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Lok Sabha Question No. 986 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: Mission RAFTAAR
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Keshari Devi Patel, Jaskaur Meena

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 986

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2023

## MISSION RAFTAAR

## † 986. SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL:

SHRIMATI JASKAUR MEENA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has launched Mission RAFTAAR across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh;
- (c) the details of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilised under the mission;
- (d) the details of trains identified under the said mission;
- (e) the details of the target fixed and achievements made so far under the said mission;
- (f) whether  the  said  mission  is  proved  to  have  brought  a  marked improvement in the speed of trains across the country; and (g) if so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  and  (b)  Yes,  Sir.  Mission  Raftaar  was  announced  in  the  Railway Budget 2016-17 with the targets for doubling of average speed of freight trains and increasing the average speed of all non-suburban passenger vis upgradation of New Delhi - Mumbai & New Delhi - Howrah routes of trains. The State of Rajasthan & Uttar Pradesh are being benefitted vis-àthe Golden Quadrilateral.

(c)  and  (d)  Mission  Raftaar  is  a  'Mission'  and  not  a  'scheme/project(s)', therefore, allocation/utilization of funds cannot be quantified and identification of specific trains cannot be done. (e) to (g) Speeding up of trains is a constant endeavour and a continuous process which is dependent on optimization of the investments made by Railways  in  modernization  of  technology,  high  powered  locos,  modern coaches  and  better  tracks.  To  this  end  Indian  Railways  are  inter  alia proliferating  Vande  Bharat  Trains  which  have  higher  speed  potential, converting  passenger  trains  operating  with  conventional  coaches  into Vande Metro type services (which have higher acceleration/deceleration owing to distrusted power). Indian Railway is constructing more than 3000 Km of Dedicated Freight Corridor(DFC), which would enable freight trains to run at speed of 100 kmph.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 982 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: Issues Related to Service Quality
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 982 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## ISSUES RELATED TO SERVICE QUALITY

## 982. SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government met operators to discuss rising instances of call drops and service quality related issues, if so, the details and the outcome thereof;

(b) whether the issue of interference from illegal boosters and Right of Way (RoW) challenges have also been sorted out, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and

(c) whether the Government was taking a long term view of service quality related matters and had asked players to identify problem areas and to suggest policy interventions that could improve call connectivity, if so, the details and the present status thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

(a) to (c) The Government recently met Telecom Service Provider (TSPs) to discuss Quality of Service  (QoS)  related  matter.  They  were  intimated  about  several  policy  initiatives  taken  by Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for telecom infrastructure growth in the country. These include permitting trading/sharing/liberalisation of spectrum, permitting passive & active infrastructure sharing, notification of Right of Way Rules 2016 and amendments thereof, making available government land/buildings for installations of towers etc. TSPs have been directed to put all out efforts to further improve the QoS in the Telecom Sector.

The Government carries out monitoring exercise from time to time to remove the interference caused by unauthorized/illegal boosters based on the complaints received from the TSPs.

DoT  is  regularly  following  up  with  States/Union  Territory  (UTs)/Central  Ministries  to adopt Indian Telegraph Right of Way Rules (IT RoW), 2016 and amendment thereof.

Also launch of Centralised RoW portal, GatiShakti Sanchar facilitates online applications, processing, clearance and dashboards for top level monitoring. The GatiShakti Sanchar portal has onboarded / integrated for all 36 States /UTs to accept, process and approve Right of Way (RoW) applications for both Optical Fiber Cable (OFC) and mobile towers through single interface. The portal enables applicants like TSPs / Infrastructure Providers (IP) to apply for RoW approvals to various agencies of State/UT Governments, local bodies and Ministries at one common/ single portal.

Telecom Regulatory authority of India (TRAI) has laid down 'The Standards of Quality of Service for Basic Telephone Service (Wireline) and Cellular Mobile Telephone Service Regulations, 2009'.  These  regulations  have  been  amended  time  to  time.  TRAI  reviews  existing  benchmark parameters  for  Quality  of  Telecom  Services  and  also  introduces  relevant  benchmarks  for  new technology based services as and when required.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 977 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: High Speed Rail Corridor
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Locket Chatterjee, Sunil Kumar Pintu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 977 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2023

## HIGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDOR

†977. MS. LOCKET CHATTERJEE: SHRI SUNIL KUMAR PINTU:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Ministry has assigned the task of preparing Detailed Project  Report  (DPR)  for  seven  High  Speed  Rail  (HSR)  corridors  to the National High Speed Rail Corporation Limited (NHSRCL);
- (b)  if  so,  the  progress  report  of  the  work  carried  out  so  far  in  this regard;
- (c)  whether the Delhi Agra-Lucknow-Varanasi and Varanasi-PatnaHowrah Corridors  have been sanctioned;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a)  to  (e):  Ministry  of  Railways  has  assigned  the  task  of  preparing Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  of  following  seven  High  Speed  Rail (HSR)  Corridors  to  NHSRCL.    The  DPRs  are  in  different  stages  of study:-
- i.    Delhi - Varanasi
- ii.   Delhi - Ahmedabad
- iii.   Delhi - Amritsar
- iv.   Mumbai - Nagpur
- v.    Mumbai - Pune - Hyderabad
- vi.   Chennai - Bangalore - Mysore
- vii.   Varanasi - Howrah

None of the above corridor is sanctioned as yet. Being highly capital intensive projects, the decision to sanction any HSR Corridor/Project depends on many factors such as outcome of DPR, techno-economic feasibility, availability of resources and financing options.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 975 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: Away From Reactor Facility
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 975

TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2023

## Away From Reactor Facility

975. DR. T. SUMATHY (a) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the time by which the Government plans to construct an Away From Reactor (ARF) facility for spent nuclear fuel in Kudankulam;
- (b) whether it is a fact that the facility was originally slated to be completed by April 2022;
- (c) if so, the reasons for the delay in construction of this facility;
- (d) whether  it is  a  fact  that  the  reactor  has  been  shut  down  in  the  past due to minor hazards and if so, the details of these incidents; and
- (e) whether any study has been undertaken to understand the potential negative impact of spent nuclear fuel on the surroundings in the absence of an ARF and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Each of the three twin Units at Kudankulam are provided with an Away From Reactor (AFR) facility for storage of spent fuel till it is sent for reprocessing. The AFR facility at Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project (KKNPP)- 3&4 is estimated to be operational by 2026.
- (b) The AFR facility at KKNPP-1&2 was slated to be completed by April 2022.
- (c) The delay in construction of the AFR facility at KKNPP-1&2 is due to delay in conduct of public hearing by the State Authorities which is a part of obtaining the statutory environmental clearance.
- (d) No, Sir.  The reactor was shut down in the past to carry out maintenance and refueling activities which is a routine feature in any Nuclear Power Plant. There is no hazard associated with these shutdowns.
- (e) The scheme of safe storage of spent fuel in Kudankulam nuclear power plant is two-fold.  The  first  place  of  storing  spent  fuel  is  located  within  the  reactor building,  generally  known  as  the  spent  fuel  storage  pool.  The  other  is  the storage facility located away from the reactor called the 'Away From Reactor' (AFR) Spent Fuel Storage Facility, within the plant premises. The spent fuel is shifted to the AFR facility when the capacity of the spent fuel storage pool in the reactor building exceeds. At present, there is enough capacity in the spent fuel storage pools of KKNPP-1&2 till an AFR Facility at the site is ready for shifting the  spent  fuel.  A  detailed  Environmental  Impact  Assessment  of  the  project (including storage of spent fuel within the reactor building) did not indicate any adverse environmental impact.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 973 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: Expansion of Bhimavaram-Narasapuram Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.973 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2023

## EXPANSION OF BHIMAVARAM - NARASAPURAM RAILWAY LINE

## 973.  SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

- (a)  whether  the  Railways  has  any  plans  of  taking  up  the  expansion work  of      Bhimavaram-Narasapuram  line  in  the  coming  financial year, if so, the details thereof; and
- (b)  whether  any  budget  estimates  have  been  prepared  to  allocate necessary funds in the coming  budget, if so, the details and the present status thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) and (b): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) AND (b) OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  973  BY  SHRI  KANUMURU  RAGHU RAMA  KRISHNA  RAJU  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 08.02.2023 REGARDING EXPANSION OF BHIMAVARAM -NARASAPURAM RAILWAY LINE

(a) and (b): Doubling of BhimavaramNarsapur has been completed as part of Vijayawada-Gudivada-BhimavaramNarasapur,  Gudivada-Machilipatnam and Bhimavaram-Nidadavolu (221 km) doubling project. Project is on cost sharing basis with Govt.    of  Andhra  Pradesh,  in  which  Govt.  of  Andhra  Pradesh  is sharing 50% cost of Project. Cost of the project is ₹4687.55 crore. and  an  expenditure  of  ₹4398.94  crore  has  been  incurred  upto January  2023.  So  far  Government  of  Andhra  Pradesh  deposited ₹289.63  crore  only  and  balance  Rs.1910  crore  is  outstanding towards their share in project.

Railway has provided an outlay of ₹300 Crore for the project for financial  year  2022-23.  The  entire  doubling  project  including electrification has been completed in September, 2022.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 971 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: Net Neutrality
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Vincent H Pala, Kumbakudi Sudhakaran, T.N. Prathapan, K. Muraleedharan, D.K. Suresh, Adoor Prakash

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 971 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## NET NEUTRALITY

## 971. SHRI VINCENT H. PALA:

SHRI KUMBAKUDI SUDHAKARAN:

SHRI T.N. PRATHAPAN:

SHRI K. MURALEEDHARAN:

SHRI D.K. SURESH:

ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken any steps to ensure net neutrality in the Country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the reasons for not setting up the Multi-Stakeholder Body yet, as recommended by TRAI to DoT;
- (c) whether the Government has carried out any technical audit of net neutrality across different Internet Service Providers (ISPs);
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e) whether the Government has periodically issued directions to monitor net neutrality in their network; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS, (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

- (a) Directives on Net Neutrality incorporating the principles of non-discriminatory treatment of content were issued by Department of Telecommunications (DoT) in July 2018.

Subsequently, DoT amended the Unified License for Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) and Unified License (Virtual Network Operators) and Unified Access Service License Agreement to incorporate the principles of non-discriminatory treatment of content in Sept. 2018 and issued an amendment in Internet Service Provider license for Regulatory Framework on 'Net Neutrality' in May 2019.

- (b) DoT  sent  a  reference  to  Telecom  Regulatory  Authority  of  India  (TRAI)  on  31.07.2018 seeking TRAI's recommendations on 'Traffic Management Practices (TMPs) and Multi-Stakeholder Body for Net Neutrality'. TRAI provided its recommendation on the subject on 22.09.2020. The recommendations of TRAI are under examination.
- (c) to (f) Technical audit of Internet Service Providers which includes technical information about the network, upstream and downstream bandwidth, tariff plans etc., is being done annually.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 969 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: Reduction in Hank Yarn Obligation
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand, Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 969 TO BE ANSWERED ON 08.02.2023

## REDUCTION IN HANK YARN OBLIGATION

## 969. SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND: DR. T. SUMATHY (a) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN:

Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री be pleased to state :

(a) whether the Government received any plea to reduce the hank yarn obligation from 40% to 10% for the release of backlog subsidy amount under Technology Upgradation Fund Scheme (TUFS) and other schemes provided to textile sector;

(b) if so, the details thereof and the Government's action in this regard;

(c)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  the  Textile  sector  in  India  has  potential  to  create  new  jobs  for  another 25 million people by 2025 and if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and

(d)  the  details  of  the  financial  assistance  provided  to  textile  industries  in  Tamil  Nadu  during  the  last seven years, Year-wise and cluster-wise?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् ) THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES

## (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a) & (b): Government keeps receiving requests from various Spinning Mills, Textile Associations and Director Handlooms & Textiles States/UTs to reduce hank yarn obligation, which has been revised to 30% from 40% vide notification no. 7/TDRO/6/2019 dated 07 th March, 2019.

(c) & (d): Direct  Employment  in  Textiles  sector  is  estimated  at  45  million.  Government  is implementing  various  schemes/programmes  to  increase  employment,  investment  and  expansion  of textile industry including modernization  of  weaving  and  processing  viz. Integrated  Processing Development Scheme, National Handloom Development Programme, National Handicraft Development Programme, SAMARTH-Scheme for Capacity Building in Textiles Sector, Silk Samagra 2 & Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks, etc.  The Government has taken various steps to create new jobs  in  textile  sector  in  India,  namely  Production  Linked  Incentive  (PLI)  Scheme  for  Textiles  and Pradhan Mantri Mega Integrated Textile Region and Apparel Parks (PM-MITRA) Scheme for setting up 7 Mega Textiles Parks.

Financial  assistance  from  Ministry  of  Textiles,  especially  in  Handloom  and  Handicraft  sectors,  is provided  based  on  receipt  of  proposals  from  the  states  and  physical  and  financial  viability  thereof. Because  of  this  requirement  specific  approach  to  be  taken  by  respective  states  based  on  these parameters, state-wise figures are proposal based, and not subjected to centralized annual quantification.
Lok Sabha Question No. 968 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: Package to Revive BSNL and MTNL
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Vijayakumar (alias) Vijay Vasanth, Vijay Kumar Hansdak

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 968 TO BE ANSWERED ON 8 TH  FEBRUARY, 2023

## PACKAGE TO REVIVE BSNL AND MTNL

## 968. SHRI VIJAYAKUMAR ALIAS VIJAY VASANTH: SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is providing relief package to revive BSNL and MTNL fortunes, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government received many customer complaints for non working of land lines and other services of BSNL and MTNL; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN)

(a) and (b) The Government on 23.10.2019 approved the revival of BSNL and MTNL. As a result of this, BSNL and MTNL have become EBITDA (Earnings Before Interest, Taxes, Depreciation and Amortization) positive since the financial year 2020-21. Further on 27.07.2022, the  Government approved revival package for BSNL amounting to Rs. 1.64 lakhs crores. The revival measures focus on infusing fresh capital for upgrading BSNL services, allocating spectrum, de-stressing its balance sheet,  augmenting its fibre  network  by  merging  Bharat  Broadband Nigam Limited (BBNL) with BSNL and sovereign guarantees to BSNL/MTNL.

(c) and (d) The details of grievances received through Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) related to landline services against BSNL / MTNL in last three years are as follows:

| Year   | Number of grievances   | Number of grievances   |
|--------|------------------------|------------------------|
|        | BSNL                   | MTNL                   |
| 2020   | 2341                   | 2025                   |
| 2021   | 1175                   | 1219                   |
| 2022   | 524                    | 1983                   |

BSNL / MTNL take expeditious actions to resolve these complaints.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 967 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: Halving the Ration Entitlement in PMGKAY
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: K. Subbarayan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.967

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 8TH FEBRUARY, 2023

## HALVING THE RATION ENTITLEMENT IN PMGKAY

## 967 . SHRI SUBBARAYAN K:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Government has decided to discontinue the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) introduced
- during the pandemic;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether it is a fact that as a consequence of this decision the ration entitlement of 81 crore people will be halved as they will be entitled to only 5 kg of ration per person instead of 10 kg; and
- (d) if the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

(a)to(d): The Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) had been launched with the specific purpose of ameliorating the hardships faced the poor and needy due to economic disruptions caused by the COVID-19 outbreak in the countryThe allocation of free foodgrains, under PMGKAY was in addition to normal allocation done under the Food Security Act (NFSA), 2013. Phase VII of PMGKAY was in operation upto 31.12.2022. Total food grains allocation under PMGKAY-I to VII was about 1118 LMT & financial outlay planned was about Rs 3.91 lakl crore. by

The Central Government, to remove the financial burden of the poor beneficiaries and to ensure nationwide uniformity and effective implementation of NFSA, has decided to provide food grains free of cost to around 80 crore NFSA beneficiaries i.e: AAY Families (@35 Kg of food grains per family per month) and PHH beneficiaries (@5Kg of food grains per   person per   month) under NFSA, 2013, for a period of one year, beginning from Ist Jan 2023.
Lok Sabha Question No. 965 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2023-02-08
Subject: GSI Study on Earthquake
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Gopal Chinayya Shetty

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 965

ANSWERED ON 08.02.2023

## GSI STUDY ON EARTHQUAKE

† 965. SHRI GOPAL CHINNAYA SHETTY:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Government has get any study conducted regarding the safety of life and property in urban and rural areas in the event of earthquake in the country particularly after the devastating earthquake in Gujarat;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the funds provided for the Geological Survey of India (GSI) for the above purpose;
- (d) whether the GSI has sought the assistance of experts in the field across the world; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b):  Yes,  Sir.  Geological  Survey  of  India  [GSI]  carries  out  Level-B  (1:25,000  scale) systematic microzonation studies through geological, seismological, geophysical and geotechnical  investigations  in  important  Indian  cities  and  urban  agglomerations  located  in varied seismotectonic domains of the country.

A total of 54 cities / urban agglomerations across India have been covered with seismic microzonation studies from Field Season [FS] 2000-01 up to FS-2021-22.

- (c): GSI receives budget grant from the Ministry of Mines for execution of all activities under Other Central Expenditure / Establishment Expenditure, Government of India. The fund is allocated under 'Specialized investigation' head for execution of all these activities including seismological study. The details of funds provided to GSI during the last five years and current financial year are as follows:
- (d)  &  (e):  The  standard guideline and systematic methodology of seismic microzonation is followed by GSI and it gets updated time-to-time in accordance with the advanced scientific understanding of the subject.

| Financial Year   |   2017-18 |   2018-19 |   2019-20 |   2020-21 |   2021-22 |   2022-23 |
|------------------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|-----------|
| Grant (in lakh)  |       188 |       190 |       200 |       190 |       300 |       300 |

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