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Lok Sabha Question No. 6057 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Independent Toilets for Women
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6057 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

## INDEPENDENT TOILETS FOR WOMEN

†6057.  SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the local public representative has made a demand for the construction of independent toilets for women at all the platforms of historical Thane railway station;
- (b) if so, whether an assurance was given by the General Manager to the concerned public representative that the work of construction of toilets would be started very soon; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  number  of  platforms  of  Thane Railway Station where toilets have been constructed?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  to  (c):  Railways    have  provided  toilets  at  Thane  station  as  per  the norms  of  Minimum  Essential  Amenities  (MEA).  The  number  of  toilets available at Thane station for ladies and gents is 12 and 11 respectively. However,  upgradation  of  amenities  at  stations  including  toilets  is  a continuous and on-going process and works in this regard are undertaken  depending  upon  need,  volume  of  the  passenger  traffic  and inter-se priority subject to availability of funds. There is no proposal to construct additional toilets at Thane Railway Station.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6056 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Laying of Railway Tracks
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6056 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

## LAYING OF RAILWAY TRACKS

## 6056. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways plans to introduce any new technology for laying of railway track of 9.5 kilometres per day during the current fiscal year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether any MoU has been signed with any country for the same and if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) & (b):   Railway is using state of art technology & machinery for bridge works, tunneling and track works. Railway yards are being commissioned  by  using  T-28  machines.  In  addition,  Railways  is monitoring the progress of works by deploying drone cameras.
- (c):    Presently,  no  MoU  has  been  signed  with  any  country  for bringing new technology for laying Railway track.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6055 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Defence Cooperation Pact
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: JAGDAMBIKA PAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6055

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  APRIL, 2018

## DEFENCE  COOPERATION  PACT

6055.  SHRI  JAGDAMBIKA  PAL:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  from  China  for  a  border defence cooperation pact;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government thereto; and
- (c) the steps taken / proposed to be taken by the Government to strengthen the defence cooperation between both the countries?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                    (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

j{kk ea=h

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- (a) & (b): An  Agreement  on  Border  Defence  Cooperation  between  India and China was signed on 23 rd October 2013.  No new proposal for a border defence cooperation pact has been received from China.
- (c) The  Government  has  taken  various  steps  to  strengthen  defence cooperation  with  China,  including  mechanisms  to  enhance  military  to military  exchanges  and  to  ensure  maintenance  of  peace,  stability  and tranquility along the India-China border.  These include:
- (i) Annual Defence and Security Dialogue
- (ii) Exchanges at the level of border troops
- (iii)  Border Personnel Meetings
- (iv)  Meetings of the Working Mechanism for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Border Affairs; and
- (v) Agreements and protocols relating to Confidence Building
- Measures.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6054 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Overcrowded Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL), KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6054 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

## OVERCROWDED TRAINS

## †6054. SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  not  formulated  any  concrete policy to deal with the problem of excessive crowd in trains during the festive seasons;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the efforts made by the Government to reduce overcrowding in trains during the festive seasons?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) to  (c)  With  a  view  to  provide  more  accommodation  to travelling passengers,  Indian  Railways,  subject  to operational feasibility, commercial viability and availability of resources, augments  the  load  of  existing  services,  which  is  an  on-going process.

Indian Railways, as a matter of policy, have already decided that  all  the  Mail/Express  trains  (except  fully  reserved  trains  like Rajdhani,  Shatabdi,  Duronto,  etc.)  introduced  after  2007-08,  shall have at least 6 general class coaches in their standard composition as per feasibility. Besides, to cater to the travelling needs of

General Class passengers, Indian Railways operates fully unreserved services like Jan Sadharan, Janseva, Jan  Nayak Express and also operates Passenger trains and Intercity services for short distance travel.  With this end in view, Indian Railways in the  Railway  Budget  2016-17,  has  announced  to  introduce  the Antyodaya  Express,  a  long-distance,  fully  unreserved,  superfast train service, and also to add two to four Deen Dayalu coaches in some  long  distance  trains  for  unreserved  travel  to  enhance  the carrying capacity for the unreserved class passengers.  4 pairs of Antyodaya trains have already been introduced so far.

Accordingly,  507  coaches  including  150  General  class coaches have been attached on permanent basis during the year 2017-18 up to February 2018, in existing trains.

Further,  to clear extra rush of passengers during festive season, vacations, religious congregations (like  Kumbh,  Ardh Kumbh, Sabrimala,  Urs,  etc.),  Melas,  etc.,  Indian  Railways  to  the extent  feasible  and  justified,  not  only  operates  special  trains  but also augments  the loads of existing trains to create extra accommodation for travelling passengers.  With this end in view, Indian Railways operated 33,775 trips of special trains and utilized 91,958 coach trips, during the year 2017-18 (up to February 2018), which is also an on-going process on Indian Railways.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6053 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Self-Reliance on Nuclear Power Sector
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6053

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

## SELF-RELIANCE ON NUCLEAR POWER SECTOR

6053.  SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  make  India  self-reliant  in  the  field  of nuclear energy and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the time by which India is likely to become self-reliant in the said field?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  PERSONNEL,  PUBLIC  GRIEVANCES  & PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR.JITENDRA SINGH):

(a)&(b)  India is already self reliant with comprehensive capabilities in all aspect of indigenous  Pressurized  Heavy  Water  Reactors  (PHWRs)  and  associated fuel cycle.  Indian industry has also been manufacturing and supplying the components / equipment to exacting standards for the indigenous nuclear power programme.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6051 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Support Fund for 5G Technology
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6051 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  APRIL, 2018

## SUPPORT FUND FOR 5G TECHNOLOGY

## 6051. SHRI V. ELUMALAI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has created a support fund of about Rs. 500 crore to facilitate research and development for 5G technology and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the high level forum on 5G will aim to strengthen domestic telecommunication equipment manufacturing required for the said technology and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the local telecom equipment manufacturer will be able to capture fifty per cent of the domestic market and ten per cent of the global market over the next five to seven years with the help of 5G 2020 forum and if so, the details thereof and the steps 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) The  Government  has  approved  financial  grant  for the project to set up 'Indigenous 5G Test Bed' in India by Indian Institutes of Technology (IITs) and Indian Institute  of  Science  (IISc).  The  duration  of  the  project  is  3  years  and  total  budget involved  is  Rs  224.0166  Crore.  The  eight  collaborating  institutes  in  the  project  are Centre  of  Excellence  in  Wireless  Technology  (CEWiT),  IIT  Bombay,  IIT  Delhi,  IIT Hyderabad, IIT Madras, IIT Kanpur, IISc Bangalore and Society for Applied Microwave Electronics  Engineering  &  Research  (SAMEER).  The  project  envisages  setting  up  of end-to-end  Open  5G  Test  Bed  for  Indian  companies  &  academia  in  distributed architecture model.
- (b) & (c) The primary goals of High Level Forum for 5G India 2020 are to achieve early  deployment of 5G  in  India  and  a  globally  competitive  product  development  and manufacturing ecosystem targeting 50% of India market and 10% of global market over next  5  to  7  years.  The  High  Level  Forum  is  presently  engaged  in  formulation  of appropriate roadmap for 5G technology adoption and development in India.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6049 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Strength of Employees
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: VIRENDER KASHYAP

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6049

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018)

## STRENGTH OF EMPLOYEES

## 6049. SHRI VIRENDER KASHYAP:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  status  of  permanent,  temporary,  contractual  and  guest  staff  against  sanctioned strength  at  each  pay  slab  in  each  Ministry/Department  and  agencies  under  their control since 2010-11;
- (b) the status of representation of SCs/STs/OBCs thereon;
- (c) the reasons, if any, for the lesser representation of SCs/STs/OBCs; and
- (d) the action 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):    No centralized data is maintained
- (b)  &  (c):      As  per  information  received  from  77  Ministries/Departments  including  their attached/subordinate  offices,  the  representation  of  SCs,  STs  and  OBCs  in  the  posts  and services  under  the  Central  Government  as  on  01.01.2016  is  17.49%,  8.47%  and  21.57% respectively.

Representation of OBCs in the Central Government services is less as compared to the  percentage  of  reservation  for  them  because  reservation  of  OBC  started  in  September, 1993.

As per available information, representation of OBCs as on 01.01.2012 was 16.55% which has now increased to 21.57% as on 01.01.2016. Therefore, there is an increasing trend in the representation of OBCs in the posts and services of Central Government.

- (d): Department of Personnel & Training has issued instructions to all Ministries/Departments  to  constitute  an  in-house  Committee  to  identify  backlog  reserved vacancies, study  of the  root  cause  of  backlog  reserved  vacancies,  initiation  of  measures  to remove such factors and to fill up such vacancies through Special Recruitment Drive.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6047 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Simplification of Aadhaar Registration
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: RAHUL KASWAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6047

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04-04-2018

## SIMPLIFICATION OF AADHAAR REGISTRATION

## 6047.   SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to make any special provision to simplify the Aadhaar registration process for BPL and differently-abled persons;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  steps  taken  to  simplify  the  process  in  respect  of  registration  of  differently  abled children suffering from autism, cerebral palsy, blindness, etc.;
- (d) whether Aadhaar cards have been cancelled due to lack of Aadhaar registration process for BPL and differently abled persons during the last three years;
- (e) if so, the State-wise details thereof including those of Rajasthan; and
- (f) the details of the proposal for improving the Aadhaar registration process?

## ANSWER

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

(a), (b) and (c): In order to provide convenient and hassle free enrolment/ updation facilities to the residents, over 30,000 Aadhaar enrolment / update centers are functional in Banks/ Post Offices and other government premises across the country.

Regulation 6  of  Aadhaar  (Enrolment  &  Update)  Regulations,  2016  provides  special mechanism to enroll persons with   biometric exceptions. Accordingly, Aadhaar enrolment is done for all categories of residents including   those with disabilities.

As  per  requirement,  special  measures  are  taken  for  Aadhaar  enrolment  of  specific  groups including holding special enrolment camps and in deserving cases, household visits are also organized.

- (d): No, Sir.
- (e): Does not arise.
- (f): Based on the field experience, improvements in enrolment process is an ongoing activity.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 6046 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Replacement of Diesel Engines by Electric Engines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6046 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

## REPLACEMENT OF DIESEL ENGINES BY ELECTRIC ENGINES

## 6046.     SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways has decided to replace diesel engines by electric engines and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the orders placed for diesel engines will be cancelled and that the cancellation of such orders will be expensive for the railways and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Railways  has  decided  to  abandon the proposed diesel engine making projects; and
- (d)         if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a) Indian Railways is planning to convert existing fleet of Diesel Locomotives into Electric Locomotives in a phased manner. Work related  to  conversion  of  100  HHP  Diesel  Locomotives and 100 ALCO Diesel locomotives has been sanctioned under Pink Book 2018-19.  Further, trains are taken over on electric traction on commissioning of electrified routes.

In  order  to    cater    to    the    requirement    of    electric locomotives  commensurate  with  large  scale  electrification the production/acquisition  target  of  electric  engines  has  been increased  to    352  in    2017-18,  603  in  2018-19  and  725  in and commissioning of electrified routes, 2019-20.

- (b) No, Madam.
- (c)
- No, Madam.
- (d) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6044 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Consumer Price Index
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: ANOOP MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6044 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 4 TH  APRIL, 2018

## CONSUMER PRICE INDEX

6044. SHRI ANOOP MISHRA:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

PROGRAMME

- (a) whether the Government has prepared any Consumer Price Index (CPI) recently;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- whether the CPI in the country is better than other countries and

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION  AND  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS [Shri Vijay Goel]

- (a)&(b):   The  Central  Statistics  Office  has  been  bringing  out  the monthly Consumer Price Index (CPI) at all India level, separately for rural and urban areas, as also at the State level having 2012 as the Base  Year  as  per  the  methodology  consistent  with  International Standards.
- (c): The Consumer Price Index of one country is not comparable with another mainly due to differences in the consumption basket.

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- (c) if so, the details thereof?
Lok Sabha Question No. 6043 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Returning of MoU
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: V. SATHYABAMA, PR. SENTHILNATHAN, R.K. BHARATHI MOHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6043

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  APRIL, 2018

## RETURNING  OF  MoU

6043.  SHRIMATI  V. SATHYA  BAMA: SHRI  PR. SENTHIL  NATHAN:

SHRI  BHARATHI  MOHAN  R.K.:

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

- (a) whether  the  Ordnance  Factory  Board  (OFB)  had  given  specific  explanation  to Government vide reply dated 24 October 2017 with regard to returning of MoU proposal vide letter dated 25.07.2017;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the response of the Government to that reply from the OFB?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                    (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

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(a) to (c): A statement is attached.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6043 FOR ANSWER ON 4.4.2018

(a) to (c): In October 2017, the Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) stated that the  criterion  adopted  for  the  selection  of  a  prospective  partner  has  been clearly defined in the Expression of Interest (EoI) issued by them.  Pending approval of  the  Standard  Operating  Procedure (SOP)  for  the  selection  of technological  partner,  the  proposal  for  Memorandum  of  Understanding (MoU) between M/s Grand Power and OFB was returned to OFB in January 2018 intimating that the same would be progressed based on the approved SoP  for  the  selection  of  technological  partner.    The  revised  SOP  for  the selection  of  technological  partner,  incorporating  the  suggestions  of  the Ministry, was  submitted by the OFB  in February 2018 which after examination has been approved by the Ministry in March 2018.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6041 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Commissions on Small Postal Savings Schemes
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6041 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  APRIL, 2018

## COMMISSIONS ON SMALL POSTAL SAVINGS SCHEMES

## 6041. SHRIMATI RAKSHATAI KHADSE:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to call-off the commission pay-off on the small savings  schemes  of  the  postal  departments  to  the  postal  agents  registered  with  the Government; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) As  of  now,  the  Government  of  India  does  not  propose  to  discontinue commission being paid to the authorised agents appointed under the Mahila Pradhan Kshetriya  Bachat  Yojana  (MPKBY)  and  the  Standardised  Agency  System  (SAS)  for securing deposit under certain small saving schemes.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6040 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: High Density Routes
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: JOSE K. MANI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6040 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

## HIGH DENSITY ROUTES

## 6040. SHRI JOSE K. MANI:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether across zones, 65% of the railway lines are running at 100% or above line capacity on high density railway network routes and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  over-utilization is leaving little time for field safety inspections and essential maintenance of tracks which has led to numerous  incidents  of  train  derailments  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (c) the  efforts  made  by  the  Government  to  reduce  congestion  and augment the capacity of tracks?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a):  Out  of  265  sections  on  High  Density  Network  routes,  185  sections are saturated as per latest line capacity statement (2015-16).

(b):  Though the over utilization is  impacting the availability of time for maintenance but it is not affecting inspections of tracks. If due to any reason,  the  condition  of  track  does  not  permit  safe  train  operation  at maximum permissible speed, speed restrictions are imposed. The nonavailability of blocks have not been found to be primary cause of train derailments.

(c):  In  the  past,  to  reduce  congestion  and  augment  the  capacity  of tracks, 177 new lines, 256 doubling, 58 gauge conversion, 112 electrification works and 570 traffic facility works have been included in Railway budgets. In addition, work on two dedicated freight corridors of total 3360 km length has been taken on hand.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6039 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: DPSP
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: ASHWINI KUMAR

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

## LOK   SABHA

UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.6039 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

## DPSP

## 6039. SHRI  ASHWINI  KUMAR

Will the Minister of Law & Justice  be pleased to state:

- (a) The details of the Directive Principles of State Policy(DPSP) as enshrined  in the Constitution  which have not been realised  till date; and
- (b) the articles of Directive Principles likely to be taken up  for implementation in near future ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) &   (b):    Directive  Principle  of  the  State  Policy  under  Part-IV  under Article  37  of  our  Constitution    are  not  enforceable  by  courts    but    the Principles of this  chapter are to be  applied by the Governments in making laws and governance.   The Union and State Governments keep in view  the welfare objectives of this chapter in governance  and while making  laws.