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Lok Sabha Question No. 3918 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Global New Car Assessment Programme
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3918

ANSWERED ON 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2019

## GLOBAL NEW CAR ASSESSMENT PROGRAMME

## 3918. SHRI DEVUSINH JESINGHBHAI CHAUHAN:

Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

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be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that recently some brand of cars failed the crash test as per Global New Car Assessment Programme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is true that all of the popular cars were rated as zero star for safety during the test and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  issue  instructions  to  car  manufacturers  to  stop production of cars with zero star rating for safety and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes mandatory front and side impact crash tests for all cars to save the life of occupants and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## (SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) to (d)  No such information is available in the Ministry.
- (e) This Ministry has issued notifications S.O. 1139 (E) dated 28.04.2015 and S.O. 2412 (E) dated 03.09.2015 regarding mandatory front and side impact crash tests for all cars to save the life of occupants.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3917 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Open Defecation
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: C.N. Annadurai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3917 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2019

## Open Defecation

## 3917. SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  Bangladesh  has  eliminated  open defecation as per UNICEF and WHO monitoring programme and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)  the  details  of  the  States  of  our  country  where  open  defecation  has  been completely eliminated under Swachh Bharat Mission;
- (c) the time by which the complete eradication target of open defecation will be achieved in our country; and
- (d)  the  measures  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  to  encourage  people  to  construct toilets and use them?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA)

- (a) As per Joint Monitoring programme (JMP) Report of UNICEF and WHO on 'Progress on Household Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 2000-2017', open defecation in Bangladesh is less than 1%.
- (b) and (c) All  the  rural  areas  of  the  country  have  declared  themselves  Open Defecation Free (ODF) as on 2.10.2019.

(d) Sanitation  primarily  is  a  behavioral  issue.  This  involves  changing  the mindset  amongst  people  to  stop  open  defecation  and  to  adopt  safe  sanitation practices.  Under  Swachh  Bharat  Mission  (Gramin)  [SBM(G)],  the  preferable approach  is  to  adopt  Community  Approaches  to  Sanitation  (CAS)  focusing heavily on triggering entire communities and on achieving collective behavioral change  with  emphasis  on  awareness  generation.  Up  to  5%  of  the  programme funds  can  be  spent  on  Information,  Education  and  Communication  (IEC)  and capacity building at the State and District level, and up to 3% at the Central level. Massive  media  campaigns  have  been  carried  out  at  national  level  using  Audio Visual (TV) and Audio (Radio) aids. States have also carried out IEC campaign including interpersonal Communication (IPC). Cleanliness drives and awareness campaigns  are  also  held  at  regular  intervals.    Besides  conventional  IEC  tools, social media are also used for spreading the mass awareness.  A Facebook page for  SBM(G)  has  been  created  and  twitter  handles  are  also  active.  Media celebrities  have  been  roped  in  as  brand  ambassadors.    Financial  incentive  of Rs.12,000/-  is  also  provided  to  the  Below  Poverty  Line  (BPL)  households  and certain  identified  categories  of  Above  Poverty  Line  (APL)  households  for construction of individual household latrine (IHHL).
Lok Sabha Question No. 3916 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Physical Training Centres
Ministry: YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS
Asked by: Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao

## MINISTRY OF YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF SPORTS)

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3916

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2019

Physical Training Centres

3916. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

Will  the  Minister  of  YOUTH  AFFAIRS  AND  SPORTS  be  pleased  to state:

- a) the  number  of  physical  education  centers  in  the  country, particularly in Maharashtra;
- b) whether the Government proposes to open more such centers in the country, especially in Maharashtra; and
- c) if so, the locations thereof and the time by which the same are likely to be opened with special reference to Maharashtra?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR YOUTH AFFAIRS AND SPORTS (SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

(a) to (c) While this Ministry does not run any physical education center  in  the  country,  academic  programs  for  physical  education are  conducted  by  the  Lakshmibai  National  Institute  of  Physical Education (LNIPE) at Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh, Lakshmibai National College of Physical Education (LNCPE) at Thiruvananthapuram,  Kerala  and  National Sports University at Imphal, Manipur. LNIPE also runs a campus at Guwahati.  No new institution/campus  is  proposed  to  be  set  up  as  the  existing  can provide training to large number of candidates.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3914 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Scheme for Treatment of Effluents
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: S. Jagathrakshakan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI,

## DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3914

ANSWERED ON 12 .12 .2019

## SCHEME FOR TREATMENT OF EFFLUENTS

## 3914. SHRI S. JAGATHRAKSHAKAN

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has any scheme for treatment of effluents from dying units, ta washing units in India towards controlling of river pollution;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the steps taken in this regard for treatment of effluents from the industrial centers at Erode, Karur and Dindigul in Tamil Nadu?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

## (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA

## )

(a) to (c) As per the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and Water (Prevention & Control of Po Act 1974, industrial units are required to install effluent treatment plants (ETPs) and trea comply with stipulated environmental standards before discharging it into water bodies.

Steps taken by the Government to stop discharge of effluents into rivers inter alia, i of notification of specific  discharge standards, revision of criteria for categorizatio n of industries and issuing  directions to all State Pollution Control Boards (SPCBs)/Pollution Control Committe adopt  the  same,  issuance  of  consent  to  establish/consent  to  operate  by  the  SPCBs/PCCs,  r surprise inspections of Grossly Polluting Industries (GPIs) for compliance verification against s environmental  norms,  installation  of  Online  Continuous  Effluent  Monitoring  System  (OCEM assessment of effluent quality and compliance status. In addition, the industries are e ncouraged to reduc their  waste  water  generation  by  technological  advancement,  reuse/recycle  of  wastewater  an Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD) where ever possible. The revised standards for Textile sector i stricter discharge norms were no tified on 10.10.2016 by Ministry of Environment, Forest and Cli Change (MoEF & CC).

As per Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), there are 3 Common Effluent Treatment (CETPs) in Vellore industrial area, 10 CETPs in Tiruppur industrial area , 1 CETP at Erode industrial area, 8 CETPs in Karur industrial area but closed due to Hon'ble High Court order of Madras in 2009 and 1 CETP in Dindigul industrial area, in Tamil Nadu.

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) , SPCBs and PCCs monitor industries with respect to effluent discharge standards and take action for non - compliance under  provisions of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986 and the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974.
Lok Sabha Question No. 3911 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-12-12
Subject: Contamination of Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav, Mohanbhai Sanjibhai Delkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. †3911

ANSWERED ON 12 .12 .2019

## CONTAMINATION OF WAT ER

†3911.

SHRI SANJAY JADHAV

SHRI MOHAN S. DELKAR

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the red category industrial units are contaminating the water in Maharashtra;

(b) if so, whether all the industrial units of this category have installed modern equipments

(c) if not

,

he reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT (SHRI RATTAN LAL KATARIA )

(a)  to  (c) As  per  the  Environment  (Protection)  Act,  1986  and  the  Water  (Prevention  and  Co Pollution) Act, 1974, industrial units are required to install effluent treatment  plants (E effluents to comply with stipulated standards before dis charging it into water bodies.

As per information received from Maharashtra Pollution Control Board (MPCB), there ar red category operational industrial units in Maharashtra. Out of these, 1124 units are rep -complying with environme ntal norms.

To control discharge of industrial effluents, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) a State  Pollution  Control  Boards  (SPCBs)/Pollution  Control  Committees  (PCCs)  monitor  indust respect to effluent discharge standards and take ction for non - compliance under provisions of the Water (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Act, 1974 and the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 340 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-11
Subject: Sale of BSNL and MTNL
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Rajiv Ranjan (Lalan) Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 340 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 TH   DECEMBER, 2019

## SALE OF BSNL AND MTNL

## †*340. SHRI RAJIV RANJAN SINGH ALIAS LALAN SINGH:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  contemplating  to  merge  the  Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited (BSNL) and Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) whether the Government is considering to sell the aforesaid/ resultant merged unit and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

## STATEMENT TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE OF LOK SABHA IN RESPECT OF PARTS (a) & (b) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *340 FOR 11 TH  DECEMBER, 2019  ON 'SALE OF BSNL AND MTNL'.

- (a) The Cabinet in the meeting held on 23.10.2019 approved a revival plan for Bharat Sanchar Nigam  Limited  (BSNL)  and  Mahanagar  Telephone  Nigam  Limited  (MTNL)  which,  inter-alia, includes in principle approval for merger of BSNL and MTNL.
- (b) No proposal to sell the resultant merged unit is under consideration.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 334 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-11
Subject: Ration for Armed Forces
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Rita Bahuguna Joshi

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 334

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 th  December, 2019

## RATION FOR ARMED FORCES

*334. SHRIMATI RITA BAHUGUNA JOSHI:

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

- (a)  the  scale  of  ration  provided  for  armed  forces  personnel  which  is  an  important means of morale motivation as well as health and fitness;
- (b) whether the ration provides adequate nutrition to the personnel while serving in the field areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether ration is provided to the armed forces personnel in non-field areas and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the scale of ration for vegetarian and non-vegetarian personnel?

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

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d)  OF LOK SABHA  STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  334  FOR  ANSWER  ON  11.12.2019 REGARDING 'RATION FOR ARMED FORCES'.

(a) & (b):  Rations are scaled to each soldier of Army.  The scales are scientifically designed and evolved to provide adequate micro and macro nutrients and to cater for calories expended by a soldier in his daily routine, training and even for his survival in different terrain conditions. Rations are accordingly authorised at different scales for all ranks serving at altitude below 9000 ft (4428 Kcal/day), between 9000 ft to 12000 ft  (5173  Kcal/day) and above 12000 ft (5350 kcal/day) with progressive increments for  challenges  at  higher  altitudes.    Similarly  some  increments  to  ration  scales  are aimed at countering heat and dehydration in desert terrain.  Director General of Armed Forces Medical Services (DGAFMS) and Defence Institutes of Physiology and Allied Science  (DIPAS) are responsible for  a  constant  and  periodic  check  on  adequacy  of ration scales. (c)  Yes, Sir.  The rations are provided to the armed forces personnel in field as well as non-field areas. (d)    Adequate  provision  is  made  in  the  scale  of  rations  to  cater  for  the  nutritional

- requirement of both vegetarian and non-vegetarian personnel.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 332 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-11
Subject: Base Year for GDP Series
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Thalikkottai Rajuthevar Baalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *332

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2019

## BASE YEAR FOR GDP SERIES

*332. SHRI T.R. BAALU:

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

- (a) whether  the  Ministry  has  any  plan  to  revise  the  base  year  for calculating the GDP from 2011-12 to 2017-18;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  reasons  that  have  prompted  the  Government  to  revise  the base year for calculating the GDP?

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

STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a) TO (c) OF LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. *332 FOR 11 TH  DECEMBER 2019 BY SHRI T.R. BAALU REGARDING BASE YEAR FOR GDP SERIES.

(a): No Sir. (b): Does not arise in view of (a). (c):

Does not arise in view of (a). However, conceptually the base year of Gross Domestic Product (GDP) series is revised from time to time to better capture structural changes in the economy, as per the recommendations  of  United  Nations  System  of  National  Accounts (UN SNA)-2008.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 330 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-11
Subject: Officers of Geological Survey of India
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA

## STARRED QUESTION NO. 330

ANSWERED ON 11.12.2019

## OFFICERS OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA

- *330.  SHRI L.S. TEJASVI SURYA:

Will the Minister of Mines be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether  the Geologist/Officers of Geological of India (GSI)  have  been conferred the status of an Organised service in consonance with the judgement of  the  Supreme  Court  of  India  and  various  other  court  rulings  which  have attained judicial finality;
- (b) If so, the time since when such status has been conferred, if not, the reasons, therefor;
- (c) Whether  the  organised  service  benefits  namely  non  functional  financial  upgradation and pay parity with IAS officers as per 6 th Central Pay Commission's recommendations, which were accepted by the Central Government in case of Geologists of GSI who retired prior to 2006 have been implemented; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d): A statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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## THE  STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  LOK  SABHA  STARRED QUESTION NO. 330 REGARDING 'OFFICERS OF GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF INDIA' RAISED BY SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA, FOR REPLY ON 11.12.2019.

(a) & (b): In  Geological  Survey  of  India,  there  are  four  services  which  have organised Group 'A' service status i.e. Central Geological Service, GSI Geophysical Service,  GSI  Chemical  Service  and  GSI  Engineering  Service.    Central  Geological Service has been reaffirmed as organised service and Recruitment Rules (RRs) of it were amended as organised service in 2010. Similarly RRs of Chemical, Geophysical and Engineering service were amended and status of organised service conferred on 28.06.2013, 18.07.2013 and 17.05.2013 respectively.

(c) & (d): The  Non-Functional Financial Up-gradation (NFU)  for officers of Organised Group-'A' Services in PB-3 and PB-4 has been introduced vide DoP&T OM No.  AB.14017/64/  2008-Estt.(RR)  dated  24.04.2009  with  a  view  to  grant  pay parity  between  Indian  Administrative  Service(IAS)  Officers  and  officers  of  other Organised Group- 'A' Services and the Scheme is effective from 01.01.2006 only. Therefore, the benefit of NFU has not been granted/extended to any officer of GSI, who retired prior to 01.01.2006.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 328 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-11
Subject: Export of Costume and Fashion Jewellery
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Subhas Sarkar

## MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 328

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 11 th DECEMBER, 2019

## EXPORT OF COSTUME AND FASHION JEWELLERY

## *328.  DR. SUBHAS SARKAR

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािण�य एवं उ�ोग मं�ी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether incentives are available to the manufacturers to compete with other countries to augment the export of Costume and Fashion Jewellery in West Bengal and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  establish  any Cluster  for  promotion  and development of Costume and Fashion Jewellery in West Bengal;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) to (d) OF LOK SABHA STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  328      FOR  ANSWER  ON  11 th DECEMBER,2019

REGARDING ' EXPORT OF COSTUME AND FASHION JEWELLERY '. (a): There are several Government schemes to incentivise and facilitate exports of goods from India, which are largely available to the costume & fashion jewellery sector also.  These include various export promotion schemes and Duty Drawback Scheme. (b), (c) and (d):   Clusters for various products have developed at different locations across the country facilitated by infrastructure and other facilities, inter-alia, provided under different Government programmes.  These include clusters related to jewellery / costume and fashion jewellery.  These are supported through various Government programmes like development of Common Facility Centres (CFCs) in Gems and Jewellery Manufacturing Clusters, through which the Government will continue to support such activities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 327 (STARRED), answered on 2019-12-11
Subject: Employment through Railway Recruitment Board
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Manickam Tagore B

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 327 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.12.2019

## EMPLOYMENT THROUGH RAILWAY RECRUITMENT BOARD

*327. SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B.:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the total number of recruitments made by the Southern  Railways  through  the  Railway  Recruitment  Board during the last five years;
- (b) whether there is any region/ State-wise criteria for recruitment in Indian Railways through Railway Recruitment Board; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the total number of people from the  state  of  Tamil  Nadu  who  joined  the  Indian  Railways during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

- (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 STARRED QUESTION NO. 327 BY SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B. TO BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  11.12.2019  REGARDING EMPLOYMENT THROUGH RAILWAY RECRUITMENT BOARD

(a):  During  the  last  five  years  i.e.  2015-16  to  2019-20  (upto 30.11.2019), a total  number  of  7,574  candidates  have  been empanelled  for  various  Group  'C'  posts  (including  Level-1)  by Railway Recruitment Boards (RRBs) / Chennai and Thiruvananthapuram for Southern  Railway.  The  year-wise  details are as under-

| Year                      | Recruitment made by RRBs for Southern Railway   |
|---------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
| 2015-16                   | 1626                                            |
| 2016-17                   | 195                                             |
| 2017-18                   | 1031                                            |
| 2018-19                   | 24                                              |
| 2019-20 (upto 30.11.2019) | 4698*                                           |
| Total                     | 7574*                                           |

(b) and (c): No, Sir. Indian Railways is an organization having pan India character. Candidates are free to apply to any  RRB throughout the country in response to the advertisements. A total number of 1433 candidates from Tamil Nadu have been empanelled by all RRBs for appointment on Indian Railways/Production Units during the last five years.

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