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Lok Sabha Question No. 1912 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Pension to Sportspersons
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

## Government of India Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports Department of Sports

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1912

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2023

Pension to Sportsperson

†1912. SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA:

Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to offer gainful employment to the retired sportspersons and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  also  proposses  to  start  a  pension scheme for sportspersons representing the country in international competitions;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details and the number of schemes/awards announced by the Government along with the number of recipients during the last three years and the current year, State/UT and sports-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS [SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR]

(a):  Yes  Sir.  The  Sports  Authority  of  India  (SAI),  an  autonomous organization under Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports is having a separate  cadre  of  Coaches.    All  the  Coaches  recruited  in  SAI  are sportsperson. Out of 3560 sanctioned post, 1524 are sportsperson by virtue  of  their  engagement  as  coaches.    Out  of  1524  Coaches  5% posts  are  reserved  for  Olympians  and  1%  for  Paralympians  at  the entry  cadre.    Also,  3%  posts  are  reserved  for  Medal  Winning Olympians or for those with representation in two Olympic Games and 2% posts are reserved for medal winning Paralympians in the grade of Coach (Level-10).

As a part of Government's vision to strengthen the sports ecosystem in  the  country  at  the  grass  root  level,  a  low-cost,  effective  Sports training mechanism has been developed wherein the past 'Champion Athlete'  become Coaches and Mentors at Khelo India Centres.  At present, 635 past champion Athletes have been engaged in various

(b)  and  (c):  The  Government  is  already  implementing  the  Scheme 'Sports Fund for Pension to Meritorious Sportsperson' with objective to provide assured monthly income through annuity for outstanding sportspersons. Under this Scheme, a monthly pension ranging from Rs.12,000/-  to  Rs.20,000/-  is  provided  to  the  ex-sportspersons  for winning medals at Olympics, Paralympics, World Cup/World Championships  (held  Once  in  4  years),  Asian  Games,  Asian  Para

Khelo India Centres across the country. Games and Commonwealth Games.

(d): The Government confers National Sports Awards under various categories  namely,  Major  Dhyan  Chand  Khel  Ratna  Award,  Arjuna Award,  Dronacharya  Award,  Dhyan  Chand  Lifetime  Achievement Award,  Maulana  Abul  Kalam  Azad  Trophy  and  Rashtriya  Khel Protsahan Puraskar. The number of recipients of the National Sports Awards conferred during the last three years is available on Ministry's website at https://yas.nic.in/.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1907 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: e-Governance System
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Gyaneshwar Patil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 1907 ANSWERED ON 01.08.2023

## E-GOVERNANCE SYSTEM

## †1907 SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to State:

- (a) the  details  of  the  scheme  of  the  Government  to  develop  e-Governance  system  for facilitating people and bringing transparency in Panchayat governance;
- (b) whether there is any scheme of the Government to promote door step delivery facility of  the  basic  services  to  the  people  of  villages  with  the  help  of  Panchayati  Raj Institutions; and
- (c) the  scheme  of  the  Government  to  enhance  the  digital  connectivity  and  increase  the bandwidth for the Panchayats in Madhya Pradesh in regular manner?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

## (SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL)

(a) Under  Digital  India  Programme,  Ministry  of  Panchayati  Raj  is  implementing  ePanchayat Mission Mode Project (MMP), in all the States/ UTs of the country. The aim is to revamp the functioning of Panchayats and to make them more transparent, accountable and effective.  Ministry  has  launched  eGramSwaraj,  an  accounting  application  to  simplify Panchayat work like planning, accounting and budgeting. In order to ensure better financial management of PRIs for enhancing transparency & accountability in maintenance of accounts, the eGramSwaraj has been integrated with Public Finance Management System (PFMS) to make real time payments to vendors/service providers. A Training Management Portal (TMP) has  been  developed  and  launched  to  monitor  real  time  progress  of  trainings  conducted  in various categories, subject areas and stakeholders under the revamped Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA) scheme. An application of 'AuditOnline' has  been  developed  for  online audits of Panchayat accounts and their financial management.

(b) Ministry  is  encouraging  the  Panchayats  to  adopt  their  own  Citizens'  Charter  for successful  delivery  of  services  for  which  the  Ministry  has  formulated  the  model  Citizens' Charter and shared with the States. Adoption of such Citizens' Charter by the States is being monitored through dedicated portal. So far, Citizen Charter has been uploaded by 2.15 lakh Gram Panchayats (GPs) and offering 954 services.

(c) For attaining the vision of Digital India, BharatNet project is being implemented by Department of Telecommunications in a phased manner to create network to connect all the GPs by broadband in the country. As on 27.07.2023, under BharatNet project, 1,99,291 GPs have been made Service Ready in the country and 18,110 GPs have been made Service Ready in  Madhya Pradesh. From 30.06.2021 the scope of BharatNet  has been  extended up to all inhabited villages beyond GPs in the country.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1904 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Mandatory Attendance on NMMS App
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: A. Chellakumar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1904 ANSWERED ON 01/08/2023

## MANDATORY ATTENDANCE ON NMMS APP

## 1904. DR. A. CHELLAKUMAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that mandatory attendance marking  on  the  National  Mobile  Monitoring  System  (NMMS) application led to unpaid wages due to malfunctioning of the app;
- (b)
- if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the number of workers who lost wages along with the amount of unpaid wages due to malfunctioning of the NMMS app from May 1, 2022, till now;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to evaluate the application for  glitches  and  restore  accurate  functioning  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government plans to compensate workers for lost wages,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) to (e): To  ensure  more  transparency  in  the  implementation  of Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Scheme (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS)  in  the  States/UTs,  the  Ministry  has decided  that  States/UTs  shall  ensure  capturing  of  attendance  at worksite  through  National  Mobile  Monitoring  System  (NMMS)  App with geo-tagged, two time-stamped photographs of the workers in a day  for  all  the  works  (except  individual  beneficiary  works)  w.e.f 1  January,  2023.  This  increases  citizen  oversight  of  the  Scheme besides enabling faster processing of payments.

Worksite supervisors are responsible for capturing attendance along with  geo-tagged  photographs  of  the  workers  through  the  NMMS App.

NMMS application has been modified to capture second photograph just  after  the  4  hours  from  capturing  the  first  photograph.  The morning attendance along with the first photograph and the second photograph can be captured in offline mode also and to be uploaded once  device  comes  in  network  areas.  In  case  of  exceptional circumstances due to which attendance could not be uploaded, the District  Programme  Coordinator  (DPC)  has  been  authorized  to approve the manual attendance. In case States/UTs faces any kind of issues or problems, the same are resolved on a priority basis.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1901 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Revision of Wages under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: A. Ganeshamurthi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1901 ANSWERED ON 01/08/2023

## REVISION OF WAGES UNDER MGNREGS

## 1901. SHRI A. GANESHAMURTHI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is considering the revision of wages being paid under the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) in view of inflation and rise in wages in all sectors;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  enhance  the  working days under MGNREGS, yielding to persistent demands from all quarters; and
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) & (b): As per Section 6 (1) of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment  Guarantee  Act  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGA),  2005,  the Central  Government  may  by  notification  specify  the  wage  rate  for unskilled  work  for  its  beneficiaries.  Accordingly,  the  Ministry  of Rural Development notifies Mahatma Gandhi NREGA wage rate for every  financial  year  for  States/UTs.  To  compensate  the  Mahatma Gandhi  NREGA  workers  against  inflation,  the  Ministry  of  Rural Development revises the wage rate every year based on change in Consumer Price Index for Agricultural Labour (CPI-AL). The index is different  for  different  States/UTs  as  notified  by  Labour  Bureau, Shimla. If the calculated wage rate of any State/UT is coming lower than the wage rate of previous financial year, it is being protected by maintaining the previous financial year wage rate. The wage rate is  made  applicable  from  1st  April  of  each  financial  year.  However State Governments can provide wage over and above the wage rate notified  by  the  Central  Government  under  the  Mahatma  Gandhi NREGA.

(c) & (d): The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (Mahatma Gandhi NREGA), 2005, is an Act to provide for the enhancement of livelihood security of the households in rural areas  of  the  country  by  providing  at  least  one  hundred  days  of guaranteed  wage  employment  in  every  financial  year  to  every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

In addition to this, there is a provision for up to additional 50 days of wage  employment  in  a  financial  year  in  drought/natural  calamity affected  notified  rural  areas.  As  per  Section  3  (4)  of  the  Act,  the State  Governments  may  make  provision  for  providing  additional days  of  employment  beyond  the  period  guaranteed  under  the  Act from their own funds.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1898 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Increase of Employment Days for Women under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: M.K. Vishnu Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1898 ANSWERED ON 01/08/2023

## INCREASE OF EMPLOYMENT DAYS FOR WOMEN UNDER MGNREGS

1898. DR. VISHNU PRASAD M.K.:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that there are lack of alternative source of income for women workers;
- (b) if  so,  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  increase  the number of employment days from 100 to 150 days for women under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS); and
- (c) if not, whether the Government proposes to set up 100 days of employment under MGNREGS on the basis of gender and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a): Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS)  is  a  demand  driven  wage employment  Scheme  which  provides for the enhancement  of livelihood security of the households in rural areas of the country by providing at least one hundred days of guaranteed wage employment in every financial year to every household whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work.

Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee  Act, 2005, requires that priority shall be given to women in such a way that at least one-third of the beneficiaries shall be women who have registered  and  requested  for  work.  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  is  a gender neutral scheme which promotes participation of women by providing wage parity with men, provision of separate schedule of rates of wages for women, facilities for crèche, work-side sheds for children,  and  child  care  services.  In  convergence  with  National Rural  Livelihood  Mission  (NRLM),  women  mates  have  also  been introduced, which again facilitate the participation of women. The Scheme also endeavours to provide works near the residence of the beneficiaries.

The rate  of  participation  of  women  (percentage  of  women person-days out of total in percentage) in Mahatma Gandhi NREGS during the last three financial years and current financial year 202324 (as on 28.07.2023) is given below:

| Financial Year               |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |   2023-24 |
|------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Women participation rate (%) |     53.19 |     54.82 |     57.43 |     58.75 |

(As per NREGASoft)

(b) & (c):       No, Sir.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1896 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Heavy Industries in Assam
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1896

ANSWERED ON 01.08.2023

## HEAVY INDUSTRIES IN ASSAM

## 1896.  SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES भारी उद्योग मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the fact that Assam is the State which lacks behind in terms of industries resulting in unemployment and poverty;
- (b) if so, the number of heavy industries that are functional in the State at present;
- (c) whether the Government has any plan to set up heavy industries in the State to generate employment as well as reduce poverty; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR HEAVY INDUSTRIES (SHRI KRISHAN PAL GURJAR)

- (a): Industry is a State subject and therefore, the Ministry of Heavy Industries (MHI) neither maintains any centralized data relating to the number of functional heavy industries in the country nor deals with planning to set up heavy industries in any part of the country including the State of Assam.

(b) to (d):

Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1894 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: National Innovation in Climate Resilient Agriculture
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: P. Velusamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1894

TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 st  AUGUST, 2023

## NATIONAL INNOVATION IN CLIMATE RESILIENT AGRICULTURE

## 1894.  SHRI VELUSAMY P.:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  salient  features  of  the  National  Innovation  in  Climate  Resilient  Agriculture (NICRA);
- (b) the details of budget allocated and utilised under this innovative scheme during each of the past three years and the current year;
- (c) whether the Government has observed any underutilization of funds in any of the financial year; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a): The salient features of NICRA project are to develop and promote climate resilient agriculture  to  address  vulnerable  areas  of  the  country  and  help  the  districts  and regions to cope up with extreme weather conditions like droughts, floods, frost, heat waves, etc. It has three components viz. strategic research, technology demonstration and  capacity  building.  The  main  thrust  areas  include  (i)  identification  of  the  most vulnerable  districts/regions,  (ii)  development  of  crop  varieties  and  management practices for adaptation and mitigation and (iii) assessment of climate change impacts on livestock, fisheries and poultry vis-a-vis identification of adaptation strategies.

(b):

| Financial Year   |   Allocation (Rs. in Crore) | Utilization (Rs. in Crore)   |
|------------------|-----------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2020-21          |                       49.83 | 44.74                        |
| 2021-22          |                       47    | 46.06                        |
| 2022-23          |                       40.87 | 40.54*                       |
| 2023-24          |                       48.15 | 12.04**                      |

- (c) and (d): The fund utilization for 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23 was 90%, 98% and 99.18%, respectively. During the financial year, 2020-21 and 2021-22, underutilized expenditure was due to COVID pandemics.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1889 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: Expansion of Doordarshan
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Jayanta Kumar Roy, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Bhola Singh, Sukanta Majumdar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1889

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.08.2023)

EXPANSION OF DOORDARSHAN

1889. SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA):

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

Will the Minister of Information and Broadcasting be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  proposal  for  expansion  of Doordarshan  and  All  India  Radios  to  people  living  in  remote, tribal, Left Wing Extremism (LWE), border areas and aspirational districts;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  recently  approved  the  Central Sector  Scheme  'Broadcasting  Infrastructure  and  Network Development' in the country;
- (d) if so, the details including the scope and coverage thereof; and
- (e) the  other  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  regarding strengthening  of  information  and  broadcasting  infrastructure and services in such areas?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING; AND MINISTER OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

(SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR)

(a) to (e): The Government has approved continuation of the Central Sector Scheme 'Broadcasting Infrastructure and Network Development'  with  an  outlay  of  Rs.  2539.61  crore  for  the  period 2021-26  with  various  components  including  expansion  of  reach  of public service broadcasting in remote, tribal, Left Wing Extremism, border areas, aspirational districts and other such areas of strategic/national  importance.  This  scheme  also  envisages  free distribution  of  over  8  lakh  DD  Free  Dish  Set  Top  Boxes  (STBs)  to people  living  in  remote,  tribal,  Left  Wing  Extremism,  border  areas and  aspirational  districts  in  consultation  with  State  Governments and  installation  of  FM  transmitters  of  various  capacities  at  41 locations across the country.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1883 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-08-01
Subject: MGNREGS in West Bengal
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1883 ANSWERED ON 01/08/2023

## MGNREGS IN WEST BENGAL

## 1883. SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS), West Bengal is the only State which is deprived of all budgets towards rural development in the country during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the reasons behind such pendency on the demanded amount for labour wages and work charges under MGNREGS; and
- (c) the alternative proposal of the Government to support and enhance livelihood security of households in rural areas of West Bengal?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT

## ANSWER (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a) to (c): Funds under Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) to the State of West Bengal have been stopped since 09 th  March, 2022 as per provisions under  section  27  of  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 due to non-compliance of directives of Central Government.

As  per provision  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005 it is the responsibility of the State Government  to  ensure  transparency  and  accountability  in  the implementation of the scheme. Also, according to the provision of the Act, if the State Government  is not fully successful in discharging its responsibility, then the Government of India has the right to issue appropriate guidelines as well as stop the release of funds.

Ministry  had  requested  the  State  of  West  Bengal  at  different fora  to  improve  upon  its  performance  under  Mahatma  Gandhi NREGS.  Ministry  did  not  find  any  noticeable  improvement  against different indicators of implementation of the Scheme in the State of West Bengal.

Details  of  funds  released  to  the  State  of  West  Bengal  under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the financial year 2020-21 and 2021-22 are given below:

| Financial year                                            | 2020-21   | 2021-22   |
|-----------------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|
| Funds released to the State of West Bengal (Rs. in crore) | 11,454.05 | 7,507.80  |

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