Tentb Series, Vol:XLI, No. 31 Monday, May 22, 11)95 Jyaishtba 1, 1917 (S'aka) LOK SABRA DEBATES . (English Version) Thirteenth Session (Tenth Lok Sabha) (VoL XLI CO"WIII Nol. 31 to 40) LOK SABRA SICUTARIAT nwl&LID P1'i" : Ill, JO,OO Gorri94PrtClJa :., 1.oi131 S.'bha Deba t.s ' ••g1ish VUS1:lr' .. 14/.1.5, Shri La: ~~bu Roi 29 66/18 (.Il'lfi ~c3lman ~l.:'"t~id) External l-.if·3SS ':..hri Salman Jrhursheec';, 73/6 (fr,m bebwil 18/J.2 (fr',m O@low) 1.(1 67/?(fr cm below) ~ 122/17 ! 2J.O.r " ," '" " 243/.i. 259/l Ot CONTENTS [Tenth Series, Vol. XLI, Thirteenth Session, 199511917 (Saka)] No. 32, Monday, May 22, 19951Jyaishtha 1, 1917 (Saka) COLUMNS ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ·Starred Questions Nos. 641-642 1-23 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Questions Nos. 643-660 23-43 Unstarred Questions Nos. 6558-6715 43-155 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 164-165 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 166-169 (i) Need to set up an L.P.G. outlet at Sihora Town, district, Jabalpur Madhya Pradesh Shri Shravan Kumar Patel 166 (ii) Need to widen Trivandrum-Kanyakumari National Highway Shri N. Dennis 166 (iii) Need to arrange regular supply of L.P.G. to Pauri Garhwal and Chamoli districts, U.P Maj. Gen. (Retd.) Bhuwan Chandra Khanduri 166-167 (iv) Need to connect suburban areas around Madras with direct dialing system . Shri S.S.R. Rajendra Kumar 167 (v) Need to provide better air services to Arunchal Pradesh Shrt Laeta Umbrey 167-168 (vi) Need tQ. strictly enforce the provision of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act Shri K.T. Vandayar 168 (vii) Need for early construction of gas turbine at Banskandi and Adamtilla, Assam Shri Kabindra Purkayastha 168-169 FINANCE BILL, 1995 Motion to consider Shri Bijoy Krishna Handique 169-174 Prof. Rita Verma 1.74-180 Shri B. Rajaravivarma 180-182 Shri Anadi Charan Das 182-187 Shri Yaima singh Yumnam 187-189 Shri Kalka Das 189-194 Shri R.S. Jeevarathinam 194-200 Shri Amal Datta 200-210 Shri Bheru Lal Meena 211-214 Shri Rameshwar Patidar 214-217 Dr. Mumtaz Ansari 217-221 Shri M. Krishnaswamy 221-224 Shri Syed Shahabuddin 224-230 Shri B. Akber Pasha 231-234 Shri Bhogendra Jha 234-241 Shri Chitta Basu 241-245 Shri Ram Tahal Choudhary 246-247 Kumari Frida Topno 247-250 Shri Ramkrishna Kusmaria 250-252 Shri Harish Narayan Prabhu Zantye 252-255 Shri PC. Thomas 256-258 Prof. Rasa Singh Rawat . ~.258-260 The Sign + marked above the name 01 a Member in<lcates that the question was .actually asked on Ihe tIoor 01 the House by that Member. (ii) COLUMNS STANDING COMMITTEE ON HOME AFFAIRS Eighteenth Report - Laid 230 BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Fiftieth Report - Presented 231 LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA electrification. The State Governments and State Electricity Boards have been requested to accord higher priority and prepare necessary action plans for Monday, May 22, 1995/ Jyaistha " 1917 (Saka) completing electrification of the remaining villages. (The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock) (f) A target of 50,000 villages (Including 10,000 [MR. SPEAKER in the Chaiij remote villages to be eletrlfied through Non-coriventional Energy Sources) has fixed for electrification during the ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Eighth Five Year Pian. Rural Electrification ANNEXURE-I + State-Wise Number Of Vii/ages Yet To Be electrified '641. SHRI MANORANJAN BHAKTA As on 31.3.1995 SHRI PHOOL CHAND VERMA : Will the Minister of POWER be pleased to state S.No. States Villages to be electrified as on 1.4.1995 (a) the number of villages not electrified so far, State-wise; 1. Andhra Pradesh 0 (b) whether the Government have made any study 2. Arunachal Pradesh 1108 recently to'assess the Power requirements in rural areas; 3. Assam 494 (c) if so, the details and findings thereof, 4. Bihar 19784 State-wise; 5. Goa 0 (d) the funds allocated for this purpose during 1994-95, State-wise; 6. Gujarat 0 (e) the steps proposed to be taken to provide 7. Haryana 0 electricity to all the villages in the country; and 8. Himachal Pradesh 0 (f) the target fixed for rural electrification in the 9. Jammu & Kashmir 246 Eighth Five Year Pian? 10. Karnataka 0 THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF 11. Kerala 0 POWER (SHRIMATI URMILABEN CHIMANBHAI 12. Madhya Pradesh 4114 PATEL): (a) to (f). A Statement is laid on the Table of Maharashtra 0 the House. 13. 14 Manipur 182 STATEMENT 15. Me.ghalaya Q495 16. Mizoram 59 (a) There are 84,750 villages yet to be electrified as 17. Nagaland 13 on 31.03.1995. State-wise details of such villages is at 18. Orissa 13605 (b) Annexure-I 19. Punjab 0 (b) and (c). A separate survey has not been made 5047 . to assess the power requirements In the rural areas. 20. 'Rajasthan However, in the 14th Power Survey Report, which covers 21. Sikkim 0 the requirements of electricity projected at the national 22.. Tamil Nadu 0 level published in March, 1991 by the Central Electricity 23. Tripura 1149 Authrority, an estimate has been made of the energy consumption for pumpsets, tubewells and 11ft irrigation 24. Uttar Pradesh 27546 (a> sche~es for eac~ State and Union Territory upto 1994- 25. West Bengal 8928 95. The projections made in this regard, State-wlse are at Annexure-I/. Total States 84750 (d) The State-wise details of funds allocated for Total UTs 0 rural electrification work In 1994-95 is at Annexure-III. Total AU India 84750 <e> The majority of the remaining unelectritied • Cent percent villages electrified. villages are located In remote, Inaccessible and difficult (a) As On 1.4.1995 areas reqAJlrlng· heavy. capital Investment for their (b) As on 1.3.1995 3 Oral Answers MAY 22. 1995 Oral Answers 4 ANNEXURE-II ANNEXURE-III Energy requirement for irritlation pumpsetsiState Statewise Plan allocation for Rural Electrification tubewells and 11ft irrigation for the year 1994-95 as during 1994-95 • projected in the Fourteenth Electric Power Survey (Rs. in crores) (MKWh) S.No. States REC State Grand Pian total S.No. StatelUT Requirement for Pumpsetsl Lift Irrigation 1. Andhra Pradesh 73.73 20.00 93.73 Tubewells 2. Arunachal Pradesh 5.50 9.00 14.50 3. Assam 1. Andhra Pradesh 7514.82 100.00 7.25 6.00 13.25 4. Bihar 4.75 1.50 6.25 2. Arunachal Pradesh 0.00 0.00 5. Delhi 1.00 0.00 1.00 3. Assam 62.20 0.00 6. Goa 0.25 0.20 0.45 4. Bihar 2503.00 548.00 7. Gujarat 43.82 17.00 60.82 5. Gujarat 7443.11 0.00 8. Haryana 14.16 19.00 33.16 6. Haryana 3765.00 297.00 9. Himachal Pradesh 6.00 3.00 9.00 7. Himachal Pradesh 45.00 0.00 10. Jammu & Kashmir 4.00 4.00 B.OO B. Jammu & Kashmir 168.00 148.00 11. Karnataka 15.00 51.46 66.46 12. Kerala 8.00 7.00 15.00 9. Karnataka 4792.68 84.20 13. Madhya Pradesh 53.00 5.00 58.00 10. Kerala 263.67 0.00 14. Maharashtra 62.54 100.00 162.54 11. Madhya Pradesh 2555.81 0.00 15. Manipur 10.40 0.45 10.B5 12. Maharashtra, 86BB.09 190.47 16. Meghalaya 6.25 0.00 6.25 13. Manipur 6.20 0.00 17. Mizoram 7.70 0.00 7.70 14. Meghalya 1.50 0.00 18. Nagaland 1.50 0.00 1.50 15. Mizoram 0.09 0.00 19. Orissa 25.00 2.00 27.00 16. Nagaland 0.00 0.00 20. Punjab 14.00 20.00 34.00 21. Rajasthan 64.93 41.00 105.93 17. Orissa 400.00 0.00 22. Sikkim 1.00 2.00 3.00 18. Punjab 6583.00 0.00 23. Tamil Nadu 52.82 4.50 57.32 19. 4397.00 Rajasthan 67.00 24. Tripura 11.25 2.00 13.25 20. Sikkim 0.00 0.00 25. Uttar Pradesh 108.00 23.00 131.00 21. Tamil Nadu 4384,45 0.00 26. West Bengal 21.00 4.00 25.00 22. Tripura 24.22 0.00 27. Coop/NMH 32.00 0.00 32.00 23. Uttar Pradesh 9184.00 640.00 Sub-total 654.85 342.11 996.96 24. West Bengal 571.25 0.00 Grant for Kutirjyotl 25. Delhi 36.00 0.00 Programme 5.00 5.00 26. Goa 16.00 0.00 Grand Total 659.85 1001.96 Union Terltor•• [English] 27. Andaman & Nicobar SHRI MANORANJAN BHAKTA : As per the Islands 0.00 0.00 -inJQ!!!Iation available, cumulatively about five lakh be~n 28. Dadara & Nagar Haveli . 0.57 0.00 villages"have electrHled, out of which 2,62,000 Harilan villages also 'have been electrified and out of 29. Daman & Diu 1.27 0.00 1,11,886 tribal villages, 77,000 tribal villages have been 30. Chandigarh 2.20 0.00 electrified. 31. Pondicherry 75.84 . 0.00 My pertinent question on this Information is that 32. Lakahadweep 0.00 0.00 though Government have declared that so many vlHages have been electrified, bU1 once you visit the villages, you will find that most of the vlHages are not electrified Total 63485.00 2075.00 In appropriate manner. 5 Oral Answers JYAISTHA 1, 1917 (Sakal Oral Answers 6 So, I would like to know from the hon.