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Lok Sabha Question No. 4821 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Online Reporting of Cyber Bullying of Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: POONAM  MAHAJAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 4821 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2018

## ONLINE REPORTING OF CYBER BULLYING OF CHILDREN

## 4821.   SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  setup  a  system  for  online  reporting  of  cyberbullying  of children through the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) e-box, and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  created  a  plan  to  conduct  follow-up  investigation  into reported  cases  of  cyberbullying  in  a  swift  and  efficient  manner  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has devised a way to deal with cyber-bullies who are minors and cannot be given conventional criminal sentences and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  plans  to  expand  the  e-reporting  of  cyber-bullying  to  other vulnerable groups such as women and the differently-abled, and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

- (a) : The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) has set up a system for online reporting of complaints relating to POCSO Act, 2012, including cyber bullying of children through POCSO e-Box. This is available on the NCPCR's website as well  as  through  a  mobile  app.  POCSO  e-Box  is  an  online  and  direct  complaints registration system, where children upto the age of 18 can file their complaints on any sexual harassment and cyber crimes against them such as cyber bullying, cyber stalking, morphing of images and child pornography.
- (b) & (c):   Action  is  taken  as  per  the  provision  of  the  existing  laws  by  the  authorities concerned. The children in conflict with law are dealt with as per provisions of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.
- (d) : As an anti-trolling initiative, the Ministry has introduced a separate email address for e-reporting of complaints of harassment by the women and children.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4820 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Global Standard in Tiger Conservation Areas
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: J. JAYASINGH THIYAGARAJ NATTERJEE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4820

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2018

## Global Standard in Tiger Conservation Areas

## 4820. SHRI J.J.T. NATTERJEE:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether only a small percentage of tiger conservation areas that are of Conservation Assured/Tiger Standards (CA/TS) partnership, meet global standards;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the details of such tiger reserves;
- (c) whether the survey was conducted over hundred tiger conservation areas by leading conservation  organisations  and  countries  with  tiger  ranges  that  are  part  of  CA/TS partnership and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether despite poaching being one of the greatest threats faced by big cats, 85 per cent of the areas surveyed do not have the staff capacity to patrol sites effectively; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) & (b) No, 49 out of 50 tiger reserves in the country, meet global standards in tiger conservation  as  per  the  Conservation  Assured  |  Tiger  Standards  (CA|TS) 'Light'  survey,  which  is  a  questionnaire  and  expert  opinion  based  exercise wherein field assessment is not factored.  Only Indravati Tiger Reserve did not meet  management  standards  as  it  is  plagued  by  left  wing  extremism  which hampers day to day administration and management.
- (c) The survey was conducted over 112 sites in 11 countries which included 72 sites in India comprising 50 tiger reserves and 22 sites outside tiger reserves.
- (d) & (e) No.  The CA|TS light survey presented a generalized result for all the 112 sites surveyed.  In context of India, no specific observation vis-à-vis staff capacity have been made.  However, information made available by the States indicates that tiger reserves have a staff vacancy of about 29% in India, which is being addressed by deploying extra workforce in the form of antipoaching squads, Special Tiger Protection Force  (STPF)  /  Tiger  Protection Force  (TPF) comprising of ex-servicemen and watchers from nearby villages.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4819 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: e-Insurance Accounts
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA

Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Financial Services Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 4819

Friday, March 23, 2018/Chaitra 2, 1940 (Saka)

## e-Insurance Accounts

## 4819. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA:

## Will the Minister of FINANCE

be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of customers who opened e-Insurance Accounts wherein insurance regulators had  permitted  certain  funds  that  customers  can  transfer  to  their  existing  insurance schemes from e-accounts and purchase new policies through opening this e-account;
- (b) whether the Government is considering to amend/review its policies to further reduce the risk of losing the physical documents and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the extent to which rural policy holders have access to the electronic format for existing policies of the Government?

## Answer Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance (Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla)

(a):  As  per  Insurance  Regulatory  and  Development  Authority  of  India  (IRDAI),  the  number  of customers who have opened e-insurance accounts as on 15 th  March 2018 are 15,21,907. However, e-insurance accounts are only for storing insurance policies in electronic form. These accounts are not designed to hold any funds which can be used to purchase new insurance policies.

(b): IRDAI has issued the "Revised Guidelines on Insurance Repositories and electronic issuance of Insurance Policies" on dated 29 th  May 2015 which facilitate creation of e-insurance accounts with registered Insurance Repositories and storing such insurance policies in electronic form with them. In order to reduce risk of losing physical documents as well as to allow quick retrieval of such  insurance  policies,  the  policyholder  can  store  insurance  policies  in  these  e-Insurance accounts. This would facilitate easy and speedy settlement of insurance claims. The Authority has also notified the IRDAI (Issuance of e-Insurance Policies) Regulations, 2016 on 13 th  June 2016 which mandates policies of threshold limit of prescribed sum insured and premium above which all insurance policies are required to be issued in electronic form.

(c): IRDAI (Insurance Services by Common Service Centres) Regulations, 2015 dated 5 th  October 2015, encourages insurers to hold the policy documents in the dematerialized form with any of the insurance repositories and facilitates rural policyholders for sending the soft copy of the proposal data, claims data and any other information by the Rural Authorised Person (RAP) to the insurer and vice versa.  The  above  Regulations/guidelines  facilitate  policyholders  in  rural  areas  to  keep insurance policies in electronic form.
Lok Sabha Question No. 4817 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Non-Compliance by Corporates
Ministry: CORPORATE AFFAIRS
Asked by: K. ASHOK KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4817 ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 23RD MARCH, 2018 [CHAITRA 02, 1940 (SAKA)]

## NON-COMPLIANCE BY CORPORATES

## QUESTION

4817. SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

Will the Minister of CORPORATE AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has made it clear to the corporates that noncompliance will be very costly and strong deterrents will be there to curb the dangerous adventure of using companies for wrongful purposes and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  already  struck  off  more  than  224  lakh companies that have not been doing business for long and disqualified more than three lakh directors associated with such entities and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the things are being simplified for legitimate businesses while checks are being strengthened against illegal business activities and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): The Government has taken serious note of those companies which are non-compliant in filing their statutory returns as per provisions of the Companies Act, 2013 (the 'Act').  Section 248(1)(c) of the Act, provides for removal of name of company from the register of companies if it is not carrying on any business or operation for a period of 2(two) immediately preceding financial years and has not made any application within such period for obtaining the status of a dormant company under Section 455 of the Companies Act, 2013.  Based on the above  mentioned  provision,  2.97  lakh  companies  were  identified  under  this category as on 31.03.2017 and after following due process, names of 2,26,166 companies were struck off from the register of companies as of now.

Further,  3,09,619  directors  have  been  identified  as  disqualified  under section 164 (2) (a) read with section 167 of the Act.  Out of the above mentioned 3,09,619 disqualified directors, 2,10,116 number of disqualified directors were the directors on the Boards of struck off companies.

- (c): The Government has introduced a Condonation of Delay Scheme (CODS), 2018 effective from 01.01.2018 to 31.03.2018 for the non-compliant companies for regularizing their pending filing of statutory returns and become compliant.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4816 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Environmental Clearance for Athirappilly Hydro Power Project
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY, SAUGATA ROY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4816

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2018

## Environmental clearance for Athirappilly Hydro Power Project

## 4816.  SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN:

PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of hydro power projects pending for environmental clearance at present, State/UT-wise;
- (b) the reasons for delay in granting clearances to such projects;
- (c) whether some State Governments have raised objections of hydro power projects in their neighbouring States and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  State  Government  of  Kerala  has  sought  environmental  clearance  for Athirappilly Hydro Power Project and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has considered the said proposal and taken any decision in this regard and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

(a) to (e): Five hydro power projects are under consideration for environmental clearance in the Ministry.  Out of these, four hydro power projects will be considered after receipt  of  Forest  Clearance  Stage-1  by  the  project  proponent.    The  Ministry  has  granted environmental  clearance  (EC)  to  Athirappilly  hydroelectric  power  (163  MW)  project  in Thrissur District of Kerala on 18.7.2007.  The validity of the same has expired on 17.7.2017.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4814 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Consolidation of Banks
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: K. MARAGATHAM

## GOVERNMENT  OF INDIA MINISTRY  OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT  OF FINANCIAL SERVICES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4814 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 23 rd  MARCH  2018/ CHAITRA  2, 1940  (SAKA)

## Consolidation  of Banks

## 4814.  SHRIMATI K.  MARAGATHAM:

Will  the Minister  of FINANCE  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the Government  has set up any  panel  of Ministers  to oversee the process of consolidation  in State run  banks  and if so, the details  thereof;  and
- (b) whether  the decision  to make  merger  of public  sector banks  will  help to create competitive  banks  in public  sector space to meet credit  needs of growing  economy  and absorb shocks and if so, the details  thereof?

## ANSWER

## The Minister  of State in the Ministry  of Finance (SHRI SHIV PRATAP  SHUKLA)

(a) and (b): The Banking  Companies  (Acquisition  and Transfer  of Undertakings) Acts of 1970 and 1980 provide  that  the Central  Government,  in consultation  with  the Reserve Bank of India,  may  make  a scheme, inter  alia ,  for  the amalgamation of  any   nationalised bank with  any  other  nationalised  bank  or any  other  banking  institution. With a view  to facilitate   consolidation among  public   sector  banks   to  create   strong   and  competitive banks, serving as catalysts for growth, with improved   risk profile of the bank, Government  has put in place an Alternative Mechanism  comprising  panel  of ministers,  as an approval  framework  for proposals  to amalgamate  public  sector banks.
Lok Sabha Question No. 4813 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Betterment of Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4813

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2018

## BETTERMENT OF CHILDREN

## 4813 SHRI SANJAY HARIBHAU JADHAV:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that a large number of children live on the roads and sell goods at traffic signals in metropolitan cities like Mumbai and Delhi;
- (b) if so, the reasons thereof; and
- (c) the steps been taken by the Government for betterment of such children?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI)

- (a) to (c): As per Section 2 (14) (ii) of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (JJ Act), a child  who is found working in contravention of labour laws for the time being in force or is found begging, or living on the street is included as a 'child in need of care and protection', among others. The primary responsibility of execution of the Act lies with the State/UTs. However, Central Government is managing Integrated Child  Protection  Scheme  (ICPS)  now  'Child  Protection  Services'  under  Integrated Child  Development  Services,  and  providing  financial  assistance  to  the  States/UTs  on sharing pattern for, inter-alia, undertaking a situational analysis of children in difficult circumstances, for setting up and maintenance of various types of Child Care Institutions (CCIs). Under the scheme institutional care is provided through CCIs, as a rehabilitative measure. In these CCIs, children are provided age appropriate education either within the institution or outside in a formal education system through convergence with other schemes and programs of the Government or civil society. Under the non-institutional care component, support is extended for adoption, foster care and sponsorship.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4812 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Open Budget Survey
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: DHARAM VIRA GANDHI, SRIRAM MALYADRI, HARISH CHANDRA MEENA

## Government of India Ministry of Finance Department of Economic Affairs

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4812 To be answered on Friday, March 23, 2018/Chaitra 2, 1940 (Saka)

## OPEN BUDGET SURVEY

## 4812.   SHRI DHARAM VIRA SHRI MALYADRI SRIRAM SHRI HARISH MEENA:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether according to Open Budget Survey (2017), India's budget  transparency score has fallen substantially from 68 (in 2012) to 48 out of 100 (in 2017), behind Nepal (52) and Afghanistan (49) amongst the South Asian countries as reported in the Delhi Post news portal, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government is planning to improve India's budget transparency and Open Budget Index score and if so, the details of targeted score and the proposed time frame for achieving the same; and
- (c) the  details  of  the  measures  being  taken  or  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the Government  to  improve  budgetary  transparency,  oversight  and  especially public  participation,  as  India  scored  the  least  (15  out  of  100)  in  public participation?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR FINANCE (SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

(a) to (c):

The  Government  of  India's  budget-making  process  is  reasonably  transparent. Budget is prepared on the basis of detailed discussions held with the Ministries/Departments. Feedback from States and key stakeholders is also taken. Once the Budget is presented on February 1, all the budget related documents are available  in  the  public  domain  (indiabudget.nic.in).  The  Budget  is  discussed  in Parliament, scrutinised by Departmentally Related Standing Committees and voted and passed. The availability of all budget-related documents in the public domain facilitate  greater  public  debate.  The  oversight  functions  are  performed  by  the Comptroller & Auditor General of India, whose reports are regularly tabled in the Parliament.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4809 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: GST Collections
Ministry: FINANCE
Asked by: R. GOPALAKRISHNAN, K. GOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4809

TO BE ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, THE 23 rd  MARCH, 2018, 2 CHAITRA, 1940 (SAKA)

## GST COLLECTIONS

4809. SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN: DR. K. GOPAL:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the Goods & Services Tax (GST) collections has drastically reduced in the month of January, 2018 in comparison to previous months since its launch;
- (b) If so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) Whether across the country, nearly 70 percent of the over one crore businesses filed under GST return and if so, the breakup thereof, State-wise; and
- (d) The other effective steps taken/ being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI SHIV PRATAP SHUKLA)

(a) and (b): The month-wise consolidated figures of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST), State Goods and Services Tax (SGST), Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) and Cess collected by the Government since July 1, 2017 is as under:

## (Amount in Rs. Crores)

| Month           | Collection   |
|-----------------|--------------|
| August, 2017    | 93,590       |
| September, 2017 | 93,029       |
| October, 2017   | 95,132       |
| November, 2017  | 85,931       |
| December, 2017  | 83,716       |
| January, 2018   | 88,929       |

The GST collections have increased in the months of Jan. 2018 in comparison to previous two months.

(c) The summary of returns filed for the month of January, 2018 is detailed below:

| Taxpayers required to file Return (Other than composition Taxpayers)   | GSTR-3B filed till last day of filing   | %of returns filed till last date of filing   | Filed till 18th March 2018   | %of filing as on 18th March, 2018   |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
| 83,52,202                                                              | 53,94,018                               | 64.58%                                       | 62,96,048                    | 75.38%                              |

(d) The Government is taking various steps to check evasion as well as educate the taxpayers about the new tax regime and encouraging voluntary compliance. The steps which are being taken include introduction of e-way bill, simplification of measures for filing tax returns, steps to capture invoice details of transactions so that the same could be matched with credit taken and verification of transition credit availed by tax payers.
Lok Sabha Question No. 4804 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Study on Abuse of Children
Ministry: WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: A.P. JITHENDER REDDY, RABINDRA KUMAR JENA, KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU, NARAMALLI SIVAPRASAD, PARVESH SAHIB SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO. 4804

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2018

## STUDY ON ABUSE OF CHILDREN

## 4804.   SHRI A.P. JITHENDER REDDY:

SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA: SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU: DR. NARAMALLI SIVA PRASAD: SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:

Will the Minister of WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has undertaken or intends to undertake another comprehensive study on child physical, emotional and sexual abuse, along the lines of its report of 2007;
- (b) if so, the details and the findings thereof; and
- (c) the time by which the report in this regard is likely to be released?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT (DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR)

- (a) to (c):   No Madam, presently this Ministry has not undertaken any such proposal.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-23
Subject: Green Good Deeds Campaign
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: DEEPAK (DEV) ADHIKARI, BHOLA SINGH, PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA, MOHANBHAI KALYANJIBHAI KUNDARIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4801

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.03.2018

## Green Good Deeds Campaign

## 4801.  SHRI DEEPAK ADHIKARI (DEV):

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

PROF. PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA:

SHRI KUNDARIYA MOHAN BHAI KALYANJI BHAI:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether the Government has launched the Green Good Deeds Campaign;
- (b)  if so, the details and the objectives thereof;
- (c)   the activities to be undertaken under this said campaign along with the agencies responsible  for  its  ground  level  implementation,  State  wise  especially  in  Uttar Pradesh;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  is  collaborating  with  the  States for its effective implementation; and
- (e)   if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. MAHESH SHARMA)

- (a) to (b) In  order  to  create  awareness  among  the  citizens  about  the  environmental issues,  the  Ministry  of  Environment,  Forest  and  Climate  (MoEF&CC)  has  initiated  Green Good Deeds (GGDs) campaign. The GGDs covers all the aspects of environment protection and  conservation  viz.  biodiversity,  wildlife,  pollution,  renewable  energy,  conservation  of lakes and rivers, solid waste management and climate change.
- (c) to (e) Activities  undertaken  under  the  GGDs  campaign  include  implementation  of GGDs by Ecoclubs which are presently 90000 in number spread across the country. Further these Ecoclubs with the coordination of State/UT Nodal agencies also undertake environmental awareness programmes, activities under Swachh Bharat Abhiyan. As part of 'Clean  Air  for  Delhi  Campaign'  GGDs  were  publicized  through  radio,  video  and  print media.

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