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Lok Sabha Question No. 1499 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: Slow Down in Coal Sector
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1499

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2019

## Slow Down in Coal Sector

## 1499. SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the coal sector saw growth slowing down to 1.9 percent from 3.25 percent in July to September, 2019;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to prevent the growth slowing further; and
- (d) whether slow growth in the core sectors has been blamed especially due to less  coal  mining  and  faltered  electricity  generation  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF  PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

(a)&(b): All India coal production growth during April-July 2019 was 1.5%.However, during April-September, 2019 all India coal production recorded a negative growth of 3.7%.

While  there  was  a  positive  growth  in  production  in  the  first  quarter  of  the current year (April-June 19), production has been slipping since July. This is largely because of heavy rainfall witnessed in coal mining areas of the country. This year rainfall has continued in the month of October also which hampered the growth in production during this month that normally taken place after the rainy session.

(c): The coal production has started picking up from the month of November.

In order to enhance coal production, CIL has taken the following steps:

-  Opening  of  55  greenfield  projects  having  capacity  of  92  MTPA  and expansion of 193 brownfield projects having capacity of about 310 MTPA in next five years.
-  Portal based monitoring of on-going projects to ensure timely completion of projects.
-  Introduction of state of  the  art  technology  to  improve  its  work  efficiency with high capacity Heavy Earth Moving Machinery (HEMM), like 42 cum
- Shovel and 240 T Rear Dumpers in Gevra Expansion, Dipka&Kusmunda open cast mines.
-  Introduction of Surface Miners in opencast mines to improve operational efficiency  &  to  cater  to  environmental  needs.    During  2018-19  in  CIL, around 50% of the opencast coal production was trough Surface miners.
-  Introduction of IT enabled Operator Independent Truck Dispatch System (OITDS) in 11 nos. of mines of CIL.
-  Introduction of Mass Production Technology in underground coal mines, 2 mines are worked with Powered Support Longwall technology and 9 mines are worked with Continuous Miner technology.
-  For  rapid  coal  evacuation,  19  nos.  Coal  Handling  Plants  with  silos  and rapid loading system having existing capacity of 152.5 Million Tonnes (MT) are in operation.

(d): All India coal production registered a negative growth of 3.7% during AprilSeptember,  2019.  As  per  Central  Electricity  Authority,  Power  generation registered a growth of 1.04% during this period.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1496 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: Functioning of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Kani K. Navas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1496

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2019

## FUNCTIONING OF KUDANKULAM NUCLEAR POWER PLANT

1496.  SHRI K. NAVASKANI:

Will the PRIME MINISTERbe pleased to state:

- (a) whether  it is true that the second nuclear plant at Kundakulam in Tamil Nadu has stopped operation and the date of unit's revival is unknown and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether it has affected the quantum of power generation in the State of Tamil Nadu;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and whether the Government has proposed action to provide a remedy in the current situation; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) No, Sir.  The second unit of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) -2 is operating at about 65% power.
- (b)to(d)KKNPP-2  is  presently  being  operated  at  about  65%  power  as  increased vibration in generator stator is observed at higher power levels. The generator stator is planned to be replaced during the next refueling outage planned from December  2019, following  which  the  unit  is  expected  to  be  operated  at  full power.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1495 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: Survey of New Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ranjeeta Koli

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1495 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2019

## SURVEY OF NEW RAILWAY LINE

†1495.    SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the work of Bharatpur-Dung-Kama-Kosi new railway line under North and Central Railways has not yet been started even after its survey being completed many years ago which is likely to rise its cost;
- (b) if so, the reaction of the Government in this regard including the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the efforts made by the Government to provide funds for the said railway line in this Rail Budget?

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## ANSWER (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a)  &  (b)  Survey  for  Bharatpur-Deeg-Kaman-Kosi  Kalan  85.7  Km  new railway line was completed in June, 2014.  As per survey report, the project was found financially unviable and could not be taken forward.
- (c)  Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1494 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: Train-18
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1494 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2019

## TRAIN-18

1494. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) the  number  of  Train-18,  the  NextGen  Shatabdi,  proposed  to  be manufactured in Integral Coach Factory (ICF) and the number of trains on trial;

(b) the salient features and facilities of this train;

(c) whether these trains have undergone mandatory safety checks and if so, the details thereof;

(d) the routes on which these trains would be deployed;

(e) whether  the  passenger  fares  proposed  would  be  comparable  with those of Shatabdi trains and if so, the details thereof; and

(f) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (f) OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.1494  BY  SHRI  G.M.  SIDDESHWAR  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.11.2019 REGARDING TRAIN 18. (a) Production  Programmes  for  2019-20,  2020-21  and  2021-22  include manufacture of 160, 240 and 240 coaches respectively for train sets at Integral  Coach  Factory  (ICF).  Two  rakes  have  already  been  put  into service. (b) Train  18  is  a  Semi  High  Speed  fully  air  conditioned  Train  having quicker  acceleration  and  contemporary  passenger  amenities  like  onboard infotainment and GPS based passenger information system, CCTV, automatic  sliding  doors  with  retractable  coach  footsteps  and  zero discharge vacuum based bio-toilets etc. (c) Yes  Sir.  Safety  oscillation  trials  have  been  certified  by  Research Designs & Standards Organisation (RDSO), and thereafter, based on the certification and own inspection, Commissioner of Railway Safety (CRS) has cleared the train sets for commercial operation. (d) At present, Train 18 trains are being operated on New Delhi-Varanasi and New Delhi- Sri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra sectors. (e) &  (f)  Train  18  is  a  Shatabdi-type  train  of  'Semi  High  Speed'  genre offering additional amenities and operational advantages to the passengers.    The  fare  of  these  trains  has,  therefore,  been  fixed  higher than that of Shatabdi Trains.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1493 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: Aadhaar Card
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Mondal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1493

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2019

## AADHAAR CARD

## 1493.   SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

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

- (a) whether the Government has issued Aadhaar card to every citizen of the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government proposes to modify Aadhaar card; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

(a) and (b): No Sir. As per Section 3(1) of the Aadhaar Act 2016, every resident is entitled to obtain  an  Aadhaar  number  by  submitting  his  demographic  and  biometric  information  by undergoing the process of enrolment. Enrolment is an ongoing process and voluntary in nature. As on 31 st October 2019, Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) had issued Aadhaar to over 89% of the estimated population of 2019.

- (c): No, Sir.
- (d): Not applicable in view of (c) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1491 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: Allocation of Funds
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Suresh Kodikunnil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1491 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2019

## ALLOCATION OF FUNDS

1491. SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has allocated the funds earmarked for the Southern Railway during the year 2019-20;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the status of funds allocated and released in this regard during the last two years, division-wise for Kerala?

## 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.1491 BY SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.11.2019 REGARDING ALLOCATION OF FUNDS.

(a) & (b) Yes, Sir. The gross allocation of funds for Southern Railway under Ordinary Working Expenses (OWE) and Capital sections of Demand No.82 for 2019-20 is given below:

(Gross ` in crores)

|   OWE |   Capital |
|-------|-----------|
| 15411 |      7348 |

(c) The Accounting and Budgeting Units of Indian Railways are Zones and Production Units.  The Budget is therefore prepared zone wise and not State-wise.  In zonal Railways the Budget is distributed among Divisions. Therefore State-wise information is not maintained.  However, the state of Kerala is primarily served by Trivandrum and Palghat Divisions while some small portion is served by Madurai Division of Southern Railway. Allocation of  funds  in  Revised  Estimates  &  Actual  expenditure  under  Ordinary Working  Expenses  (OWE)  and  Capital  sections  of  the  Demand  for  these Divisions for last two years is given below:

(Gross ` in crores)

| Divisions   | Revised Estimates   | Revised Estimates   | Actual Expenditure   | Actual Expenditure   |
|-------------|---------------------|---------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|             | 2017-18             | 2017-18             | 2017-18              | 2017-18              |
|             | OWE                 | Capital             | OWE                  | Capital              |
| Madurai     | 768                 | 119                 | 766                  | 98                   |
| Palghat     | 678                 | 204                 | 678                  | 175                  |
| Trivandrum  | 1089                | 221                 | 1126                 | 183                  |
|             | 2018-19             | 2018-19             | 2018-19              | 2018-19              |
|             | OWE                 | Capital             | OWE                  | Capital              |
| Madurai     | 809                 | 150                 | 799                  | 124                  |
| Palghat     | 718                 | 214                 | 709                  | 201                  |
| Trivandrum  | 1195                | 281                 | 1198                 | 235                  |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1490 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: VIP Coach in Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1490 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2019

## VIP COACH IN TRAINS

†1490. SHRIMATI RANJANBEN DHANANJAY BHATT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is considering to add a reserved coach in all VIP trains running in the country;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has taken any steps in this regard; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) At present, no train christened  'VIP train' is in operation over Indian Railways. However, premium train services like Rajdhani Shatabdi, Duronto,  Humsafar Express, Tejas Express, Vande Bharat Express  trains  etc.,  already  have  reserved  class  coaches  in  their composition.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1488 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: New Mechanism on Trade and Investment
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: H. Vasanthakumar

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1488.

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 27 TH  NOVEMBER, 2019.

## NEW MECHANISM ON TRADE AND INVESTMENT

## 1488.  SHRI VASANTHAKUMAR H.:

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

वाणिज्य

## एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether investors from other countries have agreed to setup industries with a new mechanism relating to trade and investment;
- (b) if so, the details of the summit and the steps being taken by the Government to execute the same; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a)  to (c): Government  has  put  in  place  a  liberal  and  transparent  policy  for attracting Foreign Direct Investment (FDI), wherein most of the sectors are open to FDI under the automatic route. For investment facilitation, the  Government  of  India  has  created  Invest  India,  as  the  national investment promotion agency under DPIIT, Ministry of Commerce and Industry. Further, Government of India is providing continuous support to  State  Governments  for  organizing  summits  for  promotion  of  both Foreign and Domestic Investments in the country.

Measures taken by the Government have resulted in increased inflows from  foreign  investors  under  FDI  in  the  country.  FDI  inflows  in  India stood  at  US  $  45.15  billion  in  2014-2015  and  have  increased  since then.  Country  registered  its  highest  ever  FDI  Inflow  of  US  $  62.00 billion during the last financial year 2018-19, a new all-time high.

|   S. No. | Financial Year        |   Amount of FDI Inflow (in US $ billion) |
|----------|-----------------------|------------------------------------------|
|        1 | 2014-15               |                                    45.15 |
|        2 | 2015-16               |                                    55.56 |
|        3 | 2016-17               |                                    60.22 |
|        4 | 2017-18 (provisional) |                                    60.97 |
|        5 | 2018-19 (provisional) |                                    62    |

Source: Reserve Bank of India

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1487 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: DTTI Initiative
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Midhun Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE PRODUCTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1487

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th  November, 2019

## DTTI INITIATIVE

1487. SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY:

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

- (a)  the  measures  taken  by  the  Government  recently  to  operationalize  the  Defence Technology  and  Trade  Initiative  (DTTI)  under  the  Indo-US  Bilateral  Defence initiative;
- (b) the details of the specific areas of cooperation being developed under the initiative;
- (c)  whether  these  measures  would  counter  the  'Make  in  India'  initiative  of  the Government; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

रक्षा राज्य मंत्री

( श्री श्रीपाद नाईक )

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- (a)    During  the  9 th Defence Technology & Trade Initiative (DTTI) meeting held on 24 th Oct, 2019  in  New  Delhi,  the  Co-chairs  from  Government  of  India  and Government of US signed a 'Statement of Intent' identifying key deliverables in short, medium and long terms.  These deliverables conform to the objectives of DTTI i.e. acquiring  of  niche  technology  and  create  opportunities  for  co-production  &  codevelopment of defence equipment and intensifying cooperation in R&D.

- (b) Four functional Joint Working Groups (JWGs) are presently under DTTI namely Naval  System,  Land  System,  Air  System  and  on  Aircraft  Carrier  Technology Cooperation  which  deal  with  various  defence  projects  for  co-development  &  coproduction.

(c) No, Sir.  DTTI does not counter the 'Make in India' Initiative as it works towards developing capabilities  and  partnership  in  co-production  and  co-development  in  the country.

(d)  Not Applicable.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1486 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: Pending Railway Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Riti Pathak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1486 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2019

## PENDING RAILWAY PROJECTS

†1486. SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  not  been  able  to  execute  the  pending railway projects expeditiously in Madhya Pradesh due to shortage of funds and other technical reasons;

- (b) if so, the details thereof during the last three years, project-wise;
- (c) whether the Government has not provided sufficient funds to execute the pending railway projects; and
- (d) if so, the reaction of the Government thereto?

## 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. 1486 BY SHRI SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 27.11.2019 REGARDING PENDING RAILWAY PROJECTS

(a) to (d): 08 new line, 05 gauge conversion and 31 doubling projects covering a total length of 6776.87 Km costing ` 84,689.02 crore falling fully/partly in the State of Madhya Pradesh are in different stages of planning/sanction/execution,  out  of  which,  1152.61  Km  length  has  been commissioned upto March, 2019. An expenditure of ` 15,471.24 crore has been incurred upto March, 2019 and an outlay of ` 4702.88 crore has been provided for these projects for the year 2019-20.

Out of these projects, 13 projects (3 new line and 10 doubling projects) covering  a  length  of  1594.89  Km  at  a  cost  of ` 28129.40  crore  have  been included/sanctioned  in  the  last  3  years  and  current  year  (from  2016-17  to 2018-19 & 2019-20).

The project-wise details of projects including expenditure and outlay are made available in public domain on Indian Railways website i.e. www.indianrailways.gov.in  >Ministry  of  Railways  >  Railway  Board  >  About Indian Railways > Railway Board Directorates > Finance (Budget).

Review of 256 throughput enhancement projects has been carried out and  with  focussed  approach,  the  projects  have  been  prioritized  into  Super Critical  projects  (58  Nos.),  Critical  Projects  (68  Nos.)  and  other  throughput enhancement projects (130 Nos.).

Presently, the balance length of Super Critical Projects is 2347 Km, 5676 Km of Critical Projects and 9703 Km of other projects. The throw-forward for these  projects  is  of  the  order  of ` 1.84  lakh  crores  and  all  out  sincere  and focussed  approach  is  being  adopted  by  Railways  for  quick  execution  of projects so as to get early returns to Railways.

For  capacity  enhancement  projects,  institutional  financing  has  been done  for ` 1.5 lakh crore,  which  has  increased Railways' capacity for committed fund provision.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1482 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-27
Subject: Cyber Security Audit KKNPP
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair. Sreekandan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1482

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.11.2019

## CYBER SECURITY AUDIT KKNPP

1482.  SHRI V. K. SREEKANDAN:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a cyber security audit has been conducted recently at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) after a futile attempt to hack the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL)'s isolated  network was made;
- (b) if so, the details and the outcome thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken by the NPCIL to make all plants hack proof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)(b)&(c)Yes, Sir. Complete  check  of  the  administrative  network  of  Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant (KKNPP) was done by Indian Computer Emergency Response  Team  (CERT-In)  along  with  Computer  &  Information  Security Advisory Group (CISAG) of Department of Atomic Energy (DAE). Certain measures for immediate and short term implementation has been recommended. Several measures have been taken for further strengthening of Information Security in administrative networks viz. hardening of internet and administrative intranet connectivity, restriction on removable  media,  blocking  of  websites  &  IPs  which  have  been  identified with malicious activity etc.

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