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Lok Sabha Question No. 1804 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Privacy/Hacking of Data
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: RAVNEET SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1804

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 13.02.2019

## PRIVACY/HACKING OF DATA

## 1804.   SHRI RAVNEET SINGH:

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

- (a)        the details of the safeguards in place to ensure that the right to privacy of our citizens is ensured in the face of consistent data hacks;
- (b)        whether the Government has considered amending the Intermediary Rules, 2011 under the IT Act, if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (c)       whether the Government plans to introduce pre-censorship of online content and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Section 43A and section 72A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 provides for privacy and security of data in digital  form.  Section  43A provides for compensation to be paid to  the victim  in  case  of  unauthorized  access  of  information  and  leakage  of  sensitive  personal information  respectively.  It  mandates  'body  corporates'  to  implement  'reasonable  security practices' for protecting 'sensitive personal information' of individuals. Section 72A of the Act provides for punishment for disclosure of information in breach of the lawful contract. Further, Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines) Rules 2011 notified under Section 79 of the IT Act, 2000 require that the Intermediaries shall observe due diligence while discharging their duties and shall publish the rules and regulations, privacy policy and user agreement for access or usage of its computer resource by any person.
- (b): Yes,  Sir.  The  Information  Technology  (Intermediaries  Guidelines)  Rules,  2011  were notified  in  April  2011.  Because  of  the  exponential  growth  of  social  media  ecosystem,  the technological advancement since then, and also the potential misuse of these platforms, it was felt necessary to review the said Rules to align it with the changing landscape of the cyber world. Government  has  already  put  up  draft  of  the  proposed  amendments  to  these  Rules  for  public comment.
- (c): Government is fully committed to freedom of speech and expression and privacy of its citizens as enshrined in the constitution of India.  Government has no proposal to introduce precensorship of online content.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Common Service Centres
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO : 1801

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 13.02.2019

## COMMON SERVICE CENTRES

## 1801       SHRI  VISHNU  DAYAL  RAM:

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

- (a) whether  Government  has  started  Common  Service  Centres  (CSCs)  to  provide  cyber services  in Gram Panchyats;
- (b) if so, the  details thereof; and
- (c) the number of CSC's established, State-wise till date; and
- (d) the time by which all Gram Panchayats will have dedicated CSC's across the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  and  (b):      Yes,  Sir.  Ministry  of  Electronic  and  IT,  Government  of  India  initiated  a  project namely 'Common Services Centre (CSC) 2.0' in August, 2015 under Digital India Programme, which aimed to set up of at least one CSC (internet enabled kiosk) at Gram Panchayat (GP) level to cover all the 2.5 lakh GPs across the country. The key objective of CSCs is to deliver various citizen  centric  services,  such  as,  Government  to  Citizen  (G2C),  Business  to  Citizen  (B2C) services, financial inclusion services, educational services, skill development services etc. As on 31 st December,  2018,  the  number  of  functional  CSCs  (Urban  &Rural)  across  the  Country  is 3,12,651 CSCs, of which 2,12,718 CSCs were functional at Gram Panchayat level.

- (c):  The number of CSC's established state-wise till December 2018 is at Annexure.
- (d):    CSCs  are  operated  by  Village  Level  Entrepreneur  (VLE).  Therefore,  the  opening  of  any CSC is based on its commercial viability among other things.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1800 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Empowering Information Commissioners
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: VASANTHI M.

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1800

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019)

## EMPOWERING INFORMATION COMMISSIONERS

## 1800. SHRIMATI VASANTHI M.:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  seek  powers  to  fix  salaries,  allowances  and tenure  of  Chief  Information  Commissioners  and  Information  Commissioners  of  the Centre and States;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there has been any protests against such move saying that this will fundamentally weaken the institution of the commission as it will adversely impact their ability to function in an independent manner and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the status conferred on commissioners under the RTI Act is to empower them to carry out their functions autonomously and if so, the details thereof?

## 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 notice of intention was given to introduce 'The Right to Information (Amendment) Bill, 2018' in the Parliament to consider enabling provisions under the RTI Act to frame Rules regarding salaries, allowances and conditions of service for the functionaries as there are no such provisions available under the RTI Act presently.
- (d):    Section  12(4)  of  the  RTI  Act  2005,  vests  the  general  superintendence,  direction  and management  of  the  affairs  of  the  Central  Information  Commission  in  the  Chief  Information Commissioner  who  shall  be  assisted  by  the  Information  Commissioners  and  may  inter-alia exercise all such powers autonomously.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1799 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: New Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: K. ASHOK KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1799 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## NEW TRAINS

1799.  SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether it is true that five new trains are at the centre of Government's ambitious project to transform Indian Railways;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  it  is  also  true  that  all  these  five  new  trains  introduced  were earning revenue more than the railways envisaged; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  and  (b)  Introduction  of  four  new  types  of  train  services  viz.  Antyodaya Express, Humsafar Express, Tejas Express and UDAY Express was last made in the Railway Budget 2016-17.

All the 4 types of services have been operationalized and presently, 11 pairs of Antyodaya Express, 29 pairs of Humsafar Express, 1 pair of Tejas Express and 1 pair of UDAY Express are plying over Indian Railways.  Besides, it has been  decided  to  introduce  semi-high  speed  train  viz.  Train  set-18  between Varanasi and New Delhi.

- (c)  and  (d)  Introduction  of  trains  depends  upon  demand  pattern,  operational feasibility  and  other  relevant  factors.  Trains  are  not  introduced  with  an earnings  targets/estimation.  Further,  passenger  earnings  of  trains  primarily depend upon occupancy of trains and  fare structure of the trains. However, the  occupancy  of  trains  on  Indian  Railways  is  not  uniform  and  varies  from train to train, sector to sector and during peak & lean seasons/days.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1797 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Proxy Voting for NRIs
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1797

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 13 th  FEBRUARY, 2019

## PROXY VOTING FOR NRIs

1797. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA:

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

- (a) whether the Government is planning to allow proxy voting for NRIs if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the process of proxy voting for registered NRIs is finalized and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  the  criteria  for  a  voter  to  be  considered  as  proxy  on  behalf  of  an overseas voter and the way in which the Government intends to ensure secrecy of the process and avoid any unfair financial dealing?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI P.P.CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (c) : A Bill to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1951 enabling the overseas electors to cast their votes either in person or by proxy has been passed by the Lok Sabha and is pending consideration by Rajya Sabha at present. The process for proxy voting including the criteria  in  this  regard  will  be  finalized  in  consultation  with  the  Election Commission after the Bill is passed by Parliament.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1796 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Employment Surveys
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: T.G. VENKATESH BABU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1796

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 13 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## EMPLOYMENT SURVEYS

1796. SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.:

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

- (a)  whether  the  National  Sample  Survey  Organisation  (NSSO)  has any proposal to carry out quarterly and annual employment surveys;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the extent to which this proposal is likely to eradicate unemployment in the country; and
- (c) the time by which the above proposal is likely to be implemented and the steps taken by the Government to implement the recommendations  of  Shri  Amitabh  Kundu  Committee  in  letter  and spirit?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  STATISTICS  AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS [SHRI VIJAY GOEL]

- (a) to (c): Considering the importance of availability of labour force data at more frequent time intervals, on the recommendation of the National Statistical Commission (NSC), the Ministry of Statistics and Programme  Implementation  (MoS&PI)  constituted  a  Committee under the Chairpersonship of Prof. Amitabh Kundu, the then Member,  NSC  to  develop  the  survey  methodology  including  the sample design for generating monthly/quarterly labour market data.

Subsequently,  a  Standing  Committee  on  Labour  Force  Statistics (SCLFS)  was  constituted  by  the  National  Sample  Survey  Office (NSSO) on 12th November 2014 under the Chairmanship of Prof. S. P. Mukherjee, Emeritus Professor, University of Calcutta. The SCLFS made  recommendations  with  respect  to  the structure of the Schedule of Enquiry, Sampling Design, etc., which were adopted for Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS).

NSSO started PLFS in April, 2017, which is regular and continuing survey  designed  to  yield  annual  estimates  on  labour  force  on employment and unemployment along with quarterly estimates for the urban areas, which can be used for policy making.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1794 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Cancellation of Trains due to Fog
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: BANSHILAL MAHTO, VIKRAM USENDI, LAKHAN LAL SAHU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1794 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## CANCELLATION OF TRAINS DUE TO FOG

†1794. DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO:

SHRI VIKRAM USENDI: SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways has taken cognizance of the late running and cancellation of trains due to fog;
- (b) if so, the steps taken by the Railways to deal with this problem;
- (c) whether the Railways has started installing anti-fog devices in some trains and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  the  Railways  has  decided  to  install  GPS  enabled  anti-fog devices in trains in some parts of the country; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)  TO  (e)  OF  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1794 BY  DR. BANSHILAL MAHATO, SHRI VIKRAM USENDI AND SHRI  LAKHAN  LAL  SAHU  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  13.02.2019 REGARDING CANCELLATION OF TRAINS DUE TO FOG

- (a)    Yes, Madam. A large number of trains are affected every year during foggy weather in the winter months in Northern parts of the country.

(b) to (e): Fog Pass Device- A Global Positioning System (GPS) based hand held portable device, which is not installed on a locomotive as such, is given to Loco Pilots  in  fog  affected  sections.    It  serves  as  an  aid  for  the  crew  during  foggy weather through audio visual alarm, whenever any landmark comes within the Geo-fence  range.  Location  of  stations,  warning  boards,  signals,  level  crossing gates  and  Whistle  for  Level  crossing  (W/L)  boards  in  the  section  is  fed  in  the equipment.    It  displays  speed  of  the  locomotive,  distance  and  time  to  reach landmarks.  6940  nos.    Fog  Pass  Devices  have  been  procured  and  provided  to Zonal Railways so far. Details of these Fog Pass Devices procured and provided to Zonal Railways are as under:-

| Zonal Railway   | Zonal Railway   |   East Central | Northern   |   North Central |   North Eastern |   Northeast Frontier |   North Western Total |
|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|------------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------------|-----------------------|
| No. Devices     | of              |            877 | 2648 537   |             975 |            1101 |                  802 |                  6940 |

6000  nos.  more  Fog  Pass  Devices  have  been  sanctioned  and  included  in Pink  Book  2018-19.    Purchase  order  for  these  6000  units  has  already  been issued  in  August,  2018,  out  of  which  2618  units  have  been  supplied  to  Zonal Railways.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1791 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Gender Gap in Mobile Ownership
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: KIRRON KHER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1791 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## GENDER GAP IN MOBILE OWNERSHIP

1791. SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Ministry  has  conducted  any  studies  on  the  gender  gap  in  mobile ownership and the use of mobile services;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the steps being taken by the Ministry to identify the access barriers for women and any action plan that has been formulated to address those barriers?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) The Department of Telecommunications has not conducted any study on the gender  gap  in  mobile  ownership  and  the  use  of  mobile  services.  However,  gendersegregated data on mobile subscriptions was collected from the Telecom Service Providers (TSPs).  As per the data submitted by the TSPs, the percentage of mobile subscription by women was 17.40% of all mobile subscriptions in the country, as on 31.03.2017.

- (c) The Government is committed to ensure that the benefits of development in telecom infrastructure  and  services  accrue  to  all  citizens  of  the  country  in  a  non-discriminatory manner. Recognising the  importance of participation  of  women  in  realising  Government's vision  to  emerge  as  a  digitally  empowered  economy  and  society,  the  National  Digital Communications  Policy  (NDCP)-2018,  notified  on  22 nd October  2018,  seeks  to  ensure inclusion of uncovered areas and digitally deprived segments of society by channelizing the Universal  Service  Obligation  Fund  (USOF)  for  marginalised  communities,  women  and persons with disabilities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1787 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Late Running of Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: K. GOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1787 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## LATE RUNNING OF TRAINS

1787. DR. K. GOPAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Railways is mulling increase in its run time by an hour to make it stick to schedule of trains running late;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether it is  also true that the Railways is considering to adopt more scientific methods to find out the actual reasons for trains running late; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  and  (b)  Yes,  Madam.  Timings  of  certain  Mail/Express  trains  have  been rearranged  and  rationalized,  which  has  improved  punctuality  of  trains  to some extent.
- (c)  and  (d)  Trains  get  delayed  not  only  due  to  the  factors  related  to  its internal working but also external factors which are beyond the control of Railways.  In addition to asset failures, certain factors such as line capacity and terminal capacity constraints on account of increasing passenger and freight traffic, adverse weather conditions (fog, rains, breaches), intermittent natural calamities such as floods, cyclones, heavy rains, heavy road traffic at level crossing gates across the Indian Railways network, midsection  run  over  cases  involving  cattle  and  humans  etc.  also  adversely affect the Punctuality of trains over Indian Railways.

Ministry of Railways is implementing the Real-time Train information System (RTIS) which involves tracking of trains by GPS based devices on locomotives.    The  real-time  information  on  passenger  train  movement  is covered under this project.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1786 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Waste Management in Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1786

TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## WASTE MANAGEMENT IN RAILWAYS

## 1786. SHRIMATI PRATYUSHA RAJESHWARI SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the current system of disposal/storage of food plates after use in the train compartments tantamount to unhygienic conditions in the bogies and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)
- whether the Railways is planning to overhaul the aforesaid practice;
- (c)
- if so, the details in this regard; and
- (d) the  various  measures  taken/likely  to  be  taken  by  the  Railways  for clean and effective waste management in trains?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) to (c): No, Madam. Detailed instructions on Catering Waste Management  System  already  exist  with  Zonal  Railways  and  Indian Railway  Catering  and  Tourism  Corporation  (IRCTC)  for  collection  and disposal of waste arising out of Pantry Car services. The compliance is ensured through periodical inspections.

(d):  The  various  measures  taken  by  Railway  to  ensure  clean  and effective management of waste in trains are as follows: (i) Provision of Dustbins  in  coaches  (ii)  Collection  of  garbage  generated  during  train journey at the terminating stations/maintenance depots at the end of the journey (iii) Enroute cleaning of garbage including emptying of dustbins under On Board Housekeeping Services (OBHS) in around 1050 pairs of important long distance mail/express trains and also at nominated Clean Train Stations(CTS) (iv) Collection of pantry garbage by pantry staff and handing over at nominated stations (v) The pace of installation of  Biotoilets in coaches has been intensified.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1785 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: NOC for Development around Naval Dockyard
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: KIRIT SOMAIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1785

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## NOC FOR DEVELOPMENT AROUND NAVAL DOCKYARD

1785. DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA:

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

- (a) whether civil residential colony of Naval Dockyard, Powai and Junk scrap yard on LBS Road, Ghatkopar in Mumbai  of Navy are in non-sensitive zone for development / redevelopment;
- (b) if so, whether Government is aware that due to non-issue of 'NOC', development round these  two  areas  are  held  up  and  thousand  of  people  are  suffering  due  to  ban  on  development work in these areas;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the action taken by the Government  to issue separate notification for allowing developmental work on and around these areas?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

## (a) All Defence establishments are categorized as sensitive with varying risk factors.

The  Indian  Navy  does  not  have  any  junk  scrap  yard  on  LBS  Road, Ghatkopar.    However,  Material  Organisation  of  Indian  Navy  located  at Ghatkopar is a sensitive Defence establishment.

(b) to (d): Issue  of  NOC  around  defence  establishments  is  presently governed  by  NOC  guidelines  issued  by  Ministry  of  Defence  (MoD)  vide letter dated 18.05.2011 and as amended vide MoD letters dated 18.03.2015 and 17.11.2015.

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