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Lok Sabha Question No. 1484 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Glanders Disease
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: YOGI ADITYANATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1484 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 TH  DECEMBER, 2015

## GLANDERS DISEASE

1484. SHRI YOGI ADITYA NATH:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken note of the reported incidences of horses and mules in Katra (base camp of Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine) being infected with Glanders disease;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  cognizance  of  the  reported  fact  that  the  said  disease  is zoonotic in nature; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the steps taken/being taken by the Government to prevent the said disease from spreading among humans?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

(DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

- a) & b) As per the reports received from National Research Centre on Equines, Hissar and State Government  of  Jammu  and  Kashmir,  there  are  reported  incidences  of  Glanders  Disease  in horses and mules in Katra (base camp of Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine). Since 17th March, 2015, total 23 equines (horses and mules) samples have been found positive by the National Research Centre on Equines, Hissar. As per the information received from the State Government, out of 23 animals found positive for Glanders, 12 animals died/euthanized and disposed off properly and rest of the animals are kept in quarantine /isolated.
- c) & d) Glanders being a fatal disease of equines and having a zoonotic potential, the Department issued advisories to State Government to take all necessary actions  on top priority to contain the disease by adopting necessary control and zoo sanitary measures so as to prevent further spread of the disease, monitor/restrict the equines movement to and from the infected area and to  inform  all  concerned  authorities  including  other  States  as  per  the  provisions  of  the Prevention and Control of Infectious & Contagious Diseases in Animals Act, 2009.

State  Government has informed that appropriate steps for control and containment of the disease  have  been  taken  and  necessary  notification  informing  general  public,  Government authorities  and  adjoining  States  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  the  Prevention  and Control of Infectious & Contagious Diseases in Animals Act, 2009 has been issued.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1481 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Use of Green Fuels
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION N0. 1481

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2015

## Use of Green Fuels

## 1481. SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is an urgent need to use Green Fuels for reducing pollution in the country;
- (b) if  so, whether the Government has made any plan/strategy to promote Green Fuels in the country;
- (c) if so, the details in this regard;
- (d) the details of research activities conducted particularly to promote the 'Make in India' vision undertaken so far for developing Green Fuels; and
- (e) the extent to which the use of Green Fuels is likely to reduce the burden on oil import bill to of the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  FOR  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) Use of green fuels is one of the ways for checking the air pollution.

(b)&(c) In view of substantial rise in demands of automotive fuels and non-renewable nature of  the  conventional fuels and pollutants emitted from these fuels, there is a need for using green  fuels  and  other  renewable  fuels  for  reducing  emission  and  oil  import  bills.  The initiatives taken for promoting green fuels in the country include:-

- Finalisation of the National Electric Mobility Mission Plan (NEMMP) 2020.
- Promotion of CNG vehicles.
- Developing National Bio fuel Policy by Ministry of New & Renewable Energy.
- Implementation  of  Green  Corridor  Project  to facilitate  the  availability  of  CNG beyond city limits by GAIL.
- Establishing Auto LPG Dispensing stations (ALDS).
- Promoting of e-rickshaw particularly in Delhi.
- Developing and popularizing electric vehicles.
- Setting  up  a  Hydrogen  Corpus  Fund  with  a  corpus  of  Rs.100  crore  by  Ministry  of Petroleum & Natural Gas (MoP&NG) for supporting Research and Development in various aspects of hydrogen, which could substitute part of natural gas as transport fuel in future.

(d) Government has taken several steps to promote use of bio-diesel, ethanol and ethanol blended fuel. The  field of alternate fuels requires more  research and technological innovations.  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  &  Highways  is  working  with  ISRO  to  develop lithium-ion  battery  for  use  in  vehicles  which  will  also  contribute  to  the  'Make  in  India' vision.

(e) This Ministry has no information on the extent to which the use of Green fuel can reduce burden on oil import.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1480 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Explosion of CNG Vehicles
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES DEPARTMENT OF HEAVY INDUSTRY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1480 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2015

## Explosion of CNG Vehicles

## 1480. SHRI D.S. RATHOD:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any data on explosion/blast of CNG vehicles in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (c)  the  details  of  law/status  formulated  by  the  Government  for  testing  CNG  kit  in  every  three years?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF  HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES  (SHRI  G.M. SIDDESHWARA)

- (a)  &  (b):   Madam,  no  such  data  is  maintained.  However,  to  avoid  CNG  Cylinder  fire,  all  CNG vehicles have to undergo CNG leakage testing every 3 years.
- (c): Periodic Inspection and Testing of High Pressure Gas cylinders is governed by Gas Cylinder Rules - 2004, Central Motor Vehicle Rule 115 B and Automotive standards AIS24/AIS 028 and AIS 037.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1479 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Vehicle Emission Norms
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: VINOD KUMAR BOIANAPALLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES DEPARTMENT OF HEAVY INDUSTRY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1479 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2015

## Vehicle Emission Norms

## 1479. SHRI B. VINOD KUMAR:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government plans to roll out Bharat Stage (BS) V emission norms by 2019 and BS-VI norms by 2023; and (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF  HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES  (SHRI  G.M. SIDDESHWARA)

(a)  &  (b) : Ministry  of  Road,  Transport  and  Highways  has  uploaded  on  their  website  draft notification  for  mandating  Mass  emission  standards  Bharat  Stage  V  (BS  V)  for  category  M  & Category N vehicles, manufactured on or after 1st April 2019 for new models and on or after 1st April 2020 for existing models and Mass emission standards Bharat Stage VI (BS VI) for M & N category vehicles manufactured on or after 1st April, 2021 for new models and on or after 1st April 2022 for existing models.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1475 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Criminal Justice System
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: C. N. JAYADEVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1475

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 08 TH  DECEMBER, 2015/ AGRAHAYANA 17, 1937 (SAKA)

CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM

1475. SHRI C.N. JAYADEVAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  statistics of  the  National  Crime  Records Bureau for 2014 has confirmed that India's criminal Justice system remains grossly  inefficient  and  blatantly  prejudiced  against  the  minorities  and  poor considering the fact that majority of the jail inmates are undertrials and 70 per cent of those convicted are illiterate; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken in this regard?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

- (a)  to  (b):  As  per  data  compiled  by  the  National  Crime  Records  Bureau (NCRB) at the end of 2014, there were 2,82,879 undertrials  in  the jails of the country, which constitute 67.6% of the total inmates.

'Prisons'is a State subject as per Entry 4 of List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. Therefore, the administration and management of prisons is primarily the responsibility of the State Government. However, the Government of India has issued a comprehensive advisory on  17 th   July 2009 to the State/UTs on 'Prison Administration', which provides for steps to be taken by the State/UTs for providing free legal aid to undertrials,  setting up of Lok Adalats/Special courts in prison for expediting review up of  cases of undertrials. The same may be downloaded from the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs at the following Links:

http://mha1.nic.in/PrisonReforms/pdf/PrisonAdmin17072009.pdf

In  addition,  an  advisory  has  been  issued  by  the  Government  of  India  on 17.01.2013 to the States/UTs regarding use of section 436A of the Cr P.C. to reduce the overcrowding of prison which provides for release of undertrials who  have  completed  one  half  of  likely  sentence  and  for  old  and  indigent prisoners  to  be  released  on  bail  instead  of  personal  bond  with  or  without sureties. The same can also be accessed on the website of the Ministry of Home Affairs at the link:

http://mha1.nic.in/PrisonReforms/pdf/AdvSec436APrisons-060213\_0.pdf

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1473 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Smuggling from Nepal
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1473 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 08 TH  DECEMBER, 2015/ AGRAHAYANA 17, 1937 (SAKA)

SMUGGLING FROM NEPAL

†1473. SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  Gold  is  being  smuggled  into  India  through  Nepal  due  to  which India has to bear considerable loss;

(b) if so, the number of such cases detected during the last three years; and

(c) the steps being taken by the Government to check this smuggling?

ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) & (b): Central  Board  of  Excise  and  Customs  (CBEC),  Department  of Revenue has reported that there have been instances where seizure of gold has been made while attempting to smuggle to India. The following number of cases of gold smuggling have been detected by agencies at Indo-Nepal Border (INB) during the last three years:

| Year    |   No. of cases |
|---------|----------------|
| 2012-13 |              2 |
| 2013-14 |             24 |
| 2014-15 |             19 |

(c): The  field  formations  keep  constant  vigil  on  attempts  to  smuggle  gold. The Customs keep surveillance, gather intelligence and seize the contraband including gold on detection of attempted smuggling.

The Border Guarding Force - Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), deployed along the  Indo-Nepal  border,  keeps  a  constant  vigil  and  carries  out  patrolling  and laying of nakas along the border; it checks persons crossing the border both randomly  as  well  as  on  specific  inputs  received  from  own  sources/sister agencies.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1472 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Financial Packages to J&amp;K
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: THUPSTAN CHHEWANG

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1472

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 08 TH  DECEMBER, 2015/ AGRAHAYANA 17,1937 (SAKA)

FINANCIAL PACKAGES TO J&K

1472.     SHRI THUPSTAN CHHEWANG:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  a  financial  package  of  Rs.  80,000  crore  has  been  announced/ sanctioned for the State of Jammu & Kashmir by the Central Government;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government proposes to earmark amount of fund sanctioned separately to each of three regions of Jammu & Kashmir; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HARIBHAI PARATHIBHAI CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b): Yes, madam. Prime Minister's Development Package for J&K 2015 has been announced making an outlay of  Rs.80,068 crore for development of the State. In the package, an amount of Rs.62,393 crore has been earmarked for  new  initiatives/projects,  Rs.7,427  crore  for  ongoing/existing  project    of PMRP,  2004,  Rs.7,263  crore  for  projects  to  be  undertaken  within  existing budget line and Rs.2,985 crore for Roads and Highways projects under PPP.

(c)  &  (d):  Region-wise  allocation  has  not  been  made  in  the  package.  It includes projects for development of each of the three regions of the State.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1471 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Production of Ethanol
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: VASANTHI M.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1471 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 th  DECEMBER, 2015

## PRODUCTION OF ETHANOL

1471. SHRIMATI VASANTHI M.:

Will  the  Minister  of  CONSUMER  AFFAIRS,  FOOD  AND  PUBLIC

DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any action plan to increase the  production  of  ethanol  for  the  use  of  oil  companies  in  blending programme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and action taken by the Government thereon; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

A N S W E R MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI RAM  VILAS PASWAN)

(a)&(b): The Central Government  with a view to increase production of ethanol for supplies to Oil Marketing Companies(OMCs), has scaled up the blending targets from 5% to 10% under Ethanol Blending Programme (EBP). To achieve these blending targets, the Government has framed a 'National  Grid'  which  networks  the  distilleries  to  the  OMC  depots  and allocates  the  quantities  to  be  supplied  by  them.  The  Government  has also  fixed  remunerative  ex-depot  price  of  ethanol  and  waived  excise duty  on  it  for  supplies  to  OMCs.  Besides,  soft  loans  up  to  40%  of  the project cost is provided to the sugar mills from Sugar Development Fund (SDF) for setting up ethanol projects. Further, there is no restriction on ethanol production from molasses including B-heavy molasses.

- (c): Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1470 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Erosion of Coastline
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1470

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2015

## Erosion of Coastline

## 1470.  SHRIMATI PRATYUSHA RAJESHWARI SINGH :

Will  the  Minister  of  ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS  AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  the  Coastline  of  Odisha  is  under  threat  from erosion;
- (b) if  so,  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  protect  the  coastline  for  of  Odisha  from erosion; and
- (c) the Budget provision allocated for the current financial year?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a) to (c) As  per  the  information  provided  by  Coastal  Erosion  Directorate,  Ministry  of Water  Resources,  and  the  assessment  carried  out  by  National  Centre  for  Sustainable  Coastal Management, Chennai, the Odisha coast is experiencing erosion along its shoreline. To combat coastal erosion, Government of Odisha through its Water Resources Department has undertaken scientific  studies.  The  appropriate  coastal  erosion  control  measures  are  being  installed  which include  installing  the  geo  tube  embankments,  soft  engineering  technologies  like,  mangrove afforestation. For mitigating coastal erosion, an amount of Rs.2626.97 lakhs has been provided for the FY 2015-16 under the World Bank assisted Integrated Coastal Zone Management Project by this Ministry.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1469 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: National Seed Mission
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: J. JAYASINGH THIYAGARAJ NATTERJEE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1469

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH   DECEMBER, 2015

## NATIONAL SEED MISSION

1469.      SHRI J.J.T. NATTERJEE:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government had planned National Seed Mission (NSM) with the objective to provide   incentive  based  assistance  to support private sector seed producing organisations in collaboration with the public sector;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the production and availability of quality certified seeds in the country has been achieved under the Mission; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

कृ षि एवं ककसान कल्याण मंत्राऱय में राज्य मंत्री (DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN)

- (a) & (b): National  Seeds  Mission  was  planned  during  the  11 th and  12 th Five  Year  Plans, which was restructured as 'Sub-Mission for Seed and Planting Material (SMSP)' under National Mission  on  Agricultural  Extension  and  Technology  (NMAET)  subsuming  the  earlier  Central Sector Schemes 'Development and Strengthening of Infrastructure Facilities for Production and Distribution  of  Quality  Seeds'  and  Implementation  of  PVP  Legislations.  SMSP  is  being implemented w.e.f. 01.04.2014 on all India basis with the objective to develop/strengthen seed sector and to enhance production and multiplication of high yielding certified/ quality seeds of all agricultural crops and making it available to the farmers at affordable prices and also to create an effective system for protection of plant varieties, rights of farmers and plant breeders in order to encourage development of new  varieties of plants.

Under  one  of  the  components  of  the  scheme  viz.  'Assistance  for  Boosting  Seed Production in Private Sector', credit linked back ended subsidy @40% of the capital cost of the product in general areas and 50% in case of hilly and scheduled areas subject to an upper limit of Rs.150 lakhs  per project is allowed.  National Seeds Corporation (NSC) is the nodal agency for implementing this component.

- (c) & (d): Financial assistance is provided to the State and implementing agencies for seed related activities  through various ongoing Crop Development Schemes/programmes including SMSP.  During the year 2014-15, production/availability of certified/quality  seeds was 351.77 lakh  Qtls.  against  the  requirement  of  343.56  lakh  Qtls.    The  production  and  availability  of certified/  quality  seeds  during  the  year  2015-16 is 343.52 lakh Qtls.   against the requirement 337.09 lakh Qtls.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1468 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: National Sports Federation
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1468 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2015

## National Sports Federation

1468. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE:

Will the Minister of YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the National Sports Federations (NSFs) managing the Governing bodies and organizing sports activities at State and National levels are answerable to the Government;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  these  bodies  are  provided  funds  by  Government,  if  so,  the details thereof and the criteria therefor; and
- (d) whether the accounts of these bodies are audited, if so, by whom?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI SARBANANDA SONOWAL)

- (a) National  Sports  Federations  are  recognized  by  the  Government and are also provided assistance.
- (b) Government of India has framed a National Sports Development Code of India, 2011 effective from 31-01-2011 to bring in transparency and accountability  in  the  functioning  of  various  National  Sports  Federations (NSFs) for healthy development of sports.  The NSFs are required to comply with the various provisions of NSDCI to follow guidelines on good governance viz democratic and healthy elections.

(c) & (d) Yes,  Madam.    Financial  assistance  is  given  to  the  recognized NSFs of High Priority, Priority and General category sports disciplines under the  Scheme  of  'Assistance  to  NSFs'.    The  scale  of  assistance  for  such championships  was  enhanced  recently  by  the  Government.    As  per  the revised scale, Rs.5 lakhs, Rs.7 lakhs and Rs.10 lakhs is given to the NSFs for organizing national championships for Senior, Junior and Sub-Junior athletes respectively.    In  addition,  financial  assistance  is  also  given  for  coaching camps, training of athletes abroad, participation in internationals events held in India and abroad, procurement of equipment, engaging coaches and other support staff etc.

To  ensure  utilization  of  Government  funds  by  NSFs  for  the purpose for which it has been sanctioned, utilization certificates and  audited accounts  are  invariably  obtained  before  release  of  further  grants  to  NSFs. Fresh grant is not released until the utilization certificates  of  the  previous grant is settled.  NSFs receiving grant of Rs.1.00 crore and above are subject to the audit by Comptroller and Auditor General of India.

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