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Lok Sabha Question No. 2139 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Hacking of IRCTC Website
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Raksha Nikhil Khadse

- (a) Yes, Sir.
- (b) The steps initiated in this regard are as under:
- Form  filling  time  checks  to  ensure  that  form  filling  by  automated software are comparable to a human being.
- Restriction  on  Number of Tickets  which can be booked by a user, from an IP address, monthly limits etc.
- Checks  to  prevent  automation  software  to  work-Machine  learning based Captcha, OTP for net banking, dynamic form fields etc.
- ·
- Multi-layer security & Regular Audits by STQC.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2139

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2020

## HACKING OF IRCTC WEBSITE

## 2139. SHRIMATI RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has framed any mechanism to arrest the hacking  of  the  IRCTC  site  for  booking  of  railway  reservation  tickets which has increased in the recent years; and
- (b)  if  so,  the  steps  the  Government  is  initiating  to  minimise  the reservation  ticket  booking  menace  by  the  private  and  non-registered agents?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)
Lok Sabha Question No. 2136 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: High Court Benches in Odisha
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2136

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 04.03.2020

## High Court Benches in Odisha

† 2136.  SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

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

- a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  a  division  bench  of Odisha High Court to mitigate the problems of people of Western Odisha;
- b)  if so, the details thereof;
- c)  if not, the reasons therefor; and
- d)  the time by which a decision is likely to be taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND

## ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a) to (d): High Court Benches, at a place other than its Principal seat are  established  in  accordance  with  the  recommendations  made  by  the Jaswant Singh Commission and judgment pronounced by the Apex Court in  W.P.(C)  No.379  of  2000  and  after  due  consideration  of  a  complete proposal  from  the  State  Government  incorporating  readiness  to  provide infrastructure and meet the expenditure, alongwith the consent of the Chief Justice of the concerned High Court and the consent of the Governor of the concerned State. The  State  Government  of  Odisha  has  requested  for  setting  up  of Orissa  High  Court  Bench  in  Western  and  Southern  region  of  Odisha  to mitigate the inconvenience faced by the litigants. The Central Government has requested the High Court of Orissa to provide its views. At present, no complete proposal regarding setting up of a Bench of Orissa High Court is

pending with the Government.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2135 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Expenditure on PM Visit
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Malook Nagar

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2135

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2020

## EXPENDITURE ON PM VISIT

†2135. SHRI MALOOK NAGAR:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

the total expenditure on the foreign visits made by the Hon'ble Prime Minister during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

Information is placed below:

| Financial Year   | Expenditure on chartered flights + hotline costs (services of TCL for hotline services discontinued since June 2017)   |
|------------------|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 2015-16          | INR 121.85 Crore                                                                                                       |
| 2016-17          | INR 78.52 Crore                                                                                                        |
| 2017-18          | INR 99.90 Crore                                                                                                        |
| 2018-19          | INR 100.02 Crore                                                                                                       |
| 2019-20          | INR 46.23 Crore (bills for some visits not received)                                                                   |
| Total            | INR 446.52 Crore                                                                                                       |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2134 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Railway Connectivity with States
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Prataprao  Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2134 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2020

## RAILWAY CONNECTIVITY WITH STATES

## †2134. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the names of States which have not been connected to railway line till date in the country since independence;
- (b) if  so,  the reasons therefor along with the details thereof, Statewise;
- (c) whether any scheme has been formulated by the Government in this regard; and
- (d) the details of effective steps being taken by the Government to implement the said scheme?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (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.2134 BY SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 04.03.2020 REGARDING RAILWAY CONNECTIVITY WITH STATES

(a) to (d): All States of India (except Sikkim) are presently connected with Indian Railway network.

For connectivity of Sikkim State with Indian Railways network, 44 Km long new line work from Shivok (West Bengal) to Rangpo (Sikkim) was included  in  budget  in  year  2008-09  &  total  cost  of  the  projects  is ` 4,086 cr. The expenditure upto March, 2019 is ` 646 cr. The work on the project has been taken up and is being closely monitored.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2133 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: NIRVIK Scheme
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Bhola Singh, Sangeeta Kumari Singh Deo, Vinod Kumar Sonkar, Raja Amareshwara Naik, Sukanta Majumdar, Jayanta Kumar Roy

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2133. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 04 TH  MARCH, 2020.

## NIRVIK SCHEME

## 2133.  SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

SHRI VINOD KUMAR SONKAR:

SHRIMATI SANGEETA KUMARI SINGH DEO:

DR. JAYANTA KUMAR ROY:

SHRI RAJA AMARESHWARA NAIK:

DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR:

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

वाणिज्य

## एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Government has proposed to set up the Investment Clearance Cell  to  develop  a  portal  and  provide  end-to-end  facilitation  and  support  to investors and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has proposed to launch a new scheme called Niryat Rin Vikas Yojana (NIRVIK) to achieve higher export credit disbursement with higher  insurance  coverage,  reduced  premium  and  simplified  procedure  for claim settlements;
- (c) if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government has planned to release National Logistics Policy to create a single window e-logistics market;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) details of other steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): Hon'ble  Finance  Minister  during  Union  Budget  2020-21  announced setting up an investment clearance cell that will provide 'end-to-end' facilitation and support, including pre-investment advisory, information related to land banks and facilitate clearances at Centre and State level. In this regard, Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade is taking up a detailed study of the best practices

of Single Window Systems, including formatting of common application form, procedures for approvals and so on.

- (b) & (c): To catalyze the flow of export credit to Indian Exporters by reversing the  declining  trend  in  export  credit  disbursements,  Finance  Minister announced  a  supplementary  cover  to  the  existing Export Credit Insurance. Details of the Scheme are being formulated.
- (d) to (f): Department  of  Commerce  is  working  on  the  draft  National  Logistics Policy  which  aims  to  provide  for  development  of  a  Single Window  elogistics  market  place  which  will  on-board  all  the  stakeholders  of  the logistics sector on a common digital platform.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2132 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Punctuality of Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Hibi Eden

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2132 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2020

## PUNCTUALITY OF TRAINS

2132. SHRI HIBI EDEN:

Will the Minister of Railways be pleased to state:

- (a) the situation regarding keeping promptness/punctuality by the trains especially in Southern Railway;
- (b) whether Government has received grievances of late running of trains in Kerala; and
- (c) if so, the explanations therefor and the steps that have been initiated to find a solution to this problem?

ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2132 BY SHRI HIBI EDEN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 04.03.2020 REGARDING PUNCTUALITY OF TRAINS

- (a) The improved punctuality (%) performance of Southern Railway for the  last  three  months    and  comparison  with  corresponding  period  of last year is as under:-
- (b) and (c)  Yes, Sir. Complaints of late running of trains in Kerala are received  at  various  levels  i.e  Station,  Division,  Zonal  Railway  and Railway Board.  In order to improve punctuality on Southern Railways, numerous steps have been taken which include:-
- (i) Express trains are provided with high power locomotives which have better acceleration/deceleration characteristics.
- (ii)  Timings  of  certain  Mail/Express  trains  have  been  rearranged  and rationalized, for improving punctuality.
- (iii)  Passenger  trains  are  progressively  provided  with  MEMU  rakes which  have  better  acceleration/deceleration  characteristics,  and  this enables punctual operations of these trains.
- (iv)  Continuous efforts are being made to improve asset reliability to reduce failures to bare minimum level, so that detentions to trains are minimized.
- (v)  Data is being captured through data-loggers which is helping to give an accurate picture and improving punctuality.

| Month    |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |
|----------|-----------|-----------|
| November |     82.81 |     88.07 |
| December |     80.69 |     88.57 |
| January  |     82.83 |     86.36 |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2131 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Amount Due to PSUs
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair. Sreekandan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2131 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  MARCH, 2020

## AMOUNT DUE TO PSUS

## 2131. SHRI V.K. SREEKANDAN:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Department of Telecommunications has to receive huge amount from the public sector undertakings (PSUs) such as GAIL, etc.;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  many  PSUs  including  GAIL  have  told  the  Government  that  nothing  is  due  and payable to DoT more than what they have already paid; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

- (a) & (b) Hon'ble Supreme Court has detached the Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) from the AGR  judgement dated 24.10.2019 & directed them to seek relief from appropriate forum.
- (c) Public Sector Undertakings (PSUs) such as GAIL, Oil India etc. represented to Department of Telecom that the AGR judgment is not applicable on them and therefore they do not owe any dues to the Department of Telecom.
- (d) After  the  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  order  dated  14.02.2020,  the  Government  abides  by  the orders of Hon'ble Supreme Court.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2130 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Inspection of Mobile Towers
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Giridhari Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2130 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  MARCH, 2020

## INSPECTION OF MOBILE TOWERS

## †2130. SHRI GIRIDHARI YADAV:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any site inspection of mobile towers run by private Telecom  Service  Providers  (TSPs)  to  identify  violation  of  condition,  if  any,  related  to  radiation therefrom  and  if  so,  the  details  and  the  outcome  thereof  along  with  the  number  of  such  site inspections carried during each of the last three years; and
- (b) the  type  of  violation  identified  in  each  such  inspection  along  with  the  action  taken  by  the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS, HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

(a)  &  (b)  Yes,  Sir.  Government  of  India  has  put  in  place  a  well-structured  process  &  adequate mechanism  including  site  inspection  to  ensure  that  Telecommunications  Service  Providers  strictly adhere to the Electromagnetic Field (EMF) radiation limits prescribed by Department of Telecommunications. The number of site inspections carried out in last three years are as follows:

| Financial Year (F/Y)   | Number of site inspected during F/Y   |
|------------------------|---------------------------------------|
| 2016-17                | 1,21,152                              |
| 2017-18                | 1,40,448                              |
| 2018-19                | 1,64,504                              |

As an  outcome,  a  total  155  number  of  Base  Transceiver  Stations  (BTSs)  have  been  found exceeding  the  prescribed  EMF  radiation  limits.  Field  units  of  Department  of  Telecommunications (DoT) have imposed financial penalty on defaulting Telecom Service Providers (TSPs). In addition, for these non-compliant BTSs, radiation levels have been brought within prescribed radiation limits.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2128 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Privatisation of Railway Routes
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Bhagwanth Khuba, Faizal P.P. Mohammed, Anto  Antony, Parvatagouda Chandanagouda Gaddigoudar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2128

TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2020

## PRIVATISATION OF RAILWAY ROUTES

2128.  SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA:

SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.:

SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

SHRI P.C. GADDIGOUDAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of Railway routes being planned to privatise /allow private railways along with the reasons behind such a move;
- (b) the number of such private operators are operating routes in railways now and details of any study made on passenger experience or feedback;
- (c) the revenue likely to be generated by the Railways with the privatization proposal; and
- (d)
- the time by which the above proposal is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) Ministry  of  Railways  have  constituted  a  Group  of  Secretaries  (GoS)  in 2019,  with  a  term  of  one  year,  inter-alia,  to  advise  on  the  terms  and conditions for private passenger train operators to operate trains with world class technology covering the Indian Railways network and provide world class services. The GoS has so far held seven meetings. The draft Request for  Qualification  and  the  draft  Concession  Agreement have been uploaded on  the  websites  of  Niti  Aayog  and  Indian  Railways  for  seeking  feedback from  the  stakeholders.  A  tentative  list  of  107  Origin-Destination  pairs

(clusterwise) has been uploaded as annexure along with the draft Request for Qualification. (b) At present, no passenger train service over Indian Railways network is being operated by private operators. Therefore, Passenger feedback in this regard does not arise. (c) The  likely  revenue  to  be  generated  can  be  estimated  only  after  the completion of the bidding process. (d) The contours of the project are under finalization.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2125 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Gauge Conversion Project
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2125 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2020

## GAUGE CONVERSION PROJECT

## †2125. SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  trains  are  still  being  run  on  Metre  Gauge  in  the  country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the details of the rail projects in respect of gauge conversion;
- (c)  whether  the  work  of  gauge  conversion  project  passing  through other districts including Sikar district has been completed;
- (d) if not, the tracks on which problems are being faced; and
- (e) the steps taken by the railway to solve the said problems?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a)  Yes, Sir. At present, 30 pairs of trains are operating on the various Meter Gauge sections over Indian Railways.
- (b)  Presently,  Indian  Railways  have  taken  up  55  Gauge  Conversion Projects  of  7,275  km  length  and  costing  `56,135  crore,  which  are  in different stages of execution/planning/sanction, out of which, commissioning of 3,573 km length has been achieved and expenditure of `19,640 crore has been incurred up to March, 2019.

(c)  to  (e)  The  Gauge  Conversion  work  of  Jaipur-Ringus-Churu  and Sikar-Loharu  have  been  commissioned  and  opened  for  passenger services on 21.10.2019. The completion of any Railway project depends on various factors like quick  land  acquisition  by  State  Government,  forest  clearance  by officials  of  forest  department,  shifting  of  infringing  utilities  (both underground  and  over  ground),  statutory  clearances  from  various authorities, geological and topographical conditions of area, law and order situation in the area of project site, number of working months in a year for particular project site due to climatic conditions, encountering unforeseen conditions like earthquake, flooding, excessive rains, strikes of labour, orders of Hon'ble Courts, situation and conditions of working agencies/contractors etc. All these factors vary from project to project and site to site and affect the completion time  and  cost  of  the  project,  which  is  finally  worked  out  at  the completion  stage.  Hence,  confirmed  time  line  for  completion  of projects cannot be given at this stage. In  the  overall  interest  of  the  nation  and  to  ensure  that  projects  are completed in time without cost overrun, intensive monitoring is done in  Railways  at  various  levels  (field  level,  divisional  level,  zonal  level and  Board  level)  and  regular  meetings  are  held  with  the  officials  of State  Government  and  concerned  authorities  to  resolve  the  pending issues obstructing the progress of projects. To ensure that projects are completed even before time, Railway has adopted  the  concept  of  incentives  to  the  contractor  in  the  form  of bonus  clause  in  contracts  which  will  further  enhance  the  pace  of execution of projects.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2120 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-03-04
Subject: Beautification of Neemsar and Misrikh RailwayStations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2120 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.03.2020

## BEAUTIFICATION OF NEEMSAR AND MISRIKH RAILWAY STATIONS

†2120. SHRI ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether in view of the religious importance, Government has decided for  the  beautification  of  Neemsar  and  Misrikh  railway  stations  by providing drinking water, toilet, restrooms, etc.;
- (b) if so, whether any steps have been taken or proposed to be taken to provide  halt  of  Kalindi  express  (14723-14724)  and  Pawan  express (15037-15038) at Araul-Makanpur railway stations; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a)  Neemsar  and  Misrikh  are  'NSG-6'  category  railway  stations.  All Minimum Essential Amenities have been provided at these stations as per the prescribed norms.

At Neemsar railway station, one retiring room having two suits has been constructed and new R.C.C. benches for passengers have been provided at Platform No.1&2. Various other works such as improvement of water booths, toilets on platforms, first class waiting room along with toilet & bath and improvement to platform surface at platform No.1 have been taken up.

At Misrikh Railway Station new R.C.C benches for passengers have been provided on platform and work of improvement of toilet at platform and waiting room have been taken up.

Further, Improvement /augmentation of amenities at Railway Stations is an  ongoing  and  continuous  process  and  works  in  this  regard  are undertaken as per requirement, subject to inter-se priority and availability of funds.

(b)  and  (c):  At  present,  there  is  no  proposal  for  stoppage  of  14723/24 Kanpur Central-Bhiwani Express (Daily) and 15037/38 Kanpur AnwarganjKasganj Express (Daily) at Araul-Makanpur station. However, passengers of Araul-Makanpur station may avail these services from Bilhaur (10 km away).

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