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REPORT NO. 71 PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES SEVENTY-FIRST REPORT (Presented on 29th December, 2017) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi December, 2017/Pausa, 1939 (Saka) website : http://rajyasabha.nic.in e-mail : [email protected] Hindi version of this publication is also available. PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES SEVENTY-FIRST REPORT (Presented on 29th December, 2017) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi December, 2017/Pausa, 1939 (Saka) CONTENTS PAGES 1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES................................................................... (i) 2. INTRODUCTION.................................................................. (iii) 3. ACRONYMS.................................................................... (iv)-(xiii) 4. REPORT.......................................................................... 1-191 Chapter-I Introduction.................................................... 1 Chapter-II Functions of the Committee............................ 2-3 Chapter-III Deliberations of the Committee: Ministry- wise............................................................. 4-191 (i) Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (ii) Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilisers (iii) Ministry of Civil Aviation (iv) Ministry of Coal (v) Ministry of Commerce & Industry (vi) Ministry of Communications (vii) Ministry of Culture (viii) Ministry of Defence (ix) Ministry of Environment & Forest and Climate Change (x) Ministry of Finance (xi) Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (xii) Ministry of Home Affairs (xiii) Ministry of Human Resource Development (xiv) Ministry of Information & Broadcasting (xv) Ministry of Labour and Employment (xvi) Ministry of Minority Affairs (xvii) Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (xviii) Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas (xix) Ministry of Power (xx) Ministry of Railways (xxi) Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (xxii) Ministry of Rural Development (xxiii) Ministry of Science and Technology (xxiv) Ministry of Shipping (xxv) Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (xxvi) Ministry of Steel (xxvii) Ministry of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation Chapter-IV List of Dropped Assurances................... 192-202 5. GENERAL OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE...................................................................... 203-207 6. APPENDICES...................................................................... 208-306 (i) Minutes of the Meetings (between 01.11.2016- 31.12.2017)......................................................... 208-264 (ii) Appendix-I Statistical Information........................ 265 (iii) Appendix-II Statement of Observations/ Recommendations............................................... 266-286 (iv) Appendix-III List of visits undertaken by the Committee between 01.11.2016-31.10.2017.......... 287-306 COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES (w.e.f. 15.09.2016) 1. Shri Satish Chandra Misra — Chairman 2. Shri Husain Dalwai 3. Shri A. U. Singh Deo 4. Shri Md. Nadimul Haque 5. Shri Lal Sinh Vadodia 6. Dr. R. Lakshmanan 7. Shri Madhusudan Mistry 8. Smt. Viplove Thakur 9. Shri Surendra Singh Nagar 110. Vacant SECRETARIAT 1. Shri Mukul Pande, Additional Secretary 2. Shri Surendra Tripathi, Director 3. Shri R.P. Tiwari, Additional Director 4. Shri Sammer Kapoor, Under Secretary 1Vacant due to retirement of Shri Dilipbhai Pandya w.e.f. 18th August, 2017 (i) INTRODUCTION I, the Chairman of the Committee on Government Assurances, having been authorized by the Committee to present the report on its behalf, hereby present this Seventy-first Report to the Rajya Sabha. 2. The Report was considered and adopted by the Committee at its meeting held on the 28th December, 2017. NEW DELHI; SATISH CHANDRA MISRA 28th December, 2017 Chairman, Pausa 7, 1939 (Saka) Committee on Government Assurances, Rajya Sabha (iii) ACRONYMS AAI Airports Authority of India APO Annual Plan Operations AIBP Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme AAA Rating for funds ATM Automated Teller Machine AIIMS All India Institute of Medical Sciences AERB Atomic Energy Regulatory Board ATVs All Terrain Vehicles ARAI Automotive Research Association of India BLFs Bought Leaf Factories BTS Base Transceiver Station BSNL Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited BASEL Basel Committee on Banking Supervision BSF Border Security Force BBMB Bhakhra Beas Management Board CIL Coal India Limited CMPDI Central Mine Planning and Design Institute CAS Conditional Access System CAMPA Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management & Planning Authority (iv) (v) CA Chartered Accountant COD Commercial Operation Date CVC Centre Vigilance Commission CEA Central Electricity Authority CVPP Chenab Valley Power Projects CCEA Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs C&AG Comptroller and Auditor General CEO Chief Executive Officer CSR Corporate Social Responsibility CRF Central Road Fund CBI Central Bureau of Investigation CAD Command Area Development CID Criminal Investigation Department CIRT Central Institute of Road Transport CISF Central Industrial Security Force CBEC Central Board of Excise and Customs CRZ Coastal Regulation Zone CGWA Central Ground Water Authority DAS Digital Access System DPRs Detailed Project Reports DPSUs Defence Public Sector Undertakings DFO Divisional Forest Officer (vi) DSS Data Security Standard DADF Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries DCC Drugs Consultative Committee DHH District Headquarters Hospital DWMA District Water Management Unit DGH Directorate General of Hydrocarbons DST Department of Science and Technology DAE Department of Atomic Energy DC Deputy Commissioner ECL Eastern Coalfields Limited EAC Expert Appraisal Committee EVM Electronic Voting Machine EPC Engineering, Procurement and Construction EMC Expenditure Management Committee ESIC Employees' State Insurance Corporation EWS Economically Weaker Sections ECIL Electronics Corporation of India Limited EIA Environmental Impact Assessment FICC Fertilizer Industry Coordination Committee FDI Foreign Direct Investment FCA Fellow Chartered Accountants (vii) FRA Forward Rate Agreement FAC Forest Advisory Committee FYP Five Year Plan FLS Final Location Survey FIR First Information Report GSFC Gujarat State Financial Corporation GoM Group of Ministers, Government of Maharashtra GOI Government of India GADs General Arrangement Drawings HEP Hydro Electric Power IR Implementation Report IIPM Indian Institute of Planning and Management IMC Inter-Ministerial Committee ITI Industrial Training Institute IDWH Integrated Development of Wildlife Habitats IIFCL India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited IRDAI Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India IGNTU Indira Gandhi National Tribal University IOMC Iron Ore / Manganese Ore Cess IITs Indian Institutes of Technology IPRs Intellectual Property Rights (viii) ITR Integrated Testing Range IMBL International Maritime Boundary Limit IPA Indian Ports Association IWAI Inland Waterways Authority of India JKSPDC Jammu and Kashmir State Power Development Corporation JNPT Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust JVC Joint Venture Company KML Keyhole Markup Language KKEC Karo-Karampada Elephant Corridor KMPH Kilometres per hour LBC Left Bank Canal LIC Life Insurance Corporation of India LSDM Limestone & Dolomite Mine LWO Labour Welfare Organisation MTPA Metric Tonnes Per Annum MT Metric Tonnes MADC Maharashtra Airport Development Company Limited MCL Mahanadi Coalfields Limited MSO Multiple System Operator MOU Memorandum of Understanding M. Phil Master of Philosophy (ix) MD Managing Director MSDF Multi-Sectoral Development Fund MsDP Multi-Sectoral Development Programme MNC Multinational Corporation MMT Million Metric Tonnes MNREGS Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme MPT Mumbai Port Trust NPS New Pension Scheme NABARD National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development NSD National School of Drama NDF National Defence Fund NPCI National Payments Corporation of India NITI National Institution for Transforming India NHPC National Hydroelectric Power Corporation NCRB National Crime Records Bureau NEC North East Coast NELP New Exploration Licensing Policy NOC No Objection Certificate NHAI National Highways Authority of India NHDP National Highways Development Project NH National Highway NLMs National Level Monitors (x) NOGPD New Orange Gate Prince's Dock NPDDR National Policy for Drug Demand Reduction NCCDR National Consultative Committee on De-addiction and Rehabilitation NGOs Non Governmental Organisations OTPCL Odisha Thermal Power Corporation Limited OFC Optical Fiber Cable OEM Original Equipment Manufacturer OFB Ordnance Factories Board OMDC Orissa Minerals Development Company OALP Open Acreage Licensing Policy ONGC Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited OBC Other Backward Class OGPD Orange Gate Prince's Dock PAPs Project Affected Persons PSUs Public Sector Undertakings PSF Price Stabilization Fund PhD Doctor of Philosophy PCCF Principal Chief Conservator of Forests PoS Point of Sales PCI Payment Card Industry PSBs Public Sector Banks (xi) PIB Press Information Bureau PTC Power Trading Corporation PP-LC Purchase Preference (Linked with Local Content) PEZ Petroleum Economic Zone PEC Production Enhancement Contract PSC Production Sharing Contract PEL Petroleum Exploration License PCA Permanent Court of Arbitration PWD Public Works Department PPP Public-Private Partnership POH Periodic Overhauling PIU Project Implementation Unit PE Preliminary Enquiries PHO Primary