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Lok Sabha Question No. 4543 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Regional Plan
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VIRENDRA  KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4543 TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 29, 2017 REGIONAL PLAN

No. 4543       DR. VIRENDRA KUMAR:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features of the regional plan-2021 for the
- National Capital Region (NCR);
- (b) the  objectives  for  the  development  of  the  counter magnet area in the said plan; and
- (c) the details of loan sanctioned, allocated and utilized for  the  infrastructure  projects  under  the  said  plan during  each  of  the  last  three  years  and  the  current year, so far?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) :   National  Capital  Region  Planning  Board  (NCRPB)  has informed that the Regional Plan-2021 for NCR provides broad  policy  framework  for  harmonious  and  balanced development of the region.  It lays down policies and proposals for Settlement Pattern, Economic Activity &

Fiscal Policy, Transport, Power, Water, Sewerage, Solid Waste Management, Drainage, Irrigation, Shelter, Social Infrastructure, Heritage and Tourism, Environment, Disaster Management,  Regional Land Use,  etc.    Salient  features  of  Regional  Plan-2021  are available at http://ncrpb.nic.in/pdf\_files/Salient%20Features\_RP-

2021.pdf.

- (b) : As per para 18.2 of the Regional Plan-2021, the Counter Magnet Areas are envisaged to play two distinctive and mutually complementary roles, namely:
-  as  interceptors  of  migratory  flows  into  NCR, which may escalate, as the accelerated development  of  NCR  would  provide  a  pull  to migrants from the less developed adjoining areas; and
-  as regional growth centres, which would be able to achieve a balanced pattern of urbanization in the  region  of  their  own  setting  over  a  period  of time.
- (c) : The  details  of  loans  sanctioned  by  NCRPB  during the  last  three  years  and  the  current  year  are  as under:

| Year                 | Loan Sanctioned (Rs. in Cr.)   | Loan Released (Rs. in Cr.)   |
|----------------------|--------------------------------|------------------------------|
| 2013-14              | 1,025.27                       | 355.44                       |
| 2014-15              | -                              | 237.91                       |
| 2015-16              | 3,267.74                       | 165.15                       |
| Current Year 2016-17 | 1,663.42                       | 1,654.48                     |
| Total                | 5,956.43                       | 2,412.98                     |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4542 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Stoppage of Pooja Express
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAMESH BIDHURI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4542

TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2017

## STOPPAGE OF POOJA EXPRESS

†4542. SHRI RAMESH BIDHURI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received representations regarding stoppage of  Pooja  Express  (Train  No.12413)  and  Mandore  express (Train No.12461) at Bijwasan  Railway Station and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  said  stoppage  will  prove  to  be  beneficial  for  the Railways  in  view  of  the  large  number  of  employees  working  in Government  institutions  adjoining  Delhi-Haryana  border  area  and Bijwasan; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Railways in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  to  (c)    Requests/representations  for  stoppage  of  trains  are received at various levels of Railways administration viz. Stations, Divisional level, Zonal level and Railway Board's level and action as found feasible and justified is taken from time to time.

At present, 13 pairs of train services (05 pairs in morning and 04  pairs  in  the  evening)  are  plying  between  Bijwasan  and  Delhi which  are  considered  adequate  for  the  present  level  of  traffic. 12461 Delhi-Jodhpur Mandore Express presently stops at Bijwasan station  for  the  use  to  daily  commuters.    Stoppage  of  12413/12414 Ajmer-Jammu  Tawi  Express  and  12462  Jodhpur-Delhi  Mandore Express at Bijwasan is not feasible, at present.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4539 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Digital Villages
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: VINCENT H PALA, DILIP KUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4539

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 29.03.2017

## DIGITAL VILLAGES

## 4539 . SHRI VINCENT H. PALA: SHRI DILIPKUMAR MANSUKHLAL GANDHI:

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

- (a) the number of villages targeted to be included in the Digital Village project in 201718;
- (b) the amount provided for implementation of digital villages in Health, Education and Skill Development for the year 2017-18;
- (c) the details of facilities to be made available in such digital villages; and
- (d) the time by which the work on setting up of digital villages is likely to take off?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b):  The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India has envisaged a Pilot Project of Digital Village (DigiGaon) to be implemented in 1050 Gram Panchayats (GPs) spread across 30 States/UTs. The approved outlay for implementation of the project for financial year 2017-18 is Rs. 12.95 Cr under telemedicine, Rs. 38.99 Cr under Tele-education and Rs. 30.47 Cr under Skill development.
- (c)  and  (d):    The  Pilot  Project  of  Digital  Village  has  been  approved  with  a  total  outlay  of Rs. 423.26 crore for a period of 3 years involving 6 months of implementation period &  2.5 years of operation & maintenance/ service delivery phase post - implementation. This project intends  to  provide  a  platform  for  availability  of  services  namely  tele-education,  telemedicine, LED Street Lighting & Wi-Fi Hotspot and skill development to the citizens at the Gram Panchayats across various States/UTs.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4538 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Permanent Houses to Slum Dwellers
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: UDIT RAJ

No. 4538

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4538

## TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 29, 2017

## 'PERMANENT HOUSES TO SLUM DWELLERS'

DR. UDIT RAJ:

## Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received any proposal for regularization of lands of temples constructed on Delhi Development Authority (DDA) land in Delhi;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to regularize such land and if so, the details thereof along with the time by which the land is likely to be regularized;
- (d) whether the Government  proposes  to provide  permanent
- houses to slum dwellers at various locations in Delhi including Indira Camp, Vikas Puri, Delhi; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the time by which the permanent houses are likely to be provided?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN

## DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a): Delhi  Development  Authority  (DDA)  has  informed  that  it  has
- not  received  any  proposal  for  regularization  of  lands  of  temples constructed on its land in Delhi.
- (b) & (c): Do not arise.
- (d) & (e): DDA has informed that it is implementing in-situ redevelopment  and  rehabilitation projects at Kathputli Colony,
- Jailorwala  Bagh,  Ashok  Vihar  &  Kalkaji  Bhumiheen  Camp,  where

permanent  houses  will  be  allotted  to  the  identified  Jhuggi  Jhopri (JJ) dwellers of these colonies.  At present there is no proposal for relocation of JJ Basti Indira Nagar Camp, Vikas Puri.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4537 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Access to Toilets
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KIRRON KHER

No. 4537

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4537

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 29, 2017

## ACCESS TO TOILETS

SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

Will  the  Minister  of  URBAN  DEVELOPMENT  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) the details of the percentage of the population who have access to toilets;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  note  of  percentage  of  the population who resort to open defecation in spite of having access to toilets;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  has  identified  the  reasons  for  open defecation in areas where toilets have been built; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) to (c): According to Census 2011, 81.4% of urban population of India has access to toilets. The remaining 6% of the population uses public/community toilet and 12.6% depends on open defecation.
- (d) & (e): The main reason for open defecation is lack of awareness regarding  the  health  and  environmental  consequences  of  open

defecation, cultural or habitual preference for going to the toilet in the open, perception about water requirement especially for maintaining a clean toilet when water is scarce etc. Under Swachh Bharat  Mission  (Urban),  one  of  the  objectives  of  the  Mission  is  to provide individual household toilets, community and public toilets in urban areas. A key strategy under SBM (U) is behaviour change to ensure that open defecation is eradicated through educating public regarding  the  consequences  of  Open  Defecation.  IEC  and  public awareness is a component under SBM (U) for which 15% of the total Central allocation is earmarked to undertake massive public awareness campaigns on sanitation and environmental hygiene.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4536 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Expenditure on Advertisements
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: KULAMANI SAMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4536 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.3.2017

## EXPENDITURE ON ADVERTISEMENTS 4536.   DR. KULAMANI SAMAL:

Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any direction has been issued to all the Government departments/public undertakings to route their advertisements through Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there is any proposal to ease the eligibility conditions for empanelment of newspapers to promote  those published in remote areas and Regional languages; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION  & BROADCASTING {COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)}

(a) & (b) Yes, Sir. The Government of India has laid down Print Media Advertisement Policy-2016. As per Clause 3 of the above-mentioned policy, all Central Government Ministries / Departments / Attached and Subordinate Offices/Field Offices shall route their advertisements, including display advertisements, through DAVP (Directorate of Advertising and Visual Publicity). They may issue tender notices directly to empanelled newspapers only at DAVP rates.

Directions have also been issued in this regard from time to time.

(c) & (d) Government of India has formulated the Print Media Advertisement Policy2016, which is available on DAVP's website, i.e. www.davp.nic.in. The above policy has incorporated certain provisions for relaxing the eligibility criteria for empanelment of newspapers.

This has been done to promote these newspapers published in remote areas and regional languages. The details of which are as under: (i)       A newspaper/journal should have a minimum paid circulation of not less than 2000  copies  for  being  considered  for  empanelment.  However,  newspapers/journals published in remote areas need to have substantiated minimum paid circulation of only 500 copies per publishing day. (ii)              Empanelment  of  newspapers/journals  published  from  remote  areas  are considered by the Panel Advisory Committee as per the provision of the above policy on priority basis. (iii)     The qualifying period for all regional language newspapers has been reduced to 12 months in the new Policy in place of 18 months in the earlier policy. (iv)       The newspapers/journals published from remote areas can be considered for empanelment after 6 months of regular and uninterrupted publication. In case of all regional & other languages, the qualifying period is 12 months.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4535 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Increase in Income from Platform Tickets
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN, DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4535 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2017

## INCREASE IN INCOME FROM PLATFORM TICKETS

4535.  SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN: SHRI D.S. RATHOD:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any data of the increase in income from platform tickets after increasing it to Rs.10 from Rs.5; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof, zone-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(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. 4535 BY SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN AND SHRI D.S. RATHOD TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 29.03.2017 REGARDING INCREASE IN INCOME FROM PLATFORM  TICKETS

(a) :  Yes, Madam.

(b) : The  cost  of  Platform  ticket  has been increased from ` 5 to ` 10 w.e.f. 01.04.2015.  Zone- wise details of income from platform tickets for the year 2015-16 and 2016-17 (up-to December' 2016) are as under:-

ZONE WISE DETAILS OF INCOME FROM PLATFORM TICKETS

( ` in crore)

| Zones                   |   2015-16 |   2016-17 (Upto December 2016) |
|-------------------------|-----------|--------------------------------|
| Central                 |     19.32 |                          15    |
| Eastern                 |     14.01 |                           6.15 |
| East Central            |      3.68 |                           3.91 |
| East Coast              |      7.58 |                           6.5  |
| Northern                |     11.25 |                           8.86 |
| North Central           |      5.05 |                           3.43 |
| North Eastern           |      1.08 |                           0.85 |
| Northeast Frontier      |      4.58 |                           3.55 |
| North Western           |      6.26 |                           3.8  |
| Southern                |     14.66 |                          11.01 |
| South Central           |     11.64 |                           8.39 |
| South Eastern           |      5.14 |                           3.83 |
| South East Central      |      2.51 |                           1.97 |
| South Western           |      7.05 |                           4.72 |
| Western                 |     19.58 |                          13.7  |
| West Central            |      4.28 |                           2.97 |
| Total (Indian Railways) |    137.67 |                          98.64 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4534 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Housing Colonies for Artisans
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: HARISH CHANDRA MEENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4534

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 29, 2017

## HOUSING COLONIES FOR ARTISANS

No. 4534 SHRI HARISH MEENA:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  received  proposals  from  various State and UT Governments for construction of housing colonies for artisans particularly in Rajasthan;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c)  if  not,  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  come  up  with special housing schemes for artisans and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

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(a) & (b): No, Madam.

(c):    In pursuance of the Government's vision of facilitating housing to  all  by  2022,  the  Government  is  implementing  PMAY(U)  Mission, launched on 25.06.2015.  The Mission aims to provide assistance to States/UTs in addressing the housing requirement of the urban poor including slum dwellers.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4532 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Lack of Funds
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAMA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4532 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2017

## LACK OF FUNDS

## † 4532.  SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether completion of certain rail projects has been delayed due to lack of adequate funding;
- (b) if so, the names of such projects;
- (c) the  cost  overruns  borne  by  the  Government  due  to  the  delays  in completion of the said projects; and
- (d) the remedial steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) & (b):   Railways has a large shelf of ongoing projects with limited overall availability of funds for their execution.  As a result, funds are thinly spread out thus  prolonging  the  period  of  completion  of  most  of  the  projects.  Moreover, targets  for  completion  of  projects  are  set  on  yearly  basis  and  funds  to  each project are allocated every year depending on the total budget outlay, progress made in each project & relative priority.

- (c):        Projects  do  face  cost  overruns  due  to  delay  in  acquisition  of  land, statutory clearances like forestry and wild life clearances, shifting of services,

cutting of trees, construction of road over bridges and road under bridges by road  maintaining  agencies  etc.    Magnitude  of  cost  overruns  cannot  be quantified, as getting such approvals is a continuous process.  It is not possible to quantify cost/time overrun in real terms.

(d):      Railways  is  working  on  the  alternative  means  of  funding  to  accelerate project execution as detailed below:-

- (i) Initiative for formation of Joint Venture Company with State Governments  which  makes  the  States  a  partner  in  growth  of  railway infrastructure in the States.
- (ii)    Institutional  financing  by  tying  up  loan  with  M/s  Life  Insurance Corporation  of  India  Limited  for  assured  funding  of  viable  projects  has increased  Railways'  capacity  for  committed  fund  provision  for  essential projects.
- (iii)  Requesting State Government for cost sharing alongwith provision of free land & other concessions,
- (iv)  Encouraging PPP (Public Private Partnership).

To  reduce  delays  on  account  of  land  acquisition,  security  issues  and forestry clearances etc, meetings with State Government officials and Ministry of Environment & Forests at various levels are held from time to time.

Field  units  have  been  empowered  with  further  delegation  of  powers  to sanction estimates and award contracts.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4531 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Protection of Elephants
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4531 TO BE ANSWERED ON 29.03.2017

## PROTECTION OF ELEPHANTS

† 4531. SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways has developed any process for protecting the elephants from getting killed by trains;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b)  Yes,  Madam.  Railway  has  developed  the  following process/steps/corrective  measures  for  protection  of  elephants getting killed on railway tracks:-

Imposition  of  suitable  speed  restrictions  in  identified  locations keeping the joint advisory of Ministry of Environment & Forest and Ministry of Railways and train operation requirements in consideration, provision of signage boards on identified corridors to alert the loco pilots, training programme

to  sensitise  train  crew  and  Station  Masters  on  a  regular  basis, deputing  of  staff  of  Forest  Department  in  the  control  office, need-based  clearance  of  vegetation  on  the  sides  of  the  track within  railway  land,  VHF  communication  links  between  forest officials  and  stations,  construction  of  underpasses  and  ramp passes  for  the  movement  of  elephants  at  identified  locations, construction of girder bridges at the entrance of the deep cuttings to prevent elephants getting trapped, and provision of fencing at isolated locations etc.

(c) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4530 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-29
Subject: Model Code of Conduct
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: CH. MALLA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4530

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 29 th  MARCH, 2017

## MODEL CODE OF CONDUCT

4530. SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY:

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

(a) whether politicians get away while campaigning and making hate speeches and if so, the reasons therefor;

(b) whether the poll panel lacks teeth to implement the model code of conduct and if so, the steps being taken in this regard;

(c) whether the Government is mulling to link the model code of conduct to the criminal code and procedures to ensure that campaigns are conducted without prejudices; and (d) if so, the time by which it is likely to be done and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  and  (b): The  Election  Commission  has  informed  that  it  is  not  correct  to  say  that  the politicians  get  away  while  campaigning  and  using  hate  language  speech.  The  Commission constantly  monitors  the  utterances  of  political  representatives/candidates  during  election campaign, which may incite hatred or disharmony among communities and are in violation of Model Code of Conduct and/or law. Any case of violation is dealt with, by issuing notices to the violators concerned for such utterances.  After considering their reply, the Commission passes appropriate orders.  If need be, cases under relevant section of Indian Penal Code and the Representation of People Act, 1951 are also filed.

(c) and (d): Some instances of violations provided in the Model Code of Conduct are offences under  Indian  Penal  Code  and  Representation  of  the  People  Act,  1951.  Violation  of  such offences may attract action under the relevant laws.

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