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Lok Sabha Question No. 6408 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Overcrowded Trains in Jharkhand
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: LAXMAN GILUWA, RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6408

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017

## OVERCROWDED TRAINS IN JHARKHAND

†6408. SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA: SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  names  of  the  trains  passing  through  Jharkhand  that  remain excessively crowded;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to ensure a comfortable journey for the passengers who travel by these trains; and
- (c) the facilities extended to the passengers so far as a result thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a): State-wise statistics is not maintained  on Indian Railways. However,  the  demand  pattern  on  Indian  Railways  is  not  uniform throughout the year and it varies during the peak and lean seasons. The demand for travel surges especially during the peak season like during  summer  holidays,  festivals  etc.  The  overall  occupancy  of  all reserved trains on Indian Railways during the Financial Year 2016-17 was more than 100%.
- (b)  &  (c):  To  cater  to  the  rising  demand  of  passengers  including Jharkhand, new train services have been introduced including increase in frequency and extensions of existing services. Trains have also been augmented with additional coaches. To meet the seasonal surge in demand during holiday and festival seasons special trains are

also run along with temporary augmentation of coaches to the existing services. This is an on-going process over the Indian Railways.

Further, ensuring a comfortable journey for the passengers is a continual endeavour of the Government and some of the recent steps taken in this regard are given below:

i.  Announcement of Tejas, Humsafar and Antyodaya trains and induction  of  Deen  Dayalu  coaches  that  have  better  standards  of passenger amenities for different classes of travel.

ii.  Upgradation  of  passenger  amenities  provided  in  the  other trains  also.  Some of the policy decisions taken in the recent past in this regard are given below:

- a) Provision of bottle holder and snack table in non-air conditioned Sleeper Class coaches.
- b) Provision of dustbins in Non-AC coaches.
- c) Provision of Braille signages in coaches.
- d) Provision of mugs with chain in Non-AC coaches.

iii.  Proliferation  of  Linke  Hofmann  Busch  (LHB)  coaches  in  the Mainline trains running on Indian Railways. These coaches have better passenger  amenities  and  are  of  superior  design  as  compared  to conventional Integral Coach Factory (ICF) type coaches.

iv. Provision  of  Balanced  Draft  Gear  for  reducing  the  jerks  in Centre Buffer Couplers (CBC) fitted coaches.

The above works are carried out in a phased manner based on the availability of capacity and funds.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6406 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Broad Gauge between Wardha-Yavatmal Rail Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6406 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017

## BROAD GAUGE BETWEEN WARDHA-YAVATMAL RAIL LINE

†6406.SHRI RAMDAS C. TADAS:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether priority  is  being  given  to  the  construction  of  new  broad gauge line sanctioned between Wardha and Yavatmal;
- (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):   Wardha-Nanded via Yavatmal, Pusood (284 km) new line has been  taken  up  on  priority  with  40%  cost  sharing  by  Government  of Maharashtra.    The  latest  anticipated  cost  of  this  new  line  project  is ` 3168 crore.  The work on this new line has already been taken up as land  between  Wardha  and  Nanded  has  been  acquired  in  43  km  from Wardha end except two small patches of 1 km length.  One major bridge and 14 minor bridges have been completed.  Further, works on 3 major bridges, 29 minor bridges and 9 Road Under Bridges have been taken up. Land  acquisition in remaining  length  is  being  done  through  State Government.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6405 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Hacking of Website
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: NAGARAJAN P.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6405

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 12.04.2017

## HACKING OF WEBSITE

## 6405.     SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

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

- (a) whether the website of National Security Guard (NSG) was hacked recently; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):  The official website of NSG was partially defaced and abusive message was posted on the website by unknown hackers on 01 January 2017. The NSG website which is hosted on NIC server had been blocked immediately.
- (b):  Government has taken several policy, legal and technical measures such as audit of the system  &  networks,  increasing  awareness  in  area  of  cyber  security,  sharing  threat  related information with the stakeholders/organizations, issuing advisories on such threats by CERTIN & National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection Centre(NCIIPC), and Capacity development etc. to address this issue.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6404 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Dry Port
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6404 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017

## DRY PORT

Ϯ 6404.  SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a dry port is being set up at Swarupganj to increase new opportunities  of  employment  and  industrial  development  of  Sirohi district;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

- (c)  the  total  cost  of  the  said  project  alongwith  the  total  amount allocated in the budget of this year;
- (d) whether the Government  has  fixed any time limit for the completion of the said project; and
- (e) if so, the time by which it is likely to be completed and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) & (b) No, Madam. There is no immediate plan of setting up of Dry port. Only Rail Transhipment Hub is being set up at Swarupaganj.

(c)  The  total  cost  of  the  said  project  is  approximately ` 471.82  crore and ` 21.25 crore has been allocated by Container Corporation of India Limited for the FY 2017-18. (d) & (e) It is likely to be completed by March, 2019.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6401 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Contractual Appointments
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: HARINDER SINGH KHALSA

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING)

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6401

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017)

## CONTRACTUAL APPOINTMENTS

## 6401. SHRI HARINDER SINGH KHALSA:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  retired  Government  employees  are  being  re-appointed  on  contractual basis;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with the terms and conditions and the remunerations and other benefits/facilities provided to them;
- (c) whether the retired officers appointed on contractual basis could be given higher ranks and salaries; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  manner  in  which  the  interests  of  the  serving employees eligible to higher post is protected?

## 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)  The Government posts are to be filled in accordance with the recruitment rules. Wherever recruitment rules provide reemployment as a mode of recruitment or in cases of exigencies of work, retired Government servants are reappointed on contractual basis for a specific period.
- (b) & (c):  The Central Civil Services (Fixation of Pay of re-employed Pensioners) Orders, 1986  as  amended  from  time  to  time  govern  the  pay  fixation  of  re-employed  pensioners including the persons re-employed on contract basis, unless the contract provides otherwise.
- (d):   The interests of serving employees with regard to promotions/ financial upgradations to higher post are taken care of by the respective service rules/ regulations applicable to them.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6400 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Aid to Acid Attack Victims
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

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

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## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6400

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

## Aid to Acid Attack victims

## 6400SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

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

- (a) whether NALSA is helping the acid attack victims and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b)  whether cases  of  victims  of  acid  attacks  would  be  taken  on  a  priority  basis  by framing a special scheme for them and if so, the details and the present status thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE  FOR LAW AND JUSTICE& ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI P.P.CHAUDHARY)

(a)to(c)The National Legal Services Authority has launched a scheme on 9.11.2016, titled  'NALSA (Legal Services to Victims of Acid Attacks) Scheme, 2016 to provide legal  services  to  the  victims  of  acid  attacks.    All  victims  of  acid  attacks  are  being provided  legal  aid  and  financial  assistance  on  a  priority  basis  under  the  'Victim Compensation Scheme' so that they are rehabilitated in the society and live a life of dignity.  The main objectives of the scheme are as follows:-

- (i) To strengthen legal aid and representation at the national, state, district and taluka  levels  for  victims  of  acid  attacks  in  availing  the  benefits  of  the  various  legal

provisions and schemes for compensation which exist, including Victim Compensation Scheme of all States. (ii) To enable the victims of  acid  attacks  to  get  access  to  medical  facilities  and rehabilitative services; (iii) To create and spread awareness about the entitlements of the victims of acid attacks  through  the  District  Legal  Services  Authorities,  Taluka  Legal  Services Committees, panel lawyers, para-legal volunteers and legal services clinics; (iv) To  enhance  capacities  at  all  levels  of  panel  lawyers,  para-legal  volunteers  in legal services clinics, government officers tasked with the implementation of the various schemes,  service  providers,  police  personnel,  non-governmental  organizations  by organizing training, orientation and sensitization programmes, and (v) To undertake research and documentation to study the various schemes, laws, etc.,  to  find  out  the  gaps,  the  needs  and  to  make  suggestions  to  the  appropriate authorities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6398 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Encroachment of Wakf Properties
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: MAULANA BADRUDDIN AJMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.6398 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017

## Encroachment of Wakf Properties

## 6398. SHRI BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a number of commercial and residential properties belonging to the Wakf Boards have been encroached upon in various parts of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  reports  have  been  received  from  various  quarters  regarding  illegal sale of prime wakf properties in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof for the last three years; and
- (e) the corrective action taken thereon by the Government in this   regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a) to (e): As per Section 32 of the Waqf Act 1995, general superintendence of the auquaf in a State is vested with the State Waqf Board and it is their duty to ensure that waqf properties are properly maintained, controlled and administered. Further, as per sections 54 and 55 of the Act, the State Waqf Board has been empowered to remove the encroachment from Waqf property. Hence, the information on commercial and residential waqf properties under encroachment in various parts of the country is not maintained by the Central Government. Complaints received from various  quarters  from  time  to  time  are  sent  to  the  concerned  State  Authorities  for necessary action at their end.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6397 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Basic Urban Facilities
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6397

## TO BE ANSWERED ON APRIL 12, 2017

## BASIC URBAN FACILITIES

## No. 6397. SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has prepared a report on pre and post projects for water  supply,  sewerage  networks  and  septage  management,  storm  water drains, urban transport and provision of green spaces and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) whether the Government has monitored the additional investment of Rs. 19,170 crore and its implementation in improving basic urban facilities and if so, the details thereof?

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

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a)&(b): The  Government  has  launched  the  Atal  Mission  for  Rejuvenation  and  Urban Transformation (AMRUT)  to  assist the States in development of Urban infrastructure including, water supply, sewerage networks, septage management, water drainage, urban transportation and provision of green spaces in 500 cities to be implemented over a period of 5 years with an outlay of Rs. 50000 crore.  Under the Mission the Ministry of Urban Development approves the State Annual Action Plans(SAAPs) of States/Union Territories(UTs) and releases the Central Assistance(CA). Preparation of Detailed Project Reports(DPRs) of projects, their appraisal, tendering and execution is done by the States/UTs.  The SAAPs of all States/UTs with an investment of Rs 61579 crore have already been approved.  An amount of Rs 4347 crore has been released to the States as first instalment of CA. The Mission is expected to provide universal coverage of water supply and improve other urban infrastructure in the 500 Mission cities.
Lok Sabha Question No. 6396 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Response to RTI Queries
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING)

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6396

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017)

## RESPONSE TO RTI QUERIES

## 6396. SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  evolved  a  mechanism  to  ensure  that  handling  of  RTI queries  by  respective  different  offices  and  their  media  reporting  are  maintained transparently and in most professional manner while responding to assorted queries;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  there  are  instances  of  political  mileage  or  even  bringing  disrepute  to  the Government organisations by fuelling controversies on flimsy grounds;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the  reaction  of  the  Government  thereto  along  with  the  steps  taken  to  maintain  the credibility of the RTI Act which is an integral instrument in democratic processes?

## 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):   RTI Act, 2005 was enacted to provide for setting out the practical regime of right to  information  for  citizens  to  secure  access  to  information  under  the  control  of  public authorities.

Under  Section  4  of  RTI  Act,  all  Public  Authorities  have  to  disclose  proactively maximum  information  through  various  means  of  communication,  including  internet.  The Government has taken  number  of  steps  to  strengthen  this  transparency  legislation.  With  a view to maximizing suo-motu disclosure by public authorities, Government has from time to time issued guidelines to all the Ministries/Departments impressing  upon  the  public authorities  to  disclose  maximum  information  proactively  so  that  citizens  need not resort to filing of RTI applications to access information available with the public authorities.

(c)  to  (e):  RTI  Online  Portal  (https://rtionline.gov.in)  was  launched  by  D/o  Personnel  and Training to make convenient for citizens to file RTI requests and First Appeals through online.

This  department  has  issued  guidelines  to  public  authorities  to  proactively  disclose contents of RTI applications received and replies given to enable reduction in generation of new RTI applications on similar issues and give citizens access to the complete information that has been made available to any RTI applicant.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6395 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Portable Kit to Check Water Contamination
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: R. VANAROJA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6395 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017

## PORTABLE KIT TO CHECK WATER CONTAMINATION

## 6395.   SHRIMATI VANAROJA R.:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Bhabha  Atomic  Research  Centre  has  developed  a  portable  kit  to check chromium contamination in water in five minutes;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the BARC's kit is simple, user friendly, quick and cost effective for onsite application; and
- (d) if so, whether the Government has planned to market this product in public interest and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES & PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (Dr. JITENDRA SINGH):

- Yes,  Madam.  National  Centre  for  Compositional  Characterisation  of  Materials (NCCCM), Chemistry Group, BARC, located at Hyderabad has developed a portable visual detection kit for detection of hexavalent chromium [Cr(VI)] between 5 to 500
- (a) ng/ml ( ppb) range in water within 5 minutes.

Chromium  exists  in  the  environment  primarily  in  two  valence  states,  trivalent chromium (Cr III) and hexavalent chromium (Cr VI).  Cr (III) is biologically important element  and  needed  for  glucose  and  lipid  metabolism.    Cr  (VI),  however,  is considered toxic and IARC (International Agency for Research in Cancer, WHO) has classified it as a group 1 agent, defined as carcinogenic to humans.

- (b) According to the method developed, three reagents kept inside different bottles are to be added to the clear water sample. Reagent 1 and Reagent 2 are added and mixed for two minutes. The third reagent is then added and mixed thoroughly (shaken for 12 minutes). Within 5 minutes, a pink color develops in the top layer and the intensity of this is compared by visual inspection to obtain the Cr(VI) range in water. By  this  method  Cr(VI)  can  be  detected  in  drinking  water  sources  such  as  ground water, lake water, river water, etc. According to Indian standard IS10500, maximum permissible limit for Cr(VI)  in drinking water is 50 ng/mL and as per United States Environmental  Protection  Agency  (USEPA)  it  is  10  ng/mL  and  the  kit  meets  the requirements of both the standards.
- (c) Yes, Madam.
- (d)     Yes, Madam. the technology of this kit has been transferred to M/S LTek Systems, Nagpur for commercialization of the product for societal benefit.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 6394 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-12
Subject: Anandnagar to Ghughuli Rail Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PANKAJ CHOWDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 6394 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.04.2017

## ANANDNAGAR TO GHUGHULI RAIL LINE

† 6394.     SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the final survey work for the construction of rail line from Anandnagar junction to Ghughuli railway station  via Maharajganj under North East Railway, Gorakhpur has been completed;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the latest progress made with regard to the construction work on this rail line; and
- (c) the time by which construction work is likely to be started on this line?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c):   The work of Anandngar-Ghughuli via Maharajganj has been included in the Budget 2013-14 subject to the condition that the work would  be  taken  up  once  the  Government  clearances  are  obtained. Accordingly, Final Location Survey (FLS) has been taken up. Further consideration  of  the  project  would  be  possible,  once  the  Detailed Project Report (DPR) has been prepared on the basis of Final Location Survey (FLS).

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