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Lok Sabha Question No. 842 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Highways Amenities
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: R. VANAROJA, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 842 ANSWERED ON 28 TH  APRIL, 2016

## HIGHWAYS AMENITIES

## 842. SHRIMATI VANAROJA R.: SHRI  SATAV RAJEEV:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  mandatory  for  petrol  pumps  along  the  National  Highways  to  provide  toilet facilities without any charge;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether most of the toilets are in bad shape and there is hardly any maintenance, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether NHAI has held meeting with the top representatives from major oil companies to find a way out for this problem, if so, the details thereof and the outcome thereon; and
- (e) the other steps taken/being taken by the Government to provide proper toilet facilities along the National Highways?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) & (b) Yes Madam. It is the responsibility of owner of retail outlets/oil companies along National Highways to provide drinking water and toilet facility in accordance with the approved lay out and specifications at their own cost which should be accessible to the public.

(c)  to  (e)  NHAI  held  a  meeting  with  oil  marketing  companies  on  30.03.2016  regarding  the provisions of existing highway amenities (specially drinking water and toilet at retail outlets) as per the guidelines issued by the Ministry from time to time while granting access permission for fuel stations and suggested measures how to improve the service standards of amenities (specially the drinking water and toilet facilities) keeping in mind the aim of Swachha Bharat Mission of Clean India  &  Green  India.  It  was  opined  that  existing  guidelines  are  to  be  modified  after  receiving suggestions  for  further  improvement  of  the  facilities  (toilets  and  drinking  water).  NHAI  is developing comprehensive wayside amenities along National Highways across the country where the  toilet  facilities  &  drinking  water  facilities  along  with  food  courts,  restaurants  etc.  shall  be available for the road commuters.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 840 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Website of Indian Handloom
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: MAHEISH GIRRI

वस्त्र राज्

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 840

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.04.2016

## WEBSITE OF INDIAN HANDLOOM

## 840. SHRI MEHESH GIRRI:

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

- (a) The  number  of  agencies,  companies  or  brands  registered  till  date  on integrated  website  of  'Indian  Handloom'  brand  which  was  launched  in February, 2016;
- (b) the process of verification and quality checking of these brands;
- (c) whether  any  special  provisions  have  been  made  to  facilitate  rural weavers to sell their handloom products so as to enable them to be part of this technology enabled platform; and
- (d) if so,   the  details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

य मंरी (स्त्वतंर प्रभार) (श्री संतोष क ु मार गंगवार)

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES

(SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

(a): 170  Agencies/Companies  have  been  registered  till  date  under  India Handloom Brand (IHB) since its launch on 07.08.2015.

(b) : The on site verification of the company for verifying the manufacturing facilities  is  done.    The  samples  received  for  registration  are put  to  stringent  test  in  labs  of  Textiles  Committee  at  Mumbai  and  other locations.  After  meeting  the  criteria  of  on  site  verification  and    samples passing the tests the registration is recommended.

(c) & (d): The arrangements have been made to facilitate the marketing of the IHB handloom products through partnership retail stores and e-commerce platforms for all the handloom weavers including rural weavers. Partnership retails stores have started functioning and 9 e-commerce entities have been engaged for marketing the IHB products.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 838 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Air India Flight Delay
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER

Mr

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL A VIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 838 (To be answered on the 28th

April 2016)

## AIR INDIA FLIGHT DELAY

838\_

SHRI V. ELUMALAI

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- (b) if the details thereof and the reasons therefor;

be pleased to state:?

- (2) whether;the passengers of an Air India Kolkata-Delhi harrowing time after it was delayed by63 hoors flight (AI701) had a very recentiy;
2. (c) whether Air India is continuously to minimize such incidents; taking steps
3. (e) the number of times Air India faced technical glitches in Dreamliner aircraft?

## ANSWER

## Minister Of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

- (d) if s0, the details thereof; and

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

- technical snag of electrical generation was withdrawn due to replaced which were not available systems. Several components have to be base. A relief at Kolkata. The components had to be flown Delhi: aircraft VT-PPO (4-321) was operated to fly the passergers Vo from
- (c) () : The Dreamliner aircraft have experienced technical induction into Air India fleet: However, these issues, 'Since of the airplane due to the issues do not adversely affect the Regular system and in-built system redundancy: improvements are incorporated as part of reliability enhancement process: This is & normal process followed as an intrinsic throughout the entire life-span of aircraft in part of maintenance operation: safety design
- (e): There have been 334 greater than 15 minutes in last 2015 to March, 2016) due to technical of one year (April, snags 787 Dreamliner aircraft: delays Boeing

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Lok Sabha Question No. 837 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: BPL List
Ministry: RURAL DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VINOD KUMAR SONKAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 837

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.04 . 2016

## BPL LIST

## 837. SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

Will the Minister of RURAL DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state :

- (a) the  number  of  people  listed  in  the  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  list  as  per  the  Ce conducted in the year 2002 and whether all the people listed in the BPL list are the benefits of various central sector schemes;
- (b) ifso, the details thereof, State/UTwise and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether due to non - i clusion of the really poor people in the BPL list, 2002, they deprived of the benefits of various welfare schemes, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to conduct a fresh Census so as to prepare a new BP list, if so, the details thereof and the time by which it is likely to be done?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT)

(a) to (d): The  Ministry  of  Rural  Development  provided financial  and  technical  support  to  the States/UTs  for  conducting  Socio  Economic  and  Caste  Census-2011  (SECC-2011)  to  generate  a  large number  of  socio  and  economic  indicators  for  ranking  of  each  rural  households  across  the  country. Ranking of Households is made through a three-step process involving thirteen Exclusion parameters for identifying not-poor households, five Automatic Inclusion parameters for identifying poorest of the poor households and seven Deprivation Criteria for identifying poor households.  Government of India has  advised  states  to  use  this  process  and  SECC  data  for  identification  of  poor  households  under Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana (DAY) and Pradhan Mantri Aawaas  Yojana(PMAY).  No fresh census is necessary at this stage.

Before the availability of SECC -21011 data Below Poverty Line (BPL) list prepared in 2002, by States/UTs was being used for identifying beneficiaries of development programmes and schemes including Indira  Aawaas  Yojana(IAY)  and    National  Social  Assistance  Programme(NSAP).  The  2002 BPL list attracted claims of biases. Accordingly, to avoid exclusion and inclusion errors, the SECC 2011 used canvasser based method to directly elicit information on questionnaire from each households for identification of deprivation and multi-dimensionality of poverty.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 833 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Bridge over River Yamuna
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: RAJ KUMAR SAINI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 833

ANSWERED ON 28 TH  APRIL, 2016

## BRIDGE OVER RIVER YAMUNA

## 833. SHRI RAJKUMAR SAINI:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT & HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to construct a bridge on river Yamuna on the road leading to Uttar Pradesh from Gumthala village in Radaur, Haryana;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether construction of the said bridge is necessary to safeguard against flood in this area of Haryana, if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  any  targets  have  been  fixed  for  construction  of  National  Highways  in  the country during the year 2015-16; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a) to (c) No madam. The road leading to Uttar Pradesh from village Gumthala in Radaur, Haryana is a state road and not a National Highway. Therefore, this does not pertain to Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Government of India. Further, Construction of bridge will not help much in safeguarding against flood.
- (d) & (e) Yes madam. Construction of 6300 Km length of National Highways was targeted during the year 2015-16.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 828 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Review of Obsolete Laws
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: UDIT RAJ

## 828. DR. UDIT RAJ:

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

- (a) the  total  number  of  obsolete  Acts/Laws  identified  for  repeal  in  the  country  on  the basis of recommendations made by various committee and Law Commission of India;
- (b) the total number of such Acts/Laws repealed during 2015-16; and
- (c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to expedite the process?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI D.V. SADANANDA GOWDA)

(a): The Law Commission of India has submitted its Reports No. 248 th , 249 th , 250 th and 251 st 'Obsolete Laws: Warranting Immediate Repeal', wherein it recommended for repeal of 72, 113, 74 and 30 obsolete Acts respectively. A Two-Member Committee was also constituted by  the  Prime  Minister's  Office  for  review  of  repeal  of  obsolete  laws.  The  Two-member Committee has submitted its Report, and has, inter alia, identified a  total number of 1741 Central Acts for repeal. On the basis of the said Reports, total 1827 Acts have been identified for repeal.

(b) and (c): Total 125 Acts have been repealed during the year 2015-16 by the Repealing and Amending Act, 2015 (Act No.17 of 2015) and the Repealing and Amending (Second) Act, 2015 (Act No.19 of 2015). Further, two Bills namely, 'the Appropriation Acts (Repeal) Bill, 2015' seeking to repeal 758 Acts and 'the Repealing and Amending (Third) Bill, 2015' seeking  to  repeal  295  Acts  are  pending  in  the  Parliament.  The  Government  is  actively pursuing the matter to repeal the Acts identified for repeal.

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.828

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 28 th APRIL, 2016

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## Review of Obsolete Laws
Lok Sabha Question No. 827 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Delay in Air India Flights
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 827 (To be answered on the 28th Aprii 2016)

## DELAY IN AIR INDIA FLIGHTS

827. SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (@) the number of instances of in Air India shortage in the last year; flights due to manpower delay
- Sbclvhether Air India plans to have a 'reserve bench' of cabin such instances; crew to avoid
- (c) ilso; the details thereof including timeline for implementation compensation to be paid to them and and if not; the reasons therefor; and
- Sxphe current On-Time Performance (OTP) of Air India and OTP once reserve bench is introduced? the targeted

## ANSWER

Minister %f State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

(2): There have been 316 instances of due to Cabin members FY 2015-16. Crew and Cockpit Delays during

- (b): Air India does not plan to have & reserve bench:
- (c): Does not arise in view of (b) above
- (d): The OTP of Air India was 83% in March 2016.
Lok Sabha Question No. 826 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Expansion of Airports
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: MURALI MOHAN MAGANTI

826.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 826 (To be answered on the

April 2016) 28th

## EXPANSION OF AIRPORTS

SHRI M. MURALI MOHAN

## Will the Minister of CIVIL A VIATION

- (b) if the details thereof; State/UT-wise; SO,

be pleased to state:-

- () whether the Government proposes to expand airports both domestic and international across the country;
- ( whether the Goverament also proposes to developlexpand Rajahmundry airport by upgrading the status to international airport; and
- (d) if sc; the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

(a) & (b) Upgradation/Expansion of Airports is a continuous process which is undertaken by Airports Authority of India (AAD) from time to time technical feasibilityetc:

(c) & (d): Expansion and upgradation 0f airports to international standards depends upon various factors including traffic potential, demand from airiines for operation Of international flights a8 well as availability of requisite future requirements;commercial viability, etc. At present, there is no proposal to declare Rajahmundry airport as international airport
Lok Sabha Question No. 825 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Establishment of National Biogas Mission
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 825

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.04.2016

## ESTABLISHMENT OF NATIONAL BIOGAS MISSION

## 825. SHRI KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of New and Renewable Energy be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  set  a  timeline  for  establishing  the  National  Biogas Mission;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the target set by the Government for the generation and distribution of biogas in the country and the manner in which it is likely to be achieved;
- (d) the  investment  made  by  the  Government  for  the  generation  of  renewable  energies including biogas in the country;
- (e) whether the Government  plans  to include guidelines specifying the share of expenditure to be attributed towards various renewable energies; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR POWER, COAL & NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a)&(b): No, Madam.
- (c): Under the National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP), a target of  setting  up  of  about  6.50  lakh  biogas  plants  was  set  for  the  12 th Five  Year  Plan  period which is equivalent to generation of about 13 lakh cubic meter of biogas per day. Against this target, generation of about 10 lakh cubic meter of biogas per day is likely to be achieved by the end of the current year.
- (d):  An  investment  of  Rs.  91,150  crore  has  been  made  during  the  last  three  years  for  the renewable  energy  sector  which  includes  Rs.  308.92  crore  for  the  biogas  energy  in  the country.
- (e)&(f): No, Madam. At present, there is no proposal for specifying the share of expenditure to be attributed towards the various sources of renewable energies.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 821 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Defects in NHs
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: DEVAJIBHAI GOVINDBHAI FATEPARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 821

ANSWERED ON 28 TH  APRIL, 2016

## DEFECTS IN NHS

## 821. SHRI DEVAJIBHAI G. FATEPARA:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS सडक परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of engineering/structural  defects in construction of National     Highways causing accidents have come to the notice of the Government across the country during the last three years, State/UT-wise and NH-wise along with the action taken/being taken by the Government to remove such engineering/structural defects so far; and
- (b)     whether the Government has received any complaints from various quarters   on the engineering/structural defects in National Highways in the country during the said period, if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise and NH-wise?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) and (b) National Highways are designed and Constructed as per the standards and  specifications  laid  down  by  the  Indian  Road  Congress  (IRC)  &  Ministry  of  Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) guidelines which include safety aspects. Engineering/structural  defects  noticed  during  design,  construction  &  maintenance  of National Highways  are corrected suitably as per the provisions of the contract agreements.  Road  safety  audits  are  also  conducted  for  identifying  the  safety  concerns which are rectified through remedial measures.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 820 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Operations at Shimla Airport
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: VIRENDER KASHYAP

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 820 (To be answered on the April 2016)

## OPERATIONS AT SHIMLA AIRPORT

820.

## SHRI VIRENDER KASHYAP

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

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be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has any plan to construct airports at every State Capital for international flights, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has any plan to re-start flights from the airport; if the time by which it is likely to be done; and SO,
- (b) whether Shimla airport is non-functional for the last four years, if S0, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether there is any\_proposal of the Government to construct airport of international capacity in Shimla or near Shimla s0 as to connect Himachal Pradesh capital with air servitce and if S0, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(a): At present; there is no such plan.

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

(b) & (c): Shimla airport is an operational airport and presently non-scheduled flights operate to and from Shimla. However; there are no scheduled aircraft operations at Shimla Airport since October 2012 due to various operational, topographical and security constraints including reduction in basic strip of runway length due to terrain, inadequate runway end-safety area; absence of Viability Funding by the State Government; etc: Airports Authority of India has completed runway re-carpeting work and has undertaken widening 0f runway including prevention of soil erosion to make the Airport fit for operation of ATR-42 type of aircrafts: However, flight operations in domestic sector are guided by the Route Dispersal Guidelines (RDG) issued by the Government and it is the airline operators to provide air services to specific places depending upon the traffic demand and commercial viability and their company policy: (d): At present, there is no such proposal: hilly Gap upto
Lok Sabha Question No. 819 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-28
Subject: Toll Operate Transfer
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: K. MARAGATHAM

## GOVERMNENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 819

ANSWERED ON 28 TH  APRIL, 2016

## TOLL OPERATE TRANSFER

## 819. SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  prepared  a  list  of  75  completed  projects  that  can  be  sold  to private players for about 15 years under new model named Toll Operate Transfer;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government expects to generate at least Rs. 40,000 to Rs. 50,000 crore upfront revenue from selling of these projects; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof including the present annual revenue generation of these projects?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a) to (d) A proposal for monetisation of completed public funded national highway (NH) projects through Toll-Operate-Transfer (TOT) mode based on the expected collection of user fee receivables,  through  private  sector  efficiency  &  expertise  is  under  active  consideration  in  the Ministry. Proceeds from such monetisation of completed NH projects which shall accrue to the government/authority  are  to  be  utilised  for  construction  and  operation  and  maintenance  of national highways throughout the country. The user fees shall be collected post auction by the selected concessionaire as per existing provisions of the National Highways Fee (Determination of Rates and Collection) Rules, 2008 and amendments thereof for a pre-determined concession period. NH Projects to be bid out under this mode will be finalised once the proposal is approved by the Government.

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