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Lok Sabha Question No. 2201 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Setting up of New High Court Bench
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2201

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 04.03.2020

## Setting up of New High Court Bench

2201.  SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA:

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

- a) whether Government is considering providing both financial and technical support for setting up of new High Court benches in the country;
- b) if so, the details thereof;
- c)  whether one of the reasons for piling up of cases in the States is lack of new courts;
- d) if so, the details thereof; and
- e) whether  the  Ministry  has  received  any  proposal  from  the Odisha Government for setting up new High court in undivided district of Koraput?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND

## ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a): No Sir.
- (b): Does not arise.

(c) and (d): Pendency of cases arise in courts due to several factors which include availability of adequate number of judges, complexity of the facts involved, nature of evidence, co-operation of stake-holders viz. bar, investigation  agencies,  witnesses  and  litigants  besides  the  availability  of physical infrastructure, supporting court staff and proper application of rules and procedures to monitor, track and bunch hearing of cases. (e): The State Government of Odisha has requested for setting up of Orissa High Court Bench in Western and Southern region of Odisha. The proposal is however not complete in all respects.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2200 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Suicide Cases in Defence Forces
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Imtiaz Jaleel Syed, Asaduddin Owaisi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2200

TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 th  March, 2020

## SUICIDE CASES IN DEFENCE FORCES

2200. SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL: SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

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

- (a) whether cases of suicide in the defence forces are on the rise year after year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years and the reasons therefor;
- (c)  whether  a  report  by  Defence  Institute  of  Psychological  Research  (DIPR)  has pointed out perceived harassment and humiliation, occupational and familial causes as the main reasons for suicide and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has assessed the reasons for suicide in armed forces; and
- (e) if so, the details and the outcome thereof along with the steps taken or being taken by  Government  to  make  the  working  conditions  for  armed  forces  work  friendly  as well as better working condition with social intactness?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

रक्षा राज्य मंत्री

( श्री श्रीपाद नाईक )

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(a) & (b):  The number of suicide cases in Indian Air Force, Indian Navy and Indian Army during the last three years are as follows:

| Year   | Number of suicide cases   | Number of suicide cases   | Number of suicide cases   |
|--------|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
|        | Air Force                 | Navy                      | Army                      |
| 2017   | 21                        | 05                        | 77                        |
| 2018   | 16                        | 08                        | 83                        |
| 2019   | 20                        | 02                        | 73                        |

(c) to (e):  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. 2199 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Poor Services of BSNL
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: C.N. Annadurai

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2199 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  MARCH, 2020

## POOR SERVICES OF BSNL

## 2199. SHRI C.N. ANNADURAI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

(a) whether there  is  disillusionment  amongst  the  consumers  of  Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited (BSNL) due to its poor services thereby forcing them to opt for the services of private companies;

- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited  (BSNL)  has  reported  that  its  services  are  working satisfactorily  and  in  general,  meeting  the  Quality  of  Service  (QoS)  parameters  prescribed  by  the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) in its Licensed Service Areas (LSAs).  It is also stated by BSNL that its MNP (mobile number portability) during 2019-20 (till January) is positive and Portout to Port-in rate is 0.80.

Further, the Government has approved the revival plan for BSNL on 23.10.2019. The revival plan inter-alia, includes administrative allotment of spectrum to BSNL for 4G services which brings improved and high speed services to its customers.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2198 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Data Imperialism and Data Sovereignty
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: K. Muraleedharan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2198

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 04.03.2020

## DATA IMPERIALISM AND DATA SOVEREIGNTY

## 2198.    SHRI K. MURALEEDHARAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government has made its stand clear with respect to data imperialism and data sovereignty of all countries and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  opines  that  the  data  protection  law  must  be  technology agonistic based on element of free consent, requisite data protection authorities and a fair mechanism for data processing and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the response received by the Government on its point of view on data imperialism, data sovereignty and data protection law?

## ANSWER

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

(a), (b)  and  (c):   The Personal Data Protection Bill 2019 has been tabled in Lok Sabha in December, 2019.        The  essential  principles  behind  the  draft  law  are  that  it  is  technology agnostic, promotes holistic application, stresses informed consent, proposes data minimization, lays down controller accountability & structured enforcement and provides for deterrent penalties

The draft bill  &  report  are  available  at  https://meity.gov.in/data-protection-framework.  The details regarding the above essential principles behind the bill are explained in the report.

The Committee had taken up wide consultation process and included various points of views before  it  gave  its  report.  Most  respondents  have  welcomed  the  approach  taken  by  the committee towards developing a legislation for data protection.

The committee in the above said report at Chapter (2) has brought out all aspects relating to transferability  of  data  across  national  borders  and  the  need  for  legislation  to  govern jurisdiction over personal data.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2197 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Contract Labourers
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Prathap Simha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2197 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2020

## CONTRACT LABOURERS

2197. SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a): whether  a  large  number  of  labourers  are  working  on  contract basis in Railways;
- (b): if so, the number of labourers engaged on a contract basis during the last two years and the current year;
- (c): whether  such  labourers  are  being  paid  salary  and  allowances according to the prescribed rules; and
- (d): if not, the system in place for payment of salaries and allowances to these employees?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) & (b): Yes,  Sir.  Contract  labourers  are  engaged  by  the  Railway field  units  on  need  basis  from  time  to  time.  Data  of  contract labourers' details is not maintained centrally.

(c): Yes, Sir.

(d): Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2196 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Inspection of ROBs/RUBs
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: P. Ravindhranath

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2196 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2020

## INSPECTION OF ROBs/RUBs

2196. SHRI P. RAVEENDRANATH  KUMAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  there  is  any  data  base  maintained  by  the  Government regarding condition of Railway Over Bridges(ROBs)/Railway Under Bridges (RUBs) along with its strength, longevity, etc;

(b)  if so, the details thereof and whether there is any proposal with the Government to use modern technology for inspection of ROBs/RUBs so as to detect damage in time as well as to reduce the maintenance costs for ROBs and RUBs; and

(c)    if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  actions  taken  by  the  Government including ad-hoc fund allocated by the Government for this purpose?

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 UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2196 BY SHRI P. RAVEENDRANATH KUMAR TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 04.03.2020 REGARDING INSPECTION OF ROBS/RUBS (a) to (c): Yes, Sir, as on 01.04.2019 there are 1,50,746 bridges on Indian Railways  network    including  Road  Over  Bridges  (ROBs)  and  Rail  Under Bridges  (RUBs).  Safety  of  Bridges  is  accorded  high  priority  on  Indian Railways.  There  is  a  well  established  system  of  inspection  of  bridges including  Road  Over  Bridges  (ROBs)  and  Rail  Under  Bridges  (RUBs)  on Indian Railways.  All the bridges are inspected twice a year, one before the onset of monsoon and one detailed inspection after the monsoon by the designated officials. Various  modern  technologies  like  Drone  Survey,  3D  Scanning  of  River Beds and Water Level Monitoring have been adopted and being used for the  inspection  of  the  bridges.  During  2019-20,  a  total  of  4168  railway bridges  are  sanctioned  for  repairing  /  strengthening/  rehabilitation  / rebuilding at an allocated fund of ` 752 crore. *****
Lok Sabha Question No. 2194 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Upgradation of Rail Infrastructure
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2194

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2020

## UPGRADATION OF RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE

## †2194. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government  has made  special efforts for the development and upgradation of rail infrastructure;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with of the expenditure incurred on introducing  new  trains  and  to  develop  facilities  therein,  for  the beautification of stations during the last five years;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  new  trains  introduced  for  the  stations  falling under North Central Railway zone during the last five years; and (d) the details of the proposed rail projects for Bundelkhand?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a)  and  (b).  Yes,  Sir.  Presently,  Indian  Railway  have  taken  up  498 Railway projects of 49,069 km length, costing ` 6.75 lakh crore, which are  in  different  stages  of  planning/sanction/execution,  out  of  which, commissioning of 8,979 km length has been achieved and expenditure of ` 1.53 lakh crore incurred upto March, 2019.

Project-wise  details  are  made  available  in  public  domain  on  Indian Railways website i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in >Ministry of Railways >Railway Board >About Indian Railways >Railway Board Directorates >Finance (Budget).

(c)  During  the  period  2014-15  to  2018-19,  7  pairs  of  trains  owned  by North Central Railway have been introduced.  However, being a zone sharing  boundary  with  various  other  zonal  railways,    several  trains bound  for  stations  located  in  other  zonal  railways  also  serve  the stations falling under the jurisdiction of North Central Railway.  During the aforesaid period 69 pairs of such services have been introduced. (d)  The  Indian  Railway  projects  are  sanctioned  zone-wise  and  not State-wise  or  area-wise.  However,  Bundelkhand  is  served  by  North Central  Railway  and  West  Central  Railway.  The  details  of  projects sanctioned on these zones are available on Indian Railways website i.e.  www.indianrailways.gov.in  >Ministry  of  Railways  >Railway  Board >About Indian Railways >Railway Board Directorates >Finance (Budget).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2190 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Air Defence Weapon System
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Locket Chatterjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2190

TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 th  March, 2020

## AIR DEFENCE WEAPON SYSTEM

2190. MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE:

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

- (a) whether the Government has made any efforts to improve the air defence weapon system arsenal of India;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is capable to create it's own air defence weapon system; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the names of the countries that are helping us with it's procurement?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

रक्षा राज्य मंत्री

( श्री श्रीपाद नाईक )

(a)    to  (d):    Captial  acquisition  of  defence  equipment  including  air  defence  weapon system  is  carried  out  as  per  the  Defence  Procurement  Procedure  (DPP)  based  on operational necessity and required capability to meet the security challenges. Necessary  upgrades  and  refurbishments  of  existing  systems  are  also  undertaken  to maintain operational effectiveness of equipment.

Services  are  actively  associated  with  DRDO  to  ensure  that  indigenous  R&D efforts  are  focused  on  niche/high  end  complex  technologies  including  air  defence weapon systems.  Indigenous development and induction of Radars, missiles systems, Warning and Control systems have been undertaken.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2189 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Production of Electricity by Atomic Power Reactors
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2189

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2020

## PRODUCTION OF ELECTRICITY BY ATOMIC POWER REACTORS

2189.  SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  mega  watt  of  electricity  being  produced  by  the  atomic  power reactors in the country and its total percentage in the country's electricity grid;
- (b) whether the  Government has  any  plan to  increase  the  percentage  of  energy from atomic sources and if so, the short terms goals thereof; and
- (c) whether new atomic power stations are being  planned  in  the  next  five  years and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  PERSONNEL,  PUBLIC  GRIEVANCES  & PENSIONS AND PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR.JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a) The present installed nuclear power capacity is 6780 MW, constituting about 1.84% of the total installed capacity of 368690 MW (January 2020).
- (b) Yes,  Sir.  The  percentage  of  energy  from  nuclear  power  is  proposed  to  be increased  by  augmenting  the  installed  nuclear  power  capacity.  In  the  short term,  the  existing  nuclear  power  capacity  of  6780  MW  is  proposed  to  be increased to 22480 MW by 2031 on progressive completion of projects under construction and accorded sanction.
- (c) In the next five years a capacity of 5300 MW (including 500 MW PFBR being implemented by BHAVINI) is proposed to be added on progressive completion  of  KAPP  3&4  (2X700  MW)  at  Kakrapar,  Gujarat,  RAPP  7&8 (2X700  MW)  at  Rawatbhata,  Rajasthan  and  KKNPP  3&4  (2X1000  MW)  at Kudankulam, Tamil Nadu.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2188 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Tejas Fighter Jets
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Dushyant Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEFENCE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT ORGANISATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2188

TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 th  March, 2020

## TEJAS FIGHTER JETS

2188. SHRI DUSHYANT SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of inordinate delay in the development of the Tejas fighter jets and Kaveri engine;
- (b) if so, the details of the amount and time spent on the development of the fighter jet and the Kaveri engine till now;
- (c) the reasons for the inordinate delay in the production and stalling of the project;
- (d) whether the Government considers it necessary to set up a high-level committee to understand the core issues with Indian Defence production;
- (e) if so, the plans of the Government for detailed introspection by the committee; and
- (f)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  develop  India  as  a  manufacturing  hub  for defence equipment and if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

रक्षा राज्य मंत्री

( श्री श्रीपाद नाईक )

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- (a)  to (c):  Yes, Sir.  Government is aware of the timelines for the development of Tejas  Fighter  Jets  &  Kaveri  Engine.    A  total  amount  of  Rs.11096.18  Crore  (Rs. 9063.96 Crore

on Tejas Fighter Jet and Rs.2032.22 Crore on Kaveri Engine) has been spent on these two developments till date.    The  LCA  programme  has  run  for  36 years  and  Keveri engine development for 30 years.  The time taken for these developments is due to complex  technological  challenges  and  due  to  the  gradual  development  of  the necessary eco-system.  The technical challenges were faced in areas such as advanced avionics,  digital  fly-by-wire,  composites,  weapon  simulation,  testing  and  integration facilities and non availability of raw materials.

(d)  to  (f):    The  initiatives  such  as  promulgation  of  FDI,  Make  procedure  in  DPP, iDEX, indigenisation policy and establishing defence corridor and defence innovation hub  have  been  taken  to  boost  defence  production  and  developing  manufacturing capabilities for Defence equipments in order to increase self reliance and minimize the dependency on imports of Defence equipments.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2187 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Coronavirus Infected Indians
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dean Kuriakose, P. Ravindhranath, Achyutananda Samanta, Suresh Kodikunnil, Sougata Ray, Anto  Antony, Kapil Moreshwar Patil, Nama Nageswara Rao

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2187 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2020

## CORONAVIRUS INFECTED INDIANS

## 2187. ADV. DEAN KURIAKOSE:

SHRI NAMA NAGESWARA RAO:

SHRI KAPIL MORESHWAR PATIL:

SHRI ACHYUTANANDA SAMANTA:

SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

PROF. SAUGATA RAY:

SHRI P. RAVEENDRANATH KUMAR:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of corona virus infected Indian citizens residing abroad, country-wise;
- (b) the number of Indians rescued from the corona virus affected areas including the cost of the evacuation, country-wise;
- (c) the number of corona virus infected / disinfected Indians trapped in China and various parts of the world including the ones trapped abroad a cruise ship and the measures taken by the Government and   Indian   embassies/consulates   to   safely   bring   the   aforesaid Indians back to India;
- (d) whether there are restrictions placed by several nations against people travelling back to India through transit from China and other nations where coronavirus proliferation has peaked; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor and the measures taken by the Government to address the issue?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

- (a) As per information available, the number of Coronavirus infected Indian citizens abroad is as follows:

-Japan (on the cruise ship) -16   (being   treated   at   onshore medical facilities in Japan); and

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UAE

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(b) Government of India evacuated a total of 766 persons, including 723 Indian nationals and 43 foreigners from China. Similarly, 119 Indians have been brought back to India from the cruise ship in Japan.

- i.Air India has raised a bill of Rs. 5,98,90,352/- for operating two special flights to China.
- ii.An   Indian   Airforce   flight   carrying   relief   material   to   China   also carried   Indian   citizens   from   Wuhan,   China   on   its   return journey. Expenditure details are yet to be received from Ministry of Defence.
- iii.Expenditure details for the special flight - Japan to India - for evacuation is yet to be received from Air India.
- (c) As in (a) above.
- (d) Nil.
- (e) Does not arise.

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