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Lok Sabha Question No. 6013 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Chandrayaan-II
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH

- (a) Yes Madam.
- (b) Chandrayaan-2 mission is  an  indigenous  mission  with  Orbiter, Lander and rover configuration. After reaching the 100 km lunar orbit, the Lander will soft land on the lunar surface and deploy a Rover, while the orbiter will continue to orbit around the moon. The mission is planned to be launched during 2018 by GSLV Mk-II from Sriharikota.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6013

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 04, 2018

## CHANDRAYAAN-II

6013.   SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is in the process of sending/launching Chandrayaan-II in the near future;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  time  when  Chandrayaan-I  was  launched  and  whether  the objective of that mission has been fulfilled; and
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- (c) ISRO  launched  Chandrayaan-1  on  October  22,  2008  by  PSLV C-11  from  Sriharikota  and  inserted  it  in  the  lunar  orbit  on November 08, 2008.  Payloads studied the Moon from different perspectives  and  generated  good  quality  data.  The  mission discovered the presence of hydroxyl and water molecules on the lunar surface.
- (d) The details on the achieved objectives is provided below:
- (i) Chandrayaan-1 was ISRO's first mission with a spacecraft orbiting  moon.  All  technological  advances  for  navigating to  the  moon,  placing  the  spacecraft  in  a  100  km  polar orbit, and enabling instruments to observe the moon were accomplished.
- (ii) Chandrayaan-1  was  the first mission which provided confirmation  of  presence  of  water  on  Moon.  Systematic topographic mapping of the Moon  and Mineralogical mapping  of  the  moon  was  also  done  with  very  good coverage in the Polar Regions.
- (iii) Chandrayaan-1 has used state-of-the-art miniaturized technologies to accommodate eleven scientific experiments.
- (iv) A 32 m dish antenna was established near Bengaluru, as part of the Indian Deep Space Network to receive signals and data from the satellite.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6012 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Automatic Ticket Vending Machines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MAHEISH GIRRI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6012 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

## AUTOMATIC TICKET VENDING MACHINES

6012.  SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  any  railway  stations  have  been  equipped  with Automatic  Ticket  Vending  Machines  for  tickets  of  unreserved accommodation;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if  not,  whether  the  Railways  is  planning  to  introduce  such machines to facilitate the process of getting tickets of unreserved accommodation; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Yes, Madam.

- (b): At present, more than 3000 Automatic Ticket Vending Machines for tickets of unreserved accommodation are functional at  various  Railway  Stations  across  Indian  Railways.    More  than 18%  of  total  unreserved  tickets  are  now  booked  through  these machines.

(c) & (d) : Do not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6011 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Supply of Coal to Power Plants
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: RAM CHARITRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6011 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

## Supply of Coal to Power Plants

## 6011. SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

(a) whether 80% of Coal India's dispatches upto September 13, 2017, amounting to 1.2 million tonnes, had gone to the power sector and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the dispatch to the power sector was around 19% more as compared to the same period of September, 2016 and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether according to ICRA, coal stock in power plants is lower this year; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COAL

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a)&(  b): During  the  period  of  April,  2017-September,  2017,  out  of  the  total offtake  of  269.0 Million Tonnes (MT) from Coal India Limited (CIL), about 210.6 MT of coal has been dispatched to power sector which is about 78% of the total offtake. Dispatch to Power Sector was 35.5 MT in the month of September 2017, which is an increase of about 19% over the despatch of 29.8 MT in September, 2016.

(c)  &  (d): The coal stock available at the linkage based power plants 8.49 MT at the end of September,  2017,  which  is  lower  than  the  stock  of  22.78  MT  at  the  end  of  September, 2016.  However, on 31.03.2018, the coal stock with the power plants has grown to 16.3 MT.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6008 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Arbitration and Conciliation Act
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ, NAGARAJAN P.

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6008 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 4 TH  APRIL, 2018

## ARBITRATION AND CONCILIATION ACT

6008. DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN: SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

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

- (a) whether it is true that the Government is in the process of amending the Arbitration and Conciliation Act (ACA) and the Commercial Courts Act and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the time by which these amendments are likely to be carried out;
- (c) whether it is also true that the Government is in the process of setting up an International Arbitration Centre in New Delhi;
- (d) if so, the time by which the Centre is likely to be functional; and
- (e) the purpose and motive to set up this Centre?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &(b) Yes  Madam,the  Cabinet  in  its  meeting  on  07.03.2018  has approved  the  proposal  for introduction of Arbitration and  Conciliation (Amendment)  Bill,  2018  and  the  Commercial  Courts  and  Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of the High Courts (Amendment), Bill 2018 in the Parliament and notice for introduction of the Bill have been given.

(c), (d) & (e): A Bill 'New Delhi International Arbitration CentreBill, 2018' which aims to establish the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre as an institution of national importance has been introduced in the Lok Sabha on 05.01.2018. The objectives of the New Delhi International Arbitration Centre is to promote institutional arbitration by developing the centre as a flagship institution for domestic and international arbitration.
Lok Sabha Question No. 6007 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: CBI Investigation Ordered by Apex Court
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: P. KUMAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6007

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018)

## CBI INVESTIGATION ORDERED BY APEX COURT

## 6007. SHRI P. KUMAR:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the details and total number of cases ordered by the Supreme Court for investigation by the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) during the last three years, year-wise;
- (b) the details of cases in which CBI has filed charge-sheets in courts; and
- (c) the  status  of  investigation  of  each  of  the  remaining  cases  and  the  time  by  which charge-sheets are likely to be filed in those cases?

## 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) :  A total number of 299 cases have been ordered by the Supreme Court for investigation by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) during the last three years i.e. 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018 (upto 28.2.2018). The details of same is as under:
- (b): Out of these 299, charge sheet has been filed in 107 cases (103 in 2015 and 4 in 2016). 3 cases resulted in conviction in 2015.
- (c): The cases referred by Supreme Court are under active investigation.  However, due to following reasons, time frame for filing Charge-sheets can not be fixed.
-  In some  cases, investigation requires scrutiny of voluminous documents and examination of large number of witnesses.
-  In  some  cases,  investigations  has  to  be  done  in  foreign  countries  for  which  Letters Rogatory has to be executed, which is a time consuming process
-  Many  cases  remain  pending  even  after  conclusion  of  investigation  for  want  of sanction for prosecution from the competent authority or for want of expert opinion.
-  Large vacancies in CBI amongst the ranks of Investigating Officers and Law Officers affect the speed of investigations.

| Year                  |   Total No. of cases registered on the order of Supreme Court. (RC+PE) |
|-----------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1                     |                                                                      2 |
| 2015                  |                                                                    191 |
| 2016                  |                                                                     14 |
| 2017                  |                                                                     46 |
| 2018 (upto 28.2.2018) |                                                                     48 |
| Total                 |                                                                    299 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6004 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Indigenous Fighter Jets
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: SADHU SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6004

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  APRIL, 2018

## INDIGENOUS  FIGHTER  JETS

6004.  PROF. SADHU  SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to develop indigenous futuristic stealth fighter jets in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to invite Indian and foreign military contractors to build the same under the Make in India initiative;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                    (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

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- (a) Yes,  Madam.    The  country  has  planned  to  launch  a  Program  to develop  a stealth  fighter  named  Advanced  Medium  Combat  Aircraft (AMCA).  The feasibility study has been completed.  Indian Air Force (IAF) suggested Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA) of Defence Research and  Development  Organisation  (DRDO)  to  initiate  AMCA    Technology Demonstration Phase before launching Full Scale Engineering Development (FSED).  In order to compress the timelines of the design and development,  it  has  been  decided  to  fly  2  technology  demonstrators  of AMCA.

(b) to (d): Yes, Madam.  An Expression of Interest (EoI) has been floated by DRDO to invite participation of Military contractors / companies for the manufacture of the Technology Demonstrators as per DRDO-ADA Design. Subsequent  steps  will  be  decided  after  finalization  of  the  manufacturing partner.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6002 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Re-Scheduling Time Table of Train
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: K. MARAGATHAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6002 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

## RE-SCHEDULING TIME TABLE OF TRAIN

6002.  SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways is planning to reset the time-table of 600-700 trains through rescheduling and increasing speed and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether the Railways is considering to upgrade many ordinary mail and express trains to the level of superfast trains; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) to (c): At present, there is no such plan of resetting the time-table of 600700 trains through rescheduling and increasing speed. However, speeding up of trains is a constant endeavour and continuous process on Indian Railways and  is  dependent  on  constant  optimization  of  the  investments  made  by Railways  in  modernization  of  technology,  high  powered  locos,  modern coaches and better tracks. During 2017-18, speed of 769 Mail/Express/Passenger trains has been increased. Out of these, 48 Mail/Express trains have been converted into Superfast category.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6001 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Cadre Review
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: M. UDHAYAKUMAR, HARISH DWIVEDI, RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6001

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 4 TH  APRIL, 2018

## CADRE  REVIEW

6001.  ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR: SHRI  HARISH  CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH  DWIVEDI: SHRI  NAGAR  RODMAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has approved or likely to approve the cadre review policy for the Junior Commissioned Officers and other ranks in the Army which were pending since long;
- (b) if so, the details of the cadres likely to be reviewed and the officials likely to get benefits, cadre-wise as a result thereof;
- (c) the details of the changes likely to be brought about by the implementation of this review policy; and
- (d) whether the review is likely to be carried out without an actual increase in the Army's overall prescribed manpower and if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                    (SMT. NIRMALA SITHARAMAN)

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- (a) Yes,  Madam.   The Third Cadre  Review for  Junior  Commissioned Officers and Other Ranks in the Army has been approved by Government of India.  The Government Sanction Letter (GSL) has been issued vide Letter No. B/10188/CR/MP-3/15(I)/2013-D(AG), dated 14 th September 2017.
- (b) The following increase in select ranks have been sanctioned with consequent reduction of 1,45,137 Sepoy in Indian Army:-
- (c) The implementation of the Third Cadre Review will enhance the promotional prospects and reduce the stagnation period in Indian Army.
- (d) Yes, Madam.  There will be no increase in Army's overall authorization on implementation of Third Cadre Review.

| (i)   | Subedar Major Subedar   | 479   |
|-------|-------------------------|-------|
| (ii)  | 7769                    |       |
| (iii) | Naib Subedar 13466      |       |
| (iv)  | Havildar 58493          |       |
| (v)   | Naik                    | 64930 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6000 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: GPS Enabled Mobile Phones
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Y. S. AVINASH REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6000 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  APRIL, 2018

## GPS ENABLED MOBILE PHONES

6000. SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  make  it  mandatory  for  mobile  manufacturers  to provide GPS on all mobile phones;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  representations  from  handset  makers objecting to the norm and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with response of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) DoT has made GPS mandatory for all smart phone handsets but not for feature phones . Department  of  Telecommunications  has  issued  an  amendment  through  Gazette Notification  No.  946  of  G.S.R.  1441  (E)  dated  23.11.2017  with  title  'Panic  Button  and  Global Positioning System facility in all mobile phone handsets (Amendment) Rules 2017' stating that 'with effect from 1 st   January, 2018 no smart phone handset manufacturing company shall sell the  new  smart  mobile  phone  handset  in  India  without  the  facility  of  identifying  the  location through  Satellite  based  GPS'.  At  present  there  is  no  proposal  to  make  GPS  mandatory  in feature phones.
- (c) Indian Cellular Association (ICA) had submitted to Department of Telecommunications that introduction of GPS facility in feature phones will substantially increase the cost of feature phones which are generally used by the population below poverty line. ICA has also mentioned following technical issues in implementing GPS in feature phones:
- (i) No third party configurable Operating System (OS).
- (ii) Cannot download & run applications (Apps).
- (iii) Software cannot be upgraded over the air.
- (iv) Feature phones have no intelligence, are not programmable and have limited Memory.

Government has considered the views expressed by ICA while taking the decision for amendment through Gazette Notification No. 946 of G.S.R. 1441 (E) dated 23.11.2017 with title 'Panic Button and Global Positioning System facility in all mobile phone handsets (Amendment) Rules 2017'.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5999 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Promotion of Science and Technology
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: DEVENDRA (ALIAS) BHOLE SINGH SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5999

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 4/4/2018

## PROMOTION OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## †5999. SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE:

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- (a) whether the Government has prepared any scheme in collaboration with States to promote science and technology in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, Statewise; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES AND MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

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(a)  to  (c):  No  Madam,  Ministry  of  Science  and  Technology  has  not  prepared  any  scheme  in collaboration with States to promote science and technology in the Country, State -wise. However, the Ministry through its Department of Science & Technology (DST) has been implementing State Science and Technology Programme for promotion of Science & Technology (S&T) in the Country wherein DST has played a key role proactively in establishing Councils of Science and Technology at State level. These councils carry out S&T based activities including surveys, studies, technology development  and  demonstration  projects.  The  Councils  also  prepare  and  implement  State  S&T plans  and  do  various  promotional  programmes  such  as  national  science  day,  mathematics  day, science  festival,  children  science  congress  etc.  These  councils  are  also  conducting  numerous activities  like  science  essay  competition,  on-the  spot  painting  competitions,  popular  lecturers  by eminent  scientists  and  officials,  exhibitions  of  models,  assistive  technologies  useful  for  speciallyabled, gadgets developed by students, among others. etc.

In addition, Ministry of Science & Technology through its Department of Biotechnology is implementing  a  Biotech  Park  Scheme  for  supporting  biotech  parks  in  collaboration  with  State Governments.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5998 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Saplings Planted by CCL
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK, RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5998 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

Saplings Planted by CCL

## 5998.  SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK: SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a)   the  total  number of saplings planted by Central Coal fields Limited (CCL) during the last three years;
- (b)  the number of those saplings that are alive as on date;
- (c)   the steps taken for proper maintenance of the said saplings by the Government; and
- (d)  the details of the success achieved as a result thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF COAL AND RAILWAYS ( SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL )

- (a)  : As  informed  by  Coal  India  Limited,  details  of  plantation  by  Central  Coal  fields  Limited (CCL) during last three years is given below;
- (b) : The percentage of survival of the saplings is as under;
- (c)  &  (d): In  order  to  ensure  proper  maintenance  of  saplings,  plantation  work  along  with  its maintenance  for  2  years  is  carried  out  through  experts  of  State  Forest  Department,  Govt.  of Jharkhand.  The  maintenance  work  includes  protection,  weeding,  hoeing,  repair  of  fencing, addition of fertilizer. As a result, plantation work with more than 60% survival is handed over by forest department to CCL.

|   Year |   No. of Plants |
|--------|-----------------|
|   2015 |           55025 |
|   2016 |           70065 |
|   2017 |          202957 |

|   Year | No. of Plants alive as on date   |
|--------|----------------------------------|
|   2015 | 70%                              |
|   2016 | 75%                              |
|   2017 | 85%                              |
Lok Sabha Question No. 5996 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-04-04
Subject: Survey of New Rail Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5996 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.04.2018

## SURVEY OF NEW RAIL LINES

## 5996. SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Railways  has  made  the  survey  for  new  rail  lines between  Mysore  and  Madikeri,  Gulbarga  and  Latur,  DharwadLokapur and Whitefield and Bangarpet and submitted its report, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the estimated cost of these projects;
- (c) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  expedite  the sanction and execution process of these projects;
- (d) whether funds have been sanctioned for final location survey of new rail routes; and
- (e) if so, the amount of funds sanctioned, route-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a)  to  (e):    Details  of  surveys    for  new  line  for  Mysore-Madikere, Gulbarga-Latur,  Dharwad-Lokapur  and  Whitefield-Bangarpet    sections is as under:

| Alignment                            | Status                                                                                          |
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Mysore-Kushalnagar-Madikere (110 Km) | Survey for this new line has been taken up and survey is going on.                              |
| Gulbarga-Latur(148 Km)               | Survey for this new line has been taken up and survey is going on.                              |
| Dharwad-Lokapur(95 Km)               | Survey for this new line has been taken up and survey is going on.                              |
| Whitefield-Bangarpet (47 Km)         | Survey for 3 rd line on Whitefield- Bangarpet section has been taken up and survey is going on. |

Details of cost estimates will be available once survey is completed.

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