Monsoon Session of Parliament 2022 Day 5: On the fifth day of the continued Monsoon Session of Parliament on Friday, the federal government gave its response on numerous questions in each the higher and decrease homes of the Parliament. The problems on which repies got by totally different ministries included NEET-PG 2021, Line of Credit score estended by India to international locations, Ayushman Bharat Well being Accounts and MTNL privatisation. That is what the they mentioned.
1,456 seats remained vacant from NEET-PG 2021 regardless of 5 rounds of counselling: Authorities
As many as 1,456 seats for the NEET-PG 2021 remained vacant regardless of 5 rounds of counselling together with a particular spherical, the federal government advised Lok Sabha Friday.
The vacant seats in respect of deemed universities have been reverted to respective universities, Minister of State for Well being Bharati Pravin Pawar mentioned in a written reply.
Pawar was responding to a query on whether or not the seats had remained vacant even after exhausting all of the permissible rounds of counselling.
The Medical Counselling Committee (MCC) of Directorate Normal of Well being Providers within the Ministry of Well being has been entrusted by the Supreme Courtroom to conduct counselling.
“The MCC carried out 5 rounds of counselling for PG seats for the educational 12 months 2021 together with a Particular Spherical of counselling. 1456 seats remained vacant.The vacant seats in respect of Deemed universities have been reverted again to respective universities,” she said.
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India prolonged 37 Line of Credit score price USD 14 bn to five international locations in neighbourhood
India prolonged a complete of 37 Traces of Credit score price USD 14.27 billion to Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka for 162 initiatives, the federal government advised Lok Sabha on Friday.
In reply to a query, Minister of State for Exterior Affairs V Muraleedharan mentioned one other 222 Traces of Credit score (LoC) price USD 14.07 billion masking 357 initiatives have been prolonged to 42 international locations in Africa.
The minister additionally supplied a listing of a number of the initiatives that have been applied within the neighbouring international locations in addition to in Africa as a part of India’s monetary help.
“A complete of 37 Traces of Credit score price USD 14.27 billion masking 162 initiatives have been prolonged to five international locations in our neighbourhood particularly, Bangladesh, Maldives, Myanmar, Nepal and Sri Lanka,” Muraleedharan mentioned.
“One other 222 Traces of Credit score price USD 14.07 billion masking 357 initiatives have been prolonged to 42 international locations in Africa. These initiatives cowl different sectors like roads, railways, energy, ports and delivery, telecom, well being, schooling and aviation,” he added.
The federal government of India has prolonged 08 Traces of Credit score (LOCs) to Sri Lanka amounting to USD 1850.64 million in sectors together with railways, infrastructure, defence, renewable vitality, petroleum and fertilisers prior to now 10 years.
To a separate query, Exterior Affairs Minister S Jaishankar mentioned that India is dedicated to growing pleasant and mutually useful relations with all its neighbours underneath the ‘Neighbourhood First’ coverage.
“In step with this coverage, India continues to help Sri Lanka in its financial growth and likewise assist it in overcoming its financial challenges,” he mentioned.
Jaishankar mentioned that in January India prolonged a USD 400 million foreign money swap to Sri Lanka underneath the SAARC Framework and deferred successive Asian Clearing Union settlements until July 6.
“A Line of Credit score of US$ 500 million was prolonged to Sri Lanka for importing gasoline from India. As well as, India has prolonged a credit score facility of USD 1 billion for the procurement of meals, medicines and different important gadgets from India,” he added.
Jaishankar mentioned humanitarian help was additionally supplied to Sri Lanka by gifting important medicines price about Rs 6 crore, 15,000 litres of kerosene oil and USD 55 million LoC for procurement of Urea fertiliser.
“The federal government of Tamil Nadu has contributed rice, milk powder and medicines price USD 16 million, as a part of the bigger Indian help effort,” he mentioned.
23 crore Ayushman Bharat Well being Accounts created to this point: Authorities
Nearly 23 crore Ayushman Bharat Well being Account (ABHA) numbers, that are 14-digit well being Ids, have been created to this point, with Andhra Pradesh producing the best 3.21 crore adopted by Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, Lok Sabha was advised Friday.
In a written reply to a query, Minister of State for Well being Bharati Pravin Pawar mentioned ABHA numbers may be generated for residents of all age teams with a KYC (know your buyer) verification.
The ABHA quantity is a 14-digit Id that permits customers to avoid wasting their well being information and medical investigations on-line. The info may be accessed and shared on-line by healthcare suppliers throughout the nation.
Pawar mentioned the creation of ABHA quantity is voluntary.
“Until July 15, 2022, a complete of twenty-two,97,64,327 ABHA numbers have been created. ABHA quantity may be populated throughout present digital well being interventions to create longitudinal digital well being document (EHR) of the citizen. Inclusion is without doubt one of the core design ideas for all ABDM (Ayushman Bharat Digital Mission) constructing blocks,” she mentioned.
The ABDM has been launched by the federal government with the purpose to ascertain the Nationwide Digital Well being ecosystem by creating a web based platform, enabling interoperability of well being knowledge in order to create a EHR of residents.
Three key registries of ABDM — particularly ABHA quantity/well being ID, Well being Skilled Registry (HPR), Well being Facility Registry (HFR) — and digital infrastructure for knowledge trade is created to allow knowledge interoperability throughout digital well being platforms.
All main ports to be made self-sustainable on electrical energy by 2030: Union Minister for Ports, Transport and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal
The federal government is dedicated to cut back emissions from the delivery sector and all the main ports can be made totally self-sustainable on electrical energy by 2030, Parliament was knowledgeable on Friday.
In a written reply to the Lok Sabha, Union Minister for Ports, Transport and Waterways Sarbananda Sonowal mentioned that to develop international commonplace ports in India, Maritime India Imaginative and prescient (MIV) 2030 has recognized initiatives, resembling growing world-class Mega Ports, transhipment hubs and infrastructure modernisation of ports.
In keeping with the minister, as part of Sagarmala Programme, greater than 800 initiatives at an estimated price of round Rs 5.5 lakh crore have been recognized for implementation throughout 2015 to 2035 throughout all coastal states.
Additional, he mentioned underneath holistic growth of coastal districts, a complete of 567 initiatives with an estimated price of round Rs 58,000 crore have been recognized.
MIV 2030 estimates the investments to the tune of Rs 1,00,000-1,25,000 crore for capability augmentation and growth of world class infrastructure at lndian Ports, he added.
No plans to privatise MTNL: Minister Devusinh Chauhan
The federal government doesn’t have plans to privatise state-owned Mahanagar Phone Nigam Ltd (MTNL), Parliament was knowledgeable on Friday.
MTNL has been incurring losses since 2016-17, and its loss stood at Rs 2,617 crore for the 12 months 2021-22, Minster of State for Communications Devusinh Chauhan mentioned in a written reply to the Rajya Sabha.
“There is no such thing as a plan to privatise MTNL,” the minister mentioned.
The federal government authorized the revival plan for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Restricted (BSNL) and MTNL in October 2019 by which an in-principle nod for the merger of the 2 state-owned telecom companies was granted.
Because of the excessive debt of MTNL and the antagonistic monetary place of BSNL, the federal government, in December 2020, deferred the merger until MTNL’s debt place improves.
To a different query, the minister famous that the Cupboard, in its assembly held on June 14, 2022, had reserved the spectrum for BSNL for offering 5G companies.
“Testing of Indian make 4G tools, underneath Atmanirbhar Bharat initiative, is already at advance stage and the supply of the tools will start after completion of the testing,” Chauhan mentioned.
Individuals will begin getting benefitted as soon as this tools is deployed and commissioned, he noticed.
Replying to a different query, the minister mentioned the full licence price (LF) and Spectrum Utilization Costs (SUC) dues as much as FY2018-19 for main telecom service suppliers stood at about Rs 1,62,654.4 crore.
As per the data made accessible, the cumulative dues of telecom service suppliers, which have opted for a moratorium scheme, add as much as Rs 1,02,325 crore.
Of this, Bharti Group’s LF and SUC dues as much as the monetary 12 months 2018-19 got here to about Rs 29,856 crore, whereas that of Vodafone Thought was Rs 59,236.8 crore.
The LF and SUC dues of Reliance Jio Infocomm – which has not opted for the moratorium scheme – have been at Rs 406.4 crore.
The evaluation of such dues is an ongoing course of and topic to revision based mostly on illustration, audits and litigation.
“For addressing the monetary stress within the sector, the federal government has given an possibility of moratorium of as much as 4 years on LF and SUC dues assessed as much as FY 2018-19, to be paid by the licensees in yearly instalments by 31.03.2031,” the minister mentioned.