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Lok Sabha Question No. 3377 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-18
Subject: Illegal Drug License and Health Centres/Clinics
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD, SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3377 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH DECEMBER, 2015

## ILLEGAL DRUG LICENSE AND HEALTH CENTRES/CLINICS

## 3377. PROF. RAVINDRA VISHWANATH GAIKWAD: COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a)  whether  attention  of  the  Government has  been  drawn  towards  reported  instances of prevalence of fake drug license in various St tes/UTs;
- (b) if so, the details thereof indicating the number of such cases reported and the action taken by  the  Government  against the  offenders  during  the  last  three  years and  the  current  year, State/UT - wise;
- (c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Gover nment for periodic review of the policy governing issue of drug license and defection of fake licences them; and
- (d)  the  actions  taken/proposed  to  be taken  by  the  Government  against  the  illegal health centres/clinics during the said period, State/UT - wiseindicating the rules formulated therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) : A few instances where licenses had been issued without jurisdiction by St Licensing Authorities have come to the notice of the Central Government recently. The State Licensing Authorities have, in such cases, been directed to cancel such licenses.
- ( c): Issues relating to the practices followed for issuances of licenses, enforcemen are considered regularly in the meeti ngs of the Drug Consultative Committee (DCC) and the DCC  makes  suitable  recommendations  to  the  Government.  The  Government  has  also approved a proposal to strengthen the drug regulatory structures at a total cost of -crore to be spent over next thr ee years. This includes organization wide e -Governance. In the networked  environment,  the  entire  information  will  be  available  online  and  neces corrective measures can be taken.
- ( d): Health  is  a  State  subject.  The  Central  Government  has  enacted  the  C linical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010 and made rules thereunder. Ac can be taken by the State Governments, where the Act has been adopted. However, the has been adopted only in 9 States and Union Territories (except Delhi).
Lok Sabha Question No. 3376 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-18
Subject: Village Health Workers
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: DALPAT SINGH PARASTE, RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3376 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH DECEMBER, 2015

## VILLAGE HEALTH WORKE RS

## 3376. SHRI DALPAT SINGH PARASTE: SHRI R. DHRUVA NARAYANA:

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

(a)  whether  the  Union  Government  has taken  cognizance  of  the  reports  on  West Bengal Government's  decision  to  train informal  health  care  providers,  referred  to as  quacks  and acknowledge them as Village Health Workers;

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with the  reaction  of  the  Union  Government thereto indicating the kind of training that is likely to be offered;

- (c) the number of informal health care provid rs across the country, State/UTwise;

(d) whether the Union Government proposes to formulate a standard training module to train informal health care providers in basic health care; and

- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) & (b): As  per  the  information  received  from  the  Government  of  West  Bengal,  the Government of West Bengal has decided to provide formal training to the Informal Health Providers for s kill development. It has been decided that.

1. At the initial year the objective is to train and educate Informal Healthcare Pro
2. Trained  Informal  Healthcare  Providers  would  be  acknowledged  as  Village  Health Workers with clear delineation of the care t hat they can provide.
3. They shall be clearly asked to stop using the doctor prefix. They can be recogni a team member of the public health team at the village level.
4. A Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) shall be prepared in consultation with clin pharmacologist, physician, surgeon and administrators.
5. State level and District level committees will be constituted to monitor the t programme  of  the  Informal Healthcare  Providers  and  also  to  regulate  them  after imparting training.

Union Government does not determine the nature of training. However, the practice informal healthcare providers will be subject to extant laws.

- ( c) : This data is not maintained c e trally.
- (d) & (e): Currently, there is no such proposal under National Health Mission.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3374 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-18
Subject: Import of Defence Equipment
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: MAHEISH GIRRI, NISHIKANT  DUBEY, SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3374

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2015

## IMPORT OF DEFENCE EQUIPMENT

3374.  SHRI  MAHEISH GIRRI: SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY: SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

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- (a) the total expenditure incurred on import of various defence equipments during each of the last three years and the current year;
- (b) the names of countries from which import of defence equipment is being done;
- (c) whether the Government has taken steps for minimizing dependency on import for most of the defence equipment requirement;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has made any assessment of the quantum of reduction in the defence  import  during  the  last  one  year,  after  the  implementation  of  'Make  in  India' programme and if so, the details thereof?

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(a) to (e): The expenditure on capital acquisition in respect of orders placed on foreign  vendors during each of the three  years from 2012-13 to 2014-15 was as shown below:

## (Rs. in crore)

| Year    |   Expenditure |
|---------|---------------|
| 2012-13 |       26313   |
| 2013-14 |       35082.1 |
| 2014-15 |       24992.4 |

During the last three and current year, contracts have been signed with foreign vendors including those from USA, Russia, Israel, France, Germany, U.K. and Switzerland for Capital Procurement of defence equipment. Capital  Procurement  of  defence  equipment  is  carried  out  as  per Defence Procurement Procedure (DPP-2013).  It provides that preference will be  given  to  indigenous  design,  development  and  manufacture  of  defence equipment.  Therefore, whenever the required arms, ammunition & equipment can be made by Indian Industry within the timelines required by the Services, the  procurement  will  be  made  from  indigenous  sources.    The  DPP-2013 mandates higher preference to the 'Buy (Indian)', 'Buy & Make (Indian)' and 'Make' categorization in Capital Procurement.  The Defence Production Policy focuses on greater self-reliance in defence production.  Government has also raised the FDI limit in defence production from 26% to 49%.

The  expenditure  in  respect  of  orders  placed  on  foreign  vendors  was Rs.35082.10 crore in 2013-14 and Rs.24992.36 crore in 2014-15.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3372 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-18
Subject: Project Monitoring Group
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3372 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 18, 2015/

AGRAHAYANA 27, 1937 (SAKA)

## PROJECT MONITORING GROUP

## QUESTION

## 3372. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- a) whether the Government has constituted a Project Monitoring Group for fast tracking of stalled investment projects, if so, the details thereof;
- b) the details of number of investment projects cleared by the said group  along  with the numbers pending as on date; and
- c) the time by which the pending projects are likely to be cleared?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE

## ( SHRI JAYANT SINHA )

- (a): Yes Madam.  With an objective to create an institutional mechanism for fast tracking of stalled investment projects, a cell in the nature of Project Monitoring Group (PMG) had been  set  up  in  June,  2013  for  both  public  and  private  sector  projects  with  anticipated investments exceeding Rs. 1000 crore.  The Group pursues such projects with issues as uploaded  on  its  Web  Portal  by  the  project  proponents/Ministries/Departments  of  the Centre and State Governments so that the issues causing delay in implementation of the projects are speedily resolved. The project proponents during the course of implementation of their projects can upload various issues concerning delay including grant of clearances relating to Central Ministries, State Governments or local Authorities on the PMG portal. Once a Project and its issues are accepted for consideration by the PMG, tripartite meetings are convened with the concerned authorities and Project Proponents to discuss and resolve the issues.
- (b): The Project Monitoring Group (PMG) does not clear any project on its own but follows up  with  the  concerned  Authorities  for  speedy  resolution/decision  on  various  issues including grant of clearances within the underlying policy framework.
- As  on  15.12.2015,  all  issues  uploaded  on  PMG  portal  pertaining  to  335  projects  stand resolved and 295 projects are still under consideration of PMG.
- (c) Decisions for grant of a clearance or approval are taken by the Authorities concerned in the light of underlying policy framework and rules/regulations on the subject. PMG aids in resolution of the issues by constant monitoring and follow-up with the relevant approval granting Authorities and is a dynamic and on-going process.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3369 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-18
Subject: National Policy for Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL, RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3369

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.12.2015

## NATIONAL POLICY FOR CHILDREN

## 3369.     SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL: SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

Will the Minister of Women and Child Development be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features of National Policy for Children, 2013 implemented by the Government;
- (b) the target set and achievements made since inception of the policy;
- (c) whether the Government has also  made any provision of funds under the said policy, if so, the details thereof indicating the funds allocated/released and utilized thereunder;
- (d) the mechanism put in place by the Government to monitor the progress of implementation of said policy;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to amend the said policy and sought suggestions from various quarters in this regard; and
- (f) if so, the details and the present status thereof along with the time by which policy is likely to be amended?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to  (f):  The  Government has adopted a new National Policy for Children, 2013 on 26th April, 2013.  The  Policy  recognises  every  person  below  the  age  of  eighteen  years  as  a  child  and covers  all  children  within  the  territory  and  jurisdiction  of  the  country.  It  recognizes  that  a multisectoral and multidimensional approach is necessary to secure the rights of children. The Policy  has  identified  four  key  priority  areas:  survival,  health  and  nutrition;  education  and development; protection and participation, for focused attention. As children's needs are multisectoral, interconnected and require collective action, the Policy calls for purposeful convergence of existing programmes and schemes of different Ministries and hence there is no separate provision of fund under the policy .

Based  on  the  new  National  Policy  for  Children,  2013,  the  Ministry  has  developed  a  Draft National Plan of Action for Children (NPAC).   The purpose is to track and monitor the progress of what is already being done for children across Ministries and Departments The draft NPAC has provision of the National Coordination and Action Group (NCAG) for Children to monitor the Progress of the implementation of the Policy. At present there is no proposal to amend the policy.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3366 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-18
Subject: Adverse Health Impact of Electronic Gadgets/e-Waste
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: KAUSHAL KISHORE, SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3366 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH DECEMBER, 2015

## ADVERSE HEALTH IMPAC T OF ELECTRONIC GADGETS/E - WASTE

## 3366. SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE: SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

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

(a) whether the Government has taken note of increasing incidents of nausea due to watching fast moving digital images, particularly among the younger generation in t he country and if so, the details thereof;

(b)  whether  smart  phones,  tablets  and e- readers  having  brighter  screens  adversely impact human body and cause sleeping disorders and if so, the details thereof;

(c) the corrective steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to educate the people and spread awareness in this regard;

(d) whether e - waste is a serious threat to life and health of people in the country and if so, the details thereof; and

(e) whether the Government has conducted any study/ survey in this regard, if so, the details and the outcome thereof along with the corrective measures being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK )

(a) to (d): Incidents  of  nausea  due  to  watching  fast  moving  digital  images  particula among  the  younger  generation  in  the  country  have  not  been  reported,  however,  e - waste generated  due  to  smart  phones,  tablets  and  e - readers  is    known  to  contain  various  heavy me tals like Arsenic, Lead, Copper, Chromium etc., which can pose health hazards. Common observed effects of such heavy metals on human health can predispose various diseases o skin, nervous system, kidney and respiratory system.

(e): Government has n ot conducted any specific study/research on such type of incidence however various research projects on poisoning by heavy metals were conducted.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3364 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-18
Subject: High Net worth Individuals
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: DADDAN MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTIONNQ.3364

## HIGHNE WORTH INDIVIDUALS

## 3364. SHRI DADDAN MISHRA:

## Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Government is aware that high net worth individuals are consistently migrating from the country;
- (b) if so, the details of such population migrated from the country during the last three years and the current year with reasons therefor; and along
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to prevent migration of such high net worth individuals from the country?

## ANSWER

## MNSTER QE STATE IN THE MINISTRY QE FINANCE (SHRI JAYANT SINHA)

- (a) The term high net worth individuals is not defined in the Income-tax Act; 1961, Hence, no data on high net worth individuals or high net worth individuals migrating from the country is maintained separately:
- (b) Does not arise in view of (a) above
- (c) Does not arise in view of (a) above.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3363 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-18
Subject: Mobile Banking Services
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: SANJAY(KAKA) RAMCHANDRA PATIL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 3363

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18th DECEMBER, 2015 (FRIDAY)/AGRAHAYANA 27, 1937 (SAKA)

## Mobile Banking Services

## 3363. SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether banks have launched/propose to launch their mobile banking applications in Hindi and other regional languages of the country;
- (b) if so, the details of the public sector banks providing mobile banking services in the country including the number of customers presently using the said facility as on date, bank-wise; and
- (c) the manner in which the mobile banking services are being made user friendly and the efforts made/being made in this regard?

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

(a) to (c) National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI) has launched Unstructured Supplementary Service Data (USSD) based mobile banking service to take the banking services to common people across the country. Banking customers can avail this service by dialing *99#, across all Telecom Service Providers (TSPs)' on their mobile phones and transact through an interactive menu displayed on the mobile screen. *99# service is currently offered by 43 leading banks and all GSM service providers (Global System for Mobile Communications) and can be accessed in 12 different languages including Hindi and English. During the current financial year upto November 2015, 20.89 lakh customers initiated transactions have been done on USSD based platform.

Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has informed that as at the end of October 2015, 8.53 crore customers were registered with banks for Mobile Banking Services.

Public Sector Banks like Allahabad Bank, Andhra Bank, Dena Bank, IDBI Bank, State Bank of Bikaner & Jaipur, State Bank of India and State Bank of Travancore have confirmed providing mobile banking in multiple languages.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3361 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-18
Subject: Sexual Harassment Against Women in companies
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, RAM CHARITRA, KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3361 ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 18 TH  DECEMBER, 2015 [AGRAHAYANA 27, 1937 (SAKA)]

SEXUAL HARASSMENT AGAINST WOMEN IN COMPANIES

## QUESTION

3361. SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE:

SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD:

SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  a  number  of  cases  of  sexual  harassment  of  women  in  various companies listed on National Stock Exchange (NSE) have been reported;

- (b) if so, the details thereof indicating the number of cases reported in this regard during the last three years and the current year, company-wise;

- (c) whether the Government has conducted any enquiry in such cases, if so, the details and outcome thereof; and

- (d) the remedial measures taken/ being taken by the Government to keep a check on the rise of cases of sexual harassment of women in the said companies?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS                              (SHRI ARUN JAITLEY)

(a) to (d) Securities  and  Exchange  Board  of  India  (SEBI)  has  informed  through Ministry of Finance that a new clause 55 in the Listing agreement has been added

which prescribes the requirement for listed entities to include a Business Responsibility  Report  (BRR)  as  part  of  the  Annual  Report.  The  said  requirement  is mandatory for top 100 listed entities based on market capitalisation as on March 31, 2012. The prescribed format for BRR requires listed entities to inter alia indicate the number of complaints relating  to  sexual  harassment  in  the  last  financial  year  and pending at the end of the financial year.

The number of sexual harassment complaints as stated in the annual reports of top 100 listed entities on the National Stock Exchange (NSE) is given below:

|   2012-13 |   2013-14 |   2014-15 |
|-----------|-----------|-----------|
|        63 |       179 |       454 |

Further, no complaint of sexual harassment of women in the companies listed on NSE has been received in this Ministry.

It has further been reported by SEBI that any action or enforcement in matters of sexual harassment of women at workplace emanates from Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act, 2013.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3360 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-18
Subject: Women Director
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: JAYSHREEBEN  PATEL, RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS, MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE

## GOVERVVEVT OF INDIA (MINISTR} OF FINANCE)

## UNSTARRED QVESTIONVO. 3360 TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, 18" DECEMBER 2015

## WOMEN DRECTOR

3360. SHRIMATI JAYSHREEBEN PATEL; SHRI RAMDAS CTADAS; SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

India companies to appoint atleast one Women director time frame set by SEB] for compliance;

(h) the number Of companies that have complied not complied with the above regulations; and

(c) the action taken by SEBI against the said regulations Within the companies which have failed t0 comply With the st pulated time frame including penalties imposed upon them? erring

(a): Yes: Madam.

## AASWER MINISTER OF STATE NNTHE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI JA YANT SINHA)

has mandated that the Iisted least one Woman directon companies appoint regarding appointment from April 01. 2015. (ol thc Agreement are applicable with effect Listing provided by the National  Stock September 30. 2015. 4S per the data Anelure-A at Exchange

C: SEBI has prescribed fines for Listing

apree nent September 30. 2015 is as follows: listing

| Exchange   | Total listed   | Companies   | Companies which Companies have which complied   |
|------------|----------------|-------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| VSE        |                |             | complied have                                   |
| B3SE       |                | 1486        | 195                                             |
|            |                | 3828        |                                                 |
|            |                |             | 1512                                            |

nc Tices t0 195 companies for non-appointment of women director on  the September 30. 2015,

BSE has issued nices t0 1512 companies for board ofthe company aS on September 30. 2015

## AMAEXURE-B

| Compliance Status Fine Structure   | Compliance Status Fine Structure                            |
|------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Listed entities comply ing between |                                                             |
| July [ 2015                        | per 1. 2015 Ull the                                         |
| Listed entities   compl; ( Or ine  | per trom Oclober | 2015 Lill the date o compliance day |