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Lok Sabha Question No. 122 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Evaluation of Minerals
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Chandrani Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 122

ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## EVALUATION OF MINERALS

122. MS. CHANDRANI MURMU:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) the procedure for evaluation of different minerals particularly iron ore by Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM);
- (b) whether there is a difference of evaluation and auction price with Odisha Mining Corporation and IBM value and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether lower price as determined by Indian Bureau of Mines is not a loss to the public exchequer and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Average Sale Price of iron ore decreased during post auction period, if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a):  As  per  Rule  43  of  Minerals  (Other  than  Atomic  and  Hydro  Carbons  Energy Minerals) Concession Rules, 2016, Indian Bureau of Mines publishes the  Average Sale Price (ASP) of each mineral grade / concentrate removed from the mining leases in a month in a State. Computation of ASP is prescribed in Rule 42 of the said rules.
- (b): No such information is available with the Ministry of Mines.
- (c):  The computation of ASP is being done as per existing statutory framework in this regard.  The  ASP  is  weighted  average  of  Ex-mine  prices  reported  by  all  the leaseholders in a State in their monthly returns filed as per the provisions of Rule 45 of Mineral Conservation and Development Rules, 2017. As per Rule 42 of the Minerals (Other than Atomic and Hydro Carbons Energy Minerals) Concession Rules, 2016, various factors such as transportation cost (or fuel price/ freight etc.), export duty, rent, per unit cost of production etc. have bearing on the computation of Ex-Mine price. Therefore, ASP in a State may be different from sale price of ore from one particular mine or group of mines.
- (d): The ASP in a month depends on many factors including market conditions.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 121 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Autonomous Precision Landing of Space Rockets
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: Parvesh Sahib Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 121

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 07, 2022

AUTONOMOUS PRECISION LANDING OF SPACE ROCKETS

121. SHRI PARVESH SAHIB SINGH VERMA:
2. Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:
3. (a) whether  the  Government  is  working  on  Autonomous  Precision Landing of Space Rockets, if so, the details thereof;
4. (b) whether  the  Government  has  any  plans  to  tap  into  the  small satellite market, and if so, the details thereof; and
5. the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  manage  the  increasing
6. (c) space debris in lower earth orbit?

## ANSWER

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

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- (a) Yes, Sir. The Department has initiated studies towards undertaking the development  of critical technologies required to achieve Autonomous Precision Landing of Space Rockets and their

demonstration through Vertical Take-off & Vertical Landing (VTVL)

of Test Vehicles.

- In  order  to  become  an  active  stakeholder  in  the  small  satellite market,  ISRO/DOS  has  initiated  development  of  Spacecraft  buses for  the  small  satellites,  which  includes  nano-satellite  and  microsatellites.  Further  to  that,  the  development  of  Small  Satellite Launch Vehicle (SSLV) is also underway to provide launch services
- (b) catering to small satellite market.
- (c) Department  of  Space  has  put  in  place  appropriate  measures  to manage the increasing space debris in low earth orbit comprising of  defunct  satellites,  discarded  rocket  stages  and  other  orbital debris.

ISRO has been an active member of the Inter-Agency Space Debris contributed immensely to the IADC and UN guidelines for safe and sustainable

Coordination Committee (IADC) and India has space operations.

Mechanisms are in place for ensuring that the space activities are conducted in a safe and sustainable manner, which include:

-  Establishment  of  facilities  for  tracking  and  monitoring  of space objects.
-  Best practices such as passivation of launch vehicle upper stages, conjunction assessment and collision avoidance for satellites,  post  mission  disposal  of  satellites  and  upper stages, etc.
-  Operationalization of ISRO System for Safe and Sustainable Space  Operations  Management  (IS4OM)  for  safeguarding Indian space assets against space environmental hazards, to pursue the related R&D activities, and also to contribute to awareness  raising  on  the  long-term  sustainability  of  outer space activities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 120 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Extension of Stock Limit Order
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel, Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.120 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER, 2022

## EXTENSION OF STOCK LIMIT ORDER

## 120. SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL: SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA:

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

- (a) the main reasons behind the extension of stock limit order from 08.10.2021 to 31.12.2022;
- (b) the percentage change in prices of edible oil after removal of stock limit order;
- (c) whether it is a better way to remove licensing equipments, etc-; and
- (d) the benefits of removing wholesalers and big chain retailers from stock limit order?

## ANS WER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND

CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a): The stock limit order on edible oils and oilseeds was imposed on 08.10.2021 and further extended in the wake of very high prices of edible oils both in the international and domestic market, high volatility leading to hoarding, profiteering and black marketing:
- (b): The stock limit order on edible oils and oilseeds is still in force 31.12.2022. upto
- (c) & (d): The removal of wvholesalers and big chain retailers from the stock limit order on edible oils and oilseeds was done to enable them to stock up additional quantities, keep different varieties and brands of edible oils due to falling domestic and international prices:
Lok Sabha Question No. 119 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Spoilage of Food grains due to Negligence
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Shankar Lalwani, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

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

## LoK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.119

## To BE ANSWERED ON 7TH DECEMBER, 2022

## SPOILAGE OF FOOD GRAINS DUE TO NEGLIGENCE

## t119. SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI: DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

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

- (a) whether it is true that thousands of tonnes of foodgrains are spoiled knowingly by sprinkling water or by other methods to increase their weight in collusion with or due to negligence of officers;
- (b) if so, the details of foodgrains so spoiled during the last five years, State-wise;
- (c) whether such cases have come to the notice of the Government, if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon; and
- (d) whether the Government has fixed the responsibility of officers to prevent spoiling of the foodgrains, if the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): No Sir-
- (b): Does not arise in view to the (a) above.
- (c) & (d): A similar case has been noticed at Private Entrepreneur Guarantee (PEG) godown pertaining to Haryana State Co-operative Supply and Marketing Federation Limited (HAFED); Sonipat; an organization under Government of Haryana: The details on the action taken by HAFED are as under:
- Concerned officials of the godown have been placed under suspension
- FIR has been registered at Mohana (Sonipat) Police Station against the erring officials:
- Disciplinary proceedings are initiated against them: being

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Lok Sabha Question No. 118 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Escalation of Ticket Fare
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 118 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## ESCALATION OF TICKET FARE

## 118. SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether it is a fact that the Railway services have been drifting away  from  the  reach  of  poor  and  downtrodden  people  due  to  the escalation of ticket fare and lesser number of passenger trains with low fares; details  thereof  and  the  measures  taken  by  the Government to provide train services affordable and accessible to the
- (b) if so, the poor and downtrodden people; and
- (c)  whether  it  is  true  that  the  Garib  Rath  and  Jan  Shatabdi  train services  in  South  Indian  States  particularly  in  Tamil  Nadu  are  very less  as  compared  to  the  North  Indian  States  like  Uttar  Pradesh, Haryana  and  Bihar  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

( SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (c)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 118 BY SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 07.12.2022 REGARDING ESCALATION

OF TICKET FARE (a) & (b): Rail fares are highly subsidised to keep them affordable. Railways are  running  different types  of train services  like Suburban  locals/ordinary,  Non-Suburban  local/ordinary,  Mail/Express, Superfast trains, Garib Rath, Gaatiman, Rajdhani, Shatabdi, Duronto, Mahamana, Vande Bharat, Humsafar, Tejas, Tatkal fare, Special trains on special charges etc. Accordingly,  differential  fare  structures  are  there  for  different categories  of  train  services  to  provide  affordable  rail  transportation services to all sections of society. (c): Indian Railways do not run train services on State-wise basis as Railway network straddles across State boundaries. However, Southern Railways, which primarily serves the stations located in the State  of  Tamil  Nadu  operates  2  pairs  of  Garib  Rath  Express  and  4 pairs of Janshatabdi Express services.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 117 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Repairing of Ticket Vending Machines
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Arvind Kumar Sharma, Shankar Lalwani, Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.117 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## REPAIRING OF TICKET VENDING MACHINES

- †117   DR. ARVIND KUMAR SHARMA  : SHRI SHANKAR LALWANI  : DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether most of the Ticket Vending Machines are out of order and have not been repaired for months;
- (b)  if  so,  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  repair  the  defective machines in a time bound manner and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)  the number of ticket vending machines installed in the country at present; and
- (d)  the  details  of  the  guidelines  laid  down  for  repair  work  of  these machines?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a)   No, Sir.
- (b)   Does not arise.
- (c)   During  the  month  of  November  2022,  a  total  number  of  2938 Automatic Ticket Vending Machines and 11 Currency Operated

Ticket  Vending  Machines  are  dispensing  ticketing  services  over Indian Railway.

(d) Ticket vending machines are covered under warranty for 03 years along  with  post  warranty  comprehensive  AMC  (Annual  Maintenance Contract)  services  for  remaining  two  years  of  codal  life.    Any  repair work is executed under AMC.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 115 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Restoration of Train Services
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Rakesh Singh, Ganesh Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.115

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## RESTORATION OF TRAIN SERVICES

†115. SHRI RAKESH SINGH: SHRI GANESH SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the stoppages of the passenger trains at many stations which  were  discontinued  during  the  Covid  period  have  not  been restored till date, if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the trains which halted at railway stations at Majhgawan,  Jaitwara,  Unchehara,  Maihar,  Amdara,  Jhukehi  and Ghunwara  in  Satna  district  and  Jabalpur  railway  zone  of  Madhya Pradesh  prior  to  Covid,  are  not  stopping  at  these  stations  when operations were resumed after Covid pandemic resulting in inconvenience for passengers and agitations at many places, if so, the details and reasons thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  aware  of  the  assurance  of  Railway Minister that stoppages of these trains would be resumed at these stations as soon as possible; and
- (d)  if  so,  the  time  by  which  the  stoppages of these trains at  these stations is likely to be restored?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (d) To provide better passenger safety by creating maintenance  corridor  blocks,  minimizing  conflicts  in  existing  time table  etc.,  Indian  Railways  had  undertaken  rationalization  of  time

table(including  that  of  stoppages)  in  a  scientific  manner  with  the assistance of IIT-Bombay. Since November-2021, Mail/Express services  are  being  operated  as  per  rationalized  time  table  and stoppages. Accordingly, the number of trains serving the Majhgawan, Jaitwar, Unchhera, Maihar, Amdara, Jukehi and Ghunwara is as under:

| Station   |   No of trains (in Single) |
|-----------|----------------------------|
| Majhgawan |                         08 |
| Jaitwar   |                         10 |
| Unchhera  |                         10 |
| Maihar    |                         66 |
| Amdara    |                         14 |
| Jukehi    |                         06 |
| Ghunwara  |                         02 |

Provisions  of  additional  stoppages  at  these  stations  are  neither operationally expedient nor commercially justified, at present. However,  provision  of  stoppage  is  an  on-going  process  on  Indian Railways subject to operational feasibility and commercial justification, etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 111 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Gigabit Wireless Links
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Kani K. Navas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 111 TO BE ANSWERED ON 7 TH  DECEMBER, 2022

## GIGABIT WIRELESS LINKS

## 111. SHRI K. NAVASKANI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government concurs with the view that policies need to be framed so as to help, build and grow gigabit wireless links to reinvigorate the telecom sector to recoup its stellar trajectory and contribution as in the past;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the steps that are proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) From time to  time,  based  on  the  requirement  of  the  stake  holders  including  telecom service providers, Industry associations, Government as well as private captive users etc., DoT frames policies and guidelines for use of the spectrum in the different frequency bands for various wireless technologies including gigabit wireless links.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 106 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Improving Local Train Timing System
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Mondal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 106 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## IMPROVING LOCAL TRAIN TIMING SYSTEM

106.     SHRI SUNIL KUMAR MONDAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government has improved the local train timing system since most of the local trains get over delayed specially in Howrah's car shed area because it almost takes half an hour in giving platform to the local trains; and

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

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) & (b)   Indian Railways constantly endeavors to operate train services punctually.  However, at times due to non-availability of platforms and over saturated  line  capacity  utilization,  punctuality  of  sub-urban  services  in Kolkata area gets affected.  Constant endeavor is made by Indian Railways to  improve  punctuality  by  way  of      undertaking  capacity  augmentation works to ease out congestion and by rationalization of time table, which are on-going processes.  The average punctuality (%) of sub-urban services operating in Kolkata Area during the period, 2021-22 stood at 92.2%.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 105 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: e-Commerce Legislation
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Margani Bharat

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

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 105.

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 07 TH  DECEMBER, 2022.

## E-COMMERCE LEGISLATION

## 105.   SHRI MARGANI BHARAT:

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

- (a) whether it is true that there is no legislation to regulate e-commerce platforms in the country;
- (b) if so, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether it is also true that food service platforms are falling outside the competition rules and hence market regulators are not able to deal with them properly and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Ministry has studied the Digital Markets Act of Europe;
- (e) if so, the salient features of the above Act; and
- (f) whether the Ministry can adopt such legislation by modifying to Indian conditions to regulate e-commerce platforms, more particularly food service platforms and if so, the details thereof?

## 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) & (b): The  e-Commerce  sector  is  governed  by  a  comprehensive  legislative framework.  Some  of  the  Acts  applicable  to  e-Commerce  sector  are Consumer Protection Act, 2019; Competition Act, 2002; Central Goods and Services  Tax  (CGST)  Act,  2017;  Information  Technology  Act,  2000; Payment  and  Settlement  Systems  Act,  2007;  Companies  Act,  2013; Copyright Act, 1957 etc. FDI Policy and Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 contain provisions related to Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) in e-Commerce sector.
- (c): The provisions of the Competition Act, 2002 are applicable in respect of food service platforms as provided in Section 3 (Anti-competitive Agreements), Section 4 (Abuse of dominant position) and Section 5 and Section 6 (Mergers & Acquisitions).
- (d) to  (f): No specific study of the Digital Markets Act (DMA) has been undertaken. However,  as  per  the  information  available  at  the  website  of  European Commission, the Digital Markets Act introduces rules for platforms that act as  "gatekeepers"  in  the  digital  sector.  The  Act  is  applicable  only  to companies that may be designated as "gatekeepers" according to defined criteria. All legislations are formulated after wide stakeholder consultations including taking into account global best practices.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-12-07
Subject: Restoration of Train Operations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Basanta Kumar Panda

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.104 TO BE ANSWERED ON 07.12.2022

## RESTORATION OF TRAIN OPERATIONS

†104. SHRI BASANTA KUMAR PANDA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the cancelled trains that used to stop at Narla Road, Rupra Road and Lanjigarh Road Stations during Corona are likely to be restarted/re-operated at all the said railway stations;
- (b)  if  so,  the  time  by  which  all  the  said  trains  are  likely  to  be resumed;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Government is considering to stop Samta Express, Puri-Ahmedabad Express, Korba-Vishakhapatnam train and Tirupati-Bilaspur train at Nuapada Railway Station; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (c) To provide better passenger safety by creating maintenance corridor blocks, minimizing conflicts in existing time table etc., Indian Railways had undertaken rationalization of time

table (including that of stoppages) in a scientific manner with the assistance  of  IIT-Bombay.  Since  November-2021,  Mail/Express services  are  being  operated  as  per  rationalized  time  table  and stoppages. To cater to the needs of passengers of Norla Road and Rupra Road, stoppage of 3 pairs of trains at Norla Road station and 2 pairs of trains at  Rupra  Road  have  been  provided  w.e.f. 14.05.2022.    Further,  at  present,  Lanjigarh  Road  station  is  being adequately served by 05 pairs of train services. Besides, provision of stoppages is an on-going process on Indian Railways subject to operational feasibility and commercial justification etc.

(d) & (e) Stoppages of 12843/44 Puri-Ahmedabad Express, 18517/18 Korba-Viskhapatnam Express & 17481/82 BilaspurTirupati  Express  have  been  provided  at  Nawapara  Road  w.e.f. 23.08.2022.

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