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Lok Sabha Question No. 605 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: Medical Colleges
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: JITENDRA CHAUDHURY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 605 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH FEBRUARY, 2016

## MEDICAL COLLEGES

## 605. SHRI JITENDRA CHAUDHURY:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the private medical colleges earn more than thousand crores of rupees per annum through admission in MBBS and Post Graduate medical courses;
- (b) if so,the details thereof and the re ction of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether these colleges are running without facilities, no patients and fake f culties; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government to check these irregularities in private medical colleges?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

(a)& (b): No  such  information  `in  respect  of  Private  Medical  Colleges  is  maintain Centrally. However, in the case of private un - aided medical colleges the fee structure is decided by a Committee se t up by the respective State Government under the chairmanship of retir High Court Judge in pursuance of the directions of the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India. It is for the Committee to decide whether the fee proposed by an institute is justified and the fee fix by the Committee is binding on the institute.

- (c) & (d) : The Medical  Council  of  India  after  verifying  the  teaching  and  infrastruct facilities available at the medical colleges sends its recommendation to the Central Gove Ministry of H ealth & Family Welfare. C ntral Government issues approval/disapproval on the basis of MCI recommendation.

In the event of identification of fake faculty either on the basis of complaints or MCI's own  verification,  the  said  college  can  be  debarred  for  2 years  for  making  admissions  in  the MBBS course. The matter is also referred to Ethics Committee of the Council to invest against the said fake faculty/Dean/Principal of college and action is taken against them Code of Medical Ethics Regulat ion.
Lok Sabha Question No. 604 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: Decline in Domestic Investment
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: ANANT KUMAR DATTATREYA HEGDE

- (a) whether it is a fact that the capital investment in domestic private sector and the public sector has declined in the country for the last several years; and
- (b) if so, the amount of capital invested in private sector and public sector in the country during each financial year from 2010-12 to 2014-15?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI JAYANT SINHA)

- (a)  and  (b):  The  information  on  Gross  Capital  Formation  (GCF),  also  known  as  investment, based on the new series of national accounts (base year=2011-12), is available only from the year 2011-12. Based on the estimates published by the Central Statistics Office, GCF at current prices in the public sector and private sector is given in the following table.

| Gross Capital Formation at Current Prices ( Rs. crore)   | Gross Capital Formation at Current Prices ( Rs. crore)   | Gross Capital Formation at Current Prices ( Rs. crore)   | Gross Capital Formation at Current Prices ( Rs. crore)   | Gross Capital Formation at Current Prices ( Rs. crore)   |
|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                          | 2011-12                                                  | 2012-13                                                  | 2013-14                                                  | 2014-15                                                  |
| Public Sector                                            | 658442                                                   | 717203                                                   | 803345                                                   | 923941                                                   |
| Private Sector                                           | 2546031                                                  | 2816572                                                  | 2940946                                                  | 3140981                                                  |

Source: Central Statistics Office.

Note: Public sector includes public financial and non-financial corporations and the general  government.  Private  sector  includes  private  financial  and  non-financial corporations and households.

GCF in the public sector increased from Rs. 658442crore in 2011-12 to Rs. 923941crore in 2014-15.  GCF  in  the  private  sector  increased  from Rs. 2546031crore  in  2011-12  to Rs. 3140981 crore in 2014-15.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 603 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: Availability of Ventilator Beds
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: KAUSHAL KISHORE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 603 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH FEBRUARY, 2016

## AVAILABILITY OF VENT ILATOR BEDS

## 603. SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  issued guidelines  for  providing  ventilator  bed facility  in  an emergency situation on immediate basis to seriously ill persons including accident victims in all Government/private  hospitals  particularly Dr.  Ram  Manohar  Lohia  Hospital  and Safdarjung Hospital;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the guidelines in this regard;
- (c) the action taken/proposed to be taken against the hospitals which express inability to provide ventilator bed facility to seriously ill patients in an emergency; and
- (d) the other corrective steps taken/ being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

(a) to (d) : Since Health is a State subject, it is the responsibility of the State Gover such  guidelines  and  take  action  against  the  Hospitals,  who  refuse  to  provide  treatm seriously ill persons including accident victims.

However, in pursuance of judgement of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Writ Petition No. 235 of 2012, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare have issued guidelines in August 2015 all States/UTs on Good Samaritans in which, inter alia ,  it  has  been  mentioned  that  'Lack of response by a doctor in an emergency situation pertaining to road accidents, where he is e to  provide  care,  shall  constitute  'professional  Misconduct'  under  Chapter  7  of  the  Indian Medical Council (Professional Conduct, Etiquette and Ethics) Regu lation, 2002 and disciplinary action  shall  be  taken  against  such  doctors  under  Chapter  8  of  the  said  Regulations.'  It  is  the responsibility of the respective State Government/UT to take action against the said Hospi

In so far as three central Govt. H ospitals viz. Safdarjung Hospital, Dr. RML Hospital and LHMC are concerned, they have adequate number of ventilator bed facilities in an emergency situation.
Lok Sabha Question No. 602 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: Financial Assistance to Parents of Daughters
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: PARESH RAWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 602

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.02.2016

## FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO PARENTS OF DAUGHTERS

## 602. SHRI PARESH RAVAL:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposed to provide financial assistance to parents having only one or two daughters; and

- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

- (a) No madam,

- (b)   In view of above does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 601 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: BEL Projects
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.601

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  FEBRUARY, 2016

## BEL  PROJECTS

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- (a) whether  the  Bharat  Electronics  Limited  is  planning  to  establish  a  defence  systems integration complex in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) whether as a part of 'Make in India' programme some defence projects in collaboration with Small and Medium Enterprises are also being taken up and if so, the details thereof, projectwise?

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- (a) Bharat  Electronics  Limited  (BEL)  intends  to  set  up  a  state-of-the-art Missile  Systems  Integration  Complex  in  Andhra  Pradesh  (AP).    Foundation stone for the 900 acres complex at Palasamudram in Anantapur district was laid on 30 th September, 2015.

This  new  Missile  Systems  Integration  Complex  will  further  strengthen the Defence capabilities in the country and enable manufacturing, integration and testing  of  ongoing  and  upcoming  projects  in  the  area  of  Surface-to-Air Missile systems.

- (b) BEL has taken various initiatives to enhance procurement from MSMEs (Micro Small and Medium Enterprises) toward achieving the goals of 'Make in India' policy.  BEL has also identified MSMEs (Technology partners) and will be working with them in collaborative R&D mode based on their capabilities and  BEL's  requirements  in  future.    BEL's  unit  at  Machilipatnam,  Krishna District, Andhra Pradesh has been sourcing items required for the manufacture of Electro-optic products from MSMEs of AP state.  Further, some of the components, sub-systems, mechanical parts required for setting up of the Missile Integration Complex at Palasamudram, Anantapur will be sourced from private vendors / SMEs of Andhra Pradesh.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 599 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: Online Sale of Medicines
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, DEVAJIBHAI GOVINDBHAI FATEPARA, RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE, JYOTI DHURVE, KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU, RAJESH RANJAN  (PAPPU  YADAV)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 599 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH FEBRUARY, 2016

## ONLINE SALE OF MEDIC INES

599. SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB: SHRI DEVAJIBHAI G. FATEPARA: SHRI RAJAN VICHARE: SHRIMATI JYOTI DHURVE: SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU: SHRI RAJESH RANJAN:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  selling  of  online medicine  by  companies  is  permissible  under theDrugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the number of companies/organizations engaged in selling online medicines  across the  country,  as  on  date,  company -wise  andif  not,  the  action  taken  by  the Government against such companies;

(c) whether the Government has received complaints against various online trading companies who  are  selling  spurious medicines,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the action  taken  by  the Government in this regard;

(d)  whether  the  Government  is  planning to  a mend  Drug  and  Cosmetic  Act  to  enable easy facilitation of business in the drug e- commerce sector and if so, the details thereof; and

(e)  the  manner  in  which  the  Government protect  the  consumer  from  counterfeit/ substandard drugs being sold online and to r egulate the e - pharmacy websites giving drugs after checking the veracity of the pr scription?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA)

(a) : In accordance with the provisions of the Drugs & Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Rules made thereunder,  the  sale  of  drugs  in  the  country  is  regulated  by  State  Licensing  Auth Accordingly, drugs specified in Schedule H, H1 or Schedule X can not be sold except on a accordance with the prescription of a Registered Medical Practitioner. The supply of prescription drugs can be effected only by or under the personal supervision of a registered pharmacis licensed premises.

(b): Food  and  Drug  Administration,  Maharashtra  has  taken  regulatory  action  a gainst Snapdeal,  Amazon  and  Flipkart  which  were  found  to  be  selling/distributing  medicines consumers through internet without valid sales bill and requisite licenses.

(c): A number of representations have been received from Chemists and Druggist associ ations  against  online  sale  of  prescription  drugs.  Similarly,  a  number  of  represen have also been received to permit such sales.

(d) & (e): No such proposal is presently under consideration of the Government and onli sale of drugs can be permitted only after appropriate mechanism is established to address th risks and concerns related to such sales.
Lok Sabha Question No. 598 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: Disciplinary Cases against Jawans
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: E. T. MOHAMMED BASHEER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.598

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  FEBRUARY, 2016

## DISCIPLINARY  CASES  AGAINST  JAWANS

598. SHRI  E.T. MOHAMMED  BASHEER:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE be pleased to state:

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- (a) the details of the cases connected with the disciplinary matters of jawans pending for more than a year under various legal proceedings in the Armed Forces, service-wise;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to expedite the same; and
- (c) the details of grievance redressal mechanism now available for jawans with regard to complaints of injustice committed by their senior officers?

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(a) to (c): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 597 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: Irregularities by Housing Finance Companies
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: VIRENDRA  KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.597 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 th February, 2016 / PHALGUNA 7, 1937 (SAKA) IRREGULARITIES BY HOUSING FINANCE COMPANIES

## 597. DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state

- (a) whether the Government has noticed that a lot of cases are coming up against housing finance companies / builders duping investors by offering various high return schemes;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the number of cases reported during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise along with the action taken thereon;
- (c) whether the Government has conducted any enquiry in this regard and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken / being taken by the Government to protect customers from the fraud housing companies?

## Answer

## The Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (SHRI JAYANT SINHA)

(a) to (c): As on date, 71 Housing Finance Companies (HFCs) are registered under Section 29A of the National Housing Bank (NHB) Act, 1987, and out of them, only 12 HFCs are permitted to accept public deposits. NHB has prescribed rate of interest ceiling of 12.5% p.a on acceptance or renewal of any public deposit by HFC and such interest being payable or compounded at rests which should not be shorter than monthly rest.

NHB has reported that no complaint of duping of investors by the HFCs, registered with NHB has been received.

(d) National Housing Bank (NHB) publishes 'Public Notices' annually in leading and local newspapers for creating awareness amongst public in Hindi, English and Vernacular Languages.

NHB has setup a dedicated Complaint Redressal Cell (CRC), under its Grievance Redressal Policy (GRP). In terms of GRP, deposit related complaints are examined to ascertain whether the Housing Finance Company (HFC) has violated any provisions of the NHB Act, 1987 (Central Act No. 53 of 1987) or the Housing Finance Companies (NHB) Directions, 2010 or any Guidelines issued there under from time to time.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 596 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission Report
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: J.C. DIVAKAR REDDY

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## MINISTRY  OF }'INANCE DEPARTMENT  OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 596

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 26'h FEBRUARY  2016

## Financial Sector Legislative Reforms Commission  Report

## 596. SHRI J.C. DIVAKAR  REDDY:

Will the Minister of FINANCE  be pleased  to state:

- (a) whether the Govemment  has received  the report of the Financial Sector Legislative  Reforms Commission;
- (b) if so, the main recommendation  made therein; and
- (c)  the response  ofthe Govemment and the action taken/proposed to be taken thereon?

## ANSWER

## MTMSTER  OF STATE IN TIIE MINISTRY  OF FINANCE (SHRI JAYAITTSTNHA)

- (a) The report of the Financial Sector Legislative Reforms  Commission (FSLRC) was submitted  to the Covemment  on 22.3.2O13.
- (b) FSLRC recommended  a single, unified and intemally consistent draft law 'lndian Financial Code'(lFC) to replace a large part  of the existing Indian legal framework  goveming the financial sector. This is based on the tasks  of financial  law; regulatory  governance, consumer  protection, micro-prudential regulation, resolution mechanism, capital controls,  systematic  risk, financial inclusion and market developmen! monetary policy,  contracts, trading and market abuse. In order to perform  these tasks the Commission has recommended  a seven agency architecture, namely, Reserve  Bank of India, Unified  Financial Agency, Financial  Sector Appellate Tribunal,  Resolution Corporation,  Financial Redress  Agency,  Public Debt Management  Agency and Financial Stability and Development  Council.
- (c) The report was placed in public domain on the website  of the Ministry  of Finance  on 28.3.2013. The report has been examined in consultation  with stakeholders and the draft IFC has been revised

on tlre basis of con')ments  received  and Dlaced in public domain  on 23.7.7015. 'l he lbiio$,ing actions  have becn taken/conceived:-

- i) The existing financial  sector  regulatory  agencies  are inrplementing  the governance enhancing recommendations,  that can be adopted rvithout legislative  changes. on a voluntary basis.
2. ii) A Monetary  Policy  Framework  Agreement between  the Government  and the Reserve  Bank of lndia  was signed on 20.2.2015.  providing for flexible  inflation  targeting.
3. iii) The Forward Markets  Commission  was merged with the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI)  with effect from 28th September,  2015 to achieve convergence of regulations  of securities  market and commodity  derivatives  market.
4. iv) Initiated  the process for upgrading/enhancing  capacity ofthe Securities Appellate Tribunal  and sefting up the Resolution  Corporation, Public Debt Management  Agency and Financial Data Management  Centre.
Lok Sabha Question No. 595 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: Request from State
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.†595

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, 26 TH  FEBRUARY, 2016/ PHALGUNA 7, 1935 (SAKA)

## Request from State

## †595. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received any request from Rajasthan Government to bridge the gap between plan and non-plan expenditure of the Government;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the action taken in this regard;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  letter  from  the  Government  of Rajasthan  for  providing  funds  to  meet  the  expenditure  incurred  by  the  State  under Central laws;
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  whether  any  action  has  been  taken  by  the Government in this regard; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE

## SHRI JAYANT SINHA

- (a) to (e) The State Government of Rajasthan has not made any request to bridge the gap  between  plan  and  non-plan  expenditure  of  the  Government.  Further,  unlike preceding Finance Commissions, the 14th Finance Commission has taken into account overall revenue expenditure of the States (without making any distinction between plan and non-plan expenditure) and their post devolution revenue position made assessment for the deficit States. Accordingly, the Rajasthan has been identified as post devolution surplus State.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 594 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-26
Subject: Renamed of MUDRA Bank
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: S.SELVAKUMARA CHINNAYAN, GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ

## Govt. of India

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Financial services

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 594

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 th February, 2016/ PHALGUN 7 1937 (SAKA)

## Renaming of MUDRA Bank

- 594 Shri S. Selvakumara Chinnayan: Dr. C. Gopalakrishnan:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has decided to rename the existing MUDRA Ltd. into MUDRA Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) Bank, as a wholly-owned subsidiary of SIDBI;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor and the salient features of the MUDRA SIDBI Bank; and
- (c) the time by which the said bank is likely to become functional?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of State in Ministry of Finance (SHRI JAYANT SINHA)

- (a) & (b) The Union Cabinet has approved the conversion of MUDRA Ltd. into MUDRA (SIDBI) Bank as, a wholly owned subsidiary of SIDBI to carry out the following functions:-
- (i) Refinance operations,
- (ii) Support services with focus on portal management, data analysis, etc,
- (iii) Any activity entrusted / advised by Government of India.
- (c) MUDRA Ltd. has been functional since 08 th April, 2015. It has written to Reserve Bank of India (RBI) for conveying concurrence for the conversion of the Company to MUDRA (SIDBI) Bank Ltd.
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