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Lok Sabha Question No. 1644 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Solar Panels on Roofs of Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM, BHEEMRAO BASWANTHRAO PATIL

## 1644.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1644 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## SOLAR PANELS ON ROOFS OF TRAINS

- SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM: SHRI BHEEMRAO B. PATIL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways has installed solar-energy panels on the roof of some trains on a trial basis;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof and the outcome of such trial;
- (c) whether the railways proposes to install the same type of solar-energy panels on the roofs of other trains as well;
- (d) if so, the zone-wise details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (e) the  measures  being  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) & (b) Yes, Madam. Indian Railways have already provided solar panels on roof top of 19 Narrow Gauge coaches on Trains in Kalka -  Shimla  and  Kangra  Valley  in  Northern  Railway  and  39  Broad Gauge  non-air  conditioned  coaches  in  service  (29  coaches  in  4 trains of Northern Railway including 6 coaches in 1 Diesel Electric Multiple  Unit  (DEMU)  train,  7  coaches  in  1  train  of  Southern Railway, 2 coaches in 1 train  of   Konkan  Railway  and  1  coach

- in  1  train  of  West   Central

Railway). Further, 50 Guard Van coaches of Goods train have also been provided with solar panels.

Solar  system  works  during  sunlight  and  generates  battery backup  of  approx.  4  to  5  hours.  System  does  not  work  properly during fog/rain and winter season and battery backup goes down to 2 to 3 hours depending upon weather condition.

(c) to (e) Yes, Madam. Railways have taken decision to provide solar panel on roof top of general coaches of two number of day running intercity  trains  in  Northern  and  Southern  Railway  and  50%  Narrow Gauge coaches plying on Pathankot-Joginder Nagar route in Kangra Valley  section  and  Kalka-Shimla  section  of  Northern  Railway  for conducting  extended  trials  for  one  year  in  all  weather  conditions. Further, sanctions are available for provision of solar panel on 530 trailer cars of DEMUs and 750 nos. Guard Brake Vans.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1641 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Expansion Plan for Konkan Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1641 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## EXPANSION PLAN FOR KONKAN RAILWAYS

## 1641.  SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN:

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

- (a) the present status of the expansion plan for Konkan Railway Line;
- (b)  whether  the  proposal  of  Konkan  Railway  Corporation  in  this regard  has  been  considered  by  the  Government  and  taken  any decision; and
- (c)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) Capacity expansion is a continuous process and various works for capacity expansion in progress are doubling of track from Roha to Veer, route electrification, eleven new crossing stations and eight additional loop lines in the existing stations.
- (b) &  (c)  Konkan  Railway's  proposal  for  capacity  augmentation  by adding 141 km track doubling and 18 additional new stations is under consideration.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1638 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Integrated Software
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: GOWDAR MALLIKARJUNAPPA SIDDESHWARA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1638 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## INTEGRATED SOFTWARE

1638. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)      whether the Railways has undertook a major IT initiative for an integrated software which can optimize about Rs.50,000 crore for the national carrier over the years;

(b)    if so, the details thereof;

(c)    whether  the  proposed  integrated  software  envisages  timely availability  of  actionable  information  for  authorized  persons  at place of use and enable improved data analysis and usage; and

(d)    if so, the details thereof?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(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.1638 BY SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA TO BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  13.02.2019  REGARDING INTEGRATED SOFTWARE

(a) to (d): Indian Railways has implemented several IT applications in  various  domains  viz.,  Ticketing  and  Passenger  Service,  Train Operations  and  Asset  Management.    With  the  advancement  in technology, it is now feasible to integrate the various applications and  reap  benefits  in  terms  of  greater  customer  satisfaction, increased revenue, reduction in costs and improved efficiency in train operations.

In  this  direction,  Indian  Railways  has  embarked  on  the  path  of integration of IT applications.    Some new IT projects viz., Master Data Management, Rail Cloud, Enterprise Service Bus for application  integration  and  Enterprise  Architecture  have  been sanctioned which will help in integration of various IT applications.

The  proposed  integration will help in timely availability of information for decision making.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1635 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Installation of Solar Panels on Vacant Land
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MANOJ KUMAR TIWARI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1635 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## INSTALLATION OF SOLAR PANELS ON VACANT LAND

## 1635. SHRI MANOJ TIWARI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any proposal to utilise its unused land for installation of solar electricity projects;
- (b)     if so, the details thereof, State-wise specially in Delhi NCR;
- (c)    the details about any proposal from any MNC in this regard and the progress so far made; and
- (d) the details about the time-frame for the completion of the project?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) Yes, Madam. Indian Railways has contemplated to utilise its unused land for installation of solar electricity projects.
- (b) State-wise details where action has been taken for installation of Solar  electricity  projects  on  unutilized  Railway  land  are  as follows:
- i) Chhattisgarh - 50 Mega Watt (MW) at Bhilai.
- ii) Uttar Pradesh -3 MW at Modern Coach Factory, Raebareili.
- Haryana  -  2  MW  at  Diwana  (near  Panipat),  in  Delhi  -  NCR
- iii) area.

- iv) Madhya Pradesh - 2 MW at Bina.
- (c) There is no such proposal from any MNC.
- (d) Indian Railway plans to meet its power requirement progressively through solar power.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1633 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Rail Connectivity
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: R. GOPALAKRISHNAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1633 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## RAIL CONNECTIVITY

1633. SHRI R. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Railways  have  started  work  on  railway  linking connectivity of Madurai with Karaikudi via Melur in Tamil Nadu;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the  present status of the work; and
- (c) if  not,  the  reasons  therefor  and  the  steps  taken/being  taken  by the Railways to expedite the project?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  to  (c):  No  project  for  Madurai-Karaikudi  via  Melur  new  line  is sanctioned. As such, the question of taking up work for this new line does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1632 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Funds for Various Schemes
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1632 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13/2/2019

## FUNDS FOR VARIOUS SCHEMES

## †1632. SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

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- (a) the details of the funds released to State of Haryana under various schemes of this Ministry including for sonepat;
- (b) whether the funds released under the said schemes have been utilised under the respective schemes;
- (c) if so, the details of the schemes under which work has been completed or is near completion; and
- (d) the reasons for non-completion of the said works?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, MINISTER OF EARTH SCIENCES AND MINISTER OF ENVIRONMENT, FOREST AND CLIMATE CHANGE (DR. HARSH VARDHAN)

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(a) The Ministry of Science & Technology does not implement any centrally sponsored scheme and do not have any provision for making States/ UTs/District wise target, allocation and release of funds  to  Science  &  Technology  Schemes/  Projects.  Ministry  supports  extramural  Research  and Development  projects  to  individual  entities  for  doing  R&D  in  Science  &  Technology  including fundamental research. The projects are supported through competitive research grant mechanism. (b) to (d):  Do not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1629 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Nutritious Food
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ANUPAM HAZRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1629 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## NUTRITIOUS FOOD

## 1629. DR. ANUPAM HAZRA:

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

- (a) the initiatives taken  to serve nutritious, hygienic and  easily digestible  food  items  like  fruit,  leafy  vegetables,  etc.  instead  of currently served spicy and oily food; and
- (b) the  steps  taken  to  provide  safe  drinking  water  to  passengers according to guidelines of WHO?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a):  It  is  the  endeavour  of  Indian  Railways  to  provide  nutritious  and hygienic food in trains keeping in view of the general food habits of the travelling public. In addition to standard catering items, a list of a-lacarte items has also been provided which includes nutritious, hygienic and  easily  digestible  food  items  such  as  light  meals,  milk  products, diabetic items, local cuisine etc. Passengers have option to order items of their choice out of the a-la-carte list or through e-catering facility.

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IRCTC  has  also  introduced  new  meals  in  select  pre-paid  trains, based on rationalization of menu to ensure that hygiene and quality is maintained at highest level. Further, fruit stalls and milk stalls are also available at stations.

(b): With the objective to provide packaged drinking water of prescribed standard, Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation has  been  manufacturing  Rail  Neer  which  is  mandatorily  supplied  at notified stations and trains. Further, IRCTC  has also installed around 2000 nos. of Water Vending Machines over approximately 700 Railway stations across the Indian Railways network at A-1, A, B & C category stations.  It is ensured that pure, clean and hygienic water as per the specifications  laid  down  in  IS  10500L:2012  is  served  to  Railway passengers at affordable cost.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1627 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: National Law School
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: RAMCHARAN BOHARA

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW & JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF LEGAL AFFAIRS ***** LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1627 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## National Law School

## 1627. SHRI RAM CHARAN BHORA:

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

(a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  National  Law School/ University in each State/UT; (b) if so, the State-wise details thereof; (c) whether  there  is  also  any  proposal  to  set  up  institutes  of excellence  in all states in the field of  law  education  and research; (d) if so, the details thereof; (e) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  reduce  the  duration  of degree courses in law; and

- (f) if so, the details thereof;

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR LAW & JUSTICE AND CORPORATE AFFAIRS (SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY)

(a) to (f): The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1622 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Mining by China
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: K. GOPAL

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1622

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## MINING BY CHINA

## 1622. DR. K. GOPAL:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether China was conducting mining activity close to the border with Arunachal Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether India has taken up this matter with the Chinese authorities; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

(a) to (d) Government has seen reports in this regard. No such activity has been carried out by China inside the territory of the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh.

Government keeps a constant watch on all developments having a bearing on India's security and takes all necessary measures to safeguard it.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1621 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Appointment of Retired Bureaucrats
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1621

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019)

## APPOINTMENT OF RETIRED BUREAUCRATS

## 1621. SHRIMATI PRATYUSHA RAJESHWARI SINGH:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether a large number of retired bureaucrats at senior levels have been re-employed as consultants/advisers etc.;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  during the  last three  years and the current  year along with the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether this  practice  has  affected  the  morale  of  serving  officials  and  also  affected  the overall efficiency in the Government offices and if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;
- (d) whether re-employment  of retired bureaucrats has also affected  the  employment opportunity of the youths and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) whether the Government has framed any policy before making such appointments and if so, the details thereof?

## 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 (e) Keeping in view the exigencies of work, Ministries/Departments may hire professionals or  consultants  for  a  specific  job,  not  against  a  regular  post.  Some  retired  senior  civil  servants having  expertise  and  eminence  are  also  appointed  as  Advisors  with  a  view  to  achieve  certain specified public policy objective.

As  the  respective  Ministries/Departments  are  authorised  to  engage  consultants,  no centralised data is maintained.

As the Consultants/Advisors are not to be engaged against regular posts, it is not likely to affect  either  the  morale  of  serving  officials  or  employment  opportunities  for  the  youth. Moreover,  they  bring  expertise  with  them  which  only  improves  the  overall  efficiency  of  the Government.

Framing of the policy guidelines regarding engagement of retired Government servants is presently under consideration.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1618 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Crimes in Moving Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: KIRIT SOMAIYA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1618 TO BE ANSWERED ON 13.02.2019

## CRIMES IN MOVING TRAINS

1618. DR. KIRIT SOMAIYA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether registering cases of crime on running trains is a complicated process due to confusion of jurisdiction and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether due to this, passengers face great difficulties to register theft  and  other  criminal  cases  on  moving  trains  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Railway  Protection  Force  is  not  empowered  to register crimes on a moving train;
- (d) if so, whether to ease the situation the Government is planning to give powers to Railway Protection Force to handle the complaints of crimes on a moving train; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS ( SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN )

- (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.  1618  BY  DR.  KIRIT  SOMAIYA  TO  BE ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  13.02.2019  REGARDING  CRIMES  IN MOVING TRAINS

(a) to (e): Policing on Railways being a State subject, prevention of crime, registration of cases, their investigation and maintenance of law & order in  Railway  premises  as  well  as  on  running  trains  are  the  statutory responsibility  of  the  State  Governments,  which  they  discharge  through Government  Railway  Police  (GRP)/District  Police.  Railway  Protection Force (RPF) supplements the efforts of GRP to provide better protection and security of passenger area & passengers and for matters connected therewith.  However, to facilitate travelling passengers in running trains to report a crime, First Information Report (FIR) forms are available with TTE, Guard or RPF/GRP train escorting staff.  After filling it up, the Form may be handed over to  one  of  the  said  officials  for  registration  of  the case  at  the  next  Police  Station  irrespective  of  the  jurisdiction.  If  the place  of  occurrence  does  not  fall  in  their  jurisdiction,  the  case  is registered under Zero FIR and transferred to the concerned Government Railway  Police  Station  having  jurisdiction.  Further  course  of  action  is taken by the Police as per extant legal provisions.

RPF  is  not  empowered  for  registration  and  investigation  of  passenger related crime in station premises or moving trains. A proposal  has been initiated  for  amendment  in  the  Railways  Act,  1989  which  inter-alia envisages empowerment  of RPF to deal with cases of theft of passengers'  belongings  and  to  initiate  legal  action  against  accused persons apprehended for insulting modesty of women passengers. After completion of inter-Ministerial consultations, proposal has been forwarded to the Cabinet Secretariat for approval.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1615 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-02-13
Subject: Employment Survey
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: RAVNEET SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1615

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 13 TH  FEBRUARY, 2019

## EMPLOYMENT SURVEY

## 1615. SHRI RAVNEET SINGH:

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

- (a) the number of jobs created according to the Employment Survey and other official statistics  from  2014-2018,  State-wise,  especially in the State of Punjab;
- (b) whether there have been more job losses than job increases and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether the Central Government jobs have declined in the last four years and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the details of the number of estimated jobs reserved for the 10 percent economically weaker sections?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  IN  THE  MINISTRY  OF  STATISTICS  AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS [SHRI VIJAY GOEL]

- (a) to (c): Official statistics giving the number of jobs created or job losses  is  not  maintained  in  the  Ministry.  The  National  Sample Survey Office (NSSO), Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation has last conducted all-India survey on Employment Unemployment during its 68th round (July 2011 - June 2012). As per the results of the last NSS survey in 2011-12, the Worker Population

Ratio (Proportion of employed persons) as per usual status at the All India  level  was  38.6%  and  for  the  State  of  Punjab  was  39.2%. Further, NSSO started Periodic Labour Force Survey (PLFS) in April, 2017,  which  is  regular  and  continuing  survey  designed  to  yield annual estimates on labour force on employment and unemployment along  with  quarterly  estimates  for  the  urban  areas,  which  can  be used for policy making.

In  addition,  the  Ministry  has  also  started  bringing  out  a  monthly report on the employment outlook giving the data for new subscribers to the Employees' Provident Fund Scheme, the National Pension Scheme and the Employees' State Insurance Scheme. The data  from  September,  2017  onwards  gives  an  indication  of  the employees entering the formal sector through these schemes.

(d): The details of the number of estimated jobs reserved for the 10 percent economically weaker sections are not maintained by this Ministry. However, in compliance with the Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Amendment) Act, 2019, the Government has notified on 31.01.2019 the quantum of reservation for economically  weaker  sections  in  direct  recruitment  in  civil  posts and services in the Government of India.

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