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Lok Sabha Question No. 309 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Allahabad Airport
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: KESHAV PRASAD MAURYA

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 309 (To be answered on the 25th February 2016)

## ALLAHABAD AIRPORT

## SHRI KESHA V PRASAD MAURYA

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether Bamrauli airport of Allahabad was an international airport earlier, if s0, the details thereof;
- operated from Bamrauli airport at present; being
- (b) whether the Government has reviewed/proposes to review the reasons for cancelling the international status of the airport and accord international status to it again;
- (d) whether the Government proposes to start new flights from the said airport to connect other cities; and

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

- (a) Bamrauli airport at Allahabad belongs to Indian Air Force; Ministry of Defence where the Airports Authority of India is maintaining a Civil Enclave   This Civil Enclave is not declared as an International airport by the Government of India %0 far:
- (b) Declaration %f an airport as International Airport depends upon the traffic potential and the demand from airlines for operation of international flights as weil as the availability of the facilities like Runway length of about 9000 feet to cater to medium capacity long-range aircraft or equivalent type of aircraft; scope for extending the runway length further as per future requirements like for Airbus A330, availability of Ground Lighting Facilities and Instrument Landing System for operation of aircraft at night and availability of Customs, Immigration; Health and Animal Plant Quarantine services:
- (c): At present; Alliance Air is operating daily flights between Allahabad and Delhi from Bamrauli airport: '
- (d) & (e): Flight operations in domestic sector have been deregulated and the airlines are free to operate anywhere in the country subject to Route Dispersal Guidelines (RDG) issued by the Government: However; it is upto the airline operators to provide air services to specific places depending upon the traffic demand and commercial viability: No requests have been received from any airlines to start new flights from Bamrauii Airport:
- (e) if the details thereof? SO,
Lok Sabha Question No. 308 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Import of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No.308

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.02.2016

## Import of Coal

## 308.  DR. P.VENUGOPAL:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  coal  imports  will  continue  to  decline  this  fiscal  due  to unprecedented increase in output of the coal by Coal India Limited (CIL), if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  coal  imports  have  come  down  from  136.6  million  tonnes  in April-November,  2014  to  119.9  million  tonnes  in  2015,  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  CIL's  production  increased  by  8.8  per  cent  during  the  AprilNovember period of the current fiscal 2015- 16; and
- (d)  if so, the details thereof?

## Answer

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

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a)&(b): As  per  CCO  reports,  during  April-November  2015,  the  import  of  coal was  127.52  Mte  as  compared  to  137.61  Mte  in  the  corresponding  period  of 2014-15 showing a decline of 7.3%. This slowdown in import is largely due to the  fact  that  coal  production  by  Coal  India  Ltd.  (CIL)  registered  a  growth  of 8.8% during April-November, 2015 over the same period in the previous year.

(c)&(d): During  April-  November,  2015,  the  production  of  coal  from  CIL  was 321.37  Mt  compared  to  295.40  Mt  in  the  same  period  of  the  previous  year, thereby achieving a growth of 8.8%.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 306 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Incentives to Air India Pilots
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 306 (To be answered on the 25th February 2016)

## INCENTIVES TO AIR INDIA PILOTS

306.

SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

(a). & (b): Ministry of Civil Aviation has recently conveyed approval for pay and allowances with the conditions and penalties for Pilots of Air India Limited. It has been inter-alia provided that; if a Pilot refuses to undertake a flight after rostering, then helshe will be liable for reduction of double the hours rostered subject to maximum of 10 hours for each refusal from the guaranteed flying hours: In case of refusal of flight D-4 hours, double the number of hours 0f scheduled flight refused will be deducted in case of flights up to 6 hours; and flights greater than 6 hours; a flat deduction of 14 hours will be made from the guaranteed flying allowance. along for

be pleased to state:-

- (2) whether the Government has approved a proposal to penalize Air India's pilots for reporting late for flights, along with incentives for those who fly more;
2. (b) if s0, the details thereof;
3. (c) whether according to new pay structure; in order to claim their salaries, the Air India pilots would have to fly minimum 40 hours; if s0, the details thereof;
4. (d) whether the overtime allowance for the pilots has been/proposed to be increased by 25 per cent; and
5. (e) if the details thereof?

Incentive in terms of Overtime allowance; has been given to the Pilots; for flying hours exceeding 70 hours in & month, and the details in this regard are available in reply to (d) & (e) of this question: part

- (c): Madam\_ All Pilots will be fixed 70 hours of flying allowance as rate applicable to individual Pilots, subject to a minimum 40 hours of flying; In the event of being grounded due to medical reasons; the applicable flying allowance will be on pro-rata basis. paid Yes; paid

(d)&(e). The Ministry has approved Overtime Rates as under:

Category

Overtime Rate (for 70-90 hours)

Overtime Rate (Above 90 hours)

First Officer

Rs. 5500

Rs.  7000

Rs. 6000

Rs. 8000

Captain

Rs. 10000

Rs. 12000

Commander

Prior to the above approval, the overtime rates by AI were as under: paid

Narrow Body Pilots(Paid on monthly basis):

Hours

Overtime Rate 1.5 times of the hourly rate Double the hourly rate

72-85

86- onwards

Wide Body Pilots (Paid on 6 monthly basis):

Overtime Rate

Hours

480-540

1.25 times pro-rata basis

540-600

times pro-rata basis

Beyond 600

2.0 times pro-rata basis

.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 304 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Accessibility to Drinking Water
Ministry: DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
Asked by: KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 304 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.02.2016

## Accessibility to Drinking Water

304. SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO:

Will the Minister of DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION be pleased to state:

(a) the proportion of the population that has access to clean drinking water in rural areas of the country and their sources of drinking water; and

(b)  whether  the  Government  has  undertaken  measures  to  increase  the  treatment  of  tap water used as a source of drinking water and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE

## IN THE MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION (SHRI RAM KRIPAL YADAV)

- (a) As reported by the States/UTs into the online Integrated Management Information System of the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, as on 21/2/2016, out of total rural population of 90.39 crore of the country, 87.02 crore rural people have access to drinking water which is free  from  chemical  contamination  like  excess  arsenic,  fluoride,  iron,  salinity  and/or  nitrate. The  source  of  drinking  water  are  ground  water,  surface  water  or  through  rainhwater harvesting.
- (b) The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, Government of India has advised all the State Departments  dealing  with  rural  drinking  water  supply  to  provide  safe  water  based  piped water  supply  system  and  to  adopt  water  treatment  units  like  aeration,  sedimentation, clariflocculation,  filtration  and  disinfection  to  provide  safe  drinking  water.  If  necessary, specific treatment technologies have to be used to treat/control specific chemical contamination of local importance.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 303 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Connecting of Handloom Industry with e-Commerce
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 303 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.02.2016

## CONNECTING OF HANDLOOM INDUSTRY WITH  e-COMMERCE.

## 303. SHRI  KIRTI AZAD:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to connect the handloom industry with e-commerce;
- (b) if  so,   whether the Government has taken any steps in this regard so far; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंरी (स्त्वतंर प्रभार) (श्री संतोष क ु मार गंगवार) MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE)

IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a) & (b): Yes, Madam.
- (c) : A  policy  framework  has  been  prepared  to  promote  e-Commerce  of  handloom products  and  based  on  that  following  e-commerce  entities  have  been  engaged  for  online marketing of handloom products:-
1. M/s.Flipkart Internet Pvt.Ltd (FLIPKART), Koramangala Industrial Layout, Bangalore-560034, Karnataka
2. M/s. ebay India Pvt. Ltd. Barakhamba Road, New Delhi-110001
3. M/s. 'Weavesmart' Online Services, Hyderabad, Telangana.
4. M/s. Crafts Villa Handicrafts Pvt. Ltd., Goregaon East,  Mumbai-400063
5. M/s. Pegarse Technologies Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore-560027, Karnataka
6. M/s. GoCoop Solutions & Services Pvt. Ltd., Bangalore-560002, Karnataka

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Lok Sabha Question No. 301 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Guidelines for Implementation of HIS
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: RITA TARAI

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.301 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.02.2016

## GUIDELINES FOR IMPLEMENTATION OF HIS

## 301. SHRIMATI RITA TARAI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has issued any guidelines for the implementation  of  Health  Insurance  Scheme  (HIS)  for  weavers  under Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) platform for early implementation of the scheme in Odisha; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंरी (स्त्वतंर प्रभार) (श्री संतोष क ु मार गंगवार)

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF TEXTILES (SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR)

- (a): Yes Madam.
- (b): Cabinet Committee on Economic Affair (CCEA) has decided to merge Health Insurance Scheme with Rashtriya Swasthya Bima Yojana (RSBY) of Ministry of Labour & Employment.  RSBY meanwhile has been transferred to M/o Health & Family Welfare & it is in the process of operationalizing RSBY  for  Handloom  Weavers.    This  Ministry  is  in  constant  touch  with Ministry of Health & Family Welfare for early Implementation of Scheme for weavers all over India including Odisha.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 300 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Toll Free National Highways
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: KAUSHAL KISHORE, VASANTHI M.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 300

ANSWERED ON 25 TH  FEBRUARY, 2016

## TOLL FREE NATIONAL HIGHWAYS

300. SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE: SHRIMATI VASANTHI M.:

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

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- (a) Whether there is any proposal under consideration of the Government to stop collection of toll tax/ make the National Highways toll free across the country;

- (b) if so, the details thereof; and

- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI PON. RADHAKRISHNAN)

- (a) No, Madam.

- (b)&(c) Doesn't arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 298 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Oil Pollution in Seas
Ministry: SHIPPING
Asked by: K.R.P. PRABAKARAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SHIPPING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.298 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25 TH  FEBRUARY, 2016

## OIL POLLUTION IN SEAS

## 298. SHRI K.R.P. PRABAKARAN:

Will the Minister of SHIPPING be pleased to state:

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- (a) whether the Government has takennote of many sea areas being affected withoil pollution  due to leakage while transferof oil in the ships, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  steps  have  been  taken  bythe  Government  in  this  regard  and  if  so,  thedetails thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As per the information of Directorate General of Shipping, Mumbai no leakage of oil arising out of its transfer in merchant ships (during their cargo operations at sea) has been reported during the past three financial years and till date.
- (b) The Government has formulated the National Oil Spill -Disaster Contingency Plan (NOS-DCP) for establishing an integrated national system for responding promptly and effectively to deal with any oil  pollution  incident.    The  Indian  Coast  Guard  (ICG),  is  designated  as  the  Central  Coordinating Agency (CCA) for marine oil spill response activities.

Government has also formulated a scheme in the year 2015 to provide financial assistance to all Major Ports and cargo handling 26 Non-Major Ports under State Maritime Boards/State Governments for  procurement  of  Pollution  Response  (PR)  equipments/materials  to  combat  oil  pollution  and mitigating  measures.    Financial  assistance  up  to  50%  of  the  total  cost  of  the  procurement  of PRequipments/materials is provided under the scheme with the balance 50% to be contributed by the concerned port from its own resources.

Initiatives taken by the Indian Coast Guard (ICG) in this regard are:

- (i) Conduct  of  International  Convention  on  Oil  Pollution  Preparedness,  Response  and  Cooperation (OPRC) Level 1 and level 2 courses.
- (ii) Vetting of facility contingency plans of ports and oil handling agencies.
- (iii) Assistance  in  drafting  and  vetting  of  Local  Contingency  Plan  of  Coastal  States  for shoreline response.
- (iv) Conduct of joint inspection of tier-1 facilities of oil handling agencies and major ports.
- (c) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 294 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Improvement in Healthcare under PRIs
Ministry: PANCHAYATI RAJ
Asked by: JAYADEV GALLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 294

TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.02.2016

## IMPROVEMENT IN HEALTHCARE UNDER PRIS

## 294. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of PANCHAYATI RAJ be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that in spite of fifty percent reservation for women in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) not much improvement could be achieved in the field  of  healthcare  such  as  maternal  and  infant  mortality  rate  etc.  in  the  country particularly in Bihar, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, State/UT-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to coordinate with Ministry of Health and Family Welfare  and  Ministry  of  Women  and  Child  Development  to  ensure  more/  better participation of women in healthcare activities in villages under PRIs;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the other measures taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR PANCHAYATI RAJ (SHRI NIHAL CHAND)

- (a) & (b): Maternal and infant mortality rates depend on several factors including overall delivery  of  health  and  child  care  services,  which  are  not  solely  under  the  control  of Panchayats. There  is fifty percent reservation for  women  in  Panchayati  Raj Institutions  (PRIs)  in  19  States.  Reservation  for  women  is  aimed  at  empowering women and making Panchayats gender friendly.
- (c) to  (e):    Anganwadi  Centres  act  as  the  hub  of  activities  of    various  departments including Ministry of Health and Family Welfare and  Ministry of Woman and Child Development,  such  as  pre-natal  and  anti-natal  care,  nutrition,  immunization  etc.  to address these issues. Ministry of Panchayati Raj (MoPR) has provided inputs/suggestions to the Ministry of Woman and Child Development and the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on their various schemes to ensure inclusive engagement of PRIs.  MoPR has also issued various advisories and instructions from time to time and prepared reading material for PRI representatives in this regard.
Lok Sabha Question No. 293 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Jobs to Displaced Persons
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: TAMRADHWAJ SAHU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 293 TO BE ANSWERED ON 25.02.2016

## 'Jobs to Displaced Persons'

## 293.    SHRI TAMRADHWAJ SAHU :

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state :

- (a) whether there is a provision of providing jobs to the persons displaced due to acquisition of their lands for mining work;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  cases  of  jobs  to  displaced  persons  pending  in  the  South Eastern Coalfields Limited in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh?

## A N S W E R

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

(SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a&b): Yes,  as  per  the  Rehabilitation  &  Resettlement  Policy  of  Coal  India  Limited,  2012, there is a provision of providing employment to the displaced persons whose land is acquired for mining. Employment is given in the following manner: -

- 1) The maximum total number of employments that may be provided to the land losers would be  limited  to  the  total  number  of  acre  of  land  acquired  divided  by  two.  However employments will be released in proportion to the land possessed.
- 2) For every two acre of land one employment can be considered;
- 3) Subsidiaries of CIL may give an option to the land losers having less than two acre of land to  club  together  their  land  to  the  extent  of  two  acre  and  nominate  one  of  the  land  losers among the  groups  or  their  dependent  for  employment  under  package  deal  or  employment under descending order system by preparing the list of eligible land oustees in the descending order  of  land  lost  subject  to  the  cut  off  equivalent  to  the  total  number  of  permissible employments    or  any  other  method  with  the  approval  of  the  respective  Board  of  the subsidiary.
- 4)  The land loser must be a domiciled resident/MoolNiwasi and the certificate to this effect shall be issued by the concerned State Authority.
- 5) The modalities for offering employment shall be such as may be approved by the Board of
6. the Subsidiary companies as per the unique conditions of the subsidiary provided that a) The initial employment shall be given with pay of Category-I pay scale of NCWA, with training period of 6 months. b) In  the  seniority  list,  the  seniority  of  the  appointee  should  be  reflected  in  appropriate manner in order to keep the senior most as senior.
- c) The land loser trainees shall be posted as per requirement, including underground duties.

( c )It  is  ongoing  process  and  employment  cases  are  processed  after  receipt  of  applications along  with  required  documents  are  as  per  R&R  Policy  prevailing  in  SECL.  There  is  no pending  case  of  employment  where  required  documents  have  been  received  from  land oustees and the request for employment is as per the provisions of CIL's R&R Policy, 2012.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 291 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Services at Andal Airport
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVEL AVIATION LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 291 (To be answered On the 25th

February 2016)

## SERVICES AT ANDAL AIRPORT

## 291. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL

## Will the Minister of CIVIL A VIATION

- (b) if the details thereof SO,

## ANSWER

## Minister Of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

.

be pleased to state:-

- (2) Whether the Government has any te increase the services at Andal Girpert in West Bengal to avail more flights in many more routee; plan
2. if not; the reasons therefor?

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

- Dto (): Atpresent, Air India is operating three flights/week between Delhi & Durgapur(Andal) ,

Georernment has laid down Route Dispersal Guidelines with a view to achieve better regulation of air transport services 8f different regions of the country. depending upon the traffic demand and commercial viability. As piaces such, the Route Dispersal Guidelines issued by Government; to compliance of

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Lok Sabha Question No. 289 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-25
Subject: Runway Landing System
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 8 289 (To be answered on the February 2016) 25th

## RUNWAY LANDING SYSTEM

289.

SHRI RAJAN VICHARE

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

- (b) if the details thereof; and SO,

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(Dr Mahesh Sharma)

- (a) & (b)Runway Visibility Range (RVR) system has already been provided by India Meteorological Department (MMinistry of Earth Sciences) at Mumbai Airport. RVR has been provided at touch-down position of Runway-27 Runway-09 and Runway-14. AAI has provided CAT-I Instrument Landing System at Runway-27, 9 Runway-09 and Runway-l4 0f Mumbai Airport:
- (c)Does not arise.

be pleased to state:-

- System and CAT equipment at Mumbai Airport to ensure visibility for pilots from 125 metres to 2000 metres;
- (c) ifnot, the reasons therefor?