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Lok Sabha Question No. 618 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: 5G Trial
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Manish Tewari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 618 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST  DECEMBER, 2021

## 5G TRIAL

## 618. SHRI MANISH TEWARI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the telecom operators have been given extension on their 5G trial permits which has led to a delay in transition to 5G networks; and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  telecom  companies  have  to  engage  with  foreign  companies  for  5G technology as Indian companies have not been able to fulfil all requirements;
- (c) the details of foreign companies engaged in any capacity in 5G rollout;
- (d) whether the Huawei and/or ZTE have been banned from supplying 5G equipment to the telecom operators and if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether  domestic  innovation  in  the  field  of  5G  technology  and  its  usage  have  been encouraged along with the Internet of Things, Telemedicine etc. and if so, the details thereof;
- (f) whether  it  is  a  fact  that  telecom  companies  have  pointed  out  that  the  base  rates recommended  by  TRAI  for  5G  spectrum  sale  are  too  high  and  demanded  that  the  prices  be reduced and if so, the reasons and the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) Telecom operators had requested Department of Telecommunications (DoT) for extension of their 5G Trial Licenses, in view of their technical requirements and time required for setting up of 5G trial network. Accordingly, their licenses have been extended uniformly for another period of six months i.e. upto 26.05.2022 or till the date of assignment of spectrum for commercial use post auction, whichever is earlier.

(b) & (c) Presently, foreign companies namely, M/s Ericsson, M/s Nokia, M/s Samsung and M/s Mavenir are engaged with TSPs in 5G trials. Apart from this, indigenous 5G products are being developed by C-DoT and other domestic firms.

(d) TSPs are required to select network equipment manufacturers, following the provisions of National Security Directive on Telecommunication Sector (NSDTS) to address the national security concerns.

(e) For  promotion  of  5G  indigenous  technology,  DoT  in  March,  2018  approved  a  multiinstitute collaborative project to set up indigenous 5G Test Bed at a total cost of Rs. 224 crores. This project envisages setting up of an end-to-end open 5G Test Bed in a distributed architecture model  and  enable  Indian  academia  and  industry  to  validate  their  products,  prototypes  and algorithms. It will provide facilities for experimenting and demonstrating 5G applications/ use cases. DoT has also 2rganized '5G Hackathon' to promote 5G products and applications.

(f) 5G spectrum reserve price has not been decided so far.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 617 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Electrification of Miraj-Latur Broadgauge line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Bhavana Gawali (Patil), Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 617 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## ELECTRIFICATION OF MIRAJ-LATUR BROADGAUGE LINE

† 617. SHRIMATI  BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI:

## SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH ALIAS PAWAN   RAJENIMBALKAR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether electrification of Miraz-Latur broad gauge rail route has been completed;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government gives proper compensation to the farmers for acquisition of farmers' land for any purpose;
- (d)  whether  for  electrification  of  Miraz-Latur  broad  gauge  rail  route,  electric  poles were/are  being  installed  by  the  Railways  department  without  acquiring  the  land  of farmers;
- (e) whether it is true that on both sides of this route there is farmers land and the department has neither acquired the land of farmers nor has given compensation to these farmers and if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (f) the steps taken by the Government to give proper compensation to such affected farmers?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) & (b) Miraj-Kurduwadi (187 Route Km) section has been electrified. Electrification works on Kurduwadi-Latur (190 Route Km) are under progress in different stages of execution.
- (c) Yes, Sir.
- (d) Yes, Sir. All electric poles are being erected on railway land, hence, acquisition of land does not arise.
- (e)  Since  no  additional  land  requirement  arises  for  electrification  of  Miraj-Latur section, question of giving compensation does not arise.
- (f) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 616 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: IT Park in Darbhanga
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Gopal Jee Thakur

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 616

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 01.12.2021

## IT PARK IN DARBHANGA

## 616. SHRI GOPAL JEE THAKUR:

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

- (a) whether the Government proposes to set up an 'IT Park' in Darbhanga district in the State of Bihar and if so, the time by which the construction work of the said IT Park is likely to be completed; and
- (b) the details of the timeline by which the said IT Park is likely to be made functional along with the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) and (b):  Yes, Sir.   Software Technology Parks of India (STPI), an autonomous society under Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology is establishing a STPI center in  Darbhanga district in the State of Bihar. Currently, the infrastructure development work of STPI centre at Darbhanga  (Bihar)  is  in  progress  and  STPI  is  making  its  best  efforts  to  complete  it  by  June, 2022. Usually, it takes two months to  make the Centre operational from the date of handing over of civil infrastructure by Project Management Consultant (PMC).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 614 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Foreign Investment
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Deepak (Dev) Adhikari

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 614. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 1 ST  DECEMBER, 2021.

## FOREIGN INVESTMENT

614.   SHRI ADHIKARI DEEPAK (DEV):

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

- (a) the details of the foreign investment in India during the last five years;
- (b) whether Covid pandemic has affected the foreign investment in the country; and
- (c) if so, the details of the total loss during the said period?

## ANSWER

## वाणिज्य  एवं उद्योग मंत्रालय में राज्य मंत्री (श्री सोम प्रकाश) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY (SHRI SOM PARKASH)

- (a): The  details  of  foreign  investment  reported  through  routes  of  Foreign  Direct Investment  (FDI)  inflow  and  Foreign  Portfolio  Investment  (FPI)  inflows  (net) during the last five financial years are as under:
- (b): As shown in table above, despite COVID-19 pandemic, the country has shown growth both in FDI inflow and FPI inflows (net) during Financial Year 2020-21 as compared to previous Financial Year 2019-20.
- (c): Does not arise.
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|   S. No. | Financial Year   | Total FDI Inflow (amount in US$ million)   | FPI inflows (net) (amount in US$ million)   |
|----------|------------------|--------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|        1 | 2016-17          | 60,220                                     | 7,735                                       |
|        2 | 2017-18          | 60,974                                     | 22,165                                      |
|        3 | 2018-19          | 62,001                                     | (-) 2,225                                   |
|        4 | 2019-20          | 74,390                                     | 552                                         |
|        5 | 2020-21          | 81,973                                     | 38,725                                      |

Source: Reserve Bank of India.
Lok Sabha Question No. 613 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Ordinance to Extend Service Tenure
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: M. K. Raghavan

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 613

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021)

## ORDINANCE TO EXTEND SERVICE TENURE

## 613. SHRI M.K. RAGHAVAN:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  recently  introduced  an  Ordinance  to  extend  the  service tenure of selected officials and if so, the reasons for the same;
- (b) whether  this  decision  will  create  nepotism  in  the  bureaucracy  especially  in  selected investigating agencies like ED, CBI and NIA;
- (c) whether this will also create disparity in service conditions of the Government officials; and
- (d) if so, whether there is a general acceptance to increase the retirement age from the present 60 to 63/65 of the Government servants 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):  With a view to ensuring stability and continuity in the tenure of officers heading the two important  agencies  of  the  Government  and  supervising  sensitive  cases,  clear  provisions  have been  made  in  the  Delhi  Special  Police  Establishment  Act,  1946,  and  the  Central  Vigilance Commission Act, 2003, for extension, on the recommendation of the prescribed Committee, in public  interest  and  for  reasons  to  be  recorded  in  writing,  beyond  the  initial  approved  tenure subject to the condition that the total tenure does not exceed five years.
- (b): No sir.
- (c): No sir.
- (d): No, sir.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 611 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Tea Branding
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Pallab Lochan Das

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 611

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 01 st  DECEMBER, 2021

## TEA BRANDING

## 611.  SHRI PALLAB LOCHAN DAS:

Will  the  Minister  of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािण᭔य  एवं उ᳒ोग मंᮢी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of the mechanism of Tea Branding in the country;
- (b) whether it is a fact that Assam and West Bengal tea is being mixed with tea of other countries and are then sold in the market;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the total tea exported and imported the Government during the last three  years  including  cost  at  which  the  tea  have  been  imported, country wise data?

## ANSWER

okf.kT; ,oa m|ksx ea=ky; esa jkT; ea=h ¼Jherh vuqfiz;k iVsy½ THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SMT. ANUPRIYA PATEL)

- (a) : Tea Board promotes Indian Tea as a brand and its various varieties such as Darjeeling, Assam, Nilgiri, Sikkim, Kangra, Dooars-Terai and Tripura through various platforms i.e. Tea Board website, social media, promotional programs, Buyer Seller Meets, awareness campaign, Indian Missions abroad wherein a detailed description of uniqueness/characteristics & health benefits of Indian teas are displayed. Branding  of  Indian  Tea  and  its  varieties  is  also  done  through  various stakeholders of Tea Industry. Tea Board has obtained GI (Geographical Indication)  for  three  different  unique  regional  teas  namely,  Darjeeling, Assam  (Orthodox)  and  Nilgiri  (Orthodox)for  premium  teas  of  India. Further, in order to strengthen the identity of Indian tea, the Tea Board has registered logos for Indian Tea as well as other teas viz., Assam, Nilgiri, Dooars -Terai, Tripura and Sikkim.
- (b) & (c) : Teas are allowed to be imported into India. The percentage of tea import to total domestic production is about 2%, which  is mainly meant for re-export after value addition including blending. The Tea Board has issued instructions on 11.11.2021 directing not to blend imported tea with teas of Darjeeling (West Bengal)/Kangra/Assam (Orthodox)/Nilgiri (Orthothodox).

(d): The Government of India does not export or import tea.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 610 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Laser Interferometer Gravitation-Wave Observatory (LIGO)
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Jagdambika Pal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.610

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATION - WAVE OBSERVATORY (LIGO)

610. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  land  acquired  by  the  Government  for  the  Laser  Interferometer Gravitation-Wave  Observatory  (LIGO)  along  with  the  funds  committed  by  the Government for the research and development under the same;
- (b) the details of the infrastructure likely to be setup to host the ambitious LIGO project;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  proposed  any  plan  to  develop  the  area  around  the mega-science project;
- (d) if so, the details thereof along with the details of financial outlay for the same;
- (e) whether there is any delay in the project completion; and
- (f) if so, the reason therefor along with the estimated date of completion?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Land around 174 Hectares in an 'L' shaped configuration (with each arm of the L being 4 km in length) at Aundha, in Hingoli District of Maharashtra has been acquired for the LIGO-India Project. The Government has committed Rs. 79.85 crore for the pre-investment activities of LIGO-India Project.
- (b) The Project requires identification, acquisition and development of a seismically low noise site, followed by construction of the civil facility required for housing the 4 km arm  length  Interferometer  detector  suitably  designed  to  address  all  the  vibration sources such as pumps, fans, HVAC etc. The scope of work also involves fabrication and installation of large vacuum chambers, liquid nitrogen cryo-pumps etc., with the required  quality  control  and  contamination  control  to  achieve  ultra-high  vacuum suitable for installation of the detector.
- (c)&(d) No, Sir.
- (e)&(f)  There is no delay in the project completion. The pre-investment activities have been completed  and  a  suitable  site  for  the  project  has  been  acquired.  The  estimated duration for the completion of the project is 7 years from the date of sanction.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 608 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Merger of services of Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: K. Shanmuga Sundaram, P. Velusamy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 608 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## MERGER OF SERVICES OF RAILWAYS

608.  SHRI SHANMUGA SUNDARAM K.: SHRI VELUSAMY P.:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the Government has decided to merge eight difference services of Railways to create one single service clubbing all the services into one;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the basic criteria  to decide the seniority of the different services and  the  steps  taken  to  maintain  uniform  seniority  in  the  combined services;
- (d) the estimated time to be taken to  merge all the services and the constitution of Railway Board;
- (e) whether  the  Government  is  having  any  proposal  to  bring  nonrailway officers in the Railway Board; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMTION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (d) Cabinet  has  approved,  creation  of  a  new  Group  'A'  Central Service called Indian Railway Management Service   (IRMS),   which is at the stage of working out modalities.

- (e) & (f) At present, the following posts of Railway Board are filled up, by non-railway officers, either on deputation basis or against encadred post of the respective Ministries:-

|   S.No. | Name of Post                                                              |
|---------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|       1 | Director General, Railway Protection Force (Indian Police Service)        |
|       2 | Director, Vigilance Police (Indian Police Service)                        |
|       3 | Additional Director General/Public Relations (Indian information Service) |
|       4 | Senior Economic Advisor (Indian Economic Service)                         |
|       5 | Economic Adviser (Indian Economic Service)                                |
|       6 | Director, Economic Unit (Indian Economic Service)                         |
|       7 | Deputy Director, Economic Unit (Indian Economic Service)                  |
|       8 | Legal Adviser (Indian Legal Service)                                      |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 604 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Inconvenience Due to Poor Seat Covers
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ganesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 604 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## INCONVENIENCE DUE TO POOR SEAT COVERS

## †604.   SHRI GANESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  passengers  are  facing  inconvenience  during  their journey due to installation of substandard materials in passenger seats/sleepers in the trains especially in long distance passenger trains;
- (b) if  so,  whether  the  Railways  proposes  to  cover  the  passenger seats  and  sleepers  with  good  quality  foam  (cushions)  to  make the  rail  journey  more  comfortable  and  to  provide  facilities  of international standards to the passengers; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  It  is  a  continual  endeavour  of  Indian  Railways  (IR)  to  provide comfortable journey to passengers. Complaints related to seats and berths  are  attended  on  priority.  Defective  seat  covers,  Seats  and Berths in train coaches are also attended regularly during scheduled  /  unscheduled  maintenance  at  coaching  depot  and workshops. (b) & (c): In order to enhance passenger comfort and improving fire safety standards, it has been decided to provide Silicon Foam and Polyurethane (PU)  Foam  (complying  to  Fire,  Smoke  and  Toxicity (FST) properties as per EN 45545 part-2 HL-3), with fire barrier cloth (compliant to the EN-45545, HL-3 standards) as cushioning material. *****
Lok Sabha Question No. 603 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Improvement in Railway Infrastructure
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 603 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## IMPROVEMENT IN RAILWAY INFRASTRUCTURE

## 603. SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  allowed  private  players  to  lay tracks and collect revenues in the country;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof, State/UT-wise; and
- (c) the  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  help  improve railways   infrastructure?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND

## ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) and (b): Ministry of Railways (MoR) has formulated a Participative Policy, 2012 to encourage the investment in developing rail connectivity  by  associating  strategic  partners  and  other  investors. The policy defines  five  Public  Private  Partnership  models  viz.  NonGovernment  Railway  (NGR),  Joint  Venture  (JV),  Customer  Funded, Build Operate Transfer (BOT) and BOT-annuity models. State Governments/Local bodies/PSUs may also participate as stakeholder for the development of new lines/gauge conversion project under the participative  policy  of  MoR.  In  all  such  Public  Private  Partnership (PPP) Projects, train operation  and revenue collection  continues to remain with Railway. However, such entities get a share of revenue in  lieu  of  owing/maintaining  the  infrastructure.  The  PPP  mode  has been  found to be quite successful in Railways, especially in providing  last  mile  rail  connectivity  to  many  ports  and  industrial clusters.

So  far,  14  projects  of ` 9,234  Crore  have  already  been  completed through  PPP  mode.  10  more  projects  of ` 19,417  Crore  are  under implementation  including  coal  connectivity  and  port  connectivity projects  and  in  addition,  7  more  projects  of ` 13,971  Crore  have already been granted In-Principle approval, which are under development stage.

- (c):  Various  steps  being  taken  by  Government  for  effective  and speedy implementation of rail projects include:
- (i)    Prioritisation of projects.
- (ii)   Substantial increase in allocation of funds on priority projects.
- (iii)  Delegation of powers at field level.
- (iv)  Close monitoring of projects at various levels and
- (v) Regular follow-up with State Governments and concerned authorities for expeditious land acquisition, forest and wildlife clearances and for resolving other issues pertaining to projects.

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