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Lok Sabha Question No. 576 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Data Governance Centre
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 576

TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.11.2019

## DATA GOVERNANCE CENTRE

## 576     SHRI KANUMURU  RAGHU  RAMA  KRISHANA  RAJU:

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

- (a)        whether  the  Government  proposes to set up a nationalised data governance centre to hold all public data and lay down guidelines for the management and sharing of data between the State and Central agencies; and
- (b)   if so, the details thereof and the steps proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a) and (b): No, Sir. Government does not propose to set up a nationalised data governance centre.  However,  Government  of  India  through  Ministry  of  Science  and  Technology  has formulated the National Data Sharing and Accessibility Policy (NDSAP), while Ministry of Electronics & IT (MeitY) is the nodal ministry to implement the policy.

The  Department  of  Science and  Technology  (DST)  under  Ministry of Science and Technology has formulated the NDSAP policy through close collaboration with the other line Ministries and MeitY by creating 'data.gov.in' through National Informatics Centre (NIC). The NDSAP had identified MeitY as the nodal Ministry for the implementation of the policy through  NIC,  while  Department  of  Science  and  Technology  continues  to  be  the  nodal department  on  policy  matters.  The  policy  was  notified  by  Department  of  Science  and Technology (Govt of India Gazette dated 17 th March,  2012).  In  pursuance  of  the  NDSAPPolicy notified by Government of India in March 2012, MeitY through NIC has set up the Open Government Data (OGD) platform India-https://data.gov.in/ to provide open access by proactive  release  of  the  data  available  with  various  ministries/departments/organizations  of Government of India.

OGD  platform  is  available  as  Software  as  a  Service  (SaaS)  model.  It  is  envisaged  that Ministries/Departments would release datasets on proactive/auto consumption basis through Application  Programming  Interfaces(APIs)/Web  Services  ie  in  line  with  the  principles  of Open by Default from all e-Government Service Applications particularly from Digital India initiative of the Government.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 573 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Cyber Security
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 573

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 20.11.2019

## CYBER SECURITY

## 573.   SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY

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

- (a) whether  the  Indian  Computer  Emergency  Response  Team  (CERT-In)  has  signed cooperation  pacts  with  its  counterparts  in  Malaysia,  Singapore  and  Japan  for  cyber security and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) whether the CERT-In is the nodal agency responsible for dealing with cyber security threats and the said pacts will promote closer cooperation for exchange of knowledge and  experience  in  detection  resolution  and  prevention  of  security  related  incidents between India and the three countries and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the CERT-In to deal with cyber security threats so far?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a): The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) has signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Malaysia, Singapore and Japan on cooperation in the area of cyber security as follows :

- (i) MoU between CERT-In and Cyber Security Malaysia was signed on 23rd November 2015 with a validity period of 2 years.
- (ii) MoU  between  CERT-In  and  Singapore  Computer  Emergency  Response  Team (SingCERT) was signed on 24th November 2015 with a validity period of 2 years and was  extended  for  a  period  of  5  years  on  1st  June  2018  with  effect  from  24th November 2017.
- (iii) MoU between CERT-In and Japan Computer Emergency Response Team Coordination Center (JPCERT/CC) was signed on 7th December, 2015 with a validity period of 5 years.

(b):  The Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is the nodal agency for responding to cyber security incidents as per provisions of Section 70B of the Information Technology Act, 2000. As per the MoUs signed between CERT-In and counterpart agencies in Malaysia, Singapore and Japan, point of contacts are identified, face-to-face meetings and video/ tele-conferences are held periodically. Discussions are conducted on the operational activities  and  cyber  security  incident  trends.  Information  on  latest  cyber  threats  and  best practices  to  enhance  cyber  security  are  exchanged.  CERT-In  is  also  participating  in  the projects conducted by respective counterpart agencies. The cooperation is enabling timely detection  and  resolution  of  cyber  security  incidents  affecting  respective  constituency  and responding to emerging cyber threats.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 571 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Doubling of Railway Lines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Rama Devi, Giridhari Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.571 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.11.2019

## DOUBLING OF RAILWAY LINES

†571. SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI: SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  location-wise  details  regarding  doubling  of  railway  lines being undertaken in the country, particularly in Bihar;
- (b) the  location-wise  and  railway  line-wise  details  of  the  funds allocated and utilized for doubling of railway lines during the last three years in the State of Bihar; and
- (c) the details of works of doubling of railway lines that are likely to be completed in Bihar during the current financial year?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (c): Presently, 255 Doubling projects of length 20,500 Km costing 2.32 lakh crore are in different stages of planning/sanction/execution, out  of  which  2,784  Km  length  has  been  commissioned  and  an 48,342 crore has been incurred till March 2019.  Total 17,602 crore has been provided for the projects in financial year 2019-20. This includes 14 Doubling projects of 937.11 km costing

Contd..P/2

` expenditure of ` outlay of ` ` 11,574 Crore falling fully/partly in Bihar.

Details  of  doubling  projects  in  progress  and  new  works  including expenditure and outlay 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).

The  timely  completion  of  any  Railway  project  depends  on  various factors like quick land acquisition  by  State  Government,  forest clearance  by  officials  of  forest  department,  shifting  of  infringing utilities  (both  underground  and  over  ground),  statutory  clearances from  various  authorities,  geological  and  topographical  conditions  of area,  law  and  order  situation  in  the  area  of  project  site,  number  of working  months  in  a  year  for  particular  project  site  due  to  climatic considerations,  encountering  unforeseen  conditions  like  earthquake, flooding, excessive rains, strikes of labour, orders of Hon'ble Courts, situation  and  conditions    of  working  agencies/contractors  etc.  All these factors vary from project to project and site to site and affect the completion time and cost of the project, which is finally worked out  at  the  completion  stage.  Therefore,  timeline  for  completion  of projects cannot be given.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 570 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Vacancies in Andhra Pradesh Postal Circle
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 570 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH   NOVEMBER, 2019

## VACANCIES IN ANDHRA PRADESH POSTAL CIRCLE

## 570. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there are more than 1,100 vacancies of Multi Tasking Staff, Postman, Postal Assistant, etc. in Andhra Pradesh postal Circle;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether these posts have been lying vacant for considerable time of 2,3, and 5 years and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor, post-wise; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government in this regard and the time by which the aforesaid posts are likely to be filled?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) Post-wise vacancies in Andhra Pradesh Postal Circle are as under:-

|   Multi Tasking Staff |   Postman |   Mail Guard |   Postal Assistant / Sorting Assistant |   Total |
|-----------------------|-----------|--------------|----------------------------------------|---------|
|                   174 |       337 |           24 |                                    694 |    1229 |

Vacancy arises on account of retirement, promotion, death, deputation, etc.

- (c) Aforesaid vacancies primarily pertain to the period 2017 to 2019 due to delay in publication of results by Staff Selection Commission (SSC) and delay in   conducting departmental examinations.
- (d) Recruitment to fill up vacant posts is done periodically by holding departmental examination, direct recruitment  through  Staff  Selection  Commission  and  also  by  individual  Circle  as  per  the  provisions  of  the relevant recruitment rules. Following action has been undertaken to fill up the vacant posts:-
- (i) Notification  has  been  issued  to  conduct  examination  on  22.12.2019  for  filling  up  the  vacant  posts  of Multi Tasking Staff.
- (ii) For filling up the vacant posts of Postman and Mail Guard, examination was held on 29.09.2019 and results thereof are awaited.
- (iii) For filling up vacant posts of Postal Assistant and Sorting Assistant, departmental examination was held on  15.09.2019  and  results  thereof  are  awaited.  Further,  Staff  Selection  Commission  (SSC)  has  been requested to nominate candidates on the basis of Combined Higher Secondary Level Examinations.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 569 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Railway Tickets in Different Languages
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: L.S. Tejasvi Surya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.569 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.11.2019

## RAILWAY TICKETS IN DIFFERENT LANGUAGES

569. SHRI L. S. TEJASVI SURYA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the ministry will provide information in regional languages like  Kannada,  Tamil,  Telugu,  Malayalam,  Bengali,  Gujarati  etc.,  in  the various  websites  of  the  Railways  like  irctc.co.in,  indianrail.gov.in, rrbcdg.gov.in in lieu of the different languages spoken and practised in various parts of the country and the technological advances leading to easier design;

(b) if so, the deadline by which such information would be available;

(c) if not, the reasons therefor; and

(d) whether the Government is planning to introduce printing of railway tickets in regional languages, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (c) The website irctc.co.in, indianrail.gov.in and rrbcdg.gov.in are bilingual i.e. English and Hindi. There is no plan to provide information on these websites in regional languages, at present.

…2/-

(d) Presently unreserved tickets are being printed in 7 regional languages viz. Kannada, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, Gujarati, Marathi and Punjabi. The name of originating and destination station, class and train type is printed in regional languages on these tickets.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 568 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Doubling of Railway Track over the Brahmaputra River
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Queen Oja, Ramesh Chander Kaushik, Saikia Dilip

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 568 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.11.2019

## DOUBLING OF RAILWAY TRACK OVER THE BRAHMAPUTRA RIVER

†568. SHRIMATI QUEEN OJA: SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK: SHRI DILIP SAIKIA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  for  doubling  of  the railway  track  constructed  over  the  Brahmaputra  river  passing  through Guwahati;
- (b) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto; and
- (c) whether any action has been initiated for the doubling of the railway track constructed over the Brahmaputra river  passing through Guwahati and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) to (c): Based on public demand and Railways' requirement, Saraighat Bridge doubling  project  (including  double  line  from  Agthori  to  Kamakhya)  over  river Brahmaputra has been included in Budget 2017-18 subject to requisite Government  approvals.    Detailed  investigations  for  important  bridge  have  been taken up.  As existing single line bridge is Rail-cum-Road bridge, Ministry of Road Transport  and  Highways  (MoRTH)  has  been  requested  to  give  their  consent  for cost sharing of proposed Rail-cum-Road bridge for doubling.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 566 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: RoB in Bijnaur
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Malook Nagar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.566 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.11.2019

## ROB IN BIJNAUR

†566.  SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  status  of  flyover  proposed  on  railway  crossing  at  Nagina  in  the Bijnaur constituency which has reportedly been sanctioned;
- (b) whether there is any scheme to construct railway flyover or underpass on  two  other  railway  crossings  at  town  Chandpur  in  legislative Assembly segment of Chandpur in Bijnaur constituency which causes traffic jam and frequent road accidents;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the time by which the same are likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (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  UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.566 BY SHRI MALOOK NAGAR TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 20.11.2019 REGARDING ROB IN BIJNAUR

(a) to (d): Level Crossing at Nagina (LC No. 471) falls on National Highway (NH). As  per  Memorandum  of  Understanding  (MoU)  signed  between  Ministry  of Railways and Ministry of Road Transport and Highways (MoRTH) on  10.11.2014, MoRTH/  National  Highway  Authority  of  India  (NHAI)  will  replace  all  Level Crossings  (LCs)  on  NH  corridors  by  ROBs/  Road  under  Bridges  (RUBs)  at  their own cost on single entity basis. There are two LCs at town Chandpur i.e. LC No. 26 at Km 34/10-11 & LC No.  27  at  Km  35/09-10.  These  LCs  qualify  for  their  replacement  by  Road  over Bridge (ROB) on cost-sharing basis with State Government as traffic density is more than one lakh Traffic Vehicle Unit (TVU).   Accordingly, State Government has been approached to submit the formal proposal for construction of ROB at these locations alongwith necessary consents for sharing of cost and closure of LC.  Despite  regular  chasing  from  Zonal  Railway  at  Chief  Secretary  level,  no response has been received from State Government.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 564 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Darjeeling Tea
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Raju Bista

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 564 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 th NOVEMBER, 2019 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20

## DARJEELING TEA

## 564. SHRI RAJU BISTA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  shifting  the  quality  control  lab  earmarked  for  testing  the quality of Darjeeling Tea to Jalpaiguri;
- (b) if  so, the manner in which the shifting of Quality Control lab from the hills to distant Jalpaiguri would help to control the quality of 'Darjeeling Tea' which enjoys a unique 'Geographical Indicator' status under the World Trade Organization; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Ministry to protect Darjeeling Tea from cheap tea of other regions, labelled and sold as Darjeeling Tea?

## ANSWER

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- (a) & (b): No, Sir.  There is no such proposal under consideration.
- (c): For protection of Darjeeling Tea from  cheap tea of other regions, Tea Board  has put in place Darjeeling Trade Chain Integrity System wherein  permission from Tea Board is required  to deal/sale  Darjeeling  Tea. As  on  date,  each  packet  sold  as  Darjeeling  Tea  has  to  mandatorily source 100% teas from Darjeeling only. Additionally, Tea Board has issued labelling guidelines for packers who intend to sell Darjeeling Tea.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 563 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Disaster Resilient Telecom Infrastructure
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Achyutananda Samanta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 563 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20 TH   NOVEMBER, 2019

## DISASTER RESILIENT TELECOM INFRASTRUCTURE

## 563. SHRI ACHYUTANANDA SAMANTA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to provide coastal areas with disaster resilient telecommunication infrastructure;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  plan  proposed  by  the  Government  for  the  next  five years; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b)    Sir,  As  per  the  Standard  Operating  Procedure  (SOP-2017)  for  Telecom  Services  for responding to disasters issued/enforced by Department of Telecom -Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) are required to implement the following measures in  order to increase the robustness and prevent failures of their network during disasters:

- Telecommunication equipment should be installed at suitable locations in disaster prone areas to  be  able  to  withstand  impacts  of  any  disaster  e.  g.  in  flood  prone  areas  location  of exchanges/ critical equipment to be preferably at higher altitude area to avoid inundation of water. The plinth should be kept high in coastal and flood prone areas.
- Wherever feasible, critical equipment should not be concentrated in one building.
- All buildings, towers and equipment sites should be equipped with adequate fire protection measures like detection and extinguishing systems etc.
- All  buildings,  towers  and  equipment  site  structure  should  comply  with  building  bylaws prescribed for earthquake resistant building depending upon seismic zones.
- As far as possible, communication cables should be buried underground in ducts to reduce their vulnerability.

- TSPs should ensure that transmission links between main Network Elements and switching equipment are redundant through two distinct geographical paths.
- According to hazard profile of the  area, TSPs will identify vulnerability  of their respective telecom  infrastructure  and  accordingly  prepare  plan  for  emergency  situations.  All  the vulnerable critical network components should have sufficient redundancy including transmission links and power backups in terms of battery storage capacity and  diesel / fuel availability.
- Emergency situation often triggers overload of the network due to high traffic, anxiety calls and repeated call attempts. TSPs should ensure provision of an effective solution to prevent the  crash  of  the  network  in  such  cases  and  develop  effective  congestion  management processes which should be reviewed and tested periodically.
- (c) Does not arise in view of abvoe.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 562 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Stoppage of Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Jaisiddeshwar Shivacharya Mahaswamiji

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.562 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.11.2019

## STOPPAGE OF TRAINS

†562.  SHRI SHA.BRA.DR.JAI SIDDESHWAR SHIVACHARYA MAHASWAMIJI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Ministry of Railways is considering any proposal to provide a stoppage  for  Hussain  Sagar  Express,  Bikaner  Express,  Secunderabad  Hubli Express at Akalkot Road railway station under Solapur parliamentary constituency of Maharashtra;
- (b)    if  so,  whether  a  letter  has  been  written  to  General  Manager  of  Central Railway, Mumbai to provide such a stoppage to the said Trains at Akalkot Road railway station by the Divisional Railway Manager, Solapur;
- (c) if so, the details of decisions taken by the General Manager on this letter; and
- (d) the time by which the said trains are likely to be provided a stoppage at Akalkot Road railway station?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a)  to  (d):    Request for stoppage of additional trains at Akalkot Road has been made, inter-alia, by the  Hon'ble  Member of Parliament. The same has been examined but not found operationally and commercially feasible, at present.  At present, 9 trains are stopping at Akalkot  Road.  These  trains  are  adequately  serving  the  needs  of  the passengers of this station.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 561 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-20
Subject: Joining Policy for Engineering Department
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Kaushal Kishore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 561 TO BE ANSWERED ON 20.11.2019

## JOINING POLICY FOR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT

+ 561. SHRI  KAUSHAL KISHORE :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government is aware that the employees under the engineering department of the Ministry are neither relieved nor have joined even after months/years of being promoted and transferred;
- (b)  if so, the details along with the reasons thereof, particularly of North-Central Railway, Allahabad; and
- (c) the directions given by the Government for transferred employees to join at their  posting stations  and  the  time  by  which they are likely to join?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  &  (b):    No  such  case  has  been  reported  on  any  of  the  Zonal Railways, including North Central Railway.

- (c) :  Does not arise.

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