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Lok Sabha Question No. 784 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Increase in Defence Budget
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.784

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  JUNE, 2019

## INCREASE IN DEFENCE BUDGET

784. SHRI JAYADEV GALLA: Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:
2. (a)  whether  a  large  percentage  of  weapons  being  used  by  Indian  armed  forces  are obsolete and very less percentage of it are usable and modern;
3. (b) if so, the reasons therefor and the extent to which 83% of Defence Budget going for non-plan expenditure and pension is contributing to this situation;
4. (c) whether the Ministry has demanded or proposes to demand for increase in the annual budget provisioning for procurement of modern weapons; and
5. (d) if so, the details and the outcome thereof?
6. (a) to (d): Replacement of ageing and obsolete defence equipment is part of modernisation of Armed Forces which is a continuous process based on threat perception, operational  challenges,  technological  changes  and  available  resources.    The  process  is based  on  a  15  year  Long  Term  Integrated  Perspective  Plan(LTIPP),  five  year  Service Capital Acquisition Plan (SCAP) and Annual Acquisition Plan (AAP).

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

रक्षा

राज्य

मंत्री

(

श्री

श्रीपाद

नाईक

)

Government  attaches  high  priority to ensuring that  the  Armed  Forces  are adequately equipped and operationally prepared to deal the entire  spectrum of security challenges facing the country.  In this context, there is a constant endeavour to modernize the  Armed  Forces  through  acquisition  of  contemporary  systems,  development  of  new technologies and upgrading of conventional equipment.

Allocated  budget  is  optimally  utilised  to  avoid  gap  between  the  need  and  the availability  of  funds.  There  has  been  consistent  increase  in  total  Capital  Budget  of Ministry  of  Defence.    The  details  of  Capital  Budget  (BE)  for  the  last  three  years  and current year are as under:

| Year              | Capital Budget (BE) (Rs. in crore)   |
|-------------------|--------------------------------------|
| 2016-17           | 90,209.63                            |
| 2017-18           | 91,579.70                            |
| 2018-19           | 99,563.86                            |
| 2019-20 (interim) | 1,08,248.80                          |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 783 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: LTC Facility to Women Officers
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Faizal P.P. Mohammed

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.783

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  JUNE 2019

## LTC FACILITY TO WOMEN OFFICERS

## 783. MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to provide LTC facility to women officers/personnels  during  child  care  leave  and  foreign  visits  in  order  to  encourage women in Defence forces; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                    (SHRI RAJNATH SINGH)

j{kk ea=h

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- (a)  &  (b):    The  Government provides LTC facility to women officers/personnel during Child  Care  Leave.    Women  Officers/personnel  are  permitted  to  travel  abroad  during Child Care Leave.  However, there is no provision for Defence forces officers/personnel to avail LTC facility during foreign visit or to go on foreign visit on LTC.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 782 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Employment Generation in Electronics and IT Industry
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED  QUESTION NO. 782

TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.06.2019

## EMPLOYMENT GENERATION IN ELECTRONICS AND IT INDUSTRY

## 782.    SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

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

- (a) the total number of employment generated in the Electronics and Information Technology Industry in the country, State/UT-wise;
- (b) whether  the  country  is  becoming  a  promising  centre  of  mobile  manufacturing  in  the recent years; and
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including the number of mobile factories set up in the country during each of the last three years and the current year, State/UT-wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a):   As per the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the direct employment in Electronics hardware manufacturing industry in the country is estimated to be about 20 lakh persons. As per the National Association of  Software  and  Services  Companies  (NASSCOM),  the Information Technology and Business Process Management (IT and BPM) sector has provided direct employment to about 41.38 lakh persons in the country.
- (b)  and    (c):      India  has  become  a  promising  centre  for  mobile  handsets  and  their  parts/ components  manufacturing  in  recent  years.  As  per  data  provided  by  India  Cellular  & Electronics Association (ICEA), till end of 2018, approximately 268 manufacturing units are functioning in the country, as against only 2 manufacturing units that were functioning in the year 2014. The State-wise details of the number of mobile handsets and their parts/ components manufacturing units are as under:

| State            |   No. of Manufacturing Units |
|------------------|------------------------------|
| UP               |                           72 |
| DELHI            |                           54 |
| HARYANA          |                           32 |
| MAHARASHTRA      |                           23 |
| UTTARAKHAND      |                           16 |
| HIMACHAL PRADESH |                           15 |
| TELANGANA        |                           10 |
| GUJARAT          |                            7 |
| KARNATAKA        |                            7 |
| TAMILNADU        |                            7 |
| OTHERS           |                           25 |

| TOTAL   | 268   |
|---------|-------|

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Lok Sabha Question No. 780 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Whitefield-Hindupur Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: S. Muniswamy

- (a)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 780 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.06.2019

## WHITEFIELD-HINDUPUR RAILWAY LINE

## 780.  SHRI S. MUNISWAMY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- the present status of Whitefield-Hindupur Railway line in Karnataka;
- (b) whether any funds have been allocated/released  for  the  said  railway line; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a): On Whitefield-Hindupur rail route, Whitefield-Krishnarajapuram & Channasandra-Yelahanka  sections  are  double  Broad  Gauge  lines.  Further, work on Yelahanka-Penukonda via Hindupur doubling and Bangalore Cantonment-Krishnarajapuram-Whitefield 3 rd  & 4 th  line have been taken up.

(b) and (c): Yelahanka-Penukonda doubling project (121 Km) was sanctioned in  2015-16.  Latest  anticipated  cost  of  the  project  is ` 958.37  crores  and Budget Outlay of ` 132 crores has been made for this project during 2019-20.

Bangalore Cantonment-Krishnarajapuram-Whitefield 3 rd & 4 th line project (37.89 Km) was sanctioned in March, 2018. Latest anticipated cost of  the  project  is ` 493  crores  and  Budget  Outlay  of ` 51  crores  has  been made for this project during 2019-20.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 778 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Construction of ROBS in Jhansi
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Anurag Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.778

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.06.2019

## CONSTRUCTION OF ROBs IN JHANSI

†778.  SHRI ANURAG SHARMA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the time likely to be taken to complete the construction work of proposed Sipri Bazar Road over-bridge in Jhansi city;
- (b) whether the State Government has provided funds on time to construct the said over-bridge;
- (c) whether necessary materials have not been provided by SAIL; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a)  to  (d):  It  is  deposit  work  of  State  Govt.  Work  in  Railway  portion  is  to  be executed by Railway. Earlier contract for Railway portion was terminated due to  poor  performance  of  contractor.  Fresh  tender  for  balance  work  will  be opened on 28.06.2019. Efforts will be made to complete the work as early as possible after award of contract.

So  far  as  availability  of  fund  from  State  Govt.  is  concerned,  it  was provided by them in May 2018.

Contractor had represented that Steel Authority of India Limited (SAIL) is not providing them required Steel plates for fabrication of girders. When SAIL was approached by Railways, SAIL informed that IS 2062 E250 B0 grade Steel plates are not available in required sizes and they have to plan these  for  production  at  Plant  on  100%  Road  despatch  basis  for production.  For  booking  of  material  under  Road  despatch,  Purchaser  was required to submit 25% of order value. As  per  SAIL,  contractor  took  only  part  supply  and  did  not  deposit requisite  amount  of  the  order  value  with  SAIL.  Contract  has  since  been rescinded due to contractor's failure.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 777 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Guidelines to Ease Police Verification
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Raksha Nikhil Khadse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.777 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.06.2019

## GUIDELINES TO EASE POLICE VERIFICATION

777. SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposed  and  issued  guidelines  for asking questions in an attempt to ease the police verification process for passport issuance; and
- (b) the detailed list of questions that are likely to be asked during such verification?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

(a)  &  (b)  The  Ministry  of  External  Affairs  sent  a  revised  format  for submission of Police Verification Report to the State Police Authorities  in  May  2018  containing  a  set  of  questions  as  given  at Annexure-I in connection with the verification process for passport issuance.  However,  the  questions  actually  asked  at  the  time  of Police Verification is at the discretion of the State Police Authorities.

## Annexure-I

## LIST OF QUESTIONS IN THE FORMAT OF THE POLICE VERIFICATION REPORT

For applicants aged more than 15 years

- (i) Is  there  any  reason  to  believe  that  the  applicant  is  not  a citizen of India?
- (ii) Is the applicant facing any criminal charges in any Court?
- (iii) Has  the  applicant  been  convicted  on  any  crime  during  the preceding  five  years  and  sentenced  to  imprisonment  for  two years or more?
- (iv) Are  there  any  pending  Warrants/Summons  for  appearance  or has any Warrant of Arrest of the applicant been issued by any Court?
- (v) Has any Court made any order prohibiting the departure of the applicant from India?
- (vi) Has  the  applicant  indulged  or  likely  to  indulge  in  activities which are prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of India, friendly relations of India with any foreign country or the interests of the general public?

For applicants less than 15 years

- (i) Has  the  applicant  indulged  or  likely  to  indulge  in  activities which are prejudicial to the sovereignty and integrity of India, the security of India, friendly relations of India with any foreign country or the interests of the general public?

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Lok Sabha Question No. 776 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Combating Terrorism
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Behanan Benny

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.776

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  JUNE 2019

## COMBATING TERRORISM

## 776. SHRI BENNY BEHANAN:

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

- (a) whether the Government has set up a special forces division to combat threats posed by terrorism;

- (b)  if so, the details thereof;

- (c) whether the Government is planning to set up two separate units to handle space and cyber warfare and if so, the details thereof; and

- (d)  whether  special  group  has  been  assigned  to  look  at  the  protection  of  India's  space assets including military satellites and if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

रक्षा

राज्य

मंत्री

(

श्री

श्रीपाद

नाईक

)

- (a)  & (b):  Government has set up Armed Forces Special Operations Division (AFSOD) as a Tri Service Organisation.

- (c) & (d):  Yes Sir, Government  has sanctioned two separate agencies to handle space and cyber warfare.

- (i) Defence Space Agency (DSA)

- (ii) Defence Cyber Agency (DcyA)

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Lok Sabha Question No. 775 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Railway Rakes
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Kirit Premjibhai Solanki

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 775 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.06.2019

## RAILWAY RAKES

775.   DR. (PROF.) KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI : Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
2. (a)
3. whether there is an insufficiency in rail line links to mines;
4. (b)
5. if so, the details thereof; and
6. (c) the steps taken to address non-availability of railway rakes in the State of Gujarat with a view to ensure efficient coal supply?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a)&(b) No, Sir. All major mines are presently well served by existing rail  line  links.  However,  development  of  additional  rail  line  link  is  a need based ongoing continuous process. The links are developed as per operational, commercial and technical needs of users.

(c) To ensure efficient coal supply, railway rakes are supplied as per demands of customers. To fulfil these demands additional wagons are inducted  on  a  continuous  basis.  In  the  year  2017-18  and  2018-2019, 10,632  new  wagons,  suitable  for  carrying  coal  (BOXN  and  BOBR wagons) have been inducted. Around 20,000 wagons are proposed to be procured in the year 2019-20. The availability of rakes is adequate for  meeting  the  demand  of  coal  companies/consumers  including  the State of Gujarat.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 774 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Construction of ROB in Misrikh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.774 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.06.2019

## CONSTRUCTION OF ROB IN MISRIKH

†774.  SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  has  taken  or  proposes  to  take  any steps  to  construct  an  overbridge  at  the  railway  line  crossing  under Sandila-Bilhaur-Kachhauna municipality/nagar panchayat of the Misrikh parliamentary constituency of the State of Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (c): There are 3 Nos. of Level Crossings (LCs) i.e. 247, 248, 249 near Sandila  Railway  Station.  All  these  LCs  qualify  for  their  replacement  by Road over Bridge (ROB) on cost sharing basis with State Government as traffic density of these LCs is more than 1 lakh Train Vehicle Unit (TVU). Accordingly, State Government has been approached to submit the formal proposal  for  consent  of  ROB  at  these  locations  alongwith  necessary consents for sharing of cost and closure of LC. No proposal in this regard has, however, been received from State Government.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 773 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Warship under Make in India
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: D.K. Suresh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.773

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  JUNE, 2019

## WARSHIP UNDER MAKE IN INDIA

## 773. SHRI D.K. SURESH:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken any initiative in construction of warship under the ' Make in India';
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)whether the Government is contemplating any measures to improve major technologies and capabilities that our public and private sector industry may focus on to meet the Indian Navy's requirements; and
- (d) if so, the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard so far?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                    (SHRI RAJNATH SINGH)

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- (a) Yes Sir.
- (b) (i) Major shipbuilding projects in respect to Indigenous Aircraft Carrier, Frigates, Submarines, Destroyers, Corvettes, Naval Offshore Patrol Vessels etc., are at various stages of execution at different Indian shipyards.
- (ii)  The Navy designs most of its weapon intensive warships in-house and gets them built  indigenously at Indian Shipyards.  The Indian Navy has in-house capability to design complex  frontline combatants like Corvettes, Stealth Frigates, Destroyers and Aircraft Carriers.

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(c) & (d):  Yes Sir. Several measures have been taken by Government to meet Indian Navy's requirements.  Some of them are as follows:-

1. Strengthening infrastructure of DPSU shipyards.
2. Adoption of modular construction technologies to bring down construction period of warships.
3. Policy intervention for participation of private shipyards in Naval projects.
4. Policy intervention for promoting indigenisation of imported equipment for warships.
5.  Promoting Artificial Intelligence in warship construction activities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 772 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: Single Window System for Investors
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 772. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 26 TH  JUNE, 2019.

## SINGLE WINDOW SYSTEM FOR INVESTORS

## 772.   SHRIMATI RANJAN BEN DHANANJAY BHATT:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state:

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government is seriously considering to implement single window system in the States and facilitate  investors  to  doubling  the  present  growth rate of the manufacturing sector;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has considered to take any steps in this regard so far;
- (c) if so, the details thereof along with the time by which these steps are likely to be taken; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज् य एवं उद्योग मंत्री (श्री पीयूष गोयल) THE MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI  PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) to (c): Yes, Sir. The State Reforms proposed by Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) requires States and Union Territories  (UTs)  to  have  a  Single  Window  System  across  various Departments with the following features:
- i. Allow online submission of application without the need to submit physical copies of the application.
- ii. Eliminate physical  touch-point  for  document  submission  and verification.
- iii. Allow applicant to track status of application online.
- iv. Ensure the applicant receives an SMS/e-mail notification as and when  the  application  is  submitted  and/or  query  is  raised  and/or application is approved/rejected.
- v. Service  wise  approvals  may  be  granted  as  and  when  received from the Department concerned.
- vi. Mandate that all queries/clarifications related to investors' application are sought in one go and within 7 days of receipt of the application.
- 2.Under the assessment exercise of States/UTs for the year 2017-18, 21 States/UTs  have  designed  and  implemented  online  Single  Window System.
- (d):            Does not arise.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 771 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-26
Subject: National Law School
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Ramcharan Bohra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE

## DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS

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## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  771 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.06.2019

## NATIONAL LAW SCHOOL

## 771. SHRI RAMCHARAN BOHRA:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  a  National  Law School/University in each State/UT;
- (b) if so, details thereof, State/UTwise;
- (c) whether there is also any proposal to set up institutes of eminence  in  all  the States  in the field  of  law  education  and research and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government  proposes  to  reduce  the duration of degree course in law and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW & JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) & (b) At present there is no proposal pending consideration with the Central  Government to set up National  Law School/ University in each state  /  UT.  However,  most  of  States/UT  Government  have  set  up  Law Schools in their States/ UT.
- (c) No,  at  present  there  is  no  scheme  with  the  Central  Government pending to set up institute of eminence in all the states in the field of law education and research.
- (d) Length and duration of degree course in law is in the domain of Bar Council of India.