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Lok Sabha Question No. 684 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Playing of National Anthem at Cinemas
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 684

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2018/ MAGHA 17, 1939 (SAKA)

PLAYING OF NATIONAL ANTHEM AT CINEMAS

684. SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  issued  any  directive  mandating  the playing of the National Anthem at film shows in the cinema halls across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether many instances of vigilant patriot groups resorting to violence against fellow audience for their failure to stand up during the playing of the National Anthem have come to notice;
- (d) whether the Supreme Court is seized of a matter regarding the playing of  the  National  Anthem  during  the  cinema  shows  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (e) whether the Supreme Court on the suggestion of the Ministry, has ruled that the playing of the National Anthem during the exhibition of films in the cinema halls is not mandatory; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) to (f): The  Supreme  Court,  in  its  interim  order  dated  30.11.2016,  in Writ  Petition  (Civil)  No.    855/2016,  inter-alia  directed  that  all  the  cinema halls  in  India  shall play the National Anthem before the feature film starts

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and all present in the hall are obliged to stand up to show respect to the National  Anthem.    In  pursuance  of  these  directions,  instructions  were issued to all State Governments/Union Territories and Ministries/Departments of the Government of India. However, the Hon'ble Supreme Court, in its order dated 09.01.2018, disposed of the Writ Petition inter-alia,  directing  that  the  order  passed  by  the  Supreme  Court  on  30 th November, 2016 is modified to the extent that the playing of the National Anthem  prior  to  the  screening  of  feature  films  in  cinema  halls  is  not mandatory but optional  or  directory.  Accordingly,  instructions  have  been issued  to  all  concerned.  The  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  has  left  it  to Government to take decision in this regard without being constrained or influenced by any of the interim directions of the Court.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 683 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Revival of Fertilizer Units
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: K. GOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF FERTILIZERS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 683

TO BE ANSWERED

ON: 06.02.2018

## Revival of Fertilizer Units

## 683 DR. K. GOPAL:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  reviving  four  fertilizer  plants  at  a  total  cost  of Rs.50000  Crores  which  has  the  potential  to  turn  India  into  a  fertilizer exporting country from an importing one;
- (b) whether  about  75  lakhs  metric  tonnes  of  fertilizer  would  be  added  to  the output  taking  the  total  capacity  to  about  320  lakh  metric  tonnes  once production gets started in these plants;
- (c) whether the Government has already improved the capacity of the existing fertilizer plants from 225 lakhs metric tonnes to 245 lakh metric tonnes at no additional cost; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF PLANING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS  & FERILIZERS

## ( RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a) : Government has decided to revive five closed units namely Gorakhpur, Sindri, Talcher and Ramagundam units of Fertilizer Corporation of India Limited (FCIL) and Barauni unit of Hindustan Fertilizer Corporation Limited (HFCL) by setting up of 12.7 Lakh Metric Tonnes Per Annum (LMTPA)  urea plant at each of these units and total capacity of production of five units comes to 63.5 LMTPA.  The tentative project cost of the four units except Talcher is  ₹ 26,321 crore.  The project cost for Talcher is yet to be finalized.

(b) : At present capacity of existing domestic Urea units  is 245.0 LMTPA. However the total Urea capacity in the country capacity after revamping of above five Units is likely  to  be  304.5  LMTPA.      In  addition,  two  plants  of  combined  capacity  of  26.4 LMTPA are also being set up/commissioned in the private sector.  This will further augment  capacity  to  nearly  33  million  tonnes.  This  augmentation  in  production capacity should help India in moving towards achieving  self sufficiency in urea.

(c) &  (d):   Based on Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) decision, vide notification  dated  25 th May,  2015,  Department  of  Fertilizers  has  notified  New  Urea Policy  -  2015  (NUP-2015)  effective  from  1 st June,  2015,  with  the  objectives  of maximizing indigenous urea production; promoting energy efficiency in urea production; and rationalizing subsidy burden on the Government.  NUP-2015 has led to 244.75 Lakhs Metric Tonnes of urea production during the year 2015-16 i.e., the highest ever urea production in the country.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 682 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Accident Insurance Scheme for Fishermen
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDRY, DAIRYING AND FISHERIES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 682 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2018

## ACCIDENT INSURANCE SCHEME FOR FISHERMEN

## 682.    SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ षि और ककसान कल्याण मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the central share pending with the Government to be released to the State of Kerala under the Accident Insurance Scheme for fishermen;
- (b) whether the Government has decided to release the said funds; and
- (c) if so, the time by which the said fund is likely to be released by the Government?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

(SHRIMATI  KRISHNA RAJ)

(a) to (c) : The Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries, Ministry of Agriculture  and Famers  Welfare  under the  component on Group Accident Insurance Scheme for fishermen of the National Scheme of Welfare of Fishermen has released a sum of Rs. 83.32 lakh to the Government of Kerala for insurance to active fishermen in the State. The central share is released based on the proposal submitted by the State Government and the details of central share released and fishermen insured during the past three years are as below:

|   Sl No | Financial Year   | Fishermen of Kerala Insured   |   Central Funds Released (Rs. in lakh) |
|---------|------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------------|
|       1 | 2013-14          | 2,50,000                      |                                  35    |
|       2 | 2014-15          | 2,36,310                      |                                  23.95 |
|       3 | 2015-16          | 2,37,501                      |                                  24.37 |

The Director of Fisheries, Government of Kerala has reported that during 2016-17, there were 2,36,300 beneficiaries in the Group Accident Insurance Scheme and the central share for this purpose is estimated at Rs 24.03 lakh for which the Government of Kerala has not submitted the proposal.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 680 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Cross Border Insurgency
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SURESH KODIKUNNIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 680

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2018/ MAGHA 17, 1939 (SAKA)

CROSS BORDER INSURGENCY

680. SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  cross  border  insurgency  activities  are  on  the  rise  in  the country during the last three years and specifically after enhanced attacks against terror groups located in the country?
- (b) if so, the details thereof alongwith the significant achievements made in the process; and
- (c) the targeted initiatives taken by the Government to reduce insurgency in Jammu & Kashmir among the unemployed youth and its impact thereon during the said period?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

The number of cases  of infiltration from all the borders and the

(a) to (c): militants killed during the last three years are as follows:

| Year                      |   2015 |   2016 |   2017 |
|---------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| No. of infiltration cases |    223 |    454 |    515 |
| No. of militants killed   |     64 |     45 |     75 |

Security forces have taken appropriate measures by strengthening over all security  including  operational  grid with enhanced human intelligence and

## L.S.US.Q.NO.680 FOR 06.02.2018

use of technical intelligence grid at the borders as well as in hinterland to deal with such insurgency activities. The Government has also continuously encouraged policies to wean the youth away from militancy by  increasing  the  pace  of  developmental  activities.  An  amount  of  Rs. 80,068 crore has been announced under PM Development Package, 2015 to J&K to accelerate  the  developmental  activities  in  the  state.  In  order  to mainstream  the  youth,  Bharat  Darshan  tours  are  also  organized  under which children between 10 to 16 years of age visit the area to interact with the people. The Government is also organizing vocational Training and skill development camps, pre-recruitment training for various Government jobs, various sports activities and  carrier counselling by BSF  to provide employment opportunities to youth.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 679 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Impact of Demonetization on Realty Sector
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 679

TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 06, 2018

## IMPACT OF DEMONETIZATION ON REALTY SECTOR

No. 679 SHRI V. ELUMALAI:

Will  the  Minister  of  HOUSING  AND  URBAN  AFFAIRS  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that demonetization has helped in bringing down the realty price by 5-10%;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  new  launches  of  projects  since  January  2018  has decreased across the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

(SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) to (d):   No  such  study  has  been  carried  out  by  the  Ministry  of Housing and Urban Affairs.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 678 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Labelling as Organic Products
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

## Government of India

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Department of Consumer Affairs

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 678

TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2018

## LABELLING AS ORGANIC PRODUCTS

## 678. COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

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- (a) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that food items, vegetables, fruits, etc. are being sold at exorbitant rates by labelling them as organic products;
- (b) whether any mechanism has been put into place for verifying the organic character of such products;
- (c) if so, the result of such verifications; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI C. R. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) :      No Sir, there is no such information.

(b) to (d)  : As per the information received from Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), Food Safety and Standards (Organic Foods) Regulations, 2017 have been notified in the Gazette of India on 29.12.2017.  In these regulations, it is prescribed that the organic food offered or promoted for sale shall also comply with all the applicable provisions of one of the following systems, namely:-

- (i) National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP);
- (ii) Participatory Guarantee System for India (PGS-India).

Further,  it  is  specified  that  labelling  on  the  package of organic food  shall convey full and accurate information on the organic status of the product. Such product may carry a certification or quality assurance mark of one of the systems mentioned above in addition to the Food Safety and Standard Authority of India's organic logo.

It  is  mandated  that  the  Food  Business  Operators  shall  comply  with  all  the  provisions  of  these Regulations by 1st July, 2018.

Further,  Agricultural  &  Processed  Food  Products  Export  Development  Authority  (APEDA)  has informed that e xport of organic products is through a regulatory mechanism under the National Programme for Organic Production (NPOP) implemented by Ministry of Commerce notified by DGFT under the FTDR Act [the Foreign Trade (Development and Regulation) Act, 1992].

Any agricultural organic product exported has to be certified under NPOP by an accredited certification body  for  exports.  The  organic  certification  process  is  implemented  and  monitored  through  a  web  based traceability system.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 677 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Shortage of Housing Units
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: PARVESH SAHIB SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 677

TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 06, 2018

## SHORTAGE OF HOUSING UNITS

No.  677                SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the shortage of housing units has come
- down from 18.76 million to 10 million;
- (b) if so, the factors responsible for bringing down the shortage;
- (c) whether any private players have created housing units as part of the PPP model under the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the tentative deadline by which all citizens will have residential units and the manner in which such units will be made available to them?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDAT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS [SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI]

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(a) & (b): Under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Awas  Yojana  (Urban)  [PMAY (U)],  States/UTs  are  undertaking  demand  survey  for  assessing actual demand of housing.  As communicated by all States/UTs, the total urban housing demand received so far under the PMAY (U) is approximately 12 Million which is likely to change after completion of demand validation/assessment by all States/Cities.

Contd..

(c): Total  74,094  housing  units  in  total  102  projects  approved under the PMAY (U) are being undertaken by States in PPP mode.

(d): The  Ministry  of  Housing  and  Urban  Affairs  is  implementing PMAY (U) to achieve the Government's vision of 'Housing for All' by 2022.    The  Mission  aims  to  provide  financial  assistance  to  all States/UTs  in  addressing  the  housing  requirements  of  urban  poor including the slum dwellers through following four verticals:

- (i) 'In-situ' Slum Redevelopment (ISSR);
- (ii) Credit-Linked Subsidy Scheme (CLSS;
- (iii) Affordable Housing in Partnership (AHP); and
- (iv) Beneficiary-led individual house construction or enhancement (BLC).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 676 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Aids and Assistive Living Devices for Senior Citizens
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 676 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2018

## AIDS AND ASSISTIVE LIVING DEVICES FOR SENIOR CITIZENS

676. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  objectives  of  the  scheme  for  providing  Aids  and  Assistive  Living  Devices  to  Senior Citizens below poverty line and the total budgetary allocation for the scheme;
- (b) whether the Government perceives that there is lack of awareness among the senior citizens about the scheme and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the measures taken by the Government so far, to increase awareness regarding the scheme?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA)

- (a):  The  Ministry  of  Social  Justice  and  Empowerment  has  launched  the  'Rashtriya  Vayoshri Yojana  (RVY)'  with  an  objective  to  provide  senior  citizens,  belonging  to  BPL  category  and suffering  from  age  related  disabilities/  infirmities,  with  such  physical  aids  and  assisted  living devices which can restore near normalcy in their bodily functions. Under the Scheme, assisted living  devices  such  as  walking  sticks,  elbow  crutches,  walkers/  crutches,  tripods/  quadpods, hearing aids, wheelchairs, artificial dentures, spectacles are distributed to the beneficiary senior citizens.  The  Scheme  is  entirely  funded  from  the  Senior  Citizens'  Welfare  Fund  (SCWF), established  vide  Senior  Citizens'  Welfare  Fund  Rules,  2016  notified  on  18.03.2016.  The expected outlay for the Scheme till 2019-20 is Rs. 483.6 Crores.
- (b) & (c): The National launch of Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana was held at Nellore (A.P.) on 1 st April,  2017.  A  total  of  187  districts  from  all  States/UTs  have  been  selected  for  Rashtriya Vayoshri  Yojana  distribution  camps.  The  Scheme  is  being  implemented  in  camp  mode nationwide,  after  giving  wide  publicity  before  holding  the  camps.  As  on  date,  19  distribution camps have been organized at district level.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 674 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Reservation for Differently Abled
Ministry: SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT
Asked by: RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF EMPOWERMENT OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES (Divyangjan) MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE & EMPOWERMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.674 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2018

Reservation for Differently Abled

## 674. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

## Will the Minister of SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there are provisions for teservation for differently abled in Government employment and educational institutions;
- (b) ifso the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the benefits availed by the differently-abled due to the provisions of reservation for them the last three years, State-wise? during

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

(SHRI KRISHANPAL GURJAR)

- (a) & (b) As per Section 34(1) of the Rights of Persons with Disabilities 2016 (RPwD 2016) which came into force with effect from 19/04/2017, every appropriate Government is mandated to appoint in every Government establishment; not less than four per cent of' the total number of vacancies in the cadre strength in each group of posts meant to be filled with persons with benchmark disabilities of which; one per cent each shall be reserved for persons with benchmark disabilities under clauses (a). (b) and (c) and one per cent for persons with benchmark disabilities under clauses (d) and (e); namely: Act, Act,
- (b) deaf and hard of 'hearing;
- (a) blindness and low vision;
- (c) locomotor  disability  including   cerebral  palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism; acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy;
- multiple disabilities   from amongst persons under clauses (a) to (d) including deafblindness in the posts identified for each disabilities.
- (d) autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness;

As regards reservation of seats in educational institutions, section 32 (1) of the RPwD Act; 2016 mandates all Government institutions of higher education and other higher education institutions receiving aid from the Government to reserve not less than  five per cent  seats for persons with benchmark disabilities

- (c) State-wise details regarding number of persons with disabilities benefitted under provisions of reservation in State Government establishments is not centrally compiled

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Lok Sabha Question No. 673 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-02-06
Subject: Khap Panchayats
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: SAUGATA ROY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 673

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 06 TH  FEBRUARY, 2018/ MAGHA 17, 1939 (SAKA)

KHAP PANCHAYATS

673. PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is aware of the serious punishments awarded by Khap panchayats in various parts of the country;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c)  whether  the  Supreme Court has asked the Government to take strict action in this regard;

(d) if so, the details of the action taken during the last three years, Statewise;

(e) whether there is any proposal to ban Khap panchayats in the country; and

(f) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI HANSRAJ GANGARAM AHIR)

(a) to (f): Hon'ble Supreme Court has issued directives, condemning Khap Panchayats and Honour Killings in Arumugam Servai versus State of Tamil Nadu  (Criminal  Appeal  No.  958  of  2011)  dated  19th  April  2011  and  in Bhagwan Dass Vs State (NCT) of Delhi (Criminal Appeal No. 1117 of 2011 @ SLP (Crl )No. 1208 of 2011) dated 9th May 2011.

## L.S.US.Q.NO.673 FOR 06.02.2018

'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects under the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India. The responsibilities to maintain law and order, protection  of  life  and  property  of  the  citizens  rest  primarily  with  the respective State Governments. The State Governments are competent to deal with such offences under the extant provisions of laws. Ministry of Home Affairs has issued a detailed advisory on crime against women dated 4th Sept., 2009, to all the State Union Territory Governments wherein the States have been directed to conduct a comprehensive review of the effectiveness of its law and order machinery in tackling the problem of  violence  against  women  and  to  take  appropriate  measures  aimed  at increasing its  responsiveness to such violence. The advisory specifically dwells on the need to take special steps to curb the 'Violation of Women's Rights  by  so  called  Honour  Killings,  to  prevent  forced  marriage  in  some northern States, and other forms of Violence'.

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