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Lok Sabha Question No. 1581 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Funds for Development/Promotion of Sports
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: PINAKI MISRA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1581

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2015

## Funds for Development/Promotion of Sports

1581. SHRI PINAKI MISRA:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  have  a  common  pool  of funds generated through sponsors and advertisements to ensure uniform growth of all the sports activities in the country;
- (b) if so, whether it is proposed to bring in legislation in this regard; and
- (c) if not, the details of the measures suggested to ensure uniform funding
- and growth of all the sports activities in the country?

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

- (a) & (b) The  Ministry  of  Youth  Affairs  &  Sports  is  managing  the National  Sports  Development  Fund  (NSDF)  with  a  view  to  mobilizing resources  from  the  Government  as  well  as  non-governmental  sources, including the private/corporate sector and  non-resident Indians, for promotion  of  sports  and  games  in  the  country.  In  order  to  make contributions to the Fund attractive, 100% exemption from income tax is available  on  all  contributions  to  the  Fund.  NSDF  provides  financial assistance to outstanding Sports persons, Sports Federations and other organizations. Top level sports persons, who are medal winning prosepects in Olympics, Commonwealth Games, Asian Games and other international  competitions,  are  selected  for  financial  assistance  from NSDF. Reputed Organizations/Institutes, engaged in promotion of sports and  games,  can  also  get  financial  assistance  for  specific  projects  like

creation  of  infrastructure,  procurement  of  state  of  the  art  equipments etc.,  provided  a  large  population  of  the  area/region  gets  the  benefits derived out of such projects.

## At present, there is no proposal to bring in legislation in this regard.

(c) Sports is a State subject and it is primarily the responsibility of the State Governments to ensure funding and development of Sports in the country. The Central Government, through its various sports promotional schemes,  complements  and  supplements  the  efforts  of  the States towards this end.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1580 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: National Institute of Pharmaceutical Education and Research
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: NARANBHAI KACHHADIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1580

TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 th  Decmber, 2015

## National Institutes for Pharmaceutical Education and Research

## 1580.  SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- a)  whether  17  MoUs  have  been  signed  by  the  National  Institutes  for Pharmaceutical Education and Research (NIPERs) and the pharmaceutical industry for Academic Industry linkage, if so, the details thereof;
- b)  whether  any  investment  is  also  being  made  in  this  sector  through Foreign Direct Investment (FDI); and
- c) if  so,  the  amount  of  funds  invested  through  FDI  in  this  sector  so  far along with the details in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  CHEMICALS  AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR).

- (a)  :   Yes, Sir. The details are at Annexure.
- (b)  to  (c):  Statement  of  Financial  Year-wise  Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI) Equity inflows from April, 2012 to September, 2015 in the Drugs & Pharmaceuticals Sector is as under:-

| S.NO.   | YEAR            | FDI (in Rs. Crore)   | FDI (in US$ million)   |
|---------|-----------------|----------------------|------------------------|
|         | 2012-13 Apr-Mar | 6,011.49             | 1,123.46               |
|         | 2013-14         | 7,190.76             | 1,279.34               |
|         | 2014-15         | 9,051.83             | 1,497.74               |
|         | 2015-16 Apr-Sep | 1,440.94             | 225.91                 |
|         | Grand total     | 23,695.02            | 4,126.44               |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1578 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Emission Target
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SULTAN  AHMED

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1578

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2015

## Emission Target

## 1578. SHRI SULTAN AHMED:

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

- (a) whether India has chalked out any plan for reducing emission intensity target;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  future  plan  for  forestry  target  and  clean  power  as  a  step  towards  international commitment on climate change?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

(a) & (c) Government of India has formulated  the National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) on June 30, 2008 comprising  eight (8)  National  Missions;  (i)  Solar  Energy  (ii) Enhanced Energy Efficiency (iii) Sustainable Habitat (iv) Water (v) Sustaining the Himalayan Eco-system (vi) Green India (vii) Sustainable Agriculture and (viii) Strategic knowledge, to promote  adaptation  and  mitigation  activities.  All  Parties  to  the  United  Nations  Framework Convention  on  Climate  Change  (UNFCCC)  have  been  requested  to  submit  their  Indented Nationally Determined Contributions (INDCs) towards addressing climate change. Accordingly, India has submitted its INDCs which envisages reduction of emission intensity of its GDP by 33 to 35 percent from 2005 levels by 2030.

The  future  plans  as  per  INDCs  submitted  by  India  envisage  that  about  40  percent  of  its cumulative  electric  power  installed  capacity  shall  come  from  non-fossil  fuel  based  energy sources by 2030. It has proposed massive increase in renewable energy from 35 GW (upto March  2015)  to  175  GW  by  2022  through  National  Solar  Mission  and  other  activities  in Wind, Biomass, and Small Hydro. In addition, it has planned accelerating afforestation efforts to create additional carbon sinks of 2.5 to 3 billion tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1577 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Defence Training to Women
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: K. GOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1577 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 08 TH  DECEMBER, 2015/AGRAHAYANA 17, 1937 (SAKA)

DEFENCE TRAINING TO WOMEN

1577. DR. K. GOPAL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any proposal to extend self defence training programme to women in the country; and

(b) if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise?

ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): As per the seventh schedule to the Constitution of India `Police` and `Public  Order`  are  State  subjects  and,  as  such,  the  primary  responsibility  of prevention,  detection,  registration,  investigation  and  prosecution  of  crime, lies with the State Governments/ Union Territory Administrations.

Presently,  Government  does  not  have  any  proposal  to  extend  self  defense training programme to women in the country.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1572 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Regional Office
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1572

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2015

## Regional Office

1572. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

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

- (a) whether the Union  Government  has  received any proposal from the State Government of Rajasthan for opening of a new office in Jaipur or Tonk district; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and response of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

- (a) Government of Rajasthan requested the Central Government to open a regional office of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change at Jaipur.
- (b) Keeping in view that four new regional offices of the Ministry of Environment, Forest  and  Climate  Change  have  recently  been  opened,  as  of  now  there  is  no proposal to open a regional office at Jaipur.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1570 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Progress on Malegaon Blast Case
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1570

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

## PROGRESS ON MALEGAON BLAST CASE

## 1570. SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the progress of investigation into the Malegaon Blast case is slow;

(b) if so, the reasons therefor; and

(c)  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  for  speedy  investigation  of  the case?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c):  Two  cases  namely  RC-3/2011/NIA/DLI,  relating  to  Malegaon  blast 2006,  and  RC-5/2011/NIA/DLI,  relating  to  Malegaon  blast  2008,  are  being investigated by the NIA.

The case relating to  Malegaon blast  2006  was  initially  investigated  by ATS, Maharashtra and subsequently transferred to CBI.  The ATS, Maharashtra filed charge sheet in the case on 21.12.2006 and the CBI filed supplementary charge sheet on 11.02.2010 before the  MCOCA  Court. The  case  was transferred  to  NIA  on  04.04.2011  and  after  investigation  the  Agency  filed charge sheet against  a  different set of 4 accused persons on 22.05.2013. The accused persons who were charge-sheeted by the ATS and the CBI have filed various    petitions  including  discharge  applications.    Similarly,    NIA  chargesheeted accused persons have also filed various  misc. applications in the NIA Special Court, Mumbai. The case is under trial.

The investigation of the case relating Malegaon blast 2008 was initially conducted  by  ATS  Mumbai  and  charge  sheet/  supplementary  charge  sheet was filed by ATS Mumbai on 20.01.2009 and on 21.04.2011 respectively.

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## LS.U.S.Q.No. 1570 FOR 08.12.2015

The  case  was  transferred  to  NIA  on  01.04.2011.    However,  the  accused persons filed a number of petitions in the higher courts including SLP in the Supreme Court  in  2011.    The  Supreme  Court  vide  its  order  dated  15.4.2015 directed the government to constitute a Special Court at Mumbai for deciding the  bail    matters  of  the    accused  persons  and  for  speedy  trial  of  this  case. Accordingly,  the  Central  Government  has  constituted  a  dedicated  Special Court on 10.07.2015. The investigation of this case is at the  final stages.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1569 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Scarcity of Pulses
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Dr. BHOLA SINGH, P. C. MOHAN

## Government of India

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Department of Consumer Affairs

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1569

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2015

## SCARCITY OF PULSES

1569.   DR. BHOLA SINGH: (OIH)  SHRI P. C. MOHAN:

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- (a) whether the Government has taken note of the fact that the "Confederation of All India traders" has held big retail companies responsible for the current scarcity of pulses; and
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  by  the Government against such  big retail companies?

## ANSWER

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## ¼Jh jke foykl ikloku½

## THE MINISTER FOR CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI RAM VILAS PASWAN)

(a) & (b): A representation alleging  hording of pulses  by  big  traders  /  importers  in  foreign country  has  been  received.    Under  the  Essential  Commodities  Act,  1955  &  the  Prevention  of Black-marketing and Maintenance of Supplies of Essential Commodities Act, 1980 action can be taken  against  domestic  hoarding  only.    Advisories  for  strict  action  against  hoarding  and blackmarketing have already been issued to all States/UTs.

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## ORIGINAL IN HINDI
Lok Sabha Question No. 1568 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Jobs in Private Sector for DA
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI, SANTOSH AHLAWAT, C.R. CHAUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1568 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.12.2015

## JOBS IN PRIVATE SECTOR FOR DA

1568 \_ SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI: SHRI SANTOSH AHLA WAT: SHRI CR CHAUDHARY:

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

- the details of jobslemployment provided to the differently abled in the private sector during the last one year and the current year; and
- whether the Government has issued any directives to private sector to create jobs   for the differently abled, if $0, the details thereof and the response received therefrom?
- b) whether the  Government has initiated any scheme to provide one   lakh jobs to differently abled the current year if the details thereof; and during and SO,

## ANSWER

## MINSTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE EMPOWERMENT (SHRI SHRI KRISHNA PAL GURJAR)

- (a) total of 14703 and 8129 persons with disabilities during the last financial year 2014-15 and the current year (as o date 15.10.2015) respectively were provided assistance for selfemployment in the form of concessional loans   through   National   Handicapped Finance Development  Corporation, a Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities.
- (6) & (c): The   Department of  Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities   (DEPwD) has announced the National Action Plan (NAP) for skill development of Persons with Disabilities in March; 2015. The NAP has set a target for providing skill training to one lakh Persons with Disabilities (PwDs) in the current year in collaboration with the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. The skill training received by PwDs under this initiative would facilitate them for obtaining wage employment in both Public and Frivate Sector and self-employment
Lok Sabha Question No. 1567 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Procurement of Foodgrains
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: TARIQ ANWAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1567 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 th  DECEMBER, 2015 PROCUREMENT OF FOODGRAINS

## 1567. SHRI TARIQ ANWAR:

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 slowed down the procurement of foodgrains due to shortage of storage space, if so, the details thereof;
- (b)   the corrective steps taken/proposed in this regard;
- (c)   whether  any  scheme  is  being  implemented  in  the  rural  areas  for  providing assistance for creation of storage capacity; and
- (d)   if  so,  the details thereof indicating the capacity added during the last two years, year-wise?

## A N S W E R MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## (SHRI RAM  VILAS PASWAN)

(a):  No  Madam.  The  procurement  of  wheat  in  Rabi  Marketing  Season  (RMS)  2015-16 was  280.88  LMT  against  280.23  Lakh  Metric  Tonnes  (LMT)  in  RMS  2014-15  and  the procurement of paddy in terms of rice, in Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 2015-16 till 02.12.2015 was 141.26 LMT against 107.26 LMT in corresponding period in KMS 201415. Total procurement of paddy in terms of rice, in Kharif Marketing Season (KMS) 201415 was 321.65 LMT. Thus, the Government has not gone slow in procurement for wheat and  rice.  Further,  there  is  no  shortage  of  storage  capacity  for  the  stocks  procured under central pool. As on 01.11.2015, storage capacity of 806.46 LMT (Covered - 626.49 LMT and Covered and Plinth (CAP) - 179.97 LMT) was available with Food Corporation of India (FCI) and State agencies against central pool stock of 411.98 Lakh MT.

- (b):  Does not arise.
- (c) & (d): Yes Madam.  In order to provide the storage facility to farmers in the rural areas,  the  Government  of  India  through  Department  of  Agriculture,  Cooperation  and Farmers  Welfare  is  implementing  a  capital  investment  subsidy  scheme  Agricultural Marketing  Infrastructure  (AMI),  which  is  a  sub  scheme  of  Integrated  Scheme  for Agricultural Marketing (ISAM) for construction of scientific storage structures. Subsidy upto 33.33% of the capital cost is extended to eligible promoters for construction of such storage capacity.

The  Scheme  has  been  temporality  stopped  since  05.08.2014  for  promoters  of General Category due to exhaustion of funds. However, as the funds are available for Scheduled Caste/Scheduled Tribe (SC/ST) and NER categories, the Scheme continues to be implemented for such promoters.

The capacity added during the last two years is as below.

| 2013-14   | 102.78 Lakh MT   |
|-----------|------------------|
| 2014-15   | 44.83 Lakh MT    |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1565 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Upgradation of Pharma Labs
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE, RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE, VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF PHARMACEUTICALS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1465

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 th  December, 2015

## Pharmaceutical Parks

1465. SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has approved setting up of six pharma parks in the country, if so, the details thereof including the locations of the pharma parks;
- (b) the details of the likely benefits of these pharma parks; and
- (c) the details of the Government's pharma cluster development programme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a), (b) and (c): The  Government  has  announced  a  central  sector  scheme titled  'Cluster  Development  Programme  for  Pharma  Sector  (CDP-PS)'.  The scheme  would  be  implemented  on  a  Public  Private  Partnership  format through one time grant-in-aid to be released in various phases  for creation of  identified  infrastructure  and  common  facilities  in  the  form  of  Common Facility  Centers(CFC)  to  Special  Purpose  Vehicles  (SPVs)  set  up  for  the purpose. Creation of common facilities like common testing facilities, waste disposal system,  training  centre  etc. will help to reduce  the  cost  of promotion of drugs.

Projects  &  Development  India  Limited  (PDIL)  has  been  appointed  as the  Project  Management  Consultant  (PMC)  for  implementing  the  scheme. They had called for the Expression of Interests (EOIs), out of which only one EOI was found to be suitable for Tamil Nadu. PDIL has again been requested to call for EOIs (Second Phase), the closing date of which is 31.12.2015.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1563 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Attack on Beef Eating
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: P. KARUNAKARAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1563

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

ATTACK ON BEEF EATING

1563. SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether there are reports of attacks on the issue of eating beef in some parts of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the minority community are feeling insecure due to such attacks; and

(d) the measures taken by the Government in this regard?

ANSWER

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

(a)  and (b): As per available recent information, there is a report in which a person  and  his  son  in  village  Bisahda,  Gautam  Budh  Nagar,  Uttar  Pradesh were  beaten  up  by  a  group  of  persons  on  the  intervening  night  of  28-29 September,  2015 on the allegation of  slaughtering  a  banned  animal.  One  of the persons later succumbed to his injuries.

(c) to (d): 'Public Order' and 'Police' are State subjects as per the provisions of the Constitution of India.  The responsibilities of maintaining law and order, protection of life and property, including that of minorities,   rest primarily with the respective State Governments.

However, to maintain  communal harmony in the country, the Central Government assists the State Governments/Union Territory Administrations in a  variety  of  ways  like  sharing  of  information,  sending  alert  messages  and advisories, sending

Central  Armed  Police  Forces  including  the  composite  Rapid  Action  Force, created  specially  to  deal  with  communal  situations,  to  the  concerned  State Governments on specific requests and in the modernisation of the State Police Forces.    The  Central  Government  has  circulated  revised      Guidelines  to promote Communal Harmony to the States and Union Territories in 2008 which inter alia, lay down standard operating procedures to be put in place to deal with  situation  arising  out  of  the  communal  violence.  They  also  delineate preventive  and  administrative  measures  to  be  taken  to  maintain  communal harmony.  These guidelines are reiterated while sending advisories.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1558 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-08
Subject: Use of Mobile Phone while Driving
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: KESHAV PRASAD MAURYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †1558

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

USE OF MOBILE PHONE WHILE DRIVING

†1558. SHRI KESHAV PRASAD MAURYA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  number of accidents  reported due to mobile phone use while driving during each of the last three years and the current year, State and UT-wise; and

(b)  the  rules  framed by the Government to check use of mobile phone while driving and the other measures taken to check such cases?

ANSWER

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

(a) to (b): National  Crime  Records  Bureau  (NCRB)  does  not  collect  data  on accidents reported due to mobile phone use while driving. The Motor Vehicles Act  1988  and  Central  Motor  Vehicles  Rules  1989  contain  a  number  of provisions  to  curb  use  of  mobile  phone  while  driving  motor  vehicles.  For offences  committed  using  mobile  phone  while  driving,  the  offender  will  be punished Fine up to Rs. 100 for first offence and for subsequent offence fine up to  Rs.  300  is  levied.  All  State  Governments/UTs,  primarily  responsible  for enforcing  provisions  of  the  Motor  Vehicles  Act/Central  Motor  Vehicles  Rules have been advised from time to time to gear up their enforcement machinery to  implement  the provisions  of law in true spirit to eliminate the  chances of road  accidents.  Measures  taken  by  Central  Government  include  generating awareness through audio-visual-print media.

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