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Lok Sabha Question No. 561 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Eco-Task Force
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: MANSHANKAR NINAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.561

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## ECO-TASK  FORCE

561. SHRI  MANSHANKAR  NINAMA:

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

- (a) the State-wise details of the deployment of Eco-Task Force Battalions engaged in protecting environment at present along with their locations;
- (b) whether any action plan is in operation for the better utilization of new technology to enhance capacity and efficiency of the said Task Force;
- (c) if so, whether there is any proposal to set up more such Battalions in consultation / coordination of State agencies in future; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

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- (a) At  present,  there  are  10  (ten)  Eco-Task  Force  (ETF)  Battalions, Territorial  Army  (TA)  engaged  in  the  work  of  environmental  protection  at different locations of the country.  The State-wise deployment  is at Annexure.
- (b) ETF Battalions have adopted several effective measures to enhance the  capacity  and  work  quality  of  the  ETF  by  employing  new  emerging technologies  like  drip  &  sprinkler  irrigation,  root  trainer  technology,  protray  technology,  bio  &  vermin  composting,  mist  chambers,  green  &  poly houses etc. in their work.
- (c) & (d): The  Ministry  of  Defence  considers  the  raising  of  ETF  (TA) Battalion  if  the  concerned  authority  i.e.  State  Government,  Ministry  of Environment Forests & Climate Change etc. make firm commitment to bear the entire expenditure in respect of the proposed ETF (TA) Battalion.

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## ANNEXURE REFERRED IN THE REPLY GIVEN IN PART (a) OF LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 561 FOR ANSWER ON 6.2.2019

## DETAILS OF ECOLOGICAL TASK FORCE (ETF) BATTALIONS (TA):

|   Sl. No. | Name of Unit                 | Location                  |
|-----------|------------------------------|---------------------------|
|         1 | 127 Inf Bn (TA) Eco,GARH RIF | Dehradun (Uttarakhand)    |
|         2 | 128 Inf Bn (TA) Eco, RAJ RIF | Jaisalmer (Rajasthan)     |
|         3 | 129 Inf Bn (TA) Eco, JAK LI  | Samba (Jammu &Kashmir)    |
|         4 | 130 Inf Bn (TA) Eco,KUMAON   | Pithoragarh (Uttarakhand) |
|         5 | 132 Inf Bn (TA) Eco, RAJPUT  | Bhatti Mines (Delhi)      |
|         6 | 133 Inf Bn (TA) Eco,DOGRA    | Kufri (Himachal Pradesh)  |
|         7 | 134 Inf Bn (TA) Eco, ASSAM   | Tezpur (Assam)            |
|         8 | 135 Inf Bn (TA) Eco, ASSAM   | Kokrajhar (Assam)         |
|         9 | 136 Inf Bn (TA) Eco,MAHAR    | Aurangabad (Maharashtra)  |
|        10 | 137 CETF Bn (TA) 39 GR       | Allahabad (Uttar Pradesh) |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 560 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Pay Fixation of Defence Personnel
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: N.K. PREMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.560

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## PAY FIXATION OF DEFENCE PERSONNEL

560. SHRI  N.K. PREMACHANDRAN:

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

- (a) whether  it  has  come  to  the  notice  of  the  Government  that  there  is  disparity  in fixing the pay of defence personnel;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken to resolve the same;
- (c) whether the Government has received representation from army officials to rectify the anomaly in the 7 th Pay Commission and if so, the details of the action taken thereon;
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  reduce  the  rank  of  military  officials compared to the similarly ranked civil officer in civil service and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the parity and other service benefits of military personnel are decreasing compared with the similarly placed officers in the country and if so, the action taken to resolve the issue?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

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(a) to (e): The 7 th Central Pay Commission (CPC) recommended a  separate  Pay  Matrix  for  Defence  Forces  and  emphasized  that  the  pay structure  designed  by  it  for  the  defence  forces  personnel  was  based  on their  unique  rank structure  and  that  it  was  not  intended to  determine  the status  of  the  personnel vis-à-vis their  civil counterparts.  Military Service

:  2  :

Pay (MSP) as a compensation for the  various aspects unique to Defence Forces  like  serving  in  operational  environments,  training  for  war  like situations  with  highly  sophisticated  war  machinery  etc  and  for  the  edge historically  enjoyed  by  the  Defence  Forces  over  the  civilian  scales  was allowed.    In  addition,  entitlements  to  several  allowances  for  the  unique Risks  and  Hardships  borne  by  them  were  permitted,  such  as  Siachen Allowance,  Para  Allowances,  Counter  Insurgency  Operations  Allowance, Commando Allowance, Submarine related allowances etc.  Other benefits allowed only for Defence Forces personnel include defined Benefit Pension Scheme, Free rations or Ration Money Allowance in lieu of free rations, tax concessions through Canteen Stores Depot and Concession vouchers for travel in Railways and by Air. Whenever anomalies in the pay of defence personnel are brought to notice of the Government, the same are examined on a 'case to case' basis. There is no proposal to reduce the rank of military officials compared to their civilian counterparts nor to decrease service benefits.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 557 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Bio-toilets
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 557 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2019

## BIO-TOILETS

## 557. SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  planned  to  install  bio-toilets  in  all trains particularly in long distance trains;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the present status of this plan;
- (c)    whether  the  Government  has  also  felt  any  bottlenecks  in  the execution of this plan; and
- (d)   if so, the details thereof and the action taken in this regard?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

- (a) Yes, Madam.
- (b)  Indian  Railways  have  planned  to  install  bio-toilets  in  all  the passenger  carrying  coaches  in  the  year  2019.  So far,  more than 1,74,600 bio-toilets have been installed in about 47,800 coaches.
- (c) No, Madam.
- (d) Does not arise.

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

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Lok Sabha Question No. 556 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Quality of BSNL Service
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: BALABHADRA MAJHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.556 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## QUALITY OF BSNL SERVICE

556. SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  satisfied  with  the  quality  of  BSNL  service  in  the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the status thereof in Nabarangpur  Parliamentary Constituency comprising Nabarangpur, Koraput & Malkangiri districts of Odisha?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) has been monitoring the performance  of  telecom  service  providers  including  Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited  (BSNL) against the benchmark for various Quality of Service (QoS) parameters laid down by TRAI by way of  QoS regulations  issued  from  time  to  time,  through  Quarterly  Performance  Monitoring Reports (PMRs) submitted by service providers for the service area as a whole.

As per PMR for the quarter ending September 2018, for Basic Wireline and Broadband Services, BSNL is meeting the benchmarks for all the parameters in all service areas including Odisha service area.

As  per  PMR  for  the  quarter  ending  September  2018,  for  Cellular  Mobile  Telephone Services,  BSNL  is  meeting  the  benchmarks  for  all  the  parameters  in  all  the  service  areas, except  the  parameters  for  assessing  call  drop  viz  'Network  QoS  DCR  Spatial  distribution measure  or  DCR  Network\_QSD(90,90)  (benchmark  2%)',    and  'Network  QoS  DCR  temporal distribution measure or DCR Network\_QTD(97,90) (benchmark ≤ 3%)', in West Bengal Service area  and  'Point  of  Interconnection  (POI)  Congestion  (No.  of  POIs  is  not  meeting  the benchmark) (Average over a period of quarter) (benchmark ≤ 0.5%)', in Rajasthan service area only.  BSNL is meeting the benchmarks for all the parameters in Odisha service area.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 555 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Delayed Ongoing Railway Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: JUGAL KISHORE SHARMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 555 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2019

## DELAYED ONGOING RAILWAY PROJECTS

## †555.   SHRI JUGAL KISHORE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether several ongoing railway projects are getting delayed for their  completion due to which  their cost is steeply escalating;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  of  such projects,  zone-wise and the reasons for their delay;
- (c) the detail of the funds spent on the said projects till date; and
- (d) the  steps  taken  by  the  Railways  to  complete  these  projects immediately to have a check on any further cost escalation?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) and (b): At present, 505 Railway projects including 185 New Lines, 57 Gauge Conversion and 263 Doubling Projects are in different stages of  execution/planning/sanction.  The  completion  of  Railway  projects requires  acquisition  of  land,  shifting  of  utilities,  various  statutory clearances etc.  leading to cost overrun.

Contd..2/-

(c):    The  details  of  all  works  in  progress  and  new  works  including funds spent on each project, allotment of funds and expenditure are made  available  in  public  domain  on  Indian  Railways  website  i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in  and  are  also  available in  Pink  Books presented before the House along with Budget every year.

(d): Railways is holding regular meetings with State Government and concerned Central Government officials  on  various  issues  for  timely completion  of  the  projects.  For  capacity  enhancement  projects, institutional financing has been done by arranging loan from M/s Life Insurance Corporation of India Limited for ` 1.5 lakh crore, which has increased Railways' capacity for committed fund provision for essential projects.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 553 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Training to Cadets of NCC
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR PANDEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.553

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## TRAINING TO CADETS OF NCC

553. SHRI  RAVINDRA  KUMAR  PANDEY:

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

- (a) the steps being taken by the Government to import training to cadets of National Cadet Corps (NCC) and to engage them in nation building;
- (b) whether  the  Government  propose  to  integrate  the  activities  of  NCC Indian  Scouts  and Guides, Home guards and Territorial Army to establish coordination among them for National Security and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  suggestions  have  been  received  from  different  quarters  for  making  NCC training mandatory for school / college students; and
- (d) if so, the reaction of the Government in this regard?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

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(a) As  part  of  institutional  training  of  the  National  Cadet  Corps  (NCC),  each NCC  Cadet  is  trained  on  subjects like Personality Development,  National Integration  &  Awareness,  Social  Service  &  Community  Development,  Disaster Management as well as Environment Awareness & Conservation which directly impact  the  Nation  Building  aspect.    They  also  undertake  Swachh  Bharat Abhiyans.    Around  20,000  cadets  attend  'Ek  Bharat  Shreshtha  Bharat'  Camps each year which are based on the concept of national integration.

- (b) No, Madam.

(c) & (d): Some  representations  have  been  received  by  Directorate  General National Cadet Corps on this subject.  To implement the suggestion, the training capacity of National Cadet Corps would have to be raised substantially in terms of  manpower,  logistic  support,  financial    commitments,  infrastructure  and  will entail  raising  of  large  number  of  National  Cadet  Corps  units.    Manpower requirements  will  include  service  personnel  and  civilian  staff  by  the  State Governments.  Infrastructure in terms of office accommodation, training area, etc. will  have  to  be  provided  by  the  State  Government.    Therefore,  concurrence  of State  Governments  is  also  essential.    All  the  above  also  involves  financial commitments.  There is no proposal before Government in this regard.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 552 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Funds for Different Schemes
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.552 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6/2/2019

## FUNDS FOR DIFFERENT SCHEMES

- †552.  SHRI KIRTI AZAD:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ÉÊ´ÉYÉÉxÉ +ÉÉè® |ÉÉètÉÉäÉÊMÉBÉEÉÒ àÉÆjÉÉÒ be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  amounts  released  under  different  schemes/projects  of  the  Ministry  to Darbhanga in Bihar;
- (b) whether the released amount is used under the scheme/project;
- (c) if so, the schemes/projects for which work has been completed or yet to be completed; and
- (d) the reasons for not completing the works?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES AND MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

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(a) No amounts has been released by the Ministry of Science and Technology under different schemes/projects to Darbhanga in Bihar. (b) to (d):  Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 551 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Induction of Artillery Gun Systems
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: C. MAHENDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.551

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## INDUCTION OF ARTILLERY GUN SYSTEMS

551. SHRI  C. MAHENDRAN:

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

- (a) whether the  Indian Army  inducted  three artillery  gun  systems  recently  after  the Bofors artillery gun system procured from Sweden in early 1980s;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the new systems are fully imported or there is any plan to couple this with Make in India initiative;
- (d) if so, the details thereof in each gun system;
- (e) whether any of the gun systems are proposed to be developed indigenously; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

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(a) & (b): The  Indian  Army  has  recently  inducted  two  gun  systems (i)155mm/39 Calibre M777 A2 Ultra Light Howitzer and (ii)155mm/52 Calibre Tracked Self propelled (K-9 Vajra-T).

(c) & (d): 145  number  of  M777  A2  Ultra  Light  Howitzer  guns  are  to  be procured from USA.  25 guns are being imported in fully assembled state. Balance 120 guns are to be assembled, integrated and tested in India under the Make in India initiative.

:  2  :

The  155mm/52  Calibre  Tracked  Self  Propelled  guns  is  to  have  50% indigenous content in cost terms.  Indigenisation process by the  vendor, M/s  Larsen  and  Toubro  (L&T)  entails  amalgamation  of  private  Indian industries in manufacture of various sub assemblies. (e) & (f): Defence Acquisition Council (DAC) in August 2018 has approved  procurement  of  150  number  of  155mm/52  Calibe  Advanced Towed  Artillery  Gun  Systems  (ATAGS)  under  Buy-Indian  (Indigenously Designed & Developed Manufactured) (IDDM) Category.  These guns have been  indigenously  designed  and  developed  by  Defence  Research  & Development Organisation (DRDO).  In addition, an indent has been placed with Ordnance Factory Board (OFB) in December 2017 for procurement of

Electronically Upgraded 155mm/45 Calibre Dhanush Gun System.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 550 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Train 18
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 550 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.02.2019

## TRAIN 18

## 550. SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Railways  will roll out its latest technological innovation i.e. Train18 which will not only beat the comforts and speed of the premium Shatabdi Express but will also be engine less;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  biggest  advantage  of  Train  18  is  that  it  will  have engine on both the ends like Metro; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b): Yes, Madam. The train has been successfully tested upto 180  kmph  and  declared  fit  for  maximum  operating  speed  of  160 kmph on suitable track. The first rake of Train set-18 having sixteen coaches has already been rolled out from ICF and will be put into passenger service shortly.

(c) & (d): The Train set 18 does not have engines at both ends. The propulsion system is distributed all along the train and is fitted in the underframe of the coach. Train set-18 has driving cab at both ends of the train like Metro.

Availability  of  cab  at  both  ends  facilitates  train  operation  in  both directions with minimum loss of time. It also eliminates requirement of  shunting  of  the  engines  etc.  at  originating  /  terminating  and change of direction stations.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 549 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Online Unit Centres
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 549

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 06.02.2019

## ONLINE UNIT CENTRES

## 549     SHRI  PRATAPRAO  JADHAV:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  taken  or  proposes  to  take  any  step  to  increase  the number of online unit centres for the implementation of all public welfare schemes run by central and State Governments and to ensure the benefits of the said schemes to beneficiaries through offline application in case of on-line system is not working;
- (b) if so, the  details thereof; and
- (c) if not , the reasons therefore?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b): 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  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): Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 548 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Converting Cantonment Areas into Military Stations
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.548

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 6 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## CONVERTING CANTONMENT AREAS INTO MILITARY STATIONS

548. SHRI  ASADUDDIN  OWAISI:

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

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  Indian  Army  has  sent  a  proposal  regarding  converting cantonment areas into exclusive military stations and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the total area at present under cantonment boards in the country;
- (c) the rationale behind this idea and the extent to which Indian army is likely to save funds after converting cantonment area into military stations;
- (d) the problems likely to be faced by civilian population in their movement mobility which they are at present enjoying after such conversion; and
- (e) the time by which a final decision is likely to be taken in this regard?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

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- (a) Yes, Madam.
- (b) The total area inside Cantonments in the country is 1,86,730.39 acres.

(c) to (e): On  the  issue  of  excision  of  civil  areas  of  the  existing  62 Cantonments  and  on  converting  them  into  pure  Military  Stations,  the Expert  Committee  on  'Working  of Cantonment  Boards'  set  up vide Ministry's  O.M.  dated  31.08.2018  has  been  directed  to  submit  a  separate report.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 547 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-06
Subject: Outsourcing of Spacecraft Assembly Integration and Testing
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: POONAM  MAHAJAN

- (a)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.547

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 06, 2019

## OUTSOURCING OF SPACECRAFT ASSEMBLY INTEGRATION AND TESTING

547. SHRIMATI POONAM MAHAJAN:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- whether  the  Indian  Space  Research  Organisation  (ISRO)  and contractual agreements  with  multiple  vendors  to  outsource  Spacecraft
- (a) UR Rao Satellite Centre have entered into Assembly Integration and Testing (AIT) activities;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  the  scope  of  work  and contractual execution modality; and
- (c) the  number  and  details  of  satellites  that  the  vendors  are expected to assemble over a specified timeframe?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG &

PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- Yes Madam.
- A Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed with three  parties  to  carry  out  Assembly,  Integration  and  Testing (AIT) of I-1000 Kg to I-3000 Kg class of communication, remote
- (b) sensing and navigation satellites.

(c) consent basis.

It is for 21 units for all the three parties together. One unit is equal to one number of I-1000 Kg satellite. The contract is for three  years  and  extendable  to  two  more  years  on  mutual *****