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Lok Sabha Question No. 892 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Death of Pilots
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.892

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  DECEMBER, 2017

## DEATH OF PILOTS

## 892. SHRIMATI KAVITHA KALVAKUNTLA:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE

j{kk ea=h

be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of pilots who lost their lives on duty during the last three years;
- (b) the number of helicopters and aircrafts destroyed during the course of official duty in the same period;
- (c) whether any remedial checks and balances have been instituted by the Government to ensure safety of lives; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

- (a) & (b): During the last three years (FY 2014-15 to 2016-17), a total of 35 Defence aircraft, including 11 helicopters have crashed resulting in death of 14 pilots.
- (c) & (d): Every  aircraft  accident/incident  is  thoroughly  investigated  by a  Court  /Board  of  Inquiry  to  ascertain  the  cause  of  accident  and  the recommendations of the completed Court/Board of Inquiry are implemented.  Various  preventive  measures  are  being  taken  including invigoration  of  Aviation  Safety  Organization,  streamlining  of  accident/ incident  reporting  procedure,  analytical  studies  and  quality  audits  of  the aircraft  fleets  to  identify  vulnerable  areas  to  avoid  aircraft  accidents. Accident  prevention  programmes  have  been  given  an  added  thrust  to identify  risk  prone/hazardous  areas  specific  to  the  aircraft  fleets  and operational environment to ensure safe practices/procedures.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 891 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Legal Assistance to Women
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: HARI MANJHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.891 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2017

## LEGAL ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN

## † 891.  SHRI HARI MANJHI:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the   details   of   those   countries   for   which   scheme   for
- providing  legal assistance to the Indian women deserted by their foreigner husbands is going on;
- (b) whether there is demand for launching   such scheme in other countries also;
- (c) if   so,   the   details   thereof   and   the   steps   taken   by   the
- Government in this regard;
- (d) the   reason   for   providing   legal/financial   help   to   only   80 beneficiaries under this scheme between the years 2012 and 2016;  and
- (e) the planning of the Government to make this scheme more
- suitable for the deserted women?

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

- (a) The   Ministry's   scheme   for   providing   legal/financial assistance to Indian women cheated, abandoned or abused by overseas   Indian   spouses   was   in   operation   initially   in   13 countriesnamely USA,   UK,   Canada,   Australia,   New   Zealand, Malaysia, Singapore, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Oman, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.
- (b) & (c) The Ministry had earlier received requests to include some more countries under the scope of this scheme. The existing scheme for distress Indian women married to NRI spouses has been merged with Indian Community Welfare Fund with effect from 1st September, 2017 and is now applicable to all overseas countries that have Indian Missions/Posts.
- (d) While several petitions were received from distressed Indian women abroad seeking legal assistance, 127 of them have been benefitted from the scheme. Remaining women either chose to withdraw   their   petitions   at   the   last   minute   and   preferred   to return to India to file a court case against their erring spouses or

## after counselling by the Missions/Ministry, they reconciled/resolved their differences.

(e) Under the ICWF Scheme, the amount of legal & financial assistance has been increased to USD 4000 per case, which is now applicable to all Indian Missions/Posts abroad. The assistance is released   to   the   empanelled   legal   counsel   of   the   applicant   or Indian Community Association/Women's Organisation/NGO concerned to enable it to take steps to assist the woman in documentation and preparatory work for filing the case. There is also a provision in the revised ICWF guidelines for maintaining a panel of 3-5 local lawyers/firms proficient in local language and law,   and   who   enjoy   credibility   and   have   commitment   and experience to assist deserving Indian national in distress in Gulf Cooperation   Countries   (GCC)and   Top   20   countries   with   major Overseas Indian national population.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 888 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Repair of Old Bridges
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, SUSHMITA DEV, SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH, SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 888 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2017

## REPAIR OF OLD BRIDGES

888.    SHRI  JYOTIRADITYA  M. SCINDIA :

KUMARI SUSHMITA  DEV :

SHRI  SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH :

SHRI  SHIVKUMAR UDASI :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  a  number  of  railway  bridges  in  the  country  have  outlived their life span and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  renovation  work  of  these bridges and safety of  passengers is being compromised and is so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government  proposes to undertake renovation work of these bridges; and
- (d)    if so, the  details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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. 888 BY SHRI JYOTIRADITYA  M. SCINDIA,  KUMARI SUSHMITA  DEV,  SHRI  SUSHIL  KUMAR  SINGH  AND  SHRI  SHIVKUMAR UDASI  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  20.12.2017  REGARDING REPAIR OF OLD BRIDGES (a) to (d): As on 01.04.2017, there are 1,44,698 railway bridges of varying ages on Indian Railways' network. However, the age of the bridge does not  have  any  direct  relevance  on  the  physical  condition  of  the  bridge. There  is  a  well  established  system  of  inspection  of  bridges  on  Indian Railways.    All  the  bridges  are  inspected  twice  a  year,  one  before  the onset  of  monsoon  and  one  detailed  inspection  after  the  monsoon.    In addition,  certain  bridges  are  also  inspected  more  frequently  depending upon their condition. Repair / strengthening / rehabilitation / rebuilding of railway bridges is a continuous process and is undertaken whenever so warranted  by their physical condition as ascertained during these inspections  and  not  on  the  basis  of  age.    If  the  corrective  /  remedial measures are expected to take a long duration due to the complexity of the  site  situation,  etc.,  suitable  safety  measures  like  imposing  speed restrictions and keeping such bridge under close watch are taken till the bridge is repaired / strengthened / rehabilitated / rebuilt. All bridges are safe for train movement at permitted speed. As on 01.04.2017, 3017 railway bridges are sanctioned for repair / strengthening / rehabilitation / rebuilding.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 887 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Rules and Acts Governing Wired and Wireless Communication
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: ABHISHEK SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 887 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH      DECEMBER, 2017

## RULES AND ACTS GOVERNING WIRED AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATION

887. SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  acts  and  rules  which  govern  various  wired  and  wireless  communications  in  the country;
- (b) whether the Government has tried to beef up the effectiveness of the said rules and acts in present day context as most of the governing laws are decades old and communications is a constantly evolving field, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) whether the Government has setup any committee to study the relevance of such old laws  governing  modern  communications  policy  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  if  not,  the reasons therefor  along  with  the  time  by  which  the  said  committee  is  likely  to  be  set  up  and submit its report?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  Acts  governing  wired  and  wireless  communications  in  the  country  are    Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 and the Indian Wireless Telegraphy Act, 1933 and the Rules made  under these Acts. The principal Rules are:-
- (1) Indian Telegraph Rules, 1951
- (2) Indian  Wireless  Telegraphy  (Commercial  radio  operators  certificate  of proficiency and license to operate wireless telegraphy) Rules, 1954
- (3) Indian Wireless Telegraphy (Demonstration) Rules, 1962
- (4) Indian Wireless Telegraphy (Experimental Service) Rules, 1962
- (5) Indian Wireless Telegraphy (Possession) Rules, 1965
- (6) Indian Wireless Telegraphy (Foreign Aircraft) Rules, 1973
- (7) Indian Wireless Telegraphy (Amateur) Rules, 1978
- (8) Indian  Wireless  Telegraphy  (Commercial  radio  operators  certificate  of proficiency  and  license  to  operate  Global  Maritime  Distress  and  Safety System) Rules, 1997

Amendments to the above mentioned Rules have been carried out from time to time.

- (b) At present, there is no plan to amend the Acts. However, amendments to the existing Rules under the Acts have been carried out from time to time, as per the requirement.
- (c) To formulate the National Telecom Policy-2018, work is underway including consultation with stakeholders. The amendment in the Acts is subject to contents of the National Telecom Policy-2018.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 886 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Bullet Train to Bihar
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: OM PRAKASH YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 886 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2017

## BULLET TRAIN TO BIHAR

- †886.   SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any  proposal to introduce any Bullet Train from Delhi to Bihar on lines of proposed Bullet Train between Ahmedabad and Mumbai;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any positive steps in this regard;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)   the expenditure likely to be incurred on this project alongwith the time by which it is likely to be introduced?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) & (b) :   At present, Mumbai-Ahmedabad Rail corridor is the only High Speed Rail Project sanctioned in the Country.

(c)  to  (e):  Feasibility  study  for  providing  High  Speed  Rail  connectivity between  Delhi  and  Kolkata,  which  passes  through  Bihar,  has  been sanctioned and awarded to a consortium led by M/s INECO of Spain. At this stage, it is premature to assess the expenditure and timeline of the project.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 885 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Parcel Business
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: JOSE K. MANI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 885 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2017

## PARCEL BUSINESS

885.   SHRI JOSE K. MANI:

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

- (a) whether the parcel business of Railways has decreased over the past few years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the efforts made by the Government to promote the parcel business;
- (c) whether  the  Government  plans  reposition  of  parcel  service  as  a separate line of business rather than having it as an extension of the passenger service; and
- (d) 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. 885  BY SHRI JOSE K. MANI  TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 20.12.2017 REGARDING PARCEL BUSINESS

## (a) & (b) Yes, Madam.  Earnings from parcel traffic during last five years is as under:

| Year    | Parcel Earnings ( ` In crore)   | % variation   |
|---------|---------------------------------|---------------|
| 2012-13 | 1593.53 -                       |               |
| 2013-14 | 1779.82                         | 11.69%        |
| 2014-15 | 1960.12                         | 10.13%        |
| 2015-16 | 2021.10                         | 3.11%         |
| 2016-17 | 1911.42                         | -5.43%        |

Parcel traffic depends on market and economic conditions year on year. However, in order to attract more parcel traffic, following initiatives have been taken -

-  Emphasis  is  being  laid  to  lease  out  more  parcel  space.    For  this purpose,  the  policy  has  been  liberalized  delegating  more  powers  to Zonal Railways, increase in contractual period from 5 to 6 years etc.
-  Permission has been given to Zonal Railways to attach 25 th  coach as Parcel Vans in mail/express trains.
-  Permission has been given to attach Parcel Vans in Suvidha Express trains.
-  The  carrying  capacity  of  parcel  space  of  Luggage  cum  Disabled Passenger Van (SLRD) has been increased from 4 tonnes to 5 tonnes.
-  Meetings  are  being  organized  regularly  at  zonal  as  well as at divisional level with the rail customers.
- (c) No, Madam.
- (d) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 884 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Diet Debate
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: ANUPAM HAZRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.884

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  DECEMBER, 2017

## DIET DEBATE

884. DR. ANUPAM HAZRA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of a diet debate raised by a defence personnel in the recent past and if so, the facts thereof;
- (b) whether the  Government has decided  to  conduct inquiries  into  all  complaints  in the  defence  by non-defence  personnel  to ensure disposal of such  complaints  in a transparent manner; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, reasons therefor?

## 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 (c): No major complaint on sub standard diet / ration have come to notice of the Government.  The authorisation and entitlement of rations to all  defence  personnel  is  done  through  Defence  Institute  of  Physiology  & Allied Sciences (DIPAS).  Existing checks and balance mechanism is there to ensure correct quantity / quality of entitled rations.  A direct feedback on quality  of  rations  from  troops  is  also  compiled  on  quarterly  basis  by Formation Headquarters and is perused at the highest level.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 883 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Encroachment on Land
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: SHER SINGH GHUBAYA, RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.883

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 20 TH  DECEMBER, 2017

## ENCROACHMENT ON LAND

## 883. SHRI  SHER SINGH GHUBAYA: DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

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

- (a) whether  the  Ministry  or  any  Department  of  the  Ministry  has  encroached  the private land of civilians in various parts of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State-wise;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to return the said land to their legal owners;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

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(a) to (e): As  such,  Ministry  of  Defence  has  not  encroached  on  private land  of  civilians.    However,  9844.569  acres  (Approx.)  of  private  land  is under occupation of Armed Forces, for essential and operational requirements, which are in the process of being acquired or regularised by following  established  procedure.    The  State-wise  details  of  such  land  is annexed as Annexure.

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ANNEXURE REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PARTS (a) TO (e) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 883 FOR ANSWER ON 20.12.2017

Details of  Private land of  civilians  under occupation  by  Armed  Forces all over country:

| S. No.   | State / UT        |   Extent of private land of civilians under occupation of Armed Forces in acres. |
|----------|-------------------|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 1.       | Arunachal Pradesh |                                                                         6116.28  |
| 2.       | Assam             |                                                                           87.29  |
| 3.       | Jammu & Kashmir   |                                                                         3492.47  |
| 4.       | Madhya Pradesh    |                                                                            1.421 |
| 5.       | Punjab            |                                                                            0.269 |
| 6.       | Sikkim            |                                                                           99.013 |
| 7.       | Telangana         |                                                                            0.6   |
| 8.       | Uttarakhand       |                                                                           47.223 |
|          | Total:            |                                                                         9844.57  |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 881 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Closing Down of Coal Mines
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: PRALHAD VENKATESH JOSHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.881 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.12.2017

## Closing Down of Coal Mines

## 881.       SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Coal India has decided to close 37 mines in 2017-18;
- (b) if so, the rationale behind this move;
- (c) whether the decision will have impact on India's fight against climate change; and

(d) the alternate source of energy that will be relied on for future demand if 37 mines are closed?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COAL AND RAILWAYS

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) & (b): Coal India Limited (CIL) has envisaged to close 37 underground mines which are unsafe and unviable.

(c): Closure of these underground mines will have very little impact on India's fight against climate change.

(d): On the production aspect, closure of 37 underground mines will not have much effect, as much  of  the  loss  of  production  will  be  replenished  by  enhancing  production  from  other mines,  as  such,  question  of  necessity  for  alternate  source  of  energy  because  of  closure  of these mines does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 880 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-20
Subject: Concept Paper on Data Protection Act
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: KONAKALLA NARAYANA RAO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.880

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 20.12.2017

## CONCEPT PAPER ON DATA PROTECTION ACT

## 880. SHRI KONAKALLA  NARAYANA RAO:

Will  the  Minister  of  ELECTRONICS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGYbe  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to release a concept paper on its Data Protection Act;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the progress made so far in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government needs to define security standards and protocols in this regard;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken so far; and
- (e) whether the Government organised any conference on Internet of Things (IoTs) and if so, the details and the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ALPHONS KANNANTHANAM)

(a)  to  (d):  Government  has  set  up  a  Committee  of  Experts  under  the  Chairmanship  of  Justice (Retd.)  Shri  B  N  Srikrishna  to  prepare  a  data  protection  framework  and  work  out  the  Data Protection Bill. The Committee has prepared a White Paper on 'Data Protection Framework for India' which has been published on Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology (MeitY) website soliciting public comments by 31.12.2017. The White Paper has sought public response and views on all relevant  issues  including  security  standards  related  to  protection  of  personal data.

(e):    No,  Sir.  Government  has  not  organised  any  conference  on  Internet  of  Things  (IoT). However,  conferences  were  organised  by  ERNET  India  and  Centre  for  Development  of Advanced  Computing,  both  scientific  societies  under  the  Ministry  of  Electronics  and Information Technology.  The details are as follows:-

- (i) In  November  2016,  ERNET  India  partnered  with  Confederation  of  Indian Industry (CII) to organise a conference on IoT in domains like Transportation, Smart Energy, Health and Manufacturing and also Swachh Bharat.
- (ii) In July 2017,  ERNET India and NASSCOM organised a conference on IoT in Health where many start-ups demonstrated IoT products in Healthcare.
- (iii) ERNET India and NASSCOM organised a conference on Telematics in August 2017,  which  showcased  various  products  for  auto  tracking  and  deliberated  on business value that can be brought in, into automobile sector.
- (iv) ERNET India and CII organised a conference on IoT in Oil and Gas sector in October 2017. The conference brought out the concepts of Industry 4.0 in the sector and also showcased some of the best practices.
- (v) Centre for Development of Advanced Computing (C-DAC) organised UbiComp India 2017 with the theme `Internet of Things: Security by Design' in October 2017.

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