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Lok Sabha Question No. 4167 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Generation of Power through Ground Water by NWDA
Ministry: WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANAGA REJUVENATION
Asked by: SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4167

ANSWERED ON 11.08.2016

## GENERATION OF POWER THROUGH GROUND WATER BY NWDA

## †4167. SHRI SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY

Will the Minister of WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT AND GANGA REJUVENATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the National Water Development Agency (NWDA) has any scheme/proposal to generate power from groundwater and provide irrigation facilities therefrom; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the works taken up thereunder with outcome of the same?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  WATER  RESOURCES,  RIVER  DEVELOPMENT  AND  GANGA REJUVENATION (DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

- (a)  & (b)  No Madam. There is no scheme/proposal of National Water Development Agency (NWDA) to generate power from ground water and provide irrigation facilities therefrom. However, this Ministry has formulated  a  National  Perspective  Plan  (NPP)  for  water  resources  development  envisaging  interbasin transfer of water in the Country. The implementation of NPP for water Resources Development would create an additional irrigation potential of approximately 35 million hectare and generate about 34000 mega watts (MW)  hydro  power,  apart  from  the  incidental  benefits  of  flood  moderation,  navigation,  drinking  and industrial water supply, fisheries, salinity and pollution control etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4166 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Appointment of Notary
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: VINOD KUMAR SONKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4166 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 th AUGUST 2016

## Appointment of Notary

## †4166 SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

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

- (a) the quota of notary along with the vacancies available at present in the country, State/UTwise including Uttar Pradesh (UP);
- (b) whether  proposals  for  appointment  of  notaries  in  various  States  are  pending  with  the Union Government;
- (c) if so, the details and the present status thereof, State/UT-wise including UP; and
- (d) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  appoint  the  notaries  against  the vacancies available in various States/UTs in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) State/UT-wise list of notaries along with the available vacancies is at Annexure-1.
- (b) At  present,  Appointment  of  notaries  in  the  States  of  Haryana,  Punjab,  Rajasthan, Karnataka,  Gujarat,  Bihar,  Jharkhand,  Madhya  Pradesh,  Chhattisgarh,  Odisa,  Himachal Pradesh, Tripura and UT of Chandigarh are under process.
- (c) & (d) Interviews for appointment of notaries have already been held for the States of Haryana, Punjab, Rajasthan, Karnataka Gujarat and UT of Chandigarh and the results have also been declared  except  for  the  State  of  Gujarat.  For  rest  of  the  aforementioned  States, appointment of Notaries is under active consideration of the Government. However, at present, no such proposal is pending for the State of Uttar Pradesh.
Lok Sabha Question No. 4165 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Air Accidents
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 4165

(To be answered on the lith August 2016)

## AIR ACCIDENTS

## 4165. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) the details of the passengers wounded/killed in air crash or at airports during the last three years and the current year, year-wise;
- (c) the compensation provided to the next 0f kith and kin of the deceased passengers during the said period; and
- (b) the details of the situations leading to these accidents;
- (d) the details of the medical benefits being provided at all airports and in flights?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

(a) During the years 2013, 2014, 2015 and 2016 (till 09.08.2016) a total of 33 persons have received fatal injuriesl wounds in Air Accidents. Year wise breakup is as below

Year 2014 01

Year 2013 08

Year 2015 24

(b) & (c) Details of accidents along with compensation to kith and kin of the deceased persons during the period from 2013 to till date are given at Annexure-A.

Year 2016 00

(d) () For in flight medical benefits, cabin crews are trained to provide first aid to passengers as per the guidelines given in cabin safety circular 01/2016, available at DGCA website (WWW.dgca nicin):

- (ii) At all airports, medical and first aid facilities are available

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4164 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Procurement of Cotton
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4164 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11-08-2016

## PROCUREMENT OF COTTON

## 4164.   SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

Will the Minister of Textiles वस्त्र मंरी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Cotton Corporation of India had procured only eight lakh bales so far at Minimum Support Price (MSP) due to high prices of cotton;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is a fact that area under cotton had dropped by 7.3 per cent and is 118.81 lakh hectares; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर ANSWER वस्त्र मंरी ( श्री अज )

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SHRI AJAY TAMTA)

(a) & (b): As on 3.8.2016, in the ongoing cotton season 2015-16 (October, 2015  to  September,  2016),  8.44  lakh  bales  have  been  procured  by  Cotton Corporation  of  India  (CCI)  under  Minimum  Support  Price  (MSP)  operations. The state-wise details of procurement made by CCI is as under:-

| State          |   Procurement by CCI MSP Purchases (in lakh bales) |
|----------------|----------------------------------------------------|
| Gujarat        |                                               0.52 |
| Maharashtra    |                                               1.17 |
| Madhya Pradesh |                                               0.29 |
| Telangana      |                                               5.95 |
| Andhra Pradesh |                                               0.4  |
| Orissa         |                                               0.12 |
| Total          |                                               8.44 |

(c) & (d): Yes, Madam.  The area under cotton cultivation during the current cotton season 2015-16 has decreased by around 7% to 118.81 lakh hectares as against 128.19 lakh hectares of previous year. The state-wise details of the area under cultivation of current year and previous year  is as under:-

(Area in lakh hectare)

*4 th Advance Estimates of Department of Agriculture, Cooperation & Farmers Welfare

|                |   2014- 15 |   2015- 16* |
|----------------|------------|-------------|
| Andhra Pradesh |       8.21 |        6.66 |
| Telangana      |      17.13 |       17.78 |
| Gujarat        |      27.73 |       27.19 |
| Haryana        |       6.48 |        6.03 |
| Karnataka      |       8.75 |        6.33 |
| Madhya Pradesh |       5.47 |        5.47 |
| Maharashtra    |      41.9  |       38.27 |
| Odisha         |       1.27 |        1.25 |
| Punjab         |       4.2  |        3.39 |
| Rajasthan      |       4.87 |        4.48 |
| Tamil Nadu     |       1.87 |        1.42 |
| Others         |       0.31 |        0.5  |
| All India      |     128.19 |      118.72 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4161 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Review of Obsolete Laws
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: M. B. RAJESH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

## LOK SABHA`

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4161

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 11 th  AUGUST, 2016

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## Review of Obsolete Laws

## 4161. SHRI M.B.RAJESH:

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

- (a)  the  present  status  of  progress  achieved  in  the  ongoing  process  of  review/ repeal of obsolete Acts/Laws in the country;
- (b) the total number of such Acts/Laws repealed during the current year along with the number of such Acts/Laws proposed to be repealed; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  for  expediting  the  said process?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

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

## Statement  referred  to  in  reply  to  parts  (a)  to  (c)  of  the  Lok  Sabha Unstarred  Question  No.4161  to  be  answered  on  11-08-2016  regarding 'Review of Obsolete Laws'.

(a) to (c): Review of all laws with a view to bring them in harmony with the current  economic,  social  and  political  situation  in  the  country  is  a  continuous process. This task is undertaken by the different nodal Ministries/Departments of the Central Government administering their respective laws and generally by the  Law Commission of India. The Law Commission has submitted its 248 th , 249 th ,  250 th and  the  251 st Reports  on  "Obsolete  Laws:  Warranting  Immediate Repeal", in  which  it  recommended  for  repeal  of  72,  113,  74  and  30  obsolete Acts respectively, including some State laws. Further, a Two-member Committee was also constituted by the Prime Minister's Office on 1 st September,  2014  for  review  of  repeal  of  obsolete  laws.  Two-member's Committee has submitted it's report and identified total 1741 Central Acts for repeal out of total 2781 Central Acts existing as on 15 th October, 2014 on the Statutes Book.

Accordingly, 1175 Acts have been repealed so far through the Repealing and  Amending  Act,  2015  (17  of  2015)  repealing  35  Acts;  the  Repealing  and Amending (Second) Act, 2015 (19 of 2015) repealing 90 Acts; the Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Act, 2016 (22 of 2016) repealing 756 Appropriation Acts; and the Repealing and Amending Act, 2016 (23 of 2016) repealing 294 Acts. The Government is actively pursuing the matter to repeal the Acts identified for repeal, in consultation with the concerned administrative Ministries/Departments.
Lok Sabha Question No. 4160 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Kannur Airport
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

(To be answered on the l1th

## MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: : 4160 August 2016)

## KANNUR AIRPORT

## 4160. SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- whether the Union Government has granted approval to set up 4 new (a): airport at Kannur in Kerela;

and spent $0 far for the project; and

(6): if so, the details and current status thereof;

(d): the time   schedule to complete the work on the said project?

## ANSWER

Minister 0f State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Shri Jayant Sinha)

- (a) & (b): Yes Madam. Government of India has given 'in principle' approval status of the project is as under:
- (: 86% of Runway and associated works completed
- (i); 76% of Integrated Terminal Buildings Handling Systems completed.
- and work awarded  Partial supply of baggage handling completed. system
- A sum of 34.06 crore was released by Kerala State Government to the Company financial year 20i4-15: As on 31.07.2016, expenditure on the project through equity and term loan funding is Rs.12ZO crore
- (d): The expected date of completion of the project is 31 2017. May,
Lok Sabha Question No. 4159 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Cases Pending Due to Stay Order
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4159

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 11 TH  AUGUST, 2016

## Cases Pending Due to Stay Order

## 4159. SHRIMATI DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH:

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

- (a)  the  number  of  court  cases  pending  for  more  than  two  years  in  the country due to stay orders from Supreme Court and High Courts;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  bring  in  any  law  for  fixing duration of stay order based on merits of the court cases;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  other  measures  taken  /  being taken by the Government to minimise such pendency of court cases; and
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  any  data  regarding  average  number  of sittings taken for final judgement on a case in the Supreme Court, High Courts  and  Subordinate  Courts  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  courtwise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY)

(a)  to  (d):  Data  on  pendency  of  cases  is  compiled  by  the  High  Courts. Information  about  pendency  of  cases  in  Civil  and  Criminal  matters  in  High Courts and District and Subordinate Courts under their jurisdiction is periodically obtained  by  the  Government.    The  data  of  cases  pending  for  more  than  two years on account of stay orders from higher courts, as also on average number of  sittings  taken  for  final  judgement  on  a  case  in  the  Supreme  Court,  High Courts and Subordinate Courts is not being maintained separately.

Grant  of  stay  orders  in  civil  and  criminal  cases  is  part  of  judicial proceedings and Courts have been vested with inherent powers in this regard under the relevant provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure, 1908 and the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973.  At present, there is no proposal to bring in any law for fixing duration of stay order based on merits of the court cases.

The Government has adopted a co-ordinated approach to assist judiciary for phased liquidation of arrears and pendency in judicial systems, which, interalia , involves better infrastructure for courts including computerisation, increase in  strength  of  judicial  officers  /  judges,  policy  and  legislative  measures  in  the areas prone to excessive litigation and emphasis on human resource development.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4158 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: DDU-GKY in Jharkhand
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO .4158

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.0 8.201 6

## DDU -GKY IN JHARKHAND

## 4158. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the  year - wise  details  of  the  funds  allocated  to  Jharkhand  State  during  the  l years under Deen Dayal Upadhyay Gramin Kaushalya Yojana (DDU - GKY); and
- (b) the details of number of persons imparted training in the State par ticularly in Palamau and  Garhwa  regions  during  the  said  period  and  the  number  of  persons  who employment after the training?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT ( SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV )

- ( a) : Year- wise details of funds released for undertaking Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grame Kaushalya Yojana (DDU - GKY) projects in Jharkhand are given below: -

(Rs. In Lakh)

|   2014- 15 |   2015- 16 |   2016- 17 (upto 2016) |
|------------|------------|------------------------|
|      50.73 |        153 |                  27.99 |

- ( b) : The  district - wise  number  of  candidates  trained  and  placed  under  DDU - GKY  in Jharkhand including Palamau and Garhwa districts in the above mentioned years is below: -

| District   |   Total Candidates Trained |   Total Candidates Placed |
|------------|----------------------------|---------------------------|
| Bokaro     |                        561 |                        50 |
| Chatra     |                        439 |                       122 |
| Deoghar    |                        482 |                        88 |
| Dhanbad    |                        613 |                       161 |
| Dumka      |                        147 |                        40 |
| Garhwa     |                        179 |                        50 |
| Giridih    |                        277 |                        23 |
| Godda      |                        317 |                        36 |
| Gumla      |                        911 |                       373 |
| Hazaribagh |                        309 |                        70 |
| Jamtara    |                        103 |                        11 |
| Khunti     |                        604 |                        20 |
| Kodarma    |                        321 |                        32 |
| Latehar    |                        664 |                       155 |
| Lohardaga  |                        828 |                       201 |

| Pakur                |   66 |   28 |
|----------------------|------|------|
| Palamu               |  318 |   82 |
| PashchimiSinghbhum   |  758 |  353 |
| Purbi Singhbhum      |  173 |   79 |
| Ramgarh              |  774 |   31 |
| Saraikela -Kharsawan |  102 |    9 |
| Simdega              |  264 |   47 |
| Grand Total          | 9210 | 2061 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4156 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Land Acquisition
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4156 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.08.2016

## Land Acquisition

## 4156. DR. BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  National  Monitoring  Committee  on  land  acquisition  issues  had  held  a meeting recently;
- (b) if so, the details of subjects that were discussed during the said meeting;
- (c) whether  any  time  frame  was  fixed  to  provide  early  relief  to  displaced  people  in various areas and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  to  extend  the  benefits  of  the  new  Land Acquisition Law of 2013 to tribals and farmers?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

- (a) to (c) :  The last meeting of National Monitoring Committee was held on 28 April 2016. The minutes of the meeting are available at the following URL:

http://dolr.nic.in/dolr/landreforms.asp

- (d) : The  Right to Fair  Compensation  and  Transparency  in Land  Acquisition, Rehabilitation  and  Resettlement  Act,  2013  entered  into  force  on  01  January  2014.  The benefits are also available to tribals and farmers as per the provisions of the Act.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4153 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Grounding of Dreamliner Aircraft
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: G. HARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION

UNSTARRED QUESTIQN NO: : 4153

(To be answered On the ith August 2016)

## GROUNDING OF DREAMLINER AIRCRAFT

4153.

SHRI G. HARI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether two Dreamliner aircrafts had to be grounded due to technical snags in the first quarter of this year;
- (b) if the details thereof;
- (c) whether Boeing had sent a big technical team to resolve the issues with Air India 's Dreamliners and carried out suitable modifications on them; and
- (d) if s0, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

'

- (a): Madam. No,
- (b): Does not arise in view of (a) above:
- (c)&(d): Madam. Dreamliner aircraft have experienced technical reliability issues, since induction into Air India fleet: Boeing has been addressing these issues through the Service Bulletins/Modifications for reliability enhancement on regular basis. These modifications are combined into Reliability Enhancement Modification Packages. Boeing\_team had visited Air India Mumbai facility, for accomplishment of these Reliability Enhancement Modification Packages in during following durations: Yes, phases
- From Jan. 2013 to 2013 (Phase [) May
- (ii) From Nov. 2013 to Jan. 2014 (Phase II)
- (iii) From Nov. 2014 to April 2015; Nov. 2015 to Dec 2015 (Phase III)

(Shri Jayant Sinha)
Lok Sabha Question No. 4151 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-11
Subject: Work on NH 28 and 57
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: RAMA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4151

ANSWERED ON 11 TH  AUGUST, 2016

## WORK ON NH-28 AND 57

## 4151.SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सडक़ परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  work  is  being  carried  out  under  O&M  contract  on  National  Highway  No.  28  and National Highway No. 57, Muzaffarpur-Kotwa section;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;

- (c) the  names  of  companies  which  have  been  entrusted  the  said  contract  along  with  the  value thereof; and

- (d) the percentage of work completed on the said projects along with the present status thereof?

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a)&(b) Yes Madam. Muzaffarpur-Kotwa section falls on NH-28 and maintenance is being carried out under O&M contract.

- (c) M/s. Shiva Build-Tech Pvt. Ltd has been entrusted the above O&M contract at a contract price of Rs. 7,58,51,724/-.

- (d) As of now, 80.51% percentage of O&M contract is completed. The O&M contract is valid upto 15.08.2016

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