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Lok Sabha Question No. 340 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Release of Scholarships
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.340 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2018

## RELEASE OF SCHOLARSHIPS

## 340: SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government has not released even a single scholarship under the Maulana Azad National Fellowship (MANF) and the Rajiv Gandhi National Fellowship (RGNF) for minority students for the last two years;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  whether  scholarship  schemes  are  especially  formed  for providing scholarship to minority students who undertake research studies;
- (c) if so, the reasons behind for not releasing any single scholarship under this scheme; and
- (d) the steps and the action taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a) &  (b):  No,  Madam.  Ministry  of  Minority  Affairs  has  been  implementing  Maulana Azad National Fellowship Scheme with the objective to provide integrated five year fellowships in the form of financial assistance exclusively to students belonging to six notified  minority  communities  namely  Muslims,  Sikhs,  Christians,  Buddhists,  Jains and Parsis to pursue higher studies such as M. Phil and Ph.D. Details of Scheme is available on the website of the Ministry i.e. www.minorityaffiars.gov.in.

The Scheme is implemented through University Grants Commission (UGC). Under the Scheme, 756 fresh students have been selected   for  award of fellowship each for 2016-17 and 2017-18 as per provision of scheme prevailing in these years and  funds to  the  tune  of  Rs  119.92  crore  and  Rs.124.85  crore  have  been released  to  UGC for disbursement of fellowship to the eligible minority students including renewals. For the current financial year i.e. 2018-19, UGC has started process of selection of fresh candidates for award of fellowship under MANF Scheme.

Ministry  of  Social  and  Justice  and  Empowerment  has  been  implementing  National Fellowship for SC students (earlier known as RGNF) and as per information received from that Ministry Rs 196.00 cr, Rs. 225.40 crore and 145.00 crore has been released to  UGC  for  disbursement  of  fellowship  to  students  belonging  to  Schedule  Caste during the years 2016-17, 2017-18 and 2018-19 ( as on 6.12.2018) respectively.

(c) & (d) : Do  not arise, in view of  replies given to parts (a) and (b) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 339 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Construction of Kartarpur Corridor
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Gurjeet Singh,Aujla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 339

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2018

## CONSTRUCTION OF KARTARPUR CORRIDOR

339. SHRI GURJEET SINGH AUJLA:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to build Kartarpur Corridor from Dera Baba Nanak in Punjab's Gurdaspur to the international border;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government in this regard and the time by which it is likely to be completed?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

(a) to (c) The Union Cabinet, on 22 November 2018, passed a Resolution to celebrate the 550 th  Birth Anniversary of Shri Guru Nanak Devji in 2019 and interalia approved building and development of Kartarpur Corridor from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur District to the International Border on the Indian side to facilitate pilgrims from India to visit Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib in Pakistan. On the same day, the Government of India informed the Government of Pakistan of its decision to build Kartarpur Corridor from Dera Baba Nanak in Gurdaspur District of India to the International Border and urged Pakistan to recognise the sentiments of the Sikh community and to develop a corridor with suitable facilities in their territory from the International Border to Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib. Hon'ble   Vice   President   of   India   laid   the   foundation   stone   for   the construction  of   the   corridor   on   the   Indian   side   on   26   November   2018.   The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways is the nodal Ministry to build and develop the facilities on the Indian side. Union Minister of Food Processing Industries and Minister of State (IC) for Housing   and   Urban   Affairs   attended   the   ground   breaking   ceremony   for development of Kartarpur Corridor on the Pakistan side on 28 November 2018 as representatives of the Government of India. Pakistan has been urged to expedite the construction of the corridor in order to ensure that Indian citizens can pay their respects at the Gurudwara Kartarpur Sahib using the corridor as soon as possible.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 338 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Share for Soldiers Welfare
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF EX-SERVICEMEN WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.338

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## SHARE FOR SOLDIERS WELFARE

338. COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

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

- (a) whether Kendriya Sainik Board has been reimbursing  its share  for Soldiers Welfare to State Governments;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  reimbursement  for  the year  2011-12  to  2014-15  have  not  yet  been reimbursed to Rajasthan; and
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor and the steps taken in this regard?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

र  ा रा य मं ी

(DR. SUBHASH BHAMRE)

(डा. सुभाष भामरे)

- (a) Yes, Madam.  Kendriya Sainik Board has been reimbursing Central Share to States and UTs towards maintenance of their Rajya Sainik Board and Zila Sainik Boards.
- (b) Central Share paid to all States / UTs for the period from 2011-12 to 2014-15 (in crores) is as under:-
- (c) Central Share paid Rajasthan, for the period from 2011-12  to  2014-15 is as under:-
- (d) Does not arise.

2011-12 Rs.35.40

2012-13 Rs.37.41

2013-14

Rs.50.12

2014-15 Rs.135.27

| 2011-12   | Rs.1,40,47,810   |
|-----------|------------------|
| 2012-13   | Rs.3,36,60,160   |
| 2013-14   | Rs.1,74,11,615   |
| 2014-15   | Rs.4,61,95,461   |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 337 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Manned Mission to Space
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.337

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2018

## MANNED MISSION TO SPACE

337. SHRIMATI RAKSHATAI KHADSE:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  achieve  the  ambitious manned  mission  to  space  by  2021  and  attempt  to  send  an astronaut to space on board during the successful launching of GSLV-MkIII-D, a communication Satellite by ISRO; and
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE

## (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a) No  Madam.      However,  it  is  proposed  to  undertake  manned mission to space before 75 th Anniversary of Indian Independence. The manned mission will be accomplished using ISRO's launch vehicle GSLV MkIII.
- (b) The manned  mission will launch Indian astronauts from Satish Dhawan  Space  Centre  (SDSC),  Sriharikota  into an approximately 400 Km Low Earth Orbit. The maximum mission planned is of 7 days duration.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 336 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Triple Talaq
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV

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

## L O K     S A B H A

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 336

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 12 TH  DECEMBER, 2018.

Triple Talaq

336. KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV:

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

- (a)  whether  in  spite  of  the  Supreme  Court's  order,  the  practice  of  Triple  Talaq continues;
- (b) if so, the State-wise details and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the steps taken by Government in this regard; and
- (d)  the  State-wise  details  of  the  number  of  cases  filed  under  the  Muslim  Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, 2018?

A N S W E R MINISTER OF  LAW AND JUSTICE AND ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI  RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) Yes, Madam.
- (b) So far approximately 248 cases have been reported from various parts of the country after the judgment of the Supreme Court. However, State wise details are  not  maintained  centrally.  As  per  the  media  and  other  reports  there  were approximately  477  cases  reported  since  1 st   January,  2017  as  on  today.  The State  of  Uttar  Pradesh  has  the  highest  number  of  such  cases  as  per  the information received.
- (c) In order to protect the rights of married Muslim women who are being divorced by triple talaq , the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Bill, 2017, was introduced in the Lok Sabha on the 28 th  December, 2017 and the same was passed by that House on the same day and is pending in Rajya Sabha. As the Bill is pending consideration in Rajya Sabha and the practice of divorce by triple talaq ( i.e.,    talaq-  e-  biddat )  is  continuing,  there  was  an  urgent  need  to  take immediate action to prevent such practice by making stringent provisions in the law.  Since  both  Houses  of  Parliament  were  not  in  session  and  circumstances exist which render it necessary for the President to take immediate action in the matter,  an  Ordinance,  namely  the  Muslim  Women  (Protection  of  Rights  on Marriage)  Ordinance,  2018  (7  of  2018)  has  been  promulgated  on  the  19 th September, 2018.
- (d) State wise details regarding the number of cases filed under the Muslim Women (Protection of Rights on Marriage) Ordinance, 2018 are not maintained centrally.
Lok Sabha Question No. 335 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: CCTV Cameras
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: CHINTAMANI MALVIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.335 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2018

## CCTV CAMERAS 335.  PROF. CHINTAMANI MALVIYA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  install  CCTV  cameras  in passenger  coaches  and  other  places  so  as  to  improve  safety  and security of the passengers and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has identified places/spots prone to dacoity, loot, robbery, etc. on train routes and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  also  proposes  to  augment  security  at  such places and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  issue  guidelines  for  intense patrolling in areas vulnerable to looting; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a): Ministry of Railways has planned to provide CCTV based surveillance System at Stations and in passenger carrying trains to enhance safety and security  of  the  passengers.  The  project  of  installing  CCTV  cameras  at 8244  Railway  Stations  (Including  halt  stations)  and  in  58276  passenger coaches of trains has been sanctioned at the cost of ₹ 3771 Crore. These include provision of CCTV cameras at 983 stations costing approximately ₹ 500 Crore being funded through Nirbhaya Fund.

(b) to (e): Policing on Railways being a State subject, prevention of crime, registration  of  cases,  their  investigation  and  maintenance  of  law  and order  in  Railway  premises  as  well  as  on  running  trains  and  security  of railway  tracks  and  bridges  are  the  statutory  responsibility  of  the  State Governments, which they discharge through  Government  Railway  Police (GRP) / District Police. However, Railway Protection Force (RPF) supplements the efforts of GRP in providing better protection and security of passenger area and passengers and for matters connected therewith.

Regular  analysis  is  done  to  identify  the  spots,  sections,  stations  and trains  prone  to  crime  viz.  dacoity,  robbery  etc.  and  accordingly  security arrangements including staff deployment, patrolling etc. are made for the safety and security of passengers and their belongings in close coordination with GRP/District Police.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 334 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Telecommunication Facilities in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: JAYADEV GALLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 334 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 th   DECEMBER, 2018

## TELECOMMUNICATION FACILITIES IN ANDHRA PRADESH

334. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it  is  true  that  there  are  some  villages/habitations  which  do  not  have telecommunication facilities in the State of Andhra Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details of such villages and districts in which they are situated; and
- (c) efforts  being  made  by  the  Ministry  to  cover  those  uncovered  villages  with communication facilities?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) There  are  2745  villages  in  Andhra  Pradesh  which  are  not  covered  by mobile services. The district-wise list is at Annexure.
- (c) Mobile coverage in the uncovered villages is being provided in a phased manner, subject  to  availability  of  financial  resources.  Government  has  already  approved  the project for providing mobile services in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected area, North Eastern  States  and  Islands. As  part  of  LWE  Phase-II  project,  Government  has approved  installing  of  429  mobile  towers  in  Andhra  Pradesh.  Under  BharatNet  in Andhra Pradesh, out of 12866 Gram Panchayats (GPs), 1160 GPs have been made service ready in Phase-I and remaining GPs are to be covered in Phase-II of BharatNet.

Annexure List of uncovered villages (District-wise)

| Sl. No.   | Name of District            |   Number of Uncovered villages |
|-----------|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
| 1         | Anantapur                   |                             22 |
| 2         | Chittoor                    |                             25 |
| 3         | East Godavari               |                            487 |
| 4         | Guntur                      |                              6 |
| 5         | Krishna                     |                              4 |
| 6         | Kurnool                     |                             15 |
| 7         | Prakasam                    |                             74 |
| 8         | Sri Potti Sriramulu Nellore |                             45 |
| 9         | Srikakulam                  |                            147 |
| 10        | Visakhapatnam               |                           1546 |
| 11        | Vizianagaram                |                            307 |
| 12        | West Godavari               |                             30 |
| 13        | Y.S.R.                      |                             37 |
|           | Total                       |                           2745 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 333 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Unused Spectrum
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: SHASHI THAROOR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 333 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12 th   DECEMBER, 2018

## UNUSED SPECTRUM

333. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the percentage of spectrum with the Defence Ministry which is not being utilized;
- (b) whether Ministry has considered taking spectrum from the Defence Ministry and other Departments and using them for commercial purposes;
- (c) if so, specific steps taken by the Ministry in this regard; and
- (d) if not, the reasons for the same?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Certain frequency bands for Defence services have been identified and approved by Cabinet Committee on Security (CCS) and promulgated by Ministry of Communications on 12 th March 2015.The spectrum with Defence services is for optimal utilization of diversified platforms such as Ground platforms, Air crafts and ships. The spectrum held with Defence services provides the necessary flexibility of operations in dense electro-magnetic environment.

- (b) Yes, Madam. The spectrum in Defence band is allotted to Defence services in accordance with the need of Defence services and for meeting the requirement of their future planned networks. However, the requirement of spectrum for other wireless users in the bands identified are also coordinated by Defence services.

- (c) Following steps have been taken in this regard:

- i) Harmonization  of  spectrum  in  International  Mobile  Telecommunications (IMT) bands has been done.

- ii) Spectrum not used by Defence in 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 2100 MHz and 2300-2400 MHz frequency bands has been harmonized after coordination with Ministry of Defence.

- (d)   Not applicable in view of  (c) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 332 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Development of Station under PPP Mode
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SUKENDER REDDY GUTHA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.332 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2018

## DEVELOPMENT OF STATION UNDER PPP MODE

332.  SHRI GUTHA SUKENDER REDDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways are planning to invite private participation in the development  works  of  Railway  stations through  Swiss Challenge Method;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  railway  stations  selected  for  development under this method; and
- (d)  whether  any  Railway  stations  in  Telangana  are  identified  for development under this method and if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (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.332 BY SHRI GUTHA SUKENDER REDDY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 12.12.2018 REGARDING DEVELOPMENT OF STATION UNDER PPP MODE

(a) to (c): Railways had invited bids on modified bid challenge method for 23 stations.  Bids were received for two stations only, viz. Jammu Tawi and Kozhikode stations, which are under evaluation. No bids were received for other stations. During various interactions with developers, investors and other stakeholders, various issues including longer  lease  period  for  commercially  developed  assets,  multiple  sub leasing, simplified bid procedures etc were repeatedly raised. Therefore, an improvised and simpler program design including these issues and under a specialized executing agency, incorporating suitable structural, process and parameters changes, has been adopted to revamp the station redevelopment program.

Union  Cabinet  has  recently  approved  Railways'  proposal  for redevelopment of railway stations by Indian Railway Stations Development  Corporation  Limited  (IRSDC)  as  Nodal  Agency,  through simplified  procedures  and  for  longer  lease  tenure.      Accordingly, necessary action has been initiated for redevelopment of major railway stations all over the country in a phased manner. IRSDC shall be the main Project Development Agency (PDA) for redevelopment of stations. However, Ministry of Railways may also designate Zonal Railways, Rail Land Development Authority or any other Central Government agency as PDA. The PDAs shall undertake redevelopment of stations on any of the various business models such as various mode of PPP, Modified Bid

Challenge method, Joint Venture (JV) with State Government entities, and JV with other Public Sector Undertakings etc. The cost of station redevelopment project is to be met by leveraging commercial development of land and air space in and around the stations. (d):  All  major  stations  on  Indian  Railways,  including  those  stations located in the State of Telangana, have been entrusted to IRSDC and other PDAs for undertaking the techno-economic feasibility studies.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 329 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-12
Subject: Policy on Nutrition
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, NALIN KUMAR KATEEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 329 TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.12.2018

## PLOLICY ON NUTRITION

## 329. Shri D.K. Suresh

## Shri Nalin Kumar Kateel

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- a)  whether the NITI Aayog has constituted a working group on nutrition with a view to evolving a policy on nutrition in India;
- b)  if so, the details thereof;
- c)  whether the working group has given any timeframe to submit its recommendations on the said issue and if so, the details thereof and
- d)  whether the Government  has  taken  all precautionary measures  to  do a background  check  on  those  involved  to  safeguard  against  vested  interests hijacking public policy and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a to c) A Working Group on Nutrition was constituted by NITI Aayog vide notification dated  26  September,  2017.  However,  the  said  Working  Group  on  Nutrition  was dissolved vide O.M. no. NA/SW/1-7(1)/2017-WCD dated 01.06.2018 after the Ministry of Women &  Child  Development's  Notification  No.  ND-T-11/5/2016-ND-Tech  dated  15 th December, 2017 constituting, the National Technical Board on Nutrition to examine all technical issues related to Nutrition.

- d)  Yes,  It  has  been  clearly  articulated  in  the  National  Nutrition  Strategy  2017  'An underlying principle of action is that policy development and programme implementation must be transparent, open to public scrutiny and kept free from conflict of interest, with requisite  safeguard.  (This  includes  ensuring  that  representation  on  policy,  technical advisory  groups  and  various  management  committees  at  different  levels  is  free  from conflict of interest.)' Chapter 5, Page 28.

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