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Lok Sabha Question No. 2406 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Abu Road to Ambaji Rail Link
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DEVJI MANSINGRAM PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2406 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## ABU ROAD TO AMBAJI RAIL LINK

## †2406. SHRI DEVJI M. PATEL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether rail link from Abu Road to Ambaji has been sanctioned in the Rail Budget for 2017;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total length of the said rail line along with total cost of the said project;
- (d) whether any time-frame has been fixed for survey and starting of construction work of the said rail line; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a)  to  (e):  Taranga  Hill-Abu  Road  via  Ambaji  new  line  project  has been included in the Budget 2017-18 subject to requisite approvals. Final Location Survey (FLS) has been taken up. *****
Lok Sabha Question No. 2405 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Shimoga-Ranebennuru Rail Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: B.Y.Raghavendra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2405 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## SHIMOGA-RANEBENNURU RAIL LINE

## 2405. SHRI  B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of Shimoga-Shikaripura-Ranebennuru railway line which was announced in Railway Budget 2012-13;
- (b) whether the Ministry has received the final survey report for this line;
- (c)
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- the plan of action to construct this line by the Railways?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):  Survey  for  Shimoga-Shikaripura-Ranebennuru  railway  line  was sanctioned  during  2012-13  and    completed  in  March,  2017.  As  per  the survey  report,    total  length  of  the  line  was  assessed  as  103  Km  out  of which Shimoga-Konagavalli (14 Km) is an existing broad gauge line. Thus, cost of construction of 89 Km new broad gauge line from Konagavalli to Ranebennuru was assessed as ` 956  crore.  Survey report for this new line has been examined.

Shimoga-Shikaripura-Ranebennuru  new  broad  gauge  line  (89  Km) work has been included under New Lines Umbrella Works in the Budget 2018-19 subject to requisite clearances.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2404 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Military Service Pay
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: SAUGATA ROY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2404

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## MILITARY SERVICE PAY

2404.  PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has rejected the long standing demand of armed forces for higher Military Service Pay;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) the total number of officers proposed to be affected by the decision;
- (d) whether the Government has any proposal to set up a Special Operations Division; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof along with the objectives?

## 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) to (c): Taking note of the rigours of military life, the VI Central Pay Commission (CPC) had recommended an additional, separate element of pay for the Defence Forces called Military Service Pay (MSP), which the CPC  intended  would  also  maintain  the  edge  enjoyed  by  the  Defence Forces over the civilian scales. The VII CPC has consciously decided not to  create  additional  categories of  personnel for the grant  of MSP  or to disturb the slab rates for the four categories for which it is being paid up to the level of Brigadiers. This was done after considering the views of the  Services  in  the  matter.  MSP  was  raised  by  the  identical  fitment  of 2.57 which was applied for pay structure approved by the VI CPC. The recommendations of the VII CPC were accepted by the Government.

(d) & (e): Government  has recently  approved  a  proposal  to  establish Armed  Forces  Special  Operations  Division  which  is  designed  as  a  tri Services organisation.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2402 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Advertisement Policy
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MANOJ KUMAR TIWARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2402 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## ADVERTISEMENT POLICY

2402. SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to revamp the advertisement policy for the railway platform; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof, UT and State-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  and (b) : In order to generate revenue from Non-Fare Revenue (NFR) sources  such  as  advertisements,  Indian  Railways  have  issued  new policies viz.  Rail Display Network, Out of Home publicity, Unsolicited NFR proposals, Advertising on Mobile Assets, Content on Demand in 2017 and New,  Innovative  Non  Fare  Revenue  Ideas  Scheme  in  2018.  These advertising policies cover advertisements at railway stations and trains, including railway platforms. All advertisement policies of Indian Railways are executed by the Zonal Railways in their jurisdiction.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2401 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: NESIDS
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: SUSHMITA DEV

Government of India

Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No. 2401

To be answered on

Wednesday, December 26, 2018/Pausha 5, 1940 (Saka)

## QUESTION NESIDS

## 2401. KUMARI SUSHMITA DEV:

Will the Minister of DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION be pleased to state the details of funds allocated to the North Eastern States and spent therefrom under the North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS), State-wise during the last two years?

## ANSWER

## The Minister of State (Independent Charge) of Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region [Dr. Jitendra Singh]

A new Central Sector Scheme of North East Special Infrastructure Development Scheme (NESIDS), in place of the existing  scheme  of  Non-Lapsable  Central  Pool  of Resources-State  (NLCPR-State),  was  approved  by  the  Government  of  India  on 15.12.2017.   A  Budgetary  Outlay  of  Rs.5300  crore  was  approved  for  three  years  i.e. from  2017-18  to  2019-20  for  taking  up  new  projects  under  NESIDS  and  to  meet  the liabilities of ongoing projects sanctioned earlier under NLCPR-State scheme. Out of this outlay,  Rs.3700  crore  was  earmarked  for  the  ongoing  projects  of  NLCPR-State  and remaining Rs.1600 crore for taking up new projects under NESIDS.

Accordingly,  the  NESIDS  guidelines  were  issued  in  February,  2018,  which inter alia prescribed the focus areas for projects as follows:-

- Physical  infrastructure  relating  to  water  supply,  power  and  connectivity enhancing tourism,
- Social infrastructure relating to education and health.

In the Financial Year 2017-18, only two projects of Mizoram worth Rs.142.27  crore  and  one  project  of  Assam  worth  Rs.77.00  crore  were  identified  (not sanctioned)  as  per  scheme  guidelines  in  the  month  of  March,  2018.  Till  date,  46 projects worth Rs.1458.12 crore of various North Eastern States have been selected for funding  under  NESIDS  till  date.  State-wise  details  of  the  selected  projects  under NESIDS are as under:-

| States            |   No. of Projects |   Cost (Rs. in crore) |
|-------------------|-------------------|-----------------------|
| Arunachal Pradesh |                15 |                317.69 |
| Assam             |                 5 |                221.05 |
| Manipur           |                 6 |                187    |
| Meghalaya         |                 6 |                176.4  |
| Mizoram           |                 3 |                175.77 |
| Nagaland          |                 5 |                107.7  |
| Sikkim            |                 2 |                103.31 |
| Tripura           |                 4 |                169.2  |
| Total             |                46 |               1458.12 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2400 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Thorium Exploration
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: DHARAMBIR BHALERAM

## 2400.  SHRI DHARAMBIR:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  State-wise  survey  of  sandy  areas  rich  in Thorium and identified them;
- (b) if so, the details of the said areas; and
- (c) whether deposit of Thorium are in abundance,  its quantity is worth exploitation and production in such areas and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes, Sir.
- (b) The names  of major deposits which contain monazite (thorium and REE  ore mineral) are listed below.
1. Chavara barrier beach and Eastern Extension, Kollam district, Kerala
2. Manavalakurichi beach sand deposit, Kanyakumari district, Tamil Nadu
3. Sathankulam Teri sand deposit, Tirunelveli District, Tamil Nadu
4. Ovari Manapadu Teri Sand deposit, Tamil Nadu
5. Navaladi-Ovari Teri Sand deposit, Tamil Nadu
6. Kuduraimoli Teri Sand deposit, Tamil Nadu
7. Bhimunipatnam beach sand deposit, Andhra Pradesh
8. Kandivalasa beach sand deposit, Andhra Pradesh
9. Kalingapatnam beach sand deposit, Andhra Pradesh
10. Srikurmam beach sand deposit, Andhra Pradesh
11. Bhavanapadu beach sand deposit, Andhra Pradesh
12. Gopalpur beach sand deposit, Odisha
13. Chhatrapur beach sand deposit, Odisha
14. Brahmagiri beach sand deposit, Odisha.
- (c) Monazite is the primary source of thorium in India. The resources of monazite based on data  of  Atomic  Minerals  Directorate  for  Exploration  &  Research,  (AMD),    a  Unit  of Department  of  Atomic  Energy  (DAE),    is  estimated  to  be  12.47  million  tons  which corresponds to about 1 million tons of thorium oxide. Thorium is the substance meant for application  in  3 rd stage  atomic  power  programme  in  India,  which  is  extracted  from monazite. Thorium is yet to be used for atomic energy development programme in world. However, substantial work has been carried out in the areas of research on technologies for  utilization  of  thorium in  nuclear  fuel  cycle  such  as  30  KW Kalpakkam Mini Reactor (KAMINI), 300 MW Advanced Heavy Water Reactor (AHWR) etc.  Indian Rare Earths Ltd. (IREL), a CPSE under the administrative control of DAE has a mandate to process monazite and stockpile thorium values for future use.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2400 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## THORIUM EXPLORATION
Lok Sabha Question No. 2399 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: ISO-9001 Certificate
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2399

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018)

## ISO-9001 CERTIFICATE

## 2399. SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  to  enable  its  bureaucracy  to  meet  the  best  global  performance  standards, Government  has  now  set  a  deadline  for  all  Ministries  and  Departments  to  engage  a certification agency to apply for ISO-9001 and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  presently  ISO-9001  is  used  in  over  175  countries  and  is  considered  an international standard of good and transparent governance and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether so far only the Ministry of Steel has secured the coveted ISO-9001 certification and other Ministries/ Departments are in the pipeline and if so, the details thereof?

## 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  (c):        No,  Madam.    Implementation  of  ISO-9001  was  included  as  an  indicator  in  the Results-Framework Document (RFD) of the Ministries/Departments which had been subject to RFD process as part of Performance Monitoring and Evaluation System (PMES) earlier.  List of Ministries/Departments which were certified under ISO-9001 as in August, 2016 is available at Annexure.

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## ANNEXURE

## Annexure referred to in  reply to Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No.2399 for answer on 26.12.2018.

## LIST OF MINISTRIES / DEPARTMENTS CERTIFIED UNDER ISO 9001

1. PERFORMANCE MANAGEMENT DIVISION - CABINET SECRETARIAT
2. DEPT OF PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
3. MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
4. DEPARTMENT OF AIDS CONTROL
5. DEPT OF ETECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (STQC)
6. MINISTRY OF MICRO SMALL & MEDIUM ENTERPRISES
7. DEPT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING
8. DEPT OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT (NRRDA)
9. DEPT OF SCIENTIFIC & INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH
10. MINISTRY OF PANCHAYATI RAJ
11. MINISTRY OF COAL
12. MINISTRY OF WATER RESOURCES
13. DEPT OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES
14. DEPT OF FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
15. DEPT OF LAND RESOURCES
15. MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES
17. DEPT OF SCHOOL EDUCATION (NIOS)
18. MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE
19. DEPT OF ANIMAL HUSBANDARY, DAIRYING & FISHERIES
20. DEPT OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS
21. DEPT OF SPORTS (NADA)
22. LEGISLATIVE DEPT
23. DEPT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
24. MINISTRY OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION
25. MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
26. DEPT OF AGRICULTURE RESEARCH AND EDUCATION
27. MINISTRY OF STEEL
28. MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
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Lok Sabha Question No. 2397 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Medical Services in Remote Areas
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2397

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2018 MEDICAL SERVICES IN REMOTE AREAS

2397.   SHRI SISIR KUMAR ADHIKARI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- whether the Government plans to provide emergency medical treatment  services  in  remote  areas  through  space  satellite
- (a) systems;
- (b) if so, the details of pilot projects under observation, if any, and the outcome thereof; and
- (c) the  reaction  and  bilateral  fruitfullness  of  AIIMS  and  ISRO  in providing emergency medical services?

## ANSWER

- MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):
- Yes,  Madam.  ISRO  has  established  about  130  telemedicine nodes  to  provide  emergency  medical  treatment  services  in
- (a) remote areas through space satellite systems.
- (b) The telemedicine nodes are established in association with the user agencies. ISRO is providing end-to-end satellite connectivity between specialist end hospitals and the patient end  hospitals.  This  facility  helps  the  patient  living  in  remote areas to avail the tele-consultation, advices  and  second opinion from the specialist in speciality hospitals.

(c) Telemedicine network of ISRO is connected with hospitals like All  India  Institute  of  Medical  Sciences  (AIIMS),  New  Delhi; Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education & Research (PGIMER), Chandigarh; Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical  Sciences,  Lucknow  and  other  renowned  speciality hospitals through which the remote hospitals are availing the expert  tele-consultation  services  on  need  basis,  including emergency medical services.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2395 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: New Train on Chhapra-Thawe Route
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJIV PRATAP RUDY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2395 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## NEW TRAIN ON CHHAPRA-THAWE ROUTE

2395.  SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  start  a  new  train  on  the Chhapra-Thawe Route in the Varanasi Railway zone;
- (b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  time  by  which  the  train  will  be started;
- (c) whether there are sufficient trains running on this route and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the details regarding the number of passenger trains running on this route  in  a  day  with  capacity  of  train  and  the  estimated  passengers boarding the train?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) & (b) No, Madam.   At present, there is no proposal for introduction of new train between Chhapra and Thawe.
- (c)  &  (d)  At  present,  01  pair  of  Mail/Express  and  03  pairs  of  Passenger services, including 15113/14 Lucknow-Chhapra Express (Tri-weekly) via Thawe introduced w.e.f. 12.10.18,  are serving Chhapra-Thawe section, which are considered adequate to cater to the present level of traffic.

The  total  number  of  passengers  travelled  on  Chhapra-Thawe-Chhapra section in the financial year 2017-18 and 2018-19 (upto November 2018) was approximately 3.95 million and 2.90 million respectively.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2394 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Artificial Rain
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA, RODMAL NAGAR, JANARDAN MISHRA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOKSABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2394 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER26,2018

## ARTIFICIAL RAIN

2394. SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA:

SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

SHRI JANARDAN MISHRA:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to introduce facility to use artificial rains making technique in places hit by drought;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the areas identified for the purpose;
- (c) the areas where this technique has been used so far; and
- (d) the outcome of the said technique?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

(DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

- (a-c) No Madam. The present scientific knowledge suggests artificial rain making techniques involving cloud seeding cannot be used as an alternate for bringing rain to rainfall deficit/drought areas. These techniques can only induce potential pre-existing clouds with adequate cloud development, to produce enhanced quantum of rain.

Under the Cloud Aerosol Interaction and Precipitation Enhancement Experiment (CAIPEEX) program a research campaign has been initiated at Sholapur, Maharashtra in June2018 to understand the physics of precipitation enhancement in the rain shadow region of Western Ghats. As on today, 240 hours of Airborne campaign has been completed for physical and statistical evaluation and 83 randomized seeding cases have been collected. Data collected are under investigation. However, this experiment will continue for another year to collect more samples for statistical evaluation.

- (d) This experiment will help in the formulation of protocols and a guidance document for cloud seeding for precipitation enhancement.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2393 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Software to Track Railway Operations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR, CHHOTELAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2393 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## SOFTWARE TO TRACK RAILWAY OPERATIONS

## 2393.    ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR: SHRI CHHOTE LAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  recently  developed  a  new software to track railway operations;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the software would help in improving the quality of food  served  to  the  passengers  in  trains  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (d) whether the software would be applicable only to important long distance trains or would be extended to local trains also and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) to (c) Yes, Madam.  An 'e-Drishti' interface has been unveiled for  the  Union  Railway  Minster,  Minister  of  State  and  Board Members.    This  software  includes  an  interface  which  provides summary information on punctuality of trains for the previous day.

There is also an interface which provides information on current train running on the Indian Railway network.  In addition, there are interfaces providing details of freight earning, freight loading and passenger earnings for the previous day & month and cumulative for  the  year,  in  comparison  to  the    corresponding  period  of  the previous  year.    There  is  also  an  interface  for  viewing  live  feeds from  cameras  installed  in  Indian  Railway  Catering  and  Tourism Corporation Ltd. (IRCTC) kitchens to assist monitoring of the work being done.

(d) No, Madam.  The software covers all express and mail trains as well as local trains.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2392 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Formation of Plans
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: SANJAY(KAKA) RAMCHANDRA PATIL

- (a) to  (d)     No, Madam.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO:- 2392 TO BE ANSWERED ON: 26.12.2018

## FORMATION OF PLANS

2392.    SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to formulate new rules regarding suggestions sought from Members of Parliament during formation of any plans;

- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether all the Ministries are likely to be informed in this regard; and
- (d) 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 & FERTILIZERS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2390 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Electrification of Rail Routes
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: K. GOPAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2390 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## ELECTRIFICATION OF RAIL ROUTES

## 2390. DR. K. GOPAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has approved a proposal for 100% electrification of the rail routes by 2021-22;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the total electrification is expected to reduce the transporters' dependence on diesel, leading to reduction in oil imports and cutdown of carbon emission; and
- (d) 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.  2390      BY  DR.  K.  GOPAL    TO  BE REGARDING

ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 26.12.2018 ELECTRIFICATION OF RAIL ROUTES

(a) & (b) Yes,  Madam.  Ministry  of  Railways  has  planned  for  100% electrification of Broad Gauge (BG) routes by 2021-22 and accordingly work  for  electrification  of  balance  BG  routes    of    13,675    Route Kilometer  (RKM)  has  been  approved  in September, 2018. As  on  01.12.2018,  31,652  Route  Kilometers  (RKM)  of  Indian Railways are electrified. Electrification work of 32,198 Route Kilometers  have  been  sanctioned  and  are  under  various  stages  of execution/planning. Oil consumption  of  Indian  Railway  (IR)  will  reduce  by  about  2.8  billion liters, thus reducing IR's dependence on diesel.  This will also lead to

(c) & (d) Yes, Madam. With 100% electrification Diesel reduction in oil imports and cut down of carbon emission.

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