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Lok Sabha Question No. 484 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: Development of Gandhinagar Railway Station
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MOHANBHAI KALYANJIBHAI KUNDARIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.484 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2017

## DEVELOPMENT OF GANDHINAGAR RAILWAY STATION

484.  SHRI KUNDARIYA MOHAN BHAI KALYANJI BHAI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  timely  completion  of  the construction  work  of  Gandhinagar  railway  station  development  and other related infrastructure with hotel; and

(b) the budget provided for the project?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) & (b): A special purpose vehicle (SPV) has been formed by Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Ltd. (IRSDC) with Government of Gujarat (GoG) with equity contribution as 24% that of IRSDC  and  76%  of  GoG.  The  SPV  is  developing  Gandhinagar  station having  architecture  in  harmony  with  adjoining  Mahatma  Mandir  and Gandhi Kuteer. The SPV shall be responsible for operation & maintenance  of  station,  hotel  and  will  have  revenue  streams  from Mahatma  Mandir  and  Gandhi  Kuteer  as  well.    A  contract  of  civil engineering works for approximately ₹ 147 Crore for redevelopment of Gandhinagar  station  along  with  construction  of  a  300-room  hotel  on the  air  space  of  the  station  has  been  awarded  and  ground-breaking done.  The  work  is  in  progress.  A  work  of  cost ₹ 243.6  Crore  is sanctioned by Railways for this and ₹ 40  Crore  have  been  allocated this year.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 483 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: Non-Imposition of Penalty
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 483

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2017)

## NON-IMPOSITION OF PENALTY

## 483. DR. PRABHAS KUMAR SINGH:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  imposition  of  penalty  prescribed  for  negligence  of  complaints  with regard to RTI Act, 2005;
- (b) the  total  number  of  cases  in  which  penalty  was  imposed  by  various  Information Commissions including Central Information Commission (CIC) during the last three years;
- (c) whether  it  is  reported  that  in  a  number  of  cases,  the  penalty  has  not  been  paid  by various officials; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the action taken against such officials/ departments?

## 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):  Section  20  (1)  of  the  Right  to  Information  Act,  2005  provides  that  where  the  Central Information Commission or the State  Information Commission, as the case may be, at the time of deciding any complaint or appeal is of the opinion that the Central Public Information Officer  or  the  State  Public  Information  Officer,  as  the  case  may  be,  has,  without  any reasonable  cause,  refused  to  receive  an  application  for  information  or  has  not  furnished information within the time specified under sub-section (1) of section 7 or malafidely denied the request for information or knowingly  given  incorrect, incomplete  or misleading information or destroyed information which was the subject of the request or obstructed in any manner in furnishing the information, it shall impose a penalty of two hundred and fifty rupees each day till application is received or information is furnished, so however, the total amount of such penalty shall not exceed twenty-five thousand rupees:

Provided that the Central Public Information Officer or the State Public Information Officer, as the case may be, shall be given a reasonable opportunity of being heard before any penalty is imposed on him:

Provided further  that  the  burden  of  proving  that  he  acted  reasonably  and  diligently shall be on the Central Public Information Officer or the State Public Information Officer, as the case may be.

- (b): In so far the Central Information Commission is concerned, penalty was imposed in 138 number of cases in the year 2013-14, 44 cases in the year 2014-15 and 54 cases in the year 2015-16. No data is centrally maintained for State Information Commissions.
- (c) & (d): Recovery of penalty amount from penalized officials is done by Public Authorities from their  salaries.  This  is  a  continuous  process.  The  recoveries  are  monitored  by  Central Information commission. Reminders are issued to Public Authorities when necessary.
Lok Sabha Question No. 481 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: ISRO Missions
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: RADHESHYAM BISWAS

## 481.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.481

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 19, 2017

## ISRO MISSIONS

- SHRI RADHESHYAM BISWAS:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) is targeting maximum missions this year;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  ISRO  is  planning  to  accomplish  this  by  September, 2017; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

## (a) to (d)

In this calendar year i.e. 2017, Indian Space Research Organisation  (ISRO)  has  launched  104  satellites,  in  a  single launch, onboard PSLV-C37 on February 15, 2017 and 31  satellites,  in  a  single  launch,  on-board  PSLV-C38  on  June 23,  2017.  These  satellites  include  -  Two  Indian  Cartosat-2

series satellites, two Indian Nano-Satellites, one Nano satellite from  Indian  University  and  130  foreign  satellites  from  19 countries viz. Austria, Belgium, Chile, Czech Republic, France, Finland,  Germany,  Italy,  Israel,  Japan,  Kazakhstan,  Latvia, Lithuania,  Slovakia,  Switzerland,  The  Netherlands,  UAE,  UK and USA.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 480 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: Deputation in Foreign Countries
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: RAJESH PANDEY

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 480

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2017)

## DEPUTATION IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES

## 480. SHRI RAJESH PANDEY:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of officers who are presently on deputation in foreign countries;
- (b) the  number  of  such  officers  who  stayed  beyond  the  stipulated  period  in  foreign countries in the last three years and the action taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (c) the main reasons for extending the tenure of deputations?

## 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 (c): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 479 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: National Litigation Policy
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: MAHEISH GIRRI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE

## DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 479

## TO BE ANSWERED ON TUESDAY, THE 19.07.2017

## National Litigation Policy

## 479. SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI:

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

- (a) the salient features of the National Litigation Policy;
- (b) whether the Government has taken steps/plans to take steps to reduce litigation pertaining to the Government and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government has conducted a study to find out the causes of such a large percentage of cases pending in the courts in which Government is either the sole defendant or sole applicant and is  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

(a) & (b):  With a view to avoid unwarranted litigation and consequent burden on the judicial system and on the public exchequer, a draft National Litigation Policy has been formulated by the  Government. The report of the Law Commission on the draft National Litigation Policy has been  received  and  recommendations in  the  report  are  under  examination. Also, letters have been written by the Hon'ble Minister for Law & Justice to all the Ministries/Departments in the Month of April, 2017 to chalk out an action plan for special arrears clearance drives to reduce the number of court cases and to send a quarterly report on reduction in total number of Court cases  withdrawn/settled/disposed as  well  as containing  information  about  the  total  number  of court cases, the number of  court cases that  have been reduced and the number of  court cases that  have been withdrawn after  executive order or following ADR methods.

(c) Law Commission in its 100 th Report on 'Litigation by and against the Government' has made some recommendations for reform. In its  126 th Report on 'Government and Public Sector Undertaking Litigation Policy and Strategies', Law Commission has discussed the contributory causes  for  multiplication  of  the  Government  litigation  and  has,  inter  alia,  described  that  the Government and Public  Sector  Undertakings  must  have  their  own  litigation  policy  as  well  as strategies to reduce Litigation.
Lok Sabha Question No. 478 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: Employment of Women belonging to Minority Communities
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.478 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2017

## Employment of Women belonging to Minority Communities

## 478. SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  any  action  plan  for  the  employment  of women belonging to minority communities in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has received any recommendations from the National Commission for Women in this regard;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

(a)&  (b):Apart  from  other  schemes  which  are  available  to  all,  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs implements three specific schemes for women as below:-

- (1) 'Nai - Roshni' for Leadership Development of Minority Women specially for development of women  belonging to notified minority communitiesnamely Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists,  Parsis  and  Jains  withan  aim  to  empower  and  instill  confidence  in  women  by providing knowledge, tool and techniques for interacting with Government system and others at all  levels.  The  scheme  is  implemented  through  selected  Non-Governmental  Organizations (NGOs) all over the country.
- (2)  Begum  Hazrat  Mahal  National  Scholarship  for  Meritorious  Girls  belonging  to  minorities implemented through Maulana Azad Education Foundation.
- (3)  'Mahila Samridhi Yojana' is implemented through National Minorities Development & Finance Corporation (NMDFC) wherein skill development training is imparted to group of women in women friendly trades. Training period is of maximum six months and raw material cost of upto Rs.1,500/-  per  trainee  and  stipend  @  Rs.1000/-  per  trainee  is  provided.  During  the  period  of training,  the  women  formed  into  Self  Help  Group,  followed  by  infusion  of  micro-credit maximum upto Rs.1.00 lacs per member for the purpose of using the skill developed during the training, for income generation activities.

(c): The Government has not received any recommendations from the National Commission for Women in this regard.

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

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Lok Sabha Question No. 477 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: Housing for All in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: PARASURAMAN K.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 477 TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 19, 2017

## HOUSING FOR ALL IN TAMIL NADU

No. 477 SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  physical  target  fixed  by  the Government  for  construction  of  houses
- under Housing for All scheme during the last three years in Tamil Nadu;
- (b) the details of the houses actually been constructed in the State of Tamil Nadu during the above mentioned years; and
- (c) the details of funds allocated under this  scheme  to  the  State  of Tamil  Nadu during the above mentioned two years?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

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- (a):    Under  PMAY(U),  target  of  Government  is  to  provide  admissible  central assistance for all housing requirement as may be proposed by States/UTs during the Mission period to achieve the goal of 'Housing for All by 2022'.
- (b)  Under  PMAY(U),  1,576  projects  have  been  sanctioned  for  construction  of 3,12,340 houses of EWS category for the State of Tamil Nadu during the last three years. Of these, construction of 6,809 houses has been completed and 1,40,005 houses are at different stages of construction. In addition to this, 15 projects of Tamil Nadu under erstwhile Rajiv Awas Yojana (RAY) have been subsumed in PMAY(U) for construction  of  4,880  houses,  of  which  3,917  houses  have  been completed during  the  last  three  years.  Further,  1,876  new  houses  have  been acquired  by  beneficiaries  under  Credit  Linked  Subsidy  Scheme  (CLSS)  of PMAY(U).
- (c):  Rs. 4,848.65 crore of central assistance is involved for construction of the houses sanctioned so far for Tamil Nadu under PMAY(U). Rs. 1,638.80 crore of central assistance has so far been released.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 476 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: Skill India Scheme in Gujarat
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 476 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2017

## SKILL INDIA SCHEME IN GUJARAT

## † 476. SHRI MANSUKHBHAI DHANJIBHAI VASAVA:

## Will  the  Minister  of  SKILL  DEVELOPMENT  AND  ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state:

- (a) the  work  undertaken  through  skill  India  scheme  in  Narmada  and  Bharuch districts in Gujarat;
- (b) the  number  of    people    from  Narmada  and  Bharuch  districts  in  Gujarat benefited through Skill India scheme; and
- (c) the  works  proposed    to    be  undertaken  in  these  districts  under  Skill  India scheme along with the time by which these are likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

- (a) to (c) Ministry  is  implementing  two  flagship  skill  India  schemes  known  as Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  and  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal Kendra  (PMKK)  on  pan  -India  basis  to  cover  the  prospective  youths.    PMKVY enables large number of prospective youths for taking short term fresh training and Recognition  of  Prior  Learning  (RPL)  through  accredited  and  affiliated  training partner/training  centers.  This  scheme  has  two  components  known  as  Centrally Sponsored  Centrally  Managed  (CSCM)  and  Centrally  Sponsored  State  Managed (CSSM). Under CSCM, out of total 56,845 trained candidates in the State of Gujarat, 4,994  candidates  trained  in  the  district  of  Narmada  and  Bharuch  till  now.  Under CSSM,  a  target  to  train  77,824  candidates  has  been  approved  for  the  State  of Gujarat covering Narmada and Bharuch.

Under  PMKK,  Government  intends  to  establish  a  model  aspirational  skill centres in every district including Narmada and Bharuch for imparting skill training through PMKVY. Out of 33 districts of Gujarat, 28 districts including Narmada and Bharuch have been already allocated PMKK.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 467 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: Bogus Builders/Developers
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: RAJENDRA AGRAWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 467 TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 19, 2017

## BOGUS BUILDERS/DEVELOPERS

No. 467 SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL: SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the  Government  has received  complaints/representations regarding bogus  builders/developers  who have registered and enlisted a  large  number  of  customers  for  allotment  of  economically  weaker sections/lower income group houses in the name of Centrally Sponsored Flagship Scheme i.e. Pradhan Mantri Aawas Yojana and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  probe  such  cases  and  take punitive action accordingly  against  such  builders/developers and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

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- (a)  &  (b):  To  deal  with  alleged  complaints/representations  regarding bogus  builders/developers  who  have  registered  and  enlisted  a  large number of customers for allotment of economically weaker sections/lower income group houses in the name of Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban) {PMAY(U)}, the following actions have been taken by the Ministry:
- (i) To ensure transparency and facilitate the citizens in registration for demand assessment, the Ministry has enabled the facility of online application using the platform of Common Service Centre (CSC) and PMAY(U) MIS Portal.

- (ii) A  disclaimer  has  been  posted  on  the  website  of  the  Ministry intimating general public that this Ministry has not authorized any private entity or person to collect money as a consideration for availing of any benefit under the PMAY (U) Mission.
- (iii) State/UT Governments have been requested to issue disclaimer/public notice cautioning the general public  about unscrupulous  individuals/ entities  from  cheating the general public.
- (iv) Principal  Secretaries/  Secretaries  in  charge  of  Housing/  Urban Development  have  been  requested  to  exercise  vigil  on  such advertisements or instances where the nomenclature of PMAY (U) mission  is  being  used  with  mala  fide  intentions  and  to  proceed against the wrongdoers as per law.  The States/ UTs have further been advised to issue appropriate instructions to the concerned officials at the district/ULB level for similar action at their end.
- (v) A public notice cautioning general public against possible fraud in the name of PMAY(U) (coloured advertisement) has been published on 14 th  May, 2017 in 51 major regional dailies (pan India) through DAVP.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 465 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-19
Subject: New Railway Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 465 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.07.2017

## NEW RAILWAY LINES

465.  SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether  the  Government  is  determined  to  strengthen  the Railways and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) the time by which the Nanjangud-Nilambur and MysoreKushalnagar new railway line projects are likely to be completed and the amount allocated for the same?

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

- (a) and (b):   A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 465 BY SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA  TO BE ANSWERED  IN LOK SABHA  ON  19.07.2017  REGARDING  NEW RAILWAY LINES. (a): Yes, Madam.  Indian Railways have included 38 new line projects (3415 Km Length), 25 gauge conversion projects (1399 Km Length) and 134 doubling projects (13014 Km length) in the Budgets 2014-15, 2015-16, 2016-17 and 2017-18 to increase capacity of Rail Network in the  Country.    Besides  these,  following  initiatives  have  also  been taken to cut down time  taken in sanctioning of estimates, tenders, contracts, etc. to expedite execution of projects which on completion would also improve line capacity of  rail network:i) Higher fund allotments have been made for the projects in the last four  years.  It  has  resulted  into  expenditure  of ` 58718  crore  in 2014-15, ` 93795 crore in 2015-16 and ` 111600 crore  in 2016-17. The allotment of funds for 2017-18  is ` 131000 crore. ii) Powers to sanction estimates, accept tenders and award consultancy contracts have been delegated to Zonal Railways. iii)  Institutional  Financing  by  tying  up  loan  with  M/s  Life  Insurance Corporation of India for ` 1.5 lakh crore for assured funding of viable projects arranged. iv)  Various  State  Governments  have  been  persuaded  to  share  part cost of the projects falling in their respective States.  Besides this, they have also been persuaded to provide land free of cost in some cases. (b):  Nanjangud-Nilambur  Road  and  Mysore-Kushalnagar  new  line projects  are  not  sanctioned.  As  such,  no  allocation  for  these

- projects is feasible.

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