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Lok Sabha Question No. 5203 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Lightning Strikes
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5203

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY APRIL 5, 2017

## LIGHTNING STRIKES

## 5203. SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether deaths due to lightning are increasing in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has any mechanism to predict lightning strikes and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  reasons  for  not  being  able  to  predict  with  accuracy  area  specific thunderstorms  and  lightning  and  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the Government in this regard;
- (d) the  details  of  group  of  scientists  working  in  this  field  and  the  present status of their research and study; and
- (e) the details of funds allocated for the research in the area of lightning and prediction techniques and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

(SHRI Y. S. CHOWDARY)

- (a) Madam,  there  is  no  detailed  study  which  suggests  that  deaths  due  to lighting are increasing in the country.
- (b) Globally,  there  is  no  mechanism  to  predict  lightening  strikes.  However, ground  based  lightening  discharge  detection  and  location/occurrence capturing networking are deployed in some parts of India.
- (c) Thunderstorms are short lived. Life cycle of thunderstorms (from genesis to decay) is only couple of hours. Further, they happen as a highly local phenomenon. Prediction models have difficulty in predicting these short
- lived thunderstorms.
- (d) Thunderstorm Dynamics group at Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology (IITM),  Pune  is  working  on  characteristics  of  lightning  over  India.  At present IITM, Pune has Lightning Location Network (LLN) over Maharashtra  to  study  the  characteristics  of  lightning  associated  with thunderstorms.
- (e) An expenditure of Rs. 10 crores has been incurred for the establishment of LLN in 2013-14.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5202 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Stoppage of Train No. 11043
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Y. S. AVINASH REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5202 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

STOPPAGE OF TRAIN NO.11043

5202. SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY:

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

- (a)  whether  the  railways  have  received  any  representation  regarding stoppage of Train No. 11043-11044 Madurai-Lokmanya Tilak Express at Yerraguntla Railway Station in Kadapa District of Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the railways have taken any decision on the request; 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)  &  (b)  A  large  number  of  representations  are  received  at  various levels  of  Railway  administration  viz.  Railway  station,  Division,  Zonal Headquarter and Railway Board for stoppage of trains.  Action as found feasible  and  justified  is  taken  from  time  to  time.    This  is  an  ongoing exercise in Indian Railways.
- (c) & (d) Request for stoppage of 11043/11044 Madurai-Lokmanya Tilak Express has been received but not found commercially justified.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5200 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Construction of Public Toilets
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL), REKHA ARUN VERMA, KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5200 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## CONSTRUCTION OF PUBLIC TOILETS

† 5200. SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL: SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA: SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  have  made  any  efforts  for  cleaning  the areas nearby the railway stations in the country and constructing public toilets there under Swachh Bharat Campaign;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) & (b) Under Swachh Bharat Campaign, regular intensive campaigns / drives have been organised over the Indian Railways with the  sole  objective  of  significant  and  sustainable  improvements  in cleanliness standards  of Trains and  Railway  premises,  including Railway  stations.  Some  of  the  major  initiatives  taken  by  Indian Railways towards improvement of sanitation/cleanliness are as follows:
- (i)
- Pace  of  fitment  of  bio-toilets  in  coaches  has  been  increased. More than 25000 bio-toilets were fitted in the last two years and target  for  this  year  is  30,000.  Fitment  of  Bio-toilets  in  coaches
- will  prevent  discharge  of  human  waste  during  train  journeys directly onto the track.
- (ii) The  facility  of  On-Board  Cleaning  has  been  extended  to  more than 800 trains which is being monitored through a closed loop 'APP' based passenger feedback system.
- (iii) Railways  is  resorting  to  SMS-based,  web-based  and  APP-based complaint redressal system. Daily IVRS-based passenger feedback is randomly being taken from about 1 lakh passengers.
- (iv) To assess the impact of cleanliness efforts at major stations, a third party survey on cleanliness indicators has been done at 407 stations in 2016 involving feedback from 1.3 lac passengers.
- (v) Instructions  exist  for  provision  of  suitable  mobile  toilets/ecofriendly  toilets  for  use  of  encroachers  in  the  Railway  land,  by local Government.
- (vi) Additional  toilets  at  Railway  Stations,  including  Pay  &  Use toilets, have been provided.
- (vii) Enforcement of Indian Railways (Penalties for activities affecting cleanliness at railway premises) Rules, 2012 has been intensified.
- (viii) Use of CCTVs extended for monitoring of cleanliness activities at major stations.
- (ix) Weekly  intensive  cleanliness  drives  have  been  undertaken  at various Railway stations, by Zonal Railways.
- (x) Various theme-based drives have been undertaken from time to time with focus on cleanliness in different areas of Railways.
- (c)  Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5197 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Judicial Academy in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: CH. MALLA REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE (DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE)

## L O K    S A B H A

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5197

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 5TH APRIL, 2017

Judicial Academy in Andhra Pradesh

## 5197. SHRI CH. MALLAREDDY:

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

- (a) whether  the    Government    is  mulling  to  set  up  a  Judicial Academy in Andhra Pradesh and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the lawyers forum and judicial experts have advocated for such an Academy; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and time by which the academy would be set up in the State and if no, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

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

- (a) to  (c):  The  decision  of  establishment  of  a  Judicial  Academy lies within the domain of the State Governments.  As per the information  made  available  by  the  Government  of  Andhra Pradesh,  after  the  bifurcation  of  the  Andhra  Pradesh,  an Academy for the State of Andhra Pradesh will be established in the  proposed  Justice  City  at  Amravati,  Andhra  Pradesh  in consultation  with  the  high  Court.    The  lawyer's  forum  and judicial experts have not advocated for such an Academy.
Lok Sabha Question No. 5195 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Effective Waqf Board
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: OM PRAKASH YADAV, SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5195 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## Effective Waqf Board

## 5195. SHRI OM PRAKASH YADAV SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARSWATI:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government proposes to launch any portal for making the Waqf Board more effective and transparent ;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c)  the details of the works being done for the minority community in Bihar and Rajasthan under the aegis of the Waqf Board?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a) & (b):  With a view to streamline record keeping, introduce transparency, and to computerize the various functions/processes of the State/UT Waqf Boards, this Ministry is implementing a Scheme for computerisation of records of State Waqf Boards.  Under  this  scheme,  a  web  based  portal  namely  Waqf  Management System  of  India  (WAMSI)  has  been  developed  through  NIC.  So  far  details  of 5,56,549   properties have been entered in the WAMSI portal which can be seen at www.wamsi.nic.in.
- (c):    The  State Waqf Boards  (SWBs) are constituted by the State Governments under provisions of the Waqf Act, 1995,  as amended from time to time. As per the Act, functions of the Board inter alia include maintaining a record of the origin, income, object and beneficiaries of every waqf and ensuring that the income and other property of auqafs are applied to for the purpose for which such auqafs were created.  Hence,  details  of  the  works  being  done  for  the  minority  community  in Bihar and Rajasthan are maintained by the respective Waqf Boards.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5192 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Rail Link between Dahanu Road to Nashik Road
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: CHINTAMAN NAVSHA WANAGA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5192 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## RAIL LINK BETWEEN DAHANU ROAD TO NASHIK ROAD

## 5192. ADV. CHINTAMAN NAVASHA WANAGA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted survey of railway line between Dahanu road to Nashik road;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether representations in this regard have been made to the Government; and
- (d) if so, the action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) & (b):   A Preliminary Engineering-cum-Traffic Survey from Dahanu Road to Nashik (168 km) was sanctioned in 2010-11 and has been taken up.

(c) & (d):  Proposals from State Governments or various public representatives and other organizations for  construction  of  railway  projects  are  received  at Divisional  Offices,  Zonal  Offices  and  in  the  Ministry  from  time  to  time.      As receipt of such proposals is a continuous and dynamic process, compendium of such proposals is not maintained.  However, due attention is given to the suggestions, subject to the overall availability of resources and feasibility of their  implementation.  Projects  are  sanctioned  based  on  remunerativeness, operational requirements, missing links, strategic/socio-economic considerations etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5191 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Dr. Barooah Cancer Institute
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: RAM PRASAD SARMAH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5191

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## DR. BAROOAH CANCER INSTITUTE

5191.  SHRI RAM PRASAD SARMAH:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  received  proposals  for  the  takeover  of  Dr.  B. Barooah Cancer Institute, Guwahati;
- (b) If so, whether the Government has taken any decision thereon; and
- (c) If  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes, Sir.
- (b)&(c)    A  proposal  for  taking  over  of  Dr.  B.  Barooah  Cancer  Institute,  Guwahati under  the  management  of  Tata  Memorial  Centre  (an  aided  institution  of Department  of  Atomic  Energy)  has  been  approved  by  the  Atomic  Energy Commission  and  a  Note  has  been  submitted  on  03.03.2017  to  Cabinet Secretariat, New Delhi for approval of the Cabinet Committee on Security.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5190 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: MoUs for Smart Cities
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: J. JAYASINGH THIYAGARAJ NATTERJEE, KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

## MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5190 TO BE ANSWERED ON APRIL 05, 2017

## MOUs FOR SMART CITIES

No. 5190 SHRI J.J.T. NATTERJEE: SHRI PRABHAKAR REDDY KOTHA:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has entered/ signed Memorandum of Understanding  (MoU)  with  the  State  Governments  under Smart City Mission and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether all the shortlisted cities/States have signed the MoU and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there is no clear cut mechanism or regular resource transfers to urban centres in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the manner in which the Government proposes to implement Smart  City  Mission  in  the  absence  of  clear-cut  mechanism; and
- (e) the details of the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

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

(c) There are mechanisms  for  regular resources transfer to various Urban Local Bodies in the country from central as well as State  funds.    This  is  mainly  in  the  form  of  (i)  Grants-in-aid  from State/Central Governments through various programmes / schemes, (ii)  devolution  from  respective  State  Government  as  well  as  from Government  of  India  as  per  recommendations  of  respective  State Finance Commission or Central Finance Commission.

The resources tied up with various programmes / schemes of Central  Government  /  State  Government  and  devolution  from  14 th Central Finance  Commission  are  transferred  to cities through prescribed  mechanism.    Guidelines  issued  by  Ministry  of  Finance regarding the grants under  14 th     Finance  Commission  are  at Annexure - I.  The quantum of grants for Urban Local Bodies as per recommendations of 14 th  Finance Commission are at Annexure - II.

(d) & (e) : The Smart City Mission is being operated as a Centrally Sponsored  Scheme  and  the  Central  Government  will  be  giving financial support to the Mission to extent of Rs.48,000 crore over 5 years, i.e. on an average Rs.100 crore per city per year.  An equal amount, on a matching basis, will be contributed by the State/Urban Local Body (ULB).

The implementation of the Smart Cities Mission is being done by  a  City  level  Special  Purpose  Vehicle  (SPV),  a  limited  company incorporated under the Companies Act, 2013 in which the State/UT and the Urban Local Body (ULB) will be the promoters having 50:50 equity  shareholding.    The  SPV  will  have  to  comply  with  all  the regulatory/monitoring mechanisms set out in the Companies Act.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5189 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Bogus Voter Cards
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5189

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 05 th  APRIL, 2017

## BOGUS VOTER CARDS

5189. SHRIMATI DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH:

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

(a)  whether  Government  employees  have  been  found  allegedly  involved  in  making  bogus voter cards and if so, the details thereof, State-wise and action taken thereon;

(b)  whether  in  view  of  possible  misuse  of  bogus  voter  cards  in  obtaining  citizenship  and Indian Passports by illegal migrants, Government in consultation with the State Governments, contemplates strict penal action against persons acquiring such voter cards and also against those involved in making them; and

(c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a): The Election Commission has informed that no such instance has come to the knowledge of the Commission.

(b) to (c): The Commission has further  informed that in cases of possession of bogus voter cards, the investigating agency of the concerned State takes suitable action and the offices of Chief Electoral Officers and District Election Officers/Electoral Registration Officers extend necessary  help  in  this  regard.  Further,  section  32  of  the  Representation  of  the  People  Act, 1950 deals  with  the  cases  of  breach  of  official  duty  in  connection  with  the  preparation  of electoral  rolls.    In  case  found  guilty  of  any  act  or  omission  in  performing  of  such  official duty, the concerned officials shall be punishable with imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to two years and with fine.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5188 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Poor Website of IRCTC
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MIDHUN REDDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5188 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## POOR WEBSITE OF IRCTC

## 5188. SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  India  is  supposed  to  be  a  superpower  in  maintaining computer systems and sites of companies around the world and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)    whether  the  IRCTC  website  is  a  poor  demonstration  of  India's technological competence and finesse and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether architects of the IRCTC system visited the websites of private bus aggregators such as Redbus, bus companies such as VRL or public bus corporations such as KSRTC to learn a few simple tricks about online ticket management; and
- (d)     if so, the details thereof and if not, reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) Centre  for  Railway  Information  Systems  (CRIS)  develops  and manages  the  Information  Technology  applications  of  the  Indian Railways.      It  works  with  the  Indian  Railways  to  conceive  prudent technology strategies    and    build  new  services  in  today's  dynamic digital environment.      Indian    Railways have developed world class

software like Passenger Reservation System, Next Generation E-Ticketing System, Unreserved Ticketing System, Freight Operations Information System, Integrated Coaching Management  System, E-procurement System, etc.

(b)  to  (d):    No,  Madam.    E-ticketing  website  www.irctc.co.in  has now become very popular and it now handles around 62% of total reserved tickets. In order to improve user experience, servers are augmented and software is modified from time to time. A new System with enhanced capacity and new features has been launched.    The system has a capacity to book about 15000 tickets per minute.

The scale and magnitude of Indian Railways is huge and its online ticket  management  cannot  be  compared  to  the  system  of  bus corporations.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5186 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Minimization of Subsidy to Passengers
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: LALLU SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5186 TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.04.2017

## MINIMIZATION OF SUBSIDY TO PASSENGERS

†5186. SHRI LALLU SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  a  decision  to  minimize  the subsidy given to passengers;

(b) if so, the facts thereof;

(c)  whether  the  Government  has  assessed  the  subsidy  given  to  the passengers;

(d) if so, the details of subsidy given during the year 2014-15, 2015-16 and 2016-17; and

(e)  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  to  decrease  the  subsidy and increase the efficiency of railways during the said years?

## 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.  5186  BY  SHRI  LALLU  SINGH  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 05.04.2017 REGARDING MINIMIZATION OF SUBSIDY TO PASSENGERS

(a) & (b) Concessions in the passenger fare have been withdrawn for the Senior Citizens of Foreign Nationals and Non-resident Indians. At present, there is no proposal to withdraw any other concession including Senior Citizens of Indian Nationality being given in the passenger fare. However, evaluation of various alternatives relating to rationalisation of Passenger fare structure is an on-going process.

(c) & (d) Yes, Madam. The losses incurred on Passenger including Other Coaching services during the last three years are as under:-

| Year                | Losses (₹ in crore)   |
|---------------------|-----------------------|
| 2014-15             | 33,491                |
| 2015-16             | 35,918                |
| 2016-17 (Estimated) | 35,378                |

(e) Recently, in case of new trains such as Humsafar and Antyodaya due to higher capital cost and various additional facilities provided, dynamic fare structure has been introduced. In Humsafar trains, the fare has been fixed at 1.15 times the basic fare of AC 3-Tier Superfast Mail/Express for the first passenger block of 50% and thereafter a 10% increase for every 10% increase in the passenger block for the remaining 50%. The fares of fully  unreserved  Antyodaya  trains  have  also  been  fixed  15%  higher  in base  fare  than  that  of  Mail/Express  trains.  Flexi  fare  system  has  been introduced in Rajdhani/Duronto trains from 09.09.2016. Under this scheme, the fare increases by 10% with every 10% of berths sold subject to maximum limit of 1.5 times in classes Second Air Conditioned, Sleeper, Second Sitting (Reserved), Air Conditioned Chair Car and 1.4 times in Air Conditioned 3-Tier.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5185 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-04-05
Subject: Research Institutes
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: VEENA DEVI

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5185 TO BE ANSWERED ON 5/4/2017

## RESEARCH INSTITUTES

†5185. SHRIMATI VEENA DEVI:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state: (a) whether several research institutes are functioning in the public and private sectors in the country; (b) if so, the total number of research institutes functioning till date; and the number of seccessful research conducted per annum on an average during the last three

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI.Y. S. CHOWDARY)

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

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(c) years in these research institutes?