Abir Ranjan Biswas asks a Supplementary Question on establishing new central forensic laboratories

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Sir, given that crimes against women are on an alarming rise, does the government have any plans of establishing or setting up a more state-of-the-art forensic laboratories, like that of Chandigarh, in recent future?

Ahamed Hassan asks a Supplementary Question on the unemployment rate in the country

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Sir, through you, I want to know from the minister the unemployment rate in the country last year, and the details thereof. 

Secondly, I want to know from the minister the number of jobs lost, and the details thereof.

Thank you.

Manas Bhunia asks a Supplementary Question on ONGC’s disinvestment

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Sir, I want to know through you, from the minister, what prompted the government and his department, with a pressing effect, to disinvest ONGC, which is one of the top Navratna companies in the country. What are the reasons?

 

Shanta Chhetri asks a Supplementary Question on the skill development of war widows

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Hon’ble Sir, I would like to ask the Hon’ble Minister 

(i) whether the benefit of One Rank, One Pension (OROP) will be extended to widows, and the details thereof. 

(ii) whether there has been any areas of payment of pensions to the war widows in the last three years and the details thereof.

(iii) whether the defence personnel continue to demand complete implementation of OROP, and the details thereof?

Thank you. 

 

 

Manish Gupta asks a Supplementary Question on appropriate model for execution of highway projects 

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I must thank the minister for giving detailed reply. It is a difficult situation to operate. Apart from this model that you are following now – Hybrid Annuity Model – are you thinking of funding from multinational agencies like World Bank, JICA etc. because as you know, your government has contacted foreign fund for solar alliance, climate change etc.

 

Aparupa Poddar asks a Supplementary Question on the development of tourist places

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Thank you Speaker Sir, for allowing me to ask a Question.

In my constituency area of Daspur, and one Block in Paschim Medinipur, there is a place known as Narajole Rajbari, which has a historical importance. 

Many leaders like Mahatma Gandhi, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru, Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose, Pandit Ishwar Chandra Vidyasagar, including Khudiram Bose had visited this area multiple times. 

Towards our commitment and respect towards the patriots of this country, will the Hon’ble Minister answer whether the Government will develop and sanction funds for Narajole Rajbari and make it a heritage building as well as a tourist spot?

 

 

Subhasish Chakraborty asks a Supplementary Question on PMGDISHA scheme

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Sir, I want to know through you, whether it is true that the Gramin Digital Saksharta Abhiyan Scheme has been hit by the world’s biggest fraud? 

All village level entrepreneurs were meant to impart basic computer skills under the scheme have faked the number of people they have trained. If so, the details thereof. 

What is the Government doing to ensure that the number of beneficiaries under the scheme is not inflated. 

Thank you.

Kalyan Banerjee asks a Supplementary Question on the poor performance of BSNL and MTNL

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Thank you Hon’ble Speaker Sir for giving me a chance to ask this Supplementary Question. There are different data; I am not disputing the data at all. The point remains somewhere else. The point is, despite the Central Government’s intentions today, that in rural areas there would be netbanking, there would be internet connectivity, access to the internet; today not only in rural areas but in cities as well, 3G is not sufficient for netbanking or anything related to the internet.

My very specific question; intention of the Government is to make ‘Digital India’. This is very good, very appreciated but for making an effective ‘Digital India’ there needs to be an improvement in towers and enhancement upto 4G. Through you, Hon’ble Speaker Sir, I have a very specific question to the Hon’ble Minister. Are we in a position to make an enhancement upto 4G? Are we in a position to improve mobile towers? Everyone in the House will also agree that the MTNL telephone which has been given to us, we don’t get any connectivity.

 

Manas Bhunia asks Supplementary Questions on deaths due to air pollution

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Supplementary no. 1

Thank you, Chairman Sir. Will the Minister of Environment, Forest and Climate Change please share whether the government is aware that 40 per cent of the deaths in 2017 in Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal and Maharashtra were related to air pollution?

Supplementary no. 2

Is the government aware that there are more disability-adjusted life-years lost due to air pollution-related respiratory diseases than tobacco consumption? What steps does the government plan to take to counter the deaths due to the daily rising rate of air pollution?

Sukhendu Sekhar Roy asks Supplementary Questions on the import and production of coal, and on stopping illegal mining of coal

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Supplementary no. 1

Sir, it appears from the figures given in the reply that the domestic production of coal is declining whereas the supply of imported coal is rising very fast every year, despite the series of steps claimed to have been taken by the government. My question, through you Sir, to the Honourable Minister is, what are the reasons for the decline in the domestic production of coal  and the sharp rise in the import of non-coking or thermal coal?

Supplementary no. 2

Sir, I would request the Minister, through you, to do more homework because what I have referred to pertains to his reply only which is printed here – domestic production is declining and import is rising.

My second supplementary is, whether the government or for that matter, Coal India Limited has initiated any plan of action ion consultation with the coal-producing States to stop the illegal mining of coal?