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Lok Sabha Question No. 4329 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Derecognition of Political Parties
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: CH. MALLA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4329

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 21 st  MARCH, 2018

## Derecognition of Political Parties

## 4329. SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state: (a) whether in August 2013, the department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances,  Law  and  Justice  in  their  61st  report  recommended  that  the  power  to  derecognise  parties  for violating Model Code of Conduct be included in the Representation of the People Act, 1951; (b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto; (c) whether The National Commission to review the working of the constitution in its 2002 report called for a  separate  law,  making  provision  for  recognition  and  derecognition  of  political  parties,  if  so,  the  details thereof; (d)  whether  the  255th  report  of  the  Law  Commission  on  electoral  reforms  recommended  changes  to  the Representation of Peoples Act to empower the poll panel, if so, the details thereof; (e) whether in December 2016, the Election Commission sent a set of 47 proposals on electoral reforms to the  Government asking  for  powers  to  deregister  a  political  party  and  to  be  authorised  to  issue  necessary orders regulating registration and deregistration of political parties; and (f) if so, the details thereof and the status of the said proposal?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f):  The issue of electoral reforms in its entirety was examined by the Law Commission having regard to  the  Reports  of  various  Committees    in  the  past,  including  the  reports  of  the  Department-related Parliamentary  Standing  Committee  on  Personnel,  Public  Grievances,  Law  and  Justice  and  National Commission to review the working of the Constitution. The Law Commission in its 255 th Report has, inter- alia, made certain recommendations for empowering the Election Commission for deregistration of political parties  for  non-compliance  of the  proposed provisions  for  regulation of the  parties and also  for failure to contest Parliamentary or State elections for ten consecutive years.

The  Election  Commission  in  December,  2016  had  requested  the  Government  to  expedite  the implementation  of  the  recommendations  of  the  Law  Commission  on  electoral  reforms,  including  the recommendations for empowering the Election Commission for deregistration of the political parties. The matter is under examination.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4328 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Railway Projects in Bihar
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4328 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2018

## RAILWAY PROJECTS IN BIHAR

†4328.  SHRI SATISH CHANDRA DUBEY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state :

(a) whether the Railways has any proposal to start new rail projects in the State of Bihar;

- (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)  and  (b):  Yes,  Madam.    One  new  rail  project  namely  Darbhanga Bypass  line  connecting  Shisho  Halt  and  Kakarghati  excluding Darbhanga  Yard  costing ` 130  crore  falling in  Bihar  has  been included in Union Budget 2018-19 subject to necessary approvals. (c): Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4326 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Leakage of SSC Exam Papers
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: SADHU SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4326 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2018)

## LEAKAGE OF SSC EXAM PAPERS

## 4326. PROF. SADHU SINGH:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  examination  for  recruitment  of  non-gazetted  staff  for  various  central ministries and subordinate departments is conducted by the Staff Selection Commission and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether there are reports of leakage of the examination paper for combined graduate level exam tier-2 and if so, the facts and details thereof;
- (c) whether there has been demand for CBI investigation into the alleged paper leak and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the follow up steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## 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 Staff Selection Commission (SSC) is mandated to make recruitment to Group 'B' (Non-Gazetted) posts and Group 'C' of (non-technical) posts under Government of India and their attached and subordinate offices.

The Staff Selection Commission annually conducts the following examinations:

- I. Eight  mandated  All  India  Open  Competitive  Examinations  for  filling  up  regular vacancies.
- II. Recruitment  to Selection Posts in various Ministries/Departments, attached  and subordinate Offices, where the essential qualifications vary from Matriculation to Post Graduation specific to the job requirements of that Ministry/Department.
- III. Three Limited Departmental Competitive Examinations for promotion from (i) Multi Tasking Staff to Lower Division Clerk, (ii) Lower Division Clerk to Upper Division Clerk (iii) Stenographer Grade 'D' to Stenographer Grade 'C'.
- IV. The Commission also conducts three non-mandated examinations, namely, (i) Constable (General Duty) Examination for Paramilitary Forces, (ii) Constable (Executive) Examination for Delhi Police and (iii) Recruitment to Scientific Assistants in India Meteorological Department (IMD) Examination.
5. (b) to (d) :   There was no leakage of question papers of Staff Selection Commission (SSC) Examination. In view of some sporadic incidents of alleged cheating by some candidates at a few venues and subsequent agitation by a section of the candidates, the Commission in order to reiterate and reaffirm the faith of the candidates in the examination process recommended for  an  impartial  enquiry  by  CBI.  Accepting  the  recommendation  of  the  Commission, Government has referred the matter to CBI for a free and fair enquiry. CBI has registered a Preliminary Enquiry on 8/3/2018.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4323 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Defence Agreement
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: MOHAMMAD SALIM, MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4323

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST  MARCH, 2018

## DEFENCE AGREEMENT

4323.  SHRI  MOHD. SALIM: SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN:

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

- (a) the names of countries with which the Government has signed defence / military agreements during the last three years; and
- (b) the details of private companies in the country producing military, defence tools / equipments?

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- (a) Names of countries with which the Government has signed defence / military agreements during the last three years are given in Annexure.
- (b) Since  the  opening  up  of  Defence  industry  sector  in  May,  2001  for 100%  manufacturing  by  Indian  private  sector  including  Foreign  Direct Investment (FDI) upto admissible cap both subject to licensing, Department of  Industrial  Policy  &  Promotion  (DIPP)  has  issued  348  licenses  to  210 Indian Companies till February, 2018.

So  far,  40  FDI  proposals  /  Joint  Ventures  have  been  approved  in defence  sector  for  manufacture  of  various  defence  equipments,  both  in public and private sector.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4323 FOR ANSWER ON 21.3.2018 NAMES OF COUNTRIES WITH WHOM DEFENCE / MILITARY AGREEMENTS

SIGNED DURING THE LAST THREE YEARS (FROM 20.03.2015):

|   Sl. No. | Country           |
|-----------|-------------------|
|         1 | Australia         |
|         2 | Bangladesh        |
|         3 | Brunei            |
|         4 | Chile             |
|         5 | Fiji              |
|         6 | France            |
|         7 | Japan             |
|         8 | Jordan            |
|         9 | Kazakhstan        |
|        10 | Kenya             |
|        11 | Kyrgyz Republic   |
|        12 | Madagascar        |
|        13 | Maldives          |
|        14 | Myanmar           |
|        15 | Mongolia          |
|        16 | Oman              |
|        17 | Pakistan          |
|        18 | Philippines       |
|        19 | Portugal          |
|        20 | Republic of Korea |
|        21 | Russia            |
|        22 | Singapore         |
|        23 | Tanzania          |
|        24 | Turkmenistan      |
|        25 | UAE               |
|        26 | USA               |
|        27 | Vietnam           |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4321 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Rajdhani/Shatabdi Trains from Delhi to State Capitals
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MALLIKARJUN  KHARGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4321 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2018

RAJDHANI/SHATABDI TRAINS FROM DELHI TO STATE CAPITALS 4321.  SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether  Rajdhani  or  Shatabdi  Express  trains  are  being  run  from New Delhi railway station to capitals of all States everyday;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) if not, the number  of capitals of States where  there is no arrangement  for  such  trains  and  the  time  schedule  to  link  all  the capital cities by rail?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  to  (c)  No,  Madam.  At  present,  23  States  out  of  the  29  States  are connected to Delhi by Rajdhani/Shatabdi Express. Out of these 23 States, 13 States  are  connected  by  daily  Rajdhani  Express  trains  and  6  States  are connected  by  daily  Shatabdi  Express  trains.  At  present,  6  States  i.e. Arunachal  Pradesh,  Himachal  Pradesh,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram  and Sikkim  are  not  connected  to  Delhi  either  by  Rajdhani  Express  or  Shatabdi Express owing to no Railway (Broad Gauge) connectivity to these capitals at present.    However,  introduction  of  trains  is  an  on-going  process  on  Indian

Railways.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4318 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Mega Defence Projects
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA, BHOLA SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4318

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 21 ST  MARCH, 2018

## MEGA DEFENCE PROJECTS

4318.  PROF. PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA: SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has reviewed the status of various mega defence projects launched under Make in India initiative;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  and  the  outcome  thereof  indicating  the  present  status  of  these projects;
- (c) the reasons for delay, if any, in these projects;
- (d) the steps taken to expedite and fast track these projects; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to ease the rules to give freest initiative to arms and ammunition and if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) to (e): Projects  with  a  cost  of ` 150  Crore  and  below  are  within  the delegated powers of Services.  Projects of more than ` 150 Crore are dealt by  the  Services  and  the  Ministry  of  Defence.    The  progress  of  Capital Acquisition  Projects  is  reviewed regularly  at  various  levels  in  Ministry  of Defence  to  achieve  the  desired  operational  preparedness  of  the  Armed Forces and  to effectively contribute to  'Make in India'  program  of Government of  India.   During  the last  three  years  and  current  year  (upto 31.01.2018), 192  contracts for  capital  procurement of  defence  equipment

:  2  :

with  total  value  of ` 243069.47  crore  have  been  signed  including  121 contracts with Indian vendors involving ` 116583.02 Crore and 71 contracts with foreign vendors for value of ` 126486.45 crore. The  steps  taken  to  expedite  and  fast  track  the  capital  acquisition projects  include  broad  timeframe  for  completing  procurement  activities (AoN to award of contract) has been reduced from 80-117 weeks to 70-94 weeks  in  multi  vendor  cases  and  from  92-137  weeks  to  82-114  weeks  in resultant Single Vendor cases; Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) validity has been reduced to six months (from one year) for 'Buy cases and to one year (from  two  years)  for  'Buy  &  Make  (Indian)'  cases;  Draft  Request  for Proposal (RFP) has to accompany Statement of Case (SoC) for AoN, Cases with  AoN  value  of  more  than ` 150  crore  to  be  directly  brought  before Services Capital Acquisition Plan Categorisation Higher Committee (SCAPCHC)  thereby  eliminating  initial  placement  of  such  cases  before Services  Capital  Acquisition  Plan  Categorisation  Committee  (SCAPCC), etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4317 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Supply of Heavy Water
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4317 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2018

## SUPPLY OF HEAVY WATER

## 4317.  SHRIMATI KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Heavy Water Board (HWB) has begun to supply heavy water to private  companies  for  the  manufacture  of  Deuterium  Labelled  compounds which are Active Pharma Ingredients;
- (b) If so, the details thereof; and
- (c) Whether  the  advantage  in  this  field  will  reach  the  masses  through  end products developed by the Indian Pharmaceutical and other industries and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes Sir.
- (b) Subsequent  to  approval  from  Atomic  Energy  Commission,  Heavy  Water Board has recently  signed  collaborative  agreements  with  two  Indian  parties for development of deuterium labelled compounds, NMR solvents, D-labelled active pharma ingredients.  One party has placed purchase order for supply of 1000 kg. Heavy Water.
- (c) Yes Sir. Presently the research and academic institutions and Indian private companies are importing deuterated compounds. This agreement will initiate import substitution for the deuterated compounds and heavy water, the benefit of which will reach to the masses.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4313 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: RoB/FoB at Asifabad
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: NAGESH GODAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4313 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2018

## ROB/FOB AT ASIFABAD

4313. SHRI NAGESH GODAM:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has proposed in the budget for 2018-19 for  construction  of  RoBs  and  RuBs  in  the  State  of  Telangana, especially a foot over bridge at Asifabad Road and over bridge on Railway gate No.71-T/SPL at Asifabad Road Railway Station; and
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof?

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

(a)  &  (b):  Two  Road  Over  Bridges  in  lieu  of  manned  level  crossing No.7 km.17/600-700 between Falaknuma-Budvel stations and manned  level  crossing  No.27  km.58/300-400  between  TimmapurShadnagar  stations  have  been  sanctioned  in  2018-19.  Nine  Road Under  Bridges  (RUBs)  in  level  crossing  No.245,  246  &  247  on Secunderabad-Mudkhed  Section  and  LC  No.11  on  SecunderabadDhone  Section,  LCs  No.BP-1,  BP-2,  BP-3,  BP-5  and  BP-7  on    Sant Nagar-Maula  Ali  Section  and  Foot  Over  Bridge  at  Asifabad  Road Railway station  have also  been sanctioned in 2018-19.  The consent from State Government of Telangana for construction of ROB on Railway  gate  No.71-T/SPL  at  Asifabad  Road  Railway  Station  is awaited.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4312 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Safety of Passengers
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DHARMENDRA YADAV, Shrirang Appa Barne

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4312 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.3.2018

## SAFETY OF PASSENGERS

†4312.

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV: SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

- (a)  whether  the  Union  Government  has  allocated  huge  funds  to  the railway  for  safety  of  rail  passengers  keeping  in  view  the  various  train accidents that took place during the last one year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the condition of tracks, safety and monitoring lapses are the major reasons for rail accidents;
- (d)  if  so,  whether  the  Government  is  considering  the  fact  that  manual railway track inspection and conventional system of safety have become old fashioned in the current scenario;
- (e) if so, whether the Union Government proposes to develop modern and high  technology  system  for  monitoring,  inspection  and  maintenance  of railway tracks
- (f) if so, the details thereof; and
- (g) the time by which said new technology is likely to be made available to Indian Railways?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) & (b) : The Railways' Capital Outlay has been fixed at ₹1,20,000 cr in Revised  Estimates  2017-18,  which  is  ₹10,065  cr  higher  than  Actual Expenditure 2016-17 of ₹1,09,935 cr.  To give fillip to passenger safety, the Government has introduced Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK) in 2017-18 with a corpus of ₹1 lakh crore to be spent over a period of five years, to clear the backlog of renewal/replacement of safety assets.

The Capital allocation of 2017-18 also includes ₹20,000 cr under RRSK to be  spent  on  identified  works  under  planheads  Track  Renewals,  Bridge Works,  Signalling  &  Telecommunication  Works,  Road  Safety  Works  of Level  Crossings  &  Road  Over/Under  Bridges,  Rolling  Stock,  Traffic Facilities,  Electrical  Works,  Machinery  &  Plant,  Workshops,  Passenger Amenities and Training.

- (c) : During the current year 2017-18 (1 st  April 2017 to 15 th  March 2018), out  of  total  71  consequential  train  accidents  over  Indian  Railways,  14 accidents were attributed to track defects.
- (d)  :  Inspection  of  Railway  track  is  done  as  per  Indian  Railways Permanent Way Manual, with requires inspection of track by mechanized means, supplemented by detailed manual inspection to ensure safety.
- (e)  to  (g)  :  Induction  of  state  of  the  art  technology  is  a  continuous process. Induction of various state of the art technology for monitoring and inspection of rail tracks have been considered, such as Integrated Track  Recording  Cars  (TRCs),  Ground  Penetration  Radar,  Axle  Box Mounted Accelerometers,  Component  Monitoring  System  and  Vehicular Ultra  Sonic  Flaw  Detection  (USFD).  Maintenance  of  track  is  done  with fleets  of  state  of  the  art  track  maintenance  machines  deployed  over different Zonal Railways.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4311 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Telecom Facilities in Rural Areas of Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: KAUSHAL KISHORE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4311 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21 ST     MARCH, 2018

## TELECOM FACILITIES IN RURAL AREAS OF UTTAR PRADESH

4311. SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  schemes  for  providing  new  telecom  facilities  in  the  rural  areas  of  Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the  total  number  of  villages  in  the  State  where  Wireless  Local  Loop  (WLL) services have been provided especially in rural schools;
- (c) the number of villages where no telecom facilities exist and the steps taken by the Government to provide such facilities in those villages;
- (d) the  districts  in  the  said  State  where  telephone  lines  have  been  laid  but  not activated and the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the action taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) BharatNet for providing broadband connectivity to all the Gram Panchayats and scheme  for  mobile  communications  services  in  Left  Wing  Extremism  (LWE)  affected areas are ongoing new telecom projects in the rural areas of Uttar Pradesh.
- (b) 51906 villages  in  Uttar  Pradesh  have  been  provided  with Wireless  Local  Loop (WLL) services.
- (c) According to data collected from Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) in 2014, it is estimated that there are 160 villages, out of 97814 villages which are uncovered with mobile services. At present, the Department has the following programmes for provision of telecom services in left out villages/areas of the country:
- (i) Mobile Communication Services in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected areas: Department  has  installed  78  mobile  towers  in  LWE  affected  areas  of  Uttar  Pradesh under LWE Phase-I. Department has also received a list of 179 mobile locations from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) in LWE affected areas of Uttar Pradesh. Telecom Commission,  in  its  meeting  held  on  21.12.2017,  has  recommended  the  proposal  for installing 179 mobile towers in Uttar Pradesh in LWE Phase-II.
- (ii)  BharatNet: BharatNet  is  being  implemented  in  a  phased  manner  for  providing broadband connectivity to all the Gram Panchayats (approx. 51,581) in Uttar Pradesh.
- (d) & (e) Nil.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4308 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-21
Subject: Inspection of Stations by Officers
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4308 TO BE ANSWERED ON 21.03.2018

## INSPECTION OF STATIONS BY OFFICERS

†  4308. SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Railways  proposes  to  send  any  team  of  officers  for inspection of railway stations in Maharashtra in order to resolve on the spot problems of passengers by talking with them;
- (b)  if so, the outcome thereof; and
- (c)  the follow-up action taken by the Railways in this regard till date?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) to (c)   There is already a well established mechanism in the Railways to address  the  issues  regarding  resolving  the  grievances  of  passengers  on daily basis. Railway officers and supervisors do conduct regular inspection in order to resolve problems.  In addition, All India Helpline No. 138, Twitter Handle @RailMinIndia are also available for lodging complaints by passengers which are forwarded to concerned authority for redressal and are resolved immediately.  Certain grievances which cannot be resolved on the  spot  are  addressed  in  due  course  of  time  through  well  established mechanism. The grievances of the passengers are taken care of by existing mechanism which is considered adequate.

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