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Lok Sabha Question No. 783 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Land Dispute Cases in the Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Shri Asaduddin Owaisi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 783 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 7 TH FEBRUARY, 2025

## LAND DISPUTE CASES IN THE COURTS

## 783. SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of cases pending across the country;
- (b) the number of land dispute-related cases pending across courts in the country;
- (c) the details of the total land area which is currently under dispute or litigation in the country; and
- (d) whether any measures are being taken by the Government to fast-track land-disputes related cases, if so, the details thereof, if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE; AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

## (SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL)

- (a): As per information available on the National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG), the details of cases pending in various courts as on 30.01.2025 are as under:

|   Sl. No. | Name of Court                   | Pending Cases   |
|-----------|---------------------------------|-----------------|
|         1 | Supreme Court                   | 82,922          |
|         2 | High Courts                     | 62,28,980       |
|         3 | District and Subordinate Courts | 4,56,17,477     |

(b) to (d): The information is not centrally maintained. The disposal of pending cases in time bound manner is within the exclusive domain of the judiciary. However, the Government is committed towards facilitating an ecosystem for expeditious disposal of cases by judiciary and reducing pendency. The Government set up the National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms in 2011, with the twin objectives of increasing access by reducing delays and arrears in the system and enhancing accountability through structural changes and by setting performance standards and capacities.The Mission has been pursuing a co-ordinated approach for phased liquidation of arrears and pendency in judicial administration, which, inter-alia, involves improved infrastructure for courts including computerization, increase in strength of subordinate judiciary, policy and legislative measures in the areas prone to excessive litigation, re-engineering of court procedure for quick disposal of cases and emphasis on human resource development.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 780 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Shortage of Hepatitis B Vaccine
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri V K Sreekandan

## GOVERNMENT OFINDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 780 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 th FEBRUARY 2025

## SHORTAGE OF HEPATITIS B VACCINE

## 780. SHRI V K SREEKANDAN:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that there is an acute shortage of hepatitis B vaccine in the State of Kerala, especially in private hospitals and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is a fact that newborns and patients who are undergoing dialysis regularly are at extremely high risk of getting infected and this risk can be mitigated only through vaccination and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is also true that hospitals in many other States have been facing a similar situation for some time and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to make the hepatitis B vaccine available in the State of Kerala as well as in those States which have also experienced similar shortages of the said vaccine?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)

- (a), (c) & (d) Hepatitis B vaccine under the Universal Immunization Programme has been made available as per the demand placed by States/UTs.
- (b) Under the Universal Immunization Programme, the Hepatitis B vaccine is administered to newborns at birth to prevent mother to child transmission of Hepatitis B. Pradhan Mantri National Dialysis Program (PMNDP) guidelines provides for a well-established infection prevention control measures to prevent cross-infection and transmission of Hepatitis B.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 779 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Establishment of AIIMS in Kerala
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri M K Raghavan

## GOVERNMENT OFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 779 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07/02/2025

## ESTABLISHMENT OF AIIMS IN KERALA

## 779. SHRI MKRAGHAVAN.

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:-

- (a) Whether the Government plans to establish All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Kerala; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the status of the said project?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) and (b) Under Pradhan Mantri Swasthya Suraksha Yojana (PMSSY), All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) are set up in different parts of the country in a phased manner, keeping in view the gaps in availability of tertiary health care facilities. Till date, 22 AIIMS have been sanctioned under the scheme. The proposal for establishment of AIIMS in Kerala has not been approved in the current phase of PMSSY.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 775 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Satellite Centre of AIIA
Ministry: AYUSH
Asked by: Dr. Rajkumar Sangwan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AYUSH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †775 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th  FEBRUARY, 2025

## 'Satellite Centre of AIIA'

†775. Dr. Rajkumar Sangwan:

Will the Minister of AYUSH be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  a  satellite  centre  of  All  India  Institute  of Ayurveda (AIIA) in Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the location and the time by which the said institute is likely to be set up; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF AYUSH (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

- (a) to (c) There is no proposal under consideration for setting up a satellite centre of All India Institute of Ayurveda (AIIA) in Uttar Pradesh.  However, an All India Institute  (AIIA),  under  the  Ministry  of  Ayush  is  operational  at  New  Delhi. Further, a Satellite Centre of AIIA, New Delhi has been established in Goa.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 774 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Domestic Shipbuilding Industry
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Shri Chavda Vinod Lakhamshi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 774

ANSWERED ON 07.02.2025

## DOMESTIC SHIPBUILDING INDUSTRY

774. SHRI CHAVDA VINOD LAKHAMSHI:

## Will the Minister of PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS be pleased to state:

## पȅन , पोत पįरवहन और जलमागŊ मंũी

(a) whether it is a fact that the size of domestic ship building industry in the country is very small in comparison to Japan, China and South Korea and 75 per cent of the world's ship building orders are secured by China; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether it is also true that India has very low capacity of freight which is inadequate to  meet  its  own  demand  and  the  country  had  to  pay  $75  billion  to  foreign  shipping companies as a freight through sea route in the FY 2023 alone; (d) if so, the details thereof; (e)  whether  efforts  are  being  made  by  the  Government  to  introduce  PLI  scheme  to facilitate long term financing options and classify ship building sector as infrastructure; and (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

(a)  to  (d)As  per  United  Nations  Conference  on  Trade  and  Development  (UNCTAD) Report (2023), Japan, China and South Korea together constitute more than 90% of the global shipbuilding market in terms of Gross Tonnage.

(e)  &  (f)  Infrastructure  status  has  already  been  granted  to  shipyards  in  April,  2016. Further, to promote "Make in India" policy and to support shipbuilding industry in India, Ministry  has  brought  in  Shipbuilding  Financial  Assistance  Policy  (SBFAP) scheme for Indian shipyards to procure orders from domestic as well as international market and to be  competitive  in  international  market  for  securing  global  orders.  The  scheme  offers financial assistance to Indian Shipyards for shipbuilding contracts signed between April 1, 2016 and March 31, 2026 with rate of financial assistance starting from 20% in 2016 and  diminishing  to  14%  in  2026.  Till  date,  48  shipyards  have  registered,  and  19 shipyards have utilized the scheme by availing financial assistance. Further, an amount of Rs. 413.51 crore has been released towards construction and delivery of 147 vessels

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Lok Sabha Question No. 768 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Snakebite Cases
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Aditya Yadav

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 768 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2025

## SNAKEBITE CASES

## 768. SHRI ADITYA YADAV:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)whether the Government has made any announcement declaring snakebite cases and fatalities as a notifiable disease that is expected to bring much-needed relief to thousands of agricultural workers, tribal communities and residents of remote villages in the State of Uttar Pradesh who have borne the brunt of the snakebite crisis;
- (b)if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH & FAMILY WELFARE

## (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

- (a) to (c) : Health being a State subject, the responsibility of strengthening public healthcare system lies with the respective State/UT Governments. Hence, the responsibility to declare snakebite cases and deaths due to it a 'notifiable Disease' rests with the concerned State/UT Governments.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 766 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Increasing of GNM and ANM Schools
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Ummeda Ram Beniwal

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 766 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th FEBRUARY, 2025

## INCREASING OF GNM AND ANM SCHOOLS

766: SHRI UMMEDA RAM BENIWAL

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is specially focusing on increasing the number of General Nursing and Midwifery (GNM) and Auxiliary Nursing and Midwifery (ANM) schools and to increase the capacity thereof across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the financial provisions made for upgradation of existing Nursing Schools and Colleges in the country; and
- (d) the steps being taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to increase the number of qualified faculty members in various specialities and to improve the knowledge and skills of nursing staff?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OFSTATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)

( a) to (d) The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare administers a Central Sector Scheme 'Development of Nursing services' for upgradation of existing Schools of Nursing into Colleges of Nursing. As per the scheme guidelines, an amount of Rs 7 cr is released to each School of Nursing for upgradation into College of Nursing. Under the said scheme an amount of Rs. 19.76 crores is earmarked under BE 2025-26 for allocation to Schools of Nursing for upgradation into Colleges of Nursing.

Further, the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare also administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme ' Augmenting Nursing Education - Establishment of 157 new Colleges of Nursing (CoN) in co-location with Medical Colleges' for establishment of 157 nursing colleges in the country.

As per the Continuing Nursing Education (CNE) Regulations, 2019, renewal of registration/license every five years is linked with 150 hours of CNE for all categories of nurses. Under the component 'Training of Nurses' of the Central Sector Scheme 'Development of Nursing Services', Central Government provides funds for training of nurses in a batch of 30 nurses per course of 7 days which adds to their CNE credits.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 765 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Delay in Rare Disease Programme Roll Out
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Navaskani K

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRY OFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 765 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 th FEBRUARY 2025

## DELAY IN RARE DISEASE PROGRAMME ROLL OUT

## 765. SHRI NAVASKANI K:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government had planned to rollout Rs. 974 crore programme in the year 2024 under the National Policy for Rare Diseases 2021;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is a fact that the expected rollout has not happened so far;
- (d) if so, the reasons for such delays along with the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to expedite its implementation; and
- (e) the manner in which the Government plans to mitigate the adverse impact of delays on treatment of rare disease patients including those with Lysosomal Storage Disorders which may affect their health and survival prospects?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV)

(a) to (e) Health is a State subject, therefore the primary responsibility of providing healthcare services is that of the respective State Governments. However, to mitigate the challenges posed by rare diseases in India, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) notified the National Policy for Rare Diseases (NPRD) on 30.3.2021. Under the policy 63 categories of Rare Diseases are identified which are further divided into three groups. Lysosomal Storage Disorders (LSD) are group three disorders which include diseases such as the Gaucher, Pompe and Fabry diseases. Around 700 patients of LSDs are registered under NPRD at 12 CoEs (as on November 2024). Under NPRD, financial assistance upto Rs. 50 lakh per patient is provided for treatment of patients suffering from any of the 63 Rare Diseases identified under the policy. MoHFW provides funds to the Centres of Excellence (CoEs) for treatment of rare disease patients.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 764 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Business Premises on Port Land of Mumbai
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Shri Arvind Ganpat Sawant

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.764

ANSWERED ON 07.02.2025

## BUSINESS PREMISES ON PORT LAND OF MUMBAI

764.    SHRI ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT:

## Will the Minister of PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS be pleased to state:

## पȅन , पोत पįरवहन और जलमागŊ मंũी

- (a) whether it is true that there are large number of authorized buildings and business premises on the Port Land of Mumbai; (b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of such authorized private premises on the said land; (c) whether there is any plan to develop these buildings; (d) if so, whether there is any plan to rehabilitate the occupants of these buildings and if so, the details thereof; (e) whether any such plan has been submitted to the Ministry; and
- (f) if so, the time of submission along with the present status thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a)  to  (d)  Yes.  There  are  514  occupied  structures  within  the  Mumbai  Port  Authority premises.  These  buildings  have  been  constructed  by  the  lessees/tenants,  and  the responsibility  for  their  development  lies  with  the  lessees/tenants  after  the  renewal  of leases.
- (e)& (f) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 763 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Creche in Newly Constructed Anganwadi Centres
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: Shri Darshan Singh Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 763

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.02.2025

## CRECHE IN NEWLY CONSTRUCTED ANGANWADI CENTRES

- +763 . SHRI DARSHAN SINGH CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is any plan of the Government to build crèche in newly constructed and  proposed  Anganwadi  Centres  in  Hoshangabad  Narsinghpur  Lok  Sabha constituency during upcoming three years; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI SAVITRI THAKUR)

(a) to (b):   Palna is a Centrally Sponsored Scheme, and proposals for establishment and operation of Anganwadi-cum-Crèches (AWCCs) are received from the respective State Governments/  UT  Administrations,  who  are  also  responsible  for  contributing  their corresponding share for the implementation of the Scheme. As on date, a total of 11,395 AWCCs have been approved as per proposals received from various States/UTs. The proposals for establishment of 448 AWCCs submitted by the State of Madhya Pradesh have been approved by the Ministry.

Further,  the  State  of  Madhya  Pradesh  has  not  operationalized  the  above  mentioned approved AWCCs.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 762 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Increase in UG/PG Medical Seats
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri Azad Kirti Jha

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH ANDFAMILYWELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 762 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 th FEBRUARY, 2025

## INCREASE IN UG/PG MEDICAL SEATS

## 762. SHRI AZAD KIRTI JHA:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of aspirants for Undergraduate (UG) and Postgraduate (PG) medical seats annually in the country;
- (b) the current number of UG and PG medical seats available across the country;
- (c) whether the Government has any plans to increase the number of medical seats of UG and PG levels to address the significant gap between demand and availability;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the number of medical seats proposed to be increased including timelines and target set in this regard; and
- (e) whether the Government has any plans to establish new medical colleges attached to district or referral hospitals as recommended by the report titled 'Quality of Medical Education in the country ?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

(a) to (e): As informed by National Testing Agency, the total number of students who have registered for the NEET(UG) and NEET(PG) examination 2024 are 24,06,079 and 2,28,540 respectively.

The Government has increased number of MBBS and PG seats in the country. As informed by the National Medical Commission, there are a total of 1,18,190 MBBS seats and 74,306 PG seats in the country.

The Ministry of Health & Family Welfare administers a Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for 'Establishment of new medical colleges attached with existing district/referral hospitals' with preference to underserved areas and aspirational districts, where there is no existing Government or private medical college. The fund sharing mechanism between the Centre and State Governments is in the ratio of 90:10 for North Eastern and Special Category States, and 60:40 for others. Under the scheme, all the envisaged 157 Government medical colleges have already been approved, of which 131 are functional.

Further, under the CSS for Strengthening/ Upgradation of existing State Government/ Central Government medical colleges to increase the number of MBBS (UG) and PG seats, support has been provided for increase of 4977 MBBS seats in 83 colleges, 4058 PG seats in phase-I in 72 colleges and 4000 PG seats in phase-II in 65 colleges.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 754 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2025-02-07
Subject: Regularisation of Private Hospital
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Shri  Selvaganapathi T.M.

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA MINISTRYOF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENTOFHEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 754 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07 TH FEBRUARY, 2025

## REGULARISATION OFPRIVATE HOSPITAL

## 754. SHRI SELVAGANAPATHI T.M.:

Will the Minister of HEALTHANDFAMILYWELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that experts have demanded regulation and standardization of private healthcare in the country, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is true that massive overcharging by private hospitals have pushed lakhs of families into financial distress, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is also a fact that although important laws, including the Clinical Establishments Act of 2010 exist to regulate private hospitals, their actual, full and uniform implementation has been stalled, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SMT. ANUPRIYAPATEL)

(a) to (d): 'Health' is a State subject. The matters related to regulation and standardization of private healthcare institutions and overcharging by the same are dealt by the concerned States/UTs. Thus, the data in this regard is not maintained centrally.

The Central Government enacted the Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 in order to prescribe minimum standards of healthcare facilities and services uniformly in the country. The Act is applicable to all types of clinical establishments in both Government (except owned, controlled and managed by the Armed Forces) and private health facilities. Under the Act, the Clinical Establishments (Central Government) Rules, 2012 had been notified which stipulates that all clinical establishments charge the rates for each type of procedures and services within the range of rates determined and issued by the Central Government from time to time in consultation with the State Governments. At present, nineteen States/UTs have adopted the Act and other States/UTs have their own Acts. The responsibility of implementation of the provisions of the Act or the corresponding State Acts, as the case may be, lies with the States/UTs.