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Lok Sabha Question No. 1131 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Kendriya Vidyalaya in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Devendra (Alias) Bhole Singh Singh, Kunwar Danish Ali

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1131 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2021

## KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA IN UTTAR PRADESH

## † 1131. SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE: KUNWAR DANISH ALI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is considering to establish Kendriya Vidyalaya in every district of Uttar Pradesh particularly in Akbarpur constituency;
- (b) if so, the names of the districts identified so far and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of the requests received from the State Government, Members of Parliament and non-government organizations in this regard during the last one year along with the steps being taken thereon by the Union Government; and
- (d) the reasons for not having any KV in backward regions of Uttar Pradesh particularly-Bundelkhand Area?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF EDUCATION (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) & (b) Opening of new Kendriya Vidyalayas (KVs) is a continuous process. KVs are opened primarily to cater to the educational needs of the wards of transferable Central Government Employees including Defence & Para-Military personnel, Central Autonomous Bodies, Central Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) and Central Institute of Higher Learning (IHL) by providing a common programme of education. Proposals for opening of new KVs are considered only if sponsored by Ministries or Departments of the Government of India / State Governments / Union Territories (UTs) Administrations and committing resources for setting up a new KV. The proposals received from various sponsoring authorities for opening of new KVs have to compete with other proposals under the 'Challenge Method'.

Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan (KVS) has informed that 5 KVs, namely, No.1 Chakeri Kanpur, No. 2 Chakeri Kanpur, No. 3 Chakeri Kanpur, IIT Kanpur & Mati Akbarpur are functioning in Akbarpur Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh.

(c) KVS has informed that during last year and the current year total 10 requests have been received from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh/Members of Parliament for setting up of new KVs in the State of Uttar Pradesh. As explained in reply to part (a) above, proposals sponsored by Ministries or Departments of the Government of India / State Governments / Union Territories (UTs) Administrations and committing resources for setting up a new KV are only considered. Out of the 10 requests received, only one proposal for opening of a new KV at Bijnore was received from the State Government of Uttar Pradesh. Certain discrepancies / inadequacies were noticed in the proposal, which have been brought to the notice of district Administration Bijnore, Uttar Pradesh for necessary rectification.

(d) There are already 21 KVs functioning in the Bundelkhand Region.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1126 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Bad Debt
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Deepak Baij

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE

ANSWERED ON- 08/02/2021

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-t1126

## BAD DEBT

## +1126. SHRI DEEPAK BAIJ

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- the amount ofbad debt NPA) out of the loan given by vatious banks during the last (a) five years;
- (6) the loss likely to be caused to the economy of the country by this bad debt amount;
- the details of the loans of various industrialists written off during the said period, year and company-wise;and
- details of the amount of loan given to farmers in the countty and the (d) the complete amount of loan waived off the said period? duting

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

- and (b): Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has informed that data regarding advances based (a) on the date of disbursement is not maintained by it:
- the details of loans of various  industrialists RBI has (c):  With to that under the provisions of section 4SE ofthe Reserve Bank of India Act 1934, informed disclosing credit information: Section 4SE provides that credit RBI is prohibited from submitted by a bank shall be treated as confidential and not be published or information otherwise disclosed regard
- As RBI data on domestic operations, the details of advances of Agriculture (d): per Scheduled Commercial Banks to RBI, for the last five and Allied Activities as reported by Annex: The Union Government has not implemented any loan waiver financial years are at schemes have been scheme   during the last five   yeats, though some loan waiver implemented by various State Governments: gross

## Lok Sabha unstarred question no. 1126, regarding Bad Debt

## Agriculture and Allied Activities Gross Advances of Scheduled Commercial Banks

Amounts in crore Rs:

| 2015-16   | RY 2016-17   | 2017-18   | R.Y. 2018-19   | 2019-20   |
|-----------|--------------|-----------|----------------|-----------|
| 9,54,744  | 11,11,342    | 11,06,666 | 12,17,594      | 12,39,575 |

Source: Reserve Bank of India
Lok Sabha Question No. 1124 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Insect Attack on Monuments
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Rajkumar Chahar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1124

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2021

## INSECT ATTACK ON MONUMENTS

## 1124. SHRI RAJ KUMAR CHAHAR:

- Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:(a) whether the Government is aware of the recurring problem of Goeldichironomus insect, which attacks Taj Mahal, Agra Fort & Etmadaulla monuments at Agra & Fatehpur Sikri every year since 2015; (b) whether any action has been taken to deal with this problem, including conducting any study of the problem; (c) if  so,  the  recommendations  made  in  such  study  and  the  details  of  the  action(s)  taken  or proposed to be taken; (d) whether the de-silting of Yamuna has also been recommended in the above study; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE & TOURISM

## (PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

- (a) Yes  Sir.   The  Archaeological  Survey  of  India  (ASI)  is  aware  of  this  problem  in  indicated monuments at Agra. No such problem has been noticed so far at Fatehpur Sikri. (b) Yes Sir. The Science Branch of ASI has conducted the required study in this regard. (c) The recommendations made in the study includes scientific cleaning and preservation of the monument fabric, de-silting of Yamuna river and cleaning & removal of vegetation growth from the river banks. The action taken comprises proper cleaning and conservation/ preservation of the monument including cleaning of river banks and removal of vegetation growth. (d) Yes Sir. The  recommendations  include  de-silting  and  cleaning  of  the  Yamuna  river,  clean  the  river
- (e) banks, increase the water flow in the river and prevent stagnation of the water.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1122 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Status of Food Craft Institute
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TOURISM

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1122 ANSWERED ON 08.02.2021

## STATUS OF FOOD CRAFT INSTITUTE

1122. DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Food Craft Institutes which are fully functional in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the  present  status  of  Food  Craft  Institute  at  Deoghar  in Jharkhand;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  steps  to  start  teaching session at Food Craft Institute, Deoghar; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a): The State/UT-wise number of Food Craft Institutes which are fully functional in the country is Annexed.

(b): At  present,  only  75%  of  the  civil  construction  has  been completed.

(c) & (d): As per information provided by the State Govt./FCI, steps have  been  taken  to  sanction  teaching  and  non-teaching  post, expedite civil construction, procurement & installation of equipment for starting the teaching session.

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ANNEXURE STATEMENT IN  REPLY  TO  PART  (a)  OF  LOK  SABHA  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1122 ANSWERED ON 08.02.2021 REGARDING STATUS OF FOOD CRAFT INSTITUTE

|   Sr. No. | Name of the Food Craft Institute   | State/UT         |
|-----------|------------------------------------|------------------|
|         1 | FCI, Ajmer                         | Rajasthan        |
|         2 | FCI, Sumerpur                      | Rajasthan        |
|         3 | FCI, Darjeeling                    | West Bengal      |
|         4 | FCI, Aligarh                       | Uttar Pradesh    |
|         5 | FCI, Hoshiarpur                    | Punjab           |
|         6 | FCI, Nagaon                        | Assam            |
|         7 | FCI, Tura                          | Meghalaya        |
|         8 | FCI, Leh                           | Ladakh           |
|         9 | FCI, Jammu                         | J&K              |
|        10 | FCI, Dharamashala                  | Himachal Pradesh |
|        11 | FCI, Jabalpur                      | Madhya Pradesh   |
|        12 | FCI, Rewa                          | Madhya Pradesh   |
|        13 | FCI, Khajuraho                     | Madhya Pradesh   |
|        14 | FCI, Mysore                        | Karnataka        |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1120 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Cases of Gold Smuggling
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: N.K. Premachandran, Adoor Prakash

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Revenue

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.112O TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 08, 2021 MAGHA 19, 1942(SAKA) CASES OF GOLD SMUGGLING

1120. SHRI N.K PREMACHANDRAN; ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH:

Will the Minister of Finance be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the Customs/ED are   investigating cases smuggling through diplomatic baggage in Kerala and if so, the details thereof; gold
- (b) the number and details of persons  arrested and number of persons  questioned in connection with smuggling cases so far; gold
- (c) whether the Customs/ED have submitted chargesheet in connection with these cases and if s0, the details of cases registered in connection with this offence;
- (d) whether the Customs/ED have arrested any Government officials in connection with the cases registered in Kerala and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the CustomsED have questioned any Government officials in connection with these cases and if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the Customs/ED have found out illegality and corruption and money laundering in the official transaction of Kerala Government during the investigation of these cases and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

- a) Based on an intelligence that was being smuggled in the guise of diplomatic cargo at air cargo complex; Thiruvananthapuram, the diplomatic cargo arrived was opened and examined The examination resulted in the seizure of 30,244.900 gram of gold, valued at Rs. The case is being investigated by ED and Customs. gold
2. 22 persons were arrested and 70 persons have been questioned:
- C) Prosecution complaint has been filed before the Hon"ble Special PMLA Court; Ernakulam The investigation by custom is not complete and no prosecution has been initiated:
4. Former Principal Secretary to the Chief Minister of Kerala was arrested and a supplementary prosecution  complaint was filed against him before the Hon'ble special PMLA Court, Ernakulam.
5. e 6 Government officials were questioned by ED and 13 by Customs
6. During the course of investigation, it was recorded that the accused received kickbacks for award of a government project in Kerala.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1116 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Vikramshila University
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Ajay Kumar Mandal

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

## LOKSABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1116 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2021

## Vikramshila University

## †1116. SHRI AJAY KUMAR MANDAL:

Will the Minister of Education be pleased to state:

(a) whether the World Famous seats of learning Vikramshila and Nalanda Universities belonging to the tenure of Pala dynasty, situated in Bhagalapur district are in dilapidated condition at present;

- (b) if so, the steps being taken by the Government to reconstruct the Vikramshila University?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION (Shri Ramesh Pokhriyal 'Nishank')

(a) & (b) The Central University functions as a pace setter institution in the region. Keeping in view the requirements of the state, the Government has established four Central universities in Bihar, including Nalanda University at Nalanda, established by Ministry of External Affairs. Besides, as announced in the Prime Minister package for Bihar the proposal includes establishment of a Central University near Bhagalpur at the historic site of Vikramshila University.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1114 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Digitalization of Education
Ministry: Education
Asked by: E. T. Mohammed Basheer

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1114 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2021

## Digitalization of Education

## 1114. SHRI E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes digitalization of education in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- and
- (b) whether there is any programme of action planned in this regard;
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF EDUCATION

## (SHRI RAMESH POKHRIYAL 'NISHANK')

(a) to (c) National Education Policy -2020 has detailed provisions for online and digital education which, inter-alia, includes creation of National Educational Technology Forum (NETF) as a platform for free exchange of ideas on the use of technology to enhance learning, assessment, planning, administration and so on both for School and Higher Education. The details can be accessed on -https://www.mhrd.gov.in/sites/upload\_files/mhrd/files/NEP\_Final\_Engl ish\_0.pdf

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1112 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Proposal Received from Odisha for Infrastructural Development
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Anubhav Mohanty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1112 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2021

## PROPOSAL RECEIVED FROM ODISHA FOR INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT

1112. SHRI ANUBHAV MOHANTY

Will the MINISTER OF CULTURE be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has received proposals for infrastructure development  from  the  State  Government  of  Odisha  under  the  Financial Assistance for Tagore Cultural Complexes (TCC);

- (b) if so, the details thereof

(c) the quantum of funds allocated under the scheme to specific agencies/institutions in the State of Odisha; and

- (d) the details of all such funds allocated in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR CULTURE AND TOURISM (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a)  to  (d) Yes  Sir,  in  the  year  2010-11  &  2011-12.  The  details  of  proposals  for infrastructure development from the State Government of Odisha are attached at Annexure-I.

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ANNEXURE-I

Annexure referred to in reply to Part (a) to (d) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 1112 for 08.02.2021

DETAILS  OF  PROPOSALS  RECEIVED  FROM  THE  STATE  GOVERNMENT  OF ODISHA FOR INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT.

|   Sl.No. | Name of the proposal                                                   | Name of Project Authority                                     | Amount released/ allocated & purpose   |
|----------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|        1 | Construction of Tagore Cultural Complex at Puri.                       | Tourism & Culture (Culture) Department, Government of Odisha. | Rs.5,00,000/- for preparation of DPR.  |
|        2 | Renovation of Rabindra Mandap Complex under TCC Scheme at Bhubaneswar. | Tourism & Culture (Culture) Department, Government of Odisha. | Rs.5,00,000/- for preparation of DPR.  |
|        3 | Construction of Rabindra Kala Katak under TCC Scheme at Cuttack.       | Tourism & Culture (Culture) Department, Government of Odisha. | Rs.5,00,000/- for preparation of DPR.  |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1110 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Retrospective Taxation
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Imtiaz Jaleel Syed, Asaduddin Owaisi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1110

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, THE 8 th  FEBRUARY, 2021

MAGHA 19, 1942 (SAKA)

## RETROSPECTIVE TAXATION

## 1110.   SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL:

## SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that on retrospective taxation the arbitration panel has unanimously ruled in favour of some companies recently including Cairn Energy Plc;
- (b) if so, whether this is a second instance after Voda case verdict and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the total retrospective tax has to be paid by the Government to these companies and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has appealed against those verdicts; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken or being taken by the Government to avoid such taxation arbitration?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI ANURAG THAKUR)

- (a) Yes, Sir. Arbitration Tribunal constituted under the Agreement between UK and India for the Promotion and Protection of Investments And the Arbitration rules of the United Nations

Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) has ruled in favour of Cairn group (Cairn Energy Plc and Cairn UK Holdings Limited) vide its order dated 21.12.2020.

(b) Yes,  Sir.  The  above  mentioned award in the Cairn group came after the arbitral award dated 25.9.2020  in  the  case  of  Vodafone  International  Holdings  BV  vs  Republic  of  India  under  the Agreement between the Republic of India and the Kingdom of The Netherlands for the Promotion and Protection of Investments.

(c) The details terms of the award are under examination by the Government.

(d) & (e) An application has been filed in the High Court of Singapore to set aside the award dated 25.09.2020  in  the  case  of  Vodafone  International  Holdings  BV.  In  the  case  of  Cairn  group  the matter is under consideration of the government.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1109 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Loss of Jobs in Various Fields
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: Rekha Arun Verma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1109

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2021

## LOSS OF JOBS IN VARIOUS FIELDS

†1109. SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

Will  the  Minister  of  LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)whether the Government has any official and authenticated information  regarding  loss  of  jobs  in  various  fields  in  the  country during nationwide lockdown due to Covid-19;
- (b)whether the Government has figures of the badly affected areas due to heavy loss of jobs; and
- (c)if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  strategy  of  the  Government  to effectively resolve the problems of loss of jobs in various fields?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a) to (c): The Corona Virus (COVID-19) pandemic followed by lockdowns has affected economies across the globe including India. Government  has  taken  several  initiatives  to  address  the  challenges and threats posed by Covid-19.

More than twenty seven  lakh crore financial package under 'Aatm  Nirbhar  Bharat'  has  been  launched  specifically  to  create employment opportunities for migrant workers, workers of unorganized sector, strengthening of MSME Sector and promoting rural economy. It includes plethora of initiatives for all these sectors.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1108 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-02-08
Subject: Status of Classical Language to Marathi
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, Gopal Chinayya Shetty

- (a)    Yes, Sir.
- (b)   The proposal from the Government of Maharashtra was received on 19.11.2013 and forwarded to Linguistic Experts Committee for its consideration on 14.03.2014.
- (c)  &  (d) The  Committee of Linguistic Experts submitted its report on 06.02.2015. However, in the light of several Writ Petitions filed by Shri R. Gandhi in the Hon'ble High Court of Judicature at Madras  on  the  subject,  it  was  decided  to  wait  for  the  outcome  of  the  said  Writ  Petitions.  The Hon'ble High Court of judicature at Madras disposed of the Writ Petitions vide common order dated 08.08.2016 declining to interfere in the matter and disposed of all the Writ Petitions.

The Government nominated two more members i.e. Prof. Arun Diwaker Nath Bajpai (Former Vice Chancellor-Himachal  University,  Riva  University)  and  Prof.  Arunoday  Saha  (Former  Vice Chancellor-  Central  University,  Tripura)  to  the  Linguistic  Experts  Committee  in  place  of  two vacancies  caused  by  resignation  of  Dr.  V.C.  Kulandai  Swamy  and  demise  of  Prof.  Bh. Krishnamurti. It is the mandate of the Committee to review the criteria to classify a language as 'Classical Language' and also to find out how many other languages are likely to become eligible to be classified as 'Classical Language' under the reviewed guidelines.

- (e)   No time frame can be decided to grant the Classical status to Marathi Language.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CULTURE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1108 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2021

## STATUS OF CLASSICAL LANGUAGE TO MARATHI

## †1108. SHRI VINAYAK RAUT: SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether  the  proposal  received  from  the  Government  of  Maharashtra  for  providing  status  of Classical Language to Marathi language has been sent to Expert Committee for their consideration;
- (b)    if so, the date on which this proposal was received from the Government of Maharashtra and the date on which was presented to the Language Expert Committee for their consideration and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)   whether the said Committee has submitted its report and if so, the recommendations made by the Committee and the date on which this report was received by the Government;
- (d)    the details of action taken by the Government on the recommendation of the Expert Committee; and
- (e)   the  time  by  which  the  Government  proposes  to  give  the  status  of  classical  language  to  Marathi language?

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) FOR CULTURE & TOURISM (PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

## ANSWER