3  |     46.3  |     47.51 |
| Commission for Scientific and Technical Terminology (CSTT) |     12.1  |     12.1  |     12.1  |     12.1  |     12.54 |
| Central Institute of Indian languages (CIIL)               |     40.5  |     40.5  |     40.07 |     45.07 |     54.88 |
Lok Sabha Question No. 2077 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Development of Public Enterprises in West Bengal
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Mondal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2077

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021

## Development of Public Enterprises in West Bengal

## 2077: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of various schemes launched for the development of public enterprises in West Bengal and in various other States of the country during the last six years;
- (b) whether any new scheme is to be introduced in near future;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the  details  of  funds  sanctioned  for  the  development  of  the  public  enterprise  in  the budgetary allocation 2020 and percentage of funds released/ expended to West Bengal during Covid-19 pandemic and till date?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): Department of Public Enterprises is implementing the following schemes:

- i) Research,  Development  and  Consultancy  (RDC)  scheme  which  seeks  to  enhance capacity of officials of CPSEs through training, etc. and
2. ii) Counselling,  Retraining  &  Re-deployment  (CRR)  Scheme  to enable  Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS)/ Voluntary Separation Scheme (VSS) optees or their dependents to engage themselves in alternate vocations of selfemployment/wage employment through re-skilling.

No state-wise allocation is made under these schemes. During the year 2020-21 a sum of Rs 3.70 Crore was spent under the schemes. No new scheme are proposed to be introduced.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2076 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Garib Kalyan Yojana
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Pradeep Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2076 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021

## GARIB KALYAN YOJANA

## † 2076. SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH:

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

- (a)       the total number of migrant workers trained/ proposed to be trained under Garib Kalyan Yojna;
- (b)         whether  the  Government has made any efforts for organising skill training for various employment roles as per the requirement of the local industries;
- (c)        if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)        the  new  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  encourage  skill  and  entrepreneurship  for rural development?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

- (a)       Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship (MSDE) has implemented the special programme for the fresh skilling Short Term Training (STT) and up skilling Recognition of Prior Learning  (RPL)  of  the  reverse  migrant  workers  impacted  from  COVID-19  under  its  flagship scheme Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) to support the Garib Kalyan Rozgar Abhiyaan  (GKRA).  This  special  programme  has  covered  116  districts  of  6  states  namely Assam,  Bihar,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Odisha,  Rajasthan  and  Uttar  Pradesh.  PMKVY  has  two training components namely STT and RPL. As on 10.07.2021, 32,789 candidates have been trained under STT and 38,034 candidates have been oriented under RPL.
- (b)        MSDE  with  the  support  of  District  Administration  has  undertaken  skill  mapping  of  the reverse migrants and identified the beneficiaries for the training under PMKVY. Job roles for the training of reverse migrants for STT and RPL were also identified by the District Administration.
- (c)         STT is linked to placement, while RPL recognizes the existing skills of candidate and does  not  mandate  placement.  Under  STT-PMKVY,  out  of  22,954  certified  candidates,  9,161 candidates have been provided with the placement in various sectors.
- (d)        Under  special  programme  of  PMKVY,  reverse  migrants  have  been  provided  short duration  skill  training  to  become  employable  and  earn  their  livelihood.  The  reverse  migrants have been encouraged for taking skill training by providing them reward money, conveyance allowance, accidental insurance coverage, post placement support, etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2075 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Apprentices in CPSUs
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara, Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2075

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021

## 'Apprentices in CPSUs'

## 2075: SHRI  GM. SIDDESHWAR : SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN :

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the    Central  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (CPSUs)  are employing apprentices who successfully complete training within the establishment;
- (b) if so, the number of such apprentices employed in each CPSU during the last five years, year-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether it is also a fact that those who have completed apprenticeship in various CPSUs are being provided any job reservation in the respective PSUs; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a & B) : As per Department of Public Enterprises (DPE) OM dated 17 th  May, 2018, the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) are required to engage the apprentices as per the provisions of the Apprenticeship Act, 1961 and rules framed thereunder from time to time. Since the issue of above said guidelines dated 17-05-2018, CPSEs have reported engagement  of  47227  (134  CPSEs),  38331  (129  CPSEs)  and  26876  (107  CPSEs) number of apprentices in the financial year 2018-19, 2019-20 and 2020-21 respectively. The CPSEs are required to follow the provisions of the Apprenticeship Act, 1961 and  no  separate  instructions  have  been  issued  by  DPE  to  CPSEs  for  providing

(c & d): employment or reservation in employment to the apprentices engaged by them.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2073 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Revival of PSUs
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Gangasandra Siddappa Basavaraj

## 2073. SHRI G.S.BASAVARAJ:

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of the efforts to monetise the assets of loss-making public enterprises;
- (b) whether a list of such loss-making enterprises chosen to be divested has been finalised and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the public-sector industrial giants like BHEL now reeling under economic recession need infusion of funds; and
- (d) if so, steps being taken by the Government to revive such PSUs with potential to turnaround?

## ANSWER

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

(a)&  (b):  The  Department  of  Investment  and  Public  Asset  Management  (DIPAM),  is  the  nodal Department  for  disinvestment  of  CPSEs,  asset  monetization  and  implementation  of  new  Public Sector Enterprise  policy. DIPAM  has issued guidelines on 08 th March, 2019 on the procedure and mechanism  of  asset  monetization  of  Central  Public  Sector  Enterprises  (CPSEs)/  Public  Sector Undertakings (PSUs)/ other Government Organizations and immovable Enemy Properties. DIPAM has  received  proposals  from  some  CPSEs  under  closure  for  monetization  of  Assets.  International Property Consultants (IPCs) have been appointed for the cases.

The Union Government approved the  new Public Sector Enterprise  policy in February, 2021. In the policy, two fold classifications of sectors have been made.

- (i)  Strategic  sectors: Bare minimum  presence of  the  public  sector  enterprises    will  be  retained and  the  remaining  will  be  considered  for  privatization,  merger  or  subsidiarization  with another PSEs or for closure. Following sectors are classified strategic:
- (a) Atomic energy, Space and Defence
- (b) Transport and Telecommunications
- (c) Power, Petroleum, Coal and other minerals
- (d) Banking, Insurance and Financial services
- (ii)  Non-Strategic  Sectors:  CPSEs  in  this  sector  will  be  considered  for  privatization,  where feasible, otherwise shall be considered for closure.

(c)  &  (d):  Ministry  of  Heavy  Industries,  the  administrative  Ministry  for  BHEL,  has  informed  that BHEL does not need any infusion of funds.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2073

## ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021

## Revival of PSUs
Lok Sabha Question No. 2072 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Public Sector Enterprises in Odisha
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Mahesh Sahoo

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF INVESTMENT AND PUBLIC ASSET MANAGEMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2072

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, August 2, 2021

Sravana 11, 1943 (Saka)

## Public Sector Enterprises in Odisha

2072.  Shri Mahesh Sahoo:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plans to disinvest the Public Sector Enterprises (PSEs) in Odisha;
- (b) If so, the reason therefor;
- (c) whether the Government is likely to come up with revival plans or that have even failed; and (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## (DR. BHAGWAT KISHANRAO KARAD)

- (a) to  (d):  Neelachal  Ispat  Nigam  Limited  (NINL)  is  a  Joint  Venture  company  of  4  CPSEs namely  MMTC  Limited,  NMDC  Limited,  Bharat  Heavy  Electrical  Limited  (BHEL)  and MECON Limited and 2 State PSUs of Odisha Government, namely, Industrial Promotion and  Investment  Corporation  of  Orissa  Ltd.  (IPICOL)  and  Odisha  Mining  Corporation (OMC).  The  company  has  its  Registered  Office  in  Odisha  and  is  under  the  process  of strategic disinvestment.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2071 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-02
Subject: Languages in Eight Schedule
Ministry: Education
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EDUCATION DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2071

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.08.2021

## Languages in Eighth Schedule

## 2071.    SHRI  NATARAJAN  P.R. :

Will the Minister of  EDUCATION  be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Government have taken any review on the development of the twenty two languages listed in the Eighth Schedule of the constitution;
2. b)
3. if so, the details of the review taken; and
- c) the action taken/being taken by the Government for the development of languages in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)

(a)  to (c):      The policy of the Government of India  is to promote all Indian Languages.  Central Institute of Indian Languages (CIIL), Mysore works  for the promotion of all Indian languages including Scheduled/NonScheduled   and Classical languages. There are separate organisations for development and promotion of Hindi, Urdu, Sindhi and Sanskrit languages.    Sanskrit    Language  is  promoted    through  three  Central Universities viz,  Central Sanskrit University, New Delhi,  Shri Lal Bhahdur Shastri  National  Sanskrit  University,  New  Delhi  and  National  Sanskrit University,  Tirupati.      Hindi  is  promoted  by  Kendriya  Hindi  Sansthan (KHS) Agra,  Central Hindi Directorate (CHD), New Delhi and  Commission for   Scientific       and       Technical Terminology (CSTT), New Delhi.

Sindhi  is  promoted  through  National  Council  for  Promotion  of  Sindhi Language  (NCPSL),  New  Delhi    and  Urdu  is  promoted  through  National Council for Promotion of Urdu Language (NCPUL), New Delhi.  In addition to  promote  all  Indian  languages,  Central  Institute  of  Indian  Languages (CIIL), Mysore also works for the promotion of  four Classical Languages namely  Kannada,  Telugu,  Malayalam  and  Odia.    Development  and promotion of Classical Tamil is done by Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT), Chennai. CIIL works  and  collaborates with various stakeholders      including    Universities, Institutes, State Governments, etc  for  development  of  languages    through  its  various  schemes  like National Translation Mission, Linguistic Data Consortium of Indian Languages, Bharatavani, etc for development and promotion of languages.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 174 (STARRED), answered on 2021-07-30
Subject: Misleading Advertisements
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *174 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30/07/2021

## MISLEADING ADVERTISEMENTS

*174. SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware of misleading advertisements broadcast extensively  on  Doordarshan  and  other  media  which  give  wrong  and incomplete information to the consumers;
- (b) whether the Government has received any representations/ complaints in this  regard  during  the  last  three  years and  if  so, the  details  thereof,  yearwise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to ban such misleading advertisements and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the action, taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to check such misleading advertisements?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  INFORMATION  AND  BROADCASTING;  AND  MINISTER  OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

- (a)  to (d): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT AS REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (D) OF LOK  SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  *174  FOR  ANSWER  ON 30.07.2021

(a)  and  (b):  All  advertisements  telecast  on  TV  channels  are regulated  in  accordance  with  the  Advertising  Code  prescribed under the Cable Television Networks Rules, 1994.

Prasar Bharti has informed that no complaint about misleading  advertisement  on  Doordarshan  has  been  received during the last three years.

The Department of Consumer Affairs had launched an online portal called GAMA (Grievance Against Misleading Advertisements)  portal  in  2015.  During  the  last  three  years, Grievances accepted on the GAMA portal are as under:

| Sl.   | Year   | Total Accepted   |
|-------|--------|------------------|
| No.   |        |                  |
| 1.    | 2018   | 2939             |
| 2.    | 2019   | 3416             |
| 3.    | 2020   | 1790             |
| Total | Total  | 8145             |

(c)  and  (d):  Under  the  provisions  of  Consumer  Protection  Act, 2019, a Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) has been established w.e.f. 24.07.2020 which inter-alia looks into misleading advertisements either suo motu or on complaints or on directions from the Central Government. The Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issues advisories from time to time to broadcasters for ensuring compliance to the Advertising Code.

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