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Lok Sabha Question No. 2749 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Work Done in the Agricultural Related Problem
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: UDAY PRATAP SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2749 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03/01/2018

## WORK DONE IN THE AGRICULTURAL RELATED PROBLEM

## 2749. SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH :

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  work  done  by  the  scientists  for  the  resolution  of  agriculture  related  technical problems of farmers of the country during the last three years and the current year;
- (b) whether the Government is contemplating / has proposed for implementation of any scheme for scientific training and awareness of farmers from time to time; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (Y. S. Chowdary)

(a) Departments  of  Ministry  of  Agriculture  and  Famers  Welfare  and  Ministry  of  Science  & Technology are associated with the agriculture research and development leading to improved varieties of crops, agriculture practices, livestock improvement, nutrition and health. During the last three years and current year, several climate resilient crop varieties / hybrids of field crops, improved varieties of horticulture  crops  along  with  crop  management  practices  have  been  developed.  In  livestock  sector, diagnostics  and  vaccines  for  important  diseases  of  cattle,  sheep  and  swine  and  poultry  have  been developed  for  use  at  farm  level.  Large  number  of  farm  equipment  have  also  been  developed  for production  by  small  and  medium  entrepreneurs  in  rural  areas.  New  technologies  like  molecular breeding of crop and genomics have been employed to develop special varieties of rice and wheat with submergence tolerance, flooding and salt tolerance.

(b)&(c) Yes, Madam. Besides setting up of 44 new Krishi Vigyan Kendras (KVKs) by Indian Council  of  Agricultural  Research  large  scale  front  line  demonstration  in  farmers  field  have  been conducted  to  train  more  than  50  lakhs  farmers  during  the  last  three  and  half  years.  ICAR  has  also initiated  new  programmes  including  Mera  Gaon-  Mera  Gaurav,  Attracting  and  Retaining  Youth  in Agriculture  (ARYA)  and  Farmers  FIRST  scheme    for  strong  farmers-scientists  linkages,  capacity building,  technology  adaptation  and  application,  on-site  input  management,  feedback  and  institution building. Department of Biotechnology also launched Biotech KISAN Scheme for small and marginal farmers especially the women farmer for better agriculture productivity to scientific intervention and evolving best farm practices.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2748 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Damaged Railway Tracks
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SRIRAM MALYADRI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2748 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

## DAMAGED RAILWAY TRACKS

## 2748. SHRI MALYADRI SRIRAM:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the railway tracks have been damaged between Kottavalasa and Kirandul in Andhra Pradesh recently, leading to major disruptions of traffic;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there was any alternate route to run railway traffic and meet tourists demands in that sector and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  inspections  were  not  done  of  this  hilly  terrain  by  the railways; and
- (e)  if  so,  the  inspections  and  route  strengthening  proposed  to  avoid disruption of rail services in future?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a)  &  (b)  Due  to  continuous  and  heavy  rainfall,  on  06.10.2017,  a  huge rock  mass  (boulder)  slipped  and  damaged  one  Pier  of  Bridge  No.  249 resulting in  a  major  disruption  of  traffic  between  Chimidpalli  and Borraguhalu stations in Kottavalasa - Koraput Section. The bridge was restored by construction of new Pier and the traffic was restored in the section on 10.12.2017.

(c) The alternate route to run traffic from Visakhapatnam to Kirandul is Visakhapatnam-Vizianagram Junction-Rayagada-Korapur-Kirandul. On this route, passenger train no. 08511/12 and 58501/02 were running till restoration of bridge.

(d)  &  (e)  Indian  Railways  have  a  system  of  scheduled  inspections  by Railway officials which, inter alia, includes daily inspection by Keyman, inspections of track, bridges, tunnels, cuttings etc. at stipulated periodicity by various designated officials and measurement/monitoring of  track  parameters  by  Track  Recording  Cars  (TRCs)  and  Oscillation Monitoring Systems (OMS) for safe running of traffic. The  cuttings,  tunnels  and  bridges  of  this  Kottavalasa  and  Kirandul section  are  regularly  inspected  as  per  laid  down  schedule  by  the designated officials. A  number of  protection  works  such  as  construction  of  retaining  walls, catch water drains, wire rope netting, rock bolting, etc have also been taken up to further strengthen the slopes etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2747 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Fortifying Rice with Iron
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2747 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03/01/2018

## FORTIFYING RICE WITH IRON

2747. SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्री

- a) whether the Department of  Biotechnology  has  developed  an  innovative  way  to  fortify rice with iron and other nutrients and if so,  the details thereof; and
- b) the steps taken by the Government to take forward the rice fortification model to all parts of the country to deal with nutritional deficiency among the women and children?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (Y.S. Chowdary)

## विज्ञान और प्रौद्योगिकी तथा पृथ्िी विज्ञान राज्य मंत्री ( वाई. एस. चौधरी )

- a).  Yes,  Madam.  The  Department  of  Biotechnology  (DBT)  through  R&D  support  to  IITKharagpur  has  developed  the  requisite  technology  on  rice  fortification  with  Iron  for addressing the incidence of anaemia. This involves production of Iron fortified rice premix through  extrusion  process  using  broken  rice  kernels.  This  iron  fortified  rice  kernel  premix matches with the normal rice kernel in shape and size, and when mixed with normal rice in the  ratio  of  1:100  provides  50%  of  recommended  daily  allowance  (RDA)  of  Iron.  This technology  can  also  be  used  to  fortify  rice  with  other  micro  nutrients,  as  well.  The incremental cost of fortification has been estimated by IIT-Kharagpur to be upto 80 paise per kg. of rice.
- b). The steps taken by Government to take forward the rice fortification model to all parts of the country to deal with nutritional deficiency among the women and children are as follows:

A  Pilot  Scale  Unit  with  a  capacity  of  100  kg/hr/shift  has  been  commissioned  at  IITKharagpur and the technology is ready for demonstration. Subsequently, the available iron content in the iron fortified rice after employing different methods of cooking was evaluated by National Institute of Nutrition, Hyderabad and the studies pertaining to iron bioavailability, acceptability, efficacy, impact of storage on iron fortified rice, and cooking losses are being worked out.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2745 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: National Mission for Justice Delivery
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: BALKA SUMAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2745

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 03 RD  JANUARY, 2018.

## National Mission for Justice Delivery

## 2745. SHRI SUMAN BALKA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has approved continuation of the Centrally Sponsored Scheme (CSS) for Development of Infrastructure Facilities for  Judiciary  beyond  the  12th  Five  Year  Plan  to  be implemented in a Mission Mode through National Mission for Justice Delivery and Legal Reforms programme and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has also approved setting up of an on-line monitoring  system  with  geo-tagging  by  the  Department  of  Justice enabling data collection on progress, completion of court halls and residential  units  under  construction  including  monitoring  of  future projects  as  well  as  better  asset  management  and  formulation  of norms and specification for the same; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (c): Yes, Madam.  The Government has approved the continuation of the  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme  (CSS)  for  Development  of  Infrastructure Facilities  for  Judiciary  beyond  12 th Five  Year  Plan  i.e.  from  01.04.2017  to 31.03.2020.  The Scheme will continue to be implemented in a Mission Mode with an estimated outlay of Rs.3,320 crores.  Approval has also been given for  (i)  setting  up  of  an  on-line  monitoring  system  with  geo-tagging  by  the Department  of  Justice  enabling  data  collection  on  progress,  completion  of court  halls  and  residential  units  under  construction,  including  for  future projects as well as better asset management; and (ii)  Formulation of norms and specification of court halls and residential units to be constructed under Scheme for implementation throughout the country for future.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2742 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Sexual Harassment Case
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: R.P. MARUTHARAJAA

- (a) Yes, Madam.
- (b)  and  (c)  A  notice  of  motion,  dated  4 th March,  2015  was  received  in  Rajya  Sabha praying for removal of Shri  Justice S.K. Gangele, a sitting  Judge of  Gwalior Bench of Madhya Pradesh High Court on various grounds under Article 217 read with  Article 124(4)  of  Constitution.  One  of  the  grounds  was  allegation  of  sexual  harassment  of  a woman Additional District and Session Judge of Gwalior.

The  Chairman,  Rajya  Sabha  constituted  a  three  member  Committee  under Judges  Inquiry  Act,  1968  for  the  purpose  of  making  an  investigation  into  the  matter. The Report of the Committee was laid on the Table of Rajya Sabha and Lok Sabha  on 15.12.2017 and 18.12.2017 respectively.

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2742

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 03.01.2018

## Sexual Harassment Case

## 2742.  SHRI R.P. MARUTHARAJAA :

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

- (a) whether any charges of sexual harassment were levelled against any judge/ employee of Madhya Pradesh High Court;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the present status of the case?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)
Lok Sabha Question No. 2741 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Tri-lateral Highway
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2741

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

## TRI-LATERAL HIGHWAY

2741.  SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the   progress   of   the   Tri-lateral   highway   between   India-MyanmarThailand;
- (b) whether work has started on replacing world war era bridges from the Indian side and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the time by which the highway is likely to open for cross border traffic;
- (d) whether there have been deliberations regarding standardisation of licences and other technical arrangements necessary for the smooth functioning of the trans-border highway; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

(a) Government of India is implementing two projects as part of Trilateral Highway between India, Myanmar and Thailand. These are Construction of 69 bridges on the Tamu-Kyigone-Kalewa section and Upgradation of 120.74 km road on the Kalewa-Yargi section in Myanmar. Work has been awarded in October/December 2017 through open tendering.

(b) Work on new structures   to   replace   the   World   War   era   bridges   is scheduled to commence in January 2018.

- (c) Construction work is scheduled to be completed in 36 months.

(d) & (e) India, Myanmar and Thailand are negotiating a Motor Vehicles Agreement   for   facilitating   movement   of   vehicles   across   their   borders. Myanmar has conveyed that it would proceed with this Agreement once it has comprehensively reviewed the implementation of similar arrangements it has with other countries.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2740 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Online Mechanism for Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: SANJAY JAISWAL

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2740

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 3 rd  JANUARY, 2018

## Online Mechanism for Courts

## 2740.   Dr.  SANJAY JAISWAL:

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

- (a) whether there is any online application or online mechanism to track the court proceedings, status and judgements for the courts in the country;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)    if  not,  the  initiatives  taken  by  the  Government  to address the issue?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW & JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI P. P. CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (c) Yes Madam. The e-Courts portal (http://www.ecourts.gov.in) provides an online mechanism to stakeholders such as litigants, advocates and members of judiciary to track the court proceedings, status and judgments for the  computerized  district  and  subordinate  courts  in  the  country. The National Judicial Data Grid (NJDG).  Portal provides statistical information  of  court  cases  pan  country,  State-wise  and  districtwise.  eCourts services such as details of case registration, cause list,  case status, daily orders, and final judgments are also made available to litigants and advocates through SMS (Push and Pull), email  and  mobile  application.  At  present,  litigants  can  access case  status  information  in  respect  of  8.86  crore  cases  and  5.24 crore orders / judgments.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2738 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Mobile Towers in Balaghat District
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: BODH SINGH BHAGAT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2738 TO BE ANSWERED ON  3 RD  JANUARY, 2018

## MOBILE TOWERS IN BALAGHAT DISTRICT

†2738. SHRI BODHSINGH BHAGAT:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  set  up  mobile  towers  in remote villages of Balaghat district in the State of Madhya Pradesh; and
- (b) the time by which the said towers are likely to be installed in these villages?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) 22  numbers  of  mobile  towers  have  been  setup  in  Balaghat  district  of Madhya  Pradesh  under  phase-I  of  installation  of  mobile  towers  project  in  Left  Wing Extremism (LWE) areas. In LWE phase-II plan, which was approved by the Telecom Commission  on  21.12.2017  for  seeking  Cabinet  approval,  26  numbers  of  additional mobile towers are proposed in Balaghat district of Madhya Pradesh. The time line for implementation  for  LWE  Phase-II  is  18  months  from  the  date  of  signing  of  the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the implementing agency.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2737 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Criminal Cases against Officers
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2737

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018)

## CRIMINAL CASES AGAINST OFFICERS

## 2737. SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the latest  details  of  IAS,  IRS,  IFS  and  IPS  officers  against  whom criminal charges  are being pursued by the Government;
- (b) the  number  of  such  officers  against  whom  corruption  charges  are  being  investigated across the country; and
- (c) the steps the Government is proposing to take to ensure that these vital services do not lose public confidence?

## 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)  &  (b):  CBI  has  registered  139  cases  against  Indian  Administrative  Services  (IAS),  Indian Police Services (IPS), Indian Revenue Services (IRS) & Indian Foreign Services (IFS) officers during the last three years since 1.1.2014 to 30.11.2017 which are at various stages.
- (c):  The  Government  is  taking  various  steps  as  under  for  minimizing  the  chances  of  any corruption in public services which includes:
- (i) The  All  India  Service  (Discipline  and  Appeal)  Rules,  1969  has  been  amended  to include  the  provision  of  conclusion  of  enquiry  and  submission  of  report  within  a period of six months from the date of receipt of order of Inquiring Authority.
- (ii) In order to ensure probity amongst government servants, Ministries/Departments/Cadres have been asked to regularly review the officers/officials  (including  those  belonging  to  IAS,  IPS,  IRS  &  IFS)  under  the provisions  of  FR-56  (J)/Rule  16  (3)  of  AIS  (DCRB)  Rules  1958.  The  position  is reviewed  at  the  level  of  this  Department  as  well  as  Cabinet  Secretariat.  As  per information provided by Cadres, provisions of FR-56 (J)/Rule 16 (3) of AIS (DCRB) Rules 1958 have been invoked/recommended against 72 Group A officers (including those belonging to IAS, IPS, IRS & IFS) and 125 Group B officers
- (iii) Regular  review  is undertaken  for expediting disposal of pending  disciplinary proceedings  and  for  expeditious  disposal  of  pending  sanction  of  prosecution  cases within the stipulated time frame by the respective Cadres/Departments.
- (iv) In order to speed up disposal of the case pending trial, 92 additional Special Courts for CBI has been set up.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2736 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Ongoing Projects in Mizoram
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: C. L. RUALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2736 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.01.2018

## ONGOING PROJECTS IN MIZORAM

## 2736. SHRI C.L. RUALA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of ongoing projects in Mizoram;
- (b) whether the work on these projects is progressing as per schedule;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the time by which these projects are likely to be completed?

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

(a) to (c):   Bhairabi-Sairang new rail line (51.38 km) has been taken up in the State of Mizoram at an anticipated cost of ` 4600 crore. An expenditure of ` 1282 crore has been incurred upto March, 2017. An outlay of ` 600 crore has been provided for 2017-18. Earthwork, minor bridges and tunnel works have been taken up.  The project includes construction of 23 numbers of tunnels.

(d): The completion of project requires clearances from various departments of State Government and Central Ministries like acquisition of land, forestry and wild life clearances, cutting of trees, shifting of services, construction of road over bridges and road under bridges by road maintaining  agencies,  NOC  from  State  Irrigation  Department  and  Power Corporations, law and order issues which are beyond the control of Ministry of Railways.  Moreover, the funds are allocated to each project on annual basis.  Therefore,  it  is  not  feasible  to  fix  time  line  for  completion  of  the project.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2735 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: BPOs in Rural Areas
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: CH. MALLA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2735

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 03.01.2018

## BPO IN RURAL AREAS

## 2735.       SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY:

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

(a) whether in order to promote rural Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) scheme, the Government  has  plans  to  list  its  services  on  the  Government  e-Market  (GeM)  place portal and if so, the details thereof; and

(b) whether the Government has relaxed norms for bank guarantee and also waived off the  limit  of  only  one-third  seats  for  one  company  in  each  location  to  provide  more flexibility and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ALPHONS KANNANTHANAM)

- (a):    Yes,  Sir.  The  Government  has  decided  to  list  some  of  the  BPO/ITeS  services procured by Government Ministries/Departments on Government e-Market (GeM) place.
- (b):  Yes,  Sir.  The  Government  has  reduced  the  bank  guarantee  to  10%  from  100%  for promoting entrepreneurs and small units, and removed the cap on number of seats to one bidder  in  a  State  in  order  to  facilitate  setting  up  of  large  BPO/ITeS  units.    Details  are available at www.meity.gov.in/ibps and https://ibps.stpi.in/

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2734 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-01-03
Subject: Retrenchment of IT Employees
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS, V. SATHYABAMA, R.K. BHARATHI MOHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2734

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 03.01.2018

## RETRENCHMENT OF IT EMPLOYEES

## 2734. SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS: SHRIMATI V. SATHYA BAMA: SHRI BHARATHI MOHAN R.K.:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that as per the survey conducted by the experts Manpower Group India,  IT  companies  have  prepared  a  plan  to  retrench  their  employees  in  next  six months;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether it is a fact that the management of the IT companies are engaging bouncers and counsellors to threaten their employees and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  protect  the  job  interests  and  life  of  IT employees?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ALPHONS KANNANTHANAM)

(a), (b) and (c): No such matter has been reported to the ministry. The IT sector is expected to continue to be a net hirer in this fiscal.

(d): The industry, both globally and in India, is witnessing unprecedented technology driven changes.  These demand new sets of skills and are opening opportunities for newer job roles. The  stakeholders  covering  industry,  academia  and  Sector  Skills  Councils  are  working  to ensure that the existing workforce is re-skilled/up-skilled in emerging technologies and job roles.  Most  companies  (large,  medium  &  small)  are  also  implementing  rigorous  training programs to re-skill/up-skill their existing employees in new and emerging technologies.

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