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Lok Sabha Question No. 623 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Kisan Rail
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh, P.P. Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 623

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## KISAN RAIL

623.  SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH: SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government is contemplating to develop Kisan Rail-a vast network of trains for the benefit of farmers across the country;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  trains  that  have  been sanctioned along with their expected date of commencement as well as  the  proposals  for  such  trains  that  are  under  consideration  of  the Ministry, State-wise; and
- (c) The details of the funds sanctioned and activities being undertaken by the Railways to promote startups in agri-infrastructure, promotion of new FPOs and strengthening of existing FPOs for backward integration to  help  in  effectively  running  these  Kisan  Rail  trains  across  the country, State-wise?

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

- (a):   Yes, Sir.
- (b)  and  (c):    Under  the  Kisan  Rail  Project,  potential  circuits  for movement  of  vegetables,  fruits and other perishables are being identified in  consultation  with Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers Welfare  and  Agriculture/Animal  Husbandry/Fisheries  Departments  of State  Governments.  The  assessment  is  being  done  on  the basis  of

## ANSWER (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

seasonal availability of these items for both way traffic, so as to obtain efficiency and economies of scale.

Under the Kisan Rail Project, two train services viz. Devlali& Kolhapur (Maharashtra) to Muzaffarpur (Bihar), and Anantapur (Andhra Pradesh) to Adarsh Nagar (Delhi) are already operational. Another service from Yeshwanthpur (Karnataka) to Nizamuddin (Delhi) will become operational very soon.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 622 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Mining Activities in SC/ST Areas
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva, John Barla, Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Pradeep Kumar Singh, Shantanu Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-622

ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## MINING ACTIVITIES IN SC/ST AREAS

622. Shri Jaswant Singh Bhabhor Shri Narainbhai Kachhadiya Smt. Rathva Geetaben Vajesingbhai Shri John Barla Shri Prabhat Bhai Savabhai Patel Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh Shri Shantanu Thakur

- Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state: (a)  whether  the  Government  is  allowing  mining  activities  in  the  areas  dominated  by Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes; (b) if so, whether the Government has made any strict rules for mining activities in the said areas; (c) if so, the details thereof; and

(d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINES, COAL AND PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

(a)   Regulation  of  mining,  including  grant  of  mineral  concessions,  is  governed  by  the provisions of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) (MMDR) Act, 1957. The MMDR Act allows mining activities in the areas dominated by Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes. However, the grant  of mineral concessions are  guided by the provisions  contained in Article 244 read with fifth and sixth schedule to  the Constitution of India and  the legislations applicable to  those areas .

(b)  No, Sir. The Government has not made any separate  rule under MMDR Act, 1957 for mining activities in the areas dominated by schedule caste and schedule tribes.However the applicable law for such areas have to be followed for carrying out mining also.

- (c) The detail has been provided in point (a) of the reply.
- (d) Does not arise, in view of (a) & (c) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 617 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Redressal of Public Grievances
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Sujay Radhakrishna Vikhepatil, Shrikant Eknath Shinde, Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil, Sambhajirao Mane Dhairyasheel, Hemant Patil

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

## (DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS & PUBLIC GRIEVANCES)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 617 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020)

## REDRESSAL OF PUBLIC GRIEVANCES

## 617. DR. SUJAY RADHAKRISHNA VIKHE PATIL:

DR. SHRIKANT EKNATH SHINDE:

SHRI UNMESH BHAIYYASAHEB PATIL:

SHRI DHAIRYASHEEL SAMBHAJIRAO MANE:

SHRI HEMANT SRIRAM PATIL:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  several  public  grievances  are  being  redressed  for  the  sake  of  redressal  but actually they are not solving the problems being raised by the public and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) if  not,  whether  there  is  any  mechanism  to  crosscheck  the  cases  being  reported  as redressed by the officials and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the number of public grievances received during the last three years, actually redressed and pending for redressal?

## 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):    Sir,  the  Directorate  of  Public  Grievances  [DPG]  in  the  Cabinet  Secretariat  has  a mechanism to entertain representation  from  a  public  complainant  who  says  he  is  not  satisfied with the response received from the concerned Ministry/Department within a reasonable period of time.  However, the average disposal time of grievance has progressively improved over the last  six  years.    For  example,  during  the  COVID  pandemic,  the  exclusive  grievance  redressal option made available ensured redressal of every grievance at an average disposal time of 1.4 day.
- (c):    The  number  of  public  grievances  received,  actually  redressed  and  pending  for  redressal during the last three years are given below :-

|   Year | Received   | Actually redressed   | Pending   |
|--------|------------|----------------------|-----------|
|   2017 | 18,66,124  | 17,73,020            | 7,55,952  |
|   2018 | 15,86,415  | 14,98,519            | 8,43,848  |
|   2019 | 18,67,758  | 16,39,120            | 10,72,486 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 616 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: ROBS/RUBS in Gujarat
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Darshana Vikram Jardosh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 616 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## ROBS/RUBS in Gujarat

†616. SHRIMATI DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) the number of application received from Gujarat Government/MPs /Former MPs for construction of Rail Over Bridges (ROBs) and Rail under Bridges  (RUBs)  on  railway  crossings  in  Gujarat  during  the  last  two years and the action taken on the said applications so far alongwith the place-wise details thereof; and

- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  construct  ROB  on  Kundi crossing in Valsad and if not, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a): 48 letters/representations have  been  received from Gujarat Government/Hon'ble Members of Parliament (MPs)/former MPs during the  last  two  years  for  construction  of  Rail  Over  Bridges  (ROBs)/Rail Under Bridges (RUBs) in the State of Gujarat.

Necessary  action  has  been  taken  by  Railways  on  all  these references.    During  2018-19  &  2019-20,  total  146  ROBs/RUBs  have been sanctioned in the State of Gujarat.

Sanctioning of ROB/RUB is a continuous process and as on date, 133 level crossings (LCs) having Train Vehicle Unit (TVU) more than one  lakh,  qualify  for  construction  of  ROB,  out  of  which  20  ROB

proposals have been received during 2020-21 and works for other LCs will be sanctioned in future as per proposal from State Government.

(b): Yes, Sir.  Work for construction of four lane ROB on Kundi crossing in Valsad in lieu of level crossing no. 101 at km. 203/28-204/2 has been sanctioned in 2019-20 on cost sharing basis with State Government of Gujarat.  The work will be executed by Government of Gujarat on single entity  basis.    Tender  is  to  be  invited  by  State  Government  and  land acquisition  is  also  under  process  by  State  Government  of  Gujarat  in their portion

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Lok Sabha Question No. 614 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Data Theft
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Rakesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.614

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 16.09.2020

## DATA THEFT

## 614.    SHRI RAKESH SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has identified any mobile apps prevalent in the country through which user data is being stolen and sent outside the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (c) whether the Government has banned the said apps in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether all these apps are made by China; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OFSTATE FOR  ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

(a) to (e) :  The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY)has blocked 224 mobile apps under the provisions of section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 in the interest of sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India and security of State. Blocking of such Apps has been done on national security concerns and thus linkage with any country may not be disclosed in public domain.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 613 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: MPLAD Scheme
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 613 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## MPLAD SCHEME

613.  SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  commissioning  of  studies  to  developmental issues  of  constituencies  can  be  considered  as  part  of  list  of  works permissible under the MPLAD Scheme and if so, details thereof;
- (b)  whether the Government is considering an expansion of the scope of MPLAD works and funds to be allocated in the near future, particularly for providing architectural consultancy for infrastructural projects  in  the  MPs'  constituencies  and  improve  quality  of  works
- provided;
- (c) if so, the details of the funds allocated and utilized by MPs in their  respective  constituencies  in  the  16 th   and  17 th   Lok  Sabha  so  far State and year-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION  AND  MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a)   No,  Sir.  The  objective  of  the  Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) is to enable Members of Parliament

to recommend  works  of  developmental  nature with  emphasis on  creation of durable community assets based on the locally felt need to be taken up in their constituency.

(b)  At  present  there  is  no  such  proposal  under  examination  of  the Government regarding an expansion of the scope of MPLADS works.

(c) In view of reply to part (b) above, question does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 610 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: 5G Technology
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 610 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## 5G TECHNOLOGY

## 610. SHRI NATARAJAN P.R.:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is developing 5G technology in the country;
- (b) if so, the details and the salient features thereof;
- (c) the  details  of  the  budget  provision  made  for  the  development  of  the  said  technology  along with the names of private telecom companies which have proposed to offer 5G services; and
- (d) the time line fixed for introducing 5G services by telecom companies including BSNL/MTNL?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

(a) to (d) Department  of  Telecommunications  has  in  March,  2018  approved  a  multi-institute collaborative  project  to  set  up  indigenous  5G  Test  Bed  at  a  total  cost  of  Rs.  224  crores.    The collaborating institutes includes IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Bombay, IIT Kanpur, IISc Bangalore,  Society  for  Applied  Microwave  Electronics  Engineering  &  Research  (SAMEER)  and Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT).  The project envisages setting up of an endto-end open 5G Test Bed in a distributed architecture model.  The project will enable Indian academia and industry to validate their products, prototypes and algorithms.  It will also provide facilities for experimenting  and  demonstrating  5  G  applications/  use  cases.    Recently,  a  private  Telecom Company,  M/s  Reliance  JioInfocomm  Ltd.  has  also  announced  development  of  indigenous  5G technology  products.    Introduction  of  5G  services  depends  on  deployment  of  5G  equipment  and device  ecosystem  and  also  economic  and  commercial  considerations  of  the  Telecom  Service Providers.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 609 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Suicide by Defence Personnel
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari, Shrirang Appa Barne, Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik, Gajanan Chandrakant Kirtikar, Sudheer Gupta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.609

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## SUICIDE BY DEFENCE PERSONNEL

## 609. SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

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

- (a) whether more than 110 Defence personnel died by suicide in the country during the last decade;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  whether  Government  has  made  any  study  with  Defence Institute of Psychological Research (DIPR) on the issue;
- (c) if so, the details and the outcome thereof;
- (d) whether it is also a fact that mental stress among the Defence personnel is the only cause of suicide; and
- (e) if so, the year-wise details of suicides by Defence personnel and the steps taken to prevent such unnatural deaths?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

(a) to (e):  The details of suicide cases in the armed forces from 2010 to 2019 are as under:

| Year   | No. of suicides   | No. of suicides   | No. of suicides   |
|--------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|
|        | Indian Air Forces | Indian Navy       | Indian Army       |
| 2010   | 14                | 01                | 116               |
| 2011   | 23                | 04                | 105               |
| 2012   | 15                | 01                | 95                |
| 2013   | 15                | 06                | 86                |
| 2014   | 24                | 04                | 84                |
| 2015   | 15                | 03                | 78                |
| 2016   | 19                | 06                | 104               |
| 2017   | 21                | 05                | 77                |
| 2018   | 16                | 08                | 83                |
| 2019   | 20                | 02                | 73                |
| Total  | 182               | 40                | 901               |

The  DIPR  after  conducting  a  number  of  studies  since  2006,  has,  inter-alia,  listed Domestic  and  Personal  problems,  Marital  Discord,  Stress  and  Financial  problems  as  the major causes of suicides by armed forces personnel.

The Government has taken several steps towards stress amelioration amongst troops, which include, deployment of trained psychological counsellors, improvement in the quality of  food  and  clothing,  training  in  stress  management,  provision  of  recreational  facilities, buddy  system,  leave  concessions,  approachability  of  seniors,  facilities  for  movement  of troops from border areas and establishing a grievance redressal mechanism at various levels, etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 607 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Covid-19 Cases in Defence Services
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Anumula Revanth Reddy, Jugal Kishore Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.607

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## COVID-19 CASES IN DEFENCE SERVICES

607. SHRI ANUMULA REVANTH REDDY:

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

- (a) the details of the number of COVID-19 cases separately in Army, Navy and Air Force;
- (b) the details of the number of deceased due to COVID- 19 in all the three services, servicewise;
- (c) whether any special compensation has been given to the family of those deceased due to COVID-19;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; service-wise; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

- (a)  The number of COVID-19 cases in Army, Navy and Air Force are 16758, 1365 and 1716 respectively.
- (b)    The  number  of  deceased  due  to  COVID-19  in  Army  and  Air  Force  are  32  and  03 respectively and 'NIL' in case of Navy.
- (c) to (e):  As per the extant Rules, there is no special compensation for deaths occurring due to  infectious  diseases  while  in  service.    However,  all  deaths  while  in  service  are  awarded terminal benefits.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 606 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Index of Industrial Production
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Pocha Brahmananda Reddy, Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 606

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## INDEX OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTION

606.  SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY: SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the  Ministry  has  reported  that  the  Index  of  Industrial Production  (IIP)  contracted  by  36%  in  the  first  quarter  (April  June) of 2020-21 as compared to the same period in 2019-20;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  sectors  that  contributed  to  this  large  contraction  in  the economy and the break up thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  undertaken  an  enquiry  for  the reasons behind this contraction; and
- (e)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS  &  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION  AND  MINISTER  OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) to (c):The Index of Industrial Production ( IIP) is a monthly Index, covering  three  sectors,  Mining,  Manufacturing  and  Electricity.  The sector wise index and its growth rate over the corresponding period of previous year is given in the table below for the period April-June 2020 and has been computed using average of monthly indices.

P: Provisional

| Sector        | April 2020-June 2020(P)   | April 2020-June 2020(P)   |
|---------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
| Sector        | Index                     | Growth                    |
| Mining        | 84.0                      | -22.3                     |
| Manufacturing | 78.0                      | -40.1                     |
| Electricity   | 144.1                     | -15.8                     |
| General IIP   | 84.1                      | -35.5                     |

(d)  &  (e)  The  Government imposed a strict 21 days nationwide lockdown from 25 th  March, 2020, with subsequent extensions and relaxations, under the Disaster Management Act, 2005 to contain the spread of COVID - 19. The contraction in Index of Industrial Production (IIP) in April to June quarter of 2020-21 is consistent with the effect of the stringent lockdown.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 600 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Transportation of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.600 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## Transportation of Coal

## 600. SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

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

(a)  whether  the  coal  transportation  by  road  and  railways  is  not  performing  as expected and as a result of which sufficient quantity of coal is not made available to power plants located  far from the mines and if so, the details thereof;

(b) whether transportation of coal by road faces challenges such as environmental and opposition by local people; and

(c) if  so,  the  details thereof and the action taken by the Government to deal with this problem and ensure efficient transportation of coal?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES

## (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

(a): There  is  sufficient  coal  at  the  Coal  based  Thermal  Power  Plants  of  the country.   As  per  Central  Electricity  Authority  (CEA), the  coal  stock  at  thermal power  plants  end  increased  from  20.41  MT  on  10.09.2019  to  35.96  MT  on 10.09.2020  which  is  sufficient  for  20  days  consumption.  Further,  Coal  stock  at Non-Pithead  Plants  increased  from  16.95  MT  on  10.09.2019  to  30.11  MT  on 10.09.2020 which is sufficient from 22 days coal consumption by the Non-Pithead power plants.

(b): There  have  been sporadic  instances  of resistance  from  local  population  for movement of coal through road mode due to various issues including environmental  concerns. It  is  mandatory  for  the  coal  company  to  obtain  consent under Air (Prevention & Control of Pollution) Act, 1981 from the concerned State Pollution Board.

(c): Coal  companies  have  planned  to  minimize  movement  of  coal  through  road mode in a phased manner and substitute the same by conveyor belts, ropeways etc. In the first stage of First Mile Connectivity (FMC), 39 big mines, which produce more  than  4  Million  Tonnes  coal  per  annum,   have  been  identified  for  creating infrastructure for  mechanized movement of coal up to the loading point. Ministry of  Power  in  a  meeting  on  25.01.2018  has  directed  for  use  of  captive  mode  of transport  for  coal  movement  like  elevated  closed  belt  conveyors  for  Power  plants within  20  kilometers  from  pithead,  Merry-Go-Round  (MGR)  for plants  located within 40 Kms from pithead and the option of MGR based on financial viability for power plants upto 100 Kms.

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