(a) whether the Government nominates officers for training to the reputed foreign Institutions for improving their academic, managerial, technical and administrative capabilities in various field and disciplines at the cost of the public exchequer and by way of sponsorships;
(b) if so, the number of officers sent abroad both the short term and the long term training courses from the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas during the last five years;
(c) the number and the percentage of officers out of them belonging to SCs/STs category; and
(d) the reasons for not sending adequate number of SC/ST officers for the said training?