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Lok Sabha Question No. 3776 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Naya Savera Scheme
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Chinta Anuradha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3776

ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023

## NAYA SAVERA SCHEME

3776. SMT. CHINTA ANURADHA:

Will the Minister of Minority Affairs be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features of the Naya Savera Scheme;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  minority  students  being  benefitted  under  the  said  scheme  in  the country,State/UT-wise including Andhra Pradesh;
- (c)  the  details  of  physical  targets  set  and  achieved  under  the  said  scheme  during  the  last threeyears and the current year; and
- (d) the reasons for the provision of coaching for the period ranging from 3-9 months only for astudent belonging to the economically weaker section of minority communities?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

- (a)  The Ministry implemented 'Naya Savera' scheme ('Free Coaching and Allied' scheme) to assist students/candidates belonging to the six notified minority communities namely Sikh, Jain, Muslim, Christian, Buddhist and Parsi by way of special coaching for qualifying examinations for admission in technical/professional courses and competitive examination for recruitment to Group Á, 'B', & 'C' services and other equivalent posts under the Central andState Governments including public sector undertakings, banks and railways. The scheme was implemented across the country through empaneled Project Implementing Agencies (PIAs).
- (b)  &  (c)  More  than  1.19  lakh  beneficiaries  have  been  benefited  under  the  scheme  since inception, out of which 12,155 beneficiaries were from state of Andhra Pradesh. The details of physical achievement during last three years are given below:

| Year      | Number of students allocated   |
|-----------|--------------------------------|
| 2019-2020 | 9,580                          |
| 2020-2021 | 5,300                          |
| 2021-2022 | 5,090                          |

State-wise details of minority students benefited under the scheme is available on the website of Ministry www.minorityaffairs.gov.in.

(d)  The  duration  of  the  coaching  period  under  the  scheme  were  from  3  months  to  2  years depending  upon  the  coaching  programme  allocated  to  the  PIAs.  The  scheme  has  been discontinued w.e.f. 2022-23.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3775 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Merging of Minority Ministry
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Aparupa  Poddar

- (a) No, Sir.
- (b) Does not arise in view of (a) above.
- (c) The budget of the schemes  of Ministry  of Minority  Affairs  was  reduced  due to  the following reasons:

(i)            Adoption  of  new  mechanism  for  release  of  Central  share  of  funds  under  Centrally Sponsored Schemes and Central Sector Schemes, for which State Nodal Agencies (SNA) and Central Nodal Agencies (CNA) were required to be appointed. As per the revised procedure of  Department  of  Expenditure,  Ministry  of  Finance,  for  release  of  funds  to  the  State Governments, the releases of funds under PMJVK are not tied to the projects and the amount available  in  the  account  of  State  Nodal  Agency  (SNA)  forms  a  common  pool.  As  on 01.03.2023, the unspent amount with the States in their SNA account is Rs. 2466.48 crore, and the States can incur expenditure from the SNA account to complete the ongoing projects.

(ii)      Scholarship schemes of the Ministry were to be aligned with the pattern followed by the Education Ministry and other ministries such as Tribal Affairs and Social Justice. Central Government  has  taken  the  decision  to  limit  the  coverage  under  Pre-Matric  Scholarship Scheme for Minorities to only Classes IX and X based on very strong rationale. Firstly, it has been observed that the participation of students from Minority communities is at par with the national average at primary and elementary level. Also, the students at these levels are already covered under Right to Education (RTE) Act. Further, there was a felt need to harmonize the

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3775

ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023

## MERGING OF MINORITY MINISTRY

## 3775. SHRIMATI APARUPA PODDAR:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- a. whether the Government proposes to merge the Ministry of Minority Affairs with any other Ministry in near future;
- b. if so, the details thereof and all reasons therefor; and
- c. the  reasons  for  the  large  budget  reduction  during  2023-24  towards  achievement  for empowerment  and inclusive development for minority communities in order to strengthen multi diversity of the country?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

coverage under Pre-Matric Scheme for minorities with similar schemes implemented for other target groups like Scheduled Caste, Scheduled Tribes and the OBCs.

(iii) Skilling  schemes  under  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  have  been  amalgamated  under the PM Virasat Ka Samvardhan (PM VIKAS).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3773 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Solar Energy Generation Hub
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Vishnu Dutt Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3773

ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023

## SOLAR ENERGY GENERATION HUB

## 3773. SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA

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

- (a) whether the Government is cognizant of the fact that tropical semi-arid landscapes, like Bundelkhand, worldwide are seeing a shift from an economy based on plant and animal production to one based on solar energy generation, as they have advantage of high solar fluxes, low cloud cover, cheaper land and their typically closer location to energy demand centres;
- (b) if  so,  whether  the  Government  is  also  cognizant  of  the  fact  that  developing Bundelkhand region as solar energy generation hub may result not only in large scale cheaper  solar  energy,  but  would  also  help  in  development  of  this  under-developed region;
- (c) if so, whether the Government has any proposal or making   concerted efforts to develop Bundelkhand  region  especially  districts  of  Panna  and  Chhatarpur  as  solar  energy generation hub; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a) &  (b) In  general,  solar  power  projects  are  likely  to  result  in  various  benefits  like  electricity generation, economic development, local direct and indirect employment, etc. around the area that they come up.

(c) &  (d)  Government  has  approved  8  solar  parks  with  an  aggregate  capacity  of  4995  MW  in Bundelkhand region towards enhancing generation of Solar Energy. The details are given below:

| Solar Park                           |   Capacity (in MW) |
|--------------------------------------|--------------------|
| Jalaun Solar Park                    |               1200 |
| Chitrakoot Solar Park                |                800 |
| Kalpi Solar Park                     |                 65 |
| Lalitpur Solar Park                  |                600 |
| Jhansi Solar Park                    |                600 |
| UP Solar Park (Jalaun District site) |                150 |
| Chhatarpur Solar Park                |                950 |
| Barethi Solar Park                   |                630 |
| TOTAL                                |               4995 |
Lok Sabha Question No. 3770 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Greenfield Highway in Kerala
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Suresh Kodikunnil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3770 ANSWERED ON 23 RD  MARCH, 2023

## GREENFIELD HIGHWAY IN KERALA

3770. SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  conduct  alignment  survey  and accord sanction for a Greenfield highway between Thiruvananthapuram and Angamali in Kerala;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and estimated cost thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  received  reports  of  dissent  and  issues about environment degradation and relocation of numerous small businesses and homes located along the main central road of Kerala for the proposed Greenfield highway and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to conduct a revised survey of the alignment to address the concerns raised by the public; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  and  (b)   The  work  of  preparation  of  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  for construction of 4-lane greenfield highway between Angamaly to Thiruvananthapuram has been taken up by National Highways Authority of India  (NHAI).  Alignment  of  greenfield  corridor  has  been  finalised.  Project implementation will be taken up depending upon the priority and availability of resources after completion of the pre-construction activities.
- (c) Yes  Sir.  Local  people  are  demanding  slight  changes  in  alignment. Environmental Clearance is not yet obtained for greenfield alignment of the project.
- (d) No Sir.
- (e) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Prayagraj to Lucknow Expressway
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Keshari Devi Patel

be pleased to state:

- (a) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  convert  Prayagraj  to Lucknow National Highway into expressway; and
- (b) the time by which the said work is likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b)         Prayagraj to Lucknow section of National Highway (NH) 30 consists of Lucknow-Raebareli section, which is 4-lane and Raebareli to  Prayagraj  section,  which  is  2-lane  with  paved  shoulder.  National Highways Authority of India (NHAI) has recently undertaken upgradation of  Raebareli  to  Prayagraj  section  to  4-lane  configuration.  However,  at present, there is no plan to convert Prayagraj to Lucknow section of NH30 into expressway.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3769 ANSWERED ON 23 RD  MARCH, 2023

## PRAYAGRAJ TO LUCKNOW EXPRESSWAY

## 3769. SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री
Lok Sabha Question No. 3766 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Industrial Manufacturing
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Parvesh Sahib Singh

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3766 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023

## INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURING

## 3766. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH VERMA:

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

- (a) the steps being taken by the Government to address the issue of inadequate factory accommodation for the MSMEs in Delhi;
- (b) the steps being taken by the Government to optimize and increase the exports in the two unidentified manufacturing clusters of Pottery and Printing & Packaging in Delhi; and
- (c) the  total  number  of  MSMEs  which  have  utilized  the  Emergency  Credit  Line Guarantee Scheme in Delhi during the last two years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): As reported by the Government of Delhi, to address the issue of inadequate factory  accommodation  for  the  MSMEs  in  Delhi,  Delhi  State  Industrial  and  Infrastructure Development Corporation (DSIIDC) is taking up redevelopment of  Flatted Factory Complex at  Jhandewalan    &  proposed  Industrial  areas  at  Ranikhera  &  Baprola.    Further,    District Export Action Plan of  North West District Delhi is under process wherein clay products are identified for export under One District One Product (ODOP) scheme.
- (c): The  total  number  of  MSMEs  which  have  utilized  the  Emergency  Credit  Line Guarantee  Scheme  in  Delhi  during  the  financial  year  FY  2021-22  &  FY  2022-23  (as  on 31.01.2023) are 13874 & 915 respectively.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3762 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Rating System for MSMEs
Ministry: MICRO,SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Debasree Chaudhuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3762 TO BE ANSWERED ON   23.03.2023

## RATING SYSTEM FOR MSMEs

## 3762. MS. DEBASREE CHAUDHURI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to implement rating system for monitoring Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether this would increase the compliance requirements of MSMEs in addition to GST related compliance; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): No, Sir.

- (b) to (d): Does Not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3761 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Digi Yatra Application
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Pradeep Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3761 (To be answered on the 23 rd  March 2023)

## DIGI YATRA APPLICATION

## 3761. SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the number of air travellers across the country who have used 'Digi
- Yatra';
- (b) the total number of Digi Yatra application users at present;
- (c) the number of airports in the country where Digi Yatra was introduced in the first phase, State/UT-wise;
- (d)  whether Digi Yatra has also been introduced at the airports of Gujarat
- and Bihar; and
- (e) if not, the time by which it is likely to be introduced?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

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

- (a) to (b): Presently, Digi Yatra app has approximate 5 lakhs users and over 3 lakh air travellers across the country have used Digi Yatra.
- (c):  Digi  Yatra  has  been  launched  at  airports  in  Delhi,  Bangalore  in
- Karnataka and Varanasi  in  Uttar  Pradesh.
- (d) to (e): No, Sir. However, Digi Yatra is planned to be introduced at the airports across the country in a phased manner.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3753 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Revival of Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy, Manne Srinivas Reddy, Y. S. Avinash Reddy

(a): Yes Sir.

- (b): A meeting of the Expenditure Finance Committee  (EFC) to consider the proposal of revival/development of additional fifty airports, heliports, water aerodromes and Advanced landing Grounds under "Revival/upgradation of unserved and underserved airports/heliports/water aerodromes-Phase-II" for operationalisation of UDAN (Ude Desh ka Aam Nagrik) flights, was held on 14.03.2023.
- (c): UDAN is a market driven scheme. Interested airlines based on their assessment of demand on particular routes, submit their proposals at the time of bidding under UDAN. An airport which is included in the awarded routes of UDAN and requires upgradation / development for commencement of RCS operations,  is  developed  under  "Revival/upgradation  of  unserved  and underserved airports/heliports/water aerodromes-Phase-II" Scheme. No funds have been sanctioned/spent under Phase-II of the scheme so far.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3753

(To be answered on the 23 rd  March 2023)

## REVIVAL OF AIRPORTS

3753.

SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY

SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government proposes to revive fifty additional airports, heliports, water aerodromes and advance landing grounds for improving the regional air connectivity;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the progress made so far along with the funds sanctioned/spent so far in each district, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the details of the proposals received from each State and action taken on those proposals along with the details of rejected proposals and the reasons for the same?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

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

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3752 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Purchase of DDA Flats
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Ravneet Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3752

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 23, 2023

## PURCHASE OF DDA FLATS

## NO. 3752.

SHRI RAVNEET SINGH BITTU:

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

- (a) whether  the  Delhi  Development  Authority  (DDA)  has  recently relaxed certain guidelines relating to purchase of DDA flats;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total inventory with DDA related to unsold and vacant flats at present along with the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government is taking any   measures   to    enable optimal utilization of DDA flats by the prospective owners; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

(a) & (b):  Yes, Sir. Delhi Development Authority (DDA) (Management and  Disposal  of  Housing  Estates)  Regulations,  1968  has  been amended and published vide Gazette Notification S.O. 753(E) dated 17.02.2023 (https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2023/243701.pdf) .

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(c): The  total  inventory  of  vacant/  unsold  flats  is  40,600, out  of which, inventory of 23,955 newly constructed flats have been added in the year 2022-23. The remaining 16,045 flats were offered under the earlier Housing Scheme/s but remained unsold.

The bulk of the vacant/unsold inventory of flats is located in Narela sub-city,  which  is  in  the  process  of  development.  The  inadequate response of the public for the DDA Flats is because of the factors such as long  distance  of  the  area  from  main  center  of  the  city, inadequate frequency of Public Road Transport      System, availability  of  similar  flats  in  satellite  towns  like  Noida,  Gurgaon, Ghaziabad.

(d)  &  (e):  DDA  Flats  are  designed  and  constructed  as  per  the prevalent Development Control Norms (DCN) of the Master Plan of Delhi (MPD) and building Bye-laws.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3747 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Old Coal based Thermal Power Plants
Ministry: POWER
Asked by: Arun Sao, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre, Sunil Kumar Soni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF POWER LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3747

## ANSWERED ON 23.03.2023

## OLD COAL BASED THERMAL POWER PLANTS

3747. SHRI ARUN SAO:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM SHRANGARE: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SONI:

Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  plan  to  phase  out  the  old coal based thermal power plants in the country including Chhattisgarh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to move towards technologies such as super critical and ultra super critical based thermal power plants?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

(SHRI R.K. SINGH)

- (a) & (b) : As  per  Section  7  of  the  Electricity  Act,  2003,  generation  is  a delicensed  activity  and  phasing  out/retirement  of  units  are  decided  by  power generating utilities/companies based on their own techno-economic assessment.
- (c) : In  order  to  achieve  higher  efficiencies  and  to  reduce  carbon  foot print,  a  large  number  of  thermal  power  plants,  operating  in  the  country,  have already adopted super critical/ultra super critical technologies.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3746 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-03-23
Subject: Safety Audit for High Rise Buildings
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal, Arun Sao, Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3746 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH, 23 2023

## SAFETY AUDIT FOR HIGH RISE BUILDINGS

NO. 3746.

SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

SHRI ARUN SAO:

SHRI SUDHAKAR TUKARAM

SHRANGARE

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  guidelines  for continual and regular safety audit of high rise buildings in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the  fresh  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  mandatory safety audit of all the high rise buildings on regular intervals across the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE

MINSTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE)

- (a) to (c): Urban planning is a State subject and safety audit of high rise buildings  is  regulated  by  specific  Building  Bye-laws/Development Control Regulations of the respective State or City.   However, for their  guidance,  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  hasissued Model Building Bye Laws 2016 which incorporate provisions for high rise  development  and  structural  safety.  Further,  National  Building Code,  2016,  a  guiding  document,  brought  out  by  Bureau  of  Indian Standards, also includes chapters on structural design and Construction Management, Practices and Safety.

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