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Lok Sabha Question No. 1784 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Smartphone Market in India
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: G. HARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 1784

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## SMARTPHONE MARKET IN INDIA

## 1784.     SHRI G. HARI:

Will  the  Minister  of  ELECTRONICS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether it is true that smartphone shipments in India grew by 11 per cent to 30 million units in the first three months of this year and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it is also true that in contrast, about 27 million smartphones were shipped in India in the first quarter of 2017 and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is  also  true that 4G feature phone market in India continued to grow at more than 50 per cent quarter on quarter; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI S. S. AHLUWALIA)

- (a)  and  (b):  As  per  India  Cellular  and  Electronics  Association  (ICEA),  smartphone shipment in India was 33.5 million during April-June 2018 (first quarter of Financial Year 2018-19), whereas it  was 28 million during the corresponding quarter of Financial Year 2017-18. This translates to yearly growth of approximately 20%.
- (c) and(d): As per the following data provided by ICEA, the 4G feature phone market in India has grown at more than 50 percent quarter on quarter:

No. of 4G feature phones (in million units)

| Quarter of Financial Year   |   2017 |   2018 |   Growth Rate (%) |
|-----------------------------|--------|--------|-------------------|
| July-September              |   2.42 |   8.13 |               236 |
| October- December           |  15.56 |  38    |               144 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1782 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Women in Central Government Service
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL), LALLU SINGH

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1782

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019)

## WOMEN IN CENTRAL GOVERNMENT SERVICE

## †1782. SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL: SHRI LALLU SINGH:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of single women working in Central Government service in the country;
- (b) the  State-wise  details  of  the  said  women  posted  in  the  rural  areas  and  urban  areas, separately;
- (c) the number of such single women posted in areas far away from their families along with the details in this regard; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to lay down any rules for appointment and transfer of single women in all the Ministries and if so, the details in this regard?

## 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):   No data is maintained centrally regarding the information sought in the parts (a) to (c) of the question.

- (d):  No such proposal is under consideration.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1780 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Private Sector Participation in Passenger and Goods Transport
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ANANDRAO  ADSUL, DHARMENDRA YADAV, PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE, Shrirang Appa Barne, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL

- (a) models

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1780 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## PRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION IN PASSENGER AND GOODS TRANSPORT

1780. SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

DR. PRITAM GOPINATH MUNDE:

SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  allow  private players  to  run  trains  to  improve  passenger  and  goods  transport and  for  developing  railway  zonal  network  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and the proposals in this regard;
- (b)   whether private players may be allowed to fix fares and set up terminals and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)   whether there is a need to separate the goods and passenger sectors of railway network in the country and if so, the reaction of the  Government in this  regard  alongwith  the  steps  taken  by  the Government to separate the said sectors;
- (d)   whether there is a proposal to include the private players for the redevelopment of 600 stations of Indian railway in the country; and
- (e)   if so, the reaction received in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- & (b): There is no proposal to privatise any area of operation of Railways.  Participation  of  Private  Sector  has  been  allowed  in construction  and  maintenance  of  Railway  lines  under  various

of  Participative  Policy  such  as  Non-Government  Railway,  Joint Venture,  Build  Operate  &  Transfer  (BOT),  Customer  Funding  and BOT-Annuity. In all these schemes, responsibility of trains operation  and  safety  certification  rests  with  Indian  Railways. Government  have  also  notified  a  Private  Freight  Terminal  (PFT) policy in the year 2010 to facilitate setting up of freight terminals on private land through private investment.

(c):  Goods and Passenger trains share the Railways' infrastructure on most of the Indian Railways network. However, two Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC) projects i.e. Eastern Dedicated Freight Corridor (EDFC) from Dankuni (West Bengal) to Ludhiana (Punjab) and Western Dedicated Freight Corridor (WDFC) from Jawaharlal Nehru Port Terminal (Maharashtra) to Dadri (Uttar Pradesh)  have  been  sanctioned  and  their  execution  taken  up  to substantially  shift  the  freight  trains  to  these  Corridors  on  these routes.

(d)  &  (e):  Railways  have  a  policy  of  redevelopment  of  major stations  by  leveraging  commercial  development  of  land  and  air space  in  and  around  Stations.  Developers  and  investors  have evinced keen interest in the programme.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1761 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Restructuring and Privatisation Policy
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: SURESH KODIKUNNIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1761

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## RESTRUCTURING AND PRIVATISATION POLICY

1761.  SHRI  KODIKUNNIL  SURESH:

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

- (a) whether the ministry of defence is engaged in a policy transformation with regard to restructuring and privatisation policies;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has listed two army advanced base workshops and one static workshop for closure this year along with three ordnance depots and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether  four  army  base  workshops  are  scheduled  to  be  handed  over  to  private sector and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether any consultations have been held with the representatives of employees in this matter in connection with retrenchment policies and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether it is a fact that the ministry of defence has declared at least 275 defence items  as  non-core  and  if  so,  the  steps  taken  to  address  the  concerns  of  the  employees engaged in these sectors?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

(a) to (c): The  Government  had  constituted  an  Expert  Committee  on enhancing combat capability and re-balancing defence expenditure under chairmanship  of  Lt.  General  DB  Shekatkar  (Retd).    On  the  basis  of recommendations  of  the  Committee,  the  Government  has  decided  to disband two Advance Base Workshops, one Static Workshop and four

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ordnance depots.  Also, eight Army Base Workshops are recommended to be  corporatized  on  Government  Owned  Contractor  Operated  (GOCO) model.  The above decisions have been taken in the overall interest of the Army and the Nation. (d) & (e): The  functioning  of  different  organizations  including  defence workshops has been reviewed and interaction held from time to time with stakeholders. A  decision  has  been  taken  in  the  Ministry  to  declare  275  items produced by Ordnance Factories as non-core, as these items can be easily procured by the Users from private players.  No retrenchment of employees would take place as a result of this decision and the available manpower will be re-trained and re-skilled on voluntary basis to work in core areas of production as per their changed specialization.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1760 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Accounting System
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1760 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## ACCOUNTING SYSTEM

1760.    SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Railways  has  planned  to  set  up  a  holding company  to monetize its soft assets and stakes in other companies  for  achieving  greater  liquidity  level  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (b) the steps taken by the Railways  in controlling losses incurred on account of social service obligations; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Railways in improving the accounting system to enable an overall accounting reform?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a):   No, Madam.

(b):  The  following  steps  have  been  taken  for  controlling  losses incurred on account of social service obligations:

- i.  Concession  to  Foreign  Nationals  senior  citizens  has  been withdrawn.

- ii.An  option  has  been  given  to  senior  citizens  with  effect  from 22.07.2017 to give up 50 % concession as opposed to 100% at present.
- iii.Letters have been sent to concerned Ministries, like Ministry of  Social  Justice  and  Empowerment,  Ministry  of  Health  and Family Welfare and Ministry of Youth and Sports, to bear the cost  of  revenue  forgone  due  to  concession  being  given  to categories  of  passengers,  whose  social  welfare  liability  lies with the concerned Ministries.

In  order  to  minimise  losses  and  optimize  the  earnings  capacity, tariff  of  Indian  Railways  has  been  rationalized  from  time  to  time. Last freight rationalization has been implemented with effect from 01.11.2018.

(c):    As  a  part  of  Accounting  Reforms  initiative,  Indian  Railways have decided to prepare Accrual based financial statements also in addition to the existing cash based Government Accounts.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1759 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Shortage of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: PRALHAD VENKATESH JOSHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1759

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## Shortage of Coal

## 1759. SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  positive  steps  to  put  a  check  on  the shortage of coal situation in the state of Tamil Nadu which led to shutting down of two units of Metur Thermal Power Station;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  other  steps/initiatives  to  control  the shortage of coal situation in country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COAL, FINANCE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) and (b): In 2018-19 (upto 31.01.2019), TANGEDCO has been supplied 12.612 Million  Tonnes  (MT) coal  from  Coal  India  Limited  (CIL)  with  a  growth  of  more than 12%  over  the  supply  of 11.245  MT  in  the  corresponding  period  of  the  last year.  As  per  Central  Electricity  Authority  (CEA)  report  dated  07.02.2019,  Mettur TPS and Mettur TPS-II are having coal stocks of 10 days and 16 days respectively. At present, no power plant in Tamil Nadu is in critical/super critical category.

As per the CEA,  the power supplied to the state of Tamil Nadu during the period April-December 2018 has been 82024 MU against the energy requirement 82120 MU which is 99.88%. Further no notified power cuts has been reported in respect of Tamil Nadu during this period.

- (c) and (d): The following were some of the numerous steps taken to augment coal supply to power plants:
- i. The Power Houses in close vicinity of the coal fields are advised to move coal through road mode.
- ii. For proper utilization of Goods sheds, the power Houses are advised to move coal through road-cum-rail mode.
- iii. The captive modes of transport like, MGR, Belts, Ropes are being optimally utilized to move coal to the concerned power plants.
- iv. Supplies of coal to Power Houses through rail mode are being prioritized.
- v. Coal supplies to Power sector is monitored regularly by an Inter-Ministerial Sub-group comprising representative of Ministry of power, Ministry of Coal , Ministry of Railways and Ministry of Shipping, Coal India limited etc.

As  a  result  of  these  steps  taken  for  augmentation  of  supplies,  coal  stock  at Power House end has improved to 22.066 MT as on 10.02.2019 which is equivalent to coal requirement for 14 days from 9.48 MT as on 22.10.2018, equivalent to 6 days.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1757 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: 5G Infrastructure in Rural and Remote Areas
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: ANURAG SINGH THAKUR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1757 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## 5G INFRASTRUCTURE IN RURAL AND REMOTE AREAS

1757. SHRI ANURAG SINGH THAKUR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the  infrastructural  and  the  technological  capabilities  required  for  launching 5G technology exist in the rural and remote areas of India;
- (b) if not, the steps taken by the Government to ensure the same;
- (c) the total population that is going to be covered under the 5G spectrum; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof, State-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) The standards for IMT 2020 (International Mobile Telecommunications 2020), also known as 5G technologies in industry,  are being finalized and trials of the technologies are in progress globally.  A High Level Forum for 5G India 2020 has been constituted.  The Government is creating an enabling framework for the launch of 5G services in India. The 5G Services are expected to be introduced gradually and advance to a full range of services as the ecosystem and demand for services grows. The Department of Telecommunications is also  working with telecom  service providers/original  equipment  manufacturers  on technological studies.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1756 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Indians Lodged in Jails of Gulf Countries
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: M. K. RAGHAVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1756

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## INDIANS LODGED IN JAILS OF GULF COUNTRIES

## 1756.     SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that a large number of Indians are lodged in jail in the Gulf Countries;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, country and State-wise;
- (c) the details of action being taken by the Government to get them released and deported to India;
- (d) whether it is a fact that the Indian Embassy concerned has charged any fee for extending facilities to such persons; and
- (e) if   so,   the   reasons   therefor   and   the   steps   taken   to   give   services   and facilities to such persons, who are mostly poor, free of cost?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

[GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

(a) & (b) As per information available with the Ministry, 4705 Indian nationals are in prisons in Gulf countries, as shown in Annexure.

(c) to (e) Our   Missions   and   Posts   abroad   extend   all   possible   help   and assistance to the imprisoned Indian nationals including when they are detained by local police/immigration authorities or put in prisons for violation of local laws. Apart from extending them all possible consular services, Indian Missions and Posts abroad also assist in extending legal aid wherever needed. Missions and Posts  also   maintain   a   local   panel   of   lawyers   where   Indian   community   is   in sizeable numbers. Legal assistance is also provided to Indian nationals abroad including those in prison on a means tested basis through the Indian Community Welfare Fund.  No fee is charged by our Missions and Posts abroad in such cases.

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## ANNEXURE

| S. No.   | Name of Country      |   Number of Indians in Prisons |
|----------|----------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1        | Bahrain              |                            121 |
| 2        | Kuwait               |                            483 |
| 3        | Oman                 |                             59 |
| 4        | Qatar                |                            212 |
| 5        | Saudi Arabia         |                           2224 |
| 6        | United Arab Emirates |                           1606 |
| Total    | Total                |                           4705 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1755 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Cyber Criminals
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: JAY PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1755

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 13.02.2019

## CYBER CRIMINALS

## 1755. SHRI JAI PRAKASH NARAYAN YADAV:

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

- (a)    whether cyber criminals are committing fraud of a large scale on common citizens particularly bank account holders throughout the country;
- (b)    if so, whether the Department of Information Technology is incapable of checking such crimes;
- (c)     if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (d)    the number of cases of cyber crime which came to the cognizance of the Government during the last three years and the action taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI S.S. AHLUWALIA)

(a) to (d): As per the data maintained by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), Ministry of  Home  Affairs,    a  total  of  9622,  11592  and  12317  cyber  crime  cases  were  registered during the years 2014, 2015 and 2016 respectively. This includes cases registered under the Information  Technology  (IT)  Act,  2000  and  related  sections  of  Indian  Penal  Code  and Special  &  Local  Laws  involving  computer  as  medium/  target.  Data  for  year  2017  is  still under compilation by NCRB.

Further,  As  per  information  reported  to  Indian  Computer  Emergency  response  Team (CERT-In), a total of 3, 14 and 6 financial fraud incidents affecting ATMs, cards, Point of sale (PoS) systems and Unified Payment Interface (UPI) have been reported during the year 2016, 2017 and 2018 (upto November) respectively. Further, Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has registered a total  of  1191,  1372,  2059  and  921  cases  of  frauds  involving  ATM/Debit Cards, Credit Cards and Internet Banking Frauds reported (amount involved Rs 1 lakh and above)  during  the  year  2015-16,  2016-17,  2017-18  and  2018-19  (Upto  30  Sept  2018) respectively.

The Information Technology Act, 2000 has provisions to deal with prevalent cyber crimes. Moreover, 'Police' and 'Public Order' are State subjects as per the Constitution of India and States  are  primarily  responsible  for  prevention,  detection  and  investigation  of  cybercrimes through their law enforcement machinery. The Law Enforcement Agencies take legal action against the cyber-crime offenders as per the provisions of applicable laws.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1754 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Doubling of Income
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1754 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## DOUBLING OF INCOME

## 1754. PROF. PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the income of the super rich people in India has doubled to 188 trillion rupees during the last five years;

- (b) if so, the facts in this regard;

- (c) whether, the income of the poorest of the poor has also doubled as per the said average in the country; and

- (d) if so, the facts thereof and the rate by which the income of the people of the low income group is estimated to increase?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS

(RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) No Madam.

- (b) Does not arise.

- (c) No, Madam.

- (d) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1753 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Development of Border Infrastructure
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVNTHI)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1753

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## DEVELOPMENT OF BORDER INFRASTRUCTURE

1753.  SHRI  MUTHAMSETTI  SRINIVASA  RAO (AVANTHI):

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

- (a) whether  China  has  constructed  roads  and  other  infrastructure  after  Doklam standoff on Indo-China border in Sikkim;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps the Government is taking to develop border infrastructure requirement?

A    N    S    W    E    R MINISTER OF STATE (DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE) IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE र  ा रा य मं ी (डा. सुभाष भामरे)

- (a) & (b): Since the disengagement of Indian and Chinese border personnel in the Doklam area on 28 th August, 2017, there have been no new developments at the face-off site and its vicinity.  The status quo prevails in this area.
- (c) The Government is fully seized of the security needs of the country and  reviews  the  same  from  time  to  time.    Required  measures  including development  of infrastructure  like  construction  of  roads,  tunnels,  railway lines and  airfields  are  taken  to safeguard  the  sovereignty,  territorial integrity and security of India.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1752 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: National Litigation Policy
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: SHARAD TRIPATHI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 1752 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019 National Litigation Policy

## †1752. SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has prepared a draft National Litigation Policy;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the said draft has been sent to corresponding stakeholders for comprehensive deliberation;
- (d) if so, the reaction of the said stakeholders on the said draft; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW & JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SH. P.P.CHAUDHARY)

- (a) to (e) A National Litigation Policy was formulated by the Government in the year 2010. Since it could not be placed before the Cabinet, it could not be implemented. Formulation  of  fresh  National  Litigation  Policy  is  under  consideration  of  the Government.

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