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Lok Sabha Question No. 1983 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Establishment of Urban Haats
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: SHASHI THAROOR

## ESTABLISHMENT OF URBAN HAATS

## 1983.   DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

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

- (a) whether  the  Standing  Committee  on  the  Review  of  Urban  Haats  (2014-15)  has recommended  the  establishment  of  Urban  Haats  in  various  States/Union  Territories in order to provide direct market facilities  to handicraft artisans and handloom   weavers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  reasons  for  cancelling  thirteen  of  the  sanctioned  Urban  Haats  including  the Urban Haat which was sanctioned for   Thiruvananthapuram;
- (d) whether the Government has taken measures to overcome the hurdles including the delay in finalisation of land/logistics, to   establish Urban Haats, including the Urban Haat in Thiruvananthapuram; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not,  the reasons therefor?

## उत्तर ANSWER वस्त्र राज  ् य मंरी ( स्त्वतंर प्रभार ) ( श्री संतोष कु मार गंगवार ) MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a): Yes,  Madam,
- (b): The  Committee  recommended  for  setting  up  of  the  Urban  Haats  is  to  establish  a permanent marketing infrastructure in towns/metropolitan cities to provide direct marketing facilities to the handicraft artisans/handloom weavers & enable them to sell their products round the year to wider targeted audiences/customers.
- (c): The main reason of cancellation of 13 Urban Haats including Thiruvananthapuram is due to non available of land which is free from all encumbrances.
- (d)  &  (e): To  stop  recurrence  of  cancellation  of  projects,  Office  of  Development Commissioner (Handicrafts) will take an undertaking from the State Government that the land proposed for Urban Haat is free from all encumbrances before sanction to the project.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1980 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Capping of Third Party Insurance Claims
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: A.P. JITHENDER REDDY, A.T. (NANA) PATIL

be pleased to state:

(a) the number of vehicles without valid insurance policy reported during each of the last three years along with the action taken to curb such instances;

(b) the details with regard to the extent of the liability for third-party insurance in case of death or injury in road accidents is covered;

(c) whether the maximum liability for third-party insurance claims in cases of death or injury in road accidents is proposed to be capped;

(d) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor; and

(e) the steps being taken by the Government for quick settlement of claims?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a)  &  (b)    As  per  Section  146  of  the  Motor  Vehicles  Act,  1988,  no  person  shall  use,  except  as  a passenger, or cause or allow any other person to use, a motor vehicle in a public place, unless there is in force in relation to the use of the vehicle by that person or that other person, as the case may be, a policy of insurance complying with the requirements of the Act. The Ministry does not centrally maintain data of vehicles driving without valid insurance policy.

(c)  & (d) Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is working on a proposal to replace  the 'Motor Vehicles Act, 1988' with a new Act namely 'The Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2015' which inter alia proposes  enhanced compensation through third party insurance and structured formula basis. In the proposed  Bill,  the  maximum  liability  for  minimum  premium  has  been  proposed  for  such  sum  not exceeding twenty-five lakh rupee as the Central Government may, by notification, specify.

- (e) In the proposed Road Transport and Safety Bill, 2015 the National Authority shall develop the Unified Vehicle Registration System  to integrate various stakeholders including manufacturers, insurance  firms,  centres  of  fitness  certification,  revenue  departments  of  the  Central  Government,  the State Governments, enforcement agencies, consumers and Motor Accident Claims Tribunal to provide and share information and efficient implementation.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1980

ANSWERED ON 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2015

## CAPPING OF THIRD PARTY INSURANCE CLAIMS

1980.   SHRI A.P. JITHENDER REDDY:

SHRI A.T. NANA PATIL:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1978 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Logistic Cost
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL, SANTOSH AHLAWAT, SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1978 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH   DECEMBER, 2015

## LOGISTIC COST

## 1978. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL: SHRIMATI SANTOSH AHLAWAT: SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state: पोतप�रवहनमंत्

- (a) whether the logistic cost at ports in India is thrice than that of China, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is contemplating to build robust infrastructure to minimise logistic cost near some of themajor ports, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government also proposes to build scrap cycle centres near some of the major ports, if so, the details thereof;
- (d)       the amount likely to be invested for expansion of the major ports; and
- (e) the time by which the expansion work is likely to be started and completed?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

(a)&(b):A  Benchmarking  study  for  Major  Ports  was  conducted    through  a  reputed  consultancy organisation. The  consultants have recommended  various  initiatives/measures to strengthen the infrastructure of Major Ports and improve their efficiency. These initiatives include improvement in the shift  change  process  to  minimize  the  productive  loss,  twin  lifting  to  boost  crane  productivity  for containers  terminals,  redesigning  of  operator  incentive  scheme,  better  yard  side  planning  and  service based Tractor-Trailor(TT) dispatching, existing Iron Ore Handling Plant (IHP) to be used for exporting coal  cargo,  wherever  possible,  development  of  additional  land,  if  required,  improving  Railway  Rake Monitoring to reduce Turn Round Time (TRT), reducing ship change over time and mechanisation of berths, reducing check point delay for container movement by road, relaxation of cabotage on coastal goods and development of coastal movement, installation of quick release systems on berths, effective policy change to mandate usage of common testing facilities, reducing vehicle damage, installation of higher capacity shore crane, navigational aids for night navigation, instituting hot seat changes for crane operators, shift time change, instituting berth productivity norms for liquid bulk, etc. The recommendations also include reducing time gap between haul-in haul-out, reduction in non-working time, consolidation and improvement of spare capacity. The identified initiatives will help in reducing the overall logistics cost in addition to increasing efficiency in major ports.

- (c) No, Madam.

(d)&(e):30 Projects have been targeted for award in the current financial year.  On completion, these projects will lead to capacity addition of 162.20  MTPA at an estimated investment of approximately Rs.

14225.98 Crores.  17 Projects have been awarded so far. These projects would be completed within 24 months from the date of signing of the concession agreement, in the case of PPP projects.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1976 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Sagarmala Project
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1976 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2015

## SAGARMALA PROJECT

## 1976.  SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO: SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

पोतप�रवहनम ं त्

- (a)    whether the Government has launched/proposes to launch Sagarmala project for port-led economic  development  and  to identify potential geographical regions as Coastal Economic Zones;
- (b)        if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  number  of  ports  identified  by  the  Government  under Sagarmala project;
- (c)    whether the Government also proposes to set up low-cost non-major ports along the coastline, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)        whether  this  move  is  likely  to  promote  coastal  shipping  with  additional  capacities  for handling cargo in ports, if so, the details thereof and the further steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SHIPPING (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a):     Yes, Madam.

(b)to(d):Port led economic development include port led industrialization, port based urbanization, modernization of existing ports and development of  ports, optimizing the use  of  existing  and  future  transport  assets  and  developing  new  lines/linkages  for transport(including  roads,  rail,  inland  waterways  and  coastal  routes),  coastal  tourism, recreational  activities,  short-sea  shipping,  coastal  shipping,  ship  building,  ship  repair, ship recycling, logistics  parks, warehousing, maritime zones/services etc. As part of  Sagarmala  Project,  a  National  Perspective  Plan(NPP)  is  developed  which  include identification  of  potential  geographical  regions  as  Coastal  Economic  Zones  (CEZs), identification of major and non-major ports along coastline, coastal shipping etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1975 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Funding for Afforestation
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: AJAY NISHAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1975

ANSWERED ON 10 TH  DECEMBER, 2015

## FUNDING FOR AFFORESTATION

## 1975.   SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS be pleased to state:

## सड़क परिवहन औि िाजमार्ग मंत्री

- (a) the  guidelines  and  criteria  laid  down  for  cutting  of  trees  and  afforestation  during  the construction of National Highways;
- (b)       whether any assessment of trees cut for the development of national highways has been done and any target fixed for afforestation, State-wise, including Bihar and Jharkhand;
- (c)         if so, the details thereof including funds sanctioned, released and used for this purpose during each of the last three years;
- (d)        the compensation deposited with forest department for afforestation during the said period, State-wise; and
- (e) whether the Government is mulling to implement public-private partnership in this regard, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN )

- (a) Guidelines issued by Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Changes have been followed.
- (b) No, Madam.
- (c) Does not arise.
- (d) No  Compensation  is  deposited  to  the  forest  department.    Afforestation  is  being  done. However,  there  is  a  provision  of  1%  of  civil  work  cost  in  the  Green  Highway  (Plantation, Transplantation, Beautification and Maintenance) Policy, 2015for greening of highways.
- (e) No, Madam.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1970 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Voting Right to the Undertrials
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: PRALHAD VENKATESH JOSHI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1970

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, 10 th  December, 2015

## Voting Right to the Undertrials

1970. SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI:

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

(a) whether the Government proposes to amend the Representation of the People Act to confer the right to vote on the undertrials;

- (b) if so, the details and the present status thereof; and
- (c) if not the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  to  (c):  No,  Madam.  The  Supreme  Court  has  repeatedly  upheld  the  validity  of  subsection (5) of section 62 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951 which restricts the voting rights to under trial prisoners.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1969 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Implementation of Supreme Court Orders
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: M. CHANDRAKASI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1969

## TO BE ANSWERED ON THURSDAY, THE 10 TH  DECEMBER 2015

## Implementation of Supreme Court Orders

1969.  SHRI M. CHANDRAKASI:

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

(a) whether  there  is  any  mechanism  to  ensure  proper  implementation  of  the  final verdicts of the Supreme Court in the country; (b) if so, the details thereof and if not the reasons therefor; (c) whether  all  the  orders  of  the  Supreme  Court  have  been  implemented  by  the concerned authorities in the country; and (d) if  not,  the  details  of  those  final  orders  of  Supreme  Court  which  have  not  been implemented so far along with the reasons therefor and the steps taken/ being taken

- in this regard?

ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) As per Article 141of the Constitution of India, the Law declared by the Supreme Court is binding on all courts within the territory of India and Article 144 binds all civil and judicial authorities in the territory of India to act in aid of the Supreme court.  There is  no  other  remedy  available  with  the  authority  against  which  such  order  has  been passed,  except  to  implement  it.    If  an  order  of  the  Supreme  Court  is  not  obeyed,  the defying person/ authority is punishable under the Contempt of Courts Act, 1971 and the  aggrieved  person  has  the  right  to  move  the  court  by  filing  a  contempt  petition against  the  concerned  authority  for  non-implementation  of  the  orders  of  the  Court. Further, no centralized data is maintained regarding implementation of the orders of the Supreme Court.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1967 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Disinvestment in CIL
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: SULTAN  AHMED, K. MARAGATHAM, ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1967 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.12.2015

## Disinvestment in CIL

## 1967. SHRI SULTAN AHMED: SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM: ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to disinvest holding in Coal India Limited (CIL);
- (b) if so, the details and reasons therefor along with the proposal of the Government to invest these funds;
- (c) whether the Government has also approved four rail projects for increasing evacuation of coal and minerals;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to auction mines for steel and cement companies and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (IC) IN THE MINISTR Y OF COAL, POWER AND NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) & (b) : Yes   Madam. Government has approved  the proposal regarding disinvestment of  10% paid up equity of Coal India Limited (CIL) out of Government of India's shareholding of 78.65% through Offer for Sale (OFS).

Disinvestment of  10% Government equity will help in meeting the minimum public shareholding norms of 25% for listed Government companies prescribed by the SEBI under the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Rules (SCRR), 1957.

(c) & (d)   : To  realise/  exploit   the potential of the major coal fields namely,North Karanpura of C entral Coalfield Limited(CCL)   in Jharkhand, Mand Raigarh of S outh Eastern Coalfield Limited(SECL) in Chhattisgarh and Ib-Talcher of M ahanadi Coalfield Limited(MCL) in Odisha , three major rail infrastruture projects have  been taken up by CIL for  capital outlay of Rs 8579 crores. Projects are Tori Shivpur Kathotia of CCL in Jharkhand, East West & East Corridor of SECL in Chhattisgarh and jharsuguda Barpali of MCL in Odisha. The likely completion of these rail projects are Jun e,2016, December,2017 and June,2016 respectively.

- (e) Ministry of Coal has proposed to auction the  following  mines earmarked  for Non-regulated Sector i.e. Iron & Steel, Cement and Captive Power Plants in the fourth round of e-auction -

|   Sl. No. | Coal mine     | State          |
|-----------|---------------|----------------|
|         1 | Brahampuri    | Madhya Pradesh |
|         2 | Bundu         | Jharkhand      |
|         3 | Gondkhari     | Maharashtra    |
|         4 | Gondulpara    | Jharkhand      |
|         5 | Jaganathpur A | West Bengal    |
|         6 | Jaganathpur B | West Bengal    |
|         7 | Khappa&Extn.  | Maharashtra    |
|         8 | Suliyari      | Madhya Pradesh |
|         9 | Bhaskarpara   | Chhattisgarh   |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1964 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Ash Content of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: JOSE K. MANI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1964 TO BE ANSWERED ON  10.12.2015

## Ash Content of Coal

## 1964. SHRIJOSE K. MANI:

Will the MINISTER OF COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the ash content of coal produced in the country vis-à-vis imported from abroad;
- (b) whetheran expert panel has recommended for doubling the ash content of imported coal for use in thermal power plants; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF COAL, POWER  AND NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY  ( SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL )

- (a) : The average ash content of Indian Coal is higher at >40% compared to average ash in imported coal of < 20%.
- (b) & (c): No such recommendation for doubling the ash content of imported coal for use in thermal power plants  is known to Ministry of Coal. However as per the  report of  the Group constituted by Central Electricity Authority (CEA) for studying range of blending imported coal with domestic coal, it has been recommended that imported coal could be blendedwith  indigenous  coal  to  an  extent  of  10-15%  (by  weight),  in  case  of  existing plants and new plants to be designed for blending upto 30% of imported coal by weight.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1963 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Congestion at Delhi Domestic Terminal
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 1963 (To be answered on the 10 th  December 2015)

## CONGESTION AT DELHI DOMESTIC TERMINAL

## 1963. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

- (a):  Various news paper articles have appeared in the recent times indicating level of congestion at Terminal 1D of the IGI Airport, New Delhi resulting into rush and long queues at check in points and security counters, etc. during the peak hours.
- (b) to (c):  All the development works at the airport are undertaken in accordance with the Master Plan prepared by airport operator i.e. Delhi International Airport Limited (DIAL) and are linked to traffic triggers. However, Government of India has reviewed the  present  state  of infrastructure facilities available at Terminal 1D and directed DIAL to take necessary steps for de-congestion of the Terminal. DIAL has taken various steps for smooth operations at the Terminal during the peak hours viz. increase in the number of manned entry gates from 8 to 16, additional number of check-in counters, provisioning of self-check-in kiosks, 4 additional XBIS machines for faster security checks, deployment of additional manpower for queue management etc.

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has received some complaints about the congestion at Delhi Airport's Domestic Terminal (1D) during rush hours, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether Government has formulated/proposes to formulate any plan for decongesting Delhi airport's domestic terminal (1D); and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?
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Lok Sabha Question No. 1961 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-10
Subject: Four Lane of Jammu-AkhnoorPoonch
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1961

ANSWERED ON 10 TH  DECEMBER,  2015

## FOUR LANE OF JAMMU-AKHNOOR-POONCH

1961.   SHRI JUGAL KISHORE:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## सडक परिवहन एबं िाजमार्ग मंत्री

be pleased to state :

- (a) the time by which the work of four laning of Jammu-Akhnoor-Poonch highway is likely to be started; and
- (b) the details of budgetary provisions made in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a) & (b)     Jammu-Akhnoor-Poonch Section is National Highway No.144A. The Jammu-Akhnoor section has been entrusted to National Highways and Infrastructure  Development  Corporation  Limited  (NHIDCL)  for  its  development and maintenance. The NHIDCL has invited the bids for the preparation of Detailed Project Report (DPR). The construction work of four laning to be taken up based on  the  outcome  of  DPR.  The  Akhnoor-Rajouri-Poonch  section  is  entrusted  to Border  Roads  Organization  (BRO)  for  its  development  &  maintenance  and  at present, there is no proposal for 4-laning of this stretch.

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