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Lok Sabha Question No. 1722 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: Laying of Third Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Sunil Baburao Mendhe

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1722 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2022

## LAYING OF THIRD RAILWAY LINE

†1722   SHRI SUNIL BABURAO MENDHE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to State :

- (a)  whether  the  work  of  laying  of  third  railway  line  in  Koka  railway, village-  Betala  PH  No.26  Mohadi  -Tehsil  in  Bhandara-district  is taking place after acquiring land of farmers;
- (b)  if  so,  whether  the  farmers  have  been given  compensation for the said land acquisition;
- (c) if so, the details in this regard; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS &  INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) Yes, Sir. Third line is a part of Rajnandgaon-Nagpur 3 rd  line rail line project.  Cost  of  the  project  is ₹ 3176 cr. An expenditure of ₹ 1673 cr has been incurred upto March 2022 and an outlay of ₹ 641 Cr. has been provided  for  2022-23  for  this  project.    67  km  tripling  has  been commissioned and work taken up in balance section.
- (b) to (d) Yes, Sir. Total ₹ 52.36 Lacs  have  been  paid  against compensation  for  0.86  Ha  land  in  village-Betala  PH  No.  26  MohadiTehsil in Bhandara-District through land acquisition officer, Bhandra.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1721 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: New Train from Hubli to Bidar
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Umesh G. Jadhav, Sanganna Amarappa Karadi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1721 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2022

## NEW TRAIN FROM HUBLI TO BIDAR

1721. DR. UMESH G. JADHAV: SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Ministry has received any requests from public/public representatives  for  introducing  a  new  train  from  Hubli  to  Bidar  via Koppal,  Raichur  and  Kalaburagi  in  the  name  of  Kalyana  Karnataka Express;
- (b) if so, the present position thereof;
- (c) the time by which this train would be introduced fulfilling the long pending  demand  of  the  travelling  public,  industry  associations  and chambers of commerce; and
- (d) the details of new  trains proposed  to  be  introduced/already introduced by the Government in the State of Karnataka during the last three years?

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND

## ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## ANSWER (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (c) Yes, Sir. Representations, including from the Hon'ble Member Kalyana Karnataka Express between Hubballi and Bidar via Koppal.  The same is operationally not feasible for implementation, at present. However, introduction of trains is an ongoing process on Indian Railways subject
- of Parliament, have been received for introduction of to operational feasibility, traffic pattern, availability of resources, etc.
- (d)  Indian Railways do not run train services on State- wise basis as Railway network straddles across State boundaries.  However, during 2019-2020 to 2021-2022, 14 train services have been introduced over South Western Railway, which on originating/terminating basis, serve the stations located in the State of Karnataka.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1717 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: Export of Beef
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: S. Venkatesan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1717 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th  JULY, 2022

## EXPORT OF BEEF

## 1717.   SHRI S. VENKATESAN:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the total value of beef exports from India in FYs 2021 and 2022;
- (b) the share of India in percentage in the global exports of beef along with the rank of India therein;
- (c) the names of the first five top performing companies that are exporting beef;
- (d) the details of the initiatives of the Government to earn more forex earnings through beef exports?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

- (a):  As per Export Policy, the export of beef which includes meat and edible offal of cows, oxen and calf, is under prohibited category and not permitted to be exported.
- (b), (c) & (d):   Does not arise in view of reply (a) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1714 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: Cotton and Silk Yarn Prices
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Kuruva Gorantla Madhav, Geetha Viswanath Vanga

## COTTON AND SILK YARN PRICES

## 1714. SHRI KURUVA GORANTLA MADHAV: SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH:

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

(a) whether the Government is aware that the prices of cotton and silk yarn have increased by 69% since March 2020;

(b)  if  so,  the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  make  yarn  materials  more  affordable  for  the handloom weavers;

(c) whether any social security benefits are being provided for the poor and vulnerable weavers in the handloom sector;

(d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(e) whether the Government proposes to provide any financial revival package to the textile sector to deal with the adverse impact of the Covid-19 pandemic; and

(f) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## उत्तर

## ANSWER

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

## (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a) & (b): Cotton prices have increased over the last year owing to market forces of demand and supply and higher international prices. Higher raw cotton prices led to increase in the prices of cotton yarn.  However,  prices  of  cotton  yarn  have  reduced  by  about  Rs.  40  per  kg/-  consequent  upon  in reduction in prices of raw cotton. Ministry of Textiles is constantly engaged with various stakeholders across the entire cotton value chain in respect of the prices of cotton and cotton yarn to harmonize their interest. Ministry of Finance has exempted the customs duty on raw cotton imports upto 31 st October 2022.

The  average  silk  yarn  price  has  increased  in  June  2022  as  compared  to  March  2020.    Ministry  is implementing  the  Silk  Samagra  scheme  for  the  development  of  sericulture  industry  to  increase  the production of raw silk through various R&D interventions and also supplementing state Governments through beneficiaries oriented programmes.

Ministry is implementing Raw Material Supply Scheme (RMSS) to make available yarn to handloom weavers. Under the Scheme, freight charges are reimbursed for all types of yarn and there is 15% price subsidy for cotton hank yarn, domestic silk, wool, linen yarn and blended yarn of natural fibres.

(c) & (d): Handloom  Weavers'  Welfare,  a  component  of  National  Handloom  Development Programme (NHDP), being implemented by the Ministry provides universal/affordable social security, scholarship and need based financial assistance to the handloom weavers/workers including poor and vulnerable weavers across the country.

(e) & (f): In order to facilitate textile sector during Covid-19 pandemic, the Textiles units whose installed  machinery  verified  were  give  an  option  under  Amended  Technology  Up-gradation  Fund Scheme (ATUFS) for availing part subsidy against bank guarantee. Textile companies also benefitted from the Emergency Credit Line Guarantee Scheme.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1711 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: Poor Network Coverage in Urban Areas
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Rajmohan Unnithan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1711 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th  JULY, 2022

## POOR NETWORK COVERAGE IN URBAN AREAS

## 1711.   SHRI RAJMOHAN UNNITHAN:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is cognizant about the increasing frequency of poor network coverage in Urban areas and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has taken any measures to understand the reasons and causes for the same and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether there has been any attempt to understand why service providers have not been able to service these areas, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the steps taken by the Government to improve the coverage of mobile networks in urban areas?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) Telecom  Regulatory  Authority  of  India  (TRAI)  has  been  monitoring  the performance of Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) against the benchmarks for various Quality of Service parameters laid down by TRAI by way of Quality of Service regulations issued from time to time, through Quarterly Performance Monitoring Reports (PMRs). The performance is assessed for a Licence Service Area (LSA) as a whole.

New Mobile Towers and Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) are installed by TSPs to improve  coverage  and  capacity of their  networks  based  on  their  techno-commercial assessments from time to time. Nearly 17.06 lakh additional Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) for 2G/3G/4G-LTE services have been added by TSPs during the period from March, 2014 (6.49 lakh BTS) to 15 th July 2022 (23.56 lakh BTS) across the country.

TSPs also conduct drive test from time to time to improve mobile network coverage and Quality of Services.

Moreover,  Department  of  Telecommunications  (DoT)  has  taken  several  policy initiatives  to  facilitate  infrastructure  growth  for  delivery  of  quality  services.  These  include permitting trading/sharing/ liberalisation of spectrum, permitting passive & active infrastructure  sharing,  notification  of  Right  of  Way  Rules  2016,  making  government land/buildings available for installations of towers etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1710 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: Academic Block Chain Document
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Chinta Anuradha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTORNICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK   SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1710

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2022

## ACADEMIC BLOCKCHAIN DOCUMENT

## 1710.     SHRIMATI CHINTA ANURADHA:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state :

(a): the details of the measures taken by the NIC and its data centres to ensure security of the nodes  of  the  decentralized  network  of  Academic  BlockChain  Document  established  in Bengaluru, Pune and Jaipur; and

- (b): whether any nodes are proposed to be established in the state of Andhra Pradesh?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR   ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a): Academic BlockChain Document is a private blockchain network that has been implemented by  National  Informatics  Centre  for  the  Central  Board  of  Secondary  Education and  it  restricts  its access to few registered users.

The other security features are as follows:

1.    Blockchain Nodes are deployed at DMZ of Data Centres and access is restricted to permitted users and roles.
2.    Only  participating  nodes  of  the  data  centers  can  establish  network  through  designated  ports which are opened at firewall.
3.   Public and private keys have been used to identify the users or applications that  are accessing the network with appropriate access control mechanisms.
4.   All access to the Blockchain network  is through API.  The nodes are not directly accessible to users.
5.   The portal users have read-only access to the data in the nodes through API.
6. (b): No, Sir.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1709 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: Stoppage of Trains at Kasganj
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Rajveer (Raju Bhaiya) Singh, Bhola Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1709

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2022

## STOPPAGE OF TRAINS AT KASGANJ

1709. SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA):

SHRI BHOLA SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to launch a new train with stoppage at Kasganj, Uttar Pradesh going to Delhi via Agra;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Ministry has received any request in this regard;
- (d) if so, the action taken thereon; and
- (e) the number  of trains passing through Kasganj, category wise, frequency-wise and stoppage wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (d) No, Sir. At present, no proposal for introduction of new train from Delhi with stoppage  at Kasganj  (via Agra) is under consideration. Representation inter-alia for introduction of direct train service between Kasganj and Delhi has been received. The same has been examined but is not feasible, at present, due to operational constraints including terminal constraints in Delhi area. However, introduction of new train services is an  ongoing  process  on  Indian  Railways,  subject  to  traffic  justification, operational feasibility, commercial validity, availability of resources, etc.
- (e) At present, Kasganj station is being served by 13 pairs of Passenger Special services (all daily services) and 16 pairs of Mail/Express services (09  pairs  of  weekly,  01  pair  of  bi-weekly,  03  pairs  of  tri-weekly  and  03 pairs of daily services).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1708 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: Pending Cases in Consumer Courts
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel, Shardaben Anilbhai Patel

## Government of India Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

## Department of Consumer Affairs

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1708 (OIH)

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2022

## PENDING CASES IN CONSUMER COURTS

1708.  SHRI MITESH RAMESHBHAI PATEL (BAKABHAI): SHRIMATI SHARDABEN ANILBHAI PATEL: (OIH)

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- (a) the number of pending cases in Consumer Courts in Gujarat;
- (b) whether the Government is satisfied with the performance of the Consumer Courts in the State; and
- (c) if not, the details of the action proposed to be taken thereof?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

- (a)  : As  per  the  data  provided  by  Gujarat  Govt.,  the  details  of  cases  filed  in  consumer  commissions    in Gujarat as on 30.06.2022 are given below:

|   Filed |   Disposed |   Pendency | Disposal Percentage   |
|---------|------------|------------|-----------------------|
|  345862 |     304288 |      41574 | 88%                   |

(b) & (c) :  Consumer Commissions provide a legal framework to consumers for redressal of their complaints at various levels and are thus proving to be helpful to the common consumers in resolving their disputes related to quality  of  consumer  products  and  various  services.  For  expeditious  resolution  of  grievances,  the  Consumer Protection  Act,  2019  also  has  provisions  for  establishing  Mediation  Cells  within  the  premises  of  Consumer Commissions to work as an Alternate Dispute Resolution (ADR) mechanism and cases may be referred to these Mediation  Cells  from  Consumer  Commissions  if  scope  for  early  settlement  exists  and  parties  agree  for  it. Similarly, cases are also disposed of through Lok Adalats. Provision for filing cases online through e-daakhil has also been introduced in the Consumer Commissions across the country including Gujarat for speedy and hasslefree resolution of cases.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1707 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: Mission Blue Economy
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOKSABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1707 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 27THJUL ,202

## MISSION BLUE ECONOMY

## 1707. DR. T. SUMATHY (a) THAMIZHACHI THANGAPANDIAN;

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the funds sanctioned, allocated and utilized for activ~ ies r lated to Mission Blue Economy in the country; I
- (b) the details of the projects underway in the country as part of the same;
- (c) the details of the target set and the achievements made so far in thiJ regar ; and
- (d) the list of projects implemented in Tamil Nadu and the funds allocated fo the same?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHAR£E) F R MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGy AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- (a) The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) does not have any programme/project named I Mission Blue Economy. However, MoES is in the process of flnalizi g the National Policy on Blue Economy for the country. No specific funds have b en sa ctioned for this activity by the Ministry.
- (b) Does not arise.
- (c) Does not arise.
- (d) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1704 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: Establishment of ITIT
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Arvind Dharmapuri

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1704

TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.07.2022

## ESTABLISHMENT OF ITIR

## 1704. SHRI ARVIND DHARMAPURI:

Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  proposals  received  from  various  State  Governments  for  the  establishment  of Information  Technology  Investment  Region  (ITIR)  and  the  present  status  of  the  proposals, State-wise;
- (b) whether  such  a  proposal  has  been  received  from  the  Government  of  Telangana  for  the establishment of ITIR;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps being taken by the Government for the establishment of ITIR in Telangana?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

(a)  to  (d):  Ministry  of  Electronics  and  Information  Technology  (MeitY)  notified  Information Technology Investment Region (ITIR) policy vide notification dated 28 th May, 2008 to develop self contained  integrated  township  to  accelerate  growth  of  Information  Technology  (IT)  /  Information Technology Enabled Services (ITeS)/ Electronics Hardware Manufacturing (EHM) industry.  Under the  policy,  five  (5)  proposals  for  setting  up  of  ITIR  were  received  from  states  of  Karnataka (Bengaluru), Andhra Pradesh (Vishakhapatnam), Telangana (Hyderabad), Tamil Nadu  (near Chennai)  and  Odisha  (Bhubaneswar).  Out  of  these,  ITIR  was  notified  in  State  of  Karnataka (Bengaluru) and Telangana (Hyderabad) on 26 th June, 2013 and 13 th November, 2013 respectively.

Government  has  already  introduced  various  schemes/  programmes  for  infrastructure  development and  to  create  sustainable  ecosystem  for  the  industry  through  schemes  like  Industrial  Corridor Development  (Department  of  Industrial  Policy  and  Promotion,  now  DPIIT),  Smart  City  Mission (Ministry of Urban Development, now MHUA), Electronics Manufacturing Clusters (EMC) scheme (MeitY) etc. wherein considerable financial support has been made available, the objectives of ITIR are being achieved through these schemes / programmes.

ITIR Policy Resolution,  2008  has  been  discontinued  and  all  activities  under  the  policy  have  been closed considering more recent industrial schemes/programmes introduced by Government such as DMIC, Smart City and Electronics Manufacturing Clusters etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1703 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-07-27
Subject: FTAs with Export Destination
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1703 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th  JULY, 2022

## FTAs WITH EXPORT DESTINATIONS

## 1703. SHRI KANUMURU RAGHU RAMA KRISHNA RAJU:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वाणिज्य एवं उद्योग मंत्री ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the country needs to pursue Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) with major export  destinations  like  the  EU  and  the  U.S.  to  push  apparel  shipments  amid increasing competition from Bangladesh and Cambodia that enjoy tari concessions; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the steps being taken in this regard along with results yielded till date?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

- (a) & (b): India has so far signed 13 Free Trade Agreements (FTAs) and 6 Preferential Trade Agreements (PTAs) with its trading partners for preferential access for its products including apparels. FTA negotiations are entered into with mutual agreement  with  the  trading  partners.  Presently,  India  is  engaged  in  FTA negotiations with some of its trading partners including the European Union, Canada, Israel and the United Kingdom.

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