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Lok Sabha Question No. 2936 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: NWB for Traders
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt, K. Subbarayan

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2936.

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 10 TH  JULY, 2019.

## NWB  FOR TRADERS

## 2936. SHRIMATI RANJAN BEN DHANANJAY BHATT: SHRI SUBBARAYAN K.:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up a National Welfare Board (NWB) for traders and National Policy for Retail Trade;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has taken any steps in this regard;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a) to (c): Yes,  Sir.  Government  proposes  to  set  up  National  Traders' Welfare  Board and formulate a National Policy for Retail Trade. Stakeholder consultations are being held for the same.
- (d) : Question does not arise.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2935 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Use of Defence Airports
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Hasnain Masoodi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2935

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th JULY, 2019

## USE OF DEFENCE AIRPORTS

## 2935. SHRI HASNAIN MASOODI:

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

- (a)  the  total  number  of  Airports/Air  fields  in  Jammu  and  Kashmir  under  Defence jurisdiction;
- (b)  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Ministry  to  transfer  Awantipora  Airport  to  Civil Aviation Ministry for civilian air traffic; and
- (c) the details of facilities provided to civilians by the Ministry to far flung areas/hilly areas/snow bound areas during winter for air travel?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

रक्षा राज्य मंत्री

( श्री श्रीपाद नाईक )

- (a)    There  are  07  airfields  and  02  Advanced  Landing Grounds in  Jammu and Kashmir under Defence jurisdiction.
- (b)  'In-principle  Approval'  for  civil  flight  operations  from  Awantipora  airfield  under Regional Connectivity Scheme (RCS) has been conveyed to Ministry of Civil Aviation in June, 2019.
- (c)    Airlift  and  casualty  evacuation  are  provided  to  civilians  in  far  flung  areas/hilly areas/snow bound areas during winter by utilizing the assets of Indian Air Force on case to case basis.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2934 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Information on Corruption by Switzerland
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2934 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

## INFORMATION ON CORRUPTION BY SWITZERLAND

## 2934.    SHRI SHIVAKUMAR C. UDASI:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Switzerland Government has provided information to the Government   of   India   recently,   regarding   some   persons   allegedly involved in corruption and if so, the details thereof; and
- (b) whether the Government has decided to reveal the names of the accused persons, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

[SHRI V. MURALEEDHARAN]

(a) The India-Switzerland tax treaty facilitates receipt of information on request basis for cases under investigation. In addition, from September 2019, India will receive on automatic basis, information in respect of financial accounts held by Indian residents in Switzerland. The information received on request or on automatic basis may include information about persons allegedly involved in corruption.

- (b) The use and disclosure of the information received is governed by the confidentiality provisions of the India-Switzerland tax treaty.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2933 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: BSNL Mobile Network
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Kani K. Navas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2933 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH   JULY, 2019

## BSNL MOBILE NETWORK

## 2933. SHRI K. NAVASKANI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that BSNL mobile network is reportedly ineffective even in urban areas; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the corrective steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) monitors the performance of telecom service  providers  including  Bharat  Sanchar  Nigam  Limited  (BSNL)  against  the  benchmark  for various Quality of Service (QoS) parameters laid down by TRAI by way of QoS regulations issued from time to time, through Quarterly Performance Monitoring Reports (PMRs).

As per latest PMR issued by TRAI for the quarter ending March 2019, for Cellular Mobile Telephone  Service,  BSNL  is  meeting  the  benchmark  for  all  the  parameters  in  all  of  its  Licensed Service Areas (LSAs) except for the parameter 'Network QoS DCR Spatial distribution measure or DCR Network\_QSD (90,90) (benchmark 2%)' and 'Network QoS DCR temporal distribution measure or DCR Network\_QTD ( 97,90) (benchmark < 3%)' in West Bengal Service area.

Steps taken by BSNL for further improvement of mobile services are as under:

- (i) BSNL is augmenting its mobile network progressively so as to enhance coverage and quality of service.
- (ii) BSNL is optimizing its network regularly for its performance.
- (iii)   BSNL regularly surveys for the low signal area and take corrective measures for providing the services on techno commercial basis.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2932 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Post Offices for Financial Inclusions
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Sahu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2932 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH   JULY, 2019

## POST OFFICES FOR FINANCIAL INCLUSIONS

## 2932. SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR SAHU:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to leverage post office network and  enhance the  role of India Posts in the financial inclusion process, especially of the poor and backward classes living in villages in most backward and minority concentration districts of the country, especially in Odisha;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether a task force has been set up in this regard and if so, the details thereof along with the composition, its major recommendation and the status of its implementation;
- (d) whether  any  district  with  high  population  of  tribals  and  backward  communities  has  been selected as a pilot district for specific analysis and study; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) Yes Sir, The Department of Posts has predominantly rural network of post offices in the country with 89 percent post offices located in rural India. There are 1.56 lakh post offices in the country, out of which 1,41,002 post offices are located in rural and backward areas. All these Post offices are providing Banking and Insurance services to the rural population and thereby promoting financial inclusion throughout the country including the state of Odisha. Leveraging upon the wide postal  network  of  1,29,161  Branch  Post  offices,  Subscriber  Identification  Module  (SIM)  based handheld  devices  have  been  provided  for  carrying  out  online  postal  and  financial  transactions including the 7024 Branch Post offices (BOs) of Odisha. Further, 40 BOs have been opened in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) affected districts of Odisha to promote financial inclusion in the state. At present more than 1.36 lakh Post offices are also working as access points of India Post Payments Bank (IPPB) and providing payments bank services of  IPPB especially in rural areas and among the underserved segments of the society.
- (c) No  Sir,    as  on  date  there  is  no  specific  task  force  for  leveraging  post  offices  network  for financial inclusion.
- (d) No Sir, no specific district has been selected as pilot district for study.
- (e) Does not arise in view of above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2931 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Revoked Passport of Nirav Modi
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2931

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

## REVOKED PASSPORT OF NIRAV MODI

## 2931. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Ministry had revoked the passport of Mr. Nirav Modi to prevent him from evading the criminal justice system in India;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, including the date of revocation;
- (c) whether Mr. Modi travelled multiple times to foreign countries on an Indian passport which had been revoked; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) The Ministry revoked the passport of Mr. Nirav Modi as per the provisions of Section 10(3)(c) of the Passports Act, 1967, on 23 February, 2018.
- (c) & (d) The Ministry has no means to verify the travels, if any, of Mr. Nirav Modi and the passport used for such travels by him.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2929 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: MoU with Poland
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Prabhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2929

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

## MoU with Poland

## 2929 . SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA :

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether the Government has signed an MoU with the Ministry of Energy, Republic of Poland recently;
- (b)    if so, the details thereof along with its objectives;
- (c)    the details of the fund estimated for this;
- (d)    the details of the States likely to be covered initially under this programmme within the country along with the details of the targets set; and
- (e)    whether the Government has included Gujarat in this programme, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS, COAL AND MINES

## ( SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI )

(a) to (e)    A non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), on cooperation in the area of coal mining with an objective to emphasize on coal exploration and exploitation, research and development, clean coal technologies and capacity building, was signed between the Ministry of Coal of the Republic of India and the Ministry of Energy of the Republic  of  Poland  on  04.02.2019.  The  participants  are  to  bear  the  respective expenditure related to Working Group meetings and any other activities under this MoU. The Ministry of Coal, Republic of India is the executing agency of the MoU.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2927 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Voter List
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2927

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 10 th  JULY 2019 VOTER LIST

2927. SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY: Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state: (a) whether Delhi High Court has directed the Election Commission not to register the names of foreign nationals in voting list at any cost and include only  the  names  of  Indian  Citizens  in  voting  list  for  independent  and  fair elections; (b) if so, the details thereof; (c) whether the election commission has directed the State Governments to strictly comply with the High Court's orders; (d) whether cases of inclusion of names of foreign nationals in voters list during the last three years and current year have come to the notice of the Government; and (e) if so, the details thereof, State-wise and the action taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c):  The  Election  Commission  has  informed  that  no  such  order passed  by  Delhi  High  Court  asking  the  Commission  not  to  register  the names of foreign nationals on voting list for independent and fair elections, has been received in the Commission.

(d) & (e):  The Commission has informed that no such case has come to its notice during the years 2016, 2017 and 2019. However, during 2018, one complaint each was reported from the States of Telangana, West Bengal and  Gujarat.  Whenever  such  complaints  are  received,  the  Electoral Registration  Officer  in  the  concerned  States/UTs  take  suitable  action  to investigate the matter and get the names of such persons deleted from the electoral  rolls.  The  Electoral  Photo  Identity  Card  issued  to  them  is  also confiscated.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2926 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: RUBs/RUPs
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Hanuman Beniwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2926 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

## RUBs/RUPs

†2926. SHRI HANUMAN BENIWAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  criterion  to  sanction  Rail  Under  Bridge/Rail  Under  Pass has been prescribed;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of proposals lying pending with the Government pertaining to sanction of Rail Under Bridges/Under Passes in Rajasthan;
- (d) whether  the  Government  intends  to  accord  sanction  to  the  said proposals; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

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

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (e) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.2926  BY  SHRI  HANUMAN  BENIWAL  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN LOK SABHA ON 10.07.2019 REGARDING RUBs/RUPs

- (a) to (e):  Yes, Sir.
- (i) Level crossings with Train Vehicle Unit (TVU) more than 1 lakh qualify for replacement by ROB/RUB on cost sharing basis.
- (ii) Level Crossings in the following areas with TVU less than 1 lakh can also be considered for replacement by ROB/RUB on cost sharing basis.
-  Suburban sections having high frequency of train services; and
-  Near stations where detentions to road traffic are very high on account of either shunting operations or multi directional receipt/despatch of trains or stabling of trains etc.

However, Level Crossings (LCs) which do not qualify for sanction of Road  under  Bridge  (RUB)  on  cost  sharing  basis  can  be  planned  for elimination by subways, if found, technically feasible. Vertical clearance of such subway should be kept below 5.0 M and sanctioned at Railway's cost, i.e. Railways will bear the complete initial cost of construction of subway (bridge  and  approach  portion  within  or  outside  Railway  land)  and  future maintenance cost of such subway proper.

If land is required over and above the road passing through the LC for the purpose of construction of subway, the State Government will acquire and provide encumbrance free land free of cost outside the Railway area. Also,  the  responsibility  for  the  maintenance  of  road  passing  through subway,  lighting,  drainage  system,  diversion  road  and  any  other  allied works in Railway portion will be with Railways and beyond Railway portion the responsibility of maintenance rests with State Government. In addition, it  has  been  decided  that  Railways  must  obtain  consent  for  closure  of  LC prior  to  construction  of  subway  from  concerned  Road  Authority  and  the demarcation of maintenance responsibility should clearly indicated.

One proposal for construction of RUB in lieu of LC No. 110 ChanderiyaRatlam  section  in  the  State  of  Rajasthan  is  under  consideration  for sanction in the Budget 2019-20. *****
Lok Sabha Question No. 2925 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Autonomous Constitutional Status
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: Jayadev Galla

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2925

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

AUTONOMOUS CONSTITUTIONAL STATUS 2925    SHRI JAYADEV GALLA :

Will  the  Ministry  of  STATISTICS  AND  PROGRAMME  IMPLEMENTATION  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there are demands from  many quarters to give autonomous constitutional status to National Statistics Commission on the line of Election     Commission to     avoid controversy over data and statistics;
- (b) if so, the fact and  details thereof;
- (c) the effective steps taken by the Ministry to achieve the same?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a)  No such demand has been received in the Ministry.
- (b)  to  (c) The question does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2924 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Industrial Park
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: T. R. Paarivendhar

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2924. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 10 TH  JULY, 2019.

## INDUSTRIAL PARK

## 2924. DR. T.R. PAARIVENDHAR:

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

## वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री

- (a) whether the Union Government would take necessary steps to set up an industrial park  and  industries  in  the  industrially  backward  area  of  Thuraiyar  in  Perambalur parliamentary constituency of Tamil Nadu;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether such proposals would be considered favourably and to be set up in future;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a): At present,  Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) does not have plan to set up an industrial park and industries in Thuraiyar, Tamil Nadu.

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- (b):

Not applicable.

(c)to(e): Industrial  Park  Scheme'  was  notified  by  the  Department  for  Promotion  of Industry  and  Internal  Trade  (DPIIT)  vide  notification  No.  12(4)/2001-IP&ID dated  1 st April,  2002  and  the  scheme  ended  on  31 st March,  2006.  The Modified Industrial Infrastructure Upgradation Scheme (MIIUS) was notified in July, 2013 with the objective of enhancing industrial competitiveness of the domestic  industry  by  providing  quality  infrastructure  in  selected  functional clusters/locations  which  have  the  potential  to  become  globally  competitive and the scheme was valid till 31.03.2017.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2921 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Policies Governing Coal Sector
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Parvesh Sahib Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COAL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2921 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.07.2019

## Policies Governing Coal Sector

## 2921. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH:

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Coal sector in India is facing high stress from excessively strict laws and policies governing coal sector and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the steps being taken by the Government to boost competitiveness of coal producing entities in international market;
- (c) whether the domestic production of Coal is  sufficient  for  domestic  consumption  in India and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of amount and cost of total coal imports by the country during the last five years?

## ANSWER

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

## (a) No, Sir.

(b & c):  Demand/consumption of coal is higher than the current level of supply of coal in the country.  Presently,  Coal  producing  entities  in  the  country  are  not  competing  in  the international market. During the year 2018-19, as against a total actual demand /consumption of coal of 969.47 MT (Provisional), the domestic supply was 734.23 MT (Provisional) and coal import was 235.24 MT (Provisional).

(d) The details of value and import of coal during the last five years is given below:-

| Year                           |   2014-15 |   2015-16 |   2016-17 |   2017-18 |   2018-19 (Provisional) |
|--------------------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-------------------------|
| Total Import (MT)              |    217.78 |    203.95 |    190.95 |    208.27 |                  235.24 |
| Value of Import (in Rs Crores) | 104507    |  86034    | 100231    | 138477    |               170881    |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2919 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-10
Subject: Broadband Services in Dahod District
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2919 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH   JULY, 2019

## BROADBAND SERVICES IN DAHOD DISTRICT

## †2919. SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  villages  in  Gujarat  including  Dahod  district  which  have  not  been  connected with broadband service as on date, along with the reasons therefor; and
- (b) the  efforts  made  by  the  Government  so  far  to  provide  broadband  connectivity  to  all  the villages in Dahod district of Gujarat?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) BharatNet is being implemented in a phased manner to provide broadband connectivity  at  all  Gram  Panchayats  (approx.  2,50,000)  in  the  country,  including  Gujarat.  As  on 27.06.2019, out of 14068 (approx.) Gram Panchayats (GPs), a total of 5,934 GPs have been made Service  Ready  for  broadband  connectivity  in  Gujarat  and  the  remaining  8,134  GPs  are  under implementation.

It  is  mentioned  that  on  19.07.2017,  the  Union  Cabinet  approved  a  modified  strategy  for implementing BharatNet in a phased manner. The implementation of  Phase I to connect 1,00,000 Gram Panchayats (GPs) is  through  three  Central  Public  Sector  Undertakings  (CPSUs)  viz.  Bharat Sanchar  Nigam  Limited  (BSNL),  RailTel  and  Powergrid.  The  remaining  1,50,000  (approx.)  Gram Panchayats (GPs) in the country are to be provided broadband connectivity in Phase-II of the project through State Model, Private Sector Model and CPSU Model. In Gujarat (including Dahod District), the  BharatNet  Phase-II  is  being  implemented  by  the  State  Government  and  an  Memorandum  of Understanding (MoU) to this effect has been signed with the State Government on 27.12.2017. The work has been started and Rs. 391.81 crore has been released to State Government.

All  the  482  (approx.)  GPs  of  Dahod  District  are  being  covered  in  the  second  phase  of  the BharatNet Project.

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