Urban Development on Environment: Lok Sabha (Budget Session) 2013-14 – Part-I
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Urban Development on Environment: Lok Sabha (Budget Session) 2013-14 – Part-I Q. No. Q. Type Date Ans by Members Title of the Questions Subject Specific Political State Ministry Party Representative 512 Unstarred 27.02.2013 Urban Dr. Nilesh Narayan Assistance from NCRPB Energy Studies INC Maharashtra Development Rane 607 Unstarred 27.02.2013 Urban Shri Suresh Kashinath Urban Development Environmental INC Maharashtra Development Taware Schemes Conservation Smt. Sumitra Mahajan BJP Madhya Pradesh Shri P. Karunakaran CPI(M) Kerala Shri Rajagopal INC Andhra Pradesh Lagadapati Shri Harish Choudhary INC Rajasthan Shri Ijyaraj Singh INC Rajasthan 612* Unstarred 27.02.2013 Urban Shri Gowdar Basic Amenities in Urban Energy Studies BJP Karnataka Development Mallikarjunappa Areas Siddeshwara Dr. (Smt.) Ratna Environmental AITC West Bengal De(Nag) Conservation Shri Jagdish Singh Health and Sanitation BSP Uttar Pradesh Rana 131* Starred 06.03.2013 Urban Km. Saroj Pandey Development of Towns Environmental BJP Chhattisgarh Development Conservation 1411 Unstarred 06.03.2013 Urban Shri N. Chaluvaraya Urban Development Environmental JD(S) Karnataka Development Swamy Projects Conservation 1519 Unstarred 06.03.2013 Urban Dr. Pulin Bihari Baske Urbanisation Environmental CPI(M) West Bengal Development Conservation 1564* Unstarred 06.03.2013 Urban Shri Sanjay Shamrao Proposals under Pollution BJP Maharashtra Development Dhotre JNNURM Smt. Supriya Sadanand Water Management NCP Maharashtra Sule Dr. Sanjeev Ganesh NCP Maharashtra Naik Shri Sanjay Dina Patil NCP Maharashtra Shri Harin Pathak BJP Gujarat Shri C. Rajendran AIADM Tamil Nadu K Shri Kirti (Jha) Azad BJP Bihar Shri Subhash Bapurao SS Maharashtra Wankhede Shri Vikrambhai INC Gujarat Arjanbhai Maadam Shri Bhoopendra Singh BJP Madhya Pradesh Dr. Arvind Kumar INC Haryana Sharma Shri Kumbakudi INC Kerala Sudhakaran Shri R. Thamaraiselvan DMK Tamil Nadu Smt. Kamla Devi Patle BJP Chhattisgarh Dr. Mahendrasinh BJP Gujarat Pruthvisinh Chauhan, Shri C. Sivasami AIADM Tamil Nadu K Dr. Nilesh Narayan INC Maharashtra Rane Shri Jagdish Singh BJP Uttar Pradesh Rana Shri P. Kumar AIADM Tamil Nadu K Shri P. Karunakaran CPI(M) Kerala Shri Sanjay Nirupam INC Maharashtra 1604 Unstarred 06.03.2013 Urban Shri Vikrambhai Waste Management Pollution INC Gujarat Development Arjanbhai Maadam 2535 Unstarred 13.03.2013 Urban Smt. Mausam Noor Environment-Friendly Alternative Technologies INC West Bengal Development Urban Development 2536 Unstarred 13.03.2013 Urban Dr. Nilesh Narayan Salt pan islands Environmental INC Maharashtra Development Rane Conservation 2747 Unstarred 13.03.2013 Urban Shri Adagooru Waste Management Pollution INC Karnataka Development Huchegowda Vishwanath Shri Kapil Muni BJP Uttar Pradesh Karwariya Smt. Annu Tandon INC Uttar Pradesh Shri M. K. Raghavan INC Kerala Shri Sameer Magan NCP Maharashtra Bhujbal Dr. Bali Ram BSP Uttar Pradesh Shri P. T. Thomas INC Kerala Shri N. Chaluvaraya JD(S) Kerala Swamy Shri Nityananda BJD Odisha Pradhan Shri S. Pakkirappa BJP Karnataka *336 Starred 20.03.2013 Urban Dr. Sanjeev Ganesh Urban Sanitation Environmental NCP Maharashtra Development Naik Conservation Km. Saroj Pandey Health and Sanitation BJP Chhattisgarh 3777 Unstarred 20.03.2013 Urban Dr. (Shri) Ajay Kumar National Urban Sanitation Environmental JVM (P) Jharkhand Development Policy Conservation 3830 Unstarred 20.03.2013 Urban Shri Gajanan Dharmshi Health and Sanitation SS Maharashtra Development Babar Shri Anandrao Adsul Pollution SS Maharashtra Shri Shivaji Adhalrao SS Maharashtra Patil Shri Dharmendra SP Uttar Pradesh Yadav Shri Madhu Goud INC Andhra Pradesh Yaskhi 6769* Unstarred 08.05.2013 Urban Shri K.C. Singh Baba Integrated Sewerage Health and Sanitation INC Uttarakhand Development System Under JNNURM ASSISTANCE FROM NCRPB 27th February, 2013 LSQ 512 DR. NILESH NARAYAN RANE Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:- (a) the details of development works undertaken in urban areas of States and Union Territories with the financial assistance from the National Capital Region Planning Board; (b) the funds allocated and dispersed during the last three years and the current year, State and Union Territory-wise; and (c) the current status of these projects, project-wise? THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (SMT. DEEPA DASMUNSHI) (a): The National Capital Planning Board (NCRPB) has informed that it provides loan to the State governments and their implementing agencies upto 75% of the project cost for implementing infrastructure development projects in the Capital Region (NCR) and the Counter Magnet Areas (CMA). These projects are prepared by Participating States & their implementing agencies and submitted to NCRPB for loan assistance. Various projects financed by Board includes Water sector, Sewerage, Solid Waste Management, Power (transmission & distribution), Roads, Road over Bridge’s, Medical college, Irrigation canal, Technical Institutions & Land Development projects, etc. (b): NCRPB has also informed that following funds have been allocated by the Government of India to the National Capital Region Planning Board during the last three years and the current year; 2009-10 Rs.50.00 crore 2010-11 Rs.50.00 crore 2011-12 Rs.50.00 crore 2012-13 Rs.55.00 crore However, during last three years (2009-10 to 2011-12) and the current year (2012-13) up to January, 2013, the Board has released loans amounting to Rs. 2278.48 crore to State Governments/their implementing agencies as under:- Rs. In crores State/ CMA 2009-10 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 Total (Upto Jan., 2013) Haryana 776.03 584.39 449.12 203.80 2013.34 UP 14.39 14.39 Rajasthan 38.52 154.02 47.70 240.24 GNCTD 0.00 SADA Gwalior 10.51 10.51 Total 814.55 598.78 613.65 251.50 2278.48 The loan over & above the Govt. allocation was released out of Internal and Extra Budgetary resources of NCRPB. (c): NCRPB has further informed that since inception, NCRPB has approved financial assistance for 277 infrastructure development projects. The status of these projects, as on December, 2012 is as under :- Status of project No. of projects Completed 188 Ongoing 89 Total 277 MONITORING COMMITTEES UNDER FRA 27th February, 2013 LSQ 540 SHRI KOWASE MAROTRAO SAINUJI Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:- (a) whether the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 mandates for the constitution of monitoring committees; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) the compliance/implementation status in regard to the constitution of the said committees by the States/Union Territories, State/UT-wise; and (d) the measures taken by the Government to persuade the States/UTs which have not constituted the said committees so far to do the same at the earliest? MINISTER OF TRIBAL AFFAIRS (SHRI V. KISHORE CHANDRA DEO) (a) & (b) : Yes Madam. Section 6(7) of the Scheduled Tribe and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 (In short FRA) provides for constitution of State Level Monitoring Committees by the State Governments to monitor the process of recognition and vesting of forest rights and to submit to the nodal agency such returns and reports as may be called for by that agency. Further Section 6(8) of the Act inter-alia provides that the State Level Monitoring Committee shall consist of officers of the departments of Revenue, Forest and Tribal Affairs of the State Government and three members of the Panchayati Raj Institutions at the appropriate level, appointed by the respective Panchayati Raj Institutions, of whom two shall be the Scheduled Tribes members and at least one shall be a woman, as may be prescribed. Further, Rule 9 of the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Rules, 2008 provide that the State Government shall constitute a State Level Monitoring Committee with the following members namely:- (a) Chief Secretary - Chairperson; (b) Secretary- Revenue Department - Member; (c) Secretary Tribal or Social Welfare Department - Member; (d) Secretary, Forest Department - Member; (e) Secretary, Panchayati Raj - Member; (f) Principal Chief Conservator of Forests - Member; (g) three Scheduled Tribes member of the Tribes Advisory Council, to be nominated by the Chairperson of the Tribes Advisory Council and where there is no Tribes Advisory Council, th ree Scheduled Tribes members to be nominated by the State Government; (h) Commissioner, Tribal Welfare or equivalent who shall be the Member Secretary. (c) & (d): As per the information available with the Ministry, as on 31.3.2013, all the State/UT Governments except Manipur, Nagaland and A&N Islands Administration have constituted the State Level Monitoring Committees. The Ministry of Tribal Affairs has been constantly persuading with the State Governments/UT Administrations to implement the provisions of the Act in a time bound manner, including constitution of State Level Monitoring Committees as required under the Act. Further to strengthen the monitoring of the implementation of FRA, FR Rules have been amended on 6.9.2012 to include that SLMC is mandated to meet at least once in each quarter to take stock of the field level problems and submit Quarterly Progress Report (QPR) to the Ministry. The Ministry also organized five Regional Workshops and a national meeting in the year 2012-13, in order to explain and discuss the amendments in the FR Rules and the guidelines to the officials of the key State Government Departments and further make them