All that was discussed in the Houses through the day
Some 183 people had been arrested by the Delhi Police in connection with the farmers’ protest since November 26, 2020 up to July 20, 2021. All of them are out on bail, Nityanand Rai, minister of state in the Union Ministry of Home Affairs told the Rajya Sabha.
Women workers
The estimated female labour force participation rate during 2017-18, 2018-19 and 2019-20, was 23.3 per cent, 24.5 per cent and 30 per cent, respectively, Rameswar Teli, Union minister of state for labour and employment told the Rajya Sabha.
These figures were according to the results of the Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) conducted by the National Statistical Office under the Union Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation, Teli said.
Urban unemployment
The quarterly unemployment rate in urban areas for persons of age 15 years and above for the quarter ending July-September 2019, October-December 2019, January-March 2020, April-June 2020 and July-Sep 2020 was 8.3 per cent, 7.8 per cent, 9.1 per cent, 20.8 per cent and 13.2 per cent respectively, Teli told the Rajya Sabha.
Asbestos mines
Currently no asbestos mine was functional in India, Pralhad Joshi, Union minister of mines, coal and parliamentary affairs told the Lok Sabha. This was according to the information made available by the Indian Bureau of Mines, a subordinate office under the Union Ministry of Mines.
Urban housing
Some 11.3 million houses had been sanctioned under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana-Urban (PMAY-U) scheme, Hardeep Singh Puri, Union minister of housing and urban affairs told the Rajya Sabha August 4, 2021.
Some 8.4 million houses had been grounded for construction and over five million had been delivered to beneficiaries, Puri added.
Oxygen Express
A total of 920 ‘Oxygen Express’ trains were run by the Indian Railways till July 27, Ashwini Vaishnaw, Union minister of railways told the Lok Sabha. The trains carried 38,420.61 tonnes of Liquid Medical Oxygen (LMO).
Sand mining
The Supreme Court had banned all the 82 mining lease holders in Rajasthan from carrying out mining of sand and gravel through its order dated November 16, 2017, Joshi told the Lok Sabha.
The ban was to remain unless a scientific replenishment study was completed and the matter was fully considered by the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change and an environmental clearance was granted or rejected, Joshi added.
After getting fresh environmental clearances, sand mining in three leases had resumed in June 2021, Joshi added.
Slum rehabilitation
The Government of India was implementing the PMAY-U scheme under which slum redevelopment was being done through ‘In-situ’ Slum Redevelopment for people living in slums, Kaushal Kishore, Union minister of state in the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs told the Rajya Sabha.
Telangana cities
No city in Telangana achieved a four-star rating according to the results of Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework 2.0, Kishore told the Rajya Sabha.
The Government of India had released Rs 196 crore each to the Smart Cities of Karimnagar and Greater Warangal, as of July 9, 2021, Kishore said. Of this, the cities had utilised Rs 183.36 crore and Rs 126.42 crore respectively.
Climate-proofing
The performance of 126 cities was evaluated under Climate Smart Cities Assessment Framework that served as a self-assessment tool for cities to monitor and report their performance on an annual basis and motivated them to improve, Kishore told the Rajya Sabha.
Climate resilience had been incorporated in the city-level Service Level Improvement Plans guidelines for urban local bodies to avail funds under AMRUT, Kishore added.
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