* 10. Will the Minister in charge Transport be pleased to state :-

(a) Whether the Government has received the MS Rao Enquiry Committee Report regarding alleged scam in the Meghalaya Transport Corporation?

(b) If so, the major anomalies detected and action so far taken to fix responsibility?

(b) Sir, the M.S. Rao Inquiry Committee among other things examined the issues relating to :

Irregularities in procurement of spare parts by MTC.

Irregularities in the procurement of 8 buses order during 1999 by MTC.

    Following submission of the report by Shri M.S. Rao, explanations were called from defaulting Officers and disciplinary action initiated thereafter.

*11. Will the Minister in charge, Public Health Engineering be pleased to state the total estimates submitted by each Division for (1) new schemes and (2) repairing works and estimates sanctioned out of the total estimates submitted and amount.

    The voluminous details required to provide the answer have been collected and are now being compiled/compared and verified.

 

* 12. Will the Minister in charge Transport be pleased to state :-

(a) Whether Golden Handshake was give to some employees of the Meghalaya Transport Corporation?

(a) Sir, Voluntary Retirement Scheme was given to some employees of the Meghalaya Transport Corporation.

(b) If so, how many were involved and whether these retired employees have received their retirement benefit?

(b) 207 (Two hundred & Seven) employees have retired under the Voluntary Scheme and all of them have received their retirement benefits.

(c) Whether the pruning of staff has helped in profitability of the Corporation?

 

(c) The Scheme has helped in reducing the financial burden of the Corporation. However, it will take some time before the Corporation can become profitable.

*13. Will the Minister in charge of Secretariat Administration be pleased to state the total number of employees in the Secretariat Administration  Department in the ranks of Deputy Secretary and Under Secretary (Community-wise)?
 

*14. Will the Minister in charge, Urban Affairs be pleased to state :-

(a) Whether any part of 21 - Mawprem Assembly Constituency has been officially declared as slum area?

(a) 3 (three) localities of 21 Mawprem Constituency have been declared as slum area.

(b) If so, which are the specific areas and the action take so far to improve the area?










 

(b) The three localities are Naspatighari, Upper Mawprem and Barapathar. Physical amenities to improve the environment were taken up and completed as per stipulated norms under the Environmental  Improvement of Urban Slum Scheme (EIUS). Subsequent, for the improvement of the basis infrastructure and socio-economic condition of the  residents of the localities, the centrally assisted and centrally sponsored schemes viz, National Slum Development Programme (NSDP) and Swarna Jayanti Shahari Rozgar Yojana (SJSRY) respective have been taken up and is continuing in these localities as per the felt need.

(c) The amount spent for the improvement of physical amenities is Rs.44.50 lakhs approximately.

*15. Will the Minister in charge, Cabinet Affairs be pleased to state the total number of employees in the Department from the rank of Superintendent to Grade - IV (Community and Category-wise)?

 

*16.Will the Minister in charge, Social Welfare be pleased to state :-

(a) Whether Old Age Pension scheme is in operation in the State?

(b) If so, the number of beneficiaries in the State and the quantum of pension granted?
 

(b) The number of beneficiaries in the State are 34307 and the quantum of pension granted is Rs.100/- per month per beneficiary.

The age of the applicant (male or female) shall be 65 years or higher.

The applicant  must be a destitute in the sense of having little or no regular means of subsistence from his/her own source of income or through financial support from family members or other sources.

The amount of pension is Rs.100/- per units per beneficiaries.

(d) The number of beneficiaries in 21-Mawprem Constituency?

* 18. Will the Minister in charge Labour be pleased to state :-

(a) The number of unemployed people in the live register of Employment Exchanges in the State?

(a) The number of unemployed persons in the Live Register is 35,783 as on 31st March, 2004.

(b) The year wise break-up of the figures for the past five years of the growth pattern of unemployment in the State?

(b) The year wise break-up as per live Register for past five years are as follows :-
 

Year
 

No. of Live Register

From 1.4.99 to 31.3.2000

From 1.4.2000 to 31.3.2001

From 1.4.2001 to 31.3.2002

From 1.4.2002 to 31.3.2003

From 1.4.2003 to 31.3.2004

*19. Will the Minister in charge, of Personnel be pleased to state the total number of employees in the Department from the rank of Superintendent to Grade - IV (Community and Category-wise)?

*20. Will the Minister in charge, Urban Affairs be pleased to state :-

(a) & (b) In pursuance to proposal  by the State Government, sanction of Rs.409.00 lakhs has been accorded by the Central Government, with the first installment release of Rs.204.50 lakhs, in favour of the National Building Construction Corporation (NBCC), a public sector for implementation of the Electric Crematorium project.

    The salient features of the project include 2 (two) electric furnaces made of high alumina refractory bricks, heating elements capable of reaching temperature varying between 650° degrees to 1110° degrees centigrade, mild steel chimney of 30 metres height with venturi scrubber or wet cyclone, and accessories for pollution control.

(c) The above project is expected to be completed in 18 (eighteen) months from now.

*21. Will the Minister in charge, of District Council/Affairs  be pleased to state the total number of employees in the Department from the ranks of Superintendent to Grade - IV - (Community and Category-wise :-

    Sir, the total number of employee in the District Council Affairs Department from the rank of Superintendent to Grade IV are as follows :-

 

Community

Khasi
 &
Jaintia

Garo

 

*22. Will the Minister in charge, Urban Affairs be pleased to state :-

(b) If not, the reason thereof?



 

(a) & (b). Out of 91 (ninety one) stalls, 41 (forty one) stalls have been allotted to rehabilitate holders of roadside stalls demolished. An Allotment Committee was constituted for allotment of the rest of the stalls. The Committee has submitted its recommendations recently, after screening the applications, which are under consideration of Government.

(c) The 41 (forty one), which have been allotted till date were meant for rehabilitation of the bonafide stall owners whose stalls, were dismantled. For the remaining 50 (fifty) stalls where new allotment is proposed, the criteria fixed inter alia are Educational Qualification, Family Income, Family size, Employment prospects, Area of residence, and Choice of trade of the applicant as also the need to give opportunity to local youth.

(d) The names of the allottees and rents fixed for each one?
 

(d) The name of the 41 (forty one) allottees so far is as follows and rent fixed is at the rate of Rs.35/- per sq.ft. of the area occupied.

*21. Will the Minister in chargeof Planning  be pleased to state the total number of employees in the Department from the ranks of Superintendent to Grade - IV - (Community and Category-wise) :-

Community

Garo

 

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*24. Will the Minister in charge of Power be pleased to state the total number of employees in the Department from the rank of Superintendent to Grade - IV (Community and Category - wise)?

*25. Will the Minister in charge of Power be pleased to state the total number of employees in the Department from the rank of Superintendent to Grade - IV (Community and Category - wise)?

 

    Sir, there are 135 employees in Finance Department from the rank of Supdt. to Grade IV.

    The Numbers of employees from the rank of Supdt. to Grade IV (community & category - wise) are as follows :-