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Lok Sabha Question No. 2013 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Impact of Climate Change
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: RANGASWAMY DHRUVANARAYANA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2013

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH  MARCH, 2018

## IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE

2013.  SHRI  R. DHRUVA NARAYANA:

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

- (a) the impact of climate change on the high altitude army bases; and
- (b) the details of the measures being taken by the Government to ensure the safety of the soldiers in these areas?

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(a) & (b): High  Altitude  Army  Bases  have  been  created  over  the  years after due reconnaissance and detailed evaluation of the terrain conditions. The adverse impact of climate change are in the form of avalanches, cold injuries like frost  bite  and chill  blains,  snow slides  and  scarcity  of water. Adequate safety precautions are exercised by the ground troops at such Army  bases.    Special  extra  cold  climate  clothing  and  survival  training against avalanches is also provided.  Special medical care is provided to troops located in such inhospitable terrain.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2011 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Survey of Railway Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJ KUMAR SAINI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2011 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.03.2018

## SURVEY OF RAILWAY LINES

† 2011.    SHRI RAJKUMAR SAINI

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways has conducted survey of Kurukshetra, Ladwa and Radaur (Yamunanagar) new railway line;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has fixed any time-frame to complete this project; and
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) &  (b):  Survey  for  new  line  from  Yamunanagar  to  Jyotisar    via Kurukshetra, Ladwa and Radaur (68 km) was sanctioned in budget 201617 and completed in January, 2018.     In survey report, the cost of the project has been assessed as 1478.29 cr. with Rate of Return (ROR) of (-)  4.46%.    The  Survey  Report  is  under  examination  in  Ministry  of Railways. Project is not yet sanctioned.

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

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2009 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Cost Overrun
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PRATIMA MONDAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2009 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.03.2018

## COST OVERRUN

## 2009.  SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  60%  railway  projects  out  of  the  total  353  central sector projects are facing huge cost- over run due to various reasons and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)    if  whether  likely  conflicts  between  resource  use  of  ecotourism  and  the  livelihood  of  local  inhabitants  have  been identified  and  if  so,  the  details  of  such  projects  and  the reasons for the delay in their execution, zone-wise;
- (c)     the details of funds spent so far on the said project; and;
- (d)    the  steps  taken  by  the  Railways  to  expedite  execution  of these projects to check any further cost escalation?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) to (d):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2009 BY SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL TO BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  07.03.2018  REGARDING  COST OVERRUN

(a)  to  (d):      Execution  of  Railway  project  faces  impediments  like acquisition  of  land,  statutory  clearances  like  forestry  and  wildlife clearances, shifting of power  lines & utilities, cutting of trees, construction  of  road  over  bridges  and  road  under  bridges  by  road maintaining  agencies,  etc.    As  a  result,  the  period  of  execution  of various projects gets prolonged.  Moreover, funds to each project are allocated  every  year  depending  on  the  total  budget  outlay,  progress made in each project and relative priority.

Many of the Railway projects pass through forest areas including reserve forest areas for which the diversion of forest land is obtained from Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change. As a part of forestry clearance, No Objection Certificate(NOC) is invariably obtained from  the  concerned  District  Collector  under  Forest  Rights  Act,  2006. Obtaining forestry clearance is a regular exercise wherever the Railway alignment  passes  through  the  forest  land.    As  most  of  the  projects involve  forestry  or  wildlife  clearance,  the  exact  quantum  of  projects affected due to NOC under Forest Rights Act, 2006 and the fund spent thereon cannot be estimated.

To reduce delays on account of forestry clearances etc, the cases are  pursued  by  concerned  Zonal  Railway  Officials  through  regular correspondences  and  meetings  with  State  Government  officials  and Ministry of Environment, Forests & Climate Change at various levels.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2008 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Special Benches of High Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: PRASUN BANERJEE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2008

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 07.03.2018

## Special Benches of High Courts

2008. SHRI. PRASUN BANERJEE:

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

- a) the total number of Special Benches of High Courts proposed to be set up in each State during the next three years.
- b) the criteria fixed for setting up of Special Benches of High Courts in the states;
- c) the  total  number  of  Special  Benches  proposed  to  be  set  up  in  West  Bengal  along  with  the places where they are likely to be set up;
- d) the total amount earmarked for the scheme; and
- e) the time by which these Special Benches will be set up in West Bengal?

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

(a) to (e):  The setting up or constitution of Special Benches for hearing of specific cases in the High Court lies within the administrative jurisdiction of the High Court.  As such, no information is being maintained in the Department of Justice in this regard.

However,  establishment  of  a  High  Court  Bench  at  a  location  outside  the  principal  seat  is considered by the Union Government in accordance with the recommendations made by the Jaswant Singh Commission and the  judgment pronounced by the Apex Court in W.P.(C) No.379 of 2000, on receipt of complete proposal from the State Government in concurrence with the Chief Justice of  the concerned High Court. At present,  no proposal complete in all  aspects, is  pending for consideration by the Central Government including that from the High Court of Calcutta.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2007 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: FDI Inflow
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2007

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH  MARCH, 2018

## FDI  INFLOW

2007.  SHRI  RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER:

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

- (a) the  amount of FDI inflow in the Ministry under 'Make in India' during the last three  years  and  the  details  of  the  industry  established  through  that  FDI  in  the  country including in Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) the details of the progress made till date;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any decision to revive sick ordnance factories through privatisation; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) to (d): A Statement is attached.

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## STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2007 FOR ANSWER ON 07.03.2018

- (a) & (b): Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) of amount US $ 0.18 million has been  received  in  defence  industry  sector  from  April  2014  to  December 2017.

State  wise  FDI  /  JV  proposals  approved  including  state  of  Uttar Pradesh during the period (April 2014 to December 2017) is given below:

- (i) M/s Samtel Thales Avionics Limited, Uttar Pradesh.
- (ii) M/s Maini Precision Products Private Limited, Karnataka.
- (iii) M/s Bharti Shipyard Ltd., Maharashtra.
- (iv) M/s Solar Industries India Limited, Maharashtra.
- (v) M/s Verdant Telemetry & Antenna Systems Pvt. Ltd., Kerala.
- (vi) M/s Quest Global Manufacturing Private Limited, Karnataka.
- (vii) M/s Ideaforge Technology Pvt. Ltd., Maharashtra.
- (viii) M/s Punj Lloyd Limited, Haryana.
- (ix) M/s Sasmos Het Technologies Ltd., Karnataka.
- (x) M/s Dynamatic Technologies Ltd., Karnataka.
- (xi) M/s Mahindra Telephonic Integrated Systems Limited, Maharashtra.
- (xii) M/s Indian Rotorcraft Limited, Maharashtra.
- (xiii) M/s BF Elbit Advanced Systems Pvt. Ltd., Maharashtra.
- (xiv) M/s Safran Engineering Services India Pvt. Ltd., Karnataka.
- (xv) M/s Tata Sikorsky Aerospace Limited, Telangana.
- (xvi) M/s Quantum Simulators Pvt. Ltd., Gujarat.
- (xvii) M/s Ideaforge Technology Pvt. Ltd., Maharashtra.
- (xviii)  M/s  Alpha-Elsec  Defence  and  Aerospace  Systems  Pvt.  Ltd., Karnataka.
- (c) & (d): No such decision has been taken by Government with respect to Ordnance factories.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 2006 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Coastal Transportation of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: HARI BABU KAMBHAMPATI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2006

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.03.2018

## Coastal Transportation of Coal

## 2006. DR. KAMBHAMPATI HARIBABU:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether CRISIL has undertaken a research on coastal transportation of coal;
- (b) if so, the salient findings of the research; and
- (c) the measures  being taken by the Government  to increase the coastal transportation of coal ?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COAL

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) : No, Madam.
- (b) : Question does not arise.
- (c) :  An  Inter-  Ministerial  Committee  on  augmenting  coastal  shipping   of  Coal  and other commodities/products  have been constituted. Ministry of Shipping is the nodal Ministry for the Committee. The terms of reference of the committee are as follows:-
-  Review and approve the strategy for coastal shipping of coal including annual targets for volumes of coal, which can be transported by rail-sea-rail route;
-  Periodically review and approve the implementation roadmap and associated projects for achieving the agreed targets;
-  Approve actions for addressing issues related to inter Ministry or Inter agency Coordination;
-  Periodically  collect  feedback  from  all  relevant  stakeholders  (power  utilities, coal  producers,  railways,  Shipping  companies/logistics  service  providers, ports, etc.) to fine-tune the strategy and road map for coastal shipping of coal as well as other commodities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2005 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Collaboration for EVMs
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: M. K. RAGHAVAN

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2005

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 07 TH  MARCH, 2018

## COLLABORATION FOR EVMs

2005. SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

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

(a)  whether  the  manufacturing  and  technical  knowhow  of  EVMs  are  indigenous  or  have technical collaboration with foreign establishments;

(b) if so, the details of the said company and the total expenditure incurred so far on the project; and

- (c) the terms of reference for transfer of technology?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to  (c):  The  Election  Commission  has  stated  that  the  EVMs  are  indigenous  and  are manufactured  in  India  by  two  Government  Public  Sector  Undertakings  namely  M/s  Bharat Electronic Limited, Bangalore and M/s Electronics Corporation of India Limited, Hyderabad.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2003 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Artificial Intelligence
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2003

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 7 TH  MARCH, 2018

## ARTIFICIAL  INTELLIGENCE

## 2003.  SHRI  KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  a  task  force  to  study  Artificial Intelligence (AI) application in the armed forces;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  future  progress  of  artificial  intelligence  has  a  potential  to  have transformative impact on National Security; and
- (d) 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 (d): The  Government  has  constituted  a  task  force  to  study  the

Strategic implementation of Artificial Intelligence (AI) application on National Security and defence needs, to make appropriate recommendations.  AI has the potential to contribute in national security in various  applications  like  Unmanned  Aerial  Systems  (UASs),  Robotics, Decision Support Systems and Operational Logistics.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1998 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Strength of Employees in Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MOHAMMAD SALIM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1998 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.03.2018

## STRENGTH OF EMPLOYEES IN RAILWAYS

1998. SHRI MOHD. SALIM:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)the number of employees, officers and other cadres, in the Railways at present in executive, technical and other sectors;

(b)the number of vacancies in administrative and technical sectors at present;

(c)whether  the  total  number  of  employees  working  in  Railways  has increased  or  decreased  during  the  last  three  years  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and

(d)whether vacancies are affecting efficiency and quality of services in Railways and if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) to (d):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (d)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1998  BY  SHRI  MOHD.  SALIM  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 07.03.2018 REGARDING STRENGTH OF EMPLOYEES IN RAILWAYS

- (a) As  on  01.11.2017,  Zonal  Railways  employed  13,747  (Provisional) Gazetted officers and 12,07,266 (Provisional) non-gazetted staff.
- (b) As on 01.11.2017, over Zonal Railways, total number of vacancies of  Group  'C'  and  erstwhile  Group  'D'  staffs  in  Administration  and Technical Departments is 1,59,534 (Provisional).
- (c) No  specific  trend  of  increase/decline  in  the  total  number  of employees working in Railways during the last three years is seen. Over  Zonal  Railways,  total  number  of  employed  non-gazetted staffs during last three years is as under:
- (d) No, Madam.

| Year       | Total employed staffs   |
|------------|-------------------------|
| 01.04.2015 | 12,47,255               |
| 01.04.2016 | 12,53,954               |
| 01.04.2017 | 12,32,760               |
| 01.11.2017 | 12,07,266 (Provisional) |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1997 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Allocation of Mines
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1997 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.03.2018

## Allocation of Mines

## 1997.   SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is considering any proposal to allot mines of State Government so as to make available fuel for small scale industries and domestic sector industries;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c)  whether  the  format  of  model  contract  agreement  has  been  formulated  to  make  State Governments capable of starting the said work; and

(d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COAL (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) & (b):  There is no proposal to allot mines of State Government so as to make available fuel for  small  scale  industries  and  domestic  sector  industries.  However,  among  other  purposes, mines/blocks may also be allotted for sale of coal under the Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015 as well as under the Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957. Eight coal mines/blocks have so far been allotted to State government companies for sale of coal under the provisions of these Acts. The coal from these mines may be sold to make available fuel for small scale industries and domestic sector industries.

(c) & (d) : Ministry of Coal had prepared a suggestive draft Model Contract Agreement (MCA) in the year 2015 for coal mining by States/Union Territories. The draft MCA is a model contract between the mine owner and a mine development operator containing the terms and conditions, inter-alia, for the following purposes :-

(a) development of mines as per the approved mining plan,

(b) operation and maintenance of mines,

(c) excavation and delivery of coal

(d) performance and fulfilment of all other obligations of the mine.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1995 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Land for Dedicated Freight Corridors
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: KIRRON KHER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1995 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.03.2018

## LAND FOR DEDICATED FREIGHT CORRIDORS

1995. SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  total  land  required  for  the  Dedicated  Freight  Corridor (DFC) has been acquired and if not, by when would the land acquisition be complete;

(b)  whether all civil engineering and systems contracts for the Eastern corridor  have  been  awarded  and  if  not,  when  would  the  awarding  of contracts be completed; and

(c)  the reasons for the delay, if any, in the corridor and the steps being taken to ameliorate the causes of delay?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) :  As on 01.03.2018, total of 98.1% of land required for Eastern and Western Dedicated Freight Corridors (except for the Sonanagar-Dankuni section)  has  been  acquired.  For  acquisition  of  remaining  land,  all necessary process has been completed by Dedicated Freight Corridor Corporation of India Limited (DFCCIL) and the matter has been taken up with concerned State authorities to expedite land acquisition.

(b) :  All  Civil  Engineering  Contracts  of  Eastern  Corridor  have  been awarded. All system contracts on Eastern Corridor have been awarded except for Khurja-Dadri, Khurja-Ludhiana, Durgawati-Karvandia sections. For these sections, tenders for system contracts have been invited.

(c) : Some of the reasons for delay in execution of project are issues of land acquisition including Court Cases/arbitration, environment clearances, Law and order problems in few location etc.

Steps taken to expedite progress include :

-  Regular meeting held by DFCCIL, officials with land owners and Local State Authorities to resolve the pending issues.
-  Matter taken up with apex level of State Authorities by Ministry of Railways.
-  Pending issues taken up in the Project Monitoring Group (PMG) meetings.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1990 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Train between Sealdah and Malda
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MAUSAM NOOR

- (a)  No, Madam.
- (b)  Does not arise.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1990 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.03.2018

## TRAIN BETWEEN SEALDAH AND MALDA

1990.  SHRIMATI MAUSAM NOOR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether several train services between Sealdah and Malda are cancelled or their schedule shortened arbitrarily; and

(b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1989 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Installation of CCTV Cameras
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: NAGARAJAN P.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1989 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.03.2018

## INSTALLATION OF CCTV CAMERAS

1989.  SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to install CCTV cameras in  11,000  trains  and  around  8500  railway  stations  across  the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total expenditure to be incurred for CCTVs installations; and
- (d) the source of income for the said proposals?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b):  All  Railway  Stations  and  passenger  carrying  trains  are planned to be provided with CCTV based surveillance system.
- (c)  &  (d):  Ministry  of  Railways  has  proposed  to  provide  CCTV  based surveillance system in passenger carrying trains and balance stations using Nirbhaya Fund at a total cost of around ` 3770 Crore. Based on the availability of the funds, this work will be taken up.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1988 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-03-07
Subject: Right to Complain regarding Misuse of Data
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV, RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1988

TO BE ANSWERED ON 07-03-2018

## RIGHT TO COMPLAIN REGARDING MISUSE OF DATA

## 1988.   SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV: SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of  ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

(a) whether Aadhaar Card holders have the right to complain in case of leakage of Aadhaar information;

- (b) if so, the details thereof and the authority responsible for redressal of such complaints;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;

(d) the rationale behind delegation of exclusive power to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) to make complaints in this regard; and

(e) the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR   ELECTRONICS AND  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI K.J. ALPHONS)

(a): Yes, Sir.

(b): Any resident has the right to complain to the Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI)  in  case  of  leakage  of  his  Aadhaar  information.  UIDAI  endeavors  to  address  all apprehensions  of  the  resident  by  conducting  appropriate  internal  inquiries  and  it  takes immediate and appropriate measures under Section 47 of the Aadhaar (Targeted Delivery of Financial and Other Subsidies, Benefits and Services) Act, 2016.

- (c): Does not arise.

(d)  and  (e):  To  ensure  safeguards  of  the  security  and  confidentiality  of  information  and compliance  of  restrictions  on  sharing  information,  as  per  the  Aadhaar  Act  2016  and regulations framed thereunder.

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