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Lok Sabha Question No. 299 (STARRED), answered on 2015-08-10
Subject: Investment of EPF in Equity Market
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: M. UDHAYAKUMAR

**Annexure**

**Annexure in reply to part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 295 for 10.08.2015 regarding Non-payment of minimum wages and dues.**

| **Year**   | **Claims**    |           |                   |             |                |             | **Awarded Amount (Rs.)**   |               |                     |
|------------|---------------|-----------|-------------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------------------|---------------|---------------------|
|            | **Beginning** | **Filed** | **Decisions  in** |             | **With drawn** | **Pending** | **during the year**        | **recovered** | **paid to workers** |
|            |               |           | **Favour**        | **Against** |                |             |                            |               |                     |
| 2011-12    | 4207          | 3614      | 3001              | 77          | 5              | 4738        | 11, 64,83,697              | 5,43,34,644   | 4,32,90,843         |
| 2012-13    | 4738          | 3336      | 4081              | 109         | 29             | 3855        | 17,84,85,825               | 5,53,00,928   | 3,74,33,621         |
| 2013-14    | 3855          | 3000      | 2787              | 51          | 37             | 3980        | 12,30,30,072               | 5,07,94,115   | 3,34,39,937         |
| 2014-15    | 3980          | 2025      | 2329              | 57          | 14             | 3605        | 5,81,38,939                | 3,47,31,509   | 2,86,06,234         |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 296 (STARRED), answered on 2015-08-10
Subject: Development of Badrinath and Kedarnath Dhams
Ministry: TOURISM
Asked by: MAJ. GEN. (RETD) BHUWAN CHANDRA KHANDURI AVSM

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF TOURISM

LOK SABHA

STARRED QUESTION NO.*296

ANSWERED ON 10.08.2015

DEVELOPMENT OF BADRINATH AND KEDARNATH DHAMS

*296. MAJ GEN B C KHANDURI AVSM (Retd):

Will the Minister of TOURISM be pleased to state:

(a) 	whether the Government has received any proposal from the State Government of Uttarakhand for the development of the Badrinath and the Kedarnath Dham on the lines of Vaishno Devi Temple in Jammu;

(b) 	if so, the details thereof along with the action taken by the Government on the proposal; and

(c) 	the financial assistance sanctioned/proposed to be sanctioned by the Union Government in this regard?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR TOURISM (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

(DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a):	No, Madam. Ministry is not in receipt of any such proposal.

(b) & (c):	Do not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 295 (STARRED), answered on 2015-08-10
Subject: Non-Payment of Minimum Wages and Dues
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: V. PANNEER SELVAM

**Annexure**

**Annexure in reply to part (a) & (b) of the Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 295 for 10.08.2015 regarding Non-payment of minimum wages and dues.**

| **Year**   | **Claims**    |           |                   |             |                |             | **Awarded Amount (Rs.)**   |               |                     |
|------------|---------------|-----------|-------------------|-------------|----------------|-------------|----------------------------|---------------|---------------------|
|            | **Beginning** | **Filed** | **Decisions  in** |             | **With drawn** | **Pending** | **during the year**        | **recovered** | **paid to workers** |
|            |               |           | **Favour**        | **Against** |                |             |                            |               |                     |
| 2011-12    | 4207          | 3614      | 3001              | 77          | 5              | 4738        | 11, 64,83,697              | 5,43,34,644   | 4,32,90,843         |
| 2012-13    | 4738          | 3336      | 4081              | 109         | 29             | 3855        | 17,84,85,825               | 5,53,00,928   | 3,74,33,621         |
| 2013-14    | 3855          | 3000      | 2787              | 51          | 37             | 3980        | 12,30,30,072               | 5,07,94,115   | 3,34,39,937         |
| 2014-15    | 3980          | 2025      | 2329              | 57          | 14             | 3605        | 5,81,38,939                | 3,47,31,509   | 2,86,06,234         |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 291 (STARRED), answered on 2015-08-10
Subject: Railway Catering Policy
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: LAXMAN GILUWA, ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.291 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2015

## RAILWAY CATERING POLICY

†*291. SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA: SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Railways  have  received  any  suggestions/demands from the public representatives in connection with implementation of the Catering Policy, 2010 to facilitate livelihood to the licensees of the Railways and if so, the details thereof; (b) whether the Railways have penalized any company or person for violating the norms of catering policy during the last three years and if so, the details thereof along with the action taken thereon; (c) whether the Akhil Bhartiya Railway Khan-pan Licensees Welfare Association has submitted memorandum/representation recently on the said policy and if so, the details thereof; (d) the follow up action taken thereon; and (e) whether the Railways propose to award the catering contracts to some  women  self-help  groups  on  priority  basis,  if  so,  the  details
- thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (SHRI SURESH PRABHAKAR PRABHU)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF STARRED QUESTION NO. 291 BY SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA AND SHRI ARVIND SAWANT  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  10.08.2015 REGARDING RAILWAY CATERING POLICY (a) to (e): Suggestion/demands have been received from a number of public representatives as well as the Akhil Bhartiya Railway KhanPan  Licensees  Welfare  Association  in  respect  of  Catering  Policy 2010.    Allowing  renewal  of  licenses  pertaining  to  General  Minor Units (GMUs) and Special Minor Units (SMUs) which were allotted prior to Catering Policy 2010, and scrapping of tender-based system for allotment of GMUs  constitute the focal points of these demands/suggestions. Since the issue of renewal/tendering of GMUs is  presently  subjudice  before  the  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  of  India, action on these demands/suggestions is contingent upon the direction of the Hon'ble Court. During the years 2012, 2013 and 2014, a total of 3667, 5851 and  6307  complaints  were  respectively  received  in  respect  of catering services on Railways. Penal action, including fine, warning, termination and disciplinary proceedings, was taken in 2109, 4229 and 4776 of these complaints respectively in 2012, 2013 and 2014. Monetary  fines  amounting  to  a  total  of ₹ 1,68,38,100/-  has  been imposed on licensees in the period January 2013 to June 2015. There  is  no  proposal  for  awarding  contracts  to  Women  Self Help  Groups  on  criteria  other  than  those  stipulated  in  Catering Policy 2010.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3450 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-10
Subject: Supply of Subsidised LPG Cylinders
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI, N.K. PREMACHANDRAN

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  3450**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 10** **th** **AUGUST,  2015**

**SUPPLY OF SUBSIDISED LPG CYLINDERS**

†3450. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

**SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN:**

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राकृतिक गैस मंत्री

**Will the Minister of PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:**

(a) whether the Government proposes to reduce the supply of gas cylinders on subsidised rates and impose restrictions on number of gas cylinders supplied to domestic consumers in the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government proposes to implement monitoring system for supply of gas cylinders in the country;

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken to ensure the supply of gas cylinders for domestic purpose within a reasonable time; and

(e) whether it is a fact that the consumers in the country can book their LPG cylinders only after a fixed interval and if so, the details thereof along with any proposal to rationalise the said limit and also to ensure supply of gas cylinders for domestic purpose within a reasonable time?

ANSWER

पेट्रोलियम एवं प्राकृतिक गैस मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री (स्वतंत्र प्रभार) (श्री धर्मेन्द्र प्रधान)

**MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF  PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)**

(a) & (b) There is no proposal under consideration of the Government to reduce the current cap of 12 subsidized cylinders per domestic LPG connection per year.

(c) & (d) Customers are provided with simpler modes of refill booking by Web/ SMS/ IVRS facility through which they can get tracking information of their booked refill at various stages, like booking confirmation, cash memo generation and delivery confirmation by SMS / e-mail.    There is also a system in place of star rating of distributors based on the time taken to supply cylinder to consumer. This is also available in public domain in mylpg.in.

Further, for monitoring the supplies to the distributors, SMS indenting system has been introduced through which the LPG distributors can place their indents at the respective bottling plants.  Supplies to the distributors are made as per their indents and the same is monitored on daily basis.

(e) OMCs have reported that there is no restriction on refill booking by a customer. A Domestic LPG customer can book a refill any time provided no other refill booking is pending to be delivered to that consumer.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3448 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-10
Subject: Subsidy Sharing Mechanism
Ministry: PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS
Asked by: E. AHAMED, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3448**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 10** **TH** **AUGUST, 2015**

**SUBSIDY SHARING MECHANISM**

**3448** . **SHRI E. AHAMED:**

**SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:**

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**Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS be pleased to state:**

(a) the details of present mechanism for sharing of subsidy among various oil companies along with any resentment by various upstream oil companies with the present mechanism and have demanded for an amicable formula for sharing of subsidy; and

(b) the subsidy/cash assistance/under recoveries provided by the Government to OMCs/upstream companies during the above period, OMC/product-wise including Kerosene and LPG?

**ANSWER**

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**MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS**

**(SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN)**

(a):    At present, the Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (OMCs) incur under-recovery on sale of PDS Kerosene and Subsidized Domestic LPG only.  For the year 2015-16, the burden sharing mechanism is as under:

1. The Government has approved budgetary support for PDS Kerosene under-recovery at a rate of Rs. 12/Litre and the remaining under-recovery will be borne by the upstream companies.

1. The Government has approved a fixed subsidy of Rs. 18/kg under the Direct Benefit Transfer for Domestic LPG.

(b):   The details of cash assistance provided by the Government to OMCs in the first quarter of 2015-16 are as under:

(Rs. Crore)

|                                     | **IOCL**   | **BPCL**   | **HPCL**   | **Total**   |
|-------------------------------------|------------|------------|------------|-------------|
| 1. **PDS Kerosene**                 |            |            |            |             |
| Cash assistance by the Government   | 1733       | 404        | 451        | 2588        |
| 1. **Domestic LPG (DBTL)**          |            |            |            |             |
| Total DBTL subsidy for Apr-Jun’2015 | 2506       | 1155       | 1193       | 4854        |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3447 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-10
Subject: Psychometric Tests for Pilots
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: KAMAL NATH, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, RAM CHARITRA, K. MARAGATHAM, BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

3447.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3447

(To be answered on the 10 th  August 2015)

## PSYCHOMETRIC TESTS FOR PILOTS

SHRI KAMAL NATH SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the medical standards set for pilots and flight crews of the Indian Carriers along with the cockpit policy adopted by the Directorate General of Civil Aviation (DGCA);
- (b) whether DGCA proposes to review the said rules/cockpit policy and adopt a four-level Psychometric tests for pilots to prevent the occurrence of incidents like Germanwings crash;
- (c) if so, the details and the present status thereof;
- (d) whether DGCA has set up any panel in this regard and if so, the details thereof along with the suggestions made by the panel and the
- action taken by the Government thereon; and
- (e)  the  other  safety/precautionary  measures  being  taken  by  the Government?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

- (a) The Medical standards of pilots/co-pilots for commercial flying are equivalent to the medical standards of Class-1 medical assessment

enumerated  in  International  Civil  Aviation  Organisation  (ICAO) Annexure 1, Chapter 6 and medical requirements laid down by DGCA as per CAR Section 7, Part 1 dated 26th Aug 1999.In addition, DGCA has issued Aeronautical Information Circulars (AICs) on certain medical conditions for experienced pilots as guidelines. These are available on DGCA website - www.dgca.nic.in (b)-(e) With regards to cockpit policy, DGCA has already issued Air Safety Circular 3/2010 regarding manning of cockpit during non-critical phases of flight. It mandates that in case one pilot leaves the flight deck, cabin crew shall be in the flight deck and will occupy one of the observer seat. DGCA has also constituted a working group to carry out study and recommend "Policy on Manning of Cockpit and Medical/Psychometric Test for Flight Crew". The report of this working group is presently placed on the DGCA website for public comments.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3446 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-10
Subject: Clash Incident at Kozhikode Airport
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: M. B. RAJESH, M. K. RAGHAVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3446

(To be answered on the 10 th  August 2015)

## CLASH INCIDENT AT KOZHIKODE AIRPORT

3446.

SHRI M.B. RAJESH

SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether there has been a recent incident of clash between the Airport Authority of India employees and Central Industrial Security Force personnel at Kozhikode Airport;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with its impact on flight operations and the damage, if any, resulting therefrom;
- (c) whether the Government has ordered a probe into the incident;
- (d) if so, the details and the findings thereof along with the action taken by the Government against those found guilty; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to prevent recurrence of such incidents?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

(a) to (d): Yes, Madam. There was an incident of scuffle between some employees of Airports Authority of India (AAI) and Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at Calicut airport on 10.06.2015 night, in which one Head Constable of CISF died of a bullet injury, following which a section of the CISF personnel went on a rampage, damaging the runway light and other aerodrome ground aids besides assaulting some of the officials of AAI. Flight operations were disrupted from 2230 hrs. on

10.06.2015 to 0550  hrs on 11.06.2015. Normal flight operations at the

airport resumed by 0800 hrs. on 11.06.2015.  Kerala Police has registered four cases in this regard and has arrested 14 officials of AAI and 13 personnel of CISF. (e):  The important steps taken to prevent such incidents: (i)    Provisions of Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) issued by Bureau of Civil Aviation Security (BCAS) for induction of CISF at airports were reiterated to bring about clarity of roles. (ii)        Installation  of  adequate  number  of  CCTV  cameras  and identification  and  rectification  of  blind  spots  in  its  coverage. (iii)    Initiation of confidence building measures. (iv)   Reiteration of directions to hold regular need based meetings besides the mandatory monthly meetings of Airport Security Committee to create harmony amongst the various agencies in airports for smooth operations of Air services. (v)   Fine tuning of mechanism for redressal of grievances and complaints. (vi)   Monitoring of security functioning by senior level officers from BCAS, CISF and AAI. (vii)     A specially designed training programme of soft skills is imparted by CISF to improve operational efficiency and to ensure courtesy as well

as behaviour of its personnel deployed at airports.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3444 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-10
Subject: Consultation Meetings with Trade Unions
Ministry: LABOUR AND EMPLOYMENT
Asked by: SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY, NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE

**NIL**
Lok Sabha Question No. 3443 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-10
Subject: Aviation Security Force
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, M. B. RAJESH, T. RADHAKRISHNAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 3443

(To be answered on the 10 th  August 2015)

## AVIATION SECURITY FORCE

## 3443. DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE

SHRI M.B. RAJESH

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government proposes to create a dedicated Aviation Security Force (ASF) to replace the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) at the airports in the country;
- (b) if so, the details and objectives thereof and the names of airports identified and shortlisted for deployment of ASF;
- (c) whether deployment of ASF is likely to involve less cost as compared to hiring CISF and if so, the expected annual revenue likely to be saved
- thereby;
- (d) whether removal of CISF is likely to have any effect on the security of airports; and
- (e)  if  so,  the  corrective  steps  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION (Dr Mahesh Sharma)

(a) to (e):    Ministry of Civil Aviation engaged a team of experts of International  Civil  Aviation  Organization  (ICAO)  in  2011  for determining sufficient operational infrastructure for aviation security in the country.  One of the recommendations of the said team of ICAO was

for creation of a dedicated Aviation Security Force (ASF).  However, no decision has been taken by the Ministry in this regard.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3442 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-10
Subject: Nashik Kumbh Mela
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, M. UDHAYAKUMAR, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, SUSHMITA DEV, CHINTAMANI MALVIYA, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, SUDHEER GUPTA, SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3442

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2015

## NASIK KUMBH MELA

## 3442. SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

ADV. M.UDHAYAKUMAR:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

SHRI ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV:

PROF. CHINTAMANI MALVIYA:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

DR. SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS   be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Railways  have  made  arrangements  for  additional special trains for pilgrims for the upcoming Sinhanstha Kumbh Mela at
- Nashik to be held during this year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  proposals/suggestions  received  from  the  State Government  of  Maharashtra  in  this  regard  and  the  action  taken
- thereon;
- (d) whether the arrangements are  sufficient to meet the requirement of pilgrims/passengers and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Railways  to  make  adequate arrangements for the pilgrims?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) & (b): Yes, Madam. To cater to the expected influx of pilgrims during

Nasik Kumbh Mela, Indian Railways has planned operation of special trains, augmentation of load of existing trains and, also providing of temporary stoppage of Mail/Express trains to the extent justified and feasible.

(c) to (e): Based on extensive discussions held with the Government of Maharashtra at Zonal and Divisional level, provision/augmentation  of  various  passenger  amenities  such  as platform  shelters,  platforms  surfacing,  circulating  area,  drinking water  supply,  toilet  facilities,  widening  &  extension  of  one  Foot Over Bridge and construction of one additional platform etc have been undertaken at Nasik Road station in connection with Simhastha Kumbh Mela 2015.

For crowd management and bandobast duty, 560 additional Railway  Protection  Special  Force  staff  have  been  deployed  at Nasik during Kumbh  Mela to assist local police, GRP  and Commercial Department.

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