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Lok Sabha Question No. 1656 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Passenger Facilities
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAKESH SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1656 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2017

## PASSENGER FACILITIES

†1656. SHRI RAKESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether sanitation work is got done on contracts and lakhs of rupees are spent  at  Jabalpur  Station  of  West  Central  Railway and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  any  monitoring  mechanism  has  been  put  in  place  to ensure the quality of these works and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether filth and garbage are lying on the said railway station and railway tracks;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the remedial measures taken/likely to be taken by the Government  to  improve  the  quality  of  passenger  facilities  at Jabalpur Railway Station?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- Yes, Madam. Cleaning contract has been awarded amounting 7.77  lakhs  per  month.  The  scope  of  work  includes  cleaning
- (a) to `

activities at stations and premises including cleaning of platforms, tracks, circulating areas, waiting and retiring rooms, waiting halls, booking, parcel and reservation offices. It also includes rag picking and garbage disposal. (b) Yes, Madam. Cleaning activity is monitored by Station Director assisted  by  Station  Manager  (Commercial)  and  round-the-clock monitoring by Health Inspectors posted exclusively for this work. (c) No, Madam. (d) Does not arise. (e) Facilities like lift, escalator, coach guidance system, Automatic Ticket Vending Machines, Point-of-Sale Machines, Paperless charting, video based enquiry and Current reservation counter are available  at  Jabalpur  station.  To  improve  the  quality  of  the  said facilities, officials are working and monitoring round-the-clock.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1655 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Loco Sheds
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: M. B. RAJESH, (ADV.) JOICE GEORGE, P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1655 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2017

## LOCO SHEDS

1655. SHRI M.B. RAJESH:

ADV. JOICE GEORGE:

SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Railways  has  proposed  Loco  Sheds  under  various  Zonal Railways including one in Shoranur under Southern Railways in Kerala; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) The Loco sheds are proposed in the works programme as per the maintenance requirement of locos in a specific area. This is a continuous process. No Loco shed has been proposed in Shoranur under Southern Railway in Kerala in Railway Budget 2017-18.

(a)

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1654 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Railway Safety Operations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: CHANDU LAL SAHU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1654 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2017

## RAILWAY SAFETY OPERATIONS

## 1654.   SHRI CHANDU LAL SAHU:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS b be e pleased to state:

- (a) whether Government  plans to appoint a full-fledged Member (Safety)  within  the  Railway  Board  in  order  to  provide  dedicated focus  to the railway safety  operations  as  instructed  by  the standing  committee  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  also  considering  to  review  the current  structure  of  Railway  Board  as  well  at  the  Zonal  and Divisional levels in this regard and if so, the details therefor;
- (c) whether the Railways proposes to effect in-house operational changes such as the Safety Directorate which will now be involved in proactive auditing operations; and
- (d)   if so, the details of necessary action taken in this direction?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) & (b):  Safety is under the overall charge of Chairman, Railway Board, who coordinates various aspects of Safety between different departments and is assisted by Member (Traffic), Railway Board  and  Safety  Directorate  in  Railway  Board  and  General Managers & Chief Safety Officers on Zonal Railways.
- (c) & (d): Safety  Directorate  is  already  involved  in  auditing  of operations from safety points of view.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1651 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Amenities and Hygiene at Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE

- (a)
- (b)
- No, Madam.
- Does not arise.
- (c) Measures  that  have  been  adopted  to  upgrade  cleanliness standards at stations include introduction of mechanized cleaning processes,  execution  of  rag  picking/garbage  disposal  contracts, operation  and  maintenance  of  toilets  under  'pay  &  use'  scheme,

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1651 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2017

## AMENITIES AND HYGIENE AT STATIONS

†1651. SHRI SADASHIV LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the railway stations located in the State of Maharashtra  are  quite  dirty  and  there  is  a  huge  lack  of infrastructure;
- (b) if so, the reaction of the Railways thereto; and
- (c) the steps taken/likely to be taken by the Central Government to provide basic amenities at the stations and keep them clean?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

etc.  Service  Improvement  Groups  (SIGs)  at  the  zonal/divisional headquarters and station levels periodically inspect amenities as and where required, and then initiate suitable action for improving their  upkeep.  Also,  rules  have  been  notified  to  penalize  persons adversely impacting cleanliness and hygiene at Railway premises. Augmentation  /  improvement  of  passenger  amenities  at  stations, including those in Maharashtra, is a continuous process and works in this regard are undertaken as per requirement subject to inter-se priority of works and availability of funds.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1650 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Fishing Boats Released by Pakistan
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: PARESH RAWAL, DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1650 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2017

## FISHING BOATS RELEASED BY PAKISTAN

1650. SHRI PARESH RAVAL: SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  data  of  boats  of  released fishermen by Pakistan Authorities; and
- (b)     if so, the details thereof?

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

- (a) & (b As per available information, there are 975 Indian fishermen boats in Pakistan's custody. However, Pakistan does not acknowledge  the  number  of  boats  of  Indian  fishermen  in  their custody.

Government  regularly  takes  up  the  issue  of  release  and repatriation  of  Indian  fishermen  along  with  their  boats  with  the Pakistan authorities. Due to persistent efforts of the Government, 57 boats were released and repatriated in March 2015. Later, visit of a team including fishermen representatives, was organised to Karachi in  March  2016  to  assess  the  condition  of  22  other  Indian  fishing boats in Pakistan's custody. Response from Pakistan Government is awaited for visit of a follow up delegation for repatriation of these boats.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1649 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Linking of Aadhaar Cards to Schemes
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: MAHEISH GIRRI, R. PARTHIPAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1649

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 26.07.2017

## LINKING OF AADHAAR CARDS TO SCHEMES

## 1649.   SHRI MAHEISH GIRRI: SHRI R. PARTHIPAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government is in the process of linking Aadhaar Card with all social security schemes and Government benefit programmes;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, schemes and programme-wise;
- (c)  whether the Government plans to collaborate with State Government to ensure 100 per cent Aadhaar seeding with social security schemes and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government considers undertaking surveys to track the population excluded from Aadhaar due to biometric mismatch; and
- (e) if so, the estimated timeline by which 100 per cent Aadhaar seeding will take place?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b): Yes, Sir. Aadhaar seeding in the beneficiary database is an important component of Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) for better targeting of beneficiaries and ensuring transfer of benefits  in  a  transparent  and  efficient  manner.  The  scope  of  DBT  has  been  expanded  to include  cash-in  and  in-kind  transfer  to  individual  beneficiaries  and  other  transfer  within  a programme design.  In  pursuance,  314  schemes  from  51  Ministries/Departments  have  been on-boarded on DBT as per list enclosed.

- (c):  For  all  Central  Government  wholly  or  partly  funded  schemes,  the  State  Governments have been requested to implement Aadhaar based DBT.
- (d): UIDAI has not excluded any category of residents from Aadhaar. While UIDAI aims to issue Aadhaar to all the residents, there is no proposal under consideration regarding survey to track the population that has not been issued Aadhaar due to any reasons.

- (e): Does not arise in view of (d) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1648 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Rail Projects in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1648 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2017

## RAIL PROJECT IN ANDHRA PRADESH

## 1648.     SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of projects that are yet to be completed in the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) the  total  funds  that  have  been  allocated  to  the  State  of  Andhra Pradesh towards the completion of newly introduced projects, including new rail lines;
- (c) whether the Railways has taken cognizance of the increased requirement of new rail lines in the State of Andhra Pradesh to be built in and around the new capital city and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government has a plan to increase the funds allotted to the State owing to its increased rail infrastructure requirement and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) : Thirty one railway projects falling fully/partly in the State of Andhra Pradesh  are in different stages of implementation.  The  latest anticipated cost of these projects is ₹ 44243.59 Crore.

- (b) : An allocation of ₹ 2646.50 Crore has been provided for New Line & Doubling projects in the State of Andhra Pradesh during 2017-18.
- (c) :  Railway  has  included  the  New  line  project  between  VijayawadaGuntur via Amaravati (106 Km) at a cost of ₹ 2679.59 Crore in budget 2017-18 subject to requisite Government clearances.
- (d) : Average Budget allocation has been enhanced to ₹ 2195.7 crore per year (2014-15 to 2016-17) from ₹ 886.4 crore per year (2009-10 to 201314). Total allocation of budget during 2017-18 is ₹ 3406 Cr. i.e. 284 % more  than  the  average  of  2009-14  for  ongoing  projects.  This  is  the highest ever allocation made to the State.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1646 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Pending Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1646 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2017

## PENDING PROJECTS

## 1646.  SHRI V. ELUMALAI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Railways  has  decided  to  wind  up  the  long  pending projects on priority basis;
- (b) if  so,  whether  the  Railways  has  already  sent  instructions  to  zonal railways and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Railways  has  a  plan  to  spend    Rs.  1.31  lakh  crore  for capacity expansion; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) & (b):  None of the Railway projects sanctioned in Railway Budget has been  wound  up  nor  there  is  any  plan  to  do  so.  Major  cause  of  delay  in completion of projects is insufficient Gross Budgetary Support allotted to those Projects in the past leading to cost overrun. Apart from that, there are other contributing factors for the delay caused viz. delay in acquisition of land, statutory clearances like forestry and wild life clearances, shifting of  services,  cutting  of  trees,  construction  of  road  over  bridges  and  road under bridges by road maintaining agencies etc. Several of these clearances and assistance from other departments are beyond the control of  Railways.  To  facilitate  completion  of  these  long  pending  projects, Ministry of Railways is persuading the State Governments to provide land free of cost and/or to share cost for construction of these projects. Indian Railways  is  working  on  the  alternative  means  of  funding  to  accelerate project execution as detailed below:-

(i) Arranging  additional  funds  by  way  of  loan  from  LIC  for  funding throughput enhancement projects,

(ii) Requesting State Government for cost sharing alongwith provision of free land and other concessions,

(iii) Approaching all State Governments to form Special Purpose Vehicles (SPV)  to  undertake  mutually  identified  rail  infrastructure  projects through Joint Venture,

(iv) Encouraging PPP (Public Private Partnership),

(c)  &  (d):    A  plan  size  of ` 1,31,000  crore  has  been  kept  for  Railways  in 2017-18.  Details of the projects are available in Pink Book laid on the Table of the House alongwith Budget papers.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1645 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Performance Index
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: K. MARAGATHAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1645 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2017

## PERFORMANCE INDEX

## 1645.   SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways is mulling a new metric to measure its performance index;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Railways  has  formed  a  committee  of  executive directors to look at some of the best corporate practices and suggest a new financial ratio and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the financial performance of the Railways is measured in operating ratio which is expected to be at a five year high of 9.49% in 2016-17; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1645 BY SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM TO BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  26.07.2017  REGARDING  PERFORMANCE INDEX (a) to (c)  A Committee of Executive Directors of Railway Board has been constituted to (i)  identify the limitations of the existing financial ratios and (ii) suggest objective and satisfactory index of financial performance. (d) & (e) The Operating Ratio (OR) representing the operating efficacy of Indian Railways was 96.5% in 2016-17 and is the highest in the last five years. This was mainly due to the combined effect of increase in salary and pension expenditure towards implementation of 7th Pay Commission recommendations and subdued freight earnings on account of lower coal transportation and drop in overall freight lead. ****
Lok Sabha Question No. 1644 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Doubling of Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MEKAPATI RAJAMOHAN REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1644 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2017

## DOUBLING OF LINES

## 1644.  SHRI M. RAJA MOHAN REDDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has sanctioned 16,500 km of doubling of rail lines in the last two and a half years; and
- (b) if  so,  the  lines  which will be given priority that are passing through the State of Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a):    Doubling/3 rd /4 th   line  projects  are  sanctioned  on  yearly  basis.  During the last two years and the current year i.e. 2015-16, 2016-17 & 2017-18, total 131 projects (12,080 Km) of doubling have been included in Budget subject  to  obtaining  requisite  approvals.    In  the  last  two  years  and  the current year, requisite approvals have been obtained for 80 projects (8230 Km) of doubling/3 rd /4 th  line.
- (b):    Railway projects are not sanctioned State-wise. However, 9 projects falling partly or fully in the State of Andhra Pradesh have been included in this Budget subject to obtaining requisite approvals.  Out of 9 projects, till date for 7 projects (1345 Km) requisite approvals have been obtained. To facilitate capacity enhancement, Indian Railways are taking up doubling /
- multiple line projects presently on priority.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1643 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Fraud Contractors
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN AFFAIRS
Asked by: ANIRUDHAN SAMPATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1643 TO BE ANSWERED ON JULY 26, 2017

## FRAUD CONTRACTORS

No. 1643            DR. A. SAMPATH: Will  the  Minister  of  HOUSING  AND  URBAN  AFFAIRS  be  pleased  to state:

- (a)  Whether it has come to the notice of the Government that the fraud contractors in the projects assigned by the Ministry are on the rise; (b)  if so, the details of cases registered during the last three years and  the  current  year  against  contractors  for  poor  quality  work  on the projects assigned by the Ministry, State-wise; and (c)    the  details  of  cases  in  which  the  contractors  and  associated
- people have been convicted, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) No, Madam.

(b) & (c)  No  cases  have  been  registered  against  contractors  for poor quality work by the Central Public Works Department, during the last three years and the current year.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1641 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Chinese Advisory to Travellers
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: SAUGATA ROY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1641 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2017

## CHINESE ADVISORY TO TRAVELLERS

1641. PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  China  has  issued  safety  advisory  to  its  citizens travelling to India; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

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

(a) & (b) Yes. Government has seen that the Embassy of People's Republic of China in New Delhi on its website has placed a notice in Chinese language on July 7, 2017 valid for one month, advising its nationals  inter  alia  that  they  should  enhance  safety  precautions, carry personal identification proof, speak and act cautiously, strictly abide by the Indian laws and regulations and cooperate with local law enforcement personnel during inspections. The notice does not provide  any  details  explaining  the  reasons  or  circumstances  for placing this notice.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1640 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Mobile Applications/Platforms for Government Services
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: PARASURAMAN K.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1640 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH  JULY, 2017

## MOBILE APPLICATIONS/PLATFORMS FOR GOVERNMENT SERVICES

## 1640. SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has proposed a common mobile application or platform across the country for all Government services such as passports, income tax, health, women safety and scholarships etc.;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and whether the Government has also taken initiatives for the introduction of such common platform with the coordination of State Governments; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  by  the  Government  to  make  it prevalent across the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) Yes Madam, Government has initiated UMANG (Unified Mobile App for New age Governance) platform and UMANG mobile App on Android & iOS. UMANG is a common unified platform and mobile App to facilitate single point access for major Central and State Government services like health, agriculture, education etc. through a mobile and is available in multiple languages. Presently,  UMANG  website (www.umang.gov.in) has been soft launched with beta version for user feedback.

More  than  80  services  have  already  been  on-boarded  on  UMANG.  These include student related Apps like CBSE, ePathshala of NCERT & All India Council for Technical Education (AICTE), farmer's crop Insurance information & Soil Health Card, Apps related to health - Online Registration (ORS) of patient, Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojna (PMKVY) App and Prime Minister Aawas Yojna (PMAY) App, Employees' Provident  Fund  Organisation,  Employee  Provident  Fund  (EPFO),  Digisevak,  Rapid Assessment System (RAS) for feedback, Vaahan, National Pension Scheme (NPS), eMigrate, Gas booking.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1639 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-07-26
Subject: Funds for Rail Lines in Karnataka
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SHOBHA KARANDLAJE, PRATHAP SIMHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1639 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.07.2017

## FUNDS FOR RAIL LINES IN KARNATAKA

1639. KUMARI SHOBHA KARANDLAJE: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways has received any representation from the Government of Karnataka regarding allocation of sufficient funds and  early  execution  of  Chikmagalur-Sakleshpur  and  GulbargaBidar railway lines and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b)
- the response of the Railways thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) and (b): Representations received from concerned State Governments for  allocation  of  sufficient  funds  for  early  execution  of ongoing  projects  is  a  continuous  process.  The  same  is  given  due consideration while allocating funds for the projects during the year. An outlay of ` 70 crore and ` 100 crore have been provided for KadurChikmagalur-Sakleshpur and Gulbarga-Bidar new line projects respectively during  2017-18.

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