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Lok Sabha Question No. 1304 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Implementation of SC Sub-Plan
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: Shri Daggumalla Prasada Rao

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1304 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30.07.2024

## IMPLEMENTATION OF SC SUB-PLAN

## 1304 SHRI DAGGUMALLA PRASADA RAO:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the funds disbursed under SC Sub-Plan for the State of Andhra Pradesh during each of the last five years;
- (b) whether the funds allocated are utilized for the purpose they are allocated for, if not the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the utilization certificates submitted by the State Government regarding the usage of funds during the said period and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether any audit has been conducted to check the utilization of these funds in Andhra Pradesh during the said period, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RAMDAS ATHAWALE)

- (a): The details of funds disbursed under 'Grants-in-aid' component (erstwhile Scheme of SCA to SCSP) of PM-AJAY Scheme for the State of Andhra Pradesh is at Annexure-l.
- (b) to (d): PM-AJAY is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme. Under Grant in Aid component of PM-AJAY, funds are released to the State Governments/UTs and the implementation of the Scheme is done by the State Government/UTs. After utilization of funds, the State Govt/UTs submit utilization certificates. The details of utilization certificates submitted by the State/UTs is at Annexure-I.

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## Annexure-l

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1304 FOR ANSWER ON 30.07.2024

## (Rs. In lakh)

| S.No.   | Year    | Funds disbursed (in Rs.)   | UC submitted (in Rs.)   |
|---------|---------|----------------------------|-------------------------|
| 1       | 2019-20 | 6,050.00                   | 6.050.00                |
| 2       | 2020-21 | 2,907.25                   | 2,907.25                |
| 3       | 2021-22 | 5,999.83                   | 5,999.83                |
| 4       | 2022-23 | 0.00                       | 0.00                    |
| 5       | 2023-24 | 879.01                     | 0.00                    |
|         | Total   | 15,836.09                  | 14,957.08               |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1303 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Establishment of National Cooperative University
Ministry: COOPERATION
Asked by: Dr. D. Purandeswari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COOPERATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1303 TO BE ANSWERED ON 30/07/2024

## Establishment of National Cooperative University

## 1303.  Smt. Daggubati Purandeswari:

Will the Minister of COOPERATION ( सहकारिता मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the aims and objectives driving the establishment of the National Cooperative University;
- (b) whether it will enhance the cooperative movement in the Country, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the ways in which it is expected to influence the evolution of cooperative-based economic models, both in India and on a global scale?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COOPERATION सहकारिता मंत्री (SHRI AMIT SHAH)

(a), (b) & (c) : The Ministry of Cooperation is working on a proposal for establishment of a national-level cooperative university for imparting technical and management education and training  in  the  cooperative  sector,  promoting  cooperative  research  and  development  and  to strengthen the cooperative movement in the country through a network of affiliated institutions.

To  achieve  the  above  objective,  extensive  consultations  with  various  stakeholders including Central Ministries/Departments, State Governments, National Cooperatives/ Federations, Cooperative education & training institutions, etc. have been carried out to evolve contours of the proposed university. The university will also aim to become operationally selfsufficient in meeting its expenses.

The proposed university is likely to work in close coordination with the cooperative sector and will have a comprehensive, integrated and standardized structure for education and training  so  as  to  ensure  stable,  adequate  and  quality  supply  of  trained  manpower  in  the cooperative sector for successful implementation of various initiatives taken by the Ministry. The supply of professional manpower and capacity building of existing employees is expected to help the cooperative sector in making larger contribution to various sectors of the economy.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1301 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Restarting of Tapti Mills
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Shri Gyaneshwar Patil

## RESTARTING OF TAPTI MILLS

## 1301.  SHRI GYANESHWAR PATIL:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government is making any efforts to restart the Tapti Mills situated at Burhanpur under Khandwa Parliamentary Constituency since its closure has rendered several people jobless and has also burdened the economic system of the city, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has formulated any special package to restart the Burhanpur Tapti Mills, if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, whether the Government proposes to privatise the said mill and hand it over to private sector?

उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज्  य मंत्री ( श्री पबित्र मार्घेररटा )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI PABITRA MARGHERITA)

- (a): Operation of Burhanpur Tapti mill of National Textile Corporation (NTC) was suspended on 25.03.2020  due  to  declaration  of  Nation-wide  lockdown  to  curtail  the  spread  of  Corona  pandemic. Presently,  operation  of  this  mill  is  suspended  due  to  working  capital  shortage  and  other  financial constraints. However, despite the financial constraint, full wages of the employees of the mill had been paid upto March 2023.  For subsequent period, full wages have been paid to the employees, who are engaged in essential services upto June, 2024 and for other employees of the mill, 50% of their wages have been paid until June, 2024.
- (b) & (c): No such proposal is under consideration of the Government at this stage.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1296 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Budgetary Allocation under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Sudhakar Singh

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

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1296 ANSWERED ON 30/07/2024

## BUDGETARY ALLOCATION UNDER MGNREGS

1296 Shri Sudhakar Singh:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has slashed the budget allocation of Mahatma Gandhi NationalRural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) from Rs. 98,000 crore to Rs. 86,000 crore inthe year 2021-22;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  the  said  reduction  in  budgetary  allocation  would impact  Bihar,  which  played  aneffective  role  in  preventing migration out of the State and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to increase the budgetary allocation  in  this  regardparticularly  for  Bihar  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a)&(b):  No. The Budget Estimate (BE) for the Financial Year 202122  under  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural  Employment  Guarantee Scheme (Mahatma Gandhi NREGS) was Rs. 73,000 crore, which was enhanced to Rs. 98,000 crore  at Revised Estimate (RE) stage.

For the financial year 2024-25, budget allocation of Rs. 86,000 crores  has  been  provided  at  the  BE  stage  for  Mahatma  Gandhi

O.I.H.

NREGS  which is the highest-ever allocation under scheme for any financial year at the BE stage.

The Ministry seeks additional funds for the scheme from the Ministry of Finance as and when required to meet the demand for work on the ground.

(c)&(d):        No.  Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS  is  a  demand-driven  wage employment  scheme  and  there  is  no  State/UT-wise  allocation  of funds under the scheme. The Government is committed to provide the  required  funds  to  all  States/UTs  including  Bihar  as  per  the demand for the work on the ground.

Details of funds released to the State of Bihar under Mahatma Gandhi NREGS in the last three financial years and current financial year 2024-25 from 2021-22 to 2024-25 (as on 24.07.2024) are given below:

| Financial Years                                            | 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25   |
|------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Central fund released to the State of Bihar (Rs. in crore) | 5,407.366,395.286,200.033,988.86  |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1295 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Shankar Lalwani

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1295

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 30 TH  JULY, 2024/ SHRAVAN 8, 1946 (SAKA)

INTER-OPERABLE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

†1295 SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  data  under  the  Inter-Operable  Criminal  Justice  System (ICJS) is likely to be shared with the Enforcement Agencies and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the States will be required to share the crime data held with them with the Union Government under ICJS; and

(c) if so, the role of State police agencies under ICJS?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR)

(a) to (c) : Ministry of Home Affairs has implemented the Crime and Criminal Tracking  Network and  Systems (CCTNS) and  the Inter-Operable Criminal Justice  System (ICJS) in all States/ Union  Territories and States/ Union Territories  have  been  advised  to  integrate  CCTNS  with  ICJS.  Police  in States/  Union  Territories  enter  crime  and  criminal  data  into  the  CCTNS application  and  manage  the  deployment  of  APIs  developed  by  National Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  and  National  Informatics  Centre  (NIC)  for seamless  sharing  of  data  with  ICJS  national  database.  ICJS  facilitates

## L.S.US.Q.NO. 1295 FOR 30.07.2024

national  level  search  across  data  of  all  ICJS  pillars  to  States/  Union Territories  Police  and  Law  Enforcement  Agencies  (LEAs)  and  other stakeholders, to aid field police officers in prevention, detection, investigation  and  prosecution  of  offences.  All  police  stations  in  States/ Union Territories and LEAs including National Investigation Agency (NIA), Central  Bureau  of  Investigation  (CBI),  Narcotics  Control  Bureau  (NCB), Railway Protection Force (RPF), Enforcement Directorate (ED) have been given access to ICJS search platform in a seamless and secure manner to aid in efficient & timely investigation and resolution of cases.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1294 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Farmers covered under Kisan Samman Nidhi
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Giridhari Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1294

TO BE ANSWERED ON 30 th  JULY, 2024

## FARMERS COVERED UNDER KISAN SAMMAN NIDHI

1294. SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV:

Will the Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण मंũी be pleased to state:

(a) whether the farmers who file their Income Tax Return (ITR) are not covered under Kisan Samman Nidhi and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether it is a fact that so many farmers file Income Tax Return in order to take loans from banks, whenever needed;

(c) if so, whether the Government proposes to provide Kisan Samman Nidhi to those noncreamy layer farmers who file ITR by making provision for creamy layer under Kisan Samman Nidhi; and

(d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE क ृ िष एवं िकसान कʞाण राǛ मंũी (SHRI RAMNATH THAKUR)

(a) to (d) The PM-KISAN scheme is a central sector scheme launched in February 2019 by the Hon'ble Prime Minister to supplement the financial needs of land-holding farmers. It is one of the largest DBT Schemes of the World. Under this scheme, the financial benefit of Rs 6,000/- per year in three equal installments is transferred into the bank accounts of landholding farmers' families across the country through Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) mode subject to certain exclusion criteria.

A farmer-centric digital infrastructure has ensured the benefits of the scheme reach all the farmers across the country without any involvement of the intermediaries. Maintaining  absolute  transparency  in  registering  and  verifying  beneficiaries,  the Government of India has so far disbursed over Rs. 3.24 lakh Cr to more than 11 Cr farmers in 17 installments subject to certain exclusion criteria. Income tax payee is one of the exclusion criteria and income tax payee farmers are not eligible under the Scheme.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1292 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Change in Geo Tagged Rules under MGNREGS
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Rajmohan Unnithan

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1292 ANSWERED ON 30/07/2024

## CHANGE IN GEO TAGGED RULES UNDER MGNREGS

## 1292 SHRI RAJMOHAN UNNITHAN:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENTbe pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government  is aware that currently if the guaranteed workers want to work,they have to take a photo twice  a  day  from  the  geo-tagged  place  and  do  National MobileMonitoring System (NMMS) and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether this creates a lot of issues as part of work execution under Mahatma GandhiNational Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) and also have huge demand forthe work like  taking  steps  under  coconut,  areacanut  trees  under  the employment guaranteescheme, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  it  is  possible  to  change  the  geo  tag  rule  under MGNREGS work to do NMMS bytaking a photo from the place of work itself and including this type of work in the work list; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI KAMLESH PASWAN)

(a)to(d):        The  National  Mobile  Monitoring  System  (NMMS)  was started in the Financial Year 2021-22. To ensure more transparency in  the  implementation  of  the  Mahatma  Gandhi  National  Rural Employment  Guarantee  Scheme  (Mahatma  Gandhi  NREGS)  in  the States/UTs, capturing of attendance with geo-tagged, timestamped twice a day photographs of the workers through National Mobile  Monitoring  System  (NMMS)  App  for  all  the  works  (except individual  beneficiary  works)   has  been  made  mandatory  from  1st 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  app  has  been  modified  to  enable  uploading  of   the second  photograph  after  4  hours  of  the  first  attendance  and photograph. The morning attendance along with the first photograph  and  second  photographs  can  be  captured  in  offline mode  and  to  be  uploaded  once  the  device  comes  into  network areas within  a  day.  In  case  of  exceptional  circumstances  due  to which attendance could not be uploaded, the District Programme Coordinator  (DPC)  has  been  authorized  to  upload  the  manual attendance.

Attendance of the workers at the worksite can be taken if the location of the mobile at the time of capturing attendance is within the distance of 10 meter from the geo co-ordinates of the worksite as captured at Stage-I under Geo MGNREGA for the said work.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1291 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: e-Gram Swaraj-GeM (Government e-Marketplace)
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: Shri Chamala Kiran Kumar Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1291 ANSWERED ON 30.07.2024

## E-GRAM SWARAJ-GEM (GOVERNMENT E-MARKETPLACE)

## 1291 SHRI CHAMALA KIRAN KUMAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the progress made by the Government in achieving the targets set for the eGram Swaraj-Government e-Marketplace (GeM) since its inception, including the number of Panchayats onboarded, value of procurements made and savings realized;

- (b) the number of Panchayats that have successfully transitioned to online procurement through e-Gram Swaraj-GeM since the inception along with the total value of procurements made through this platform, and has the target of three lakh Panchayats been achieved;

(c) whether the Government has conducted any survey about the total number of tenders issued, total value of procurements made and total savings realized through the e-Gram Swaraj-GeM integration, percentage increase in transparency, efficiency and cost savings achieved through this initiative; and

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ

(PROF. S.P. SINGH BAGHEL)

(a) & (b) As of now, 94,712 Gram Panchayats have on-boarded onto the eGramSwaraj-GeM interface, and 18,863 GPs have made procurement through this integrated interface, amounting to Rs. 291 crore.

(c) & (d) No Sir. Integration of Government e-Market Place (GeM) with e-GramSwaraj for procurement of goods and services by panchayats has been introduced with effect from 24 th April, 2023 & the Gram Panchayats are still in the process of on-boarding on eGramSwaraj-GeM interface.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1284 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Setting up of Textile Industry
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Shri Sanjay Uttamrao Deshmukh

## SETTING UP OF TEXTILE INDUSTRY

## 1284.  SHRI SANJAY UTTAMRAO DESHMUKH:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री be pleased to state :

(a)  whether  the  Government has set up the cotton textile industries to enable the farmers to sell their produce directly to the companies leading to the farmers getting fair price for their cotton produce, if so, the details thereof; and

(b) whether the Government proposes to set up textile industries in Yavatmal district at the earliest?

उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज्  य मंत्री ( श्री पबित्र मार्घेररटा )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI PABITRA MARGHERITA)

(a): The Cotton Corporation of India Ltd (CCI) is appointed as Central Nodal Agency by Government of India for undertaking MSP operations of cotton in case market prices of cotton fall below the MSP rates. In such cases, CCI buys cotton directly from the cotton farmers in the Agricultural Produce Market Committee  (APMC)  yards,  without  any quantitative restriction. CCI  has a setup of adequate infrastructure on pan India basis i.e., 17 branches and more than 450 procurement centres in 145 districts to safeguard the interest of cotton farmers.

(b): In Yavatmal District, CCI has opened eight procurement centres under its branch office Akola to support cotton farmers when market prices fall below the MSP rates . During cotton season 2023-24, CCI has procured 20,730 bales in Yavatmal district valuing Rs.71.79 crore benefitting 4,872 farmers. Centre-wise procurement of cotton in Yavatmal district is given below:

| Procurement Centre   | Procurement of cotton (in bales)   |   Value of Procurement (Rs. in Crore) | No. of farmers benefitted   |
|----------------------|------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|-----------------------------|
| Darwha               | 4,835                              |                                 16.81 | 1,066                       |
| Digras               | 738                                |                                  2.46 | 165                         |
| Ghatanji             | 1,498                              |                                  5.28 | 370                         |
| Khairi               | 931                                |                                  3.21 | 245                         |
| Pandarkawd           | 1,759                              |                                  6.05 | 413                         |
| Ralegaon             | 580                                |                                  2.06 | 169                         |
| Wani                 | 10,389                             |                                 35.92 | 2,444                       |
| Total                | 20,730                             |                                 71.79 | 4,872                       |
Lok Sabha Question No. 1282 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-07-30
Subject: Phase-II of ICJS
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shri Dilip Saikia

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1282

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 30 TH  JULY, 2024/ SHRAVAN 8, 1946 (SAKA) PHASE-II OF ICJS

†1282 SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the major objectives and components of Phase-II of Inter-Operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS);

(b)  whether  the  Government  was  required  to  implement  Phase-II  of ICJS; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI BANDI SANJAY KUMAR)

(a)  to  (c)  :    The  Information  Technology  (IT)  systems  for  criminal justice  delivery  established  in  the  country  primarily  consists  of  the Crime  and  Criminal  Tracking  Network  and  Systems  i.e.  CCTNS  (for police), eForensics (for the Forensic Science Laboratories), eProsecution (for public prosecutors), eCourts(for courts) and ePrisons (for Prisons). These IT systems are stand-alone systems functional in all States/ Union Territories. The phase-II of the ICJS Project will interlink  these  stand-alone  IT  systems  for  seamless  data  exchange  and also  provide  new  technologies  for  smart  policing. The objectives of

## ICJS Phase-II are as under:-

- i. Facilitate  seamless  integration  between  the  various  data sets of Police, Prisons, Forensics, Prosecution and Courts.
2. ii.
3. Enhance data quality by reducing errors in data entry.
- iii. Increase effectiveness and timeliness in investigations, and consequently in Trials, due to easy access of data between pillars.
- iv. Enable  effective  use  of  data  analytics  and  modern  tools available in the investigations.
6. v.
7. Reduce dependence on paper records in decision-making.
8. vi.
9. Enable a shift towards 'SMART Policing'.

## The components of ICJS Phase-II are as under

- i. Hardware (application servers and client-end systems)
- ii. Software update for ICJS
- iii. ICJS development and management
4. iv.
5. v.
6. Network connectivity
7. IT infrastructure (dedicated and secure cloud-based)
- vi. Operations & maintenance
- vii. Awareness & capacity building

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## L.S.US.Q.NO. 1282 FOR 30.07.2024