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Lok Sabha Question No. 1173 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Implementation of Paris Pact
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Vinayak Bhaurao Raut

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1173

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.06.2019

## Implementation of Paris Pact

## 1173. SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that India had announced at the informal meeting of Brazil, Russia, India,  China  and  South  Africa (BRICS) leaders on sidelines of the G-20 Summit in Hamburg, Germany to implement Paris Pact in 'Letter and Sprit';
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether, besides India, the  other  BRICS  members  have  shown  reluctance  to implement this agreement and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the role being played by USA and other Member Countries with regard to framing a global deal on climate change?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE    IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a), (b) & (c) The BRICS Leaders vide the Press Communique of the Informal Meeting held on  the  sidelines  of  G20  Summit  in  Hamburg,  Germany,  called  upon  the  international community  to  jointly  work  towards  implementation  of  the  Paris  Agreement  and  to  fulfill commitments to provide financial and technical support to developing countries in meeting their climate challenges. India reiterated its commitment to implementing Paris Agreement in letter  and  spirit  and  described  its  implementation  globally  as  essential  to  fighting  climate change. The Paris Agreement has to be implemented in post 2020 period. Currently pre 2020 actions under Kyoto Protocol second commitment period are being undertaken.

(d) Currently, 185 Parties have ratified the Paris Agreement including India, China, USA, UK, France,  Germany etc.  Only  USA  has  submitted  a  written  communication  to  UN  SecretaryGeneral stating its intent to withdraw from the Paris Agreement.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1170 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Sam Pitroda Committee in 2014
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Imtiaz Jaleel Syed, Asaduddin Owaisi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1170

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.06.2019)

SAM PITRODA COMMITTEE IN 2014.

1170. SHRI SYAD IMTIAZ JALEEL:

SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will  the  Minister  of  INFORMATION  AND  BROADCASTING  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the recommendations of Sam Pitroda  led  Expert  Panel  on  Prasar  Bharati  which  submitted  its report in 2014;
- (b) the detailed recommendations made by the Committee;
- (c) whether  these  recommendations  have  been  implemented  fully  or partially;
- (d) whether the Government has started manpower and other audit of Prasar Bharati, All India Radio and Doordarshan on the lines of the recommendations made by the Expert Committee, if so, the details thereof and  the time by which  this exercise  is likely to  be completed; and
- (e) the  other  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  make  Prasar Bharati, All India Radio and Doordarshan more viable?

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ANSWER THE MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE AND MINISTER OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING [SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR] (a) to (c): The Sam Pitroda Committee gave various recommendations in its report of 24.01.2014 on matters such as governance, human resource, content,  technology,  etc.  which  are  available  on  the  website  of  the Ministry  of  Information  &  Broadcasting.  These  recommendations  were considered  by  the  Government  and  an  Action  Taken  Report  (ATR)  was finalised. Steps towards implementation have been taken on the recommendations accepted by the Government. (d): Contract for carrying out Manpower Audit of Prasar Bharati was awarded in November 2018, with a time-line of 15 months. (e):  Prasar  Bharati  has  taken  several  steps  for  financial  strengthening including Monetization of Digital Terrestrial Transmitters (DTT), e-auction of  channels  on  DD  Free  Dish,  Digital  Monetization  of  News,  in-house content and Archival Content. ********
Lok Sabha Question No. 1169 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Environmental Clearance
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1169

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.06.2019

## Environmental Clearance

## 1169.   SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYASHETTY:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether the Government hasreceived a proposal for environmentalclearances from the State Government ofMaharashtra regarding construction ofcoastal road in Mumbai by MunicipalCorporation of Greater Mumbai;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof andpresent status of the said proposal; and
- (c)   the time by which the saidproposal is likely to be finalized and thereasons of delay in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE    IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) to (c) Yes  Sir.Pursuant  to  the  recommendation  of  the  Maharashtra  Coastal  Zone Management Authority, the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai have submitted an application to the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change for CRZ Clearance for development of Coastal Road (South) project, covering a distance of 9.98 kms from Princess Street Flyover to Worli end of Sea Link in Mumbai. The Ministry has accorded the clearance on 11.05.2017 in acceptance of the recommendation of the Expert Appraisal Committee.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1168 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: PARIVESH
Ministry: ENVIRONMENT,  FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE
Asked by: Vincent H Pala

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1168

TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.06.2019

## PARIVESH

## 1168.  SHRI VINCENT H. PALA:

Will the Minister of ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  clearances  processed  through  PARIVESH  since  its  inception  along with the number of users every year since its launch;
- (b) the number of sittings made by the Experts Appraisal Committee in the last two years along with the number of violations detected by the Committee so far during the said period;
- (c) the number of sittings made by the Regional Empowered Committee during the last two years and the action taken thereon; and
- (d) the number of countries which participated in the World Environment Day on the 5th of June 2018 and the amount spent on conduct of the same?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  OF  STATE    IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  ENVIRONMENT,  FOREST  AND CLIMATE CHANGE (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a)  and  (b)  The  number  of  clearance  processed  through  PARIVESH  is  2663  since  its inception.  A total  of  272  Expert  Appraisal  Committee  meetings  were  conducted  during  the last two years. During these meeting 37 violations were detected.

(c) A total of 202 number of sittings have been made by Regional Empowered Committees (RECs) in ten regional offices during last two years.  After the sitting of Regional Empowered Committee,  its  recommendations  are  processed  for  obtaining  the  approval  of  Competent Authority  in  the  Ministry.  Thereafter  these  decisions  of  this  Ministry  are  conveyed  to concerned State Govt./UTs for necessary action.

(d) United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) declared India as the Global Host for the World Environment Day, 2018.  Being the Global Host, event was celebrated across the length and breadth of the country and outside India also through our Embassies / Missions abroad (MEA was requested to sensitize our Missions / Embassies for the same).  Invitations were  extended  to  all  the  Missions  /  Embassies  in  New  Delhi  as  also  the  Environment Ministers of the countries with whom India has close relations in the field of environment, to participate  in  the  main  plenary  event  on  5th  June,  2018  at  Vigyan  Bhavan.    As  a  result  a number  of  Ambassadors  /  High  Commissioners  of  various  Embassies  /  Missions  /  High Commissions participated in the plenary function.   It is not possible to quantify the specific names and number of such participants.  The event was not confined to one particular day, but was celebrated over a few months.  Approximately Rs.30 crores was spent on the conduct of World Environment Day 2018.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1165 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Forecast of Earthquakes
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: Kaushalendra Kumar

## GOVERNMENT OFINDIA

## MINISTRYOFEARTHSCIENCES LOKSABHA

## UNSTARREDQUESTIONNo. 1165

## TO BEANSWERED ONFRIDAY,JUNE 28, 2019

## FOECASTOFEARTHQUAKES

## 1165. SHRIKAUSHALENDRAKUMAR:

Will the Minister of EARTHSCIENCESbe pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is formulating any special action plan for accurate forecast of earthquakes on lines of Japan and the
- USA,if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether in the absence of any forecast about earthquakes large scale loss of life and property takes place, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the location of the existing research centres for getting accurate forecast of earthquakes in the country; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government to upgrade the said centres to state-of-the-art level?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OFSTATEIN THEMINISTRYOFHEALTHAND FAMILYWELFARE (SHRIASHWINIKUMARCHOUBEY)

- (a) Presently, there is no plan to formulate any special action for accurate forecast of earthquakes as there is no scientific technique available, anywhere in the world to predict the occurrence of the earthquake with reasonable degree of accuracy in terms of space, time and magnitude.
- (b) The large earthquakes have been of concern since historical times, as they cause loss of human lives and destruction to property. However, in absence of forecast technique, steps have been taken up in the form of preparation of large-scale seismic zonation maps and publication of guidelines for designing and construction of earthquake resistant buildings. These guidelines are in wide circulation amongst the public and the administrative authorities responsible for the design and construction of earthquake resistant buildings in earthquake prone areas.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1164 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Laboratory Facilities in Hospitals
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1164 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH JUNE, 2019

## LABO RATORY FACILITIES IN HOSPITALS

## 1164. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  cognizance  of  the  lack  of  laboratory  facilities diagnosis of diseases in the Government hospitals and hence private labs are charging mor es, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the measures being taken by the Government to address the issue of lack of lab facili the hospitals; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to implement any scheme to provide assistance/fund for the setting up of labs in rural areas, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a):     Public Health and hospitals is a State subject and regulation of diagnostic laboratories falls within the ambit of State Governments.  However, the Government of India enacted the Clin Establishments  (Registration  and  Regulation)  Act,  2010  and  notified  Clinical  Establish (Central  Government)  Rules,  2012  for  registration  a nd  regulation  of  clinical  establishments, including diagnostic laboratories. In the State /UTs where the said Act is in force, t establishments  are  required  to  meet  the  norms  such  as  minimum  standards  of  facilitie services, minimum requirem ent of personnel, maintenance of records and reports and displayin of rates at a conspicuous place. The clinical establishments are also required to follow Treatment Guidelines issued by the Central/State Governments and charge rates for each ty e of procedure and service within the range of rates determined from time to time.

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(b)  &  (c)  Public  Health  and  hospitals  being  a  State  subject,  it  is  the  responsibili States/UTs to ensure availability of labs in hospitals.  In 2015, under National Health Mission (NHM), Government of India launched National Free Diagnostic Service Initiative (FDI). initiative aims to ensure the availability of 56 diagnostic tests at district hospital le Community  Health  Cent re,  19  tests  at  Primary  health  centre  and  7  tests  at  the  level  of -Centre. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare is supporting all State/UT in its roll o

The detailed guidelines is available on web link: http://www.nhsrcindia.org/sites/default/files/practice\_file/Free%20Diagnostics%20Service%2 nitiative.pdf

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1163 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Avenues and Opportunities to Indian Researchers
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Ramya  Haridas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1163 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28/6/2019

## AVENUES AND OPPORTUNITIES TO INDIAN RESEARCHERS

1163. SHRIMATI RAMYA HARIDAS:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY वान और ौयोगक मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  Government  has  formulated  schemes  to  provide  attractive  avenues  and  opportunities  to Indian researchers, who are residing in foreign countries to work in Indian Institutes and Universities;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government keeps track or estimates the number of Indian scientists, who leave India to work in other countries; and
- (d) if so, the details of such tracking or estimation process?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE; MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY; AND MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

## वाय और परवार कयाण मंी ; वान और ौयोगक मंी ; और पृ वी वान मंी

(bÉ. c­ÉÇ ´ÉvÉÇxÉ)

- (a)  &  (b):    Yes,  Sir.  The  Science  and  Engineering  Research  Board  (SERB),  a  Statutory  body  of  the Department of Science and Technology (DST) had formulated and launched a new 'Visiting Advanced Joint Research  (VAJRA)  Faculty'  Scheme  to  bring  overseas  scientists  and  academicians  including  Non-resident Indians  (NRI)  and  Overseas  Citizen  of  India  (OCI)  to  work  in  Indian  public  funded  Institutions  and Universities for a specific period of time. The scheme offers adjunct / visiting faculty assignments to overseas scientists including Indian researchers to undertake high quality collaborative research in cutting edge areas of science and technology including interdisciplinary areas of priority such as energy, water, health, security, nutrition, materials and manufacturing, etc. with one or more Indian collaborators. In addition, DST through Ramanujan  Fellowship  Scheme  and  the  Innovation  in  Science  Pursuit  for  Inspired  Research  (INSPIRE) Faculty  Scheme  and  Department  of  Biotechnology  (DBT)  through  Ramalingaswami  re-entry  Fellowship provide attractive avenues and opportunities to Indian researchers of high calibre, who are residing abroad, to work in Indian Institutes/Universities of their respective interest and domain. Welcome Trust / DBT India Alliance  Programme  offers  fellowship  for  any  national  for  undertaking  basic,  clinical  and  public  health research work in Indian Institutes/Universities etc.
- (c) The Ministry of Science and Technology has not installed any mechanism to keep track or estimate the number of Indian scientists who leave India to work in other countries.
- (d) Does not arise in view of (c) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1162 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Supercomputers for Weather Forecasting
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: Santokh Singh Chaudhary

## GOVERNMENTOFINDIA

## MINISTRY OFEARTHSCIENCES LOKSABHA

## UNSTARREDQUESTIONNo. 1162 TO BEANSWEREDONFRIDAY,JUNE 28, 2019

## SUPERCOMPUTERSFORWEATHERFORECASTING

## 1162. SHRI SANTOKH SINGH CHAUDHARY:

Will the Minister of EARTHSCIENCESbe pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is planning to buy supercomputers to improve weather forecasting in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the problems faced by scientists in understanding and forecasting
- weather in India; and
- (d) the steps taken and financial allocation made by the Government to improve weather and monsoon forecasting?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OFSTATEIN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILYWELFARE

(SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a) Yes Sir.
- (b) A high level committee is formed to look at the needs of the Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) institutes. Capacities of the systems to be installed by MoESwill be decided by the committee.
- (c) Weather forecasting in India has improved significantly in recent decade due to availability of adequate High Performance Computing (HPC) resources to the scientists and also due to their efforts in improving the models used for forecasting.
- (d) Ministry of Earth Sciences has initiated several activities for improving weather and monsoon forecasting. A few of the initiatives
- taken up during the last 2·3 years are:

## Infrastructure

- (i) Commissioning of a 8.0 Peta Flops Supercomputer
- (ii) Commissioning of Weather Radars
- (iii) Commissioning of Automatic Weather Stations

## Research& Development

- (iv) Development of 12kms Global Ensemble Forecasting System (GEFS)
- (v) Monsoon Mission· II for development of applications (hydrology, agriculture)

## Application

- (vi) Initiating Block Level including the aspirational districts Forecast for farmers
- (vii) Hurricane Weather Research and Forecasting Model (HWRF) for Tropical Cyclone forecasting
- (viii) Early Waming System for air pollution

Financial allocation during the last three financial years are:

2017-18:

423 crores

2018-19:

348 crores

2019-20 :390 crores

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1161 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Indian Cotton Textile Industry
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1161 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28.6.2019

## INDIAN COTTON TEXTILE INDUSTRY

## 1161.   SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंरी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is shortage of cotton, particularly long-staple cotton in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether Indian cotton textile industry is facing stiff competition in foreign markets and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of the steps taken by the Government for the brand promotion of Indian Textiles and access to global markets?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र मंरी ( श्रीमती स्त्म ृ तत ज़ूबिन इरानी )

MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a): There is no shortage of cotton in the country. India is a net cotton surplus country where cotton  production  is  more  than  consumption.  Long  staple  cotton  constitutes  about  80%  of  total cotton production.  During the cotton season 2017-18 (October to September), the production of seed cotton (kapas) was 370 lakh bales whereas consumption is only 319.06 lakh bales.

(b): As per data of Directorate General of Commercial Intelligence and Statistics (DGCI&S), exports of cotton textiles has been increased by 11% from US$ 11,190 million in 2017-18 to US$ 12,429 million in 2018-19.

(c): To encourage the domestic apparel sector for the brand promotion of Indian textiles and access  to  global  markets,  Government  announced  key  reforms  under  a  Special  Package  that includes  additional  incentives  under  the  Amended  Technology  Upgradation  Fund  Scheme (ATUFS),  relaxation  of  Section  80JJAA  of  Income  Tax  Act  and  introduction  of  fixed  term employment for the apparel sector.  Government is providing rebate of State and Central taxes/ levies embedded in manufacturing, assistance to exporters under Market Access Initiative (MAI) Scheme.   Under  Pradhan  Mantri  Rojgar  Protsahan  Yojana  (PMRPY),  Government  is  providing entire 12% of Employer's contribution towards Employees' Provident Fund (EPF) and Employees Pension Scheme (EPS). The rates under Merchandise Exports from  India Scheme (MEIS) have been enhanced from 2% to 4% for apparel & made ups and 5% to 7% for handloom & handicrafts. The interest equalization rate for pre and post shipment credit for exports done by Micro, Small and  Medium  Enterprises  (MSMEs)  of  textile  sector  has  been  enhanced  from  3%  to  5%.  The benefits of this scheme have also been extended to merchant exporters which was earlier limited to only manufacturer exporters.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1159 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-06-28
Subject: Guidelines for Distribution Practices
Ministry: HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE
Asked by: Imtiaz Jaleel Syed, Asaduddin Owaisi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1159 TO BE ANSWERED ON 28 TH JUNE, 2019

## GUIDELINES FOR DISTR IBUTION PRACTICES

## 1159. SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL: SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  stringent  guidelines  for  distribution  practices  fo companies;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether these gu idelines have been approved by Drug Technical Advisory Board (DTAB);
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the time by which these are likely to be a DTAB; and
- (e)  the extent  to  which  consumers  are  likely  to  be  benefited  after  enforcement  of  t guidelines?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (d): Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation (CDSCO) under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare responsible for ensuring quality, safety and efficacy of drugs in the had  issued  a  public  notice  on  25.09.2018  inviting  comments  from  all  stake  holders  on guidelines on Good Distribution Practices ( GDP) for pharmaceutical products.

Drugs Technical Advisory Board (DTAB) in its 81 st and 83 rd meetings held on 29.11.2018 and  11.06.2019  respectively,  deliberated  and  agreed  to  incorporate  the  said  guideline separate Schedule in t he Drugs and Cosmetics Rules, 1945.

- (e): Good Distribution Practices (GDP) is one of the important components for ensuring quality, safety and efficacy of drugs in the entire supply chain.

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