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LS16-S16-STARRED-400 | 16 | 16 | 400 | STARRED | 2019-01-08 | Linking Farmers with Markets | AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE | [
"SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL",
"Shrirang Appa Barne"
] | ## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE
## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 400
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH JANUARY, 2019
## LINKING FARMERS WITH MARKETS
- *400. SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:
Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:
- (a) whether development and upliftment of farmers is the first priority of the Government, if so, whether the Government is working on a concrete plan to link the farmers with the markets with the aim to help the farmers in the trading of foodgrain and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the marketing in farm produce is carried out through the State Governmentdesignated mandis spread across the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether forward trading is an index of predictive pricing and as a result both the buyer and seller can plan their futures trading, if so, the details thereof and the extent to which it will help farmers plan crop planting and do away with the role of middlemen;
- (d) whether the Government is leveraging APMC mandis and at the same time amending the marketing laws to facilitate setting up of mandis by the private sector and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has made any assessment of the success of the whole sale market through e-platform (e-NAM) , if so, the details and the present status thereof?
## ANSWER
## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी
(SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)
- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 400 DUE FOR REPLY ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019.
(a) & (b): Yes Madam. Development and upliftment of farmers is the priority of the Government. The Government has been working continuously and has taken several concrete steps to link the farmers with the markets with the aim to help the farmers in trading of their foodgrain. Agricultural marketing is a state subject and wholesale agricultural marketing is undertaken by the network of 6630 regulated wholesale markets, set up under the provision of respective State Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act.
In order to provide better marketing facilities to the farmers, the Government has released a new model 'The Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2017' in April 2017 for its adoption by States/Union Territories (UTs). The provisions therein provide for alternative marketing channels other than APMCs to farmers in marketing their produce at competitive & remunerative prices.
In order to optimise the use of scarce resources and mitigate the uncertainty in price and marketing, the Government has formulated and released a progressive and facilitative Model Act 'The ----State/ UT Agricultural Produce & Livestock Contract Farming and Services (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2018' in May, 2018 for its adoption by the states/Union Territories (UTs). The aforesaid Model Contract Farming Act covers the entire value and supply chain from pre-production to post harvest marketing including services contract for the agricultural produce and livestock.
The Government has implemented National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) scheme an online virtual trading platform to provide farmers with opportunity for transparent price contd…2/-
-2- discovery for remunerative prices for their produce through competitive online bidding system. So far, 585 wholesale regulated markets of 16 States and 02 UTs have been integrated with e-NAM platform.
As per Union Budget Announcement, 2018-19, Government has decided to develop and upgrade existing 22,000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) to work as centers of aggregation and to provide farmers with facility near to farm gate for making direct sale to consumers and bulk purchasers while improving their market access.
The Government is implementing Market Research and Information Network (MRIN) Scheme covering 3355 wholesale mandies across the country linked to Agmarknet portal, wherein Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) markets are reporting data on mandi arrivals and prices of their traded agricultural commodities on daily basis. The farmers have free access to the Agmarknet portal for getting market price information easily.
In order to ensure remunerative prices to farmers for their produce, the Government of India has launched an umbrella scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan' (PM-AASHA). Under PM-AASHA, the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India, implements the Price Support Scheme (PSS) for procurement of pulses, oilseeds and copra. For oilseeds, DAC&FW also implements the Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS).
Minimum Support Price (MSP) is notified by the Government for certain crops primarily for procurement. Giving a major boost for the farmers income, the Government has approved the increase in the MSPs for all Rabi crops for 2018-19 at a level of at least 150 percent of the cost of production.
-3-
Further, under PM-AASHA, procurement for paddy, wheat and coarse grains at MSP are done by Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD) through Food Corporation of India (FCI). Further, Cotton and Jute are procured by the Ministry of Textiles through Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) and Jute Corporation of India (JCI) respectively.
(c): Price discovery and price risk management are the major objectives of forward/futures markets. While forwards are customized contracts, bilaterally negotiated between parties for buying/selling a particular quality/quantity of commodity at a predecided price on a future date, futures are standardized, exchange traded contracts for buying/selling a standardized quantity of a particular commodity at a predecided price on a future date.
Farmers and growers can benefit through the price signals emanating from futures markets even if they may not directly participate in the futures market. A farmer can determine the kind of crop which he would prefer to sow by taking advantage of the advance information of the future price trends of alternate crops. Farmers can also simultaneously enter into the futures contract of the planted crop at the prevailing futures price thereby locking-in the price at which they can sell the underlying commodity at a specific point of time in future. In a futures contract, the farmer can deliver the crop directly on the exchange platform, subject to payment of market levies charged by the respective States.
As per the Fifteenth Report on 'The Forward Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2010' of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and
Contd…4/-
-4-
Public Distribution, futures markets also lead to reduction in the amplitude of seasonal price variations and help the farmer realize somewhat better price at the time of harvest or to postpone the sale of his produce, in part or in full, thereby moderating market arrivals as well as the ability of the trader to monopolise price setting.
(d): Government is providing technical support and assistance to the APMC markets to leverage them for developing their infrastructure and human resources, so as to facilitate farmers to effectively and efficiently market their produce. Financial assistance is provided to APMCs for upgrading their infrastructure and improving their forward and backward linkages through various schemes such as Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI), Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana- Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied Sector Rejuvenation (RKVYRAFTAAR) etc. The Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2017, circulated by the Government of India to the States/Union Territories for adoption, intends and promotes of alternative marketing channels including that of setting up of mandis by private sector.
(e): The Government has not made any specific assessment of the success of the whole sale market through e-NAM Platform. However, e-NAM portal being an online platform, provides up-to-date Management Information System (MIS), from market level upto National level for monitoring performances thereby helping to continuously take appropriate corrective measures to improve the system. This has led to continuous and substantial increase in farmers participation as well as trade volume on e-NAM platform.
******* | ## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE
## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 400
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH JANUARY, 2019
## LINKING FARMERS WITH MARKETS
- *400. SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:
Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:
- (a) whether development and upliftment of farmers is the first priority of the Government, if so, whether the Government is working on a concrete plan to link the farmers with the markets with the aim to help the farmers in the trading of foodgrain and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the marketing in farm produce is carried out through the State Governmentdesignated mandis spread across the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether forward trading is an index of predictive pricing and as a result both the buyer and seller can plan their futures trading, if so, the details thereof and the extent to which it will help farmers plan crop planting and do away with the role of middlemen;
- (d) whether the Government is leveraging APMC mandis and at the same time amending the marketing laws to facilitate setting up of mandis by the private sector and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has made any assessment of the success of the whole sale market through e-platform (e-NAM) , if so, the details and the present status thereof? | ## ANSWER
## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी
(SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)
- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 400 DUE FOR REPLY ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019.
(a) & (b): Yes Madam. Development and upliftment of farmers is the priority of the Government. The Government has been working continuously and has taken several concrete steps to link the farmers with the markets with the aim to help the farmers in trading of their foodgrain. Agricultural marketing is a state subject and wholesale agricultural marketing is undertaken by the network of 6630 regulated wholesale markets, set up under the provision of respective State Agricultural Produce Market Committee (APMC) Act.
In order to provide better marketing facilities to the farmers, the Government has released a new model 'The Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2017' in April 2017 for its adoption by States/Union Territories (UTs). The provisions therein provide for alternative marketing channels other than APMCs to farmers in marketing their produce at competitive & remunerative prices.
In order to optimise the use of scarce resources and mitigate the uncertainty in price and marketing, the Government has formulated and released a progressive and facilitative Model Act 'The ----State/ UT Agricultural Produce & Livestock Contract Farming and Services (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2018' in May, 2018 for its adoption by the states/Union Territories (UTs). The aforesaid Model Contract Farming Act covers the entire value and supply chain from pre-production to post harvest marketing including services contract for the agricultural produce and livestock.
The Government has implemented National Agriculture Market (e-NAM) scheme an online virtual trading platform to provide farmers with opportunity for transparent price contd…2/-
-2- discovery for remunerative prices for their produce through competitive online bidding system. So far, 585 wholesale regulated markets of 16 States and 02 UTs have been integrated with e-NAM platform.
As per Union Budget Announcement, 2018-19, Government has decided to develop and upgrade existing 22,000 rural haats into Gramin Agricultural Markets (GrAMs) to work as centers of aggregation and to provide farmers with facility near to farm gate for making direct sale to consumers and bulk purchasers while improving their market access.
The Government is implementing Market Research and Information Network (MRIN) Scheme covering 3355 wholesale mandies across the country linked to Agmarknet portal, wherein Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs) markets are reporting data on mandi arrivals and prices of their traded agricultural commodities on daily basis. The farmers have free access to the Agmarknet portal for getting market price information easily.
In order to ensure remunerative prices to farmers for their produce, the Government of India has launched an umbrella scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Annadata Aay SanraksHan Abhiyan' (PM-AASHA). Under PM-AASHA, the Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare (DAC&FW), Ministry of Agriculture & Farmers Welfare, Government of India, implements the Price Support Scheme (PSS) for procurement of pulses, oilseeds and copra. For oilseeds, DAC&FW also implements the Price Deficiency Payment Scheme (PDPS).
Minimum Support Price (MSP) is notified by the Government for certain crops primarily for procurement. Giving a major boost for the farmers income, the Government has approved the increase in the MSPs for all Rabi crops for 2018-19 at a level of at least 150 percent of the cost of production.
-3-
Further, under PM-AASHA, procurement for paddy, wheat and coarse grains at MSP are done by Department of Food & Public Distribution (DFPD) through Food Corporation of India (FCI). Further, Cotton and Jute are procured by the Ministry of Textiles through Cotton Corporation of India (CCI) and Jute Corporation of India (JCI) respectively.
(c): Price discovery and price risk management are the major objectives of forward/futures markets. While forwards are customized contracts, bilaterally negotiated between parties for buying/selling a particular quality/quantity of commodity at a predecided price on a future date, futures are standardized, exchange traded contracts for buying/selling a standardized quantity of a particular commodity at a predecided price on a future date.
Farmers and growers can benefit through the price signals emanating from futures markets even if they may not directly participate in the futures market. A farmer can determine the kind of crop which he would prefer to sow by taking advantage of the advance information of the future price trends of alternate crops. Farmers can also simultaneously enter into the futures contract of the planted crop at the prevailing futures price thereby locking-in the price at which they can sell the underlying commodity at a specific point of time in future. In a futures contract, the farmer can deliver the crop directly on the exchange platform, subject to payment of market levies charged by the respective States.
As per the Fifteenth Report on 'The Forward Contracts (Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2010' of the Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and
Contd…4/-
-4-
Public Distribution, futures markets also lead to reduction in the amplitude of seasonal price variations and help the farmer realize somewhat better price at the time of harvest or to postpone the sale of his produce, in part or in full, thereby moderating market arrivals as well as the ability of the trader to monopolise price setting.
(d): Government is providing technical support and assistance to the APMC markets to leverage them for developing their infrastructure and human resources, so as to facilitate farmers to effectively and efficiently market their produce. Financial assistance is provided to APMCs for upgrading their infrastructure and improving their forward and backward linkages through various schemes such as Agricultural Marketing Infrastructure (AMI), Mission for Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH) and Rashtriya Krishi Vikas Yojana- Remunerative Approaches for Agriculture and Allied Sector Rejuvenation (RKVYRAFTAAR) etc. The Agricultural Produce and Livestock Marketing (Promotion & Facilitation) Act, 2017, circulated by the Government of India to the States/Union Territories for adoption, intends and promotes of alternative marketing channels including that of setting up of mandis by private sector.
(e): The Government has not made any specific assessment of the success of the whole sale market through e-NAM Platform. However, e-NAM portal being an online platform, provides up-to-date Management Information System (MIS), from market level upto National level for monitoring performances thereby helping to continuously take appropriate corrective measures to improve the system. This has led to continuous and substantial increase in farmers participation as well as trade volume on e-NAM platform. | 258 | 1,080 | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/16/AS400.pdf?source=pqals | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/qhindi/16/AS400.pdf?source=pqals | 5 |
LS16-S16-STARRED-399 | 16 | 16 | 399 | STARRED | 2019-01-08 | Assisted Living Devices for Senior Citizens | SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT | [
"BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL)"
] | ## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. +*399 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.01.2019
## ASSISTED LIVING DEVICES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
+*399. SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:
## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:
(a) the objective of the scheme under which aids and assisted devices are provided to the senior citizens below poverty line along with the total budgetary allocation for this scheme; living living
(b) whether the Government is aware that there is lack of awareness among the senior citizens regarding the said scheme and if So, the details thereof; and
(c) the measures taken so far by the Government to increase awareness regarding the said scheme?
## ANSWER
MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI THAAWARCHAND GEHLOT)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
*****
## 399 to be answered on 08.01.2019
- (a): The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing the Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY)' with an objective to provide senior citizens, belonging to BPL category and suffering from age related disabilities/ infirmities, with such physical aids and assisted devices which can restore near normalcy in their bodily functions. Under the Scheme, aids assisted tripods/ quadpods, hearing aids, wheelchairs, artificial dentures and spectacles are distributed free of cost to the eligible senior citizens beneficiaries. The Scheme is entirely funded from the Senior Citizens Welfare Fund (SCWF), established vide Senior Citizens Welfare Fund Rules; 2016 notified on 18.03.2016. For the Financial Year 2018-19, an amount of Rs. 106.5 Cr. has been allocated from SCWF for Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana: living
- Sl (b) & (c): The Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana was launched at Nellore (AP.) on 1 April, 2017. At present; a total of 318 districts from all State/UTs Administration have been selected for the implementation of RVY. The Scheme is implemented through Artificial (a Public Sector Undertaking under this Ministry) as the sole implementing Agency: Beneficiaries in each district are identified by a team of doctors/technicians/other professionals to assess their needs and to prescribe the requisite Assisted Living Devices in the Assessment Camps organized by ALIMCO in collaboration with the respective District Administration. The devices are then distributed to the identified beneficiaries in the camp mode. Further; communications are made from this Ministry to respective States/UTs Governments for extending cooperation to ALIMCO in organizing these Camps. So far; a total of 70 distribution camps have been organized nationwide providing 1,64,255 physical aids to 69,516 Senior Citizens beneficiaries in BPL Category. being regular
***** | ## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. +*399 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.01.2019
## ASSISTED LIVING DEVICES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS
+*399. SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:
## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:
(a) the objective of the scheme under which aids and assisted devices are provided to the senior citizens below poverty line along with the total budgetary allocation for this scheme; living living
(b) whether the Government is aware that there is lack of awareness among the senior citizens regarding the said scheme and if So, the details thereof; and
(c) the measures taken so far by the Government to increase awareness regarding the said scheme? | ## ANSWER
MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI THAAWARCHAND GEHLOT)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
*****
## 399 to be answered on 08.01.2019
- (a): The Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment is implementing the Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana (RVY)' with an objective to provide senior citizens, belonging to BPL category and suffering from age related disabilities/ infirmities, with such physical aids and assisted devices which can restore near normalcy in their bodily functions. Under the Scheme, aids assisted tripods/ quadpods, hearing aids, wheelchairs, artificial dentures and spectacles are distributed free of cost to the eligible senior citizens beneficiaries. The Scheme is entirely funded from the Senior Citizens Welfare Fund (SCWF), established vide Senior Citizens Welfare Fund Rules; 2016 notified on 18.03.2016. For the Financial Year 2018-19, an amount of Rs. 106.5 Cr. has been allocated from SCWF for Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana: living
- Sl (b) & (c): The Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana was launched at Nellore (AP.) on 1 April, 2017. At present; a total of 318 districts from all State/UTs Administration have been selected for the implementation of RVY. The Scheme is implemented through Artificial (a Public Sector Undertaking under this Ministry) as the sole implementing Agency: Beneficiaries in each district are identified by a team of doctors/technicians/other professionals to assess their needs and to prescribe the requisite Assisted Living Devices in the Assessment Camps organized by ALIMCO in collaboration with the respective District Administration. The devices are then distributed to the identified beneficiaries in the camp mode. Further; communications are made from this Ministry to respective States/UTs Governments for extending cooperation to ALIMCO in organizing these Camps. So far; a total of 70 distribution camps have been organized nationwide providing 1,64,255 physical aids to 69,516 Senior Citizens beneficiaries in BPL Category. being regular | 122 | 303 | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/16/AS399.pdf?source=pqals | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/qhindi/16/AS399.pdf?source=pqals | 2 |
LS16-S16-STARRED-398 | 16 | 16 | 398 | STARRED | 2019-01-08 | Rehabilitation Council of India | SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT | [
"Tejpratap Singh,Yadav",
"ANJU BALA"
] | ## GOVERNEMTN OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
## DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (DIVYANGJAN)
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. *398 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.01.2019
Rehabilitation Council of India
*398: SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV: SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:
## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be please to state
- (a) details thereof
- whether the Government has set up the Rehabilitation council of India (RCI) and if so, the 'including the functions performed by RCI;
- (b) the details of projects/schemes implemented, sanctioned being
- and physical achievements/progress made so far under RCI, State-wise;
- (c) whether RCI has failed to check the mushrooming illegal/unapproved training centres in the field of rehabilitation and special education;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; State-wise and the action taken thereon; and
- (e) whether the Government has reviewed the functioning of RCI to make it more effective and if SO, the details thereof
- with the steps taken by the Government in this regard? along being
## ANSWER
## MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(DR: THAAWARCHAND GEHLOT)
(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
## STATEMENT MENTIONED IN THE REPLY AT PART () TO (e) TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO: 398 ON REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF INDIA TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.01.2019
(a) & (b) Yes, Sir. The Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) has been set up by an Act of Parliament under the Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992. The functions of the Council are: -
- 1.
- 2 To prescribe minimum standards of education and training for various categories of professionals dealing with persons with disabilities;
- To regulate and monitor the training programmes in the field of rehabilitation of persons with disabilities;
- 3\_ To make recommendations to the Ministry regarding recognition of qualifications granted by Universities, etc. in India for rehabilitation professionals;
5. To promote research in rehabilitation and special education
- 4\_ To maintain Central Rehabilitation Register of persons possessing the recognized rehabilitation qualification and
Besides these; my Ministry implements a scheme of ~In-Service Training and Sensitization of Functionaries of Central and State Governments, Local Bodies and Other Service Providers' through RCI The details of funds sanctioned and physical achievements/progress made s0 far under the scheme are attached at Annexure Key
(c) & (d) No Sir: The Rehabilitation Council of India in consultation with the office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) has issued advisory to the respective State Commissioners for PwDs to take necessary action in the light of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 against the unqualified personnel practicing in disability sector: In addition to this, the Council also issues statutory warnings in national as well as newspapers from time to time that practicing without RCI certification is a punishable offence under Sec 13 (3) of the RCI Act, 1992. regional
(e) Annual Report of the Council is laid on the table of the Parliament every year: Also, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment; Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) has reviewed the functioning of the Rehabilitation Council of India on 20th Dec, 2018.
## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY AT PART (a) & (b) TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO 398 ON REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF INDIA TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.01.2019
- The details of funds sanctioned and physical achievements/progress made so far:
## Grant-in-Aid released to the implementing agencies
(Rs. in lakh)
| SI No_ | Particulars | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| | GIA sanctioned & released by DEPwD | 200 | 200 | 146.62 |
| 2_ | Funds released by RCI to implementing agencies_ | 189.16 | 191.1 | 199.56* |
| 3_ | Amount utilized | 187.7 | 172.06 | 183.39 |
## Batches and Beneficiaries
| SI No_ | Particulars | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
|----------|---------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1 | Total no. of implementing agencies approved | 33 | 28 | 16 |
| 2_ | Total no. of batches sanctioned | 95 | 91 | 92 |
| 3_ | Total no. of batches conducted | 101 | 89 | 62 |
| 4_ | Total no. of functionaries trained key | 4056 | 4177 | 2464 |
## 2) State-wise details of implementing agencies and beneficiaries are as under:
| SI | State | No of Implementing agencies | No of Implementing agencies | No of Implementing agencies | Total No: of beneficiaries trained | Total No: of beneficiaries trained | |
|------|------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------|
| | | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
| | Andhra Pradesh | 3 | | 2 | 909 | 166 | |
| | Assam | 4 | 1 | | 203 | 80 | |
| 3 | Chhatisgarh | | | | 80 | | |
| 5 | Delhi | | 1 | | 100 | 40 | 75 |
| | Gujarat | | | | 460 | | |
| 6 | Haryana | | | | 30 | | |
| 7 | Himachal Pradesh | 1 | | | 193 | 380 | 402 |
| 8 | Jharkhand | 1 | | | 40 | | |
| 9 | Jammu & Kashmir | | | | 51 | | |
| 10 | Kerala | | | | 169 | 366 | 60 |
| 11 | Karnataka | | | | 52 | | |
| | Mizoram | | 2 | | | 355 | 360 |
| 13 | Manipur_ | | | | | | 136 |
|------|----------------|----|----|----|------|------|-------|
| 14 | Meghalaya | | 1 | | | 425 | |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 2 | 2 | 208 | 1021 | 421 |
| 16 | Maharashtra | | | | 414 | | |
| 17 | Odisha | 1 | | | 65 | | |
| 18 | Pudducherry | | | | | 203 | |
| 19 | Punjab | 1 | | | 40 | | 200 |
| 20 | Rajasthan | | | | 123 | | |
| 21 | Tamilnadu | | | | 93 | 166 | 110 |
| 22 | Tripura | | | | 126 | | |
| 24 | | | | | | | |
| | Uelangaadesh | | 3 | 3 | 326 | 384 | 168 |
| 25 | Uttarakhand | | 1 | 1 | 211 | 90 | 252 |
| 26 | West Bengal | | 5 | | 40 | 501 | 280 |
| | Total | 33 | 28 | 16 | 4056 | 4177 | 2464 | | ## GOVERNEMTN OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
## DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (DIVYANGJAN)
LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. *398 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.01.2019
Rehabilitation Council of India
*398: SHRI TEJ PRATAP SINGH YADAV: SHRIMATI ANJU BALA:
## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be please to state
- (a) details thereof
- whether the Government has set up the Rehabilitation council of India (RCI) and if so, the 'including the functions performed by RCI;
- (b) the details of projects/schemes implemented, sanctioned being
- and physical achievements/progress made so far under RCI, State-wise;
- (c) whether RCI has failed to check the mushrooming illegal/unapproved training centres in the field of rehabilitation and special education;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; State-wise and the action taken thereon; and
- (e) whether the Government has reviewed the functioning of RCI to make it more effective and if SO, the details thereof
- with the steps taken by the Government in this regard? along being | ## ANSWER
## MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(DR: THAAWARCHAND GEHLOT)
(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
## STATEMENT MENTIONED IN THE REPLY AT PART () TO (e) TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO: 398 ON REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF INDIA TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.01.2019
(a) & (b) Yes, Sir. The Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI) has been set up by an Act of Parliament under the Rehabilitation Council of India Act, 1992. The functions of the Council are: -
- 1.
- 2 To prescribe minimum standards of education and training for various categories of professionals dealing with persons with disabilities;
- To regulate and monitor the training programmes in the field of rehabilitation of persons with disabilities;
- 3\_ To make recommendations to the Ministry regarding recognition of qualifications granted by Universities, etc. in India for rehabilitation professionals;
5. To promote research in rehabilitation and special education
- 4\_ To maintain Central Rehabilitation Register of persons possessing the recognized rehabilitation qualification and
Besides these; my Ministry implements a scheme of ~In-Service Training and Sensitization of Functionaries of Central and State Governments, Local Bodies and Other Service Providers' through RCI The details of funds sanctioned and physical achievements/progress made s0 far under the scheme are attached at Annexure Key
(c) & (d) No Sir: The Rehabilitation Council of India in consultation with the office of the Chief Commissioner for Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) has issued advisory to the respective State Commissioners for PwDs to take necessary action in the light of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 against the unqualified personnel practicing in disability sector: In addition to this, the Council also issues statutory warnings in national as well as newspapers from time to time that practicing without RCI certification is a punishable offence under Sec 13 (3) of the RCI Act, 1992. regional
(e) Annual Report of the Council is laid on the table of the Parliament every year: Also, the Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment; Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities (Divyangjan) has reviewed the functioning of the Rehabilitation Council of India on 20th Dec, 2018.
## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY AT PART (a) & (b) TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO 398 ON REHABILITATION COUNCIL OF INDIA TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.01.2019
- The details of funds sanctioned and physical achievements/progress made so far:
## Grant-in-Aid released to the implementing agencies
(Rs. in lakh)
| SI No_ | Particulars | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
|----------|-------------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| | GIA sanctioned & released by DEPwD | 200 | 200 | 146.62 |
| 2_ | Funds released by RCI to implementing agencies_ | 189.16 | 191.1 | 199.56* |
| 3_ | Amount utilized | 187.7 | 172.06 | 183.39 |
## Batches and Beneficiaries
| SI No_ | Particulars | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
|----------|---------------------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| 1 | Total no. of implementing agencies approved | 33 | 28 | 16 |
| 2_ | Total no. of batches sanctioned | 95 | 91 | 92 |
| 3_ | Total no. of batches conducted | 101 | 89 | 62 |
| 4_ | Total no. of functionaries trained key | 4056 | 4177 | 2464 |
## 2) State-wise details of implementing agencies and beneficiaries are as under:
| SI | State | No of Implementing agencies | No of Implementing agencies | No of Implementing agencies | Total No: of beneficiaries trained | Total No: of beneficiaries trained | |
|------|------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|--------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|---------|
| | | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 |
| | Andhra Pradesh | 3 | | 2 | 909 | 166 | |
| | Assam | 4 | 1 | | 203 | 80 | |
| 3 | Chhatisgarh | | | | 80 | | |
| 5 | Delhi | | 1 | | 100 | 40 | 75 |
| | Gujarat | | | | 460 | | |
| 6 | Haryana | | | | 30 | | |
| 7 | Himachal Pradesh | 1 | | | 193 | 380 | 402 |
| 8 | Jharkhand | 1 | | | 40 | | |
| 9 | Jammu & Kashmir | | | | 51 | | |
| 10 | Kerala | | | | 169 | 366 | 60 |
| 11 | Karnataka | | | | 52 | | |
| | Mizoram | | 2 | | | 355 | 360 |
| 13 | Manipur_ | | | | | | 136 |
|------|----------------|----|----|----|------|------|-------|
| 14 | Meghalaya | | 1 | | | 425 | |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 3 | 2 | 2 | 208 | 1021 | 421 |
| 16 | Maharashtra | | | | 414 | | |
| 17 | Odisha | 1 | | | 65 | | |
| 18 | Pudducherry | | | | | 203 | |
| 19 | Punjab | 1 | | | 40 | | 200 |
| 20 | Rajasthan | | | | 123 | | |
| 21 | Tamilnadu | | | | 93 | 166 | 110 |
| 22 | Tripura | | | | 126 | | |
| 24 | | | | | | | |
| | Uelangaadesh | | 3 | 3 | 326 | 384 | 168 |
| 25 | Uttarakhand | | 1 | 1 | 211 | 90 | 252 |
| 26 | West Bengal | | 5 | | 40 | 501 | 280 |
| | Total | 33 | 28 | 16 | 4056 | 4177 | 2464 | | 172 | 980 | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/16/AS398.pdf?source=pqals | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/qhindi/16/AS398.pdf?source=pqals | 4 |
LS16-S16-STARRED-397 | 16 | 16 | 397 | STARRED | 2019-01-08 | Swaminathan Committee Recommendation | AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE | [
"BALABHADRA MAJHI",
"DINESH TRIVEDI"
] | ## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE
## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 397
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH JANUARY, 2019
## SWAMINATHAN COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
- *397. SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI: SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI:
Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:
- (a) whether the Government plans to set the Minimum Support Price (MSP) at 1.5 times the C2 (comprehensive cost) as per the Swaminathan Committee recommendation, if so, the details thereof and the time by which the recommendation of the Swaminathan Committee will be implemented and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government has received any proposal for implementation of the above recommendation of the Swaminathan Committee, if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government thereto in respect of rice till date;
- (c) whether the system has any impact on rice production in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise in the last year;
- (d) whether in October 2018, market price for 10 out of the 14 kharif crops was lower than MSP announced by the Government and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the percentage increase in MSP over the past five years along with the details thereof?
## ANSWER
## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी
(SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)
- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 397 DUE FOR REPLY ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019.
(a) & (b): National Commission on Farmers (NCF) headed by Dr. M.S. Swaminathan had recommended that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) should be at least 50 percent more than the weighted average cost of production. However, when the National Policy for Farmers, 2007 was finalized by the then Government, this recommendation of providing 50 per cent returns over cost of production was not included. The report of the NCF, 2006 had discussed different dimensions of cost for determining MSPs, but while finalizing National Policy on Farmers in 2007, the then Government had not accepted the other dimensions and followed the established method of the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP).
Government fixes MSPs of 22 mandated agricultural crops including paddy and Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane on the basis of recommendations of CACP, after considering the views of State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned and other relevant factors. In addition, MSP for Toria and De-Husked coconut is also fixed on the basis of MSPs of Rapeseed/Mustard and Copra respectively.
While recommending MSPs, CACP considers the cost of production and host of factors such as demand-supply situation, trends in domestic and international prices, intercrop price parity, terms of trade between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors and the likely impact of MSP on consumers and overall economy along with rational utilization of scarce natural resources like land and water. The costs considered are comprehensive and include all paid out costs such as those incurred on account of hired human labour, bullock labour/machine labour, rent paid for leased in land, expenses incurred in cash and kind on use of material inputs like seeds, fertilizers, manures, irrigation charges, depreciation on implements and farm buildings, interest on working capital, diesel/electricity for operation of pump sets etc, miscellaneous expenses and imputed value of family labour.
-2-
The Union Budget for 2018-19 had announced the pre-determined principle to keep MSP at levels of one and half times the cost of production. Accordingly, Government has increased the MSPs for all notified Kharif, Rabi and other commercial crops with a return of atleast 50 per cent of cost of production for the agricultural year 2018-19 including paddy. This decision of the Government was a historic one as it fulfills the commitment to the farmers to provide 50 per cent return over all-India weighted average cost of production for the first time for all mandated crops.
(c): Price policy in conjunction with other agricultural policies has increased production of rice, whereas the area sown remained more or less stagnant over the years. Production of rice has increased substantially at all India level from 106.65 million tonnes in 2013-14 to 112.91 million tonnes(as per Fourth Advance Estimates) in 2017-18. The state-wise production of rice for the 2017-18 is given at Annex-1 .
(d): The prices of agricultural produce are determined by supply and demand conditions in the market on a day-to-day basis. The prices of agricultural produce tend to fall immediately after harvest due to increase in market arrival of new crops in a lumpy manner. The MSP and wholesale prices of kharif crops for the month of October, 2018 is given at Annex-2 .
(e): Details of percentage increase in MSP from 2014-15 to 2018-19 are given at Annex-3 .
Annex referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 397 due for reply on 08.01.2019.
## State-wise Production of Rice
(000' tonnes)
| State/ UT | 2017-18* |
|------------------|------------|
| Andhra Pradesh | 8176.2 |
| Assam | 5164 |
| Bihar | 7911.2 |
| Chattisgarh | 4725.5 |
| Gujarat | 2039 |
| Haryana | 4523.4 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 116.6 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 613.9 |
| Jharkhand | 4078 |
| Karnataka | 2807 |
| Kerala | 499 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4123.9 |
| Maharashtra | 2712.7 |
| Odisha | 6527.9 |
| Punjab | 13382 |
| Rajasthan | 450.9 |
| Tamil Nadu | 7277.7 |
| Telangana | 6250 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 13270.6 |
| UttaraKhand | 655 |
| West Bengal | 14967 |
| Others | 2633.8 |
| All India | 112906 |
*Fourth Advance Estimates
Annex referred to in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 397 due for reply on 08.01.2019.
## MSP and Wholesale Prices
(Rs.per quintal)
| Sl. No. | Commodity | Commodity | Commodity |
|-----------|------------------------|-------------|---------------------------------|
| Sl. No. | KHARIF CROPS | MSP 2018-19 | Wholesale Prices(October, 2018) |
| 1 | PADDY(Common) | 1750 | 1688 |
| 2 | JOWAR (Hybrid) | 2430 | 2320 |
| 3 | BAJRA | 1950 | 1744 |
| 4 | MAIZE | 1700 | 1515 |
| 5 | RAGI | 2897 | 2651 |
| 6 | ARHAR(Tur) | 5675 | 4077 |
| 7 | MOONG | 6975 | 5410 |
| 8 | URAD | 5600 | 4906 |
| 9 | COTTON (Medium Staple) | 5150 | 5598 |
| 10 | GROUNDNUT IN SHELL | 4890 | 4713 |
| 11 | SUNFLOWER SEED | 5388 | 3474 |
| 12 | SOYABEAN | 3399 | 3316 |
| 13 | SESAMUM | 6249 | 10043 |
| 14 | NIGERSEED | 5877 | 4408 |
## Annex referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 397 due for reply on 08.01.2019
## Percentage increase in MSP
| Sl. No. | Commodity | Variety | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| | KHARIF CROPS | | | | | | |
| 1 | PADDY | Common | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 12.9 |
| | | Grade 'A' | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 11.3 |
| 2 | JOWAR | Hybrid | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 42.9 |
| | | Maldandi | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 42.3 |
| 3 | BAJRA | | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 7.1 | 36.9 |
| 4 | MAIZE | | 0.0 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 19.3 |
| 5 | RAGI | | 3.3 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 10.1 | 52.5 |
| 6 | ARHAR(Tur) | | 1.2 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 4.1 |
| 7 | MOONG | | 2.2 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 25.1 |
| 8 | URAD | | 1.2 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 3.7 |
| 9 | COTTON | Medium Staple | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 28.1 |
| | | Long Staple | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 26.2 |
| 10 | GROUNDNUT IN SHELL | | 0.0 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 9.8 |
| 11 | SUNFLOWER SEED | | 1.4 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 31.4 |
| 12 | SOYABEAN | Yellow | 0.0 | 1.6 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 11.5 |
| 13 | SESAMUM | | 2.2 | 2.2 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 17.9 |
| 14 | NIGERSEED | | 2.9 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 45.1 |
| | RABI CROPS | | | | | | |
| 15 | WHEAT | | 3.6 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.1 |
| 16 | BARLEY | | 4.5 | 6.5 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 2.1 |
| 17 | GRAM | | 2.4 | 10.2 | 14.3 | 10 | 5.0 |
| 18 | MASUR (LENTIL) | | 4.2 | 10.6 | 16.2 | 7.6 | 5.3 |
| 19 | RAPESEED/MUSTARD | | 1.6 | 8.0 | 10.4 | 8.1 | 5.0 |
| 20 | SAFFLOWER | | 1.7 | 8.2 | 12.1 | 10.8 | 20.6 |
| 21 | TORIA | | 0.0 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 7.4 |
| | OTHER CROPS | | | | | | |
| 22 | COPRA | Milling | 0.0 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 15.6 |
| | (Calender Year) | Ball | 0.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 14.2 |
| 23 | DE-HUSKED COCONUT (Calender Year) | | 0.0 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 15.3 |
| 24 | JUTE | | 4.3 | 12.5 | 18.5 | 9.3 | 5.7 |
| 25 | SUGARCANE | | 4.8 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 7.8 |
****** | ## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE
## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 397
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH JANUARY, 2019
## SWAMINATHAN COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION
- *397. SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI: SHRI DINESH TRIVEDI:
Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:
- (a) whether the Government plans to set the Minimum Support Price (MSP) at 1.5 times the C2 (comprehensive cost) as per the Swaminathan Committee recommendation, if so, the details thereof and the time by which the recommendation of the Swaminathan Committee will be implemented and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the Government has received any proposal for implementation of the above recommendation of the Swaminathan Committee, if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government thereto in respect of rice till date;
- (c) whether the system has any impact on rice production in the country and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise in the last year;
- (d) whether in October 2018, market price for 10 out of the 14 kharif crops was lower than MSP announced by the Government and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the percentage increase in MSP over the past five years along with the details thereof? | ## ANSWER
## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी
(SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)
- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 397 DUE FOR REPLY ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019.
(a) & (b): National Commission on Farmers (NCF) headed by Dr. M.S. Swaminathan had recommended that the Minimum Support Price (MSP) should be at least 50 percent more than the weighted average cost of production. However, when the National Policy for Farmers, 2007 was finalized by the then Government, this recommendation of providing 50 per cent returns over cost of production was not included. The report of the NCF, 2006 had discussed different dimensions of cost for determining MSPs, but while finalizing National Policy on Farmers in 2007, the then Government had not accepted the other dimensions and followed the established method of the Commission for Agricultural Costs & Prices (CACP).
Government fixes MSPs of 22 mandated agricultural crops including paddy and Fair and Remunerative Price (FRP) for sugarcane on the basis of recommendations of CACP, after considering the views of State Governments and Central Ministries/Departments concerned and other relevant factors. In addition, MSP for Toria and De-Husked coconut is also fixed on the basis of MSPs of Rapeseed/Mustard and Copra respectively.
While recommending MSPs, CACP considers the cost of production and host of factors such as demand-supply situation, trends in domestic and international prices, intercrop price parity, terms of trade between agricultural and non-agricultural sectors and the likely impact of MSP on consumers and overall economy along with rational utilization of scarce natural resources like land and water. The costs considered are comprehensive and include all paid out costs such as those incurred on account of hired human labour, bullock labour/machine labour, rent paid for leased in land, expenses incurred in cash and kind on use of material inputs like seeds, fertilizers, manures, irrigation charges, depreciation on implements and farm buildings, interest on working capital, diesel/electricity for operation of pump sets etc, miscellaneous expenses and imputed value of family labour.
-2-
The Union Budget for 2018-19 had announced the pre-determined principle to keep MSP at levels of one and half times the cost of production. Accordingly, Government has increased the MSPs for all notified Kharif, Rabi and other commercial crops with a return of atleast 50 per cent of cost of production for the agricultural year 2018-19 including paddy. This decision of the Government was a historic one as it fulfills the commitment to the farmers to provide 50 per cent return over all-India weighted average cost of production for the first time for all mandated crops.
(c): Price policy in conjunction with other agricultural policies has increased production of rice, whereas the area sown remained more or less stagnant over the years. Production of rice has increased substantially at all India level from 106.65 million tonnes in 2013-14 to 112.91 million tonnes(as per Fourth Advance Estimates) in 2017-18. The state-wise production of rice for the 2017-18 is given at Annex-1 .
(d): The prices of agricultural produce are determined by supply and demand conditions in the market on a day-to-day basis. The prices of agricultural produce tend to fall immediately after harvest due to increase in market arrival of new crops in a lumpy manner. The MSP and wholesale prices of kharif crops for the month of October, 2018 is given at Annex-2 .
(e): Details of percentage increase in MSP from 2014-15 to 2018-19 are given at Annex-3 .
Annex referred to in reply to part (c) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 397 due for reply on 08.01.2019.
## State-wise Production of Rice
(000' tonnes)
| State/ UT | 2017-18* |
|------------------|------------|
| Andhra Pradesh | 8176.2 |
| Assam | 5164 |
| Bihar | 7911.2 |
| Chattisgarh | 4725.5 |
| Gujarat | 2039 |
| Haryana | 4523.4 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 116.6 |
| Jammu & Kashmir | 613.9 |
| Jharkhand | 4078 |
| Karnataka | 2807 |
| Kerala | 499 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 4123.9 |
| Maharashtra | 2712.7 |
| Odisha | 6527.9 |
| Punjab | 13382 |
| Rajasthan | 450.9 |
| Tamil Nadu | 7277.7 |
| Telangana | 6250 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 13270.6 |
| UttaraKhand | 655 |
| West Bengal | 14967 |
| Others | 2633.8 |
| All India | 112906 |
*Fourth Advance Estimates
Annex referred to in reply to part (d) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 397 due for reply on 08.01.2019.
## MSP and Wholesale Prices
(Rs.per quintal)
| Sl. No. | Commodity | Commodity | Commodity |
|-----------|------------------------|-------------|---------------------------------|
| Sl. No. | KHARIF CROPS | MSP 2018-19 | Wholesale Prices(October, 2018) |
| 1 | PADDY(Common) | 1750 | 1688 |
| 2 | JOWAR (Hybrid) | 2430 | 2320 |
| 3 | BAJRA | 1950 | 1744 |
| 4 | MAIZE | 1700 | 1515 |
| 5 | RAGI | 2897 | 2651 |
| 6 | ARHAR(Tur) | 5675 | 4077 |
| 7 | MOONG | 6975 | 5410 |
| 8 | URAD | 5600 | 4906 |
| 9 | COTTON (Medium Staple) | 5150 | 5598 |
| 10 | GROUNDNUT IN SHELL | 4890 | 4713 |
| 11 | SUNFLOWER SEED | 5388 | 3474 |
| 12 | SOYABEAN | 3399 | 3316 |
| 13 | SESAMUM | 6249 | 10043 |
| 14 | NIGERSEED | 5877 | 4408 |
## Annex referred to in reply to part (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 397 due for reply on 08.01.2019
## Percentage increase in MSP
| Sl. No. | Commodity | Variety | 2014-15 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 |
|-----------|-----------------------------------|---------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| | KHARIF CROPS | | | | | | |
| 1 | PADDY | Common | 3.8 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 12.9 |
| | | Grade 'A' | 4.1 | 3.6 | 4.1 | 5.3 | 11.3 |
| 2 | JOWAR | Hybrid | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 4.6 | 42.9 |
| | | Maldandi | 2.0 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 4.5 | 42.3 |
| 3 | BAJRA | | 0.0 | 2.0 | 4.3 | 7.1 | 36.9 |
| 4 | MAIZE | | 0.0 | 1.1 | 3.0 | 4.3 | 19.3 |
| 5 | RAGI | | 3.3 | 6.5 | 4.5 | 10.1 | 52.5 |
| 6 | ARHAR(Tur) | | 1.2 | 6.3 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 4.1 |
| 7 | MOONG | | 2.2 | 5.4 | 7.7 | 6.7 | 25.1 |
| 8 | URAD | | 1.2 | 6.3 | 8.1 | 8.0 | 3.7 |
| 9 | COTTON | Medium Staple | 1.4 | 1.3 | 1.6 | 4.1 | 28.1 |
| | | Long Staple | 1.3 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 3.8 | 26.2 |
| 10 | GROUNDNUT IN SHELL | | 0.0 | 0.8 | 4.7 | 5.5 | 9.8 |
| 11 | SUNFLOWER SEED | | 1.4 | 1.3 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 31.4 |
| 12 | SOYABEAN | Yellow | 0.0 | 1.6 | 6.7 | 9.9 | 11.5 |
| 13 | SESAMUM | | 2.2 | 2.2 | 6.4 | 6.0 | 17.9 |
| 14 | NIGERSEED | | 2.9 | 1.4 | 4.8 | 5.9 | 45.1 |
| | RABI CROPS | | | | | | |
| 15 | WHEAT | | 3.6 | 5.2 | 6.6 | 6.8 | 6.1 |
| 16 | BARLEY | | 4.5 | 6.5 | 8.2 | 6.4 | 2.1 |
| 17 | GRAM | | 2.4 | 10.2 | 14.3 | 10 | 5.0 |
| 18 | MASUR (LENTIL) | | 4.2 | 10.6 | 16.2 | 7.6 | 5.3 |
| 19 | RAPESEED/MUSTARD | | 1.6 | 8.0 | 10.4 | 8.1 | 5.0 |
| 20 | SAFFLOWER | | 1.7 | 8.2 | 12.1 | 10.8 | 20.6 |
| 21 | TORIA | | 0.0 | 8.9 | 8.2 | 9.6 | 7.4 |
| | OTHER CROPS | | | | | | |
| 22 | COPRA | Milling | 0.0 | 5.7 | 7.2 | 9.2 | 15.6 |
| | (Calender Year) | Ball | 0.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 8.7 | 14.2 |
| 23 | DE-HUSKED COCONUT (Calender Year) | | 0.0 | 5.3 | 6.7 | 10.0 | 15.3 |
| 24 | JUTE | | 4.3 | 12.5 | 18.5 | 9.3 | 5.7 |
| 25 | SUGARCANE | | 4.8 | 4.5 | 0.0 | 10.9 | 7.8 | | 224 | 1,501 | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/16/AS397.pdf?source=pqals | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/qhindi/16/AS397.pdf?source=pqals | 6 |
LS16-S16-STARRED-396 | 16 | 16 | 396 | STARRED | 2019-01-08 | Demand and Availability of Milk | AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE | [
"VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT",
"DHARMENDRA YADAV"
] | ## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES
LOKSABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO.396 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019
## DEMAND AND AVAILABILITY OF MILK
*396 SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT: SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:
Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:
- (a) whether the Government has assessed the current as well as future demand of milk and milk products in the country, if so, the details along with the domestic production thereof;
- (b) whether the country has achieved 4.2 per cent average growth in milk production against the world average of 2.2 per cent and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has fixed 24 crore tonnes milk production target by 2025 and if so, the details thereof along with the funds proposed to be spent to achieve the said target;
- (d) the present per capita availability of milk and the extent to which it will increase by 2025 along with the number of schemes for dairy development run through the World Bank and external help; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government for genetic improvement among bovines, betterment of rural infrastructure in dairy and to provide better opportunities for milk vendors?
## ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)
(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the table of the House.
***
## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (E) ON THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 396 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019
- (a) National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has been advised to conduct a study 'Estimating the present demand of Milk and Milk products and its forecasting in India' under centrally sector scheme National Dairy Plan-I. As per the National Action Plan prepared with inputs from NDDB, the growth in milk production would keep pace with the growth in demand.
- (b) The milk production in the country increased from 165.40 Million metric tonnes (MMT) in 2016-17 to 176.35 MMT in 2017-18 at a growth rate of 6.62%. As per Food Outlook, 2018 published by FAO, World milk production increased from 800.2 MMT in 2016 to 811.9 MMT in 2017 at a growth rate of 1.46%.
- (c) As per the National Action Plan, the target of milk production by the year 2021-22 is 254.5 MMT.
- (d) The per capita availability of milk in India during 2017-18 is 375 gms/day and by 2023-24 it is estimated to increase to 592 gms/day. Besides other central and centrally sponsored schemes this Department, with support from World Bank is implementing National Dairy Plan-I (NDP-I) with the total outlay of Rs. 2242 Crore comprising Rs. 1584 Crore as International Development Association (World Bank) assistance for enhancing productivity of milch animals and providing market access to the farmers.
- (e) In order to complement and supplement the efforts made by the States for genetic improvement among bovines and betterment of rural infrastructure in dairy in the country following schemes are being implemented by Government of India:
- (i) Rashtriya Gokul Mission: With the aim to develop and conserve indigenous breeds and enhancing their production and productivity through extension of Artificial Insemination (AI) programme, use of Modern Technology, awareness generation etc.
- (ii) National Dairy Plan-I : Being implemented to increase productivity of milch animals and provide rural milk producers with greater access to the organized milk market. The scheme ends in March 2019.
- (iii) Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF ): amounting to Rs.10881 crore with objective to replace old dairy processing units and to create infrastructure for new dairy processing units and value added products.
- (iv) National programme for Dairy Development : Objective of the scheme is to create dairy infrastructure for procurement, processing and marketing of milk and milk products.
- (v) Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme: Is being implemented with the objective of generation of self-employment opportunities in the dairy sector, covering activities such as enhancement of milk production, procurement and preservation, transportation, processing and marketing of milk.
**** | ## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES
LOKSABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO.396 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019
## DEMAND AND AVAILABILITY OF MILK
*396 SHRI VINAYAK BHAURAO RAUT: SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:
Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:
- (a) whether the Government has assessed the current as well as future demand of milk and milk products in the country, if so, the details along with the domestic production thereof;
- (b) whether the country has achieved 4.2 per cent average growth in milk production against the world average of 2.2 per cent and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has fixed 24 crore tonnes milk production target by 2025 and if so, the details thereof along with the funds proposed to be spent to achieve the said target;
- (d) the present per capita availability of milk and the extent to which it will increase by 2025 along with the number of schemes for dairy development run through the World Bank and external help; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government for genetic improvement among bovines, betterment of rural infrastructure in dairy and to provide better opportunities for milk vendors? | ## ANSWER
THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE (SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH)
(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the table of the House.
***
## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (A) TO (E) ON THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 396 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019
- (a) National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) has been advised to conduct a study 'Estimating the present demand of Milk and Milk products and its forecasting in India' under centrally sector scheme National Dairy Plan-I. As per the National Action Plan prepared with inputs from NDDB, the growth in milk production would keep pace with the growth in demand.
- (b) The milk production in the country increased from 165.40 Million metric tonnes (MMT) in 2016-17 to 176.35 MMT in 2017-18 at a growth rate of 6.62%. As per Food Outlook, 2018 published by FAO, World milk production increased from 800.2 MMT in 2016 to 811.9 MMT in 2017 at a growth rate of 1.46%.
- (c) As per the National Action Plan, the target of milk production by the year 2021-22 is 254.5 MMT.
- (d) The per capita availability of milk in India during 2017-18 is 375 gms/day and by 2023-24 it is estimated to increase to 592 gms/day. Besides other central and centrally sponsored schemes this Department, with support from World Bank is implementing National Dairy Plan-I (NDP-I) with the total outlay of Rs. 2242 Crore comprising Rs. 1584 Crore as International Development Association (World Bank) assistance for enhancing productivity of milch animals and providing market access to the farmers.
- (e) In order to complement and supplement the efforts made by the States for genetic improvement among bovines and betterment of rural infrastructure in dairy in the country following schemes are being implemented by Government of India:
- (i) Rashtriya Gokul Mission: With the aim to develop and conserve indigenous breeds and enhancing their production and productivity through extension of Artificial Insemination (AI) programme, use of Modern Technology, awareness generation etc.
- (ii) National Dairy Plan-I : Being implemented to increase productivity of milch animals and provide rural milk producers with greater access to the organized milk market. The scheme ends in March 2019.
- (iii) Dairy Processing and Infrastructure Development Fund (DIDF ): amounting to Rs.10881 crore with objective to replace old dairy processing units and to create infrastructure for new dairy processing units and value added products.
- (iv) National programme for Dairy Development : Objective of the scheme is to create dairy infrastructure for procurement, processing and marketing of milk and milk products.
- (v) Dairy Entrepreneurship Development Scheme: Is being implemented with the objective of generation of self-employment opportunities in the dairy sector, covering activities such as enhancement of milk production, procurement and preservation, transportation, processing and marketing of milk. | 220 | 472 | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/16/AS396.pdf?source=pqals | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/qhindi/16/AS396.pdf?source=pqals | 2 |
LS16-S16-STARRED-394 | 16 | 16 | 394 | STARRED | 2019-01-08 | Promotion of Rajbhasha Hindi | HOME AFFAIRS | [
"MANSHANKAR NINAMA"
] | ## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*394
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 08 TH JANUARY, 2019 / PAUSHA 18, 1940 (SAKA)
PROMOTION OF RAJBHASHA HINDI
†*394. SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has prepared schemes for according appropriate honour to Rajbhasha Hindi and its world-wide and nation-wide promotion and propagation as per Constitutional provisions;
(b) if so, the schemes prepared during the last three years along with the funds spent on these schemes;
(c) the proper steps taken for better use of Rajbhasha Hindi in Science and Technology; and
(d) the target fixed by the Government in this regard?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)
(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the table of the House.
## STATEMENT IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *394 FOR ANSWER ON 08.01.2019 REGARDING 'PROMOTION OF RAJBHASHA HINDI'
(a), (b) & (d): Yes Madam, As per the provision made in the Article 343 of the Constitution, Hindi in Devnagari script is the Official Language of the Union. For the recognition of the Official Language and its wide publicity at national and international level Government of India has formulated various schemes like Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar Yojana, Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar Yojana, Rajbhasha Regional Awards, Encouragement/Incentive Scheme, Cash prize for Hindi learning etc. An annual Programme is prepared by the Department of Official Language, which sets targets for promotion of correspondence in Hindi, noting in Hindi, training in Hindi language etc. Apart from this, targets are fixed to impart training to the officials in the fields of Hindi language, Hindi typing, Hindi stenography as well as Hindi translation. A detailed statement is at Annexure 'I'. The annual budget for this purpose is Rs.74.45 crore.
(c): Yes Madam, Efforts are being made by the Department of Science and Technology to ensure better utilization of the Official Language. Science communication & popularization programmes are being organized throughout the country in Hindi as well as Regional Languages. Radio serials through AIR are developed, produced & broadcasted in Hindi. Books titled 'Bharat mei Samudri Bhu Vigyan ka Itihas' and 'Sab tak pahuchana hai' and Hindi journal like 'Vigyan Pragati', 'Aavishkar' and 'Dream 2047' have helped in bringing knowledge and updates regarding scientific happening throughout the world to Hindi speaking people.
***********
## I. Award Schemes
- a. Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar Yojana - under this scheme every year shields are awarded to various Ministries, Departments, Boards/Institutions, Autonomous Bodies etc. Nationalized Banks, Public Sector Undertakings and Town Official Language Implementation Committees for their outstanding achievements in promoting the Official Language Policy of the Government.
- b. Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar Yojana - Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar is given to Citizens of India for writing original book in Hindi on knowledge and science based subjects. Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar is also awarded to Central Government Employees (including retired one) for writing original book and writing excellent article in Hindi.
- c. Rajbahsha Regional Awards - Under the Rajbhasha Regional Award Scheme shields are awarded every year to various Central Government Offices, subordinate offices of Nationalized Banks, Public Sector Undertakings and Town Official Language Implementation Committees for their outstanding achievements in promoting the Official Language Policy of the Government
- II. Encouragement / Incentive Schemes
- a. Increment in Personnel Pay - With a view to encouraging Central Government officers/employees an incentive/Personal pay equivalent to one increment for 12 months is given on Hindi Language, Hindi Typewriting and Hindi Stenography
- b. Incentive for Stenographer & Typist for doing Official Work in Hindi
- c. Incentive for doing Noting/Drafting originally in Hindi
## III. Cash Prize Schemes
- a. Prabodh, Praveen & Pragya
- b. Hindi Word Processing
- c. Hindi Stenography
## IV. Training Schemes
- a. Central Hindi Training Institute - impart training of Hindi language, Hindi typing & stenography to the employees of Central Government. The targets of CHTI for the year of 2018-19 are as follows:
- i. Hindi Language - 38750 Trainees
- ii. Hindi Typing - 4740 Trainees
- iii. Hindi Stenography - 930 Trainees
*************
## L.S.S.Q. No. *394 FOR 08.01.2019 | †*394. SHRI MANSHANKAR NINAMA:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the Government has prepared schemes for according appropriate honour to Rajbhasha Hindi and its world-wide and nation-wide promotion and propagation as per Constitutional provisions;
(b) if so, the schemes prepared during the last three years along with the funds spent on these schemes;
(c) the proper steps taken for better use of Rajbhasha Hindi in Science and Technology; and
(d) the target fixed by the Government in this regard? | ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)
(a) to (d): A statement is laid on the table of the House.
## STATEMENT IN REPLY TO LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *394 FOR ANSWER ON 08.01.2019 REGARDING 'PROMOTION OF RAJBHASHA HINDI'
(a), (b) & (d): Yes Madam, As per the provision made in the Article 343 of the Constitution, Hindi in Devnagari script is the Official Language of the Union. For the recognition of the Official Language and its wide publicity at national and international level Government of India has formulated various schemes like Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar Yojana, Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar Yojana, Rajbhasha Regional Awards, Encouragement/Incentive Scheme, Cash prize for Hindi learning etc. An annual Programme is prepared by the Department of Official Language, which sets targets for promotion of correspondence in Hindi, noting in Hindi, training in Hindi language etc. Apart from this, targets are fixed to impart training to the officials in the fields of Hindi language, Hindi typing, Hindi stenography as well as Hindi translation. A detailed statement is at Annexure 'I'. The annual budget for this purpose is Rs.74.45 crore.
(c): Yes Madam, Efforts are being made by the Department of Science and Technology to ensure better utilization of the Official Language. Science communication & popularization programmes are being organized throughout the country in Hindi as well as Regional Languages. Radio serials through AIR are developed, produced & broadcasted in Hindi. Books titled 'Bharat mei Samudri Bhu Vigyan ka Itihas' and 'Sab tak pahuchana hai' and Hindi journal like 'Vigyan Pragati', 'Aavishkar' and 'Dream 2047' have helped in bringing knowledge and updates regarding scientific happening throughout the world to Hindi speaking people.
***********
## I. Award Schemes
- a. Rajbhasha Kirti Puraskar Yojana - under this scheme every year shields are awarded to various Ministries, Departments, Boards/Institutions, Autonomous Bodies etc. Nationalized Banks, Public Sector Undertakings and Town Official Language Implementation Committees for their outstanding achievements in promoting the Official Language Policy of the Government.
- b. Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar Yojana - Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar is given to Citizens of India for writing original book in Hindi on knowledge and science based subjects. Rajbhasha Gaurav Puraskar is also awarded to Central Government Employees (including retired one) for writing original book and writing excellent article in Hindi.
- c. Rajbahsha Regional Awards - Under the Rajbhasha Regional Award Scheme shields are awarded every year to various Central Government Offices, subordinate offices of Nationalized Banks, Public Sector Undertakings and Town Official Language Implementation Committees for their outstanding achievements in promoting the Official Language Policy of the Government
- II. Encouragement / Incentive Schemes
- a. Increment in Personnel Pay - With a view to encouraging Central Government officers/employees an incentive/Personal pay equivalent to one increment for 12 months is given on Hindi Language, Hindi Typewriting and Hindi Stenography
- b. Incentive for Stenographer & Typist for doing Official Work in Hindi
- c. Incentive for doing Noting/Drafting originally in Hindi
## III. Cash Prize Schemes
- a. Prabodh, Praveen & Pragya
- b. Hindi Word Processing
- c. Hindi Stenography
## IV. Training Schemes
- a. Central Hindi Training Institute - impart training of Hindi language, Hindi typing & stenography to the employees of Central Government. The targets of CHTI for the year of 2018-19 are as follows:
- i. Hindi Language - 38750 Trainees
- ii. Hindi Typing - 4740 Trainees
- iii. Hindi Stenography - 930 Trainees
*************
## L.S.S.Q. No. *394 FOR 08.01.2019 | 85 | 582 | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/16/AS394.pdf?source=pqals | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/qhindi/16/AS394.pdf?source=pqals | 4 |
LS16-S16-STARRED-393 | 16 | 16 | 393 | STARRED | 2019-01-08 | Welfare and Rehabilitation of Divyangs | SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT | [
"RAJU ALIAS DEVAPPA ANNA SHETTI"
] | ## DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
## GOVERNEMTN OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (DIVYANGJAN)
## LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. +*393
TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.01.2019
## WERFARE AND REHABILIATION OF DIVYANGS
## +*393: SHRI RAJU SHETTY
Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be please to state Will the
- details of the current status of the ongoing schemes/ projects for the welfare and (a) the and mentally retarded persons in the country, StatelUTrehabilitation of Divyangs wise;
- Government has reviewed/ proposes t0 review the National policy for whether the with the United with disabilities to make it in consonance Conference on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; persons
- and utilized for this purpose during each of the last three (b) the funds allocated/released years and the current Statel UT-wise; year;
- (d) if so, the details and the outcome thereof; and
- the effective steps taken by the Government to provide assistance to mitigate (e) the problems being faced by this section of the society? special
## ANSWER
MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(DR: THAAWARCHAND GEHLOT)
(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
referred in reply to (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 393 for Statement as raised by Shri answer on 08/01/2019 regarding "welfare and rehabilitation of Divyangs Raju Shetty. part
- runs schemes/projects through its eight National Institutes; National Trust: (a) to (b): Department (NHFDC) and Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) as well as through State Governments bodieslorganizationslinstitutes and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) for autonomous Details of the major schemes implemented by the Government for Divyangjans are as country: under:
- Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP): Under this scheme, funds are released to various implementing agencies to assist the needy standard aids and appliances that can promote their physical, social schabilitation by reducing the effects of disabilities and enhance their cconomic potential] persons
- (ii) asgistance is provided for various activities relating to implementation of Right this scheme, 2016, particularly, for creation of barrier free environment of Persons with Disabilities Act; for persons with disabilities:
- financial assistance is Scholarship schemes for students with disabilities: Under this scheme;\_ (iv) students with disabilities for Pre-matric, Post-metric, Class Education; provided to National Fellowship, National Overseas Scholarship: Top
- (DDRS): Under this scheme, financial assistance (iii) Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme rehabilitation of PwDs which is aimed at is provided to NGOs for projects relating to intellectual, enabling them to reach and maintain their physical, sensory, psychological and social function levels: optimal
under ADIP, SIPDA, DDRS and Scholarship Schemes during last three State-wise funds released
- has already adopted National Policy in the year 2006. The National (c) to (d): The Government resource for the country Policy recognizes that the persons with disabilities are valuable human environment that them equal opportunities, protection of rights and and seeks to create an rehabilitation, full participation in society. on prevention of disabilities, social protection, and recreation etc for persons with disabilities: education, employment; Committee to review the existing National Policy and Further; the Government has constituted a United National Policy for persons with disabilities in synergy with to suggest a comprehensive Disabilities and Rights of Persons with Disabilities Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Act; 2016. provide sports
- the problems faced by with disabilities, the Government implements (e): To mitigate the efforts of States/UTs towards empowerment various schemes and programmes to utilization of funds, release of grants to of Persons with Disabilities. In addition; to ensure full of during & year is made only on receipt of utilization certificates in respect implementing Other measures include monitoring by respective State Governments/UTs previous year' $ time through independent evaluation agencies; Administrations, evaluation studies from time to utilization of funds inspections the State Governments concerned, inter alia, to check proper National Institutes and officers of the Ministry. persons supplement agencies grants. by
## Annexure-I
Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Admitted Starred Question No.393 to be answered on 08.01.2019 regarding welfare and rehabilitation of Divyangs
## State-wise details of funds released under ADIP Scheme during the last three years and current year
(Rs.in Lakh)
| S.No. | State UTs | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 (as on 03.01.2019) |
|---------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|------------------------------|
| | Andhra Pradesh | 795.56 | 642.12 | 420.16 | 379.58 |
| 2 | Bihar | 105.80 | 205.62 | 496.31 | 549.62 |
| 3 | Chhattisgarh | 425.03 | 297.76 | | 9.62 |
| 4 | Goa | 8.96 | 3.76 | 53.55 | 34.99 |
| 5 | Gujarat | | 1731.26 | 2399.37 | 592.57 |
| 6 | Haryana | 473.02 | 848.49 | 453.31 | 492.54 |
| 7 | Himachal Pradesh | 59.61 | 81.01 | 52.71 | 59.01 |
| 8 | Jammu and Kashmir | 126.54 | 222.59 | 117.81 | 203.60 |
| | Jharkhand | 22.79 | 77.04 | 106.97 | 34.75 |
| 10 | Karnataka | 676.98 | 453.60 | 353.50 | 423.99 |
| 11 | Kerala | 239.35 | 228.68 | | 190.45 |
| 12 | Madhya Pradesh | 2251.79 | 1663.46 | 979.93 | 581.66 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 1846.86 | 1244.36 | 1043.78 | 1231.49 |
| 14 | Odisha | 557.79 | 897.64 | 702.20 | 214.62 |
| 15 | Punjab | 842.46 | 565.25 | 276.62 | 238.83 |
| 16 | Rajasthan | 624.94 | 539.81 | 856.93 | 977.47 |
| 17 | Tamil Nadu | 394.68 | 353.32 | 514.95 | 461.8 |
| 18 | Uttar Pradesh | 2869.4 | 4072.05 | 1908.81 | 1820.97 |
| 19 | Uttrakhand | 301.52 | 311.20 | 281.93 | 56.88 |
| 20 | West Bengal | 1163.02 | 1149.95 | 734.64 | 444.06 |
| 21 | Andaman & Nicobar | 0 | 10.64 | 7.13 | 0 |
| 22 | Chandigarh | | 22.61 | 0.75 | 2.43 |
| 23 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0.95 | 2.13 | 2.70 | |
| 24 | Daman & Diu | 2.46 | 3.08 | 6.76 | |
| 25 | Delhi | 361.09 | 571.89 | 355.64 | 220.95 1.88 |
| 26 | Lakshadweep | | 0 | 11.22 | 31.86 |
| | Puducherry | | 20.11 | 7.12 | 31.79 |
| 28 | Arunachal Pradesh | 12.92 | 8.45 | 28.48 | 200.42 |
| 29 | Assam | 599.27 | | 829.97 | 140.34 |
| 30 | Manipur | 92.31 | 563.14 | 162.47 | 135.38 |
| 31 | Meghalaya | 26.26 | 98.28 | 8.19 | 11.92 |
| 32 | Mizoram | 2.84 | 38.55 | 11.00 | 0.85 |
| 33 | Nagaland | 17.44 | 16.49 | 2.37 | 18.24 |
| 34 | Sikkim | 23.11 | | 0.53 | 165.62 |
| 35 | Tripura | | 235.34 | 98.82 443.79 | 337.74 |
377 &5
335.56
Annexure referred of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 393 for answer on 08.01.2019 regarding Welfare and Rehabilitation Divyangs
## Grant-in-aid released to States/UTs under the Scheme for Implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act; 2016 (SIPDA) during the last three years and current year (Rsin lakb)
| No: | State/UT | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 (31.12.2018 |
|-------|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|
| | Andhra Pradesh | 73.94 | | 795.54 | 718.17 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | | | | |
| 3 | Assam | | | | |
| 4 | Bihar | | | 925.14 | |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 15.00 | | 688.59 | |
| | Goa | | | | 444.63 |
| 6 | Gujarat | 15.00 | | 114.37 | |
| 8 | Haryana | | 50.09 | 464.68 | 880.02 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 3.15 | | | 48.49 |
| 10 | Jammu & Kashmir | | 57.74 | | |
| 11 | Jharkhand | | | 583.43 | 583.43 |
| 12 | Karnataka | | | | 1021.21 |
| 13 | Kerala | 14.46 | | | 429.98 |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | 18.00 | 19.37 | 951.16 | 141.94 |
| 15 | Maharashtra | 14.99 | 1863.34 | | |
| 16 | Manipur | | | | |
| 17 | Meghalaya | 5.80 | 107.38 | 1689.67 | 325.16 |
| 18 | Mizoram | | 877.16 | | |
| 19 | Nagaland | 249.56 | 861.27 | 78.48 | |
| 20 | Odisha | | 607.14 | 118.11 | |
| 21 | Punjab | 16.00 | 5.60 | 64.59 | 919.74 |
| 22 | Rajasthan | | | 3813.00 | 6.03 |
| 23 | Sikkim | | 578.14 | | |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | | 796.38 | 307.50 | |
| 25 | Telangana | | | 459.62 | 459.62 |
| 26 | Tripura | | | | |
| 27 | Uttarakhand | | 50.06 | | |
| 28 | Uttar Pradesh | 79.16 | 419.58 | 3142.15 | 218.03 |
| 29 | West Bengal | 33.00 | 157.92 | 289.52 | 1105.22 |
| 30 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | | | | 570.59 |
| 31 | Chandigarh | | 415.38 | | |
| 32 | Dadar and Nagar Haveli | | | | |
| 33 | Daman and Diu | | | | |
| 34 | Delhi | | 1348.43 | 45.35 | |
| 35 | Lakshadweep | | | | |
| 36 | Puducherry | 54.17 | | 273.16 | |
| | TOTAL | 592.23 | 8214.98 | 14804.06 | 7872.26 |
Annexure referred in (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 393 for answer on 08.01.2019 regarding Welfare and Rehabilitation Divyangs part
## States- wise funds utilised under Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) during last three years and current year:
(Amount in Rs. lakh)
| S.No: | StatelUTs | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 (As on 03.01.2019) |
|---------|----------------------|---------------|-----------|---------------|------------------------------|
| | Andhra Pradesh | 826.83 | 763.14 | 1101.15 | 652.23 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 6.74 | 9.64 | 1.58 | |
| 3 | Assam | 88.92 | 94.01 | 88.98 | 24.3 |
| 4 | Bihar | 62.03 | 25.16 | 80.58 | 35.88 |
| 5 | Chattisgarh_ | 47.49 | 17.51 | 24.30 | 38.8 |
| 6 | Delhi | 197.81 | 82.16 | 196.37 | 27.69 |
| | Goa | 8.87 | 4.89 | 0.00 | |
| 8 | Gujarat | 47.24 | 32.2 | 58.85 | 45.91 |
| 9 | Haryana | 117.94 | 116.24 | 119.50 | 75.85 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 20.53 | 24.16 | 24.84 | 46.79 |
| 11 | Jammu & Kashmir | 9.58 | 3.25 | 0.68 | 4.86 |
| 12 | Jharkhand | | 0.94 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 13 | Karnataka | 77.2 | 96.73 | 83.86 | 50.53 |
| 14 | Kerala | 362.25 | 446.16 | 574.32 | 370.5 |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 132.69 | 99.75 | 148.04 | 92.76 |
| 16 | Maharashtra | 141.47 | 221.47 | 321.64 | 73.08 |
| 17 | Manipur | 284.38 | 270.91 | 448.30 | 371.09 |
| 18 | Meghalaya | 45.86 | 65.16 | 23.21 | 35.08 |
| 19 | Mizoram | 11.25 | 7.38 | 9.44 | 9.54 |
| 20 | Nagaland | 0.41 | | 0.00 | |
| 21 | Odisha | 445.1 | 329.31 | 526.93 | 254.07 |
| 22 | Punjab | 46.23 | 68.95 | 86.58 | 20.95 |
| 23 | Rajasthan | 139.18 | 136.12 | 188.63 | 107.77 |
| 24 | Sikkim | | | 0.00 | |
| 25 | Tamil Nadu | 234.29 | 98.77 | 216.42 | 202.83 |
| 26 | Tripura | 1 | 12.09 | 2.84 | 0.27 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | 550.16 | 376.19 | 557.57 | 355.19 18.06 |
| 28 | Uttrakhand | 41.47 | 28.01 | 26.52 | |
| 29 | West Bengal | 304.34 | 361.66 | 384.90 | 183.31 |
| 30 | Telangana_ | 750.13 | 700.88 | 685.37 | 588.36 |
| 31 | Andman and Nicobar | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 32 | Chandigarh | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 33 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 34 | & Diu Daman | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 35 | Lakshadweep | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 36 | Pudducherry Tatal | 14.83 5018.99 | 7.16 | 18.36 5999.77 | 18.31 3704.01 |
Annexure referred in part (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 393 for answer o 08.01.2019 regarding Welfare and Rehabilitation Divyangs.
## State-wise funds released under the Scholarship Schemes for Students with Disabilities during last three years and current year:
| S.No: | StatelUts | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 (as on 31.12.2018) |
|---------|----------------------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| | Andaman and Nicobar | | 23105 | 31320 | |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 45452446 | 38634545 | 61163020 | 25053867 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 0 | 454832 | 24820 | |
| 4 | Assam | 2084395 | 5175195 | 2699724 | 4509723 |
| 5 | Bihar | 9425619 | 17190687 | 22840525 | 25849375 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 168773 | 25000 | 142565 | 2622588 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 1425065 | 1686408 | 4878311 | 4811235 |
| 8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 5340 | 31930 | 18520 | |
| 9 | Daman & Diu | 0 | | 42830 | |
| 10 | Delhi | 7514322 | 8456984 | 18478648 | 14152830 |
| 11 | Goa | 0 | 0 | 74320 | |
| 12 | Gujarat | 5504023 | 4720663 | 17965436 | 4141710 |
| 13 | Haryana | 6141470 | 7039148 | 9426788 | 6220692 |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh | 1139274 | 1956937 | 3171831 | 623833 |
| 15 | Jammu And Kashmir | 2317050 | 4484667 | 11146486 | 10370829 |
| 16 | Jharkhand | 2480063 | 5586493 | 4735146 | 12770025 |
| 17 | Karnataka | 12205947 | 44204354 | 27658602 | 34496121 |
| 18 | Kerala | 12923434 | 13467189 | 26392860 | 5153222 |
| 19 | Lakshadweep_ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Pradesh Madhya | 7950546 | 62570217 | 64201872 | 40918332 |
| 21 | Maharashtra | 13583357 | 19140032 | 26075567 | 20229508 |
| 22 | Manipur | 1543538 | 43196 | 801441 | |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 35470 | 748470 | 487985 | |
| 24 | Mizoram | 0 | 382490 | 760490 | |
| 25 | Nagaland | 0 | 214868 | 72230 | |
| 26 | Odisha | 19280156 | 11646315 | 38029005 | 33886069 |
| 27 | Puducherry | 2580224 | 1392400 | 2266997 | 1101243 |
| 28 | Punjab_ | 4227885 | 3448420 | 7967725 | 4848331 |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 5142812 | 7036343 | 20295332 | 14997479 |
| 30 | Sikkim | 106440 | 385900 | 423610 | 20240 |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 19450935 | 6432387 | 20861213 | 20477729 |
| 32 | Telangana | 4301902 | 11304393 | 20667326 | 10646711 |
| 33 | Tripura | 1171418 | 2844017 | 3759502 | 513767 |
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 493075 | 30640 | 519000 | 337500 |
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 47473456 | 56311850 | 112469826 | 133881072 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 14064414 | 21269598 | 34173420 | 65955610 |
| Total | Total | 250192849_ | 358339673 | 564724293 | 498589641 |
***** | ## DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES
## GOVERNEMTN OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (DIVYANGJAN)
## LOK SABHA
STARRED QUESTION NO. +*393
TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.01.2019
## WERFARE AND REHABILIATION OF DIVYANGS
## +*393: SHRI RAJU SHETTY
Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be please to state Will the
- details of the current status of the ongoing schemes/ projects for the welfare and (a) the and mentally retarded persons in the country, StatelUTrehabilitation of Divyangs wise;
- Government has reviewed/ proposes t0 review the National policy for whether the with the United with disabilities to make it in consonance Conference on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities; persons
- and utilized for this purpose during each of the last three (b) the funds allocated/released years and the current Statel UT-wise; year;
- (d) if so, the details and the outcome thereof; and
- the effective steps taken by the Government to provide assistance to mitigate (e) the problems being faced by this section of the society? special | ## ANSWER
MINISTER OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
(DR: THAAWARCHAND GEHLOT)
(a) to (e) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
referred in reply to (a) to (e) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 393 for Statement as raised by Shri answer on 08/01/2019 regarding "welfare and rehabilitation of Divyangs Raju Shetty. part
- runs schemes/projects through its eight National Institutes; National Trust: (a) to (b): Department (NHFDC) and Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO) as well as through State Governments bodieslorganizationslinstitutes and Non-Government Organizations (NGOs) for autonomous Details of the major schemes implemented by the Government for Divyangjans are as country: under:
- Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances (ADIP): Under this scheme, funds are released to various implementing agencies to assist the needy standard aids and appliances that can promote their physical, social schabilitation by reducing the effects of disabilities and enhance their cconomic potential] persons
- (ii) asgistance is provided for various activities relating to implementation of Right this scheme, 2016, particularly, for creation of barrier free environment of Persons with Disabilities Act; for persons with disabilities:
- financial assistance is Scholarship schemes for students with disabilities: Under this scheme;\_ (iv) students with disabilities for Pre-matric, Post-metric, Class Education; provided to National Fellowship, National Overseas Scholarship: Top
- (DDRS): Under this scheme, financial assistance (iii) Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme rehabilitation of PwDs which is aimed at is provided to NGOs for projects relating to intellectual, enabling them to reach and maintain their physical, sensory, psychological and social function levels: optimal
under ADIP, SIPDA, DDRS and Scholarship Schemes during last three State-wise funds released
- has already adopted National Policy in the year 2006. The National (c) to (d): The Government resource for the country Policy recognizes that the persons with disabilities are valuable human environment that them equal opportunities, protection of rights and and seeks to create an rehabilitation, full participation in society. on prevention of disabilities, social protection, and recreation etc for persons with disabilities: education, employment; Committee to review the existing National Policy and Further; the Government has constituted a United National Policy for persons with disabilities in synergy with to suggest a comprehensive Disabilities and Rights of Persons with Disabilities Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Act; 2016. provide sports
- the problems faced by with disabilities, the Government implements (e): To mitigate the efforts of States/UTs towards empowerment various schemes and programmes to utilization of funds, release of grants to of Persons with Disabilities. In addition; to ensure full of during & year is made only on receipt of utilization certificates in respect implementing Other measures include monitoring by respective State Governments/UTs previous year' $ time through independent evaluation agencies; Administrations, evaluation studies from time to utilization of funds inspections the State Governments concerned, inter alia, to check proper National Institutes and officers of the Ministry. persons supplement agencies grants. by
## Annexure-I
Annexure referred to in reply to part (b) of Lok Sabha Admitted Starred Question No.393 to be answered on 08.01.2019 regarding welfare and rehabilitation of Divyangs
## State-wise details of funds released under ADIP Scheme during the last three years and current year
(Rs.in Lakh)
| S.No. | State UTs | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 (as on 03.01.2019) |
|---------|----------------------|-----------|-----------|--------------|------------------------------|
| | Andhra Pradesh | 795.56 | 642.12 | 420.16 | 379.58 |
| 2 | Bihar | 105.80 | 205.62 | 496.31 | 549.62 |
| 3 | Chhattisgarh | 425.03 | 297.76 | | 9.62 |
| 4 | Goa | 8.96 | 3.76 | 53.55 | 34.99 |
| 5 | Gujarat | | 1731.26 | 2399.37 | 592.57 |
| 6 | Haryana | 473.02 | 848.49 | 453.31 | 492.54 |
| 7 | Himachal Pradesh | 59.61 | 81.01 | 52.71 | 59.01 |
| 8 | Jammu and Kashmir | 126.54 | 222.59 | 117.81 | 203.60 |
| | Jharkhand | 22.79 | 77.04 | 106.97 | 34.75 |
| 10 | Karnataka | 676.98 | 453.60 | 353.50 | 423.99 |
| 11 | Kerala | 239.35 | 228.68 | | 190.45 |
| 12 | Madhya Pradesh | 2251.79 | 1663.46 | 979.93 | 581.66 |
| 13 | Maharashtra | 1846.86 | 1244.36 | 1043.78 | 1231.49 |
| 14 | Odisha | 557.79 | 897.64 | 702.20 | 214.62 |
| 15 | Punjab | 842.46 | 565.25 | 276.62 | 238.83 |
| 16 | Rajasthan | 624.94 | 539.81 | 856.93 | 977.47 |
| 17 | Tamil Nadu | 394.68 | 353.32 | 514.95 | 461.8 |
| 18 | Uttar Pradesh | 2869.4 | 4072.05 | 1908.81 | 1820.97 |
| 19 | Uttrakhand | 301.52 | 311.20 | 281.93 | 56.88 |
| 20 | West Bengal | 1163.02 | 1149.95 | 734.64 | 444.06 |
| 21 | Andaman & Nicobar | 0 | 10.64 | 7.13 | 0 |
| 22 | Chandigarh | | 22.61 | 0.75 | 2.43 |
| 23 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0.95 | 2.13 | 2.70 | |
| 24 | Daman & Diu | 2.46 | 3.08 | 6.76 | |
| 25 | Delhi | 361.09 | 571.89 | 355.64 | 220.95 1.88 |
| 26 | Lakshadweep | | 0 | 11.22 | 31.86 |
| | Puducherry | | 20.11 | 7.12 | 31.79 |
| 28 | Arunachal Pradesh | 12.92 | 8.45 | 28.48 | 200.42 |
| 29 | Assam | 599.27 | | 829.97 | 140.34 |
| 30 | Manipur | 92.31 | 563.14 | 162.47 | 135.38 |
| 31 | Meghalaya | 26.26 | 98.28 | 8.19 | 11.92 |
| 32 | Mizoram | 2.84 | 38.55 | 11.00 | 0.85 |
| 33 | Nagaland | 17.44 | 16.49 | 2.37 | 18.24 |
| 34 | Sikkim | 23.11 | | 0.53 | 165.62 |
| 35 | Tripura | | 235.34 | 98.82 443.79 | 337.74 |
377 &5
335.56
Annexure referred of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 393 for answer on 08.01.2019 regarding Welfare and Rehabilitation Divyangs
## Grant-in-aid released to States/UTs under the Scheme for Implementation of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act; 2016 (SIPDA) during the last three years and current year (Rsin lakb)
| No: | State/UT | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 (31.12.2018 |
|-------|-----------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------------------|
| | Andhra Pradesh | 73.94 | | 795.54 | 718.17 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | | | | |
| 3 | Assam | | | | |
| 4 | Bihar | | | 925.14 | |
| 5 | Chhattisgarh | 15.00 | | 688.59 | |
| | Goa | | | | 444.63 |
| 6 | Gujarat | 15.00 | | 114.37 | |
| 8 | Haryana | | 50.09 | 464.68 | 880.02 |
| 9 | Himachal Pradesh | 3.15 | | | 48.49 |
| 10 | Jammu & Kashmir | | 57.74 | | |
| 11 | Jharkhand | | | 583.43 | 583.43 |
| 12 | Karnataka | | | | 1021.21 |
| 13 | Kerala | 14.46 | | | 429.98 |
| 14 | Madhya Pradesh | 18.00 | 19.37 | 951.16 | 141.94 |
| 15 | Maharashtra | 14.99 | 1863.34 | | |
| 16 | Manipur | | | | |
| 17 | Meghalaya | 5.80 | 107.38 | 1689.67 | 325.16 |
| 18 | Mizoram | | 877.16 | | |
| 19 | Nagaland | 249.56 | 861.27 | 78.48 | |
| 20 | Odisha | | 607.14 | 118.11 | |
| 21 | Punjab | 16.00 | 5.60 | 64.59 | 919.74 |
| 22 | Rajasthan | | | 3813.00 | 6.03 |
| 23 | Sikkim | | 578.14 | | |
| 24 | Tamil Nadu | | 796.38 | 307.50 | |
| 25 | Telangana | | | 459.62 | 459.62 |
| 26 | Tripura | | | | |
| 27 | Uttarakhand | | 50.06 | | |
| 28 | Uttar Pradesh | 79.16 | 419.58 | 3142.15 | 218.03 |
| 29 | West Bengal | 33.00 | 157.92 | 289.52 | 1105.22 |
| 30 | Andaman and Nicobar Islands | | | | 570.59 |
| 31 | Chandigarh | | 415.38 | | |
| 32 | Dadar and Nagar Haveli | | | | |
| 33 | Daman and Diu | | | | |
| 34 | Delhi | | 1348.43 | 45.35 | |
| 35 | Lakshadweep | | | | |
| 36 | Puducherry | 54.17 | | 273.16 | |
| | TOTAL | 592.23 | 8214.98 | 14804.06 | 7872.26 |
Annexure referred in (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 393 for answer on 08.01.2019 regarding Welfare and Rehabilitation Divyangs part
## States- wise funds utilised under Deendayal Disabled Rehabilitation Scheme (DDRS) during last three years and current year:
(Amount in Rs. lakh)
| S.No: | StatelUTs | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 (As on 03.01.2019) |
|---------|----------------------|---------------|-----------|---------------|------------------------------|
| | Andhra Pradesh | 826.83 | 763.14 | 1101.15 | 652.23 |
| 2 | Arunachal Pradesh | 6.74 | 9.64 | 1.58 | |
| 3 | Assam | 88.92 | 94.01 | 88.98 | 24.3 |
| 4 | Bihar | 62.03 | 25.16 | 80.58 | 35.88 |
| 5 | Chattisgarh_ | 47.49 | 17.51 | 24.30 | 38.8 |
| 6 | Delhi | 197.81 | 82.16 | 196.37 | 27.69 |
| | Goa | 8.87 | 4.89 | 0.00 | |
| 8 | Gujarat | 47.24 | 32.2 | 58.85 | 45.91 |
| 9 | Haryana | 117.94 | 116.24 | 119.50 | 75.85 |
| 10 | Himachal Pradesh | 20.53 | 24.16 | 24.84 | 46.79 |
| 11 | Jammu & Kashmir | 9.58 | 3.25 | 0.68 | 4.86 |
| 12 | Jharkhand | | 0.94 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 13 | Karnataka | 77.2 | 96.73 | 83.86 | 50.53 |
| 14 | Kerala | 362.25 | 446.16 | 574.32 | 370.5 |
| 15 | Madhya Pradesh | 132.69 | 99.75 | 148.04 | 92.76 |
| 16 | Maharashtra | 141.47 | 221.47 | 321.64 | 73.08 |
| 17 | Manipur | 284.38 | 270.91 | 448.30 | 371.09 |
| 18 | Meghalaya | 45.86 | 65.16 | 23.21 | 35.08 |
| 19 | Mizoram | 11.25 | 7.38 | 9.44 | 9.54 |
| 20 | Nagaland | 0.41 | | 0.00 | |
| 21 | Odisha | 445.1 | 329.31 | 526.93 | 254.07 |
| 22 | Punjab | 46.23 | 68.95 | 86.58 | 20.95 |
| 23 | Rajasthan | 139.18 | 136.12 | 188.63 | 107.77 |
| 24 | Sikkim | | | 0.00 | |
| 25 | Tamil Nadu | 234.29 | 98.77 | 216.42 | 202.83 |
| 26 | Tripura | 1 | 12.09 | 2.84 | 0.27 |
| 27 | Uttar Pradesh | 550.16 | 376.19 | 557.57 | 355.19 18.06 |
| 28 | Uttrakhand | 41.47 | 28.01 | 26.52 | |
| 29 | West Bengal | 304.34 | 361.66 | 384.90 | 183.31 |
| 30 | Telangana_ | 750.13 | 700.88 | 685.37 | 588.36 |
| 31 | Andman and Nicobar | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 32 | Chandigarh | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 33 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 34 | & Diu Daman | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 |
| 35 | Lakshadweep | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| 36 | Pudducherry Tatal | 14.83 5018.99 | 7.16 | 18.36 5999.77 | 18.31 3704.01 |
Annexure referred in part (b) of Lok Sabha Starred Question No. 393 for answer o 08.01.2019 regarding Welfare and Rehabilitation Divyangs.
## State-wise funds released under the Scholarship Schemes for Students with Disabilities during last three years and current year:
| S.No: | StatelUts | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 (as on 31.12.2018) |
|---------|----------------------|------------|-----------|-----------|------------------------------|
| | Andaman and Nicobar | | 23105 | 31320 | |
| 2 | Andhra Pradesh | 45452446 | 38634545 | 61163020 | 25053867 |
| 3 | Arunachal Pradesh | 0 | 454832 | 24820 | |
| 4 | Assam | 2084395 | 5175195 | 2699724 | 4509723 |
| 5 | Bihar | 9425619 | 17190687 | 22840525 | 25849375 |
| 6 | Chandigarh | 168773 | 25000 | 142565 | 2622588 |
| 7 | Chhattisgarh | 1425065 | 1686408 | 4878311 | 4811235 |
| 8 | Dadra & Nagar Haveli | 5340 | 31930 | 18520 | |
| 9 | Daman & Diu | 0 | | 42830 | |
| 10 | Delhi | 7514322 | 8456984 | 18478648 | 14152830 |
| 11 | Goa | 0 | 0 | 74320 | |
| 12 | Gujarat | 5504023 | 4720663 | 17965436 | 4141710 |
| 13 | Haryana | 6141470 | 7039148 | 9426788 | 6220692 |
| 14 | Himachal Pradesh | 1139274 | 1956937 | 3171831 | 623833 |
| 15 | Jammu And Kashmir | 2317050 | 4484667 | 11146486 | 10370829 |
| 16 | Jharkhand | 2480063 | 5586493 | 4735146 | 12770025 |
| 17 | Karnataka | 12205947 | 44204354 | 27658602 | 34496121 |
| 18 | Kerala | 12923434 | 13467189 | 26392860 | 5153222 |
| 19 | Lakshadweep_ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Pradesh Madhya | 7950546 | 62570217 | 64201872 | 40918332 |
| 21 | Maharashtra | 13583357 | 19140032 | 26075567 | 20229508 |
| 22 | Manipur | 1543538 | 43196 | 801441 | |
| 23 | Meghalaya | 35470 | 748470 | 487985 | |
| 24 | Mizoram | 0 | 382490 | 760490 | |
| 25 | Nagaland | 0 | 214868 | 72230 | |
| 26 | Odisha | 19280156 | 11646315 | 38029005 | 33886069 |
| 27 | Puducherry | 2580224 | 1392400 | 2266997 | 1101243 |
| 28 | Punjab_ | 4227885 | 3448420 | 7967725 | 4848331 |
| 29 | Rajasthan | 5142812 | 7036343 | 20295332 | 14997479 |
| 30 | Sikkim | 106440 | 385900 | 423610 | 20240 |
| 31 | Tamil Nadu | 19450935 | 6432387 | 20861213 | 20477729 |
| 32 | Telangana | 4301902 | 11304393 | 20667326 | 10646711 |
| 33 | Tripura | 1171418 | 2844017 | 3759502 | 513767 |
| 34 | Uttarakhand | 493075 | 30640 | 519000 | 337500 |
| 35 | Uttar Pradesh | 47473456 | 56311850 | 112469826 | 133881072 |
| 36 | West Bengal | 14064414 | 21269598 | 34173420 | 65955610 |
| Total | Total | 250192849_ | 358339673 | 564724293 | 498589641 | | 173 | 2,569 | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/16/AS393.pdf?source=pqals | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/qhindi/16/AS393.pdf?source=pqals | 6 |
LS16-S16-STARRED-392 | 16 | 16 | 392 | STARRED | 2019-01-08 | Special Incentive Scheme | FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES | [
"BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA"
] | ## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES
## LOK SABHA
## STARRED QUESTION NO. *392
ANSWERED ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019
## SPECIAL INCENTIVE SCHEME
## *392. SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA:
Will the Minister of FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:
- (a) whether the Government has implemented or proposes to implement any special incentive scheme to set up food processing industry in Bundelkhand;
- (b) if so, the details and the outcome/likely outcome thereof; and
- (c) if not, whether the Government is likely to formulate any scheme in this regard to remove backwardness of this region and if so, the details thereof?
## ANSWER
THE MINISTER FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SMT. HARSIMRAT KAUR BADAL)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *392 FOR ANSWERED ON 08 TH JANUARY, 2019 REGARDING SPECIAL INCENTIVE SCHEME
(a) to (c): The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing a central sector umbrella scheme, 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY)' with a total allocation of Rs.6000 crore to promote food processing industries in the country. The PMKSY has seven component schemes viz; (i) Mega Food Parks, (ii) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, (iii) Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters, (iv) Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages, (v) Creation/Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities, (vi) Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure and (vii) Human Resources and Institutions. PMKSY is implemented in all the States of India and is not any region specific. The schemes under PMKSY are demand driven. Financial assistance as capital subsidy in the form of grants-in-aid is provided under these schemes. The rate of subsidy ranges from 35% to 75% of the eligible project cost subject to maximum specified limit depending on the scheme and location of the project. Two proposals under the scheme 'Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure' and one proposal under the scheme 'Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages' have been approved in the district of Jalaun in the Bundelkhand region.
***** | ## *392. SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA:
Will the Minister of FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES be pleased to state:
- (a) whether the Government has implemented or proposes to implement any special incentive scheme to set up food processing industry in Bundelkhand;
- (b) if so, the details and the outcome/likely outcome thereof; and
- (c) if not, whether the Government is likely to formulate any scheme in this regard to remove backwardness of this region and if so, the details thereof? | ## ANSWER
THE MINISTER FOR FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES (SMT. HARSIMRAT KAUR BADAL)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *392 FOR ANSWERED ON 08 TH JANUARY, 2019 REGARDING SPECIAL INCENTIVE SCHEME
(a) to (c): The Ministry of Food Processing Industries (MoFPI) is implementing a central sector umbrella scheme, 'Pradhan Mantri Kisan SAMPADA Yojana (PMKSY)' with a total allocation of Rs.6000 crore to promote food processing industries in the country. The PMKSY has seven component schemes viz; (i) Mega Food Parks, (ii) Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure, (iii) Infrastructure for Agro-Processing Clusters, (iv) Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages, (v) Creation/Expansion of Food Processing & Preservation Capacities, (vi) Food Safety and Quality Assurance Infrastructure and (vii) Human Resources and Institutions. PMKSY is implemented in all the States of India and is not any region specific. The schemes under PMKSY are demand driven. Financial assistance as capital subsidy in the form of grants-in-aid is provided under these schemes. The rate of subsidy ranges from 35% to 75% of the eligible project cost subject to maximum specified limit depending on the scheme and location of the project. Two proposals under the scheme 'Integrated Cold Chain and Value Addition Infrastructure' and one proposal under the scheme 'Creation of Backward and Forward Linkages' have been approved in the district of Jalaun in the Bundelkhand region. | 80 | 245 | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/16/AS392.pdf?source=pqals | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/qhindi/16/AS392.pdf?source=pqals | 2 |
LS16-S16-STARRED-391 | 16 | 16 | 391 | STARRED | 2019-01-08 | Shortage of Godowns | CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION | [
"SANJAY SHAMRAO DHOTRE",
"RAHUL RAMESH SHEWALE"
] | ## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 391 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 JANUARY, 2019 SHORTAGE OF GODOWNS
- *391. SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE: SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:
Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:
- (a) whether the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has increased its own storage capacity in the country during each of the last three years and the current year and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b) if not, the reasons therefor along with the number of godowns hired by FCI to meet its storage requirement across the country and the rent/expenses incurred thereon during the said period, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of the funds required to increase FCI's own storage capacity to the extent of its total storage requirement;
- (d) the details of the storage capacity of FCI on rented premises out of its total storage capacity, as on date; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to increase FCI's own storage capacity to meet its storage requirement instead of hiring of godowns in the country?
A N S W E R MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI RAMVILAS PASWAN)
- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
****
STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO. 391 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019 IN THE LOK SABHA
(a) to (e): Under the Central Sector Scheme for construction of godowns, Food Corporation of India (FCI), constructs storage godowns in the North Eastern States along with Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Kerala. During the last three years and the current year up to 30.11.2018, a total capacity of 83,400 MT has been completed. The State-wise details are at Annexure-I.
On the basis of peak stock requirement during normal procurement season, the overall storage capacity required for Central Pool Food Grains in the country is about 650 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT). Against this, the total storage capacity available with Food Corporation of India (FCI), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and the State Agencies (both owned and hired capacity including Covered and Plinth {CAP}), is 875.09 LMT as on 30.11.2018. Out of this FCI has a total capacity of 390.15 LMT comprising 154.44 LMT owned capacity and 235.71 LMT hired capacity. As such, there is sufficient capacity for storage of central pool foodgrains at the national level The State-wise details are at Annexure-II.
The High Level Committee (HLC) on reorienting the role and restructuring of FCI, in its report, in 2015, had recommended outsourcing storage and movement through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) on competitive bidding basis which would provide the required investments and managerial competence for effectively managing the supply chain. Based on the recommendation of the HLC, Government encourages private investment in construction of storage godowns through PPP mode.
Accordingly, godowns are also constructed by FCI under Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Scheme, mainly in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode for guaranteed hiring by FCI. During the last three years and the current year up to 30.11.2018, a total capacity of 15.59 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) has been completed.
Government of India has also approved an action plan for construction of steel silos in the country for a capacity of 100 LMT in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode for modernizing storage infrastructure and improving shelf life of stored foodgrains. As on 30.11.2018, a capacity of 6.25 LMT of silos has been created by FCI and the State Governments under the action plan.
Further, depending on requirement, FCI also hires the godowns through CWC, State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs) and from private godown owners. The State-wise details of the number of godowns hired by FCI and rent paid during the last three years and the current year are at Annexure-III.
***
## ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO. 391 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019 IN THE LOK SABHA
The State-wise details of capacity created by FCI under Central Sector Scheme during the last three years and current year up to 30.11.2018 are as given below:
| Year | State | Capacity (MT) |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------|
| 2015-16 | Assam | 50,000 |
| | Arunachal Pradesh | 2,310 |
| | Nagaland | 7,500 |
| | Tripura | 5,000 |
| 2016-17 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3,980 |
| 2017-18 | Nagaland | 4,590 |
| | Arunachal Pradesh | 3,340 |
| 2018-19 | Kerala | 6,680 |
| Total | Total | 83,400 |
***
## ANNEXURE-II
## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO. 391 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019 IN THE LOK SABHA
## Storage Capacity with FCI and State Govt. Agencies
## for storage of foodgrains as on 30.11.2018
| Sl. No. | State | Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Hired ) | Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Hired ) | Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Hired ) | Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Hired ) | Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Hired ) | Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Hired ) | Total Storage Capacity with State Agencies including SWCs (excluding capacities given to FCI) | Total Storage Capacity with State Agencies including SWCs (excluding capacities given to FCI) | Grand Total | Grand Total |
|--------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| | | Covered | Covered | CAP | CAP | Total | Total | State Agencies | State Agencies | | |
| | | Owned | Hired | Owned | Hired | Covered | CAP | Covered | CAP | Covered | CAP |
| 1 | BIHAR | 3.66 | 5.85 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 9.51 | 1.00 | 11.69 | - | 21.20 | 1.00 |
| 2 | JHARKHAND | 0.67 | 2.85 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 3.52 | 0.05 | 1.72 | - | 5.24 | 0.05 |
| 3 | ODISHA | 3.12 | 1.79 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.91 | - | 7.33 | - | 12.24 | - |
| 4 | WEST BENGAL | 8.50 | 1.27 | 0.51 | 0.00 | 9.77 | 0.51 | 8.89 | - | 18.66 | 0.51 |
| 5 | ASSAM | 3.00 | 0.97 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.97 | - | - | - | 3.97 | - |
| 6 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0.25 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.27 | - | - | - | 0.27 | - |
| 7 | MEGHALAYA | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.22 | - | - | - | 0.22 | - |
| 8 | MIZORAM | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.25 | - | 0.42 | - | 0.67 | - |
| 9 | TRIPURA | 0.36 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.44 | - | 0.55 | - | 0.99 | - |
| 10 | MANIPUR | 0.28 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.32 | - | 0.17 | - | 0.49 | - |
| 11 | NAGALAND | 0.33 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.41 | - | 0.08 | - | 0.49 | - |
| 12 | DELHI | 3.36 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 3.36 | 0.31 | - | - | 3.36 | 0.31 |
| 13 | HARYANA | 7.68 | 46.87 | 3.33 | 0.00 | 54.55 | 3.33 | 30.12 | 28.29 | 84.67 | 31.62 |
| 14 | HIMACHAL PRADESH | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.52 | - | - | - | 0.52 | - |
| 15 | JAMMU& KASHMIR | 1.03 | 1.62 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 2.65 | 0.10 | - | - | 2.65 | 0.10 |
| 16 | PUNJAB | 22.24 | 86.22 | 7.31 | 0.10 | 108.46 | 7.41 | 49.91 | 68.28 | 158.37 | 75.69 |
| 17 | RAJASTHAN | 7.20 | 9.26 | 1.85 | 0.00 | 16.46 | 1.85 | 12.96 | 0.15 | 29.42 | 2.00 |
| 18 | UTTAR PRADESH | 14.95 | 39.44 | 5.19 | 0.00 | 54.39 | 5.19 | 7.52 | - | 61.91 | 5.19 |
| 19 | UTTARAKHAND | 0.66 | 0.81 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 1.47 | 0.21 | 1.26 | - | 2.73 | 0.21 |
| 20 | ANDHRA PRADESH | 7.36 | 2.40 | 1.60 | 0.00 | 9.76 | 1.60 | 16.57 | - | 26.33 | 1.60 |
| 21 | TELANGANA | 5.37 | 8.57 | 1.02 | 0.00 | 13.94 | 1.02 | 17.76 | - | 31.70 | 1.02 |
| 22 | KERALA | 5.29 | 0.12 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 5.41 | 0.21 | 2.00 | - | 7.41 | 0.21 |
| 23 | KARNATAKA | 3.81 | 3.84 | 1.36 | 0.00 | 7.65 | 1.36 | 3.05 | - | 10.70 | 1.36 |
| 24 | TAMIL NADU | 6.24 | 6.38 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 12.62 | 0.31 | 25.45 | - | 38.07 | 0.31 |
| 25 | GUJARAT | 5.00 | 1.81 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 6.81 | 0.27 | 2.86 | - | 9.67 | 0.27 |
| 26 | MAHARASHTRA | 8.85 | 9.43 | 1.02 | 0.00 | 18.28 | 1.02 | 18.21 | - | 36.69 | 1.02 |
| 27 | GOA | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | - | | | | |
| 28 | MADHYA PRADESH | 3.37 | 4.35 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 7.72 | 0.36 | 146.90 | 4.59 | 154.62 | 4.95 |
| 29 | CHHATTISGARH | 5.12 | 1.07 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 6.19 | 0.01 | 18.21 | - | 24.40 | 0.01 |
| | Total | 128.42 | 235.61 | 26.02 | 0.10 | 364.03 | 26.12 | 383.63 | 101.31 | 747.66 | 127.43 |
| 364.03 26.12 | 364.03 26.12 | 364.03 26.12 | 364.03 26.12 | 364.03 26.12 | 364.03 26.12 | 390.15 484.94 875.09 | 390.15 484.94 875.09 | 390.15 484.94 875.09 | 390.15 484.94 875.09 | 390.15 484.94 875.09 | 390.15 484.94 875.09 |
***
(Figures in Lakh MT)
## ANNEXURE-III
## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO. 391 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019 IN THE LOK SABHA
## The State-wise details of rent paid by FCI along with the number of godowns during the last three years and current year are as given below:
| SL | Region | 2015-16 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2018-19 |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| SL | Region | No. of Godowns (as on 31.03.2016 | Rent paid (Amount in Rs Cr) | No. of Godowns (as on 31.03.2017 | Rent paid (Amount in Rs Cr) | No. of Godowns (as on 31.03.2018 | Rent paid* (Amount in Rs Cr) | No. of Godowns (as on 30.11.2018 | Rent paid* (up to 31.12.2018) (Amount in Rs Cr) |
| 1 | BIHAR | 37 | 19.19 | 40 | 31.92 | 50 | 44.98 | 60 | 33.73 |
| 2 | JHARKHAND | 28 | 13.53 | 26 | 16.23 | 23 | 19.52 | 35 | 7.40 |
| 3 | ODISHA | 35 | 19.00 | 33 | 27.76 | 31 | 29.59 | 23 | 20.50 |
| 4 | WEST BENGAL (INCLUDING SIKKIM) | 2 | 21.55 | 8 | 36.54 | 12 | 45.17 | 9 | 5.84 |
| 5 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 9 | 0.33 | 8 | 0.26 | 5 | 0.18 | 3 | 0.06 |
| 6 | ASSAM | 14 | 7.78 | 19 | 8.42 | 19 | 10.92 | 19 | 5.75 |
| 7 | NAGALAND | 0 | 1.49 | 1 | 0.92 | 1 | 1.41 | 1 | 0.61 |
| 8 | MANIPUR | 12 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | |
| 9 | MEGHALAYA | 7 | 2.28 | 6 | 0.79 | 5 | 1.28 | 5 | 0.40 |
| 10 | MIZORAM | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | TRIPURA | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | DELHI | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | HARYANA | 194 | 356.44 | 181 | 380.09 | 198 | 384.77 | 208 | 256.20 |
| 14 | HIMACHAL PRADESH | 11 | 3.13 | 12 | 3.70 | 12 | 3.46 | 12 | 2.03 |
| 15 | JAMMU &KASHMIR | 13 | 13.90 | 14 | 15.19 | 15 | 17.61 | 15 | 8.52 |
| 16 | PUNJAB (INCLUDING CHANDIGARH) | 405 | 725.54 | 425 | 789.23 | 411 | 926.04 | 432 | 545.61 |
| 17 | RAJASTHAN | 120 | 91.21 | 111 | 112.69 | 109 | 133.20 | 96 | 164.60 |
| 18 | UTTAR PRADESH | 179 | 267.83 | 148 | 329.72 | 172 | 359.63 | 239 | 231.71 |
| 19 | UTTARAKHAND | 14 | 8.17 | 14 | 11.01 | 13 | 12.93 | 13 | 3.88 |
| 20 | ANDHRA PRADESH (INCLUDING ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS AND TELANGANA) | 45 | 85.29 | 22 | 48.59 | 34 | 61.35 | 94 | 32.74 |
| 21 | KARNATAKA | 31 | 22.70 | 30 | 29.00 | 36 | 43.63 | 38 | 16.10 |
| 22 | KERALA | 1 | 0.84 | 1 | 1.35 | 1 | 1.25 | 5 | 0.88 |
| 23 | TAMIL NADU (INCLUDING PUDUCHERRY) | 46 | 42.23 | 40 | 51.85 | 33 | 62.64 | 44 | 38.72 |
| 24 | CHHATTISGARH | 43 | 28.43 | 34 | 35.74 | 27 | 38.67 | 18 | 6.03 |
| 25 | GUJARAT | 17 | 20.84 | 13 | 15.38 | 13 | 19.55 | 17 | 9.03 |
| 26 | MADHYA PRADESH | 1 | 1.84 | 2 | 4.38 | 31 | 4.37 | 31 | 5.93 |
| 27 | MAHARASTRA (INCLUDING GOA) | 83 | 90.80 | 76 | 109.09 | 47 | 123.27 | 67 | 56.67 |
| GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL | 1347 | 1844.34 | 1265 | 2059.85 | 1299 | 2345.42 | 1485 | 1452.94 | | ## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 391 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08 JANUARY, 2019 SHORTAGE OF GODOWNS
- *391. SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE: SHRI RAHUL SHEWALE:
Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k ea=h be pleased to state:
- (a) whether the Food Corporation of India (FCI) has increased its own storage capacity in the country during each of the last three years and the current year and if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise;
- (b) if not, the reasons therefor along with the number of godowns hired by FCI to meet its storage requirement across the country and the rent/expenses incurred thereon during the said period, State/UT-wise;
- (c) the details of the funds required to increase FCI's own storage capacity to the extent of its total storage requirement;
- (d) the details of the storage capacity of FCI on rented premises out of its total storage capacity, as on date; and
- (e) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to increase FCI's own storage capacity to meet its storage requirement instead of hiring of godowns in the country? | A N S W E R MINISTER OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI RAMVILAS PASWAN)
- (a) to (e): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO. 391 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019 IN THE LOK SABHA
(a) to (e): Under the Central Sector Scheme for construction of godowns, Food Corporation of India (FCI), constructs storage godowns in the North Eastern States along with Himachal Pradesh, Jharkhand and Kerala. During the last three years and the current year up to 30.11.2018, a total capacity of 83,400 MT has been completed. The State-wise details are at Annexure-I.
On the basis of peak stock requirement during normal procurement season, the overall storage capacity required for Central Pool Food Grains in the country is about 650 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT). Against this, the total storage capacity available with Food Corporation of India (FCI), Central Warehousing Corporation (CWC) and the State Agencies (both owned and hired capacity including Covered and Plinth {CAP}), is 875.09 LMT as on 30.11.2018. Out of this FCI has a total capacity of 390.15 LMT comprising 154.44 LMT owned capacity and 235.71 LMT hired capacity. As such, there is sufficient capacity for storage of central pool foodgrains at the national level The State-wise details are at Annexure-II.
The High Level Committee (HLC) on reorienting the role and restructuring of FCI, in its report, in 2015, had recommended outsourcing storage and movement through Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) on competitive bidding basis which would provide the required investments and managerial competence for effectively managing the supply chain. Based on the recommendation of the HLC, Government encourages private investment in construction of storage godowns through PPP mode.
Accordingly, godowns are also constructed by FCI under Private Entrepreneurs Guarantee (PEG) Scheme, mainly in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode for guaranteed hiring by FCI. During the last three years and the current year up to 30.11.2018, a total capacity of 15.59 Lakh Metric Tonnes (LMT) has been completed.
Government of India has also approved an action plan for construction of steel silos in the country for a capacity of 100 LMT in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode for modernizing storage infrastructure and improving shelf life of stored foodgrains. As on 30.11.2018, a capacity of 6.25 LMT of silos has been created by FCI and the State Governments under the action plan.
Further, depending on requirement, FCI also hires the godowns through CWC, State Warehousing Corporations (SWCs) and from private godown owners. The State-wise details of the number of godowns hired by FCI and rent paid during the last three years and the current year are at Annexure-III.
***
## ANNEXURE-I
ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO. 391 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019 IN THE LOK SABHA
The State-wise details of capacity created by FCI under Central Sector Scheme during the last three years and current year up to 30.11.2018 are as given below:
| Year | State | Capacity (MT) |
|---------|-------------------|-----------------|
| 2015-16 | Assam | 50,000 |
| | Arunachal Pradesh | 2,310 |
| | Nagaland | 7,500 |
| | Tripura | 5,000 |
| 2016-17 | Arunachal Pradesh | 3,980 |
| 2017-18 | Nagaland | 4,590 |
| | Arunachal Pradesh | 3,340 |
| 2018-19 | Kerala | 6,680 |
| Total | Total | 83,400 |
***
## ANNEXURE-II
## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO. 391 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019 IN THE LOK SABHA
## Storage Capacity with FCI and State Govt. Agencies
## for storage of foodgrains as on 30.11.2018
| Sl. No. | State | Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Hired ) | Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Hired ) | Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Hired ) | Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Hired ) | Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Hired ) | Total Storage Capacity with FCI (Owned/Hired ) | Total Storage Capacity with State Agencies including SWCs (excluding capacities given to FCI) | Total Storage Capacity with State Agencies including SWCs (excluding capacities given to FCI) | Grand Total | Grand Total |
|--------------|-------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
| | | Covered | Covered | CAP | CAP | Total | Total | State Agencies | State Agencies | | |
| | | Owned | Hired | Owned | Hired | Covered | CAP | Covered | CAP | Covered | CAP |
| 1 | BIHAR | 3.66 | 5.85 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 9.51 | 1.00 | 11.69 | - | 21.20 | 1.00 |
| 2 | JHARKHAND | 0.67 | 2.85 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 3.52 | 0.05 | 1.72 | - | 5.24 | 0.05 |
| 3 | ODISHA | 3.12 | 1.79 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 4.91 | - | 7.33 | - | 12.24 | - |
| 4 | WEST BENGAL | 8.50 | 1.27 | 0.51 | 0.00 | 9.77 | 0.51 | 8.89 | - | 18.66 | 0.51 |
| 5 | ASSAM | 3.00 | 0.97 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 3.97 | - | - | - | 3.97 | - |
| 6 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 0.25 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.27 | - | - | - | 0.27 | - |
| 7 | MEGHALAYA | 0.13 | 0.09 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.22 | - | - | - | 0.22 | - |
| 8 | MIZORAM | 0.25 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.25 | - | 0.42 | - | 0.67 | - |
| 9 | TRIPURA | 0.36 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.44 | - | 0.55 | - | 0.99 | - |
| 10 | MANIPUR | 0.28 | 0.04 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.32 | - | 0.17 | - | 0.49 | - |
| 11 | NAGALAND | 0.33 | 0.08 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.41 | - | 0.08 | - | 0.49 | - |
| 12 | DELHI | 3.36 | 0.00 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 3.36 | 0.31 | - | - | 3.36 | 0.31 |
| 13 | HARYANA | 7.68 | 46.87 | 3.33 | 0.00 | 54.55 | 3.33 | 30.12 | 28.29 | 84.67 | 31.62 |
| 14 | HIMACHAL PRADESH | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.52 | - | - | - | 0.52 | - |
| 15 | JAMMU& KASHMIR | 1.03 | 1.62 | 0.10 | 0.00 | 2.65 | 0.10 | - | - | 2.65 | 0.10 |
| 16 | PUNJAB | 22.24 | 86.22 | 7.31 | 0.10 | 108.46 | 7.41 | 49.91 | 68.28 | 158.37 | 75.69 |
| 17 | RAJASTHAN | 7.20 | 9.26 | 1.85 | 0.00 | 16.46 | 1.85 | 12.96 | 0.15 | 29.42 | 2.00 |
| 18 | UTTAR PRADESH | 14.95 | 39.44 | 5.19 | 0.00 | 54.39 | 5.19 | 7.52 | - | 61.91 | 5.19 |
| 19 | UTTARAKHAND | 0.66 | 0.81 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 1.47 | 0.21 | 1.26 | - | 2.73 | 0.21 |
| 20 | ANDHRA PRADESH | 7.36 | 2.40 | 1.60 | 0.00 | 9.76 | 1.60 | 16.57 | - | 26.33 | 1.60 |
| 21 | TELANGANA | 5.37 | 8.57 | 1.02 | 0.00 | 13.94 | 1.02 | 17.76 | - | 31.70 | 1.02 |
| 22 | KERALA | 5.29 | 0.12 | 0.21 | 0.00 | 5.41 | 0.21 | 2.00 | - | 7.41 | 0.21 |
| 23 | KARNATAKA | 3.81 | 3.84 | 1.36 | 0.00 | 7.65 | 1.36 | 3.05 | - | 10.70 | 1.36 |
| 24 | TAMIL NADU | 6.24 | 6.38 | 0.31 | 0.00 | 12.62 | 0.31 | 25.45 | - | 38.07 | 0.31 |
| 25 | GUJARAT | 5.00 | 1.81 | 0.27 | 0.00 | 6.81 | 0.27 | 2.86 | - | 9.67 | 0.27 |
| 26 | MAHARASHTRA | 8.85 | 9.43 | 1.02 | 0.00 | 18.28 | 1.02 | 18.21 | - | 36.69 | 1.02 |
| 27 | GOA | 0.15 | 0.05 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.20 | - | | | | |
| 28 | MADHYA PRADESH | 3.37 | 4.35 | 0.36 | 0.00 | 7.72 | 0.36 | 146.90 | 4.59 | 154.62 | 4.95 |
| 29 | CHHATTISGARH | 5.12 | 1.07 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 6.19 | 0.01 | 18.21 | - | 24.40 | 0.01 |
| | Total | 128.42 | 235.61 | 26.02 | 0.10 | 364.03 | 26.12 | 383.63 | 101.31 | 747.66 | 127.43 |
| 364.03 26.12 | 364.03 26.12 | 364.03 26.12 | 364.03 26.12 | 364.03 26.12 | 364.03 26.12 | 390.15 484.94 875.09 | 390.15 484.94 875.09 | 390.15 484.94 875.09 | 390.15 484.94 875.09 | 390.15 484.94 875.09 | 390.15 484.94 875.09 |
***
(Figures in Lakh MT)
## ANNEXURE-III
## ANNEXURE REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (e) OF THE STARRED QUESTION NO. 391 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019 IN THE LOK SABHA
## The State-wise details of rent paid by FCI along with the number of godowns during the last three years and current year are as given below:
| SL | Region | 2015-16 | 2015-16 | 2016-17 | 2016-17 | 2017-18 | 2017-18 | 2018-19 | 2018-19 |
|-------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|-----------------------------|----------------------------------|------------------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| SL | Region | No. of Godowns (as on 31.03.2016 | Rent paid (Amount in Rs Cr) | No. of Godowns (as on 31.03.2017 | Rent paid (Amount in Rs Cr) | No. of Godowns (as on 31.03.2018 | Rent paid* (Amount in Rs Cr) | No. of Godowns (as on 30.11.2018 | Rent paid* (up to 31.12.2018) (Amount in Rs Cr) |
| 1 | BIHAR | 37 | 19.19 | 40 | 31.92 | 50 | 44.98 | 60 | 33.73 |
| 2 | JHARKHAND | 28 | 13.53 | 26 | 16.23 | 23 | 19.52 | 35 | 7.40 |
| 3 | ODISHA | 35 | 19.00 | 33 | 27.76 | 31 | 29.59 | 23 | 20.50 |
| 4 | WEST BENGAL (INCLUDING SIKKIM) | 2 | 21.55 | 8 | 36.54 | 12 | 45.17 | 9 | 5.84 |
| 5 | ARUNACHAL PRADESH | 9 | 0.33 | 8 | 0.26 | 5 | 0.18 | 3 | 0.06 |
| 6 | ASSAM | 14 | 7.78 | 19 | 8.42 | 19 | 10.92 | 19 | 5.75 |
| 7 | NAGALAND | 0 | 1.49 | 1 | 0.92 | 1 | 1.41 | 1 | 0.61 |
| 8 | MANIPUR | 12 | | 1 | | 1 | | 1 | |
| 9 | MEGHALAYA | 7 | 2.28 | 6 | 0.79 | 5 | 1.28 | 5 | 0.40 |
| 10 | MIZORAM | | | | | | | | |
| 11 | TRIPURA | | | | | | | | |
| 12 | DELHI | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | HARYANA | 194 | 356.44 | 181 | 380.09 | 198 | 384.77 | 208 | 256.20 |
| 14 | HIMACHAL PRADESH | 11 | 3.13 | 12 | 3.70 | 12 | 3.46 | 12 | 2.03 |
| 15 | JAMMU &KASHMIR | 13 | 13.90 | 14 | 15.19 | 15 | 17.61 | 15 | 8.52 |
| 16 | PUNJAB (INCLUDING CHANDIGARH) | 405 | 725.54 | 425 | 789.23 | 411 | 926.04 | 432 | 545.61 |
| 17 | RAJASTHAN | 120 | 91.21 | 111 | 112.69 | 109 | 133.20 | 96 | 164.60 |
| 18 | UTTAR PRADESH | 179 | 267.83 | 148 | 329.72 | 172 | 359.63 | 239 | 231.71 |
| 19 | UTTARAKHAND | 14 | 8.17 | 14 | 11.01 | 13 | 12.93 | 13 | 3.88 |
| 20 | ANDHRA PRADESH (INCLUDING ANDAMAN &NICOBAR ISLANDS AND TELANGANA) | 45 | 85.29 | 22 | 48.59 | 34 | 61.35 | 94 | 32.74 |
| 21 | KARNATAKA | 31 | 22.70 | 30 | 29.00 | 36 | 43.63 | 38 | 16.10 |
| 22 | KERALA | 1 | 0.84 | 1 | 1.35 | 1 | 1.25 | 5 | 0.88 |
| 23 | TAMIL NADU (INCLUDING PUDUCHERRY) | 46 | 42.23 | 40 | 51.85 | 33 | 62.64 | 44 | 38.72 |
| 24 | CHHATTISGARH | 43 | 28.43 | 34 | 35.74 | 27 | 38.67 | 18 | 6.03 |
| 25 | GUJARAT | 17 | 20.84 | 13 | 15.38 | 13 | 19.55 | 17 | 9.03 |
| 26 | MADHYA PRADESH | 1 | 1.84 | 2 | 4.38 | 31 | 4.37 | 31 | 5.93 |
| 27 | MAHARASTRA (INCLUDING GOA) | 83 | 90.80 | 76 | 109.09 | 47 | 123.27 | 67 | 56.67 |
| GRAND TOTAL | GRAND TOTAL | 1347 | 1844.34 | 1265 | 2059.85 | 1299 | 2345.42 | 1485 | 1452.94 | | 208 | 2,305 | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/16/AS391.pdf?source=pqals | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/qhindi/16/AS391.pdf?source=pqals | 5 |
LS16-S16-STARRED-390 | 16 | 16 | 390 | STARRED | 2019-01-08 | Stubble Burning | AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE | [
"Sunil Kumar Jakhar"
] | ## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION & FARMERS WELFARE
## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 390
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 8 TH JANUARY, 2019
## STUBBLE BURNING
## *390. SHRI SUNIL JAKHAR:
Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:
- (a) the efforts being made by the Government to stop stubble burning in Northern States;
- (b) the efforts made by the Government to initiate researches to manage the stubble without burning it; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to give bonus to the farmers for managing stubble and if so, the details thereof?
## ANSWER
## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी
- (a) to (c):
(SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 390 DUE FOR REPLY ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019.
(a): In pursuance to Budget 2018 announcement regarding a special Scheme to support the efforts of the Governments of Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and the NCT of Delhi to address air pollution due to stubble burning and to subsidize machinery for the farmers for insitu management of crop residue, a new Central Sector Scheme on 'Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi' for the period from 2018-19 to 2019-20 has been launched with the total outgo from the Central funds of Rs.1151.80 crore (Rs. 591.65 crore in 2018-19 and Rs. 560.15 crore in 2019-20).
During 2018-19, the funds amounting to Rs.269.38 crore, Rs.137.84 crore and Rs. 148.60 crore have been released to the Government of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh respectively for distribution of in-situ crop residue management machinery to the farmers on subsidy, establishment of Custom Hiring Centres (CHCs) of in-situ crop residue management machinery and undertaking Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities for creating awareness among farmers.
(b): For in-situ straw management, various crop straw management implements/machines have been developed and demonstrated by Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal and Centre of All India Crop Research Project (AICRP) on Farm Implement and Machinery of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana such as Super Straw Management system (super SMS), Happy seeder, Paddy straw chopper-cum-spreader, Reversible Mould board plough , Zero Seed Drill etc.
National Center for Organic Farming, Ghaziabad (UP) has also developed waste decomposer suitable for crop stubble. It is a consortium of few beneficial microorganisms which is used to decompose bio-waste into organic manure within 20 days.
(c): No, Madam .
***** | ## *390. SHRI SUNIL JAKHAR:
Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:
- (a) the efforts being made by the Government to stop stubble burning in Northern States;
- (b) the efforts made by the Government to initiate researches to manage the stubble without burning it; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to give bonus to the farmers for managing stubble and if so, the details thereof? | ## ANSWER
## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी
- (a) to (c):
(SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 390 DUE FOR REPLY ON 8 TH JANUARY, 2019.
(a): In pursuance to Budget 2018 announcement regarding a special Scheme to support the efforts of the Governments of Haryana, Punjab, Uttar Pradesh and the NCT of Delhi to address air pollution due to stubble burning and to subsidize machinery for the farmers for insitu management of crop residue, a new Central Sector Scheme on 'Promotion of Agricultural Mechanization for In-Situ Management of Crop Residue in the States of Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh and NCT of Delhi' for the period from 2018-19 to 2019-20 has been launched with the total outgo from the Central funds of Rs.1151.80 crore (Rs. 591.65 crore in 2018-19 and Rs. 560.15 crore in 2019-20).
During 2018-19, the funds amounting to Rs.269.38 crore, Rs.137.84 crore and Rs. 148.60 crore have been released to the Government of Punjab, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh respectively for distribution of in-situ crop residue management machinery to the farmers on subsidy, establishment of Custom Hiring Centres (CHCs) of in-situ crop residue management machinery and undertaking Information, Education and Communication (IEC) activities for creating awareness among farmers.
(b): For in-situ straw management, various crop straw management implements/machines have been developed and demonstrated by Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal and Centre of All India Crop Research Project (AICRP) on Farm Implement and Machinery of Punjab Agricultural University, Ludhiana such as Super Straw Management system (super SMS), Happy seeder, Paddy straw chopper-cum-spreader, Reversible Mould board plough , Zero Seed Drill etc.
National Center for Organic Farming, Ghaziabad (UP) has also developed waste decomposer suitable for crop stubble. It is a consortium of few beneficial microorganisms which is used to decompose bio-waste into organic manure within 20 days.
(c): No, Madam . | 79 | 336 | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/16/AS390.pdf?source=pqals | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/qhindi/16/AS390.pdf?source=pqals | 2 |
LS16-S16-STARRED-389 | 16 | 16 | 389 | STARRED | 2019-01-08 | Functioning of MCD | HOME AFFAIRS | [
"RAMA DEVI"
] | ## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. †*389
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 08 TH JANUARY, 2019 / PAUSHA 18, 1940 (SAKA)
FUNCTIONING OF MCD
†*389. SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the toll free telephone number 1266 has been started for receiving more complaints to bring effective changes and reforms in the functioning of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD);
(b) if so, the complaints received during the last six months on this number, month-wise; and
(c) the number of complaints on the basis of which officers and employees have been found guilty after investigations and the number of such officials?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)
(a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*389 FOR 08.01.2019.
(a) & (b): With a view to usher in effective people centric reforms, toll free numbers have been operationalised in the three municipal corporations of Delhi (MCDs), viz. East, North and South. The North MCD has informed that they have been receiving complaints on toll free numbers 1266 and 155304. Similarly, South MCD was receiving complaints on 1266 till October, 2018 which is replaced by 155305 from November, 2018 whereas 1266 is not being used by East MCD since it is receiving its complaints only through toll free short code number 155303.
The details of complaints received during the last six months i.e. from June, 2018 to November, 2018 on toll free number 1266 and 155303(East MCD), 155304(North MCD) and 155305 (South MCD) are as under:
(in numbers)
| S. No | Month- wise | North MCD | North MCD | South MCD | South MCD | South MCD | East MCD | East MCD | East MCD |
|---------|----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------|
| | | Complaints received on 155304 | Complaints received on 1266 Total | Complaints received on 155305 | Complaints received on 1266 | Total | Complaints received on 155303 | Complaints received on 1266 | Total |
| 1 | June 2018 | became 1030 | 1030 | Complaints were started getting registered through Toll free number 155305 from Nov, 2018. | 792 | 792 | 635 Toll number 1266 in 724 683 | free was used East | 635 |
| 2 | July 2018 | Number 155304 1170 | 1170 | 893 | | 893 | | free was used East | 724 |
| 3 | August 2018 | operational 1199 | 1199 | 992 | 992 | | never | free was used East | 683 |
| 4 | Sept. 2018 | w.e.f. 22.11.2018 1434 | 1434 | 1079 | 1079 | 834 | MCD | free was used East | 834 |
| 5 | Octob er, 2018 | w.e.f. 22.11.2018 1434 | 1523 1523 | 1079 | 1160 | 1160 | 634 | free was used East | 634 |
| 6 | Nov. 2018 | 395 681 | 1076 | 196 | 1266 has been discontinued from Nov., 2018 | 196 | 190 | free was used East | 190 |
(c): No Such complaint is under investigation with Vigilance Department in any of the MCDs.
************ | †*389. SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) whether the toll free telephone number 1266 has been started for receiving more complaints to bring effective changes and reforms in the functioning of the Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD);
(b) if so, the complaints received during the last six months on this number, month-wise; and
(c) the number of complaints on the basis of which officers and employees have been found guilty after investigations and the number of such officials? | ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)
(a) to (c): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.
## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO.*389 FOR 08.01.2019.
(a) & (b): With a view to usher in effective people centric reforms, toll free numbers have been operationalised in the three municipal corporations of Delhi (MCDs), viz. East, North and South. The North MCD has informed that they have been receiving complaints on toll free numbers 1266 and 155304. Similarly, South MCD was receiving complaints on 1266 till October, 2018 which is replaced by 155305 from November, 2018 whereas 1266 is not being used by East MCD since it is receiving its complaints only through toll free short code number 155303.
The details of complaints received during the last six months i.e. from June, 2018 to November, 2018 on toll free number 1266 and 155303(East MCD), 155304(North MCD) and 155305 (South MCD) are as under:
(in numbers)
| S. No | Month- wise | North MCD | North MCD | South MCD | South MCD | South MCD | East MCD | East MCD | East MCD |
|---------|----------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------|-------------|---------------------------------|-----------------------------|------------|
| | | Complaints received on 155304 | Complaints received on 1266 Total | Complaints received on 155305 | Complaints received on 1266 | Total | Complaints received on 155303 | Complaints received on 1266 | Total |
| 1 | June 2018 | became 1030 | 1030 | Complaints were started getting registered through Toll free number 155305 from Nov, 2018. | 792 | 792 | 635 Toll number 1266 in 724 683 | free was used East | 635 |
| 2 | July 2018 | Number 155304 1170 | 1170 | 893 | | 893 | | free was used East | 724 |
| 3 | August 2018 | operational 1199 | 1199 | 992 | 992 | | never | free was used East | 683 |
| 4 | Sept. 2018 | w.e.f. 22.11.2018 1434 | 1434 | 1079 | 1079 | 834 | MCD | free was used East | 834 |
| 5 | Octob er, 2018 | w.e.f. 22.11.2018 1434 | 1523 1523 | 1079 | 1160 | 1160 | 634 | free was used East | 634 |
| 6 | Nov. 2018 | 395 681 | 1076 | 196 | 1266 has been discontinued from Nov., 2018 | 196 | 190 | free was used East | 190 |
(c): No Such complaint is under investigation with Vigilance Department in any of the MCDs. | 86 | 434 | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/16/AS389.pdf?source=pqals | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/qhindi/16/AS389.pdf?source=pqals | 3 |
LS16-S16-STARRED-388 | 16 | 16 | 388 | STARRED | 2019-01-08 | National Database of Sexual Offenders | HOME AFFAIRS | [
"PARVESH SAHIB SINGH"
] | ## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS
## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *388
TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 08 TH JANUARY, 2019 / PAUSHA 18, 1940 (SAKA)
NATIONAL DATABASE OF SEXUAL OFFENDERS
*388. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the details of stakeholders consulted before the implementation of the National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO);
(b) the framework for collection, storage and deletion of data collected from sexual offenders and provisions to ensure its confidentiality and privacy; and
(c) the ratio of cases registered for sexual offence and the number of convictions during the last five years in the country?
ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
Statement referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question Number *388 asked by Shri Parvesh Sahib Singh regarding National Database of Sexual Offenders for reply on 08.01.2019.
- (a): The Ministry of Home Affairs has prepared National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO) in consultation with stakeholders including the State Police Departments of all States/ UTs and National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
- (b): NDSO uses data maintained by the States and Union Territories on 'eprison' (the National Prisons Information Portal), as per protocols notified for eprison. NDSO can be accessed through a secure National Informatics Center (NIC) network, exclusively by authorized officials of Law Enforcement Agencies having access to Inter-operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS).
- (c): As per the published data available with NCRB, the details of cases registered for sexual offences and total convictions during 2012-16 are as below:
| Year | Total Cases Registered | Total Convictions |
|--------|--------------------------|---------------------|
| 2012 | 70274 | 9645 |
| 2013 | 104446 | 12174 |
| 2014 | 123309 | 13521 |
| 2015 | 121618 | 14134 |
| 2016 | 129911 | 11962 |
The latest published data with NCRB is for 2016.
************* | *388. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:
Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:
(a) the details of stakeholders consulted before the implementation of the National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO);
(b) the framework for collection, storage and deletion of data collected from sexual offenders and provisions to ensure its confidentiality and privacy; and
(c) the ratio of cases registered for sexual offence and the number of convictions during the last five years in the country? | ANSWER
MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)
(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.
Statement referred to in the reply to Lok Sabha Starred Question Number *388 asked by Shri Parvesh Sahib Singh regarding National Database of Sexual Offenders for reply on 08.01.2019.
- (a): The Ministry of Home Affairs has prepared National Database on Sexual Offenders (NDSO) in consultation with stakeholders including the State Police Departments of all States/ UTs and National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB).
- (b): NDSO uses data maintained by the States and Union Territories on 'eprison' (the National Prisons Information Portal), as per protocols notified for eprison. NDSO can be accessed through a secure National Informatics Center (NIC) network, exclusively by authorized officials of Law Enforcement Agencies having access to Inter-operable Criminal Justice System (ICJS).
- (c): As per the published data available with NCRB, the details of cases registered for sexual offences and total convictions during 2012-16 are as below:
| Year | Total Cases Registered | Total Convictions |
|--------|--------------------------|---------------------|
| 2012 | 70274 | 9645 |
| 2013 | 104446 | 12174 |
| 2014 | 123309 | 13521 |
| 2015 | 121618 | 14134 |
| 2016 | 129911 | 11962 |
The latest published data with NCRB is for 2016. | 77 | 224 | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/16/AS388.pdf?source=pqals | https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/qhindi/16/AS388.pdf?source=pqals | 3 |
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OpenSansad — Lok Sabha Q&A Dataset
Structured parliamentary question-and-answer records from India's Lok Sabha
Dataset Summary
This dataset contains 95,100+ parliamentary Q&A records from India's Lok Sabha (lower house of Parliament), covering:
- 18th Lok Sabha — 27,723 questions across sessions 2–7 (Jul 2024 — Mar 2026), fully extracted with question/answer text
- 17th Lok Sabha — 60,549 questions across sessions 1–12, 14–15 (Jun 2019 — Feb 2024), fully extracted with question/answer text
- 16th Lok Sabha — 6,882 questions from sessions 16–17 (Dec 2018 – Feb 2019), fully extracted with question/answer text
Each record contains rich metadata including the responsible ministry, subject, date, MP names, and links to the original source PDFs on Digital Sansad. For records where text extraction is complete, the full question and official government answer are included.
This dataset is part of the OpenSansad initiative by Sammit Jain — a project to make the workings of Sansad (Indian Parliament) more accessible and transparent through open data and open-source tooling.
Supported Tasks
- Question Answering / RAG: The question-answer pairs can be used directly for retrieval-augmented generation over Indian parliamentary proceedings. See the companion lok-sabha-rag project for a working RAG pipeline built on this data.
- Text Classification: Classify questions by ministry, topic, or question type (starred vs. unstarred).
- Summarization: Generate concise summaries of verbose government responses.
- Information Extraction: Extract structured data such as schemes, statistics, and policy details from answer text.
- Multilingual NLP: Some records contain Hindi text, useful for Hindi/English code-mixed NLP tasks.
Languages
The dataset is primarily in English (en), with a subset of records in Hindi (hi). Some records contain a mix of both languages.
Dataset Structure
Data Instance
{
"id": "LS18-S2-STARRED-280",
"lok_no": 18,
"session_no": 2,
"ques_no": 280,
"type": "STARRED",
"date": "2024-08-09",
"subject": "Role of NGOs in Welfare of Women and Children",
"ministry": "WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT",
"members": ["Shri Manish Jaiswal"],
"full_text": "## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA ...",
"question_text": "*280. SHRI MANISH JAISWAL :\n\nWill the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state ...",
"answer_text": "## ANSWER\n\nMINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI ANNPURNA DEVI)\n\n(a) to (e) : A Statement is laid ...",
"question_word_count": 147,
"answer_word_count": 855,
"pdf_url": "https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/annex/182/AS280_6OmUWJ.pdf?source=pqals",
"pdf_url_hindi": "https://sansad.in/getFile/loksabhaquestions/qhindi/182/AS280_6OmUWJ.pdf?source=pqals",
"num_pages": 3
}
Data Fields
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
id |
string |
Unique identifier following the pattern LS{lok_no}-S{session}-{type}-{ques_no} |
lok_no |
int |
Lok Sabha number (16, 17, or 18) |
session_no |
int |
Parliamentary session number |
ques_no |
int |
Question serial number within the session |
type |
string |
STARRED (oral answer in Parliament) or UNSTARRED (written answer) |
date |
string |
Date the question was answered, in YYYY-MM-DD format |
subject |
string |
Subject or topic of the question |
ministry |
string |
Government ministry responsible for answering |
members |
list[string] |
Name(s) of the MP(s) who asked the question |
full_text |
string |
Complete text extracted from the source PDF |
question_text |
string |
The question portion, separated from the answer |
answer_text |
string |
The government's answer portion (null for ~0.05% unsplit records) |
question_word_count |
float |
Word count of the question text |
answer_word_count |
float |
Word count of the answer text |
pdf_url |
string |
URL to the original English PDF on Digital Sansad |
pdf_url_hindi |
string |
URL to the Hindi PDF on Digital Sansad |
num_pages |
float |
Number of pages in the source PDF |
Data Splits
The dataset is provided as a single train split. Users can create custom splits by lok number, session, date, ministry, or question type as needed.
18th Lok Sabha (2024–2026) — fully extracted
| Session | Period | Starred | Unstarred | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | Jul — Aug 2024 | 280 | 3,219 | 3,499 |
| 3 | Nov — Dec 2024 | 380 | 4,369 | 4,749 |
| 4 | Feb — Mar 2025 | 500 | 5,750 | 6,250 |
| 5 | Jul — Aug 2025 | 419 | 4,829 | 5,248 |
| 6 | Nov — Dec 2025 | 280 | 3,219 | 3,499 |
| 7 | Jan — Mar 2026 | 358 | 4,120 | 4,478 |
| Total | 2,217 | 25,506 | 27,723 |
16th Lok Sabha (2014–2019) — extraction in progress
| Session | Period | Starred | Unstarred | Total | Text available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16 | Dec — Dec 2018 | 393 | 4,498 | 4,891 | 4,888 extracted |
| 17 | Feb — Feb 2019 | 160 | 1,831 | 1,991 | 1,991 extracted |
| Total | 553 | 6,329 | 6,882 |
Note: 16th Lok Sabha extraction is in progress. Remaining sessions will be added incrementally.
17th Lok Sabha (2019–2024) — fully extracted
| Session | Period | Starred | Unstarred | Total | Text available |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jun — Aug 2019 | 500 | 5,698 | 6,198 | 6,188 extracted |
| 2 | Nov — Dec 2019 | 380 | 4,369 | 4,749 | 4,746 extracted |
| 3 | Jan — Mar 2020 | 419 | 4,818 | 5,237 | 5,237 extracted |
| 4 | Sep — Sep 2020 | 0 | 2,301 | 2,301 | 2,301 extracted |
| 5 | Jan — Mar 2021 | 440 | 5,057 | 5,497 | 5,493 extracted |
| 6 | Jul — Aug 2021 | 320 | 3,679 | 3,999 | 3,999 extracted |
| 7 | Nov — Dec 2021 | 339 | 3,909 | 4,248 | 4,248 extracted |
| 8 | Jan — Apr 2022 | 500 | 5,749 | 6,249 | 6,249 extracted |
| 9 | Jul — Aug 2022 | 319 | 3,672 | 3,991 | 3,991 extracted |
| 10 | Dec — Dec 2022 | 239 | 2,759 | 2,998 | 2,998 extracted |
| 11 | Jan — Apr 2023 | 480 | 5,520 | 6,000 | 6,000 extracted |
| 12 | Jul — Aug 2023 | 340 | 3,910 | 4,250 | 4,250 extracted |
| 14 | Dec — Dec 2023 | 267 | 3,066 | 3,333 | 3,331 extracted |
| 15 | Feb — Feb 2024 | 120 | 1,379 | 1,499 | 1,499 extracted |
| Total | 4,663 | 55,886 | 60,549 |
Note: Session 13 does not exist in the official Digital Sansad records for the 17th Lok Sabha.
Dataset Creation
Curation Rationale
Indian parliamentary Q&A records are a rich source of information about government policy, public spending, and administrative decisions. However, this data is only available as individual PDF files on the Digital Sansad portal, making it difficult to search, analyze, or use programmatically. This dataset aims to make this information accessible in a structured, machine-readable format.
Source Data
All data is sourced from Digital Sansad (sansad.in), the official portal of the Indian Parliament. The source documents are publicly available PDF files containing parliamentary questions and their official government responses.
Collection process:
- Question metadata (subject, ministry, members, dates) is scraped from the Digital Sansad search API
- PDF documents are downloaded from official URLs
- Text is extracted from PDFs using Docling
- Question and answer portions are separated using a multi-strategy regex-based splitter (15 strategies covering English, Hindi, and various OCR artifacts)
Personal and Sensitive Information
This dataset contains only publicly available parliamentary records. The names of Members of Parliament and government ministers appear as part of the official record. No private or sensitive personal information is included.
Considerations for Using the Data
Known Limitations
- OCR artifacts: Text is extracted from PDFs, some of which have corrupted embedded text layers. This can result in garbled characters in a small number of records (~0.05% remain unsplit due to severe OCR issues).
- Q/A separation: The question-answer split is automated and may occasionally include header/footer text or split at imprecise boundaries.
- Coverage: Currently covers the 16th (2014–2019), 17th (2019–2024), and 18th (2024–2026) Lok Sabhas. The 17th and 18th are fully extracted (
88,200 records with text); the 16th Lok Sabha has sessions 16–17 extracted (6,900 records), remaining sessions in progress. - Hindi records: A small subset of records are in Hindi. The Q/A separation for Hindi text relies on Hindi-specific markers and may be less reliable than for English records.
Future Improvements
- Complete 16th Lok Sabha extraction: Expand from sessions 16–17 to all sessions
- Earlier Lok Sabhas: Expand coverage to include 15th and older parliamentary data
- OCR fallback: Re-extract garbled PDFs using image-based OCR for the remaining unsplit records
- Minister extraction: Extract and normalize the answering minister's name as a structured field
- Rajya Sabha: Extend to India's upper house of Parliament
- Enrichments: Add MP party affiliation, constituency, and other metadata from external sources
Usage
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("opensansad/lok-sabha-qa")
# Filter by ministry
health = ds["train"].filter(lambda x: "HEALTH" in x["ministry"])
# Filter by session
session_4 = ds["train"].filter(lambda x: x["session_no"] == 4)
# Starred questions only (answered orally in Parliament)
starred = ds["train"].filter(lambda x: x["type"] == "STARRED")
# Search by subject keyword
education = ds["train"].filter(lambda x: "education" in x["subject"].lower())
Use for RAG
This dataset pairs well with retrieval-augmented generation. See the companion lok-sabha-rag project for a complete RAG pipeline that uses this data to answer questions about Indian parliamentary proceedings.
Additional Information
Dataset Curators
This dataset is created and maintained by Sammit Jain as part of the OpenSansad initiative.
Licensing
The dataset is released under CC-BY-4.0. The underlying parliamentary records are public documents of the Government of India.
Citation
@dataset{opensansad_lok_sabha_qa,
title = {OpenSansad Lok Sabha Q&A Dataset},
author = {Sammit Jain},
year = {2026},
url = {https://huggingface.co/datasets/opensansad/lok-sabha-qa},
license = {CC-BY-4.0},
}
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