opensansad/lok-sabha-qa huggingface dataset:
Lok Sabha Question No. 2482 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Employment to Families affected by Land Acquisition
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: BHAGIRATH PRASAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2482 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## EMPLOYMENT TO FAMILIES AFFECTED BY LAND ACQUISITION †2482.   DR. BHAGIRATH PRASAD:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  is  a  provision  for  providing  employment  in  the railway services to members of families affected by land acquisition for rail projects;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of persons whose land was acquired for construction of  Bhind  station  under  the  Gwalior-Etawah  broad  gauge  rail  line project during the period from 1995 to 1998;
- (d) the number out of the above persons provided employment in the Railways;
- (e) the number of persons affected by land acquisition who did not get employment in the Railways along with the details thereof; and
- (f) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  for  the  benefit  of persons  rendered  completely  landless  and  unemployed  due  to  land acquisition?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b): Yes, Madam. Policy instructions in force since 16.07.2010 lay down  the  screening criteria and  procedure  in this regard.  The applicant  should  normally  fulfill  the  eligibility  and  other  conditions prescribed  for  the  post  against  direct  recruitment  quota  from  open market.
- (c) to (e): Land of 10 persons was acquired. Out of them no one was provided employment.

(f): Compensation is paid to affected families as per extant rules.

- *****
Lok Sabha Question No. 2481 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Safety of Women in Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2481 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## SAFETY OF WOMEN IN TRAINS

†2481.   SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

- (a)  whether  the  Government proposes changes in the Railway Act regarding women safety; and
- (b)  if so, the details thereof?

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) and  (b):  A  proposal  has  been  initiated to insert  enabling provisions in the Railways Act 1989 to empower authorised officer to  prosecute  offenders  involved  in  insulting  modesty  of  women passengers in passenger area.

****
Lok Sabha Question No. 2480 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: NLCPR Fund
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: SANKAR PRASAD DATTA

## Government of India Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA

Unstarred Question No. 2480

To be answered on

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

## QUESTION

## NLCPR Fund

## 2480.  SHRI SANKAR PRASAD DATTA:

Will the Minister of DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Non-Lapsable  Central  Pool  of  Resources  (NLCPR)  funds  are allocated to the North Eastern States for all round development of the region and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of projects which have been retained for funding from NLCPR funds in the current financial year; and
- (c) the number of projects which have been selected for funding from NLCPR funds in  the  current  financial  year  and  the  details  of  funds  that  have  been  released  so  far, project-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)   The funds available under the scheme of Non-Lapsable Central Pool of ResourcesState (NLCPR-State) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region through Annual  Budgetary  Allocation  are  distributed  among  North  Eastern  States  as  per  laid down criteria of normative allocation for funding the infrastructure projects.
- (b)  and  (c)  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  has been 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 to meet liabilities of ongoing projects of NLCPR and remaining  Rs.1600  crore  for  taking  up  new  projects  under  NESIDS.  As such, no new projects were selected under NLCPR in the current financial year.

*****
Lok Sabha Question No. 2479 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Information Warfare Techniques
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVNTHI)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2479

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## INFORMATION WARFARE TECHNIQUES

2479.  SHRI MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVANTHI):

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

- (a) whether India is still banking on imported information warfare techniques;
- (b) if so, the details thereof  and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the GPRS technology belonging to the US did not perform as expected during the Kargil War; and
- (d) if  so,  the  steps  the  Government  is  taking  to  strengthen  information  warfare techniques?

## 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) & (b): Information  Warfare  is  a  relatively  new  domain  of  warfare encompassing Cyber Warfare, Electronic Warfare and its techniques are imbibed  and  refined  by  militaries  world  over.  Best  practices  used  by militaries world over have been incorporated in the methodologies and procedures.  Requisite  capabilities  with  respect  to  Electronic  Warfare and Cyber Warfare exist in Defence Forces.
- (c) & (d): Defence  Forces  continue  to  enhance  its  capacities  and capabilities as per Long Term Perspective Plans. Focused approach has been  adopted  to  enhance  capability  and  capacity.  Necessary  force structuring,  R&D  and  procurement  are  undertaken  to  counter  the adversaries in this domain.

******
Lok Sabha Question No. 2478 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Slums Developed on Vacant Land
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2478 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## SLUMS DEVELOPED ON VACANT LAND

†2478.  SHRI GOPAL SHETTY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a large number of slums have come up on the vacant land along the railway lines in metropolitan cities of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof specially in regard to Mumbai City of Maharashtra;
- (c)  whether the Government has taken or proposes to take any steps  to  provide  houses  to  the  people  living  in  slums  situated along  the  railway  lines  in  various  metropolitan  cities  of  the country specially Mumbai; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a)  to  (d):  As  on  31.03.2018,  out  of  4.77  lakh  hectare  land available  with  Indian  Railways,  approximately  844.38  hectare (0.18%) land is under encroachment. Most of the encroachments are in the approaches of the Stations in Metros and big cities in the form of slums. In the city of Mumbai, 41.20 hectares of land is under encroachment which is mostly in the form of slums.

The Railway land is required for servicing and maintenance of track, bridges and other operational uses and also utilized for execution of various infrastructural projects for meeting future growth needs of Railways, which include projects like doubling/tripling, traffic facilities etc. In view  of this, rehabilitation  of  slum  dwellers  on  Railway  land  would  not  be feasible. Housing being a State subject, the State Governments are asked to include existing slums on Railway land in their plan for rehabilitation/resettlement of slum dwellers of a city. Entire cost of such rehabilitation may also be borne by State Government or Urban Local Bodies as Railways may not be able to contribute towards cost of land or rehabilitation/resettlement. ******
Lok Sabha Question No. 2477 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Lalitpur-Singrauli Rail Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: GANESH SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2477 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## LALITPUR-SINGRAULI RAIL LINE

† 2477.  SHRI GANESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has accorded approval regarding LalitpurSingrauli rail line project to fulfill the demand of increasing population of the area;
- (b) if so, the details of proposed expenditure, the length of rail line and the names of stations and halts;
- (c)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  work  on  the  said  rail  project  is  not completed and construction works are going on with slow pace; and
- (d)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  time  by  which  remaining  works are likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) to (c): Yes, Madam. Lalitpur-Singrauli new rail line project (541km) was  sanctioned  in  1997-98.  The  anticipated  cost  of  the  project  is ` 6672.85crore. An expenditure of ` 1740 crore has been incurred upto March,  2018.  There  are  17  stations/halt  stations  namely  Lalitpur, Udaipura, Tikamgarh, Mawai, Khargapur, Ishanagar, Chhaterpur,

Khajuraho,  Subdua,  Panna,  Nagod,  Satna,  Rewa,  Govindgarh,  Sidhi, Gajrahi and Gondawali Singrauli. Lalitpur-Khajuraho  (167km)  and  Mahoba-Kahjuraho  (62.50km) sections  have  been  commissioned.  Land  acquisition  has  been  taken up in the remaining sections and work taken up in the available land. Till  2013-14,  due  to  overall  limited  availability  of  funds,  this  project was  not  progressing  satisfactorily.  Since  2014-15,  adequate  funds have  been  allotted  to  the  project  and  execution  of  the  project  has been speeded up ( ` 239 crore was provided for the project during 201011  to  2013-14.  Now, ` 1234  crore  has  been  provided  for  this  project from 2014-15 to 2017-18). (d): Completion of the project is dependent upon many factors such as land  acquisition,  statutory  clearances  like  forestry  and  wild  life clearances, shifting of services, cutting of trees, construction of road over  bridges  and  road  under  bridges  by  road  maintaining  agencies. Since  many  of  these  factors  are  beyond  the  control  of  Ministry  of Railways, timeline for completion of the project is not feasible to be fixed.

*****
Lok Sabha Question No. 2476 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Pending Bills of MTNL
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: SANTOKH SINGH CHAUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2476 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## PENDING BILLS OF MTNL

2476. SHRI SANTOKH SINGH CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of total bills of various departments of Government and Public Sector undertakings outstanding with MTNL during the last three years;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government to recover the said outstanding amount; and
- (c) the  details  of  MTNL's  property  which  are  under  occupation  of  various  other Government departments?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Details  of  total  bills  of  various  departments  of  government  and  Public  Sector Undertakings  outstanding  with  Mahanagar  Telephone  Nigam  Limited  (MTNL)  for  the last three years are as under:
- (b) MTNL  adopts  various measures  like Interactive  Voice  Response  System (IVRS) based  reminders,  legal  notices,  barring  of  outgoing  calls,  disconnection  of phones, Lokadalat, and conducting open session for resolving billing related disputes. Personal persuasion by MTNL staff is also adopted for recovery of outstanding bills.
- (c) MTNL  property  is  not  under  occupation  by  other  Government  departments. However,  MTNL  has  given  spaces  on  rent  on  'Leave  and  Licence'  basis  to  various Government departments.

|                                                                        |   Total Outstanding bills (in Rs. Crores) |
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
| Total outstanding                                                      |                                    133.88 |
| Outstanding with Government Departments and Public Sector Undertakings |                                     44.06 |

************

## ****************
Lok Sabha Question No. 2474 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Passport Seva Project
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: BHARATENDRA SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2474

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## PASSPORT SEVA PROJECT

2474. SHRI KUNWAR BHARATENDRA:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the progress of the Passport Seva Project and the launch of the kendras in all the constituencies;
- (b) whether the Government can provide an update on the tender process with regard to the passport seva programme; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

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

(a) The Ministry in association with the Department of Posts has announced the opening of 407 Passport Kendras at the Head Post Offices (HPO)/ Post Offices (PO) in the country called 'Post Office Passport Seva Kendra' (POPSK). Out of the

- 407 POPSK announced, 251 POPSK are functional as on 20 December, 2018 taking the total functional Passport Seva Kendras in the country to 344. (b) & (c) The existing contract on Passport Seva Project between MEA and the Service Provider i.e. M/s T ata Consultancy Services (TCS) is valid upto 11 th June, 2020.  The Government has re-engaged the National Institute for Smart Government (NISG) as the Consultant for undertaking the tendering process so that a new Service Provider could be selected well before the expiry of the current contract with M/s TCS on 11 June, 2020.

*****
Lok Sabha Question No. 2472 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Haj Pilgrimage
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Begum Tabassum Hasan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS LOK SABHA UN STARRED QUESTION NO.2472 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## HAJ PILGRIMAGE

## 2472.  SHRIMATI TABASSUM BEGUM:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  make  arrangements  for  separate  rooms instead  of  sharing  room  for  husband  and  wife  in  Madina  Munawara  and  Makkah Muazzama located in Saudi Arabia for Haj Pilgrimage and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) whether  the  Government  also  proposes  to  send  the  air  tickets  and  other  Haj documents at the residential address of Hajis through courier in place of calling Haj committee two days before and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) No, Madam. Rooms for accommodation for Hajis are allotted cover-wise in Madinah Al Munawara and Makkah Al Mukaramah. The covers for male and female are not segregated separately.
- (b) No, Madam. Haj pilgrims are allotted flights well in advance and after online/ offline flight booking, pilgrims are called one day before their date of departure for collection of air tickets and other Haj travel documents at their respective embarkation points.

*****
Lok Sabha Question No. 2469 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Regiments of Akash Missile
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: PRALHAD VENKATESH JOSHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2469

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 26 TH  DECEMBER, 2018

## REGIMENTS OF AKASH MISSILE

2469.  SHRI  PRALHAD JOSHI:

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

- (a) whether the  Defence  Acquisition  Council  (DAC)  recently  gave  approval  for  the procurement of two additional regiments of Akash Missile;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details and the benefits of the upgraded Akash Missile system;
- (d) whether  the  DAC  is  working  on  progressing  design  and  development  of  other defence equipment; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## 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) to (e): Yes  Madam.  The  Defence  Acquisition  Council  (DAC)  has recently accorded 'Acceptance of Necessity' (AoN) for 02 regiments of Akash Missile.

The new Akash system will have enhanced capability alonghwith better guidance system.

The  Government  is  pursuing  several  initiatives  under  'Make  in India' to achieve higher levels of indigenisation and self-reliance in the defence sector. The initiatives to encourage local Research & Development and increase in indigenous content in DPP-2016 includes the following:

- (i) 'Make' procedures seek to address the multiple objectives of

self-reliance,  wider  participation  of  Indian  Industry,  impetus to MSME sector. Simplified Make-II procedure has been introduced in Jan 2018 with a focus on development of equipment/system/platform  or  their  upgrades  or  sub  systems with intent on import substitution.

- (ii) A  new  category  of  procurement  i.e.  'Buy  (Indian-IDDM)'  has been  introduced  and  will  be  the  most  preferred  acquisition category, above the existing 'Buy (Indian)' category.
- (iii) To  enhance  indigenous  defence  manufacturing  capabilities through  private  sector,  the  Strategic  Partnership  model  has been incorporated in DPP-2016 on 31 st May, 2017.

In addition, DRDO is undertaking various Design & Development projects of weapons. Further, Government has set up  the  Technology  Development  Fund  (TDF)  scheme,  which aims  at  funding  the  development  of  defence  and  dual  use technologies  that  are  currently  not  available  with  the  Indian defence  industry  or  not  have  been  developed  so  far.  The scheme  envisages creating an Eco-system for enhancing cutting edge technology capability for Defence application and to  indicate  R&D  culture  in  MSMEs.  IAF  has  already  fielded seven  projects  under  TDF  scheme,  while  another  six  projects are lined up.

******
Lok Sabha Question No. 2467 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Grievance Redressal by Social Networking Sites
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: JANAK RAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2467

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 26.12.2018

## GRIEVANCE REDRESSAL BY SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES

## 2467. SHRI JANAK RAM:

Will the Minister of Electronics & Information Technology be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government has issued any guidelines to the social networking sites operational in the country to appoint Grievance Redressal Officer;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to  (c):    Social  networking  sites  are  intermediaries  as  defined  in  the  Information Technology Act, 2000. Government has notified the Information Technology (Intermediaries Guidelines) Rules, 2011 under section 79 of the Act. The Rules provide for  due  diligence  to  be  observed  by  intermediaries,  which inter  alia ,  prescribe  that  the intermediary  shall  publish  on  its  website  the  name  of  the  Grievance  Officer  and  his contact details as well as mechanism by which users or any victim who suffers as a result of access or usage of computer resource by any person can notify their complaints against such access  or  usage  of  computer  resource  of  the  intermediary.  The  Grievance  Officer shall redress the complaints within one month from the date of receipt of complaint.

*******
Lok Sabha Question No. 2465 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Construction of Jiribam-Imphal Rail Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: THOKCHOM MEINYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2465 TO BE ANSWERED ON 26.12.2018

## CONSTRUCTION OF JIRIBAM-IMPHAL RAIL LINE

## 2465. DR. THOKCHOM MEINYA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the construction of Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal Railway Line has been completed;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the reasons for not starting the train services on this line; and
- (d) whether  stations  at  Tupul  and  Imphal  are  ready  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

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

(a) to (c):     Works of Jiribam-Tupul-Imphal new railway line have been taken  up.  The  project  is  not  yet  completed.  Jiribam-Vangaichungpao (11.80  km)  section  is  completed  and  commissioned.  Works  have  been taken up in remaining length. Passenger train service has been started in Jiribam-Vangaichungpao  section  in  March,  2017  and  it  will be extended  upto  Imphal  after  completion  of  work  and  commissioning  of the section.

(d): Construction work of Tupul station has been taken up.  For Imphal station, land has been acquired and General Agreement Drawings (GAD) has been approved to start the work.

*****
Lok Sabha Question No. 2464 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2018-12-26
Subject: Items of Work under MPLAD
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: LAKHAN LAL SAHU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2464

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 26 TH   DECEMBER, 2018

## ITEMS OF WORK UNDER MPLAD

## 2464.    SHRI LAKHAN LAL SAHU:

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

- (a) whether the Government has issued any guidelines to include
- items of work under MPLAD scheme;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the names of said items of work;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  also  decided  to  increase  the amount  of  funds  under  the  MPLAD  scheme  keeping  in  view the increased items of work and time;
- (d)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether any decision has been taken/ is likely to be taken to issue  the  said  guidelines  for  implementation  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION  AND  MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE

MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS (SHRI VIJAY GOEL)

- (a) and (b) Government has revised the Guidelines for MPLAD Scheme in  June  2016,  keeping  in  view  the  objective  of  MPLADS  to  create durable  community  assets  of  developmental  nature  based  on  locally felt needs.  An illustrative list of these works are available in Annexure IV-E of the Guidelines.  Some special items and works of non-durable nature are also included in the Guidelines at Annexure II-A.

Moreover,  some  items  like  providing  Wi-Fi  system  at  educational institutions,  villages  and  selected  places,  providing  solar  lighting system for public use, procurement of equipment for skill development and training have also been included by issuing circulars subsequent to the publication of the aforesaid Guidelines. (c) No, Madam. (d) Does not arise. (e) In view of reply to part (a) and (b), question does not arise.

*****