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Lok Sabha Question No. 6306 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: National Rental Housing Policy
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: CHANDU LAL SAHU

No. 6306

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  6306

TO BE ANSWERED ON APRIL 12, 2017

NATIONAL RENTAL HOUSING POLICY

SHRI CHANDU LAL SAHU:

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

- (a) whether the Government has fixed any time for implementation of a national Rental Housing Policy, and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the time by which such housing policy is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER

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

(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) :No  Madam.    Since  National  Urban  Rental  Housing  Policy (NURHP) is a long term vision of Government, there is no time limit fixed for implementation.
- (b) : In view of above, question does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6305 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Common Electoral Roll
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: OM BIRLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6326

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 12 TH APRIL, 2017

## Paperless Judiciary

6326.   SHRI BHEEMRAO B.  PATIL

## Will the MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Supreme Court has decided to go  paperless;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  it  has  also  decided  to  make  available  all  records electronically and for e-filing of cases;
- (d) whether the court has initiated the process of digitisation of old records ; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof 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):  Yes. The  process of computerisation has started long back in the Supreme Court of India.  On 12 th May, 2012, the Case Information  System  was  introduced.    Now  initiatives  are  further being taken to make it paperless Court.  E-office Software is being experimented  for  administrative  and  other  purposes.  To  expedite the judicial proceedings and to further reduce pendency and delay in justice delivery system as well as with a view to offer  better and speedy judicial services to all stake holders of judiciary viz., Bench, Bar  and  Litigants  including  Government  organisations,    an  ICT

initiative has been taken to implement Integrated Case Management  Information  System  (ICMIS)  at  Supreme  Court  in  a phased manner which leads to paperless environment in future.

ICMIS to be implemented at Supreme Court will integrate with Case Information system of all High Courts and Subordinate Courts in a phased manner for exchange of judicial information and record. Through ICMIS all cases filed including e-filing and its corresponding  records  will  be  digitized  and  made  available  to concerned  parties.    All  stake  holders  viz.  Advocates  Central Government Departments, State Government Departments, Judicial Officers, High Courts, Police Stations, Jail Authorities etc. will be provided  with  login  and  passwords  for  monitoring  case  and  its corresponding records related to them to complete action anticipated from them.

(c), (d) and (e): Yes. Till date the case records of Civil and Criminal Appeals for the years 1950-2010 have been digitized.
Lok Sabha Question No. 6304 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Advertisements on News Channels
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: VEENA DEVI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6304 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12/04/2017

## ADVERTISEMENTS ON NEWS CHANNELS

## 6304.  SHRIMATI VEENA  DEVI:

Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):  Advertisements telecast on  private satellite TV channels are required to be in conformity with  the  Advertising  Code  prescribed  under  Cable  Television  Networks (Regulation) Act, 1995 and the rules framed thereunder.  Rule 7(11) thereof provides that 'No programme shall carry advertisements exceeding twelve minutes per hour, which may include up to ten minutes per hour of commercial advertisements, and up to two minutes per hour of the channel's self-promotional programmes'.

Further,  Telecom  Regulatory  Authority  of  India  (TRAI)  notified  the  regulation 'Standards  of  Quality  of  Service  (Duration  of  Advertisements  in  Television  Channels) (Amendment) Regulations 2013' on 22.3.2013 further amplifying the above quoted rule.

This  provision  has  been  challenged  by  the  broadcasters  before  the  High  Court  of Delhi and the matter is sub-judice.

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be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the  news  channels  spend more  time on telecasting  advertisements  than news;
- (b) if so, the reaction of the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government has estimated the time utilized for advertisements; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?
Lok Sabha Question No. 6302 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: OBC Status to Minorities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: M. CHANDRAKASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6302 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12-04-2017

## OBC status to minorities

6302 SHRI  M. CHANDRAKASI: SHRI   J.J. T. NATTERJEE: Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the details of minority communities which have been accorded OBC status by the Union Government for reservation in education and employment;
- (b)   whether Government is considering to include more minority communities in OBC and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   whether contradictions such as a minority community being accorded OBC status in one State and not so treated in other States/UTs have been observed and if so the details thereof; and
- (d)   the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government  to remove such anomalies?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (I/C) IN THE MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a)  As  per  the  information furnished by the Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment the Government notifies castes/communities in the Central List of Other Backward Classes  for  different  States/Union  Territories  on  the  basis  of  advice  tendered  by National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC) under Section 9(1) of the NCBC Act, 1993. The Government has included castes/communities belonging to minority groups in the Central List of OBCs.  No minority community as a whole has been included in the Central List of OBCs. Castes within a minority community on a case to case basis have been considered and included.
- (b)  At  present,  no  such  advice  is  pending  in  the    Ministry  of  Social  Justice  & Empowerment,
- (c)  The classification of any caste in a particular State depends on its condition in that particular State. As the condition of any caste varies across the States formulation of a uniform policy is neither feasible nor desirable. A caste/community is included in OBC  category  depending  on  various  social,  economic,  cultural,  occupational, topographical  factors  prevalent  in  that  particular  State.  These  factors  not  being uniform  across  States,  the  castes  are  classified  as  per  their  conditions  in  that particular State.
- (d)  Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6300 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: BHIM App
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: MAHEISH GIRRI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6300

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017

## BHIM APP

## 6300 SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI:

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

- (a) whether the Government plans to allocate a detailed budget towards the recently launched BHIM  app  under  the  United  Payments  Interface  (UPI)  scheme  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  BHIM  app  ensures  secure  payments  and  transactions  between  individuals using them as there can be cases of identity theft or stealing of money from such accounts such as the one that happened in the case of Paytm;
- (c) if so, the details of the security measures incorporated in this application;
- (d) whether the use of this application is restricted only to Indian citizens or does it also help Non-Resident  Indians,  foreigners  or  foreign  travellers  in India to carry out their transactions; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Yes,  Sir.     For  promotion  of  digital  payments  using  Bharat  Interface  for  Money (BHIM),  app,  the  Government  has  announced  two  promotional  schemes  namely  'Referral Bonus  Scheme  for  individuals';  and  'Cashback  Scheme  for  merchants'.  The  required financial outlay for the two schemes is estimated as Rs. 495 Crore for a period of 6 months.

- (b) and (c):  Yes, Sir; the BHIM App provides secure payments and transactions.

Few key security measures incorporated in BHIM App are mentioned below:

-  Controls  against  identity  theft :  BHIM  App  opens  up  for  usage  only  through  bank registered mobile number. The Application Key Lock Password and UPI Pin are set only after  the  due  diligence  of  verifiable  details  of  account  holder  at  time  of  BHIM  App registration.
-  Control against 'fraud threats from usage of BHIM App' is established by requiring UPI Pin  to  be  entered  for  every  transaction.  SMS  is  sent  for  every  transaction  performed through  BHIM  App.  Also,  on  Banks'  and  NPCI  side  'Fraud  Monitoring'  tool  is implemented which scans all transaction for any fraudulent / suspicious pattern.
-  Phishing: Fake BHIM apps on Play-Store are brought down at the quickest possible time.
-  Strengthening of login credentials :  The  App  login  feature  has  also  been  shifted  from local store authentication on the mobile to the server side store authentication.

(d)  and  (e):    The  usage  of  BHIM  app  is  permissible  for  all  Know  Your  Customer (KYC) enabled accounts opened with Banks in India that are participating in the UPI technology.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6297 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Separate Zonal Railway Headquarter at Ranchi
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6297 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017

## SEPARATE ZONAL RAILWAY HEADQUARTER AT RANCHI

6297. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number and names of zonal offices in the country as on date;
- (b) whether the Railways have taken note of the long standing demand for creation of  separate Zonal Railway Headquarter at Ranchi;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Railways proposes to create a separate zone with Ranchi as its Headquarter; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) to (e): A Statement is laid on the Table of  the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (e)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6297 BY SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 12.04.2017 REGARDING SEPARATE ZONAL RAILWAY HEADQUARTER AT RANCHI.

(a):  At  present  there  are  17  Railway  Zonal  offices.  The  details  are given below:

(b) & (c): Proposals for setting up a Railway zonal office at Ranchi have  been  received  from  time  to  time  from  various  fora.  This proposal was also examined and not found feasible.

|   S.NO. | RAILWAY ZONES              | Headquarter   |
|---------|----------------------------|---------------|
|       1 | Central Railway            | Mumbai        |
|       2 | East Central Railway       | Hajipur       |
|       3 | East Coast Railway         | Bhubaneswar   |
|       4 | Eastern Railway            | Kolkata       |
|       5 | North Central Railway      | Allahabad     |
|       6 | North Eastern Railway      | Gorakhpur     |
|       7 | North Western Railway      | Jaipur        |
|       8 | Northeast Frontier Railway | Guwahati      |
|       9 | Northern Railway           | New Delhi     |
|      10 | South Central Railway      | Secunderabad  |
|      11 | South East Central Railway | Bilaspur      |
|      12 | South Eastern Railway      | Kolkata       |
|      13 | South Western Railway      | Hubli         |
|      14 | Southern Railway           | Chennai       |
|      15 | West Central Railway       | Jabalpur      |
|      16 | Western Railway            | Mumbai        |
|      17 | Metro Railway              | Kolkata       |

(d): No, Madam.

(e): Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6296 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: High Definition Doordarshan Channels
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION & BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 6296 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017)

## HIGH DEFINITION DOORDARSHAN CHANNELS 6296. SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has any plan to introduce high definition Doordarshan Channels; and
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  time  by  which  it  is  likely  to  become operational?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND

## BROADCASTING

## {COL RAJYAVARDHAN RATHORE (Retd.)}

(a) & (b)  Prasar Bharati has informed that Doordarshan's 'DD National' Channel has been uplinked in the High Definition (HD) format since 01.01.2017. Besides, Doordarshan's  ''Direct  To  Home''  Platform,  'DD  Free  Dish''  has  also  been approved  for  upgradation  to  250  channels,  having  capability  of  carrying  HD channels also. The target for upgradation of DTH is two years.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6295 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Programmes on Tobacco Use
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6295 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12/04/2017

## PROGRAMMES  ON TOBACCO  USE

## 6295.  SHRI PONGULETI SRINIVASA REDDY:

## Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that 22  percent of TV programmes depict tobacco use and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether  a  study  also  found  the  implementation  of  the  rules  on  TV  to  be  very lenient and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the corrective steps taken/being taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has informed  that  as per the Highlights of the Report of the Study titled 'Evaluation of Tobacco Free Film and Television Policy in India', done on television content over a five-week period, from 20 th November to 30 th December 2015, conducted by Vital Strategies with support from WHO Country Office for India under the guidance of Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India, 22% of television programmes depicted tobacco use and overall implementation of the Film  Rule  under  Cigarette  and  Other  Tobacco  Products  (Prohibition  of  Advertisement and Regulation of Trade and Commerce, Production, Supply and Distribution) Act, 2003 (COTPA) on television was very low.

In this regard, Indian Broadcasting Foundation (IBF), a self regulatory body of Nonnews & Entertainment TV Channels of the broadcasting industry has issued an advisory to  all  its  member  channels  to  ensure  complete  compliance  and  adherence  to  various provisions of COTPA and other legal and statutory provisions.  Also, 'Theme 4: Drugs, Smoking,  Tobacco,  Solvents  &  Alcohol'  of  IBF's  Self  Regulatory  Guidelines  prohibits justification and promotion of use of such products.  They have stated that their members are complying with the above provisions.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6294 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Virtual Network Operators
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6294 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 TH   APRIL, 2017

## VIRTUAL NETWORK OPERATORS

## 6294. SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to invite Virtual Network Operators (VNO) to offer mobile phone services in the country and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (b) the  benefits  therefrom  along  with  the  time  by  which  the  said  services  by  such operators are likely to be operational?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Yes,  Madam.  Virtual  Network  Operators  (VNO)  have  been  permitted  to  offer mobile  phone  services  in  the  country.  The  guidelines  for  VNO  have  been  issued  on 31/05/2016 and are available in Department of Telecommunications (DoT) website <www.dot.gov.in>. 55 licenses have been granted for VNOs. The VNOs can provide services according  to  the  needs  of  customers  and  design  innovative  tariff  plans  to  suit  customers' needs and are free to start their services at any time.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6293 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Terrorism Desk in UN
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6293 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017

## TERRORISM DESK IN UN

6293. DR. A SAMPATH:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has made a submission to the United Nations (UN) for constituting a separate establishment under the control of the UN for fighting against terrorism;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether any response has been received from the UN in this regard and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

(SHRI M. J. AKBAR)

(a) to (c) At the United Nations India has consistently highlighted to  the  international  community  that  terrorism  poses  one  of  the foremost  threats  to  the  maintenance  of  international  peace  and security,  and  in  this  context  has  underlined  the  importance  of ensuring coherence and transparency in the functioning of various bodies inside the United Nations that deal with the issue.

In July 2016, member countries of the United Nations General Assembly  (UNGA)  including  India  have  requested  the  Secretary General  of  the  United  Nations  to  submit  a  report  to  the  UNGA  by April 2018 on the implementation of UN's 'Global Counter Terrorism Strategy' to be discussed in June 2018 during the 72nd session of the UNGA.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6292 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Fraud Web Company
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: MANOJ KUMAR TIWARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6292

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 12.04.2017

## FRAUD WEB COMPANY

## 6292.    SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  data  about  the  fraud  web  company  which  duped thousands of innocent people;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the action taken by the Government in this regard so far?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Government does not maintain any data about the fraud web company.
- (b) and (c): In view of the (a) above, Do not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6291 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: New Trains for Mysore
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6291 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017

## NEW TRAINS FOR MYSORE

6291.  SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Railways  is  in  the  process  to  introduce  premium trains such as Duronto/Humsafar/Rajdhani or Tejas from Mysore;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the list of new trains proposed to be introduced from Mysore?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) to (c): At present, there is no proposal to introduce Duronto/Humsafar/Rajdhani/Tejas Express trains from Mysore due to operational and resource constraints. However, introduction of train services  including  Duronto/Humsafar/Rajdhani/Tejas  Express  is  an ongoing process over Indian Railways subject to operational feasibility, commercial viability, availability of resources etc.

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