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Lok Sabha Question No. 5103 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Blocking of Mobile Internet Signals
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5103 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH   APRIL, 2017

## BLOCKING OF MOBILE INTERNET SIGNALS

## †5103. SHRI NANA PATOLE:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the decision of honorable Supreme Court with regard to the blocking of mobile internet signals to stop its misuse and to maintain law and order in riots like situations;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  propose  to  make  provisions  in  the  law  to  take  steps  like banning  of  mobile  internet  during  situations  like  possibility  of  worsening  of  law  and Government could not be challenged;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  strict  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  stop  misuse  of  mobile,  SMS,  Internet, Facebook, Twitter and whatsapp?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) to (e) The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5102 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Jaipur Metro Rail Project
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BAHADUR SINGH KOLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5102

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

JAIPUR METRO RAIL PROJECT

No. 5102       SHRI BAHADUR SINGH KOLI:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  Union  Government  has  sanctioned about twenty percent amount of the Phase-I project cost of metro rail project of Jaipur;
- (b) if so, the reasons for retaining fifty percent of its share in the Board of Directors and company holdings of Jaipur Metro Rail Project by giving only twenty percent financial assistance to the project;
- (c) whether State Government of Rajasthan has requested the Union Government to increase the share to more than twenty percent in project; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a) & (b)    : Yes, Madam. Union Government has sanctioned the Jaipur Metro Rail Project Phase-1 on 22.11.2013 with a Government of India contribution  of  Rs.  472.50 crore for  equity  and  Rs  157.50  crore  for subordinate debt which amounts to 20% of the project cost. As per the approval,  an  equal  amount  of  equity  had  to  be  provided  by  the Government  of  Rajasthan.  Thus  the  project  implementing  Special Purpose  Vehicle  (SPV)  become  a  50:50  Joint  Venture  company  of Government of India and Government of Rajasthan with each contributing equal amount of equity and having equal ownership of the

project.  This  model  is  followed  for  metro  projects  in  Delhi,  Chennai, Kochi, Bengaluru, Pune, Nagpur, Ahmedabad and Mumbai (Line-3). (c) & (d) : Govt of Rajasthan has made a request for increase of Govt. of India share for more  than 20%. However,  as per  NUTP  2006, Government of India can provide financial support only upto 20% of the project cost and therefore, the request has not been agreed to.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5101 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Indian Missions Abroad
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: T.G. VENKATESH BABU

- 5101.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5101 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## INDIAN MISSIONS ABROAD

- SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  names  of  countries  where  Indian  Missions  are  presently located;
- (b) whether the Government is aware of a long pending demand to open  more  Indian  Missions  in  various  parts  of  the  world  in order to support the Indians who travel in distant countries as well as to improve business ties;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government thereon; and
- (d)
- if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

- (a) Indian Missions are presently located in following countries Afghanistan,  Algeria,    Angola,    Argentina,  Armenia,    Australia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Bangladesh, Belarus, Belgium, Bhutan,  Botswana,  Brazil,  Brunei  Darussalam,  Bulgaria,  Cambodia, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Democratic Republic of Congo, Cote d'Ivoire,  Croatia,  Cuba,  Cyprus,  Czech  Republic,    Denmark,  Egypt, Ethiopia, Fiji, Finland, France, Germany, Ghana, Greece, Guatemala, Guyana, Hungary, Iceland, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Jordan, Kazakhstan,  Kenya, Democratic People's Republic  of  Korea,  Republic  of  Korea,  Kuwait,  Kyrgyzstan,  Lao People's Democratic Republic, Lebanon, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia,  Maldives,  Mali,  Mauritius,    Mexico,  Mongolia,  Morocco, Mozambique, Myanmar, Namibia, Nepal, Netherlands, New Zealand, Niger,  Nigeria,  Norway,  Oman,  Pakistan,  Panama,  Papua  New

Guinea, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Seychelles, Singapore, Slovak Republic,  Slovenia,  South  Africa,  South  Sudan,  Spain,  Sri  Lanka, Sudan, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand,  The  Philippines,  Trinidad  and  Tobago,  Tunisia,  Turkey, Turkmenistan, Uganda, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States of America, Uzbekistan, Venezuela, Vietnam, Yemen, Zambia and Zimbabwe. (b) to (d) The  merits  of  opening  more  Embassies  are  constantly reviewed by the Government. The Government's decision to open a new  Embassy/  Consular  office  in  a  foreign  country  is  based  on functional requirements and the principle of reciprocity.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5100 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Digitalization and Skill Development
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5100 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## DIGITALIZATION AND SKILL DEVELOPMENT

## 5100. SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA

## Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has committed to improve digitalization and improve skill development in the youth and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the details of the Digital Skill Development Training Centres being established in each State, the State-wise details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

- (a) Ministry has taken various measures and interventions to promote digitalization  in  the  implementation  of  flagship  scheme  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  for  promoting  skill  development  in  the  country.  Scheme promotes digitalization under two fronts namely digitalization of the skill development training process and provision of digital training to candidates. Under Skill development training process, digitalization achieved with the introduction of SMART portal as one stop solution for all centre accreditation and affiliation process, SDMS for monitoring of fund disbursement, Assessment Apps for assessment of candidates, Skill Up App for mobilization of candidates, Digi-Locker for integration of candidates and their digital certificates, Labour Market Information System (LMIS) for repository of digital employment actions details of the skilled candidates and socioeconomy data etc. In the domain of training to candidates, a 40 hours top up module for training on using digital facilities including cashless payment facilities, courses on digital skills ranging from Android developer to mobile software repairer.

Additionally,  other  interventions  also  made  towards  digitalization  in  PMKVY like course content, Direct Benefit Transfer, Aadhaar linkage of trainers and trainees, Biometric attendance of candidate etc have been ensured. In addition, for training module on digital issues, Ministry is also encouraging all TCs for conducting training cum awareness classes on digital/cashless transaction training module.

- (b) All the affiliated TCs under PMKVY are compatible to facilitate various training programme using digital platform.  NSDC as implementation agency has  facilitated expert outsourced agencies to formulate and implement PMKVY scheme in various skilling process using digitalization concepts.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5099 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Call Drops
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: K. ASHOK KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5099 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5 TH   APRIL, 2017

## CALL DROPS

## 5099. SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  true  that  the  Cellular  Operators  Association  of  India  (COAI)  has requested for a meeting with the Government to discuss the issue of call drops;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether the COAI has also stressed that the issue of call drops should be discussed and dealt with individually as technologies vary among telecom service providers; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (IC) OF THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS & MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) to (d) To address the problem of call drops, review meetings are held regularly in the Department  of  Telecommunications  (DoT).  Cellular  Operators  Association  of  India  (COAI) also has been participating in such review meetings as an industry association. DoT has not received any request from COAI for a meeting to discuss the issue of call drops in last one year.

The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has prescribed benchmarks for call drops through its Quality of Service (QoS) Regulations, which prescribe separate benchmarks  for  2G  and  3G  technology.  The  compliance  of  QoS  benchmarks  by  various Telecom Service  Providers  (TSPs) for  call  drops  are  also  monitored  by  TRAI  periodically, separately  for  2G  and  3G  technologies  as  per  the  networks  deployed  by  the  respective TSPs. COAI vide its letter dated 18.10.2016 has submitted to TRAI that the parameters for the  measurement  (such  as  retainability,  accessibility,  voice quality, etc.) for all  new technologies should also be on the same lines as those applied to 2G and 3G services and requested to TRAI that it should come out with a clear methodology for conducting drive tests on  all  new  technologies  such  as  VoLTE  (Voice  over  Long  Term  Evolution).  The  TRAI  is seized of the matter.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5098 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Vacant Land
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ASHWINI KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5098 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## VACANT LAND

5098.     SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  details  of  railway  land  lying  vacant  in  the  vicinity  of Panipat and Karnal Railway Stations of Haryana;

(b)  whether  the  Government  has  chalked  out  any  plan  to  utilise such waste lands to avoid encroachment; and

(c)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) to (c):  Approximately 40 acres of railway land along tracks in Panipat city and two land pockets measuring 3.95 acres land at Karnal  are  lying  vacant.  The  vacant  land  at  Panipat  railway station is required for the future developmental work of Railways and  the  vacant  land  at  Karnal  railway  station  is  meant  for Railways staff quarters & Route Relay Interlocking (RRI) building.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5095 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Shortage of Passenger Coaches
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5095 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## SHORTAGE OF PASSENGER COACHES

†5095. SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is shortage of passenger coaches in the country and the  use  of  old  faulty  passenger  coaches  pose  danger  to  the  life  of passengers and staff;
- (b)  if  so,  the  estimated number of shortage of passenger coaches as on date and the details of such faulty passenger coaches the life of which has expired but are still being and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to set up any other manufacturing plant to manufacture passenger coaches; and
- (d) if so, the details and the current status thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5095 BY SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 05.04.2017 REGARDING SHORTAGE OF PASSENGER COACHES

- (a)  No, Madam.  Systems have been put in place on Indian Railways in order to ensure that life expired defective passenger coaches are not allowed  in  train  service.  The  replacement  of  coaches  on  age-cumcondition basis is a continual process.

Presently, adequate numbers of coaches are available with Zonal Railways  for  running  passenger  carrying  trains  to  their  scheduled compositions.

- (b)  Does not arise.
- (c) & (d) Total five new coach factories have been planned as under:-
- (i)  Three  new  Coach  manufacturing  factories  are  sanctioned  to manufacture 1180 coaches per year.

| Type of factory Rail Coach Factory Rail Coach Factory DMU Factory, Haldia, Phase-II   | Location Palakkad, Kerala Kolar, Karnataka Haldia, West Bengal   | Remarks The work is yet to start. The work is yet to start. The work is yet to start.   |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

## (ii)  Two new Coach Factories with following details:-

| Type of factory    | Location    | Capacity              | Remarks                                                                                         |
|--------------------|-------------|-----------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Rail Coach Factory | Kanchrapara | 500 coaches per annum | RFQ process has been completed and bidders have shortlisted for participation in the RFP stage. |
| MEMU Coach Factory | Bhilwara    | -                     | In view of changed requirement of MEMU coaches, the matter is being revisited                   |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5094 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Fast Track Translation
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5092 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017) INDISCRIMINATE FILING OF FOREIGN PATENTS

## 5092.   ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR:

## Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Council  of  Scientific  and  Industrial  Research  (CSIR)  has sent out a stern message to its 38 laboratories to avoid indiscriminate filing of Indian and foreign patents;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c)          whether    the    CSIR  has    decided  that    henceforth    25%  of    expenses incurred on prosecution and maintenance of Indian patents and up to 50% of expenses on foreign patents will be borne by the laboratories and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether it is also true that patents are just filed for the sake of filing without any techno-commercial and legal evaluation; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES

## ANSWER (SHRI Y.S. CHOWDARY)

- (a) Yes,  Madam.  CSIR  has  sent  out  a  message  to  all  its  laboratories  to avoid filing of patents without appropriate techno-commercial evaluation.
- (b) In  order  to    align  the  Intellectual  Property  strategy  of  CSIR  with  the priorities of socio-economic development including escalating costs of patent filings, this message was sent to exercise utmost due diligence in filing of patents.
- (c)
- No, Madam.
- (d)&(e)  The  filing  of  patents  do  follow  a  process  of  evaluation  at  various stages, which has been followed in all cases of patent filing. Appropriate  due-diligence  for  techno-commercial  evaluation  has  now been made mandatory in filing of patents by CSIR.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5092 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Indiscriminate Filing of Foreign Patents
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: M. UDHAYAKUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5092 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017) INDISCRIMINATE FILING OF FOREIGN PATENTS

## 5092.   ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR:

## Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Council  of  Scientific  and  Industrial  Research  (CSIR)  has sent out a stern message to its 38 laboratories to avoid indiscriminate filing of Indian and foreign patents;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c)          whether    the    CSIR  has    decided  that    henceforth    25%  of    expenses incurred on prosecution and maintenance of Indian patents and up to 50% of expenses on foreign patents will be borne by the laboratories and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether it is also true that patents are just filed for the sake of filing without any techno-commercial and legal evaluation; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES

## ANSWER (SHRI Y.S. CHOWDARY)

- (a) Yes,  Madam.  CSIR  has  sent  out  a  message  to  all  its  laboratories  to avoid filing of patents without appropriate techno-commercial evaluation.
- (b) In  order  to    align  the  Intellectual  Property  strategy  of  CSIR  with  the priorities of socio-economic development including escalating costs of patent filings, this message was sent to exercise utmost due diligence in filing of patents.
- (c)
- No, Madam.
- (d)&(e)  The  filing  of  patents  do  follow  a  process  of  evaluation  at  various stages, which has been followed in all cases of patent filing. Appropriate  due-diligence  for  techno-commercial  evaluation  has  now been made mandatory in filing of patents by CSIR.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5091 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Railway Development Fund
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJESH PANDEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5091 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## RAILWAY DEVELOPMENT FUND

5091.    SHRI RAJESH PANDEY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  World  Bank  and  Railways  have  explored  the possibility  of  setting  up  of  Railway  infrastructure  development fund;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)    the time by which this fund will be created?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  to  (c):      The  World  Bank  was  approached  to  explore  the possibility of setting up of a Railway infrastructure development fund.  The  World  Bank  got  a  detailed  scoping  and  options  study done for creating such a fund.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5089 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Attacks on Indians
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5089 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## ATTACKS ON INDIANS

## 5089. SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  other  than  verbal  and  written  notes  of  protest  over the  recurring  violent  and  fatal  attacks  on  Indians  in  the  US, has the Government initiated talks on a serious note with the administration in Washington and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has proposed to raise this issue of racial attacks at the UN and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  our  Permanent  Representative  at  the  UN  appraised the  Human  Rights  High  Commissioner  and  also  the  Human Rights Council about these attacks and if so, the details and response thereon;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  given  a  thought  to  mobilize support from other countries to tackle such racial discrimination being brought up at the global forum and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) the details of comprehensive assurance from the US Government on these  attacks;
- (f) whether the next of kin of these victims have been compensated by   the State and federal governments; and
- (g) if so, the details thereof including the quantum of compensation?

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

(a) Government  of  India  has  taken  up  the  issue  of  incidents  of attack on Indian nationals and Persons of Indian Origin with the US Government at very high-levels, including during the visits of Foreign Secretary (February 28-March 3, 2017) and National Security Advisor (March  23-24,  2017).  We  have  conveyed  our  deep  concern,  and called for necessary measures to ensure the safety and security of Indian  Diaspora  as  well  as  expeditious  investigation  into  these incidents. The Government has also reached out to affected persons and their  families  for  extending  all  possible  help  and  support.  Our Mission and Consulates in the US remain vigilant for addressing any emergent issues. (b) to (e) No.  This  issue  has  been  discussed  bilaterally  between India and the US. The US authorities have responded promptly and positively.  They  have  assured  us  that  they  are  working  with  all concerned  agencies  to  ensure  speedy  justice.  There  has  been widespread condemnation of these incidents by the U.S. leadership, both in the Administration and the Congress. (f) & (g) In  the  US  system,  the  victims  are  required  to  directly approach the concerned authorities for compensation. Any decision of the US authorities to grant compensation in these cases has so far not come to the knowledge of the Government.

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