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Lok Sabha Question No. 2212 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Unauthorized Agencies Offering Aadhaar related Services
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: GAURAV GOGOI, JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2212

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 15.03.2017

## UNAUTHORIZED  AGENCIES OFFERING  AADHAAR RELATED  SERVICES

## 2212 SHRI  GAURAV   GOGOI; SHRI JYOTIRADITYA  M.  SCINDIA:

Will the Minister of Electronics & Information Technology be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether  the Union  Government is aware that several unauthorised agencies  have been caught  offering  Aadhaar related  services  illegally  and  are  charging  excessive money from the public;
- (b) if so, the details in this regard;
- (c) whether the Unique Identification Authority  of India (UIDAI)  has recently ordered to close down such fraudulent and illegal websites and mobile  applications offering such  services; and
- (d) if so, the facts in this regard and the details of further steps the Government  proposes to take against  persons involved in running of such unauthorised agencies?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b):   Yes, Sir.  It was  found that some websites and mobile applications were providing un-authorized Aadhaar related services such as downloading  online Aadhaar letters,  providing  status  of  Aadhaar    generation,  printing    Aadhaar  letters  on  Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) Card etc. to residents.

(c) and (d):  Yes, Sir.  UIDAI had forwarded an official  complaint  to Indian Computer Emergency  Response  Team    and  M/s  Google  India  in  this  regard.    The  illegal  /  unauthorised websites were blocked  by Department of Telecommunication, while  the unauthorised mobile applications were removed from the Google PlayStore.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2210 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Legality of Online Transactions
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: BAIJAYANT "JAY" PANDA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO.  2210

TO BE ANSWERED ON :  15.03.2017

## LEGALITY OF ONLINE  TRANSACTIONS

## 2210 SHRI BAIJAYANT JAY PANDA :

Will the Minister of Electronics& Information Technology be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the online cash transactions in India enjoy any legal status:
- (b) whether the provisions in Acts like Payment Settlements and Systems Act, 2007 (PSS Act), the Information Technology Act, 2008 and Indian Penal Code for protection of users in case of digital payments and mobile wallets are sufficient to protect the digital wallets users: and
- (c) if not, whether the Government has any detailed plan on amending these legislations with respect to digital transactions and if so, the details therefore?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  Yes, Sir.

The Information Technology Act 2000 provides legal recognition for transactions carried out by  means  of  electronic  data  interchange  and  other  means  of  electronic  communication, commonly referred to as electronic commerce.

The Payment And Settlement Systems Act, 2007 provisions to provide for the regulation and supervision of payment systems in India.

(b):  Yes,    Sir.    Section  43A  of  the  IT  Act  provides  for  compensation  for failure  to  protect data. The Act requires body corporate possessing, dealing or handling any sensitive personal data or information in a computer resource which it owns, controls or operates, is negligent in implementing  and  maintaining  reasonable  security  practices  and  procedures  and  thereby causes wrongful loss or wrongful gain to any person, such body corporate shall be liable to pay  damages  by  way  of  compensation  to  the  person  so  affected.  Mobile/digital  wallet providers are body corporate. Also the rules notified under this section namely 'Information Technology  (Reasonable  security  practices  and  procedures  and  sensitive  personal  data  or information)  Rules,  2011'  prescribes  financial  information  such  as  Bank  account  or  credit card or debit card or other payment instrument details as sensitive personal information.

Mobile/digital  Wallets  are  also  intermediaries  under  the  ambit  of  IT  Act  2000.  The  rules namely  Information  Technology(Intermediaries  Guidelines)  Rules  2011  notified  under section 79 of the IT Act provides for a suitable grievance redressal mechanism to be followed by intermediaries.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2209 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: H1-B Visa
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: CH. MALLA REDDY, YERRAM VENKATA SUBBAREDDY, SURESH KODIKUNNIL, ANTO  ANTONY, SULTAN  AHMED, ABHISHEK SINGH, MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVNTHI)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2209

TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2017

## H1-B VISA

2209. SHRI CH. MALLA REDDY:

SHRI Y.V. SUBBA REDDY:

SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

SHRI SULTAN AHMED:

SHRI ABHISHEK SINGH:

SHRI MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVANTHI):

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Prime Minister has raised the issue of H1-B Visa with  the  U.S.  congressional  delegation  who  visited  India recently;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and whether any assurance was given by the delegation since Bill on H1-B visa is under consideration in   the  U.S.  congress  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (c) the  salient  features  of  the  Bill  under  consideration  before congress on visa issue; and
- (d) the details of measures taken by the Government to safeguard   the  interest  of  Indian  IT  companies  and  Indian workers in the U.S.?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) In  the  current  (115 th )  Congress,  the  following  four  Bills relating to H-1B and L-1 visa programmes have been introduced by individual congressmen and senators.
- i. The 'Protect and Grow American Jobs Act' Bill introduced by Congressman Darrell Issa on 5 January 2017.
- ii. The 'H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act of 2017' Bill introduced by Senators Chuck Grassley and Dick Durbin on 20 January 2017.
- iii. The  'High-Skilled  Integrity  and  Fairness  Act  of  2017'  Bill introduced by US Congresswoman Zoe Lofgren on 24 January 2017.
- iv. The  'H-1B  and  L-1  Visa  Reform  Act  of  2017'  introduced  by Congressmen Bill Pascrell Jr. on 2 March 2017.

These Bills seek to amend the various provisions relating to the  grant  of  H-1B  and  L-1  visas.  However,  they  will  need  to  go through the full Congressional process before becoming effective.

In  his  meeting  with  the  US  Congressional  Delegation  on  21 February  2017,  the  Prime  Minister  referred  to  the  role  of  skilled Indian  talent  in  enriching  the  American  economy  and  society.  He urged developing a reflective, balanced and farsighted perspective on movement of skilled professionals.

The  Government  of  India  has  been  engaging  with  the  U.S. Administration and the U.S. Congress at senior levels on this issue. The  Government  has  emphasized  that  Indian  skilled  professionals have  contributed  to  the  growth  and  development  of  the  U.S. economy and have helped the U.S. retain its competitive edge and innovation  advantage.  They  are  a  big  stakeholder  in  India-U.S. relations  and  their  backward  linkages  to  India  have  helped  U.S. businesses.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2208 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Release of Pension
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: B. SREERAMULU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2208 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2017

## RELEASE OF PENSION

## 2208.  SHRI B. SRIRAMULU

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  has  been  delay  in  release  of  pension,  revision  of pensions, grant of MACP and pay fixation of the employees retired from Indian Railways;
- (b) if  so,  whether  there  have  been  such  pending  cases  of  Health Inspectors  retired  in  2016  from  North  Eastern  Railway  (NER), Gorakhpur;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon;
- (d) whether representations/complaints regarding above cases are pending with Advanced Railway Pension Access Network (ARPAN) and NER;
- (e) if  so,  whether  there  is  urgent  need  for  advanced  processing  to enable release of pension within prescribed time-limit; and
- (f) if so, the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## MINISTRY OF STATE IN MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) No,  Madam.  There  is  no  delay  in  release  of  pension,  revision  of pensions, grant of MACP and pay fixation of employees retired from Indian Railways.

(b) No  cases  of  Health  Inspectors  retired  in  July,  2016  pending  with North Eastern Railway.

(c) Does not arise.

(d) No,  Madam.    There  are  no  representations/complaints  regarding above  cases  pending  with  Advanced  Railway  Pension  Access Network (ARPAN) and North Eastern Railway.

(e) & (f)   Do not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2206 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Predatory Journals
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: RANJEET RANJAN, RAJESH RANJAN  (PAPPU  YADAV)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENTIFIC AND INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2206 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2017)

## PREDATORY JOURNALS

## 2206. SHRIMATI RANJEET RANJAN: SHRI RAJESH RANJAN:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has laid down criteria to define 'predatory journals' and identified the number of Indian Predatory Journal' publishers, and if SO, the discipline-wise details of these publishers;
- (b) whether the researchers from laboratories under the Council of Scientific Industrial Research (CSIR) and the Indian Institutes of Technology (IIT) are publishing academic papers in 'predatory journals' i.e. online publications accepting poor quality papers without adequate peer review; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof; if not; the reasons for no studylsurveylanalysis done to document this;
- whether the Government has not formulated ruleslpolicies to discourage increased publishing in predatory journals since 2014; and any
- (e) if the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI Y. S. CHOWDARY)

(a)to(e) The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House-

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2204 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Effect of H1B Visa Row on IT Sector
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: RAM KUMAR SHARMA KUSHWAHA, MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVNTHI)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2204

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 15.03.2017

## EFFECT OF H1B  VISA  ROW ON IT SECTOR

## 2204:      SHRI  RAM KUMAR SHARMA: SHRI MUTHAMSETTI    SRINIVASA  RAO  (AVANTHI)

Will the Minister of Electronics and Information Technology be pleased to state:

- (a) whether after imposition of restriction on H1 B Visa by United States of America, Information  Technology  Industry  of  the  country  will  have  to  take  measures  to enhance their business in domestic market;
- (b) if so, the response of Government in this regard;
- (c) whether    the  representatives  of  Government  and  Industry  have  reached  some solutions;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the percentage of share of Industry and the Government in their  implementation?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  and  (b):  Various  efforts  are  being  made  by  the  Information  Technology  Industry  to enhance the domestic market of IT sector.  This inter-alia includes measures to streamline the tax regime, simplify government procedures  and improve the overall ease of doing business. Besides, efforts are also being made to diversify global markets which include markets like Europe  (besides  UK  which  is  a  mature  market),  Africa,  South  America,  Israel,  Australia, China and Japan.

(c) and (d): Periodic meetings of the Government of India have been held with the industry members to discuss measures to improve the overall state of the industry and key challenges being faced in this regard.

(e): It is a collective effort and the share of Industry and Government in the implementation of measures has not been assessed.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2202 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Cashless Chaupal
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: JYOTI DHURVE, NARANBHAI KACHHADIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (LOK SABHA) UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2202 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2017

## CASHLESS CHAUPAL

## 2202.  SHRIMATI JYOTI DHURVE AND SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA

Will the Minister of Minority Affairs be pleased to state:

- (a)   Whether the Government has organized cashless chaupal recently;
- (b)   if so, the locations where cashless chaupals have been held;
- (c)    the  nature  of  information  being  provided  to  minority  communities  through  the said chaupals; and
- (d)   the details of benefits and incentives provided to the said communities through the said chaupals?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b) Yes, Madam. The Government has recently conducted a Cashless Chaupal at Dalpatpur in Moradabad, Uttar Pradesh. (c)    and  (d)  The  Cashless  Chaupal  was  attended  by  thousands  of  people  including minority community also. The Cashless Chaupal was aimed to encourage an economic system based on less cash and maximum digital payments. Through  the  Cashless  Chaupal,  the  information  of  digital  transaction,  online  mobile banking    and  campaign  of  cashless  economy  have  been  provided.  Bank  official  also attended  the  Cashless  Chaupal  and  they  helped  the  people  in  downloading  various mobile Apps., related to digital payment, net and mobile banking and briefed the people about these Apps. Besides  above,  Ministry  is  also  promoting  cashless  /  less  cash  (digital  transaction)

transactions in various forums.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2201 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Skill Development Centres
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, Y. S. AVINASH REDDY, RAMEN DEKA, REKHA ARUN VERMA, (ADV.) JOICE GEORGE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2201 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15.03.2017

## SKILL DEVELOPMENT CENTRES

†2201. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRI RAMEN DEKA:

SHRI Y.S. AVINASH REDDY: SHRIMATI REKHA VERMA:

ADV. JOICE GEORGE:

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

- (a) the target fixed by the Government to set up skill development centres in the year 2016-17 along with number of skill development centres set up/proposed to be set up in the country for the period including in the State of Andhra Pradesh and Assam;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  received  request  from  State  Governments  including from the State of Andhra Pradesh for setting up of more skill development centres and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether a target of providing skill development training to one crore youths during the next three years has been fixed and if so, the details of the progress made in this regard so far; and
- (d) whether  any  review  of  the  programmes  being  run  under  the  Pradhan  Mantri  Skill Development Scheme and achievement made thereunder has been made so far and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) Ministry  is  implementing  two  flagship  schemes  known  as  Pradhan  Mantri Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana  (PMKVY)  and  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Kendra  (PMKK)  on  pan  India basis to cover the prospective youths.  PMKVY enables large number of prospective youths for taking short term fresh training and Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL) through accredited and affiliated training partner/training centers. The schemes runs across 221 job roles related to 35 Sector Skill Councils which is a diverse and exhaustive representation of the industry. Under PMKVY 2015-16, 19.8 lakh candidates have been trained throughout the country.

After successful implementation of Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) during  2015-16,  Government  has  modified  its  guidelines  to  make  it  more  effective, transparent and beneficiary oriented. This scheme has targeted to provide skilling to one crore  people  (60  lakh  under  Fresh  Training  and  40  lakh  under  RPL)  with  an  outlay  of Rs.12,000.00 crore over four years (2016-2020).

Under PMKK, Government intends to establish a Model Skill Centre in every district for imparting skill training to aspirational youths through PMKVY.  As on 7 th February 2017, out of the total 443 allocated districts under PMKKs, 10 districts in Andhra Pradesh and 17 districts in Assam, have been allocated.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2200 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Anomaly in Telecom Companie’s Revenues
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: V. PANNEER SELVAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2200 TO BE ANSWERED ON 15 TH  MARCH, 2017

## ANOMALY IN TELECOM COMPANIES' REVENUES

2200. SHRI V. PANNEERSELVAM:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  a  report  has  revealed  that  major  telecom  companies  have  cheated  the Government of more than 12,000 crores by understating their revenues between 2006 and 2010;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the response of the Government thereto;
- (c) the steps taken to recover the said amount;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  undertake  regular  audit  of  their  accounts  to check recurrence of such incidents; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) As  per  report  No  4  of  2016  of  Comptroller  and  Auditor  General  of  India;  six  major telecom companies paid less Licensing fees, Spectrum usage charges including interest and penalty amounting to Rs. 12488.93 crore for the four financial years i.e. 2006-07; 2007-08; 2008-09 and 2009-10.
- (b)& (c) Department of Telecom revised and issued demand cum show cause notices to the six telecom service providers for a total amount of Rs 30776 Crore (Rs. 29474 crore as License fees and Rs. 1302 Crore  as  Spectrum  Usage Charges), taking into account report No. 4 of 2016 of C&AG; License agreement and status of litigation for the four financial years i.e.  2006-07;  2007-08;  2008-09  and  2009-10.  The  definition  of  Gross  Revenue/Adjusted Gross Revenue was challenged by the private telecom service providers and now the matter is in Hon'ble Supreme Court of India.  Department is defending the case with all out efforts.
- (d)& (e) Yes,  the  department  of  telecom  ordered  the  special  audit  for  financial  years 2006-07  and  2007-08  for  five  major  telecom  companies.  On  the  basis  of  reports  of  the special  audit;  the  demands  of  Rs.  1846.51  crore  were  issued  during  the  year  2012.    The demands are under litigation in various judicial fora.

The  department  of  telecom  ordered  in  2016  for  special  audit  of  six  major  telecom companies for three financial years i.e. 2008-09; 2009-10 and 2010-11.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2197 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-03-15
Subject: Launch of Satellites
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, RAMA KISHORE SINGH, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, KIRIT SOMAIYA, ASADUDDIN OWAISI, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, MANOJ KUMAR TIWARI, T.G. VENKATESH BABU, RATTAN LAL KATARIA, NAGARAJAN P., GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2197

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 2017

## LAUNCH OF SATELLITES

## 2197.   SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI RAMA KISHORE SINGH:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA:

SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.:

SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARI A:

SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- whether  Indian  Space  Research  Organisation  (ISRO)  placed 104 satellites in space in a single launch by its Polar Satellite
- (a) Launch Vehicle;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether majority of satellites were from foreign countries and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the foreign exchange earned out of this satellite launch;
- (e) whether India plans to go to Venus for the first time and revisit the red planet Mars; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and the time by which the mission to Mars and Venus will be undertaken?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG &

## PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE

## (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a) Yes Madam.
- (b) Indian  Space  Research  Organisation  (ISRO)  has  successfully launched  104  satellites,  in  a  single  launch,  onboard  India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle 'PSLV-C37 on February 15, 2017 from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota. These satellites include -(i) India's Cartosat-2 Series Satellite (weighing  714  kg)  as  primary  payload,  (ii)  two  Indian  NanoSatellites  viz.,  INS-1A  &  1B  (together  weighing  18.1  kg)  and (iii)  101  foreign  nano-satellites  (together  weighing  645.9  kg) from six countries as co-passengers.
- Yes Madam. Out of the 104 satellites launched in this mission, 101 nano satellites were from foreign countries viz. Israel (1), Kazakhstan (1), The Netherlands (1), Switzerland (1), UAE (1) and  USA  (96).  These  nano  satellites  from  foreign  countries were  launched  under  a  commercial  arrangement  between Antrix  Corporation  Limited  (Antrix),  the  commercial  arm  of
- (c) ISRO and the foreign customer.
- (d) Antrix has earned a revenue of about half of the cost of launch vehicle in terms of foreign exchange.

(e) & (f)

After  Chandrayaan-1  and  India's  first  interplanetary  mission 'Mars  Orbiter  Mission',  the  feasibility  of  future  inter-planetary missions to Mars and Venus are under discussion and presently a study team is exploring various options and opportunities for such  missions.  The  study  team's  recommendations  will  be reviewed by Advisory Committee for Space Sciences (ADCOS) for further considerations.

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