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Lok Sabha Question No. 5123 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: CCTV in Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Manickam Tagore B

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5123 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019

## CCTV IN TRAINS

## 5123. SHRI MANICKAM TAGORE B.:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has decided for setting up of CCTVs in all coaches in long distance trains;
- (b) if so, the present status of this proposal and the total number of trains equipped with CCTV cameras and the financial allocation made by the Government for this purpose till now;  and
- (c) the  steps  taken  by  the    Government  to  ensure  installation  of CCTV cameras in all coaches including passengers trains?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Ministry of Railways have taken steps to install CCTV cameras in coaches of Premium, Mail/Express and Suburban trains.

(b): CCTV cameras have been fitted in 1300 coaches of 100 Mainline passenger trains so far. An allocation of ₹ 280 crores has been made during the financial year 2019-20 for the work of provision of CCTV cameras in coaches and at stations.

- (c): Works costing ₹ 2050 crores have been sanctioned for installation of  CCTV  cameras  in  58276  coaches  of  Premium, Mail/Express  and  Suburban  trains.      In  Phase-I,  CCTV  cameras  in 7020 coaches of such trains have been targeted for completion by March  2021.  The  work  has  been  entrusted  to  RailTel,  a  Public Sector Undertaking under Ministry of Railways.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5122 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Real Estate as Industry
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Kani K. Navas

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5122. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 24 TH  JULY, 2019.

## REAL ESTATE AS INDUSTRY

## 5122. SHRI K. NAVASKANI:

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

- (a) whether it is proposed to declare real estate as an industry;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) 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): There  is  no  such  proposal  under  consideration  in  the  Department  for Promotion  of  Industry  and  Internal  Trade,  Ministry  of  Commerce  and Industry.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5119 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Captive Coal Blocks
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair. Sreekandan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5119 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24/07/2019

## Captive Coal Blocks

## 5119. SHRI V.K. SREEKANDAN

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the captive blocks have suffered because of delay in land acquisition and various clearances as well as issues such as  rehabilitation and resettlement and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) Whether in 2018-19 captive mines produced an estimated 33 million tonnes of coal;
- (c) if so, whether some blocks were yet to start production; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF COAL, MINES & PARLIAMENTARY AFFIARS (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

- (a) Yes,  Sir.    The  development  of  captive  coal  block  is  a  major  project  and  involves  a gestation period of 3 to 4 years for obtaining various clearances from State / Centre agencies.  In some cases, the development of captive coal blocks has suffered as the allocatees were not able to  obtain  various  approval  /  clearances  from  the  State  /  Central  Agencies  like  Environment Clearances (EC), Forest Clearances (FC), Mining Leases and purchase /acquisition / mutation of land, etc. within the timelines prescribed in the Allotment Agreement.
- (b) Total  production  from  captive  mines  allocated  under  Coal  Mines  (Special  Provisions) Act, 2015 and Coal Mines (Nationalisation) Act, 1973 in FY 2018-19 is 49.93 MT.
- (c) to (d) : Under Coal Mines (Special Provisions) Act, 2015, total of 68 captive coal mines have been allocated.  Out of these 68 coal mines, 29 have got Mine Opening Permission. Out of these 29, production has commenced in 17 coal mines.  In the remaining 12 coal mines, 4 coal mines are in the process of removal of overburden, 5 coal mines have got Mine Opening Permission in March-April, 2019 only and in case of 3 coal mines court cases pertaining to Mine Developercum-Operator are pending in various Courts.

Under the provisions of the Mines & Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957, 10  captive  coal  blocks  have  been  allocated  out  of  which  none  has  commenced  production. Further,  under  the  provisions  of  the  Coal  Mines  (Nationalisation)  Act,  1973,  4  captive  coal blocks remain allocated out of which 3 are under production.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5115 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Stoppage at Phaphund and Etawah
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5115 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019

## STOPPAGE AT PHAPHUND AND ETAWAH

†5115. DR. RAM SHANKAR KATHERIA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the  Railways proposes to provide stoppage of important trains  like  (64160/64589)  at  Phaphund  and  Etawah  railway  stations keeping in view the problems faced by the passengers and villagers of that area;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) No, Sir. There is no such proposal at present.
- (b) Does not arise.
- (c) Mainline Electric Multiple  Unit  (MEMU)  Train  Number  64160 operates between Agra Cantt and Etawah while MEMU Train Number 64589  operates between Phaphund and Kanpur Central. Stoppage of 64160  Agra  Cantt-Etawah  MEMU  at  Phaphund  and  64589  Kanpur Central-Phaphund  MEMU  at  Etawah  would  entail  their  extensions  to Phaphund  and  Etawah  respectively,  which  is  not  feasible  owing  to operational constraints.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5112 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Post Circles and Post Divisions
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5112 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH   JULY, 2019

## POST CIRCLES AND POST DIVISIONS

## †5112. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the names of places where new post circles and new post divisions have been created during the last three years as on date;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to open new post circles and new post divisions in the country; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The  total  number  of  Postal  Circles  created  in  last  three  years  is  one.  The  total  number  of  Postal Divisions created in last three years is 5. The details of these Postal Circles and Postal Divisions are given below:

Details of Creation of Postal Circles in last three years

|   Sl No. | Name of Postal Circle   | Headquarters   |
|----------|-------------------------|----------------|
|        1 | Telangana Postal Circle | Hyderabad      |

Details of Creation of Postal Division in last three years

|   Sl No. | Name of Postal Division                          | Headquarters   |
|----------|--------------------------------------------------|----------------|
|        1 | Katihar Postal Division in Bihar Postal Circle   | Katihar        |
|        2 | Mandla Postal Division in M.P. Postal Circle     | Mandla         |
|        3 | Rayagada Postal Division in Odisha Postal Circle | Rayagada       |
|        4 | Rourkela Postal Division in Odisha Postal Circle | Rourkela       |
|        5 | Gumla Postal Division in Jharkhand Postal Circle | Gumla          |

- (b) There is no proposal for creation of any new postal circle.

However, two proposals for creation of new Divisions are under examination.

- (c) The following proposals for creation of new Divisions are under examination.

|   Sl.No. | Name of the Division   | Name of the Postal Circle/State   |
|----------|------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|        1 | Karad Division         | Maharashtra Postal Circle         |
|        2 | Baramati Division      | Maharashtra Postal Circle         |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5111 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Special Industrial Areas
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Kaushalendra Kumar

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5111. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 24 TH  JULY, 2019.

## SPECIAL INDUSTRIAL  AREAS

## 5111.  SHRI KAUSHALENDRA KUMAR :

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

- (a) the names of the districts of Bihar which have been accorded status of special industrial area;
- (b) the details of facilities extended under the provisions of the said scheme;
- (c) whether industries have been set up taking facilities under these provisions;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if  not,  the  reasons therefor along with steps being  taken by the Government to remove the said difficulties?

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

- (a) to (e) : The  State Government  of Bihar has informed  that it does not  have any policy to  accord status of  special industrial area to any district.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5110 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Court Language
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5110

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 24 TH  JULY, 2019

## Court Language

## 5110. DR. T. SUMATHY (A) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN:

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

- a) the  details  of  High  Courts  in  the  country  where  regional  language other than Hindi or English is used as court language or one of the court languages;
- b) the factors being considered for making regional languages as court language in High Courts in India;
- c)  whether  the  Ministry  has  received  proposals  for  making  Tamil  as court  language  or  one  of  the  court  languages  in  the  Madras  High
4. Court and if so, the details thereof; and
- d) the action taken/being taken by the Ministry to make Tamil as court language or one of the court language in the Madras High Court and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a) to (d): Proposals  were  received  for  use  of  Bengali,  Tamil,  Hindi, Gujarati and Kannada in the High Courts of Calcutta, Madras, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Karnataka respectively. The Cabinet Committee in its decision dated 21.05.1965 required that consent of the Hon'ble Chief

Justice of India be obtained on any proposal relating to use of  a language other  than  English  in  the  High  Court.    The  requests  relating  to  use  of Bengali, Tamil, Hindi, Gujarati and Kannada in the High Courts of Calcutta, Madras, Chhattisgarh, Gujarat and Karnataka accordingly were forwarded to  the  Hon'ble  Chief  Justice  of  India.    Hon'ble  Chief  Justice  of  India  on 18.01.2016 has conveyed that the Full Court, after extensive deliberation, disapproved the proposals, reiterating the previous Resolutions which had unanimously resolved that the proposals could not be accepted.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5107 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: New Railway Lines in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Lavu Sri Krishna Devarayalu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5107 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019

NEW RAILWAY LINES IN ANDHRA PRADESH

5107.  SHRI LAVU SRI KRISHNA DEVARAYALU:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  there  is  any  proposal  to  lay  a  dedicated  freight corridor between Vishakhapatnam and Chennai; and

(b)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  present  status  of  the  said proposal?

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

(a): No, Sir. (b): Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5106 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Communication System in Uttar Pradesh
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat, Kaushal Kishore

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5106 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 TH   JULY, 2019

## COMMUNICATION SYSTEM IN UTTAR PRADESH

## †5106. SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT: SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE :

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has assessed the loss caused to communication system by floods in riverside villages in Lucknow and surrounding districts in Uttar Pradesh during the last three years, if so, the details thereof, year-wise and the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (b) the  remedial  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  streamline  the  communication  system  in riverside villages to avoid the losses caused by floods;
- (c) whether the Government has formulated any roadmap to further strengthen the communication systems in the country including the State of Uttar Pradesh especially in the district of Barabanki; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) Information is being collected and will be  placed before the House.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5105 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Livestock Exports
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Riti Pathak

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5105 (H) TO BE ANSWERED ON  24 th  JULY, 2019

## LIVESTOCK EXPORTS

## 5105(H). SHRIMATI RITI PATHAK:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वा�ण�य एवं उ�योग मं�ी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has banned the export of live goats and buffaloes to foreign countries, particularly to Gulf countries; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF  COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a) & (b): No, Sir.  As per Schedule-2 of Chapter-I of the ITC (HS) Based Export Policy, 2018, live buffaloes are in 'restricted' category where export is permitted under license from Directorate General of Foreign Trade.  Export policy condition for live goats is 'free' under the said Policy.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Functioning of Lokpal Office
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Janardan Singh Sigriwal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5104

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019)

## FUNCTIONING OF LOKPAL OFFICE

## 5104. SHRI JANARDAN SINGH SIGRIWAL:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Lokpal office established by the Government has started to function in a full fledged manner;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the time by which it is likely to be start functioning; and
- (d) the manner in which this would prove to be a milestone to curb corruption in the country?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a)  to  (c):    Upon  the  recommendation  of  the  Selection  Committee  under  section  4(1)  of  the Lokpal and  Lokayuktas  Act,  2013,  Hon'ble  President  of  India  appointed  the  Chairperson  and eight  Members (including  four judicial Members) by warrant  under his  hand and seal on 19 th March,  2019.  Chairperson  and  Members  have  assumed  charge  of  their  respective  positions respectively  on  23 rd March,  2019  and  27 th March,  2019.  Institution  of  Lokpal  is  thus  now functional. Details of Chairperson and Members of Lokpal are enclosed at Annexure.
- (d):   Lokpal and Lokayuktas Act, 2013 provides for the establishment of a body of Lokpal for the  Union  and  Lokayukta  for  States  to  inquire  into  allegations  of  corruption  against  certain public  functionaries  and  for  matters  connected  therewith  or  incidental  thereto.    The  body  of Lokpal has been statutory  envisaged  to  bring  in  place  a  more  effective  mechanism  to  receive complaints against public servants including high functionaries and to inquire into them and take follow up action to effectively curb corruption.

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Annexure referred to in reply to parts (a) to (c) of Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 5104 for answer on 24.07.2019

Details of Chairperson and Members of Lokpal

|   S.No. | Name                                 | Position          |
|---------|--------------------------------------|-------------------|
|       1 | Shri Justice Pinaki Chandra Ghose    | Chairperson       |
|       2 | Shri Justice Dilip Babasaheb Bhosale | Member (Judicial) |
|       3 | Shri Justice Pardip Kumar Mohanty    | Member (Judicial) |
|       4 | Smt. Justice Abhilasha Kumari        | Member (Judicial) |
|       5 | Shri Justice Ajay Kumar Tripathi     | Member (Judicial) |
|       6 | Shri Dinesh Kumar Jain               | Member            |
|       7 | Smt. Archana Ramasundaram            | Member            |
|       8 | Shri Mahender Singh                  | Member            |
|       9 | Dr. Indrajeet Prasad Gautam          | Member            |
Lok Sabha Question No. 5103 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Development of Air Bases
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENCE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5103

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24 th  JULY, 2019

## DEVELOPMENT OF AIR BASES

5103. SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHANA RAJU:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Government has decided to develop five air bases in the State of Andhra Pradesh and has requested Government of Andhra Pradesh to provide suitable land for development of these Air bases;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether any places have already been identified in the State for this purpose and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)  the status of the project as on date?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)

रक्षा राज्य मंत्री

( श्री श्रीपाद नाईक )

(a) to (d): Chief Minister of Andhra Pradesh had written to Raksha Mantri regarding setting  up  of  an  Air  Force  Command  and  training  base  in  Andhra  Pradesh  at Donakoda/Sagar Airfield, Vijayawada, Vishakapatnam and Suryalanka.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5102 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Gauge Conversion of SitapurLucknow Rail Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5102 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019

## GAUGE CONVERSION OF SITAPUR-LUCKNOW RAIL LINE

† 5102.    SHRI  ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  to  convert  the Sitapur-Lucknow narrow gauge line into broad gauge;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the details of the progress made in this regard; and
- (d)    the  time  by  which  this  narrow  gauge  line  is  proposed  to  be converted to broad gauge line?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS AND COMMERCE & INDUSTRY

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

- (a)  to  (d):    Lucknow-Pilibhit  via  Sitapur,  Lakhimpur  (262.76  Km) Gauge Conversion work was included in Budget 2011-12 and the 1077 crore.  The work has already  been  completed  and  commissioned  from  Aishbag  to Lakhimpur  (134.60  Km).    Work  has  been  taken  up  in  remaining 1047.92 crore has been incurred upto
- latest anticipated cost of the project is ` section.  An expenditure of ` March 2019.

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, cooperation and zeal of State Government for early completion of project, encountering unforeseen conditions like earthquake, flooding, excessive rains, strikes of labour, orders of Hon'ble Courts, situation and conditions  of working agencies/contractors etc. All these factors affect the completion cost and time of the project.

Due to the above uncertain and variable parameters,  no confirmed time-frame can be given for completion of project at this stage.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5101 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-07-24
Subject: Swiss Challenge Method in Station Redevelopment
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5101

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.07.2019

## SWISS CHALLENGE METHOD IN STATION REDEVELOPMENT

5101. SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways is planning to invite private participation in development works of Railway stations through Swiss Challenge Method;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  railway  stations  selected  for  development under this method; and
- (d) whether any Railway stations in Telangana are being considered  for  development  under  this  method  and  if  so,  the details thereof?

## 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. 5101 BY SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 24.07.2019 REGARDING

SWISS CHALLENGE METHOD IN STATION REDEVELOPMENT (a)  to  (d)  :  Railways  had  invited  bids  on  modified  bid  challenge method for 23 stations.  Bids were received for two stations only, viz. Jammu  Tawi  and  Kozhikode  stations.    During  various  interactions with  developers,  investors  and  other  stakeholders,  various  issues including  longer  lease  period  for  commercially  developed  assets, multiple sub leasing, simplified bid procedures etc were repeatedly raised.   Now Redevelopment of Railway stations has been initiated through simplified procedure and for longer lease tenure. Accordingly,  Ministry  of  Railways  through  various  agencies  is undertaking techno-economic feasibility studies of railway stations, including those stations located in the State of Telangana.  Based on the outcome of these feasibility studies, stations are planned to be taken up for redevelopment in phases, especially the stations located in major cities, pilgrimage centres and important tourist destinations. Presently, work of redevelopment is in progress at Gandhinagar(Gujarat)  and  Habibganj(Bhopal)  stations.  Contracts  for redevelopment have been awarded for Gomtinagar, Charbagh (Lucknow) and Puducherry stations.

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