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Lok Sabha Question No. 288 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Impact of Revocation of Article 370
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Prasun Banerjee

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 288

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH  NOVEMBER, 2019/ KARTIKA 28, 1941 (SAKA) IMPACT OF REVOCATION OF ARTICLE 370

288. SHRI PRASUN BANERJEE:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of inputs considered before the decision to revoke Art. 370 was taken;

(b) the average attendance in Kashmir schools since August 5; and

(c) the number of times pellet guns have been used in Kashmir since August 5?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

In order to apply all  provisions of the Constitution of India,  as amended from time to time, without any modifications or exceptions to the State of Jammu and  Kashmir  thereby  removing  article  35  A  and  all  other  constitutional ambiguities, the President, on the recommendation of the Parliament, issued a declaration under Article 370 (3). Accordingly, as from the 6 th  August, 2019, all clauses  of  the  article  370  shall  cease  to  be  operative  except  the  following which shall read as under:

"370. All provisions of this Constitution, as  amended from time to time, without any modifications or exceptions, shall apply to the State of Jammu and Kashmir  notwithstanding  anything contrary  contained in article 152 or article

LS.US.Q.NO. 288 FOR 19.11.2019 308  or  any  other  article  of  this  Constitution  or  any  other  provision  of  the Constitution    of  Jammu  and  Kashmir  or  any  law,  document,  judgment, ordinance, order, by-law, rule, regulation, notification, custom or usage having the  force  of  law  in  the  territory  of  India,  or  any  other  instrument,  treaty or agreement as envisaged under article 363 or otherwise." (b) Initially the attendance of the students was thin which gradually picked up  and  at  present  the  attendance  of  students  stands  at  99.7%  during  the ongoing examinations.

(c) Pellet guns have been used as a matter of abundant caution, only to deal with severe law and order problem, to avoid civilian causalities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 286 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Advisory for Tourist in J&K
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: A. Ganeshamurthi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 286

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH NOVEMBER, 2019/ KARTIKA 28, 1941 (SAKA )

ADVISORY FOR TOURIST IN J&K

286. SHRI A. GANESHAMURTHI:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether it is true that the Union Government has recently issued advisory for tourists in Jammu and Kashmir;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(c)  the  total  number  of  tourists  who  visited  Jammu  and  Kashmir  during  the last 6 months, including foreign tourists; and

(d) the income earned through tourism during the said period?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a)  &  (b):      The  Union  Government  has  not  issued  advisory  for  tourists  in Jammu and Kashmir recently.

(c)  &  (d):     The Government of Jammu & Kashmir has informed that a total of    34,10,219  tourists,  including  12,934  foreign  tourists,  visited  Jammu  & Kashmir  during  last  6  months  and  an  income  of  Rs.  25.12  crore  has  been earned through tourism during this period.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 284 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Capital Goods Industry
Ministry: HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES
Asked by: Aparajita Sarangi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 284

ANSWERED ON 19.11.2019

## CAPITAL GOODS INDUSTRY

284. SHRIMATI APARAJITA SARANGI:

Will the Minister of HEAVY INDUSTRIES AND PUBLIC ENTERPRISES भारी उद्योग एवं ऱोक उद्यम मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) the performance of the capital goods industry in terms of annual percentage increments in the production output of the sector during the last five years; and
- (b) the share of exports of the sector and the manner in which it has changed during the said period?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF HEAVY INDUSTRIES & PUBLIC ENTERPRISES (SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR)

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- (a):  The annual growth rate of Capital Goods Industry as measured in the Index of Industrial Production for the last five years is indicated as under:
- (b):  The data is being collated.

| Year    |   Growth in Production output (Capital Goods) (%) |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------|
| 2014-15 |                                              -1.1 |
| 2015-16 |                                               3   |
| 2016-17 |                                               3.2 |
| 2017-18 |                                               4   |
| 2018-19 |                                               2.7 |

Source: Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation

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Lok Sabha Question No. 283 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: BIS Standards for Chemicals
Ministry: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS
Asked by: P. C. Mohan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CHEMICALS & FERTILIZERS DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICALS & PETROCHEMICALS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 283 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19.11.2019

## BIS Standards for Chemicals

## 283.   SHRI P C MOHAN:

Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  many  Chemicals  produced  and  imported  in  the country are not confirming to BIS Standards;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has recently made BIS Standards mandatory for some Chemicals; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER  FOR  CHEMICALS  AND  FERTILIZERS  (SHRI  D.  V.  SADANANDA GOWDA)

(a) &    (b):    The  chemicals  sector  is  de-licensed.  The  standards  of  majority  of chemicals & petrochemicals are voluntary in nature.

(c)&  (d):  The  Government  has  recently  made  BIS  Standards  mandatory  for  some chemicals  viz.  Caustic  Soda,  Acetic  Acid,  Aniline,  Methanol  and  Poly  Aluminium Chloride  to  protect  human  health,  environment,  national  security  and  to  prevent unfair trade practices.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 282 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Promotion of Hindi and Sanskrit
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 282

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH NOVEMBER, 2019/ KARTIKA 28, 1941 (SAKA )

PROMOTION OF HINDI AND SANSKRIT

†282. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government is contemplating on policy change initiatives to promote progressive use of Hindi and Sanskrit for official purposes;
- (b) whether use of modern technology has also been planned, if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether the Government has sought  cooperation from international  level companies as well in this regard and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  the  details  of  the  structural  reforms  being  made  by  the  Government  for translating knowledge of various subjects into Hindi and Sanskrit;
- (e)  the  details  of  vacancies  of  Hindi  and  Sanskrit  translators  in  various Government institutions; and
- (f)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  create  new  posts  for  Hindi  and Sanskrit translators and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

- (a):      The present provision is sufficient in this regard.
- (b): Yes Sir. Technology Development for Indian Languages (TDIL) Programme of the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology,  modern technology has been developed for use of Hindi and Sanskrit on Information and Communication (ICT) devices. The following software tools are available through http://www.tdil-de.in:

## LS.US.Q.NO. 282 FOR 19.11.2019

Language  CDs  containing  Fonts,  localized  Libre  Office,  localized  Firefox browser and other localized open source software tools have been developed for all 22 Indian languages included in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution including  Hindi  and  Sanskrit , Text  to  Speech  (TTS)  Synthesis  System  for Hindi,  Optical  Character  Recognition  system  for  Hindi,  Machine  Translation Systems  from  English  to  Hindi  and  Sanskrit  to  Hindi,  Sanskrit  processing tools, Sanskrit e-learning tools .

(c) No Sir.

(d) The details are given in part (b) of the answer.

(e)  &  (f)  The  information regarding  vacant &  creation  of Hindi  post  is being kept  by  the  concerned  government  institution  at  their  level.  As  far  as  the information  regarding  vacant  &  creation  of  new  Sanskrit  translators  post  is concerned,  there  is  no  provision  of  use  of  Sanskrit  for  official  purposes  in central  government  offices.  So  information  regarding  vacant  &  creation  of Sanskrit translators post is not being kept.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 281 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Establishment of Central Agricultural Universities
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH & EDUCATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 281

TO BE ANSWERED ON 19/11/2019

## ESTABLISHMENT OF CENTRAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITIES

## 281. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f"k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  plans  to  establish  new  Central  Agriculture Universities and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government plans to establish such universities in Uttar Pradesh, and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the steps undertaken by the Government  to  upgrade  existing facilities in Agriculture  Universities  such  as  research  labs,  modern  scientific  equipment  among others; and
- (d) whether the Government plans to entrust Indian Council of Agricultural Research with regulatory powers over private agriculture colleges/universities and if so, the details thereof?

## A N S W E R

THE MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE d`f'k vkSj fdlku dY;k.k ea=h (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

- (a) There is no such proposal at present.
- (b) Does not arise in view of (a) above.
- (c) The Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) provides need based funding support to Agricultural Universities under Plan Scheme 'Strengthening and Development of  Higher  Agricultural  Education  in  India'  to  upgrade  research  laboratories,  and scientific equipment's, and other infrastructure.
- (d) No, Sir.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 279 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Insurance for Families of Farmers
Ministry: AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE
Asked by: T. R. Paarivendhar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE, COOPERATION AND FARMERS WELFARE

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 279 TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH   NOVEMBER, 2019

## INSURANCE FOR FAMILIES OF FARMERS

## 279.   DR. T.R. PAARIVENDHAR:

Will the Minister of AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Union Government has any plan to give insurance coverage to the family members of agriculturists and agricultural labourers across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, whether such proposal will be considered for implementation;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE AND FARMERS WELFARE

## कृ ष एवं कसान कयाण मंी (SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR)

(a) & (b): To  cater  to  all  insurance  needs  of  farmers  a  Unified  Package  Insurance Scheme (UPIS) has been introduced from Kharif 2016 as a pilot scheme in 45 districts.  The scheme  is  voluntary  for  the  State  Governments  to  implement  the  pilot  in  the  selected districts.  The  pilot  scheme  has  been  designed  to  take  care  of  all  the  insurance  needs  of farmers associated with their life, properties and agricultural activities such as crops, loss of life,  accidental  death  &  disability,  student  safety,  household,  agriculture  implements  and tractor.  Out of total of 7 covers under UPIS, Crop Insurance is compulsory and the farmer has to take atleast two from the remaining six sections.  But most of the States had made coverage  of  two  sections  voluntary  instead  of  compulsory,  therefore,  the  coverage  under other sections of the package except crop insurance has been negligible.

Further,  With  a  view  to  provide  social  security  net  for  the  landholding  Small  and Marginal Farmers as they have minimal or no savings to provide for old age and to support them in  the  even  of  consequent  loss  of  livelihood,  the  Government  has  introduced  a  new Central Sector Scheme for providing old age pension to these farmers, namely, the Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maandhan Yojana (PM-KMY). Under this scheme,, a minimum fixed pension of Rs.  3,000/-  is  provided  to  the  eligible  landholding  small  and  marginal  farmers,  subject  to certain exclusion clauses, on attaining the age of 60 years.  It is voluntary and contributory pension scheme, with entry age of 18-40 years.

- (c) to (e) : Do not arise.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 275 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Promotion of New Systems of Aquaculture
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Pintu

## MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. †275 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH  NOVEMBER, 2019

## Promotion of New Systems of Aquaculture

## † 275.  SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU:

Will  the  Minister  of  FISHERIES,  ANIMAL  HUSBANDRY  AND  DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  concrete  steps  have  been  taken  or  are  being  taken  by  the  Government  to promote biofloc and re-circulating acquaculture system for fisheries;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the schemes being run by the Government for construction of new ponds in addition to revival of dying ponds for fisheries?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRYAND DAIRYING

## (SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI)

- (a)  and  (b):      The  Department  of  Fisheries,  Ministry  of  Fisheries,  Animal  Husbandry  and Dairying,  Government  of  India  since  2015-16  has  been  implementing  a  Centrally  Sponsored Scheme (CSS) on Blue Revolution: Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries with a total  central  outlay  of  Rs.3000  crore  for  development  of  fisheries  in  the  country  including promotion of innovative technology in the field of fisheries and aquaculture. The CSS inter-alia provides  financial  assistance  to  the  State  Governments/UTs  for  taking  up  innovative  activities and adoption of new technologies such as Re-circulatory Aquaculture System (RAS) etc. Under the CSS 398 units of Re-circulatory Aquaculture System (RAS) with central share of Rs.26.805 crore have been taken up during the past four years 2015-16 to 2018-19.
- (c) Under the CSS on Blue Revolution : Integrated Development and Management of Fisheries financial  assistance  is  provided  for  development  of  freshwater  and  brackish  water  aquaculture including  construction  of  ponds,  renovation  of  existing  ponds/tanks,  renovation  of  MNERGA ponds and tanks, rejuvenation of Urban/ Semi-Urban/ Rural Lakes/Tanks for fish culture including input  costs.  Besides,  the  Fisheries  Infrastructure  Development  Fund  (FIDF)  inter-alia  provides concessional finance for development of infrastructure for aquaculture.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 274 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Increasing Communal Riots
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Saptagiri Sankar Ulaka

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 274

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH NOVEMBER, 2019/ KARTIKA 28, 1941 (SAKA ) INCREASING COMMUNAL RIOTS

274. SHRI SAPTAGIRI SANKAR ULAKA:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether communal riots are increasing in the country over the past years;

(b)  if  so,  the  number  of  communal  riots  in  the  country  during  the  last  three years and the current year, year and State-wise;

(c) the number of deaths or other casualties reported in such riots during the said period, year and State-wise;

(d) whether as per NCRB, the recorded incidents of agrarian riots jumped 327 per cent during the last two years and current year; and

(e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a)  to  (c)  The  incidents  of  communal  violence  show  a  declining  trend  in the country. 'Public Order' and 'Police' are State subjects as per the provisions of the Constitution. The responsibility of maintaining law and order including dealing with communal violence and maintaining relevant data rests with the respective  State  Governments.  However,  Government  of  India  monitors  the internal  security  and  law  and  order  situation  in  the  country,  and  issues appropriate advisories from time to time to maintain peace, public tranquility and  communal  harmony.  Government  also  deploys  CAPFs  to  aid  and  assist State Governments in this regard.

(d) & (e) The available information does not show such a trend.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 273 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Challaning of Vehicles
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 273

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH NOVEMBER, 2019/ KARTIKA 28, 1941 (SAKA )

CHALLANING OF VEHICLES

†273. SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a)  the  number  of  vehicles  belonging  to  Government  and  non-Government offices  challaned  after  implementation  of  new  traffic  rules  till  date  and  the amount of revenue earned from it;

(b) whether maintenance and fitness certificates are obtained for Government vehicles in order to overcome its problems from time to time; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

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

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Lok Sabha Question No. 270 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Mob Lynching
Ministry: HOME AFFAIRS
Asked by: P.R. Natarajan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 270

TO BE ANSWERED ON THE 19 TH NOVEMBER, 2019/ KARTIKA 28, 1941 (SAKA ) MOB LYNCHING

270. SHRI NATARAJAN P.R.:

Will the Minister of HOME AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) the details of death cases due to mob lynching on the suspicion of having beef meat in the recent past, State and year-wise;

(b) the details of cases booked and disposed of during each of  the  last  three years and the current year and punishment given to the guilty, year and Statewise; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government to curb mob lynching?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS (SHRI NITYANAND RAI)

(a)  to  (c):    'Police'  and  'Public  Order'  are  State  subjects  under  the  Seventh Schedule to the Constitution of India and State Governments are responsible for  prevention,  detection,  registration  and  investigation  of  crime  and  for prosecuting  the  criminals  through  their  law  enforcement  agencies.  The National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB) does not maintain data with respect to mob lynching. However, the Ministry of Home Affairs have issued advisories to States and UTs, from time to time, to  maintain law and  order and ensure that any person who takes law into his/her own hand is punished promptly as per law.   An  advisory  dated  04.07.2018  was issued  to  the   States and UTs   to

## LS.US.Q.NO. 270 FOR 19.11.2019

keep  watch  on  circulation  of  fake  news  and  rumours  having  potential  of inciting violence, take all required measures to counter them effectively and to  deal  firmly  with  persons  taking  law  into  their  own  hands.  The  Ministry  of Home Affairs have also issued an advisory on 09.08.2016 to all States/UTs for taking  prompt  and  strict  action  against  miscreants  who  take  law  into  their own  hands  in  the  name  of  protection  of  cow.  Further,  advisories  dated 23.07.2018 and 25.09.2018 were issued to the State Governments/UT Administrations for taking measures to curb incidents of mob lynching in the country.  The  Government  through  audio-visual  media  has  also  generated public awareness to curb the menace of mob lynching. The Government has also sensitized the service providers to take steps to check the propagation of false news and rumours having potential to incite mob violence and lynching.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 267 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2019-11-19
Subject: Navigation System for Fishermen
Ministry: FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING
Asked by: Adoor Prakash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FISHERIES, ANIMAL HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING DEPARTMENT OF FISHERIES

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No.267 TO BE ANSWERED ON 19 TH  NOVEMBER, 2019

## Navigation System for Fishermen

## 267. ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH :

## Will  the  Minister  of  FISHERIES,  ANIMAL  HUSBANDRY AND DAIRYING मत्स्यपालन , पशुपालन और डेयरी मंत्री be pleased to state :

- (a) whether a satellite based navigation system GEMINI has been developed for the help of fishermen in deep sea;
- (b) if so , the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is considering promoting the use of the same; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the measures proposed by the Government?

## ANSWER

## THE  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR  FISHERIES,  ANIMAL  HUSBANDRY  AND DAIRYING:

## (SHRI PRATAP CHANDRA SARANGI)

(a) & (b): Yes Sir. Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS), Ministry of Earth Science has recently developed a communication device called GEMINI (GAGAN Enabled Mariner's Instrument for Navigation and Information) to receive the  data  and  information  transmitted  from  GAGAN  satellite  system  owned  and  operated  by Airport  Authority  of  India  (AAI).  It  is  a  one-way  communication  device  used  for  the dissemination  of  information  to  help  the  fishermen  out  at  sea.  GEMINI  will  be  of  help  in forewarning  the  fishermen  about  evolving  cyclones  and  directing  them  to  return  to  nearest coast. Besides, information on Potential Fishing Zone (PFZ) advisories, Ocean State Forecasts, high  wave  alerts  and  tsunami  warnings  can  also  be  provided  to  fishermen  so  that  they  can receive such information irrespective of their location at sea through GEMINI devices .

(c) & (d): As  far  as  promoting  the  use  of  GEMINI  device  by  the  Government  is concerned, it is stated that the said device has been developed in the interests of Mariner's and fishermen by INCOIS which, per se is a Government agency. However, as this device has been launched by INCOIS only recently i.e. October, 2019, its acquisition and usage by fishermen may take some time.

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