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Lok Sabha Question No. 5511 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: National War Memorial
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: ASHWINI KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5511

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2018

## NATIONAL WAR MEMORIAL

## 5511.  SHRI  ASHWINI  KUMAR:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to construct a National War Memorial in Delhi;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the location identified for the purpose;
- (c) the names / details of the persons in whose memories it is to be constructed; and
- (d) whether any such memorial exists anywhere in the country and if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) to (d): Yes, Madam.  The National War Memorial is being constructed in the area around canopy at 'C' Hexagon, east of India Gate in memory of about  22,500 Indian  soldiers  who  made  the  supreme  sacrifice  in  national interest and in defence of the sovereignty and integrity of the country in the post-independence period.  There are  about 120 regional  War Memorials, including individual memorials under various commands.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5510 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Strengthening Rail Network
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5510 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2018

## STRENGTHENING RAIL NETWORK

## 5510.     SHRI PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY  :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Railways plans to carry out a market study to find out ways to increase its revenue by nearly Rs. 30,000 crore and if so, the details thereof and the present status of the plan;
- (b) whether  the  Railways  proposes  to  strengthen  rail  network  and capacity expansion to bring the national transporter back on track; and
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof and the progress made in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a)&(b) Yes  Madam.    Marketing  and  planning  for  rail  traffic  on  Indian Railways is done on a continual basis, with specialized arms for passenger / freight marketing and planning functions at different levels - Zonal and at Railway Board levels.  However, for the longterm plans, Railway intends to prepare a 'National Rail Plan' with a time horizon upto Financial Year 2030.

- (c) M/s    Rail  India  Technical  and  Economic  Survey  Ltd.  have  been issued  the  Letter  of  Award  by  Railway  Board  on  22.03.2018  to execute the work of National Rail Plan.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5509 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: State Wakf Boards
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5509 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2018

## State Wakf Boards

## 5509. SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  are  31  State  Wakf  Boards    and    42000    registered    Wakf properties excluding many non-registered Wakf properties and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  there  are  large  number  of  complaints  regarding  Wakf  properties across the country;
- (c) if so, whether the Government proposes to appoint a Board of adjudication at the  central  level  and  three  member  tribunal  at  State  level  to  deal  with  the complaints on war footing, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the time by which these are likely to start functioning along with the terms and conditions of Board of Adjudication and State level tribunals?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a)  :  There  are  32  State/UT  Waqf    Boards  (SWBs)    in  the  country  and  5,68,724 records of  waqf properties  have been entered in the Registration Module of Waqf Management  System  of  India (WAMSI)  Portal. The  details are available at www.wamsi.nic.in.
- (b) : As per Section 32 of the Waqf Act 1995 as amended, the waqf properties are managed by  State  Waqf    Boards.  The  Ministry  and  Central  Waqf  Council  receive complaints  regarding  the  waqf  properties  from  time  to  time  and  the  same  are forwarded to concerned SWBs & State Governments for appropriate action.
- (c) & (d): The Board of Adjudication under Section of 9 (5) of the Waqf Act, 1995 has already been constituted by the  Central Government on 19.01.2017 and a copy of Gazette notification containing terms & conditions is Annexed. Further, as per Section 83  of  the  Waqf  Act,  1995  as  amended,  the  State  Government  shall  constitute  as many Tribunals as it may think fit, for the determination of any disputes,

question  or  other  matter  relating  to  a  waqf  or  waqf  properties  etc..  Every  Tribunal shall consist of:-

- i. one person, who shall be a member of the State Judicial Services holding a rank, not below that of a District, Sessions or Civil Judge, Class I, who shall be the Chairman;
- ii. one person, who shall be an officer from the State Civil Services equivalent in rank to that of the Additional District Magistrate, Member;
- iii. one person having knowledge of Muslim law and jurisprudence, Member,

The terms & conditions of appointment including the salaries and allowances payable to the Chairman and other members other than person appointed as ex officio  members shall be such as may be prescribed. Three member Tribunals have been constituted in 22 SWBs.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5508 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Notaries in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: VINOD KUMAR SONKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5508 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28/03/2018

## Notaries in Uttar Pradesh

†5508. SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of  the total number of notaries in Uttar Pradesh at present, district-wise;
- (b) the number of such districts where the notary officers have not been appointed;
- (c) the time by which notary officers are proposed to be appointed in such districts;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  viewed  any  proposal  to  appoint  notary  officers  in Kaushambi and district Pratapgarh districts of Uttar Pradesh; and
- (e) if so,  the action taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW & JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) 1850 Notaries have been appointed in Uttar Pradesh till date.  The Notaries Rules do not provide  for  district-wise  vacancies  and  therefore,  the  department  does  not  maintain district-wise data relating to notaries.
- (b)& (c) Do not arise.
- (d) & (e) No, Madam.
Lok Sabha Question No. 5507 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Digital Locker Initiative
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5507

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 28.03.2018

## DIGITAL LOCKER INITIATIVE

## 5507.     SHRIMATI  KOTHAPALLI  GEETHA:

Will the Minister of State Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether the Government has appointed an authority to administer and manage its Digital Locker  Initiative,  one  of  the  key  projects  under  Digital  India  Programme  to  push paperless governance; and
- (b)    if so, the details thereof and the progress made so far in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI K.J ALPHONS)

- (a):  Yes, Madam.  The Government has appointed Digital Locker Authority to administer and manage Digital Locker Initiative.
- (b):  Digital Locker Authority was constituted under the Information Technology (Preservation and  Retention  of  Information  by  Intermediaries  Providing  Digital  Locker  facilities)  Rules, 2016 vide no. 3(42)/2014-EG II (Part-II) on dated 4 th October 2016.  Controller of Certifying Authorities (CCA) discharges the function of Controller of Digital Locker Authority (CDLA).

In this regard the progress made so far is as under-

-  A web interface www.dla.gov.in has been created.
-  Digital  Locker  framework  has  been  created  which  comprises  of  Electronic  consent framework and Digital Locker Technology Framework.
-  Digital Locker Service Provider (DLSP) licensing workflow has been defined.
-  Workshops and conferences  have  been  carried  out  to  increase  awareness  regarding benefits of Digital Locker and paperless governance.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5506 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Disclosure of Defence Information
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5506

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2018

## DISCLOSURE OF DEFENCE INFORMATION

5506.  SHRI  KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there are new rules on public disclosure of defence information under the new India-France Defence deal;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the new set of rules and the details of information likely to be made available for public?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) to (c): An Agreement between India and France regarding the Exchange and Reciprocal Protection of Classified or Protected Information was  signed  on  10 th March,  2018  during  the  State  Visit  of  President  of France to India.  This agreement defines the common security regulations applicable to any exchange  of classified and protected information between the two countries.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5505 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Passenger Amenities
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5505 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2018

## PASSENGER AMENITIES

†5505.  SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  passenger  amenities    announced  in  the  rail budget  during  the  current  financial  year  and  the  amenities announced last year but yet to be provided; and
- (b)  the  proposed  action  plan  for  starting  each  of  the  said amenities?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) and (b): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.5505  BY  SHRI  SADASHIV  LOKHANDE TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  28.03.2018  REGARDING PASSENGER AMENITIES

(a)  and (b): In the Railway Budget 2017-18, it was announced that 500 stations will be made differently abled friendly by providing lifts and  escalators.    Accordingly,  Railways  have  decided  to  provide escalators  at  all 'A-1', 'A', 'C'  category  stations  ('C'  category stations with footfalls of 25000 and above) and stations of tourist importance progressively.  It has been planned to provide additional 2589  additional  escalators  and  1000  lifts  at  railway  stations.    So far,  473  escalators  at  171  stations  and  330  lifts  at  137  stations have been provided.  Further,  work is  in  progress  for  provision  of 303 escalators at 115 stations and 306 lifts at 98 stations.

In the Rail Budget 2016-17, the following announcements were made:

1. Provision  of  passenger  amenities  and  beautification  on  the stations at pilgrimage centres.
2. Provision of atleast one Divyang friendly toilet at  each platform in 'A-I' class stations.
3. Raising of low level platforms in Mumbai suburban stations.

It is Railways' endeavor to provide passenger amenities announced  in  the  Budget  in  a  time-bound  manner.    Adequate additional funds, if required, are made available to Railway Zones, depending upon availability and inter-se priority of works.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5502 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: New Military Station at Nabagram
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: ABHIJIT MUKHERJEE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5502

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2018

## NEW MILITARY STATION AT NABAGRAM

5502.  SHRI  ABHIJIT MUKHERJEE:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to start the new military station at Nabagram, Murshidabad and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  enhance  the  fire  power,  manpower  of military station located at Siliguri, North Bengal and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the  Government has made any plan to raise  a new regiment / battalion comprising  hill  people  of  Darjeeling,  Sikkim  as  Bengal  Gorkha  regiment  /  Darjeeling Gorkha regiment; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

- (a) Yes, Madam.  Nabagram Military Station is planned as a green field project on 250 acres of defence land.
- (b) Military  capacity  enhancement  of Indian army  is a  continuous process, which takes into account the existing and emerging challenges / threats.  Accordingly, new Military Stations and accretion of manpower is approved  from  time to time to maintain requisite force levels  and operational preparedness of the Indian Army.
- (c) & (d): Post independence, it has been the policy of Government not to raise any new Regiment based on particular class, caste, creed, community, religion or region.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5501 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Monitoring of Schemes
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: MURALI MOHAN MAGANTI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5501 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2018 MONITORING OF SCHEMES

## 5501. SHRI M. MURALI MOHAN:

Will the Minister of PLANNING  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any Committee has been constituted/to be constituted to monitor, supervise and give advice for proper spending and implementation of the various schemes being implemented by the Ministries of Government of India/ State Governments/UTs; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a.) & (b): The primary responsibility for monitoring and supervising the implementation of schemes lies with the concerned Ministries/Departments. However, the Government of India had constituted 8 Groups of Secretaries (GoS) to look into 8 thematic areas and give recommendations to improve Governance and Growth in these areas. Recommendations of the Thematic GoS were circulated in February, 2016 among the  Ministries/Departments  of  the  Government  of  India  with  a  direction  to  prepare  Action  Plan  to implement GoS recommendation pertaining to them. These 8 Thematic areas were:

- i) Good Governance -Challenges and Opportunities
2. ii) Employment Generation Strategies
3. iii) Farmer Centric Issues in Agriculture and Allied Sectors
4. iv) Energy Conservation and Efficiency
- v) Innovation Budgeting and Effective Implementation
6. vi) Accelerated Growth with Inclusion and Equity
7. vii) Swachh Bharat and Ganga Rejuvenation
8. viii) Health and Education: Universal Access and Quality

Similarly, the Government constituted another 8 GoS on 8 sectors and their reports were also circulated in January, 2017 among the Ministries/Departments in the Government of India with a direction to prepare time-bound Action Plans for implementation of the recommendation pertaining to them. The 8 rapporteurs of the Sectoral GoS have also been given the responsibility to monitor the implementation of Sectoral and Thematic Action Plans prepared by the Ministries/Departments. The following were the 8 Sectors:

- i) Transport & communications
2. ii) Energy & Environment
3. iii) Health, Sanitation and UD Report
4. iv) Education & Social Development
- v) Commerce & Industry
6. vi) Science & Technology
7. vii) Governance Final Report
8. viii) Crisis Management

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5499 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Installation of GPS in Trucks of CIL
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS, CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5499 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2018

## Installation of GPS in Trucks of CIL

## 5499.  SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS : SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI :

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Ministry of Coal had announced to install GPS in all the trucks of Coal India Limited (CIL) to check theft of coal and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the process of installing GPS in all the trucks of CIL has been completed;
- (c) if so, the date on which the said process has been completed; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR RAILWAYS AND COAL (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (d)     : Yes, Madam.  GPS were installed in 8689 number of vehicles engaged in coal transportation up to the month of September 2017.  This is a continuous process and as per strength  of  the  fleet  running  for  transportation  of  Coal,  an  additional  2270  GPS  has  been installed in different subsidiaries of Coal India Limited till January 2018.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5498 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Ceiling on Construction
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, KAMAL NATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5498

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 28 TH  MARCH, 2018

## CEILING ON CONSTRUCTION

5498.  SHRI  JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA: SHRI KAMAL NATH:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  construction  of  civilian  houses  adjacent  to  various  Army,  Navy  and  IAF camps / bases is one of the major factors responsible for terrorists to strike on these installations;
- (b) if so, whether the Union Government has fixed any ceiling on construction of houses for civilians near the defence installations;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  in  this  regard  and  whether  the  ceiling  fixed  by  the  Government  are properly  adhered  to  and  would  be  re-examined  in  view  of  spate  of  terror  strikes  on  various defence installations; and
- (d) if so, the details in this regard?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) to (d): Restrictions on building constructions around defence installations are regulated under various Statutes and Rules / Notifications issued thereunder. This includes the Works of Defence Act, 1903, The Cantonments Act, 2006, The Aircraft  Act,  1934,  Ministry  of  Civil  Aviation,  1934  Gazette  Notification  SO84(E) dated 14.01.2011 (as revised from time to time).

In order to regulate building constructions around defence installations not covered by such notifications, Ministry of Defence issued interim guidelines on 18.05.2011 for issue of No Objection Certificate (NoC) for construction activities within  500  meters  of  such  installations.    The  guidelines  dated  18.05.2011  have been amended from time to time.  The last amendment to the NoC guidelines was issued on 21.10.2016 in respect of security restrictions in 342 Army establishments for construction / repair of civilian houses.

The guidelines for  issue  of  NoC are  reviewed and  amended from time to time based on security concerns of the defence installations and issues relating to public inconvenience.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5496 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-28
Subject: Utilisation of Vacant Land
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK, KIRTI (JHA) AZAD, E. T. MOHAMMED BASHEER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5496

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.03.2018

## UTILISATION OF VACANT LAND

† 5496.

SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

SHRI KIRTI AZAD:

SHRI E.T. MOHAMMED BASHEER:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total area of land under the control of the railways;
- (b) whether the Railways proposes to exchange its land with the land  owned  by  the  State  Governments  and  other  agencies  for various metro rail networks in the country;
- (c) if so, the details in this regard;
- (d)  whether  the  railways  has  received  any  proposals  in  this regard and if so, the details thereof;
- (e)  whether  the  railways  also  proposes  to  allow  provision  of educational facilities on its land; and
- (f)  if  so,  the details in this regard along with the present status thereof ?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a)  to  (f)  As  on  31.03.2017,  the  total  land  available  with  the Railways is approximately 4.76 lakh hectare.

Railway  has  the  policy  of  crossing  of  railway  land  by  Metro Railway Network which involves limited use of land by a Metro Railway for a specific purpose without conferring upon them any right of possession of occupation of the land and without in any way affecting the Railways' title possession, control and use of the land. Railway also has the policy to exchange land with State Government and Government agencies on equitable cost basis. In recent past, no such proposal has been received by this Ministry. As per extant instructions setting up of only Kendriya Vidyalayas is permitted on Railway land by giving railway land on lease for 99 years. *****