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Lok Sabha Question No. 1522 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: Irregularities in Expansion/ Modernisation of Telecom Services
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNPURIA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1522 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH      DECEMBER, 2017

## IRREGULARITIES IN EXPANSION/ MODERNISATION OF TELECOM SERVICES

†1522. SHRI SUKHBIR SINGH JAUNAPURIA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  received  complaints  regarding  irregularities  in expansion  and  modernisation  of  telecom  services  and  amenities  in  Tonk-Sawai Madhopur district of Rajasthan;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any action in this regard;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to formulate any scheme to release funds in order to improve BSNL services in Rajasthan and 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) Madam,  Public  Grievance  Wing  of  Department  of  Telecommunications  has  not received any complaints regarding irregularities in expansion and modernization of Telecom Services  and  amenities  in  Tonk-Sawai  Madhopur  district  of  Rajasthan  in  the  Centralized Public  Grievance  Redress  And  Monitoring  System  (CPGRAMS)  portal.  Also  no  VIP reference complaints  (complaints  received  from  Hon'ble  MPs  and  MLAs  and  other dignitaries) regarding the above subject has been received in the Department of Telecommunications.
- (b) to  (d) Not applicable in view of reply at (a).

- (e) Yes Madam, in case of BSNL:

## for mobile services

- (i) In Phase VII, GSM expansion of BSNL, Swai Madhopur, Alwar, Ajmer district and Tonk, Dausa, Sriganganagar, Baran &  Kota cities have been  upgraded with  new  technology  2G  &  3G  equipments.  In  addition,  new  technology  3G BTS installed in rural areas of Tonk, Jaipur, Jodhpur, Kota, Sriganganagar & Hanumangarh districts.
- (ii) In  Phase VII, GSM expansion of BSNL - Jaipur & Jodhpur cities have been upgraded with new technology 2G & 3G equipments.

Further, in GSM (VIII.4) project of BSNL, Rajasthan circle has received 1062 2G BTS, 1770 3G BTS & 328 4G BTS which will be deployed to upgrade the GSM Network.

## for CFA /Landline Services

- (i) All  the  C-DOT  Exchanges  are  being  migrated  to  MAX-NGN  (Next  Generation Networks).
- (ii) 60 New technology exchanges also being migrated to NGN.
- (iii) Wi-Fi Hot spots are under installation in rural areas under USO project.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1520 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: Reserve Category Representation
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: GANESH SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1520

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2017)

## RESERVE CATEGORY REPRESENTATION

## †1520. SHRI GANESH SINGH:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is any provision in the Constitution to grant reservation below 50 percent;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  some  States  including  Madhya  Pradesh  provide  reservation  to  OBCs  in Government and Semi Government services below 27 percent despite having more than 27 percent of OBC population;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the reaction of the Union Government thereto?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Article 16(4) of the Constitution enables provision of reservation to backward class of citizens, who are not adequately represented in the services under the State.

As per extant instructions, reservation is provided to Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes at the rate of 15%, 7.5% and 27% respectively in case of direct recruitment on all India basis by open competition. In case of direct recruitment on all India basis otherwise than by open competition, the percentage fixed is 16.66% for Scheduled Castes, 7.5% for Scheduled Tribes and 25.84% for Other Backward Classes .

In case of direct recruitment to Group C posts normally attracting candidates from a locality or a region, the percentage of reservation is generally fixed on the basis of proportion of their population in the respective States/Union Territories.

(c) to (e): The services under the State come under the List II of the Seventh Schedule i.e. State List  of  the  Constitution.  The  information  on  the  state-wise  provisions  for  reservation  is  not centrally maintained.

As per the 9 Judge Bench Constitutional judgment of the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Indira Sawhney case, total  reservation  cannot  exceed  the  limit  of  50%.      In  the  same  judgment,  the Hon'ble Supreme Court has also observed that clause (4) of Article 16 of Constitution speaks of adequate representation and not proportionate representation.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1519 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: Redevelopment of Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: A.T. (NANA) PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1519 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2017

## REDEVELOPMENT OF STATIONS

1519. SHRI A.T. NANA PATIL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Railways  had  decided  to  re-develop  a  number  of stations under the Station Development Plan;

(b)  if  so,  the  reasons  for  delay  in  execution  of  the  Station Development Plan in respect of Jalgaon and Chalisagaon Railway Stations in Central Railway; and

- (c)  the steps taken by the Government for time bound execution of all the phases of Station Development Plan?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1519  BY  SHRI  A.T.  NANA  PATIL  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.12.2017 REGARDING REDEVELOPMENT OF STATIONS.

(a)  to  (c):  Yes,  Madam.    It  has  been  planned  to  offer  'A-1'  and  'A' category stations on Indian Railways for redevelopment on 'as is where is'  basis  by  inviting  open  bids  from  interested  parties.  The  cost  of station redevelopment is to be met by leveraging commercial development of land and air space in and around the stations.  Jalgaon and Chalisagaon Railway Stations , being an 'A' category stations, are in the list of stations proposed to be offered for redevelopment.

The station redevelopment projects, which envisage provision of state-of-the-art facilities to the travelling public, are intrinsically complex and require high degree of project planning, detailed technoeconomic  feasibility  studies  and  in-principle  approval  from  various local  bodies  before  bidding  can  be  taken  up.    Hence,  such  projects generally have long gestation periods.

As a result  of  efforts  made  by  Railways  in  this  direction,  bids were invited for 23 stations in the first phase of station redevelopment programme.  Bids for Kozhikode (Calicut) and Jammu Tawi stations have been received.

In addition, eight stations viz., Anand Vihar, Bijwasan, Chandigarh,  Gandhinagar,  Habibganj  (Bhopal),  Shivaji  Nagar  (Pune), Surat and Sabarmati have been entrusted to Indian Railway Stations Development Corporation Ltd. (IRSDC) for redevelopment.

An MOU has been signed by Ministry of Railways with Ministry of Urban Development for integrated planning for station redevelopment projects in cities identified as SMART cities in association with Smart City  authorities.    The  following  10  stations  have  been  taken  up  for redevelopment under this scheme: Tirupati, Delhi Sarai Rohilla, Nellore, Madgaon, Lucknow, Gomtinagar, Kota, Thane  New, Ernakulam Jn. and Puducherry. Rail Land Development Authority has been entrusted to redevelop Safdarjung Station in New Delhi along with IRCON. Government of Odisha has taken up the work of redevelopment of Bhubaneswar railway station at its own cost.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1518 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: NAWADCO
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: BALASUBRAMANIAM SENGUTTUVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1518 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2017

## NAWADCO

## 1518. SHRI B. SENGUTTUVAN:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the National Wakf Development Corporation (NAWADCO) has identified any  of  the  wakf  properties  for  commercial  development  in  Chennai,  Bengaluru, Jodhpur, Mumbai and Delhi and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  any  Expression  of  Interest  to  commercially  develop  the  properties  has been received from the respective Mutawallis and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  the  Memorandum  of  Understanding(MoU)  has  been  entered  into  with National Building Construction Corporation for the commercial development of the properties and if so, the details thereof

## ANSWER MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a)  NAWADCO  has  identified  properties  across  India  including  in  Chennai,  Bengaluru, Jodhpur,  Delhi,  Pune  &  Aurangabad  of  Maharashtra  which  could  be  considered  for development.  Of  these  properties,  based  on  preparedness  of  the  state  agencies/waqf institutions, feasibility study/ evaluation of 10 properties in the state of Andhra Pradesh, Bihar, Haryana and Rajasthan has been done through a Real Estate expert agency. The states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra & Delhi have not provided requisite inputs to get the evaluation work done. At present, Rajasthan is showing interest to get their properties of Jaipur & Kota developed through NAWADCO.
- (b)  Letter  of  Expression  of  Interest  have  been  received  from  State  Waqf  Boards  of Rajasthan, Haryana, Bihar, Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Maharashtra  and Chandigarh for commercially development of 24 waqf properties since inception.
- (c)  The  Memorandum  of  Understanding  for  commercial  development  of  properties  at Bengaluru  was  signed  between  NAWADCO  &  NBCC.  Necessary  approvals  required under Section 56 of the Waqf Act, 1995 has been taken up with the State Waqf Board.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1516 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: 5G Network
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: UDIT RAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1516 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH      DECEMBER, 2017

## 5G NETWORK

1516. DR. UDIT RAJ:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to introduce 5G network/ services across the country;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  percentage  of  the  population  likely  to  be covered under the said services by 2022 and the steps taken by the Government so far in this regard;
- (c) the time by which the said network/services are likely to be commercially made available across the country, State/UT-wise; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to make the spectrum auction an annual affair and if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  expedite the same?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The radio spectrum and the telecom licenses, being awarded by the Government are  technology  neutral  to  facilitate  deployment  of  any  network/  services  across  the country,  including  5G  network/  services,  within  the  licensing  framework  using  the liberalised spectrum.
- (b) & (c) Technological innovations and deployment of latest technologies thereof is a continuous ongoing process. However, International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has  plans  to  standardise  5G  Technology  by  the  year  2020  as  International  Mobile Technology called IMT-2020.
- (d) Radio  spectrum  auctions  were  conducted  every  year  from  2012  onwards  in various spectrum bands as per availability. At present, the Government has no plan to make the spectrum auction an annual affair.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1515 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: Mobile Tower in Sonipat District
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: SHER SINGH GHUBAYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1515 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 TH      DECEMBER, 2017

## MOBILE TOWER IN SONIPAT DISTRICT

†1515. SHRI SHER SINGH GHUBAYA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  fact  that  BSNL  mobile  tower  in  the village  Chidhana Tehsil Gohana, District-Sonipat (Haryana) remains out of gear often resulting in disrupted internet service;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (c) the  corrective  steps  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  for  providing uninterrupted internet service through the said mobile tower?

## 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) Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has reported that Base Transceiver  Station  (BTS)  installed  in  village  Chidhana,  District  Sonipat,  Haryana  is working satisfactorily.  Uptime  of  Chidhana  BTS  is  greater  than  99%  during  last  three months. The data download of internet service from BTS is around 65 GB per day.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1514 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: Vacancies in Supreme Court
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1514

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 27.12.2017

## Vacancies in Supreme Court

## 1514. SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

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

- (a) the details of the vacancies of Judges and other staff in Supreme Court;
- (b) the reasons for delay in filling up these vacancies; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  avoid  delay  in  providing  justice  to  the needy?

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND CORPORATE

## ANSWER AFFAIRS (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (c): There are 6 vacancies of Judges in the Supreme Court of India.  The initiation of the proposal for appointment of Judges of the Supreme Court is done by the Chief Justice of India in consultation with a Collegium of four senior-most Judges  of  the  Supreme  Court.  The  Government  of  India  has  not  received  any proposal for filling up of the 6 vacancies of Judges in the Supreme Court.

So far as other staffs in the Supreme Court is concerned, Supreme Court has informed that there are about 246 vacancies in various cadres. Recruitment process has already been initiated. The process of filling up vacancies by way of promotion/direct  recruitment  is  a  continuing  process  and  therefore,  there  is  no delay in filling up the vacancies.

Disposal of pending cases in courts is within the domain of judiciary. The Government has adopted a co-ordinated approach to assist judiciary for phased liquidation of arrears and  pendency  in  judicial  systems,  which,  inter-alia, involves  better  infrastructure  for  courts  including  computerisation,  increase  in strength of judicial officers / judges, policy and legislative measures in the areas prone to excessive litigation and emphasis on human resource development.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1513 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: Repair/Replacement of Tracks
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ANWHAR RAAJHAA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1513 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2017

## REPAIR/REPLACEMENT OF TRACKS

## 1513. SHRI A. ANWHAR RAAJHAA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  around  15  per  cent  of  India's  66,500  Km.  railway  track network requires urgent repair as due to corrosion and increasing dust pollution, frequent track fractures are taking place that ultimately lead to derailments;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the time by which the old/dilapidated railway tracks are likely to be repaired/replaced; and
- (d)  the  budget  estimate  and  source  of  funding  for  the  track  repair/ replacement?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) to (c)  Railway tracks are replaced through Track Renewal Works, which is an ongoing process. Track Renewal Works are undertaken as and when a stretch of track becomes due for renewal on the basis of criteria  laid  down  in  Indian  Railway  Permanent  Way  Manual  on age/condition basis viz. traffic carried in terms of gross million tones, incidence  of  rail  fracture/failure,  wear  of  rails,  corrosion  of  rails, maintainability  of  track  as  per  standards,  etc.  Track  Renewal  Works are  planned  in  advance  every  year  and  their  execution  is  prioritized according  to  the  condition  of  track  and  overall  availability  of  funds ensuring all the time that track is in a sound condition for safe running of  trains.  In  case  any  stretch  of  track  is  not  renewed in time due to various reasons, suitable speed restrictions, if required are imposed to ensure  safe  running  of  trains.  As  on  01.04.2017,  7546  km  of  Track renewal is sanctioned for renewal. For the year 2017-18, a target of 3600 km for track renewal has been kept.

(d) For 2017-18, Budget Outlay of ₹ 9960.76 Crore has been allocated for track renewal works from Rashtriya Rail Sanraksha Kosh (RRSK).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1511 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: Agrarian Crisis
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1511 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2017

## AGRARIAN CRISIS

## 1511.  SHRI SIRAJUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government plans for separate allocation under the NITI Aayog to resolve the agrarian crisis of farmers in suicide/flood/draught/erosion prone regions in the country;

- (b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the details of the funds allocated/being allocated by NITI Aayog in this respect during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT and year-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a) & (b) The Government has already taken several initiatives to address the stress of the farmers. To address the risk involved in farming, Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana (PMBY) was launched by the  Ministry  of  Agriculture  during  2016-17.  The  scheme  provides  risk  cover  against  loss  to  crops caused by drought, flood and other natural calamities as well for area remained unsown due to drought etc. The relief to farmers is also provided for the damaged caused to their crops, livestock and other assets due to natural calamities like flood, drought, cyclone, earthquake, hailstorms, landslides, etc. under National Disaster Response Fund (NDRF) and State Disaster Response Fund (SDRF). The risk related to price is addressed by enhancing the Minimum Support Price of agriculture produce and establishing  the  e-National  Agriculture  Market  (e-NAM)  for  better  price  realization  to  the  farm produce.  The  Model  Agriculture  Produce  and  Livestock  Produce  (APLMC)  Act,  2017  has  been launched  to  create  enabling  environment  for  realizing  higher  price  of  agriculture  produce  to  the farmers.

(c)    The  erstwhile  Planning  Commission  (now  NITI  Aayog)  implemented  a  Special  Package  for mitigation of drought effects in Bundelkhand Region of the Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh with an outlay of Rs.7466.00 crore for the period 2009 to 2016-17 against which Rs. 4980.62 crore was released to both the States till 31.03.2017. During 2014-15 to 2016-17, the releases made to both the States under this Special Package are given as under:

## (Rs. Crore)

| Year    |   Uttar Pradesh |   Madhya Pradesh |   Total |
|---------|-----------------|------------------|---------|
| 2014-15 |          383.11 |             0    |  383.11 |
| 2015-16 |          264.84 |           405.58 |  670.42 |
| 2016-17 |           80    |           215    |  295    |
| Total   |          727.95 |           620.58 | 1348.53 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1510 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2017-12-27
Subject: Halt at Sijua
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1510 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.12.2017

## HALT AT SIJUA

†1510. DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  trains  are  stopped  at  Sijua  in  Jharkhand  on  GiridihMadhupur  railway  line  under  the  eastern  railway  due  to  technical reasons but commercially there is no stoppage;
- (b) if so, whether the Government proposes to provide halt at Sijua; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a)    At  present,  there  is  no  station  named  as  Sijua  situated  on Giridih-Madhupur section in Jharkhand.
- (b) & (c) Do not arise.

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