Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Illegal mining, 16/12/2015. State Governments are empowered, under Section 23C of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957 (MMDR Act, 1957) to make
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Increase in slum population, 16/12/2015. As per information provided by the Office of Registrar General of India (RGI), slum population in Delhi has decreased from 18,51,231
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Conservation of Lakes, 15/12/2015. The State wise details of amount sanctioned and released to the State Governments so far for undertaking various projects for conservation
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Poaching of Tigers, 15/12/2015. State-wise details of tiger death across the country, as reported by States (upto 21 November, 2015) are at Annexure-I. The Government of
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Water pollution, 15/12/2015. To undertake programmes/ schemes for improvement of water and air quality, the Ministry provides ‘Assistance for Abatement of pollution’ and
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution by Industries, 15/12/2015. The State/ UT /Sector-wise environmental compliance status of compliance of the 17 category of highly polluting industries including
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution-Free Cities, 15/12/2015. The Assistance for Abatement of Pollution, financial support for setting up of Common Effluent Treatment Plants and National Air Quality
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Drinking water affected by pollutants, 14/12/2015. As reported by the State departments dealing with rural drinking water supply into the on-line Integrated Management
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Illegal coal mining, 14/12/2015. Cases of illegal mining are detected predominantly in the eastern region, mainly in the States of Jharkhand, covering Bharat Coking Coal
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Infrastructure and development activities in and around sanctuaries and national parks, 14/12/2015. The Standing Committee of National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has not
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Solar and Wind Power Plants, 14/12/2015. A capacity of 2713.97 MW of Solar and 6091 MW of Wind power has been added during last three years i.e. 2012-13, 2013-14 and 2014-15
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Non-Communicable Diseases, 11/12/2015. As per World Health Organisation (WHO)’s “Non-Communicable Diseases (NCD) Country Profiles 2014”, NCDs are estimated to account for
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Loss to agriculture due to floods and drought, 11/12/2015. In the eventuality of drought & flood, State Governments are empowered to initiate necessary relief measures
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Relief package for drought affected states, 11/12/2015. State Governments are empowered to initiate necessary relief measures from State Disaster relief memorandum from
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Malnutrition among women and children, 11/12/2015. As per National Family Health Survey -3 (2005-06), 54.5% under five children belonging to Scheduled Tribes are underweight,
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Cases of Diabetes, 11/12/2015. A statement showing State/UT-wise number of cases detected for Diabetes during 2014-15 and 2015-16 (Till October 2015) under the National
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Contaminated Drinking Water, 10/12/2015. The State departments dealing with rural drinking water supply have reported arsenic, fluoride, iron, salinity, nitrate and heavy/toxic
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Flood Management Programme (FMP), Extension, Renovation and Modernisation (ERM) of canals and Repairing, Restoration and Renovation (RRR) of water bodies, 10/12/2015. The
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on Funds Utilization Under Poverty Alleviation Programmes, 10/12/2015. This Ministry is implementing National Urban Livelihood Mission (NULM) with the objective of reducing
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Water Treatment Plants, 10/12/2015. At the national level, data pertaining to number of various water supply schemes are maintained while the data on water treatment plants
