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Lok Sabha Question No. 1818 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Demand and Supply of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: DEVAJIBHAI GOVINDBHAI FATEPARA, RITI PATHAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1818 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## Demand and Supply of Coal

## 1818. SHRIDEVAJIBHAI G.FATEPARA :

## SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  is  huge  gap  between  demand  and  supply  of  coal  in  the country;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has formulated any Action Plan to deal with the said situation; and
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS,COAL, FINANCE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a)&(b): Demand of coal is higher than the current level of supply of coal in the country. During the year 2017-18, as against a total actual demand of coal of 899.69 MT, the domestic supply was 691.42 MT.

The  all  India  raw  coal  production  has  increased  from  565.77  MT  in 2013-14  to  676.48  MT  in  2017-18.  Absolute  increase  in  all  India  coal production from 2013-14 to 2017-18 (four years) is 110.71 MT as compared to an increase of coal production of 33.73 MT between 2009-10 to 2013-14 (four

(c)&(d): years).

Coal India Limited (CIL) has also increased its production from 462.41 MT in 2013-14 to 567.36 MT in 2017-18 (four years), an absolute increase of 105 MT as compared to increase of coal production of 31.15 MT between 2009-10 and 2013-14 (four years).

Further,  in  the  current  year  during  April-January,  2019,  all  India  coal production was 568.40 MT with a growth rate of 7.9% and coal production of CIL was 469.65 MT with a growth rate of 6.6% over the corresponding period of previous year.

In order to augment supply, a total of 85 coal blocks has been allotted under CM(Special Provision Act, 2015) so far.

Further, the focus of the Government is on increasing the domestic production of  coal  which  includes  efforts  to  expedite  Environment  &  Forest  clearances, pursuing  with  State  Government  for  assistance  in  land  acquisition  and coordinated efforts with Railways for movement of coal.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1817 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Mapping of Railway Land
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1817 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## MAPPING OF RAILWAY LAND

## 1817.   SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the steps being taken by the Government to locate and map railway land;
- (b) whether ISRO's facilities are being utilised for this purpose;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the steps being taken for development of infrastructure on railway land, commercial utilisation and monetisation of such land?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  to  (c):    A  work  has  already  been  sanctioned  for  locating  and mapping of all  fixed  Railway  assets  including  land  on  Geographical Information System (GIS) of Bhuvan Satellite Imagery of Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO).

- (d)     Indian Railways have about 0.52 lakh hectares of vacant land out of total land of 4.77 lakh hectares, which is mostly in the form of

narrow  strips  along  the  tracks.  The  vacant  land  is  utilized  for execution  of  various  infrastructural  projects  for  meeting  future growth needs of Railways which include projects like doubling/tripling and traffic facilities works, etc. Railways' operations also necessarily require development of ancillary logistic support  /infrastructure  such  as  bulk  oil  installations  &  oil  depots, steel  yards,  concrete  sleeper  plants,  coal  dumps,  connectivity  to private sidings, connectivity  to ports and  other  infrastructure, commercial plots, vending stalls, etc., for which land is leased/licensed. The vacant land, which is not required by Railways for its immediate operational needs, is utilized in the interim period for commercial development through Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA), wherever feasible, in order to mobilize additional financial resources.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1816 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Disruption of Rail Traffic
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: M. UDHAYAKUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1816 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## DISRUPTION OF RAIL TRAFFIC

1816.  ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the engine and eight wagons of goods train derailed and fell off a bridge on the Kirandul-Visakhapatnam route in Chhattisgarh's Dantewada district;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  this  has  happened  because  the  naxals  have  removed track to disrupt rail traffic in that area; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d): Yes, Madam. On 23.06.2018, at 23.55 hrs., while the Goods Train No. JDB/20/19 was on run between Kamalur and Bhansi stations on  Koraput-Kirandul  section  over  Waltair  Division  of  East  Coast Railway, its 03 Locos and 20 Wagons derailed, of which 14 wagons fell off the bridge and rest of the Wagons capsized. No casualty took place in this incident. An inquiry of Junior Administrative Grade officers was conducted into this incident.  The incident occurred due to removal of rails alongwith rail fittings by the miscreants as an act of Sabotage. In this  incident,  Local  Police/Bhansi  has  registered  a  case  vide  Cr.  No. 17/2018 dated 25.06.2018 u/s 147, 148, 149, 395 of Indian Penal Code, 25/27 of Arms Act, 150, 151 of the Railways Act and Section-3 of the Prevention of Damage to Public Property Act against the unknown.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1815 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Notary-Public
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ, NAGARAJAN P.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1815 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 13TH FEBRUARY, 2019

## NOTARY-PUBLIC

## 1815.  DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN : SHRI P. NAGARAJAN :

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

- (a) whether  it  is  true  that  large  number  of  applications  were  received  by  the Government  from  eligible  lawyers/advocates  to  appoint  them  as  Notary

public in various States; (b)  if so, the details thereof; and

- (c)   the time by which they will be appointed as Notary Public?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW & JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHURY)

(a) to (c)  A large number of applications for appointment as Notary Public have been received.   The receiving of applications for appointment as Notary Public is  an  ongoing  process  and  the  interviews  are  conducted  for  appointment  of Notaries as per the provisions of the Notaries Act, 1952 and Notaries Rules, 1956 framed there under from time to time and for different States.  Since it is an ongoing process, no precise time-frame can be indicated.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1814 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Data Centre Market in India
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: A.P. JITHENDER REDDY

## DATA CENTRE MARKET IN INDIA

## 1814.    SHRI  A.P. JITHENDER REDDY:

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

- (a) the steps undertaken to boost data centre market in India and information on growth of data centre market in India since 2014, in terms of absolute financial growth and capacity generated, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government has plans for submersion of data centres along the coastline to save cost of cooling-energy, if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the details of recommendation of Bureau of Energy Efficiency which were mandated for data centre companies and the reasons therefor;
- (d) the steps taken to guarantee stable energy supply to existing data-centres; and
- (e) the regulations to review and monitor Artificial Intelligence (AI) models to ensure they do not take steps that are irreversible?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY), Government of India has initiated 'Digital India' programme with the vision to transform India into a digitally empowered society and knowledge economy. e-Kranti is one of the nine pillars of Digital India programme. One of  the  key  principal  of  e-Kranti  is  "Cloud  by  Default".  To  boost  data  centre  market  and utilize  the  benefits  of  Cloud  Computing,  Government  of  India  has  initiated  a  scheme  namely MeghRaj-GI Cloud. This will ensure accelerating the delivery of e-services in the country and optimizing  ICT  spending  of  the  Government.  Further,  to  fast  track  the  adoption  of  cloud computing,  MeitY  has  empanelled  cloud  service  offerings  of  the  13  Private  Cloud  Service Providers  under  different  deployment  models  viz.  Public  Cloud,  Virtual  Private  Cloud  and Government Community Cloud. These steps taken by Government along with many more such initiatives  pertaining  to  e-Governance,  have  resulted  in  generation  of  large  amount  of  data already. As these initiatives grow, the growth in data generation would be sustained.

- (b):   No, Sir.  There is no  such plan.
- (c):   No such recommendation have been received by MeitY.
- (d):   Does not arise in view of (c) above.
- (e):   No regulations have been issued by MeitY to review and monitor AI models.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1813 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Approval of ROBs under Kota Division
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: OM BIRLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1813 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## APPROVAL OF ROBs UNDER KOTA DIVISION

## 1813. SHRI OM BIRLA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Road Over Bridges (ROBs) have been approved for construction by the Railways with the State Government's funding under Kota Division in last three years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (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. 1813 BY SHRI OM BIRLA TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 13.02.2019 REGARDING APPROVALS OF ROBs UNDER KOTA DIVISION

(a) to (c): Yes, Madam. Road Over Bridge (ROB) at km 5/37-39 between Kota C Cabin - Suratgarh (By pass) has been approved for construction with the State

Government funding in Kota Division with following details:

| Locatio n (km)   | Between Major Station              | Between Adjacent Station           | Sanction Year   | Mode of Sanction                         | Executing Agency                                | District   |
|------------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------|-----------------|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|------------|
| 005/37- 39       | Suratgarh (By Pass) - Kota C Cabin | Suratgarh (By Pass) - Kota C Cabin | 2016-17         | Deposit (Build- Operate- Transfer (BOT)) | Urban Improvem ent Trust- Kota, Rajasthan Govt. | Bundi      |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1812 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: New Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1812 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## NEW TRAINS

1812.  SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL: SHRI D.K. SURESH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that the Government has announced a number of new trains during the last three years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  all  the  new  trains  have  been  introduced  and  started operations in the country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) & (b) Introduction of four new types of train services viz. Antyodaya Express, Humsafar Express, Tejas Express and UDAY Express was last made in the Railway Budget 2016-17.
- (c)  &  (d)  All  the  4  types  of  services  have  been  operationalized  and presently, 11 pairs of Antyodaya Express, 29 pairs of Humsafar Express, 1  pair  of  Tejas  Express  and  1  pair  of  UDAY  Express  are  plying  over Indian Railways.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1810 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Reservation for Divyang Youth
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN, LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1810

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019)

## RESERVATION FOR DIVYANG YOUTH

## †1810. SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN: SHRI LAXMI NARAYAN YADAV:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is any reservation quota for divyang youth in Government service;
- (b) if so, the details in this regard; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor along with the reaction of the Government thereto?

## 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)  &  (b):      Based  on  the  provisions  of  the  Rights  of  Persons  with  Disabilities  Act,  2016, Department of Personnel & Training vide OM No. 36035/2/2017-Estt.(Res) dated January 15, 2018  have  issued  instructions  regarding  reservation  for  persons  with  benchmark  disabilities. These include, inter-alia,

'In case of direct recruitment, four per cent of the total number of vacancies to be filled up by direct recruitment, in the cadre strength in each group of posts i.e. Groups A, B and C shall be reserved for persons with benchmark disabilities.

Against the posts identified for each disability, of which, one per cent each shall be reserved for  persons  with  benchmark  disabilities  under  clauses  (a),  (b)  and  (c)  and  one  per  cent  for persons with benchmark disabilities under clauses (d) and (e), namely-

- (a) blindness and low vision;
- (b) deaf and hard of hearing;
- (c) locomotor disability including cerebral palsy, leprosy cured, dwarfism, acid attack victims and muscular dystrophy;
- (d) autism, intellectual disability, specific learning disability and mental illness
- (e) multiple  disabilities  from  amongst  persons  under  clauses  (a)  to  (d)  including    deafblindness'
- (c): Does not arise in view of reply given in Part (a) and (b) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1809 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Delay in Joining Letters
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: RABINDRA KUMAR JENA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1809

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019)

## DELAY IN JOINING LETTERS

## 1809. SHRI RABINDRA KUMAR JENA:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  incidents  where  students  who  cleared  SSC examinations have not received joining letters even after a year;
- (b) if so, the details of the number of candidates who cleared the examination but were not offered jobs and the posts they were promised, State-wise;
- (c) the estimated date by which such candidates would receive their joining letter;
- (d) the number of ST, SC, OBC and PwD candidates out of the total number of students who cleared the examination but were not offered the job; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Government to compensate for the loss of time and money of such students?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e):   The Staff Selection Commission (SSC) conducts examinations for recruitment and sends the nomination of the successful candidates to the concerned Departments/ Organizations who had reported the vacancies.

Thereafter, Appointment letters are issued by the concerned Departments/ Organizations after following due procedure. However, the data regarding the candidates who could not join the post even after clearing the examination conducted by SSC, is not maintained centrally.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1808 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Frequency of Train No. 12315/12316
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ARJUNLAL MEENA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1808 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## FREQUENCY OF TRAIN NO. 12315/12316

† 1808.  SHRI ARJUN LAL MEENA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to operate train No.12315/16 and 19601/02 daily from Udaipur to Sealdah and Jalpaiguri instead of once a week;

(b) if so, the time by which it is likely to be operated; and

(c) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a)  to  (c)  No,  Madam.  Owing  to  operational  constraints,  including terminal constraints at either ends, increase in frequency of 12315/16 Kolkata-Udaipur Ananya Express and 19601/02 Udaipur-New Jalpaiguri Express, from weekly to daily, is not feasible, at present. *****
Lok Sabha Question No. 1807 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Facilities at Jalore Station
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1807 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## FACILITIES AT JALORE STATION

## †1807. SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has formulated any scheme to complete other  related  infrastructure  including  drinking  water,  passenger shed, display board, construction of separate toilet for women, airconditioned waiting room and hotel for the development of Jalore railway station within the stipulated time period;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the budget provided for this project;
- (c) the  reasons  for  delay  in  providing  basic  infrastructure  at  Jalore railway station as per model station; and
- (d) the  total  budgetary  allocation  made  along  with  the  total  funds utilized on providing facility to the citizens at Jalore railway station during the last three years?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  to  (c):  Jalore  is  a  Non-Suburban  Grade  (NSG)-5  category  station dealing  with  722  passengers  on  an  average  per  day.  All  minimum essential  amenities  have  been  provided  at  this  station  as  per  norms. However,  upgradation  of  amenities  at  station  is  a  continuous  and  ongoing process and works in this regard are undertaken depending upon need,  volume  of  the  passenger  traffic  and  inter-se  priority  subject  to availability of funds.

## (d)  Total  budgetary  allocation  made  along  with  the  total  funds  utilized during the last three years is as under:

( ` in Lakh)

|   Year | Details of works                      | Budgetary allocation   | Funds utilized   |
|--------|---------------------------------------|------------------------|------------------|
|   2016 | NIL                                   | NIL                    | NIL              |
|   2017 | Circulating area Platform shed repair | 31                     | 31               |
|   2017 | toilets                               | 04                     | 04               |
|   2018 | Circulating area Platform shed repair | 20                     | 20               |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1806 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Release of MPLAD Funds
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: MUKESH RAJPUT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1806

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

## RELEASE OF MPLAD FUNDS

1806.    SHRI MUKESH RAJPUT:

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

- (a)  whether Member of Parliament Local Area Development Fund's remaining  instalments  are  proposed  to  be  released   in  lumpsum;
- (b)  if so, the  details thereof  and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)  whether  the  Member  of  Parliament  Local  Area  Development
- Fund is proposed to be simplified; and
- (d)   if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  STATISTICS  AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI VIJAY GOEL)

- (a) & (b)  Annual entitlement of Member of Parliament (MP) of Rs. 5.0 crore is released in two equal instalments (Rs. 2.50 crore each) as laid down in guidelines on MPLADS. There is no proposal to release the entitlement of an MP in lump-sum.
- (c)  &  (d)   MPLAD scheme is governed  by "Guidelines on MPLADS" which is revised from time to time based on the needs.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Peace at LAC
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1805

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 13 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## PEACE  AT  LAC

1805.  DR. P. VENUGOPAL:

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

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  troops  have  been  asked  to  preserve  peace  while maintaining the sanctity of the Line of Actual Control (LAC);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  it  is  also  true  that  four  steps  have  to  be  followed  by  the  Indian  and Chinese sides under the 2005 protocol; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

- (a) & (b): The  Informal  Summit  between  India  and  People's  Republic  of China  held  in  Wuhan  in  April  2018,  underscored  the  importance  of maintaining  peace  and  tranquillity  on  India-China  border  areas.    To  this end, both countries issued strategic guidance to their respective militaries to strengthen communication in order to build trust and mutual understanding  for  better  anticipated  response  and  effectiveness  in  the management of border affairs.

(c) & (d): Article-IV  of  the  Protocol  signed  on  11 th April,  2005  between India and China lays down modalities for the implementation of Confidence Building Measures along the Line of Actual Control.  It provides that  if  the

:  2  :

border  personnel  of  both  sides  come  in  face-to-face  situation  due  to differences on  the  perception  of  alignment  of  the  Line  of  Actual  Control, they  shall  exercise  self-restraint  and  take  following  steps  to  avoid  any

- further escalation of the situation:(i) Both  sides  shall  cease  their  activities  in  the  area,  not  advance any further, and simultaneously return to their bases. (ii) Both sides shall then inform their respective Headquarters and, if necessary,  enter  into  immediate  consultations  through  border meetings or diplomatic channels so as to prevent an escalation of the situation. (iii) Throughout the face-to-face situation, neither side shall use force or threaten to use force against the other. Both sides shall treat each other with courtesy and refrain from any provocative actions.  Neither side shall put up marks or signs
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