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Lok Sabha Question No. 774 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Ceasefire Violation
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.774

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  DECEMBER, 2017

## CEASEFIRE VIOLATION

774. SHRI  CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE

j{kk ea=h

be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of times Pakistan has violated ceasefire during the last two years;
- (b) the  number  of  defence  personnel  and  civilians  killed  in  the  said  ceasefire violations; and
- (c) the number of defence personnel martyred in encounter with terrorists in Jammu and Kashmir during the last three years?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

## (a) Details  of  ceasefire  violations  along  Indo-Pakistan  border  are  given below:

|   Year |   Number of CFVs on Line of Control |   Number of CFVs on International Border |
|--------|-------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|   2015 |                                 152 |                                      253 |
|   2016 |                                 228 |                                      221 |

## (b) Details of defence personnel and civilians killed in the CFVs during last two years are as under:

| Year   | Number of defence personnel martyred in CFVs.   | Number of defence personnel martyred in CFVs.   | Number of personnel killed in CFVs   |
|--------|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|        | Army personnel                                  | BSF personnel                                   | Civilians                            |
| 2015   | 06                                              | 04                                              | 16                                   |
| 2016   | 08                                              | 05                                              | 13                                   |

:  2  :

- (c) Details of defence personnel martyred in encounter with terrorists in J&K during last three years are as under:

|   Year |   Number of defence personnel martyred |
|--------|----------------------------------------|
|   2014 |                                     27 |
|   2015 |                                     27 |
|   2016 |                                     49 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 772 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Return of Scientists to India
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: BAIJAYANT "JAY" PANDA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.772 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20/12/2017

## RETURN OF SCIENTISTS TO INDIA

## 772. SHRI BAIJAYANT JAY PANDA:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó  Ùðüëðó be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government of India observed any increase or decrease in the last five years in the number of Indian scientists who are returning to work in India;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government of India keeps track or estimates the number of Indian scientists who leave India to work in other countries;
- (d) if so, the details of such tracking or estimation; and
- (e) whether the Government of India plans to attract a larger number of scientists to return and work in India and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  SCIENCE  AND  TECHNOLOGY  AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI Y.S. CHOWDHARY)

òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó +ÉÉè® ÑðöÆãðó òãðìððÐð ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó

(gÉÉÒ ´ÉÉ<Ç. AºÉ. SÉÉèvÉ®ÉÒ)

- (a) & (b):  There is a significant increase in number of Indian scientists returning to work in India during the last five years. The Department of Science and Technology (DST) through Ramanujan Fellowship Scheme and the Innovation in Science Pursuit for Inspired Research (INSPIRE) Faculty Scheme  and  Department  of  Biotechnology  (DBT)  through  Ramalingaswami  re-entry  Fellowship provide attractive avenues and opportunities to Indian researchers of high calibre, who are residing in  foreign  countries,  to  work  in  Indian  Institutes/Universities  of  their  respective  interest  and domain. The number of Indian scientists returned to India in the last five years (2012-17) stands at 649 as against 243 in the period 2007-12.
- (c) The Ministry of Science and Technology has not installed any mechanism to keep track or estimate the number of Indian scientists who leave India to work in other countries.
- (d) Does not arise in view of (c) above.
- (e) Yes, Madam. Ramanujan and Ramalingaswami Fellowships and INSPIRE Faculty schemes have been designed to attract and accommodate large number of Indian scientists to return and work in India. In addition to assured fellowship and research grant for a period of five years for the scientists,  provisions  to  seek  for  other  competitive  research  grant  of  Government  made  these schemes more attractive and popular. VAJRA (Visiting Advanced Joint Research) Faculty Scheme is  a  recent initiative of DST to bring overseas scientists and academicians including Non-resident Indians (NRI) and Overseas Citizen of India (OCI) to India to work as adjunct / visiting faculty for a specific period of time in public funded academic and research institutions.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 770 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Royalty Rate of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: ANSHUL VERMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 770 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2017

## Royalty rate on Coal

## 770.     SHRI ANSHUL VERMA:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a)       whether the study group constituted by the Government to review the royalty rate of coal has submitted its report and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)      whether the Government proposes to increase the royalty rate;
- (c)        if so, the details thereof and the time by which a decision is likely to be taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (d)       whether the proposed revised royalty rate is likely to be in accordance with cess so as to provide benefit to those coal producing States who are facing allegation of  causing  environment  degradation  through  coal  mining  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF COAL AND RAILWAYS

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a to d) A Study Group was constituted on 21.07.2014 for the purpose of examining the issue  of  revision  of  present  royalty  rates  on  coal  and  lignite.   The  Study  Group had earlier submitted its recommendation on 27.04.2016, however pursuant  to the change in scenario  due to implementation of GST and other factors, the matter was again referred to the Study Group  for reconsideration of its recommendation. The final recommendation of the study group is awaited.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 769 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Guardian Drones
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: PARVESH SAHIB SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.769

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  DECEMBER, 2017

## GUARDIAN DRONES

## 769. SHRI  PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:

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

- (a) the  terms  and  conditions  of  the  United  States  of  America  for  sale  of  Guardian Drones;
- (b) whether there  is  a  technological  gap  that  this  procurement  is  seeking  to  remedy vis-a-vis  technologies  being  developed  indigenously  by  the  Defence  Research  and Development Organisation (DRDO) and other agencies and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether any projects are being undertaken by DRDO and / or the private industry to develop similar technology and if so, the status thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government has taken steps to support such indigenous efforts and if so, the details thereof?
- (a) Request  for  Information  (RFI)  for  Predator  'B'  Sea  Guardian  was issued  to  the  US  Office  of  Defence  Cooperation  on  14.11.2017  and response is awaited.
- (b) No,  Madam.    Procurement  of  Predator  'B'  Sea  Guardian  is  being progressed under Buy (Global) category and no transfer of technology is envisaged.
- (c) DRDO has taken up the design and development of Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV), Rustom-II.
- (d) Yes,  Madam.    The  development  of  Unmanned  Aerial  Vehicle  (UAV) Rustom-II is an indigenous effort wherein majority of the sub-systems like airframe,  landing gear,  avionics  systems,  flight  control  systems  and datalink  systems  have  been  developed  indigenously  through  various private industries.  Sub-systems like propulsion systems, sensor systems and payloads have been currently imported for which indigenous development has been undertaken through sister DRDO labs.
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## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)
Lok Sabha Question No. 767 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Himmatnagar-Shamlaji Train Route
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 767 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2017

## HIMMATNAGAR-SHAMLAJI TRAIN ROUTE

767.    SHRI D. S. RATHOD:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any plan to complete the Himmatnagar-Shamlaji train route before the end of 2018;
- (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) to (c): The work of Himmatnagar -Shamlaji gauge conversion is in progress.  Completion  of  the  project  depends  on  allotment  of  funds. However, efforts are being made  to complete this section by December, 2018.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 766 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Increase in Population Movement
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY

Government of India Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No. 766

To be answered on

## Wednesday, December 20, 2017/Agrahayana 29, 1939 (Saka)

## Question

## Increase in Population Movement

766.   SHRI KONDA VISHWESHWAR REDDY: Will the Minister of DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION be pleased to state: (a) whether there has been any increase in population movement in and out of North Eastern States to the mainland; (b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the common mode of transport chosen over the decade?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region [Dr. Jitendra Singh]

- (a) Data regarding movement of people to and from North Eastern States to various

States in the country is not centrally maintained. (b) Does not arise. (c) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 765 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Scrapping of Minority Affairs Ministry
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: M. I. SHANAVAS

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 765 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2017

Scrapping of Minority Affairs Ministry

765: SHRI  M. I. SHANAVAS:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) Whether the Government is aware of the repeated requests by various groups to scrap the Minority Affairs Ministry; and

(b) If so, the reaction of the Government thereto?

ANSWER

MINSTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a)   This Ministry is not aware of any such report.
- (b)    Does not arise.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 763 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Stoppage of Swarn Jayanti Express
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 763

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2017

## STOPPAGE OF SWARN JAYANTI EXPRESS

†763. SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the local Members of Parliament as well as the public were not informed about the stoppage of Swarn Jayanti Express on Khalari railway station in Ranchi district in August this year;
- (b) if so, the reaction of the Government in this regard; and
- (c)  the  number of proposals received from the Members of Parliament in this regard and the details of the action taken thereon?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a)  No  Madam.    Public  were  informed  by  paper  notification  published  in Dainik  Bhaskar  and  Prabhat  Khabar  on  02.09.2017  and  in  The  Pioneer, Ranchi on 03.09.2017. Apart from notification in papers, Hon'ble MP was informed on 04.09.2017 by Divisional Railway Manager, Dhanbad.
- (b) Members of Parliament and local representatives are invited whenever official  functions  are  organized  at  any  railway  stations.  In  this  case,  no formal function was organized.
- (c) Request for provision of stoppage of 12873/12874 Hatia-Anand Vihar (T) Jharkhand Express at Khalari station has been received from Members of Parliament.    Stoppage  of  12873/12874  Hatia-Anand  Vihar  (T)  Jharkhand Express has been provided at Khalari station w.e.f. 04.09.2017.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 762 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Digital Employment Exchange
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 762

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2017)

## DIGITAL EMPLOYMENT EXCHANGE

## 762. DR. BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  true  that  the  Ministry  is  planning  a  digital  employment  exchange  to enable job-seekers to know vacancies and job opportunities in various departments;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there are any plans to conduct exams in such a way that they do not clash with each other and job-seekers get an opportunity to appear in whichever exam they wish to attend; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## 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) to (d) : The National Career Service (NCS) Project is a Mission Mode Project of Ministry of Labour & Employment for transformation of the National Employment Service to provide a  variety  of  employment  related  services  like  career  counselling,  vocational  guidance, information on skill development courses etc. through a web-based portal. The NCS services are  available  online  on  the  National  Career  Service  portal  (www.ncs.gov.in)  supported  by multilingual Call Centre/Helpdesk and is accessible by all users. The NCS service can also be availed  directly  through  the  Employment  Exchanges,  Career  Centres,  Common  Service Centres  etc.  In  addition  to  the  above  procedure,  advertisement  of  vacancies  are  to  be mandatorily  placed  at  the  NCS  portal  which  has  been  developed  primarily  to  connect  the opportunities with the aspiration of youth.

The  Central  Government  recruitment  agencies  such  as  Staff  Selection  Commission, Railway Recruitment Board etc schedule the conduct of various examinations in such a way that they do not, as far as possible, clash with each other.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 760 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Digital Mapping
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: RADHESHYAM BISWAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 760 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2017

## DIGITAL MAPPING

760.  SHRI RADHESHYAM  BISWAS:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether his Ministry has recently conducted a digital mapping of coastal areas especially in Southern India for the purpose of gaining knowledge on resources available for warning in case of cyclone, etc.;
- (b) if so, the outcome thereof, State-wise; and
- (c) the other uses of this digital mapping of coastal areas in the country?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI Y. S. CHOWDARY)

- (a) Yes Madam.
- (b) A digital mapping for selected densely populated low lying coastal urban areas  has  been  carried  out,  using  3-Dimensional  Geographic  Information System (3D GIS),  to map the streets and buildings. The purpose is 3D GIS mapping  is  to  assess  the  infrastructure  in  the  coastal  areas  which  are vulnerable  to  inundation  caused  due  to  oceanogenic  disasters,    such  as tsunami  or  storm  surges.  These  maps  will  also  help  estimating  the  risk during such disasters.  A total 3886 sq. km of coastal areas were selected for  3D  GIS  mapping  covering  parts  of  Tamil  Nadu  (Chennai,  CuddalorePondicherry,  Rameshwaram,  Tuticorin),  Andhra  Pradesh  (Machilipatnam, Nizampatnam,  Kakinada),  Odisha  (Puri)  and  Kerala  (Alleppey,  Kochi). Mapping has been completed for Cuddalore-Pondicherry, part of Machilipatnam, Kakinada, Puri, Rameshwaram and Tuticorin.
- (c) This data can be used for the coastal disaster management, preparedness and evacuation planning.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 759 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: New Telecom Policy
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Adhikari Dibyendu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 759 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH      DECEMBER, 2017

## NEW TELECOM POLICY

759.   SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has issued New Telecom Policy in the country;

- (b) if  so,  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  provide  relief  packages  to  telecom sector in the country therein;

- (c) if so, the reasons therefor;

- (d) the reason for changing policies of the Government to favour the private telecom players; and

- (e) the present debt incurred by telecom companies in the country, company-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) The  Department  of  Telecommunications  envisages  to  formulate  a  new National Telecom Policy in view of rapid technological advancement in the sector. The work on formulation of National Telecom Policy-2018 has been initiated and is targeted to  be  finalised  by  March,  2018.    Several  Working  Groups  have  been  constituted  on different themes for this purpose.

- (e) The information is being collected.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 758 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Coaching Facility to Minority Community
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 758 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2017

## COACHING FACILITY TO MINORITY COMMUNITY

## 758: SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)   Whether  his  Ministry  is  providing  coaching  facilities  to  minority  community  students especially Muslims;
- (b) if  so,  whether  Government has started free coaching of IAS aspirants, if so, the details thereof and the time since when it has been implemented;
- (c)  the number of minority students who cracked civil services examination during the last three years; and
- (d) the number of coaching centres identified or having a tie up for free coaching to minority students and further steps taken or being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a) & (b): Yes, Madam. Ministry of Minority Affairs has been implementing a scheme namely  '  Free  Coaching  and  Allied  Scheme  for  the  candidates/students belonging to minority communities'  under which free coaching is provided to students  belonging  to  six  notified  minority  communities  through  selected coaching institutions/organisations for preparation of qualifying examinations for admission in technical/ professional courses and competitive examinations for recruitment to Group 'A' , 'B' and 'C' services and other equivalent posts under the Central and State governments including public sector undertakings, banks, insurance companies etc.  A new residential coaching programme for composite preparation exclusively for civil services aspirants has been added in the scheme  w.e.f. 07.12.2017.

In addition to the above, this Ministry is also implementing a scheme namely '  Nai  Udaan' under  which  financial  support  is  provided  to  the  candidates  of notified minority community who have cleared preliminary examinations  conducted by Union Public Service Commission, State Public Service Commissions and Staff Selection Commission  for preparation of main  examinations.

- (c) The  number  of  minority  students  who  have  been  finally  selected  in  Civil Service Exams during last three years i.e. 2014, 2015 and 2016 are 123, 118, 112 respectively.
- (d) Under  the  scheme,  total  158  organizations/institutions  were  empanelled  for implementation  of  the  scheme  during  Financial  years  2013-14  to  2016-17. Process for inviting applications for fresh empanelment of coaching institutions/organizations for the remaining period of 14 th Finance commission i.e. 2017-18 to 2019-20 has been initiated and advertisement has already been published by the Ministry.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 757 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Science City
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.757 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20/12/2017

## SCIENCE CITY

## 757. SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó  Ùðüëðó be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government of Gujarat has requested for balance assistance of Rs. 32 crores under phase-I for the development of science city and additional Rs. 250 crore for phase-II of the same; and
- (b) if so, the present status in regard to release of funds?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI Y.S. CHOWDHARY)

òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó +ÉÉè® ÑðöÆãðó òãðìððÐð ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó

(gÉÉÒ ´ÉÉ<Ç. AºÉ. SÉÉèvÉ®ÉÒ)

(a) & (b): National Council of Science  Museums (NCSM) under the Ministry of Culture is the  coordinating  agency  for  such  initiatives  like  development  of  Science  Cities,  Science Museums,  etc.  However,  NCSM  has  conveyed  that  they  are  unaware  of  such  a  request from  Government  of  Gujarat  for  funding  of  development  of  phase  I  and  phase  II  of Science City Gujarat.

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