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Lok Sabha Question No. 682 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: New MEMU Trains in North Malabar Region
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Kumbakudi Sudhakaran

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 682 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## NEW MEMU TRAINS IN NORTH MALABAR REGION

## 682. SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  request  to  introduce MEMU trains in North Malabar region, particularly between Calicut and Mangalore and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has any plans in this regard;
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  along  with  the  timeline  for  introducing
- MEMU services in North Malabar region; and
- (d) if not, the reasons thereof?

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

(a)  to  (d)  Yes,  Sir.  Requests,  including  from  the  Hon'ble  Member  of Parliament,  have  been  received  inter  alia  regarding  introduction  of MEMU services between Kozikhode and Mangaluru. Owing to operational constraints, including inadequate infrastructural facilities at Palakkad MEMU car shed, and resource constraints, introduction of MEMU train service between Kozhikode and Mangaluru is not feasible, at present. However, introduction of trains, including MEMU trains, is an ongoing process on Indian Railways subject to operational feasibility, traffic pattern, availability of resources, etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 681 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Data Protection Law
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: K. Shanmuga Sundaram

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 681

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## DATA PROTECTION LAW

## 681:  SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K:

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

- (a) whether the Government has received Justice B.N Srikrishna report on data protection along with draft legislation on data protection;
- (b) if so, the details and the major recommendations thereof;
- (c) whether  the said report categories data into personal and non-personal data along with the identification of super sensitive data and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  accepted  the  classification    of  personal  data  made  in  the report;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the Government will include non-personal data in the proposed legislation and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reason therefore?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b): Yes, Sir.  Justice B.N Srikrishna Committee has submitted its report along with the Draft Bill to the Government on 27th July, 2018, the Draft Personal Data Protection Bill, 2018. The Report & the Draft Bill  of  the  Srikrishna  Committee  are  available  at:  https://meity.gov.in/data-protectionframework. The committee had made an extensive study about the privacy laws in various countries, and these details are available in the report. The proposed Bill seeks to incorporate best practices from all such laws.

(c):  The report and the Bill by Justice BN Srikrishna committee categorises personal data in three categories- personal data, sensitive personal data and critical personal data.

(d) and  (e):  Yes  sir,  the  Government  has  accepted  the  same  classification  and  PDPB-2019 introduced in the Lok Sabha reflects the same.

- (f):  The Bill introduced in the Parliament- PDPB 2019 has clause 91(2) which enables to direct any data fiduciary or data processor to provide any personal data anonymised or other non-personal data to enable better targeting of delivery of services or formulation of evidence-based policies by the Central Government, in such manner as may be prescribed.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 678 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Import of Coal
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Krishna Pal Singh Yadav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 678 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## Import of Coal

## 678. DR.KRISHNA PAL SINGH YADAV:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the amount of coal the Government of India imports in one year;
- (b) whether  there is any  estimated  cost of imported  coal for electricity generation in the coming years; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## Answer

## MINISTER OF  PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES

## (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

(a): Import of Coal is on Open General Licence (OGL) and Government of India has  no  role  in  import  of  coal.  Domestic  consumers  imported  248.54  Million Tonne(MT) coal in 2019-20.

(b): No, Sir.

(c): Question does not arise in view of (b) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 677 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Post Offices in Jharkhand
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Nishikant  Dubey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 677 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## POST OFFICES IN JHARKHAND

## 677. DR. NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has taken any steps to open Regional and Divisional Post Offices at Deoghar in Jharkhand; and

- (b) if so, the details thereof and the time by which these offices are likely to be made operational?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) Sir, there is no category of Regional and Divisional Post Offices in the Department. Hence, the question does not arise.

A proposal,  however,  for  opening  of  a  Divisional  administrative  office  at  B.  Deoghar  was received  from  Jharkhand  Circle  in  September,  2015.  The  proposal  was  not  found  justified  on financial yardsticks. There is no proposal under consideration for creation of a Regional office at B. Deoghar in Jharkhand.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 676 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Political parties registration Tracing Management System
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: A.K.P. Chinraj, S. Jagathrakshakan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 676

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 16 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## POLITICAL PARTIES REGISTRATION TRACING MANAGEMENT SYSTEM

676.  SHRI A.K.P. CHINRAJ SHRI S. JAGATHRAKSHAKAN:

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

- (a) whether the Election Commission of India has launched a new online system for political parties to register their parties with Election Commission's website called 'Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System (PPRTMS);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the salient features of the newly introduced PPRTMS; and
- (d) the total number of political parties which have been registered on the newly introduced online system?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a)  :  Yes  sir.  The  Election  Commission  of  India  has  launched  a  portal named 'Political Parties Registration Tracking Management System

(PPRTMS)'' to enable applicants to track the status of the applications filed to register their associations as political parties.

- (b)  & (c): An association seeking registration has to submit an application in hard copy to the Commission within a period of 30 days following the  date  of  its  formation,  as  per  the  guidelines  prescribed  by  the Commission  in  exercise  of  powers  conferred  by  Article  324  of  the Constitution  of  India  and  Section  29A  of  the  Representation  of  the People Act, 1951. The applicant who is applying for party registration w.e.f. 1 st January, 2020 will be able to track the progress of his/her application  through  the  Commission's  portal  and  also  get  status update by SMS and e-mail.
- (d)  A  total  of  118  (One  hundred  and  Eighteen)  associations  have sought registration as political  parties  on  PPRTMS since its launch w.e.f. 1 st January, 2020.
Lok Sabha Question No. 675 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Coal Requirement
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Jayant Sinha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 675 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## Coal Requirement

## 675. SHRI JAYANT SINHA:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  the  country's  total  annual  coal  requirement,  sector-wise,  yearwise;
- (b) the details of the requirements met through domestic coal production; and
- (c) the details of the amount of coal exported and imported since 2014?

## Answer

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

(a): The  sector-wise  coal  requirement/demand  during  last  fiveyears  is  given below:-

## (in Million Tonnes)

| Sl No.   | Sector                    |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 (Provisional) |
|----------|---------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| 1        | Coking -Steel + Coke Oven |     56.83 |     51.98 |     58.45 |     69.34 |                   62.54 |
| 2        | Power (Utility)           |    483.12 |    489.57 |    519.58 |    545.71 |                  572.89 |
| 3        | Power (Captive)           |     34.65 |     44.06 |     65.91 |     89.3  |                   54.96 |
| 4        | Cement                    |     19.5  |      6.36 |      7.71 |      8.66 |                    8.46 |
| 5        | Steel DRI                 |      7.76 |      5.56 |      8.53 |     12.15 |                   10.72 |
| 6        | Others                    |    234.87 |    238.27 |    238.1  |    243.98 |                  246.91 |
|          | Total N-Coking            |    779.9  |    783.82 |    839.83 |    899.8  |                  893.94 |
|          | Total                     |    836.73 |    835.8  |    898.28 |    969.14 |                  956.48 |

(b): The details of annual requirements anddomestic supply of coal during the last five years is given below:-

| Items                          |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 (Provisional) |
|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| Annual Requirement (MT)        |    836.73 |    835.8  |    898.28 |    968.22 |                  956.48 |
| All India domestic supply (MT) |    632.44 |    645.98 |    690.28 |    732.98 |                  706.72 |

(c): The  details  of  the  amount  of  coal  exported  and  imported  since  2014-15  is given below:-

| Year                    |   Import (MT) |   Export (MT) |
|-------------------------|---------------|---------------|
| 2014-15                 |        217.78 |         1.238 |
| 2015-16                 |        203.95 |         1.575 |
| 2016-17                 |        190.95 |         1.773 |
| 2017-18                 |        208.27 |         1.503 |
| 2018-19                 |        235.24 |         1.313 |
| 2019-20                 |        248.54 |         1.03  |
| 2020-21 Upto June, 2020 |         13.54 |         0.036 |
Lok Sabha Question No. 673 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Mobile Towers in Maharashtra
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Vinayak Bhaurao Raut

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 673 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  SEPTEMBER, 2020

## MOBILE TOWERS IN MAHARASHTRA

## †673. SHRI VINAYAK RAUT:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Government proposes to install more BSNL mobile tower for better connectivity in Ratnagiri and Sindhudur districts of Maharashtra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the time by which such mobile towers are likely to be installed?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) Yes Sir. BSNL has informed that 81 towers in Ratnagiri and 56 towers in Sindhudur have been commissioned between 2017-2019 with a target of installing towers at another 19 sites in Ratnagiri and 8 sites in Sindhudur  by 31.03.2021.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 668 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Banning of Chinese Apps
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Anto  Antony

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 668

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## BANNING  OF CHINESE APPs

## 668.   SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

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

- (a) whether the Government has banned any apps that have any linkage with China and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the number of apps banned by the Government so far and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has any details regarding the number of job loss and financial loss occurred due to the said ban and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government has any plan to ban all apps having any linkage with China and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) and (b) : The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has blocked 224 mobile apps under the provisions of section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 in the interest of sovereignty and integrity of India, defence of India and security of State. Blocking of such Apps has been done on national security concerns and thus linkage with any country may not be disclosed in public domain.

- (c) :   No such detail is available with MeitY.

- (d) :  There is no such proposal with MeitY.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 667 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Aqua industry
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 667 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 th SEPTEMBER, 2020

## AQUA INDUSTRY

## 667. SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािण�य एवं उ�ोग मं�ी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken note that the aqua industry is facing shortage of cold storage facilities in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  increase  the  cold  storage  facilities  in  the country?

## ANSWER

## okf.kT; ,oa m|ksx ea=h ( Jh ih;w'k xks;y ) THE MINISTER OF  COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a)  (b) & (c) : Yes Sir,  the Government of India , has taken note of shortage in the cold chain facility, especially in primary production centres, and has taken several measures to improve the cold storage facilities availability for aqua industry.

The  Department  of  Fisheries,  Government  of  India, is  implementing  a  new  flagship programme, the Pradhan Mantri Matsya Sampada Yojana (PMMSY), with  the objective of overall  development  of  fisheries  sector  in  the  country, including  development  of  cold storages. Department of Fisheries, is also implementing a scheme namely the ' Fisheries & Aquaculture Infrastructure Development Fund (FIDF)', for providing interest subvention support  on financial assistance, including for cold storage facility.   In addition, the Marine Products Export Development Authority (MPEDA) has been providing financial assistance for setting up cold storage for fish and fishery products.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 666 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Data of Infection from Train Travel
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Hibi Eden

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 666 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## DATA OF INFECTION FROM TRAIN TRAVEL

## 666. SHRI HIBI EDEN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  data  regarding  the  number  of  people  who  got  infected  with  Covid-19 during train travel;
- (b) the reasons why train operations are not being resumed fully after following all required Covid protocols and if infection level is Nil; and
- (c) the details of study if any, conducted in this regard and if not, the reasons therefor?

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## ANSWER (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a)  No case of Covid-19 infection during train travel has been reported.
- (b)  and  (c)  Indian  Railways  is  running  passenger  trains  as  per  demand  and following the required Covid-19 protocols. The concerns of State Governments are also being kept in view while introducing trains. Shramik Special  Train  operations  were  started  from  01.05.2020.  Thereafter  30 Special  passenger  trains  were  introduced  from  12.05.2020  followed  by another 200 Special trains from 01.06.2020. Besides these, Special trains have also been run to cater to special requirements like National Eligibility cum Entrance Test (NEET), Joint Entrance Examination (JEE) and Ganesh Chaturthi festival. Another 86 Special Passenger Trains have also been introduced recently on 12.09.2020. Occupancy of trains is being regularly monitored and close liaison is being maintained with State Governments to cater to the feasible travel requirements.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 665 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Framework Law for Digital Rights
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 665

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## FARAMEWORK LAW FOR DIGITAL RIGHTS

## 665 :   SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND:

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

- (a) whether the Government has taken any steps to introduce a Framework Law for Digital Rights to ensure people- centric governance of digital data;
- (b) if so details thereof; and
- (c) the  actions  taken  by  the  Government  against  companies  failing  to  protect  data  privacy during the last two years?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): No, Sir.
- (b): Does not arise.
- (c): The affected citizen can exercise legal recourse under Section 43A and Section 72A of the Information Technology (IT) Act, 2000, which provides for privacy and security of data in digital form. Section 43A provides for compensation to be paid to the victim in case of wrongful loss or wrongful gain caused due to negligence in implementing and maintaining  reasonable security practices and procedures by a body corporate in dealing with sensitive personal data. Section 72 A provides for punishment to any person including an intermediary who, while providing services under  the  terms  of  lawful  contract,  has  secured  access  to  any  material  containing  personal information about another person, with the intent to cause or knowing that he is likely to cause wrongful loss  or  wrongful  gain,  discloses,  without  the  consent  of  the  person  concerned,  or  in breach of a lawful contract, such material to any other person. To  further strengthen the legal framework,  the Government constituted a Committee of Experts on Data Protection, chaired by Justice (Retd) B.N. Srikrishna, Supreme Court of India to study various issues relating to data protection,  which  submitted  a  draft  Personal  Data  Protection  (PDP)  Bill.  Based  on  the recommendation of the Committee of Experts and a multitude of feedback received from diverse stakeholders, the draft Bill has been duly updated and the PDP Bill 2019 has been introduced in the Parliament during the winter session 2019. The Bill has been referred to a Joint Committee of the Parliament and the Committee is deliberating on the subject.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 664 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Space launch centre in Tamil Nadu
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: Kanimozhi Karunanidhi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 664

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

## SPACE LAUNCH CENTRE IN TAMIL NADU

664. SHRIMATI KANIMOZHI KARUNANIDHI:
2. Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:
3. (a) the present status of Kulasekarapattinam Space launch centre in Thoothukkudi District of the State of Tamil Nadu;
4. (b)
5. whether the land acquisition for the project has started; and
6. (c) if  so,  the  expected  timeframe  for  the  completion  of  the  same and further infrastructure building for the space launch centre?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a) Land acquisition by Government of Tamilnadu is in progress at Madhavankurichi,  Padukkapathu  and  Pallakurichi  villages  of Thoothukkudi district, Tamilnadu.
- (b) ● As per the request of Department of Space, Government of Tamil Nadu vide GO number 175 dated 09.10.2019 has identified 961.66.90  Hectares  (904.24.65  hectares  of  Patta  dry  land  and

57.42.25 hectares of Government Poramboke land) in Tiruchendur taluk, Thoothukudi District. ● Out  of  the  above,  Land  survey  completed  for  431.87.74 hectares  of  land  and  preliminary  notification  under  section 11(1)  of  the  Right  to  Fair  Compensation  and  Transparency  in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act (RFCTLARR act) was issued vide G.O.No.167 dated 30.07.2020. ● Survey works for the balance area is in advanced stage. (c) It is expected that Government of Tamil Nadu may handover the land within a period of six months. such

Normally, on taking over the land, realisation of infrastructure may take 02 to 03 years time.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 661 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2020-09-16
Subject: Re-cycling Technology for Nuclear Spent Fuel
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: S. Venkatesan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 661

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.09.2020

## RE-CYCLING TECHNOLOGY FOR NUCLEAR SPENT FUEL

## 661. SHRI S. VENKATESAN:

Will the PRIME MINISTERbe pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the country doesn't possess recycling facility for Spent Nuclear Fuel  (SNF)  from  Pressurized  Water  Reactor  (PWR)/Light  Water  Reactor(LWR) reactors,  so  as  of  now,  the  SNF  from  Kudankulam  will  be  stored  in  Away  From Reactor(AFR) itself;
- (b) the Status of   building AFR for Units 1&2 in Kudankulam and whether the Government is scouting for re-cycling technology to reprocess SNF from PWR/LWR reactors and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether the Government has finalized places in India to setup India's Deep Geological Repository(DGR) permanently to store SNF and if so, the places under consideration to set-up the DGR?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The spent nuclear fuel from the nuclear power reactors at Kudankulam will be stored initially in  the  spent fuel storage pools within the reactor buildings and thereafter in the  Away  From  Reactor  (AFR)  facility  to  be  set  up  at  the  site,  till  it  is  taken  for reprocessing.
- (b) Presently  the  process  of  obtaining  various  clearances  for  setting  up  the  AFR  at Kudankulam is in progress.
- (c) India  is  pursuing  a  closed  fuel  cycle,  where  the  quantity  of  radioactive  waste generated is very less. Further technologies for separation, partitioning and burning of  waste  are  being  developed  in  the  country,  which  will  further  bring  down  the quantity  of  radioactive  waste.  Considering  the  small  quantity  of  radioactive  waste, there is no need for Deep Geological Repository in near future.

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