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Lok Sabha Question No. 3553 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Leasing out Railway Property
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: S. RAJENDRAN, RAHUL KASWAN, HARISH CHANDRA MEENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3553 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2016

## LEASING OUT RAILWAY PROPERTY

3553. SHRI S. RAJENDRAN: SHRI RAHUL KASWAN: SHRI HARISH MEENA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Railways  has  taken  a  decision  to  lease  out  its properties and buildings to private business;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  details  of  rules  and regulations to identify the properties in this regard; and
- (c) the  other  measures  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the Railways to generate income through properties/buildings?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c):   Railway land is leased/licensed to private business for purposes  connected  with  Railway  working  or  providing  required services  for  development  of  the  Railways.    Vacant  Railway land/air-space  not  required  by  Railways  for  its  immediate  future operational needs is also leased to private business for commercial/property development  in interim period  wherever feasible  through  Rail  Land  Development  Authority,  in  order  to mobilize additional financial resources.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3552 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Objectives of TRAI
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: PASHUPATI NATH SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3552 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH   DECEMER, 2016

## OBJECTIVES OF TRAI

†3552. SHRI PASHUPATI NATH SINGH:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  objectives  behind  setting  up  the  Telecom  Regulatory  Authority  of  India (TRAI);
- (b) whether the TRAI has been able to achieve its set objectives;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) was set up with the objective to regulate the telecommunication services, to protect the interests of service providers and consumers of the telecom sector, to promote and ensure  orderly growth of the telecom sector.
- (b) to (d) Government have received various Recommendations on Telecom and various Regulations and Tariff Orders issued by TRAI, which have contributed to the growth  of  the  telecom  sector.  Details  of  the  Recommendations,  Regulations  and Telecommunication  Tariff  Orders(TTOs)  issued  by  TRAI  are  available  on  the  official website of TRAI www.trai.gov.in.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3551 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Vijayawada-Machilipatnam-Narsapur Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3551 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2016

## VIJAYAWADA-MACHILIPATNAM-NARSAPUR LINE

3551.     SHRI KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  progress  made  in  laying  Vijayawada-Machilipatnam-Narsapur line; and
- (b) the time by which the above line is likely to be completed?

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

(a) and (b): A Reconnaissance Engineering cum Traffic survey has been sanctioned  in  Budget  2016-17  for  new  Railway  line  from  NarsapurMachilipatnam ( 85 km) for which preliminary work has been taken up. A Broad Gauge line already exists from Vijayawada to Machilipatnam.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3550 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Schemes to promote Apprenticeship
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: MAUSAM NOOR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3550 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7.12.2016

## SCHEMES TO PROMOTE APPRENTICESHIP

## QUESTION

## 3550.  SHRIMATI MAUSAM NOOR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has launched schemes to promote apprenticeship in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is intending to engage with the private sector in this regard;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  reached  any  agreement  with  any  private organisation with an aim to impart training to apprentices; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  objectives  and  targets  set  for  the same?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) Yes Madam. The Government of India has notified 'National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme' on 19 th August, 2016 to promote apprenticeship training in the country by incentivizing employers who wish to engage apprentices. Under the Scheme, government of India will share 25% of stipend amount subjected maximum of Rs. 1500 per apprentice per month with all the types of establishment engaging  apprentices.  The  government  of  India  will  also  share  Rs.  7500  per apprentice with Basic Training Providers, towards basic training cost.
- (c) & (d) Establishments  both  in  public  and  private  sectors    shall  engage apprentices  in  a  band  of  2.5%  to  10%  of  the  total  manpower  strength  of  the establishment including contractual staff. Targets under NAPS are 5 lakh apprentices in 2016-17, 10 lakh apprentices in 2017-18, 15 lakh apprentices in 20182019 and 20 lakh apprentices in 2019-20.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3546 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Patanjali Products in Kendriya Bhandar
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: CH. MALLA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3546

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2016)

## PATANJALI PRODUCTS IN KENDRIYA BHANDAR

## 3546. SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether products of a particular private company Patanjali are lined up in shelves of the Kendriya Bhandar stores;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the sale of  Khadi products being  manufactured by thousands of  Khadi and Village Industries is abysmally low, in Kendriya Bhandar Stores and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the remedial measures taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office. (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) to (c):    In line with the objective of Kendriya Bhandar to make available items of daily needs to its consumers, more than 1000 products, which include some products of Patanjali brand as  well  as  that  of  Khadi  and  Village  Industries  such  as  Khadi  Satreetha  (Shampoo), Khadi Madhunishedh,   Khadi Ambla  Murabba,  Khadi  Herbal Kali Mehandi, Khadi Chvyanprash,  Khadi Bhring Raj Oil etc. have been made available at the shelves of Kendriya Bhandar.      There  is  no  separate  category  for  Khadi  and  Village  Industries  products  in Kendriya Bhandar, therefore, sales record for the same is not maintained.  The sale of any product is Kendriya Bhandar is purely dependent on customer's demand.

There  is  no  formal  agreement  for  supply  of  Khadi  products  between  Kendriya  Bhandar and Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC).  However, some Khadi Institutions are supplying Village Industries products to Kendriya Bhandar.  Khadi and Village Industries Commission  also  has  no  details  of  the  performance  of  Village  Industries  products  in Kendriya Bhandars.

- (d):     In view of above, the question does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3545 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Criminal and Corruption Cases
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: HARISH CHANDRA MEENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3545

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2016)

## CRIMINAL AND CORRUPTION CASES

## 3545. SHRI HARISH MEENA:

Will  the  PRIME  MINISTER  be  pleased  to  state  the  number  of  criminal  and corruption cases pending against the officers from the level of Joint Secretary and above in Government of India?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office. (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

This Department monitors the progress of pending cases of prosecution of sanction as submitted  by  Central Bureau  of  Investigation  (CBI)  to  all  Departments/Ministries  of Government of India (GOI) through a Committee chaired by Secretary, DOPT and consisting of Secretary of Administrative Department, Law Secretary and CBI.  As on 18.11.2016, 11 criminal  and  corruption  cases  are  pending  for  granting  sanction  of  prosecution  against  the officers  of  All  India  Service  (AIS)  and  Central  Group  'A'  officers  of  the  rank  of  Joint Secretary and above in GOI. Details Departments/Ministries wise is as further:-

| S.No.   | Ministries/Department   |   No. of cases |
|---------|-------------------------|----------------|
| 1.      | Ministry of Railways    |             04 |
| 2.      | Health &Family Welfare  |             01 |
| 3.      | MHA                     |             01 |
| 4.      | DOPT                    |             05 |
|         | Total                   |             11 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3544 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Norms for Investigating Agencies
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3544

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2016)

## NORMS FOR INVESTIGATING AGENCIES

## 3544. SHRI PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is planning to lay down norms governing search and seizure operations conducted by investigative agencies;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office. (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a)  to  (c):      Criminal  Procedure  Code,  1973  (Cr.  PC)  and  the  special  acts  governing  the respective  spheres  lay  down  appropriate  procedure  for    search  and  seizure  operations conducted by investigating agencies.

At present, there is no proposal for amendment of the said provisions regarding search and seizure under Cr. PC.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3543 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Promotion of Indian Culture
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: NARANBHAI KACHHADIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3543 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2016

## PROMOTION OF INDIAN CULTURE

† 3543. SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether every year a large amount is allocated to the Indian Missions abroad to promote cultural relations with other countries;
- (b) if so, the details thereof for the last three years and the current year;
- (c) whether irregularities have been found in the use of that fund;
- (d) if so, the details thereof, and
- (e) the action taken/proposed to be taken against the persons found guilty in this matter?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Indian Missions abroad are allocated funds to promote cultural relations with  other  countries  on  the  basis  of  activities  proposed  by  them  in  Annual Plan of Action. Reimbursements are made on receipt of debit notes from the Missions and expenditure made against the sanction issued by the competent authority.
- (b) Details of reimbursement on this account made to Missions for activities undertaken for promotion of Indian culture overseas for the last three years and current year are as under:
- (c) No.  All  the  expenditures  by  all  the  Missions  are  audited  by  the competent authorities on a regular basis.
- (d) Not applicable.
- (e) Not applicable.

| Year    | Amount of reimbursement on account of expenditure incurred by Missions abroad on behalf of ICCR   | Amount of reimbursement on account of expenditure incurred by Missions abroad on behalf of ICCR   |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2013-14 | Rs.                                                                                               | 3,38,81,819/-                                                                                     |
| 2014-15 | Rs.                                                                                               | 3,06,15,158/-                                                                                     |
| 2015-16 | Rs.                                                                                               | 68,51,561/-                                                                                       |
| 2016-17 | Rs.                                                                                               | 66,59,424/-                                                                                       |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3541 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Reusable Launch Vehicle
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI

## 3541.

(a) & (b)

ISRO  has  successfully  carried  out  the  first  experimental mission of Reusable Launch Vehicle -Technology Demonstrator (RLV-TD), on May 23, 2016 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre, Sriharikota. In this mission, critical technologies  such  as  autonomous  navigation,  guidance  &

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3541

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2016

## REUSABLE LAUNCH VEHICLE

## SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Indian  Space Research Organisation is  planning to  launch  reusable  vehicle  namely  the  Reusable  Launch Vehicle Technology Demonstrator (RLVTD) in near future; and
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE

(DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

control  and  reusable  thermal  protection  system  have  been successfully demonstrated. The  Development  of  Reusable  Launch  Vehicle  is  a  technical challenge  and  it  involves  the  development  of  many  cutting edge technologies. Presently, it is in the preliminary stage of total developmental process. A series of technology demonstration  missions  would  be  required  before  it  is  made operational.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3540 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Skill Development by Japan
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3540 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2016

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT BY JAPAN

## 3540.  SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN:

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

- (a) whether Japan has agreed to set up skill development institutes in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has finalized locations for setting up such institutes; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the time by which it will be set up?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) Ministry  of  Skill  Development  and  Entrepreneurship,  Government  of  India and the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry, Government of Japan have signed a Memorandum  of  Cooperation  (MoC)  on  the  Manufacturing  Skill  Transfer  Promotion Programme.  This  was  signed  following  the  summit  meeting  between  Hon'ble  Prime Ministers of India and Japan on 11 th November, 2016 at Tokyo, Japan.

The  MoC,  inter-alia,  includes  setting  up  Japan-India  Institute  for  Manufacturing (JIM)  by  Japanese  companies  to  train  future  shop  floor  leaders  of  Japanese  standard level  in  India  with  Japanese  style  key  elements  such  as  KAIZEN,  5S  and  Japanese working methods.

- (c) & (d) Government  is  yet  to  receive  the  specific  proposals  to  set  up  JIMs  by Japanese companies.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3538 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Reasonable Security Practices
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: FEROZE VARUN GANDHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3538

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 07.12.2016

## REASONABLE SECURITY PRACTICES

## 3538 SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

Will the Minister of Electronics & Information Technology be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether Section 43A of the IT Act makes the corporate body liable to pay compensation when it has failed to ensure reasonable security practices to protect data;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the statistics of the cases registered and convicted under the said section;
- (c) the IT Rules on reasonable security practices does not specify the period within which corporate bodies are required to provide a policy for privacy and disclosure; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

- (a) and (b): Yes, Sir.  Section 43A of Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000 provides that where  a  body  corporate,  possessing,  dealing  or  handling  any  sensitive  personal  data  or information  in  a  computer  resource  which  it  owns,  controls  or  operates,  is  negligent  in implementing  and  maintaining  reasonable  security  practices  and  procedures  and  thereby causes wrongful loss or wrongful gain to any person, such body corporate shall be liable to pay damages by way of compensation. Compensation claims upto ` 5 crore are handled by

Adjudicating  Officers  while  claims  above ` 5  crore  are  handled  by  the  relevant  Courts. Currently,  all  State  and  Union  Territories'  Government  Information  Technology  Secretary are  designated  as  'Adjudicating  Officer'.  Since  Section  43A  violations  are  civil  in  nature, there are no convictions. Further, since adjudication is done at State level, no repository of information related to cases are currently maintained by Central Government.

- (c) and  (d):  The  Information  Technology  (Reasonable  security  practices  and  procedures and  sensitive  personal  data  or  information)  Rules,  2011  have  been  notified  on  11 th April 2011. The body corporate are required to provide a policy for privacy and disclosure from the date of notification.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3537 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-12-07
Subject: Policy for Transfer of IAS Officers
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: NANABHAU FALGUNRAO PATOLE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3537

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2016)

## POLICY FOR TRANSFER OF IAS OFFICERS

## †3537. SHRI NANA PATOLE:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is any policy for transfer of IAS officers posted in various States;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the transfer and posting of these officers are done by the State Governments;
- (d) if so, the reaction of the Government in this regard; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Union Government to interfere in the issues related to posting of IAS officers in various States so as to safeguard the interest of such officers?

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office. (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) to (e):   In WP (C) No.82/2011 filed by Shri T.S.R. Subramanian & Others Vs Union of India  &  Others,  the      Supreme  Court  in  Judgment  dated  31.10.2013  directed  the  Centre, State Governments and the Union Territories to constitute Civil Services Boards with high ranking serving officers, who are specialists  in  their  respective  fields,  within  a  period  of three months, if not already constituted, till the Parliament brings in a proper legislation in setting up Civil Services Board. In compliance of the Apex Court's directions, amendments  in  rule  7  of  the  Indian  Administrative  Service,  Indian  Police  Service  and Indian Forest Service  (Cadre)  Rules have been  carried out vide notification dated 28.01.2014,  thereby  fixing  minimum  tenure  of  two  years  for  all  cadre  posts  in  all States/Union Territories.

The State Governments/ Union Territories have been requested to comply with the directions of the Apex Court. The States have been requested to submit annual report of the Civil  Services  Board,  the  details  of  officers  recommended  to  be  transferred  before  the minimum  specified  tenure  and  reasons  therefor,  in  order  to  ensure  that  the  interests  of Indian Administrative Service officers posted in different States are protected.

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