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Lok Sabha Question No. 4084 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: 5G Spectrum Technology
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Rajiv Pratap Rudy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4084 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  MARCH, 2020

## 5G SPECTRUM TECHNOLOGY

## 4084. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has begun the process of rolling out of 5G spectrum technology in the country and if so, the details thereof;

- (b) the  proposed  timeline  fixed  by  the  Government  for  the  roll-out  of  5G  spectrum  in  the country;

- (c) the current status of the adoption of 5G spectrum technology in the country;

- (d) whether the Government has identified any challenges in the rolling out of 5G spectrums on time and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and

- (e) the  details  of  the  current  liabilities  and  scale  of  Non  Performing  Assets  (NPAs)  of  the telecom companies of the country, company-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) The inter-ministerial High Level Forum (HLF) for 5G India 2020 constituted in September, 2017 had submitted its report 'Making India 5G Ready' in August, 2018.  Based on the report, the Government is creating an enabling framework for deployment of affordable and secure  5G  services  in  India.  The  5G  services  are  expected  to  be  introduced  gradually  and advance  to  a  full  range  of  services  as  ecosystem  and  demand  for  services  grows.    The  radio spectrum and the telecom licenses awarded by the Government are technology neutral and can facilitate deployment of any networks/services.

- (e) The data related to current liabilities and NPAs of the telecom companies of the country is not maintained by the Department of Telecommunications.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4083 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Post Office Passport Seva Kendra
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Krishna Pal Singh Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4083 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 TH  MARCH, 2020

## POST OFFICE PASSPORT SEVA KENDRA

## †4083. DR. KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the amount of space provided to the Passport Department in the Head Post Office of the district to open a Post Office Passport Seva Kendra  (POPSK)  in each Parliamentary Constituency of the country;
- (b) the measures taken by the Government to provide space to Passport Department in the event of the unavailability of space in the post office; and
- (c) the number of districts in Madhya Pradesh where space has been provided by the post offices to open a POPSK so far?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) As per MoU signed between Department of Posts (DoP) and Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), DoP shall provide 300 Sq. ft. to 1000 Sq. ft. space in Post Office at mutually agreed locations. Accordingly, space between 300 Sq. ft. to 1000 Sq. ft. has been provided to the Passport Department to open Post Office Passport Seva Kendra in the designated Post Offices as per availability and feasibility. As per MoU no further measures are required to be taken by the Department  of  Posts  to  provide  space  to  the  Passport  Department  in  the  event  of  the unavailability of the same in the concerned Post Offices.

(c) 17 districts  of Madhya Pradesh have Post Office Passport Seva Kendras functioning at Post Offices

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4082 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Fake Voters
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4082

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 18 th  MARCH, 2020

## FAKE VOTERS

†4082. SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

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

- (a) whether there are several fake voters as on date;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons for the entry of the name of fake voters in the voters list; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  remove  the  names  of  these fake voters from the voters list?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)   to  (b)  :  No,  Sir.  As  informed  by  the  Election  Commission  there may  be  instances  of  duplicate/multiple  entries  of  names,  incorrect details or names of dead electors still existing in the electoral roll.
- (c):    The Election Commission of India have informed that efforts are constantly  being  made  by  the  Commission  to  ensure  error-free electoral rolls in the country which, inter alia , include the following:-
- (i) The annual exercise of revision of electoral roll  is an effort to prepare a healthy, updated/authentic and error-free electoral  roll.  Before  the  actual  revision  process  is  started,
- de-duplication software is run to identify the demographically similar entries and remove the same. After taking corrective measures, an integrated electoral roll is published as a draft which  is  put  in  public  domain,  inviting  claims  from  the citizens.  The  revision  exercise  also  involves  various  stake holders like political parties and their booth level agents etc.
- (ii) The Commission conducts Elector's Verification Programme (EVP)  in  order  to  achieve  improvement  in  the  health  of electoral  rolls.  Citizens  are  encouraged  to  come  forward  to authenticate/verify their details in electoral rolls.
- (iii) Booth Level Officers (BLOs) make  field verification of electors  in  the  polling  area  assigned  to  them  to  collect information  regarding  dead/shifted  voters  so  that  names  of ineligible  voters  are  removed  by  the  Electoral  Registration Officer (ERO) by following due procedure of law.
- (iv) On the National Voters Service Portal a person could check whether one is enrolled at two or more places and report to the ERO for deletion of duplicate/multiple registration.
- (v) A list of dead persons is obtained from Registrars of Births and Deaths twice in a year and names of dead voters are deleted by the ERO concerned.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4081 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Command Battle School
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Hasnain Masoodi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4081

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th  March, 2020

## COMMAND BATTLE SCHOOL

4081. SHRI HASNAIN MASOODI:

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

- (a) the functioning of Command Battle School (CBS) 15th Corps at Khrew, Jammu and Kashmir;
- (b) the initiatives taken by the Government for employment of local residents at CBS;
- (c) the post retirement benefits of local employees of CBS; and
- (d) the steps being taken to give reservation in jobs to the children of employees of CBS?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

रक्षा राज्य मंत्री

( श्री श्रीपाद नाईक )

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- (a)    Command Battle  School (CBS) at Khrew, imparts pre-induction training to the troops posted to the Corps Zone in counter insurgency related operations.
- (b)  to  (d):    In  CBS  employment  of  permanent  nature  for  civilians  does  not  exist. However, locals are hired on daily wage basis whenever there is requirement.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4079 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Increase in MPLAD Fund
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Malook Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4079 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## INCREASE IN MPLAD FUND

## 4079. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR

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

(a)  whether the Government proposes to enhance the funds under MPLAD Scheme which is 5 crore rupees and is a very low amount as compared  MLA  funds  of  rupees  10  crore  in  Delhi,  Rs.    2  crore  in Uttar Pradesh and so on in other States;

(b) whether it is also a fact that there are five Assembly Constituencies  in  Bijnore  Parliamentary  Constituency  and  each Assembly  Constituency  gets  only  rupees  1  crore  from  the  MPLAD fund and it  is  very  meagre  amount  as  compared to  the  MLA  fund; and

(c) if so, the time by when this scheme is likely to be implemented?

## 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) There is no proposal under consideration of the Government  to  increase  the  Member  of  Parliament  Local  Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) funds at present. The Members of Legislative  Assembly  Local  Area  Development  (MLA  LAD)  funds  is under  the  domain  of  State/UT  Government  and  may  vary  across states.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4078 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Performance of Women Candidates in Civil Services Examination
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Pratima Mondal

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4078

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020)

## PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN CANDIDATES IN CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION

## 4078. SHRIMATI PRATIMA MONDAL:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) number of women candidates who cleared UPSC Civil Services Examination (CSE) in the past five years;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted any assessment with regard to the service being a male dominated area; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to promote women participation and success in CSE?

## 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):  Statement  showing  number  of  women  candidates  who  cleared  UPSC  Civil  Services Examination (CSE) in the past 5 years is mentioned below :-
- (b)  &  (c):  The  Government  strives  to  have  a  workforce  which  reflects  gender  balance  and therefore women  candidates  are encouraged  to apply and participate in Civil Services Examination. Further, women candidates are exempted from payment of fee while applying for the Civil Services Examination.

|   Sr. No |   CSE Year |   Total number of candidates finally recommended by UPSC |   Number of women candidates finally recommended by UPSC |
|----------|------------|----------------------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------------------|
|        1 |       2013 |                                                     1228 |                                                      261 |
|        2 |       2014 |                                                     1363 |                                                      313 |
|        3 |       2015 |                                                     1164 |                                                      229 |
|        4 |       2016 |                                                     1209 |                                                      282 |
|        5 |       2017 |                                                     1056 |                                                      254 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4077 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Acquisition of Defence Equipment
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Anil Firojiya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4077

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th  March, 2020

## ACQUISITION OF DEFENCE EQUIPMENT

4077. SHRI ANIL FIROJIYA:

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

- (a) whether the Government has approved the acquisition of defence equipment worth Rs.  22,800  crore  which  includes  indigenous  systems  to  promote  Make  in  India Project;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the main features of thermal imaging night vision machine; and
- (d)  whether  other  modern  systems  designed  indigenously  have  been  developed  and integrated in the country?
- (a)  &  (b):    The  capital  procurement  of  defence  equipment  is  undertaken  based  on threat  perception,  operational  challenges  and  technological  changes  and  to  keep  the Armed  Forces  in  a  state  of  readiness  to  meet  the  entire  spectrum  of  security challenges.

| A N S W E   | (SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)   |
|-------------|-----------------------|

During  the  last  three  years  (2016-17  to  2018-19)  and  current  financial  year (upto December, 2019), Government has accorded Acceptance of Necessity (AoN) to 138 capital acquisition proposals that promote indigenous sourcing/manufacturing.

(c) & (d):  Main features of Thermal Imaging Night Vision Instrument are as follow:-

-  Provides vision in pitch dark night.
-  Used during day for viewing through dust and smoke in the battlefield.
-  Used for Surveillance and Target Acquisition for firing on the target.
-  Fitted on land based, naval or air-borne platform.

The following major systems indigenously developed/integrated have been inducted  in  to  the  Armed  Forces  namely  Airborne  Early  Warning  &  Control (AEW&C)  system,  missiles under Integrated Guided Missile Development Programme (IGMDP), Radar, Sonars, Torpedoes etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4076 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Corruption Complaints Received by PMO
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Rajan Baburao  Vichare

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4076

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020)

## CORRUPTION COMPLAINTS RECEIVED BY PMO

## †4076. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the total number of corruption related complaints received in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) during the last one year along with the number of such complaints which were redressed out of the above;
- (b) whether there is any particular policy for redressal of such complaints received by PMO; and
- (c) 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):  The number of corruption related complaints received in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) during the last  one  year  for  the  period  01.03.2019  to  29.02.2020  is  12,458.    Total  disposal  of Corruption related complaints during the said period is 12,066.
- (b)  &  (c):    As  per  guidelines  issued  by  Department  of  Administrative  Reforms  and  Public Grievances,  the  grievance  is  required  to  be  disposed  off  with  in  a  period  of  2  months  by  the concerned Ministry/Department/Organization. Where redressal is likely to take longer time, an interim reply should be sent to the Citizen explaining the steps taken and assuring that further necessary action is being taken in the matter.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4074 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Railway Crossings
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Devji Mansingram Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4074 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.03.2020

## RAILWAY CROSSINGS

†4074.    SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

- (a) the number of railway crossings in district Jalore under Jodhpur Rail Division  along  with  the  number  of  accidents  that  took  place  on  these crossings during the last three years;
- (b) the total number of casualties in the accidents on above mentioned crossings  particularly  at  railway  crossing  number  C-48  at  Jalore-Ahore route;
- (c) the main reasons for delay being caused in construction of Rail Over Bridges  (ROB)  at  railway  crossing  numbers  C-56,  C-109  and  C-48  in Jalore, Bhinwal and Ranivada railway crossings;
- (d) whether in view of heavy traffic at C-94 railway crossing Bhinwal and Ranivada  railway  crossing  and  possibility  of  accidents  in  night  the Government propose to construct ROB or RUB there; and
- (e) if so, whether any time frame has been fixed for construction of the above  mentioned  over  bridge  or  under  bridge  and  if  not,  the  reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (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.  4074  BY  SHRI  DEVJI  M.  PATEL  TO  BE ANSWERED  IN LOK SABHA ON 18.03.2020 REGARDING RAILWAY CROSSINGS

(a):  There  are  24  level  crossings  (LCs)  in  District  Jalore  under  Jodhpur Division.  01 consequential train accident took place at unmanned LCs in Jalore  district  under  Jodhpur  Division  during  the  last  three  years  (i.e. 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19).

(b): 01 consequential train accident took place at UMLC No. C-94 situated in Jalore District on 25.05.2016.  In this accident, 01 person lost his life and 02 persons sustained injuries.  No accident took place at LC No. C-48.

(c): The work of Road Over Bridge (ROB) in lieu of LC No. 56 & 109 was delayed due to delay in environment clearance from Forest Department. Now the clearance from Forest Department has been obtained and work is in progress.  LC No. 48 is situated on National Highway.  ROB at this LC is to be constructed by National Highways Authority of India (NHAI)/Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MORTH).

(d) and (e): Manned LC No. C-94 at Bhinmal and LC-113 at Raniwara does not qualify for their replacement by ROB on cost sharing basis as traffic density  at  these  LCs  is  less  than  one  lakh  Train  Vehicle  Unit  (TVU). Moreover, RUBs at these locations are not technically feasible.  However, ROBs at these locations can be constructed on deposit terms provided State  Government  agrees  to  bear  complete  cost  of  construction  and maintenance subject to its feasibility.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4072 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Import of Defence Equipment
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Meenakashi Lekhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4072

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18 th  March, 2020

## IMPORT OF DEFENCE EQUIPMENT

## 4072. SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

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

- (a)  the  details  of  funds  relating  to  India's  spends  on  the  imports  of  all  defence equipment/technologies;
- (b) the percentage of defence budget spent on salaries, research and development and procurement of weapons; and
- (c) the country which is the major exporter of defence equipment to India?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

रक्षा राज्य मंत्री

( श्री श्रीपाद नाईक )

(a) to (c):  A statement is attached.

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (c)  OF  LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4072 FOR ANSWER ON 18.03.2020 REGARDING 'IMPORT OF DEFENCE EQUIPMENT'.

(a)  An  amount  of  Rs.  45,705.57  crore  has  been  spent  on  the  import  of  Defence equipment during the year 2018-19.

- (b) Percentage of Defence Budget (Defence Services Estimates) spent for the financial year  2018-19  on  salaries  is  46.10%  and  on  Defence  Research  &  Development Organisation  (excluding  Salaries)  is  4.42%.  Weapons  in  this  Ministry  are  procured under the Capital Acquisition Budget, which amount to 24.73% of Defence Budget for the year 2018-19.
- (c)  Capital procurement of defence equipment is undertaken from various domestic as well  as  foreign  vendors,  based  on  operational  requirement  of  the  Armed  Forces  to keep the Armed Forces in a state of readiness to meet the entire spectrum of security challenges.  The major countries from which defence equipment have been procured include Russia, USA, Israel, France  and United Kingdom.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4071 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-18
Subject: Launching Satellites
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: Locket Chatterjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4071 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 18, 2020

## LAUNCHING SATELLITES

4071.  MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is working in collaboration with other countries  to  launch  their  satellites  in  space  and  if  so,  the details thereof; and
- (b) whether the Government has taken any steps to promote other countries to work in collaboration with India in launching their satellites and if so, the details thereof;

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a) Yes  Sir.  Indian  Space  Research  Organisation  (ISRO)  through NewSpace India Limited (NSIL), a Govt. of India company under Department of Space (DOS), has been engaged with international  space  agencies/  companies  for  launching  their satellites into space, on a commercial basis, using India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV).
- (b) Yes  Sir.  Over  the  years,  steps  taken  towards  launching  of satellites  of  other  countries  from  India  using  Indian  launch

vehicle,  has  enabled  greater  participation  and  involvement  of several countries in availing such launch opportunities. Since  1999,  India's  Polar  Satellite  Launch  Vehicle  has  been involved  in  launching  satellites  of  other  countries  into  space from  its  spaceport  located  at  Satish  Dhawan  Space  Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota. As on date, a total of 319 foreign satellites of 33 countries have been  successfully  launched  on-board  PSLV.  In  the  coming months, many  more satellites of other countries will be launched into space from India. *****