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Lok Sabha Question No. 2918 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: e-Migrate Registration
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Adoor Prakash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2918 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

## e-MIGRATE REGISTRATION

## 2918. ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether   the   Government   had   made   e-Migrate   registration mandatory for Indian expatriates in ECR countries from January, 2019;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the total number of expatriates registered so far, country wise?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## [SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

(a) No. e-Migrate registration is mandatory only for all Emigration Check Required (ECR) passport holders going for employment to the 18 ECR countries.  ECR passport holders need to take emigration clearance from the   concerned   Protector   of   Emigrants.   Since   the   launch   of   e-Migrate system with effect from 26.5.2014, such clearance is to be done through the   e-Migrate   system.   Therefore,   such   persons   automatically   get registered in the e-Migrate system. For Emigration Check Not Required (ECNR)   passport   holders,   registration   in   the   e-Migrate   is   currently voluntary.

- (b) Does not arise.

(c) The total number of ECR passport holders registered in the       eMigrate system, country wise are as follows:

|   Sl. No. | Name of Countries   |   2016 |   2017 |   2018 |   2019 (30.6.19) |
|-----------|---------------------|--------|--------|--------|------------------|
|         1 | Afghanistan         |      0 |      0 |      0 |                0 |
|         2 | Bahrain             |  11964 |  11516 |   9142 |             3660 |
|         3 | Indonesia           |     01 |     10 |     10 |                0 |
|         4 | Iraq                |      0 |      0 |      0 |                0 |
|         5 | Jordan              |   2742 |   2341 |   1941 |             1878 |
|         6 | Kuwait              |  72384 |  56380 |  57613 |            23264 |
|         7 | Lebanon             |    316 |    110 |    109 |              134 |

| 8     | Libya       |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
|-------|-------------|--------|--------|--------|--------|
| 9     | Malaysia    |  10604 |  14002 |  16370 |   4413 |
| 10    | Oman        |  63236 |  53332 |  36037 |  14434 |
| 11    | Qatar       |  30619 |  24759 |  34471 |  12738 |
| 12    | S. Arabia   | 165355 |  78611 |  72399 |  67151 |
| 13    | Sudan       |      0 |      1 |      0 |      0 |
| 14    | South Sudan |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 15    | Syria       |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| 16    | Thailand    |     01 |      0 |      6 |     14 |
| 17    | U. A. E.    | 163716 | 149962 | 112059 |  39372 |
| 18    | Yemen       |      0 |      0 |      0 |      0 |
| TOTAL | TOTAL       | 520938 | 391024 | 340157 | 167058 |

Source : e-Migrate portal.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2917 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Ration to Officers in Peace Stations
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Su Thirunavukkarasar

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2917

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th JULY, 2019

## RATION TO OFFICERS IN PEACE STATIONS

2917. SHRI SU. THIRUNAVUKKARASAR:

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

- (a) whether the Government has suspended the supply of military rations to officers posted in peace stations;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) whether the Government proposes to take steps to resume supply of ration to them, and if so, the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF DEFENCE                                    (SHRI RAJNATH SINGH)

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(a) to (c):  A decision to restore the 'Ration in Kind' to the officers of Defence Forces posted  in  peace  stations  has  been  taken  in  consultation  with  Ministry  of  Finance (Department of Expenditure).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2915 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: New Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2915 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

## NEW TRAINS

## 2915. SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL: SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the ministry plans to start/ launch new trains to combat the burden of increasing number of travellers; and

(b) if  so,  the  details  about such trains and the time by when these are likely to be commenced, zone-wise?

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

(a) and (b):  A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  AND  (b)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  2915  BY  SHRI  PARBATBHAI  SAVABHAI PATEL  AND  SHRI  NARANBHAI  KACHHADIYA  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN LOK SABHA ON 10.07.2019 REGARDING NEW TRAINS

(a)  &  (b)  With  a  view  to  cater  to  the  needs  of  travelling  passengers, Indian Railways introduces new train services, extends and increases the frequencies  of existing train services which are an ongoing and continuous  processes.  Accordingly,  during  the  last  five  years,  the following have been undertaken:

- (1) New trains- 978 trains (in single)
- (2) Extensions- 604  trains (in single)
- (3) Increase in frequencies- 108  trains (in single)

By  augmenting  the  loads  of  existing  trains,  Indian  Railways augments  the carrying capacity of train services to meet the passenger requirement. During the last five years, 3241 coaches have been utilized on permanent basis to generate additional accommodation of 227430 seats/berths.  Furthermore, to cater to the additional rush of travelling passengers during peak seasons, festivals, summer/winter vacations, etc., Indian Railways also operates special train  services  and  accordingly,  during  the  last  five  years,  176938 special train trips have been operated.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2914 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Radiation Technology for Food Loss
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Meenakashi Lekhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2914

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

## RADIATION TECHNOLOGY FOR FOOD LOSS

2914.  SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether any research is going on to develop radiation technologies that can prevent food loss in post harvest stage and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  use  of  radiation  techniques  has  helped  in  increasing  the  food production in the country; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes,  Sir.  Bhabha  Atomic  Research  Centre  (BARC)  has  been  actively involved in the use of ionizing radiation for preservation of food and allied products for more than 50 years with an objective to improve food security and food safety of the country. The Department of Atomic energy has the necessary  expertise  and  know-how  for  setting  up  radiation  processing plants. It has set up two technology demonstration units, one commissioned in the year 2000 for high dose irradiation at Vashi, Navi Mumbai, primarily for hygeinization of spices, and a low dose irradiation facility, KRUSHAK at Lasalgaon,  near  Nashik,  for  sprout  control  during  storage  for  potato  and onion and insect disinfestation of agricultural commodities in 2002. Besides, fourteen  food  irradiation  plants  have  been  installed  in  public  domain.  Six new irradiation facilities are scheduled to be functional by 2020.
- (b)&(c)  Yes, Sir. Radiation techniques has been  extensively used  for  seed development  program  to  meet  the  desirable  traits  in  many  crops  thereby helped  in  increasing  the  food  production  in  the  country.  Using  radiation induced mutagenesis along with cross breeding, BARC has developed 44 varieties  in  oilseeds (groundnut,  mustard, soybean  and sunflower), pulses (urdbean, mungbean, pigeonpea, cowpea), rice and jute, which have been released and notified for commercial cultivation across the country. Some of the desirable traits in these crops include higher yield, seed size, improved agronomic  and  quality  traits,  early  maturity  and  resistance  to  biotic  and abiotic  stresses.  Several  of  these  varieties  have  high  patronage  from  the farming community and are extensively grown in the country.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2911 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Water Reactors in Co-operation with WEC
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Balashowry Vallabbhaneni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2911

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

## WATER REACTORS IN CO-OPERATION WITH WEC

2911.  SHRI BALASHOWRY VALLABHANENI:

Will the PRIME MINISTERbe pleased to state:

- (a) whether projects proposals in AP for setting up of water reactors (LWRs) in co-operation with Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC) have been finalised and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has assessed the impact of WEC being acquired by Brookfield  Business  Partners  on  the  said  project  including  time  and  cost overrun, if any; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) No,  Sir.    Presently  techno-commercial  discussions  to  arrive  at  a  project proposal  for  setting  up  nuclear  power  reactors  in  cooperation  with  M/s. Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC) are still in progress.
- (b)&(c) The  various  issues  emerging  out  of  the  acquisition  of  WEC  have  been factored in the discussions.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2910 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Laying New Rail Lines in Punjab and Haryana
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Kirron  Kher, Nalin Kumar Kateel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2910 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

## LAYING NEW RAIL LINES IN PUNJAB AND HARYANA

## 2910.  SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER: SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  New  Railway  Lines  introduced  in  the country  especially  in  Punjab  and  Haryana  during  the  last three years;
- (b) whether the Government has conducted survey of all the new railway  lines  proposed  during  the  said  period  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  allocated  adequate  funds  to carry out the work to expedite the laying of railway lines and if so, the details in this regard; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  set  any  time-frame  for  the completion  of  the  new  railway  lines  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a): Total of 1864.32 Kilometres of New Line has been commissioned  in  the  last  three  years  and  current  year.  This includes commissioning of 80 Kilometres New Line in the State of Haryana.

(b):  During  the  last  three  years  and  current  year,  Railways  have taken  up  surveys  for  194  nos.  of  New  Lines  for  a  total  length  of 18,992 Kilometres.

(c):  The expenditure on New Line projects up to March, 2019 has been ` 76917  Crore.  However,  the  details  of  funds  spent  on  each project, allotment of funds and expenditure 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) >2019-20\_List\_of\_Works.

(d):  The  timely  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 considerations, encountering unforeseen conditions  like  earthquake,  flooding,  excessive  rains,  strikes  of labour,  orders  of  Hon'ble  Courts,  situation  and  conditions    of working agencies/contractors etc. and all these factors affect the completion of the project. Hence, no time frame can be fixed for completion  of  projects  until  complete  encumbrance  free  land  is handed over by State Governments to the Railways.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2909 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Fingerprint Authentication
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Ajay (Teni) Misra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2909

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 10.07.2019

## FINGERPRINT AUTHENTICATION

## 2909.    SHRI AJAY MISRA TENI:

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

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  given  any  suggestion  to  introduce  digital  fingerprint authentication  in  messaging  platform  of  facebook  keeping  in  mind  the  fact  that investigation agencies are unable to collect correct information in case any user logs a complaint regarding objectionable messages sent through facebook in the country; and
- (b) if so, the extent to which these type of crimes are likely to be checked by introducing this system?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b):  No, Sir. However, Hon'ble High Court of Madras is hearing two writ petitions (Civil)  No.  20774  of  2018  and  (Civil)    20214  of  2018  where  petitioners  have  prayed  to declare  that  linking  of  Aadhaar  or  anyone  of  the  Government  authorized  identity  proof  as mandatory  for  the  purpose  of  authentication  while  obtaining  any  email  or  user    account (Social Media Accounts - Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and Twitter or Utility Accounts Paytm, Uber, Ola, Gmail, Yahoo and Hotmail) thereof. The matter is presently sub-judice.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2908 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Data Theft and Misuse of Mails
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Dibyendu Adhikari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UN-STARRED QUESTION NO.  2908

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 10.07.2019

## DATA THEFT AND MISUSE OF MAILS

## 2908.    SHRI DIBYENDU ADHIKARI:

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

- (a) whether  Government  has  received    numerous  complaints  of  data  theft  and  misuse  of mails;
- (b) if  so,  the  details   thereof  including  the  number  of  such  complaints  received  by  the Government during each of  the last three    years  and  the  action  taken/proposed  to  be taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (c) the  stringent  steps  and  legal  course  proposed  by  the  Government  to  maintain  the customer privacy?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  and  (b):    Sir,  Ministry  of  Electronics  &  Information  Technology  (MEITY)  has  not received any specific complaint pertaining to data theft and misuse of mails.

(c) : Government had constituted a committee of expert on data protection, chaired by Justice (Retd)  B.N.  Srikrishna,  Supreme  Court  of  India  to  study  various  issues  relating  to  data protection  and  come  out  with  Data  Protection  Bill.  The  said  committee  has  brought  out  a draft Personal Data Protection Bill (PDPB). Wide ranging consultations have been conducted on the recommendations of the committee with a view to finalizing the draft legislation.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2907 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Impact of Global Slowdown on IT Firms
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2907

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 10.07.2019

## IMPACT OF GLOBAL SLOWDOWN ON IT FIRMS

## 2907.     SHRI VENKATESH NETHA BORLAKUNTA:

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

- (a)  whether  global  economic  slowdown  may  impact  IT  firms  in  the  country  including  in Hyderabad;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefore; and

(c) the steps taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a): No, Sir. As  per National Association of Software and  Services  Companies (NASSCOM), the Indian IT industry revenue continues to grow annually at 8.6% reaching $164 Billion in FY 2018-19.

(b) and (c):  Does not arise.   However, Government initiatives such as Digital India, Start-up India,  Smart  Cities,  Promotion  of  Digital  Economy  and  e-Governance  programmes  has provided growth opportunities to IT industry. Further, Government has approved 'National Policy  on  Software  Products'  with  a  vision  to  make  India  a  global  player  in  software development, production, supply of innovative and efficient Software Products.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2906 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Patent Process
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Gowdar Mallikarjunappa Siddeshwara

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2906. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 10 TH  JULY, 2019.

## PATENT PROCESS

## 2906. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWAR:

## Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY be pleased to state: वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether Government has received any proposal from World Intellectual Property Organisation  (WIPO)  to  strengthen  the  national  and  regional  patent  process particularly for medicine;
- (b) if so, whether India has international compliance on patent examination process and the criteria thereof; and
- (c) the  proposal  of  Government  on  WIPO's  plan  for  more  stringent  Intellectual Property Protection (IPP) patenting rights and access therein?

## ANSWER वाणिज् य एवं उद्योग मंत्री श्ी ीीयष  गोय) THE MINISTER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (c) :  No Sir. The Government  of India is not aware of any such proposal.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2905 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Standardizing Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Hibi Eden

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2905

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

## STANDARDIZING TRAINS

## 2905. SHRI HIBI EDEN:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government is planning to standardize trains in terms of number of coaches so that all trains can run on all routes;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether this would lead to any excess financial burden on Railways;
- (d) if so the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Railways has selected any routes or trains for the purpose on a pilot basis; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a)  & (b) With a view to improving utilization of coaching stock, ensuring punctual running of trains, releasing maintenance slots and improving turnaround time, Indian Railways undertakes standardization /rationalizing of rakes,  which  is  an  on-going  process.  However,  since  the  composition  of trains are dependent on factors like nature of service, timings of service, route, clientele, etc., running of all trains with standardized composition is not feasible.
- (c)  &  (d)  In  some  cases,  upgradation  of  infrastructural  facilities  like lengthening  of  platform/pit  line  etc.,  may  be  needed.  However,  this expenditure  is  required  to  get  benefits  of  standardization  which  are enumerated above.
- (e)  &  (f)  No,  Sir.  The  practice  relating  to  standardization  of  rakes  is applicable to all routes and is not restricted to specific routes/trains.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2904 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Vacant Posts in North Eastern States
Ministry: DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION
Asked by: Badruddin Ajmal

Government of India Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2904

To be answered on Wednesday, July 10, 2019/Ashadha 19, 1941 (Saka)

## QUESTION Vacant Posts in North Eastern States

2904.  SHRI M. BADRUDDIN AJMAL:

Will the Minister of DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION be pleased to state: (a) the  sanctioned  strength  of  employees  in  different  Central  Government  offices situated in North Eastern States, category-wise along with the present strength; (b) the  number  of  posts  that  are  lying  vacant  for  the  last  three  years  in  different categories; and (c) the details of measures taken to fill the vacancies in the past three years and the

- current year?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) Information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.
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