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Lok Sabha Question No. 443 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Translation of SC Judgments
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta, A.K.P. Chinraj

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

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 443

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 24 th  JULY, 2019

## Translation of SC Judgements

## *443  SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA

SHRI A.K.P. CHINRAJ :

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

- a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  a  new  App  to  read  the Supreme Court (SC) judgments has been developed/is in the process of being developed to read judgments in various languages including Telugu and if so, the details thereof and the progress made in this regard so far;
- b) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  SC  judgments  would  be translated and uploaded on its website in some vernacular languages of the country including Telugu language;
- c) if  so, the details thereof including the names of such languages and the  progress  made  in  this  regard  so  far  including  the  steps,  if  any, taken by the Government to include Tamil language for this purpose; and
- d) the details of the funds allocated and utilised so far for this purpose?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a) to (d):

A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION No. 443 DUE FOR ANSWER ON 24.07.2019.

- (a): Usage  of  Artificial Intelligence in  translation  of  Supreme  Court Judgments into regional languages including Telugu is under contemplation.  An  Artificial  Intelligence  Committee  has  been  constituted lately  and  the  proposal  contemplating  usage  of    Artificial  Intelligence  in translation of judgment of Supreme Court is at the initial stage.
- (b) & (c): At  present,  judgments in  nine  vernacular  languages,  including Telugu, are being translated and uploaded on the website of the Supreme Court of India. The  nine languages  are: Assamese,  Bengali,  Hindi, Kannada,  Marathi,  Odiya,  Tamil,  Telugu  and  Urdu.  The  translation  of judgments  relates  to  cases  arising  under  the  appellate  jurisdiction  of  the Supreme Court of India in relation to the following subject categories:
1. Labour matters;
2. Rent Act matters;
3. Land Acquisition and Requisition matters;
4. Service matters;
5. Compensation matters;
6. Criminal matters;
7. Family Law matters;
8. Ordinary Civil matters
9. Personal Law matters;
10. Religious and Charitable Endowments matters;
11. Simple money and Mortgage matters;
12. Eviction under the Public Premises (Eviction) Act matters;
13. Land Laws and Agriculture Tenancies; and
14. Matters relating to Consumer Protection.
- (d): No separate fund has been allocated for the purpose, so far.
Lok Sabha Question No. 442 (STARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Protection of Interests of Outsourced Employees
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Rodmal Nagar, Janardan Mishra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 442

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019)

## PROTECTION OF INTERESTS OF OUTSOURCED EMPLOYEES

## †*442. SHRI RODMAL NAGAR: SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any scheme has been prepared by the Government to monitor the entire process relating to protection of the interests of the employees recruited through outsourcing;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if  not,  the  details  of  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  for  the  protection  of  the interests of employees from outsourcing agencies?

## 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) to (c): A statement is laid on the table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN THE REPLY TO THE PARTS (A) TO (C) OF THE LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 442 FOR ANSWER ON 24.07.2019 RAISED BY  SHRI  RODMAL  NAGAR  &  SHRI  JANARDAN  MISHRA,  MP  REGARDING PROTECTION OF INTERESTS OF OUTSOURCED EMPLOYEES:

The Government posts are filled up in accordance with the recruitment rules. However, keeping in view the administrative exigency of work, efficiency and economy of operations and unavoidable circumstances, outsourcing for services through contract is also sometimes resorted to.

There  are  detailed  procedures  laid  down  for  procurement  of  such  non-consulting  or outsourced  services,  including  through  e-procurement,  in  the  'General  Financial  Rules,  2017 (GFR 2017), and the 'Manual for Procurement of Consultancy & Other Services, 2017'.

Statutory and contractual obligations to be complied with in respect of the contractor's employees  engaged  for  provision  of  services  to  Government  are  governed  by  the  applicable Labour Laws such as Contract Labour (Regulation and Abolition) Act, 1970, Minimum Wages Act, 1948, Building and Other Construction Workers  (Regulation of  Employment  and Conditions of Service) Act, 1996 etc.

Protection of the interests of contractors' employees  under these laws, is enforced by the  Government  through  the  Office  of  Chief  Labour  Commissioner  (Central)  [CLC©]  which carries  out  inspections  for  the  purpose  ,  so  as  to  regulate  the  employment  of  contract  labour, payment  of  minimum  wages  and  welfare,  etc  of  employees  engaged  by  the  contractors  for providing service.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5251 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Operations at Adhartal Railways Station
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Rakesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5251 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019

## OPERATIONS AT ADHARTAL RAILWAYS STATION

## †5251. SHRI RAKESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  start  operation  of  trains from  Adhartal  Railway  Station,  Jabalpur  under  the  West  Central Railways Zone;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has taken action on an access road to Adhartal besides providing facilities therein; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a)  &  (b)  Presently,  Adhartal  station  lacks  basic  infrastructural facilities for originating/ terminating of train services.  As such, it is not feasible to operate originating trains from Adhartal. (c) & (d) Adhartal is a Non-Suburban Grade (NSG-6) category station dealing  with  280  passengers  on  an  average  per  day.  All  minimum essential  amenities  have  been  provided  as  per  norms.  However, upgradation/modernization  of  railway  stations  is  a  continuous  and ongoing process and works in this regard are undertaken depending upon  need,  volume  of  the  passenger  traffic  and  inter-se  priority

subject to availability of funds.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5250 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Unmanned Level Crossings in North Bengal
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Raju Bista

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5250 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019

## UNMANNED LEVEL CROSSINGS IN NORTH BENGAL

## 5250. SHRI RAJU BISTA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Ministry has any data on the number of accidents caused  due  to  unmanned  railway  crossings  of  both  human and animal lives across North Bengal districts; and
- (b) if so, the measures taken by the Railways to minimize the risk for the local population?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a): During the last  two  years i.e. 2017-18  and  2018-19, no consequential  train  accident  took  place  at  unmanned  level crossings on Eastern Railway and Northeast Frontier Railways covering all North Bengal Districts.
- (b): All  unmanned  level  crossings  on  Broad  Gauge  have  been eliminated on 31 st   Jan 2019.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5249 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Engineering Cluster in Nasik
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Bharti Pravin Pawar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5249. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 24 TH  JULY, 2019.

## ENGINEERING CLUSTER IN NASIK

## 5249.  DR. BHARATI PRAVIN PAWAR:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  established  Nasik  Engineering  Cluster  under Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (IIUS) in Nasik district of Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the funds sanctioned/allocated/ released and utilised for the said cluster till date; and
- (d) the details of the development work done by the said cluster?

## ANSWER वाणिज् य एवं उद्योग मंत्री श्ी ीीयष  गोय) THE MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a): Yes Sir, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) under Ministry of Commerce and Industry has established 'Nasik Engineering Cluster' in  Nashik  district  of  Maharashtra  under  'Industrial  Infrastructure  Upgradation Scheme (IIUS)'.
- (b)&(c):   Details of the project is given below:
- (d):      The  project  at  Nasik Engineering Cluster (NEC) has been completed and NEC has created common industrial infrastructure like 'Rapid Prototype Development Centre',  Training  Centre  along  with  well-equipped  training  studio  and  work stations  and  a  Calibration  &  Testing  facility  which  has  been  accredited  by National Accreditation Board for Laboratories (NABL).

| Name of project                         | Date of Approval   | Project Cost   | Central Grant   | Released central grant and utilized   | Date of completion   |
|-----------------------------------------|--------------------|----------------|-----------------|---------------------------------------|----------------------|
|                                         |                    | (Rs. in crore) | (Rs. in crore)  | (Rs. in crore)                        |                      |
| Nashik Engineering Cluster, Maharashtra | 24.03.2008         | 67.26          | 42.88           | 42.45                                 | 12.04.2013           |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5244 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Misuse of Postal Letters, Public Telephones and e-mails
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5244 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH   JULY, 2019

## MISUSE OF POSTAL LETTERS, PUBLIC TELEPHONES AND E-MAILS

## 5244. SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware of rising incidents of misuse of postal letters of India Post, public telephones of MTNL/BSNL and e-mails to spread panic at public places/malls/ trains/airports, etc.;
- (b) the number of such cases registered by the Government under the IT Act and other relevant Acts during the last three years and the action taken by the Government thereon;
- (c) whether the Government proposes for compulsory registration of all type of postal services, so as to deter anti-social elements from misusing these services and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Ministry, in coordination with the Ministry of Home Affairs, would take some counteractive steps on the issue and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS, LAW & JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a) & (b) The  Government  is  aware  of  some  incidents  of  misuse  of  postal  letters,  public telephones and e-mails regarding bomb threat etc. in Railways as given in the table below. Action has been  taken  on  them  by  registering  cases  under  various  Sections  of  IPC/IT  Act  wherever  found appropriate and the details of the last three years are also given in the table below: -

| Year             |   Total threat call/letter received |   Case registered under various Sections of IPC/IT Act |
|------------------|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------|
| 2016             |                                  90 |                                                     29 |
| 2017             |                                  60 |                                                     22 |
| 2018             |                                  68 |                                                     23 |
| 2019 (up to May) |                                  28 |                                                     14 |

- (c) There  is  no  proposal  for  compulsory  registration  of  all  types  of  postal  services,  as  the Department  of  Posts  provides  many  services  under  Universal  Service  Obligation.  The  facility  of registration of articles is offered to the customers by the Department as one of its services.
- (d) Provisions under India Penal Code & IT Act are invoked in case such incidents of misuse are seen as indicated in part (a) & (b) of the answer above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5242 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: New Space India Limited
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: A.K.P. Chinraj, A. Ganeshamurthi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5242

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, JULY 24, 2019 NEW SPACE INDIA LIMITED

5242.   SHRI A.K.P. CHINRAJ: SHRI A. GANESHAMURTHI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has any plans to set up a public sector  enterprise  'New  Space  India  Limited'  (NSIL)  similar  to that  of  the  existing  Antrix  Corporation  to  tap  the  benefits  of research and development carried out by the ISRO;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  role  and  functions  of the proposed NSIL;
- (c) the circumstances which has led to the setting up of the new NSIL at this juncture;
- (d) the total number of satellites commercially launched by Antrix Corporation during the last three years; and
- (e) the  total  income/revenue  earned  by  Antrix  Corporation  during the said period?

## ANSWER

- MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):
- (a) The  Union  Government  has  already  set  up  NewSpace  India Limited (NSIL), a wholly owned Government of India Undertaking/  Central  Public  Sector  Enterprise  (CPSE),  under the administrative  control  of  Department  of  Space  (DOS) on
- 06 th   March  2019  to  commercially  exploit  the  research  and development  work  of  Indian  Space  Research  Organisation (ISRO) Centres and constituent units of DOS.
- (b) NSIL has been incorporated to carry out the following roles and functions as part of its madate  viz. (i) Small Satellite technology  transfer  to industry, wherein  NSIL  will  obtain license from DOS/ISRO and sub-license it to industries; (ii)  Manufacture  of  Small  Satellite  Launch  Vehicle  (SSLV)  in collaboration  with  Private  Sector;  (iii)  Productionisation  of Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) through Indian Industry; (iv)  Productionisation and marketing of Space based products and services, including launch and application; (v) Transfer of technology developed by ISRO Centres and constituent units of DOS; (vi) Marketing spin-off technologies and products/ services, both in India and abroad; and (vii) any other subject which Government of India deems fit.
- (c) NSIL was set up to meet the ever-increasing demands of Indian space  programme  and  to  commercially  exploit  the  emerging global  space  market.  The  emergence  of  NSIL  would  spur  the growth  of  Indian  industries  in  the  space  sector  and  enable Indian  industries  to  scale  up  manufacturing  and  production base.
- (d) A total of 239 satellites were commercially launched by Antrix Corporation Limited during the last three years.
- (e) The total revenue from operations during the last three years is ` 6289.05 Crores.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5241 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Delay in Construction of ROBs
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Bhagwanth Khuba

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5241 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019

## DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION OF ROBs

5241. SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the reasons for delay in construction of Rail Over Bridges (ROBs) in the country including those in the South Central Railways;
- (b) whether  delay  in  budgetary  allocations  is  the  main  reason  for such delays and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Railways has consulted various State Governments for  reconciling issues of land acquisition which is also a reason for  the  delay  in  construction  of  Railway  development  projects; and
- (d) if so, the details and the outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a): Normally, Railway undertakes construction of Road over Bridges / Road under Bridges (ROBs/RUBs) in Railway portion whereas approaches  are being constructed by State Government. The construction of ROBs/RUBs in Railway portion is undertaken when the State Government also is ready to commence their portion of work in approaches.  However,  this  is  delayed  in  approaches  because  it depends  upon  many  factors  such  as  availability  of  land,  removal  of encroachments, joint fixing the alignment of approaches, allocation of requisite funds by the State Government etc.

(b): No, Sir.

(c) & (d): For ROB/RUB, Railway take construction of Railway portion, wherein, generally there is no problem of land acquisition. Approaches are constructed by State Government for which sometimes  there  are  delays  in  land  acquisition  which  is  to  be acquired  by  State  Government  and  Railway  has  no  role.  However, Railway persistently pursues the State Governments to expedite their work in approaches.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5240 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: RPF Training Centre
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ranjeetsingh Naik Nimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5240 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019

## RPF TRAINING CENTRE

## †5240. SHRI RANJEETSINGH HINDURAO NAIK NIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  RPF  training  centre  in  Chikhil  has  been  shifted  to Nasik in Maharashtra and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether the training centre set up in Nasik is larger as compared to the one at Chikhil;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if  not,  the  reasons  due  to  which  the  training  centre  has  been shifted  along  with  the  details  of  the  officer(s)  who  has  granted permission to shift the training centre?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (c) Yes, Sir. The RPF Training Centre, Chinkhill has been shifted to  Nasik  Road,  Maharashtra.  The  Chinkhill  Training  Centre  does  not provide a conducive atmosphere for training and the existing buildings are  in  a  dilapidated  state  with  the  absence  of  basic  amenities. Chinkhill Training Centre was lying idle without any courses, thereby wasting  manpower.  Engineering  Department  had  already  declared

most of the buildings of Chinkhill Training Centre as unsafe for human dwelling  and  advised  for  vacating  these  structures.  The  location  of Chinkhill  Training  Centre  was  also not  appropriate,  as  it  was  almost cut off from all social activities and facilities. The wards and families of  the  staff  posted  at  Chinkhill  were  deprived  of  the  basic  facilities such  as  educational,  medical  and  recreational  facilities.  Moreover, Nasik City has an advantage of having other Training Centres like that of IREEN, Maharashtra Police Academy, Artillery Training Centre etc. The  RPF  Training  Centre  of  Nasik  Road  will  be  able  to  reap  the benefits of the vicinity of these training institutions like calling their faculties for guest lectures and learning new methods of training from them. The Nasik Road Training Centre is larger compared to Chinkhill Training  Centre  and  fulfills  all  the  basic  requirements  for  a  RPF Training Centre. Except Central Railway no other railway was having 2 training  centres  in  the  same  zone.  It  was  not  operationally  viable  to operate 2 training centres in the same Zonal Railway.

(d) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5239 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: P. Ravindhranath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5239

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 24 TH  JULY, 2019.

## Motor Accidents Claims Tribunals

## 5239. SHRI P. RAVEENDRANATH KUMAR :

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

- (a) the details about the total number of pending cases regarding compensation for accident victims;
- (b) whether the Government is providing any assistance to State Governments for  setting  up  of  Motor  Accidents  Claims  Tribunals  so  as  to  have  fast disposal of such cases; and
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a)  :  Data  /  Information  on  pendency  of  cases  in  High  Courts  and  District  / Subordinate  Courts  are  available  on  the  web-portal  of  National  Judicial  Data  Grid (NJDG).  NJDG does not maintain separate data / information on number of pending cases regarding compensation for accident victims.

(b) & (c): Section 165 of the Motor Vehicles Act, 1988, inter-alia , provides that State Government may, in consultation with respective High Courts, constitute one or more Motor  Accidents  Claims  Tribunals  for  such  areas,  as  may  be  specified  in  the notification  for  the  purpose  of  adjudicating  claims  for  compensation  in  respect  of accidents  involving  death  or  bodily  injury  to  persons  arising  out  of  use  of  motor vehicles, or damages to any property of a third party so arising, or both.  Such courts are presently functioning in the States.

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