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Lok Sabha Question No. 368 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Autonomous Power to State Universities/ Colleges for Reserving Quotas
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Jamyang Tsering Namgyal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO - 368

ANSWERED ON- 05/02/2024

## Autonomous Power to State Universities/ Colleges for Reserving Quotas

368. SHRI JAMYANG TSERING NAMGYAL: Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state: (a) whether the State Universities or Colleges have autonomous power to reserve the reservation quotas for respective State's or UT's population; (b)  if  so,  whether  Cluster  Universities  of  Ladakh  also  have  autonomous  power  to reserve the quota seats including ST quota for UT of Ladakh; and

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

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (Dr. SUBHAS SARKAR)

(a) to (c): Education is a subject in the Concurrent List of the Constitution of India and both the Central and State Governments are responsible for development of education including  Higher  Education  through  Universities  and  Colleges.  All  Centrally  Funded Universities/Colleges/Institutions are required to ensure strict compliance to the Government  of  India  policies  on  reservation  in  their  institutions.  State  Universities including  its  affiliated/constituent  colleges  and  other  institutes  functioning  within  the State should follow the percentage of reservation for SC/ST & OBC as prescribed by the concerned state Government.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 359 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Special Campaign 3.0
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: Pradeep Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 359 ANSWERED ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 05, 2024/ MAGHA 16, 1945(Saka)

## SPECIAL CAMPAIGN 3.0

## QUESTION

## 359. SHRI PRADEEP KUMAR SINGH

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of the month-long Special Campaign 3.0 undertaken by the Government in October 2023; (b) the details of the number of pending matters disposed thereunder y the Government; and (c)  the impact of the cleanliness drive and the future plans of the Government to reduce the physical materials and shifting to 100% digital documentation, if any;

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF  THE  MINISTRY  OF  PLANNING; AND  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a):  A month long Special Campaign 3.0 has been undertaken by Ministries and Departments of Govt. of India. During the implementation phase from 2 nd  October to 31 st  October 2023, the Ministry of  Corporate  Affairs  along  with  its  field  offices  &  Organisations  under  its  purview  actively participated  in  Special  Campaign  3.0  to  dispose  of  all  pending  matters  as  per  the  parameters identified during the preparatory phase including cleanliness campaign.

(b):  The Ministry has disposed of identified pending matters such as 01 PMO reference; 05 VIP references; 01 Inter Ministerial Consultation (IMC) reference and 374 public grievances pending as on 30.09.2023 leading to 100% achievement of the targets identified and envisaged at the beginning of the campaign.

(c):    The  Cleanliness  drive  resulted  in  freeing  of  1135  sq.  ft.  of  the  area  by  disposing  two  nonserviceable vehicles and unusable items generating a revenue of Rs.3.58 lakhs. The walls, pillars and corridors  were  decorated  with  paintings,  pots  and  small  plants  making  the  offices  cleaner  and greener as a complimentary step towards Swachh Bharat. To encourage digital documentation, all papers/documents filed by Corporates under Companies Act, 2013 and LLP Act, 2018 have been prescribed to be filed in paperless mode electronically through MCA21 portal of the Ministry.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 358 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Elimination of Inequality in Income and Living of Citizens by Implementation of GST
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †358

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, FEBRUARY 05, 2024 / MAGHA 16, 1945 (Saka)

## Elimination of Inequality in Income and Living of Citizens by Implementation of GST

†358. SHRI VIVEK NARAYAN SHEJWALKAR:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  objective  behind  the  implementation  of  GST  system  was  to  eliminate inquality in income and the living standards of citizens in various regions;
- (b) if so, whether the said objective has been fulfilled;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the extent to which progress has been made in this regard;
- (d) whether tax collection in the States has improved as expected in comparison to earlier; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof with the supporting official data?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY)

- (a):  No  Sir.  The  objective  of  the  Goods  and  Services  Tax  (GST)  is  to  harmonise  and simplify  the  indirect  tax  regime  of  the  country,  remove  cascading  effect  of  taxes  and provide for a common national market for goods and services.
- (b) & (c): Does not arise in view of reply to (a) above.
- (d) & (e): An internal study was conducted by the Department of Revenue in May 2023, the  details  of  which  was  published  on  May  24,  2023  in  a  leading  business  daily  in  an article titled 'GST has been a game-changer'. Gist of the study is as follows:
- (i)  The  average  growth  rate  of  gross  overall  GST  revenues  (States  plus  Centre)  for  the period 2018-19 to 2022-23 is 12.3 per cent as compared to average nominal GDP growth rate  of  9.8  per  cent,  implying  a  tax  buoyancy  of  1.25.  In  comparison,  for  the  five-year period of 2012-17 (pre-GST period), the buoyancy of taxes which were subsumed in GST (States plus Centre) was only 0.9988.
- (ii)  During 2018-23, States' SGST revenues (including compensation released to States) witnessed a buoyancy of 1.22. This totals to revenues of ₹37.7 trillion to the States in this period  and  include  post-settlement  revenues  of  over  ₹29.2  trillion  and  compensation  of ₹8.5  trillion  released  during  this  post-GST  five-year  period.  Even  without  compensation, State  GST  revenues  have  witnessed  a  buoyancy  of  1.15.  In  comparison,  revenue  of States from the taxes subsumed in GST witnessed a growth rate of a mere 8.3 per cent in the pre-GST four-year period 2012-16. The GDP growth during said period was 11.5 per cent, signifying a buoyancy of 0.72, way less than 1.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 355 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Increase in EPF Pension
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: A. Ganeshamurthi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 355

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2024

## INCREASE IN EPF PENSION

## 355.  SHRI A. GANESHAMURTHI:

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

- (a)whether Government has received demands from stakeholders like trade unions, public representatives for increase in the minimum amount of EPF pension;
- (b)if so, the details thereof and the action taken/ proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c)whether the Government proposes to will revise pension calculation formula since the present one is arbitrary and biased against pensioners under EPF 95 scheme; and
- (d)if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT (SHRI RAMESWAR TELI)

(a) to (d): Representations have been received from various stakeholders  including  trade  unions  and  public  representatives  to increase  the  minimum  pension  under  the  Employees'  Pension Scheme (EPS), 1995 from existing Rs. 1000/- per month.

The EPS, 1995 is a 'Defined ContributionDefined Benefit' Social Security Scheme. The corpus of the Employees' Pension Fund is  made  up  of  (i)  contribution  by  the  employer  @  8.33  per  cent  of wages;  and  (ii)  contribution  from  Central  Government  through budgetary  support  @  1.16  per  cent  of  wages  up  to  an  amount  of Rs.15,000/- per month. All benefits under the scheme are paid out of such accumulations. The fund is valued annually as mandated under paragraph 32 of the EPS, 1995 and as per the valuation of the fund as on 31.03.2019, there is an actuarial deficit.

Amount  of  member's  pension  under  the  Scheme  is determined taking into account the pensionable period of service and pensionable salary as per following formula:

## Pensionable Service X Pensionable Salary 70

However, the Government, for the first time, in the year 2014,  provided  a  minimum  pension  of  Rs.  1000  per  month  to  the pensioners  under  the  EPS,  1995  by  providing  budgetary  support, which was in addition to the budgetary support of 1.16 per cent of wages provid ed annually towards EPS to Employees' Provident Fund Organisation (EPFO).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 353 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Irregularities in Sanctioning of Loans by Banks
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Financial Services

## LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No. 353 Answered on Monday, February 5, 2024/Magha 16, 1945 (Saka)

## IRREGULARITIES IN SANCTIONING OF LOANS BY BANKS

## 353. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a)  the number of marginal farmers who have been provided loans by the co-operative commercial  banks  and  regional  rural  banks  to  set  up  hand  pumps  particularly  in backward and rural areas during each of the last three years and as on date, State-wise;
- (b)    whether  the  Government  has  received  some  complaints  regarding  irregularities  in sanctioning of these loans during the said period;
- (c)  if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the efforts made or proposed to be made to have a check on these irregularities?

## Answer

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DR. BHAGWAT KARAD)

- (a) to (d):  Regional Rural Banks/Cooperative Banks do not have a specific loan product for financing setting up of handpumps on agricultural land.

Details of agriculture credit disbursed to small & marginal farmers by cooperative banks and regional rural banks during the last three years and current year (as on 31.12.2023) is as follows:

(Amount in Rs. crore)

| Year    | Agency               | Amount   |
|---------|----------------------|----------|
| 2020-21 | Cooperative Banks    | 1,36,465 |
| 2020-21 | Regional Rural Banks | 1,24,171 |
| 2021-22 | Cooperative Banks    | 1,55,254 |
| 2021-22 | Regional Rural Banks | 1,47,900 |
| 2022-23 | Cooperative Banks    | 1,74,224 |
| 2022-23 | Regional Rural Banks | 1,63,956 |
| 2023-24 | Cooperative Banks    | 1,13,185 |
| 2023-24 | Regional Rural Banks | 1,52,023 |

Source: NABARD

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Lok Sabha Question No. 352 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Conservation and Development of Ayad Civilization
Ministry: CULTURE
Asked by: Arjunlal Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CULTURE LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. +352 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.02.2024

## CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF AYAD CIVILIZATION

## {352 SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

Will the Minister of CULTURE be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Government is working on any scheme for the conservation and development of Ayad Civilization in Udaipur Parliamentary Constituency of Rajasthan;
2. (b) if so, the details thereof;
3. (c) whether the Government has allocated and spent any funds in this regard;
4. (d) if so, the details thereof; and
5. (e) if not; the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF CULTURE, TOURISM AND DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

- (a) No Sir. Neither any scheme is under consideration in Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) for the conservation and development of Ayad Civilization in Udaipur Parliamentary Constituency of Rajasthan nor any site of Ayad civilization comes under the jurisdiction of ASI in the state of Rajasthan:
- (b) Question does not arise.

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(e)

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Lok Sabha Question No. 350 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Health Insurance Penetration
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: Sarmistha Sethi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 350

TO BE ANSWERED ON MONDAY, FEBRURAY 5, 2024/MAGHA 16,1945(SAKA)

## HEALTH INSURANCE PENETRATION

350. SHRIMATI SARMISTHA SETHI:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the insurance penetration in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is taking any measures to promote health insurance in the country;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the other measures proposed to be taken in this regard, if any?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (DR. BHAGWAT KARAD)

(a): Insurance penetration is measured as the percentage of insurance premium to GDP. As per the sector regulator, Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDAI), insurance penetration in India stands at 4 per cent in 2022-23.

(b) to (d): Ayushman Bharat Pradhan Mantri - Jan Arogya Yojana (AB PM-JAY) is the  largest  publicly  funded  health  assurance  scheme  in  the  world  which  aims  to provide health cover of Rs. 5 lakhs per family per year for 12 Crore families which consists  of  8.19  Crore  rural  families  and  constitute  the  bottom  40%  of  India's population.  Further,  23  states  and  Union  Territories  have  further  expanded  the beneficiary base under the scheme and some offer higher coverage at their own cost.

IRDAI  has  been  taking  various  steps  to  promote  Health  Insurance  and  increase insurance  penetration  to  bridge  the  protection  gap.  A  few  such  measures  are permission to introduce wellness and preventive features , introduction of standard products offering basic coverage, ensuring guaranteed renewability for health policies throughout one's life-time, portability of Health Insurance policies, enabling provisions for Aayush coverage, mandatory coverage for persons with disabilities (PWDs) mental illness and  HIV/AIDS, mandatory insurance to provide customer information sheet giving summary of coverage and exclusions under the policy etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 347 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Printing Discrepancies in Class 10th and 12th Certificates
Ministry: Education
Asked by: Ghanshyam Singh Lodhi

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 347 ANSWERED ON-05/02/2024

## Printing Discrepancies in Class 10th and 12th Certificates

## 347. SHRI GHANSHYAM SINGH LODHI:

Will the Minister of EDUCATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the percentage of cases reported per year in the States relating to the printing discrepancies such as wrong names etc. on the certificates issued to the students of class 10th and 12th;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  efforts  made  by  the  Government  to  prevent  such errors on the certificates;
- (c)  whether  the  discrepancies  in  the  data  base  are  avoidable  so  as  to  control  the inconvenience among students; and
- (d) whether any scheme is being run by the Department of Education, Uttar Pradesh to fix  the  time  limit  to  rectify  the  printing  mistakes  on  the  certificates  of  students  through online application?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EDUCATION (SMT. ANNPURNA DEVI)

- (a)  to  (c):  Education  being  a  subject  in  the  Concurrent  List  of  the  Constitution  and majority of schools being under the jurisdiction of the State/ Union Territory Governments,  it  is  for  the  respective  State/  Union  Territory  Government  to  take  a decision in the matter for their schools.

The certificates are issued by the respective State/ UT Boards to the students of class 10 th   and  12 th   on  the  basis  of  data  provided  by  students/  schools.  As  far  as  CBSE  is concerned  they  have  informed  that  regular  instructions  are  issued  by  the  concerned Boards to schools and students to upload the correct data. Further, confirmation from the parents is also obtained regarding the data printed on the admit card of the students. In case  any  request  from  a  school  is  received  even  after  submission  of  the  list  of Candidates, the portal for submitting the data is again opened for furnishing the updated correct information.

- (d): As per information received from Government of Uttar Pradesh, the data of students gets  updated  regularly  on  the  website  of  Uttar  Pradesh  Madhyamik  Shiksha  Parishad (UPMSP) through Principals of the Schools and a time limit of 15 days is set under the Janhit  Guarantee  Act,  2011  for  rectification  of  errors  in  the  certificate.  Along  with  this 'SAMADHAN' portal launched by the UP Board is also functional for online rectification of any error in certificates.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 346 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Venture Capital Fund to Entrepreneurs
Ministry: TRIBAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: S. Muniswamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO- 346

TO BE ANSWERED ON- 05/02/2024

## VENTURE CAPITAL FUND TO ENTREPRENEURS

## 346.  SHRI S. MUNISWAMY:

- (a) whether the Government has allocated/distributed of funds to the entrepreneurs desiring to avail the

Will the Minister of TRIBAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state: facilities of the scheme floated by the ST DFC as a venture capital fund;

- (b) whether Ready Mix Concrete Plants in an innovative way having social obligations and factors included under its ambit be considered as an innovative venture;
- (c) the details of the maximum limit of the loans under this scheme;
- (d) whether there is a provision for relaxation on the maximum limit to a deserving entrepreneur who fulfils all the parameters of the scheme as a special case;
- (e) the details of the officers responsible for this scheme and whether Industrial Finance Corporation of India (IFCI) the nodal agency which is part of the scheme in facilitating the process is empowered to take final decisions on the matters pertaining to this scheme; and
- (f) the list of eligible/shortlisted entrepreneurs/ organizations if the scheme has taken off?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TRIBAL AFFAIRS) (DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR)

- (a) to (f): The government has approved a scheme of Venture Capital Fund for Scheduled Tribes (VCFSTs) with the corpus  of INR 50.00 crores to  provide financial assistance to  the ST community for undertaking  various  activities to  promote  entrepreneurship  and  innovation.  Industrial  Finance Corporation of India Venture Capital Fund Ltd. (IFCI VCF Ltd.) is the nodal agency to implement the scheme. The maximum limit of financial assistance to be provided under the scheme is INR 5.00 crores irrespective of the nature of the activity.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 342 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-02-05
Subject: Skill Development Below Poverty Line
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: Chandeshwar Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 342 ANSWERED ON 05.02.2024

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT BELOW POVERTY LINE

† 342 . SHRI CHANDESHWAR PRASAD

Will the Minister of SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  scheme  for  skill  development  of  youth, particularly falling under 'below poverty line' category in Bihar; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a) & (b) Under the Govt. of India's Skill India Mission (SIM), the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship (MSDE) delivers skill,  re-skill and up-skill training  through  an  extensive network  of  skill  development  centres/  institutes  under  various  schemes,  viz.  Pradhan  Mantri Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY),  Jan  Sikhshan  Sansthan  (JSS),  National  Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS) and Craftsman Training Scheme (CTS) through Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs), to all the sections of the society across the country including family under below poverty  line  category  in  Bihar.  The  SIM  aims  at  enabling  youth  of  India  to  get  future  ready, equipped with industry relevant skills. The brief of these schemes is as under:

Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY): PMKVY  Scheme  is  for  imparting  skill development training through Short-Term Training (STT) and up-skilling through Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) to youth across the country.

Jan Shikshan Sansthan (JSS) Scheme: The  main target of the JSS is to impart vocational skills to the non-literates, neo-literates and the persons having rudimentary level of education up to 8 th standard and school dropouts upto 12th standard in the age group of 15-45 years. Priority is given to Women, SC, ST, OBC and Minorities.

National  Apprenticeship  Promotion  Scheme  (NAPS): This  Scheme  is  for  promoting apprenticeship  training  and  increasing  the  engagement  of  apprentices  by  providing  financial support for payment of stipend to apprentice. Training consists of Basic Training and On-theJob Training / Practical Training at workplace in the industry.

Craftsmen Training Scheme (CTS): This scheme is for providing long-term training through Industrial Training Institutes  (ITIs)  across  the  country.  The  ITIs  offer  a  range  of vocational/skill  training  courses covering  a  large  number  of  economic  sectors  with  an  objective  to  provide  skilled  workforce  to  the industry as well as self employment of youth.

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