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Lok Sabha Question No. 230 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Delay in Construction of RoB
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 230 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018

## DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION OF ROB

## †230. DR. RAVINDRA KUMAR RAY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether all the formalities in regard to approval for construction of  an  overbridge  in  front  of  Hazaribagh  road  station  under Dhanbad  division  of  east  central  railway  were  completed  two years back;
- (b) if so, the reasons for delay in construction of the said overbridge;
- (c)  whether  the  Railways  wrote  a  letter  to  State  Government regarding  removal  of  encroachment  at  the  bridge  construction site and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  whether the Government proposes to take action against officers responsible for delay in the construction of this bridge, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):  The  work  of  construction  of  Road  Over  Bridge  at Hazaribagh Road-Keshwari in lieu of level crossing No.20-B/T has been  sanctioned.    Detailed  Estimate  has  also  been  sanctioned. The work of complete ROB is to be executed by Railway on Single Entity basis. Tender of this work was invited two times but could not  be  materialized  due  to  non  availability  of  encroachment  free land  on  approaches.  There  is  heavy  built up  encroachment  on

either side approaches of ROB.  Letters were written to the State Government for making available the encroachment free land for approaches  of  ROB,  but  encroachment  free  land  could  not  be provided  till  date.    In  addition,  survey  was  also  conducted  by Railway  on  its  own  and  alternative  alignment  of  ROB  was  also suggested  to  State  Government  recently.    Decision  of  State Government is still awaited.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 229 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Corruption Cases Registered by CBI
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 229

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018)

## CORRUPTION CASES REGISTERED BY CBI

## †229. SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has registered corruption cases during the tenure of the present Government;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the number of cases registered; and
- (c) the increase or decrease in the number of such cases during the above period?

## 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):      Yes Madam,
- (b) & (c ):    The details of these cases are as under :-

| Year                                |   No. of cases registered |
|-------------------------------------|---------------------------|
| 2014(from 01.06.2014 to 31.12.2014) |                       346 |
| 2015                                |                       617 |
| 2016                                |                       673 |
| 2017                                |                       632 |
| 2018 (upto 30.06.2018)              |                       314 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 228 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Expenditure Incurred in Contesting Court Cases
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 228

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018

## Expenditure Incurred in Contesting Court Cases

228. SHRI V.ELUMALAI

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

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  expenditure  incurred  by  Government  in contesting cases in the Supreme Court has gone up from nearly Rs. 11 crore in 2011-12 to Rs. 42.40 crore in 2017-18;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether it is also a fact that Government is considering to expedite all the cases in all courts at the earliest to cut down the expenditure in contesting court cases; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW & JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## (SH. P.P.CHAUDHARY)

- (a) & (b) The details of expenditure incurred by the Central Agency Section for contesting court cases in the Supreme Court on behalf of Union of India, year-

wise from the Financial Year 2011-12 to 2017-18 under the Sub-Head 'Professional Services' are as follows:

| Financial Year   | Expenditure Incurred   |
|------------------|------------------------|
| 2011-12          | 10.99 Cr.              |
| 2012-13          | 11.73 Cr.              |
| 2013-14          | 14.47 Cr.              |
| 2014-15          | 15.99 Cr.              |
| 2015-16          | 26.86 Cr.              |
| 2016-17          | 32.06 Cr.              |
| 2017-18          | 47.99 Cr.              |

(c) & (d) Information  is  being  collected  and  will  be  laid  on  the  Table  of  the House.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 226 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Railway Schools
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: T.G. VENKATESH BABU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.226

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018

## RAILWAY SCHOOLS

## 226.  SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G. :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of railway schools located in the country, State-wise;
- (b)   whether the Railways have any proposal to close its schools in the States of Tamil Nadu and Kerala;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the  fate  of  students  and  faculty  who  are  associated  with  those schools?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ( SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN )

- (a) The state-wise position of Railway schools is as follows:

Uttarakhand (1), Uttar Pradesh (12), Madhya Pradesh (6), Rajasthan (5), Chhattisgarh (6), Assam (10), Bihar (7), Nagaland (1), West Bengal (29), Odisha  (1),  Karnataka  (2),  Jharkhand  (8),  Gujarat  (3),  Maharashtra  (8), Andhra Pradesh (4), Telangana (2), Tamil Nadu (8), Kerala (1).

- (b) There is no such proposal, at present.
- (c) & (d) Do not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 225 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Management of Defence Canteen
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: N.K. PREMACHANDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.225

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 18 TH  JULY, 2018

## MANAGEMENT OF DEFENCE CANTEEN

## 225. SHRI N.K. PREMACHANDRAN:

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

- (a) the details of Defence Canteen, State-wise and the number of them managed by NCC unit in each State;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to stop the Defence Canteen managed and run by the NCC units in different States;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether it has come to the notice of the Government that signaturing authority of the NCC managed Defence Canteen at Kerala has been transferred to Bangalore;
- (e) if so, the reasons therefor and the action taken to restore the previous arrangement; and
- (f) whether the authorities are remitting the ESI contribution of the Civil employees in Defence Canteen regularly and if not, the reasons therefor?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

र  ा रा य मं ी

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

- (a) Information is being compiled.
- (b) No, Madam.
- (c) Does not arise in view of (b) above.
- (d) & (e): Yes, Madam. This has been done to maintain better administrative control, transparency and checks & balances in the management  of  Defence  Canteen.  There  is  no  proposal  to  revert  to previous policy.
- (f) ESI contribution is not applicable to Defence  Canteen  as  per provisions of ESI Act 1948.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 224 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Check on Circulation of Fake News
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH, SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.224

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 18.07.2018

## CHECK ON CIRCULATION OF FAKE NEWS

## 224. SHRIMATI  DARSHANA, VIKRAM  JARDOSH: SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

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

- (a) whether  the  social  media  is  being  used  to  spread  rumours,  fake  news  and defame public personalities and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether there are reports of the social media being used to disturb peace and spread terror propaganda and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  address  the  said  problem and to have an effective monitoring of social media; and
- (d) whether the Government plans to regulate social media and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b): Social media has emerged as a popular online medium/ platform to enable  users  to  share  ideas  and  express  views/opinions  on  specific  topics.    These platforms  can  be  accessed  by  all  sections  of  society  and  this  is  facilitated  by  the virtual and borderless nature of cyber space, where anyone can open account in any name including fake name from any part of the world, thus leading to misuse by some persons.

(c)  and (d) : The  Information  Technology  (IT)  Act,  2000  has  provisions  for removal of objectionable online content. The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines)  Rules  notified  2011  under  section  79  of  the  IT  Act  requires  that  the intermediaries shall observe due diligence while discharging their duties and shall inform the users of computer resources not to host, display, upload, modify, publish, transmit,  update  or  share  any  information  that  is  grossly  harmful,  defamatory, hateful, libellous, objectionable, affect minors and unlawful in any way.

Further, section 69A of the IT Act empowers Government to block any information generated, transmitted, received, stored or hosted in any computer resource in the interest of - (i) sovereignty and integrity of India, (ii) defence of India, (iii) security of the State, (iv) friendly relations with foreign States, (v) public order, or (vi) for preventing  incitement  to  the  commission  of  any  cognizable  offence  relating  to above.

Government is fully committed to freedom of speech and expression and privacy of its citizens as enshrined in the constitution of India.  Government does not regulate content appearing on social media sites, and law enforcement and security agencies may take action on specific case-to-case basis as per law in force.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 223 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Saplings Planted By CIL
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: LAXMAN GILUWA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.223 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018

## SAPLINGS PLANTED BY CIL

## 223. SHRI LAXMAN GILUWA:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) The total number of saplings planted by the Central Coalfields Limited (CCL) during the last three years.
- (b) The number of saplings out of the above that are still in living condition as on date; and
- (c) The  details  of  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  properly  maintain  the  saplings planted?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Details of plantation done by CCL during last three years is given below;
- (b) The percentage of survival of the saplings at CCL is as under;
- (c): Plantation  work  is  carried  out  through  State  Forest  Department,  Govt.  of  Jharkhand.  It includes  plantation  and  its  maintenance  for  2  years  after  which  the  afforested  site  is handed over to CCL.

| Year         |   No. of Plants |
|--------------|-----------------|
| 2015 Monsoon |           55025 |
| 2016 Monsoon |           70065 |
| 2017 Monsoon |          202957 |

| Year         | No. of Plants alive as on date   |
|--------------|----------------------------------|
| 2015 Monsoon | 70%                              |
| 2016 Monsoon | 75%                              |
| 2017 Monsoon | 85%                              |

Forest department hands over the plantation site with desired percentage of survival of saplings, as per MoU, to CCL. After successful completion of 2 nd year maintenance, State forest department hands over the plantation work to CCL for further upkeep of the plantation.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 221 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Shortage of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVNTHI)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.221

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018

## Shortage of Coal

## 221.   SHRI MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVANTHI):

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether power plants both in the public and private sectors are facing shortage of coal;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the  steps  the  Government  is  taking  to  advise  the  Coal  India  Ltd.,  to meet  the  demand  of  power  plants  so  that  the  industrial  output  like steel plants is not affected?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): There is no shortage of coal for the Power Sector. In the beginning of 2018-19, Coal India Limited (CIL) had a pithead stock of 55.55 Million Tonne (MT) and stock at power house end was 16.27 MT. In the 1 st  Quarter of 201819, CIL dispatched a record quantity of 122.2 MT coal to Power Sector, thereby achieving a growth of 15% over the dispatch in the corresponding period of last year. The  growth  in  dispatch  of  coal  to  Power  Sector  has  helped  coal  based generation to achieve positive growth of 5.3% in the 1 st  Quarter of 2018-19.
- (c): Coal  supplies  to  Power  sector is monitored  regularly  by  an  Inter Ministerial Sub Group comprising representatives of Ministries of Power, Coal, Railways, Shipping, Central Electricity Authority, NITI Aayog, CIL etc. This subgroup has been meeting periodically, at times twice every week, in order to take various operational decisions for meeting any contingent situations relating to Power  Sector  including critical coal stock position for power  plants. A committee of Secretary (Coal), Secretary (Power) and Member (Traffic), Railway Board  has  been  jointly  reviewing  the  coal  transportation  and  supply  on  a regular basis. The CIL has been advised to work out a definite action plan for higher  production  &  off-take  during  the  current  quarter  and  to ensure  that necessary clearances for the existing coal mines are in place which will help in increasing the coal production in the short / medium term and in operationalising the newly  allocated coal mines  for  further increasing production in the medium term.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 220 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Contractual and Outsourcing System
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: DHARAMBIR BHALERAM

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 220

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018)

## CONTRACTUAL AND OUTSOURCING SYSTEM

## †220. SHRI DHARAMBIR:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the people are not getting permanent jobs due to contract/outsourcing system in vogue  leading  to  a  number  of  youths  being  unemployed  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof along  with  the  number  of  contractual/outsourced  employees  working  in  Government, State-wise;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to issue any guidelines aimed at providing permanent jobs to the aspirant persons rather than prolonged engagement of persons on contract/outsourcing basis by the Government department and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  cognizance  that  the  middlemen  exploit  the employees engaged on contract/ outsourcing basis by not paying them their dues; and
- (d) if  so,  the details of the steps taken by the Government to prevent such suppression and exploitation of contractual employees?

## 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):     No Madam. The Government is making recruitment on regular basis in accordance with  the  recruitment  rules.  However,  keeping  in  view  the  administrative  exigency  of  work, efficiency  and  economy  of  operations  and  unavoidable  circumstances,  outsourcing  through contract is also sometimes resorted to.

(c)  &  (d) :    There are detailed procedures laid down for procurement of such non-consulting or outsourced  services,  including  through  e-procurement,  in  the  'General  Financial  Rules  2017' (GFR 2017), and the 'Manual for Procurement of Consultancy & Other Services, 2017'. Any deviation or violation can be dealt by the concerned Ministry or Department appropriately. The wages for the persons engaged on contract/outsourcing cannot be less than the minimum wage fixed/notified by the concerned State Government.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 219 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Setting up of Railside Warehouses
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK, HARISHCHANDRA DEORAM CHAVAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 219 TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018

## SETTING UP OF RAILSIDE WAREHOUSES

## †219. SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK: SHRI HARISHCHANDRA CHAVAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  putting  emphasis  on  setting  up  railside warehouses;
- (b)
- if so, the details in this regard;
- (c) the details of the locations where cold storage is being set up on vacant land  adjacent  to cargo  terminal  with  a  view  to  achieving  the  said objective; and
- (d)   the amount of funds allocated/ utilized for the said purpose?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) to (d):  With a view to meet the logistics requirements of its customers, Ministry  of  Railways  has  entered  into  a  Memorandum  of  Understanding (MoU)  with    Central  Warehousing  Corporation  (CWC),  for  development  of Railside Warehouse Complexes (RWCs) at 22 strategic locations in addition to the pilot project at Whitefield, Bangalore. Subsequent to the formation of Central  Railside  Warehouse  Company  Limited  (CRWC)  as  a  subsidiary Company, a tripartite MoU has been executed for this objective along with development of temperature controlled storages at 10 locations.

So far, railside warehouses are operational at 18 locations and work is in progress  for  development  of  temperature  controlled  storage  at  Fathua, Bihar.

Also,  a  pilot  project  called  'Kisan  Vision  Project',  was  introduced for development of facilities for setting up cold storages and temperaturecontrolled perishable cargo centers as well as development of agri-retail outlets  at  six  locations  on  Indian  Railways  by  Container  Corporation  of India Limited (CONCOR), CWC and CRWC. Under this project, centres at Nasik  (Maharashtra),  New  Azadpur  (Delhi)  and  Ghazipur  Ghat  (Uttar Pradesh) are functional and Perishable Cargo Centre at Raja Talaab (Uttar Pradesh) has been approved.

Both the projects are being carried out on Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 218 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Shortage of Wagons
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: M. I. SHANAVAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.218

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 18.07.2018

## SHORTAGE OF WAGONS

218. SHRI M. I. SHANAVAS:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is facing shortage of wagons, if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (b) the number of wagons needed for the next five years;
- (c)
- whether such a shortage is affecting railways operations;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the steps taken by the Railways to meet the shortage?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):  No, Madam.

(b):  Keeping  in  view  the  targeted  growth  in  freight  loading  in  the coming years, induction of around 15,000 wagons per year for the next  5  years  is  being  targeted.  In  addition  to  this,  investment  by private  sector  in  both  general  purpose  and  specialized  wagons  is being encouraged. (c): No, Madam. (d) & (e): Do not arise. ******
Lok Sabha Question No. 216 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: Increasing Aadhaar Enrolment
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: K. ASHOK KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 216

TO BE ANSWERED ON 18-07-2018

## INCREASING AADHAAR ENROLMENT

## 216.    SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

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

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  Aadhaar  number  have  jumped  to  more  than  121 crore as on June 26, 2018;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether it is also true that a recent Supreme Court verdict was not in favour of universal application of Aadhaar; and
- (d)  if so, whether the Government is reconsidering its strategy on Aadhaar and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b): Yes, Sir. As on 26 th June, 2018, 121.59 crore Aadhaar numbers have been generated.
- (c) and (d): The Hon'ble Supreme Court of India heard the Writ Petition (Civil) 494 of 2012 in the matter of Justice K S Puttuswamy (Rtd) & Anr. Vs. UoI & Ors  and  batch  of  connected  cases  related  to  Aadhaar  from  17.01.2018  to 10.05.2018. The judgement has been reserved.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 214 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-07-18
Subject: De Listing of Political Parties
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: BALKA SUMAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 214 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 18 th  JULY, 2018 DE LISTING OF POLITICAL PARTIES

## 214. SHRI SUMAN BALKA:

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

- (a) whether the Election Commission has started delisting political parties for being inactive over a prolonged period and not taking part in the election process and for furnishing fake details;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the names of political parties that have been delisted so far;
- (c) whether the Commission has set up a social media team to monitor the problem of fake news, paid news and data breach through social media accounts and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Election Commission proposes to lay down a model code of conduct for social media in the electoral process and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e)  whether  the  Commission  proposes  to  take  action  against  firms  employing  dubious  innovative methods to manipulate voters and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor along with the steps taken by the Government to curb such malpractices?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW AND JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI P.P.CHAUDHARY)

(a)  to (e)  : The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House

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