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Lok Sabha Question No. 89 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Crisis in Rubber Sector
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Adoor Prakash

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 89 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd  FEBRUARY, 2022

## CRISIS IN RUBBER SECTOR

## 89. ADV. ADOOR PRAKASH:

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

- (a) whether the Government is aware of the crisis in rubber sector and the plight of small and marginal farmers due to fall in the price of natural rubber;
- (b) whether the Government has any plans to bring natural rubber under Minimum Support Price Scheme (MSP) Scheme and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has received recommendation of the task force on the rubber sector for considering natural rubber as agricultural crop and bring it under the MSP scheme; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the decision taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Domestic Natural Rubber (NR)  prices have increased in the country in the recent past.  The average price  of  RSS4  grade  sheet  rubber  for  the  period  of  April  to  December  2021  was  Rs.  172.82  per  kg compared to the yearly average of  Rs. 141.85 per kg during 2020-21.

As domestic Natural Rubber  is highly sensitive and is linked to prevailing international prices of natural rubber, the Government has been taking steps from time to time to ensure that domestic farmers get remunerative prices for their produce.

- (b): No such proposal is under consideration of the Government.
- (c) & (d): The task force on rubber sector has recommended treating Natural rubber (NR) as an agricultural product and its inclusion under Minimum Support Scheme (MSP).  The Government of India fixes MSP for 25 agricultural crops. These prices are fixed on the basis of recommendations of   the   Commission for   Agricultural   Costs  &   Prices  (CACP).   Natural Rubber is not included in the selected 25 crops for which Minimum Support Price (MSP) is notified, as it does not fulfill most of the criteria for inclusion under MSP, and is not covered under the Comprehensive Scheme for studying the cost of cultivation of principal crops in India.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 88 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Zero Based Time Table
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Mohanbhai Kalyanji Kundariya, Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.88

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2022

## ZERO BASED TIME TABLE

88.  SHRI MOHANBHAI KALYANJI KUNDARIYA: SHRI DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is fact that prior to implementation of Zero based Time Table, Ahmedabad-Chennai Navjeevan Express parked idle for 13 hrs in the yards used to be at Ahmedabad;
- (b) if so, whether any Public Representatives have submitted representation highlighting the possibilities of easy turnaround extension  of  operations  of  Ahmedabad-Chennai  Navjeevan  Express from Ahmedabad to Rajkot;
- (c )if so, the details of the action taken in this regard; and
- (d) if not, the reasons therefor and the time likely to be taken thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (d)  Representations, including that from the   Hon'ble Member of Parliament, for extension of 12655/12656 Ahmedabad-Chennai Navjeevan  Express  upto  Rajkot  have  been  received.  These  requests have  been  examined  but  not  found  feasible  due  to operational constraints including inadequate lie-over at Ahmedabad.  The existing lie-over period of the train is 03 hrs 35 minutes which is insufficient for extension  of  the  train  upto  Rajkot.    However,  Ahmedabad-Rajkot sector  is,  presently  being  well  served  by  34  pairs  trains.    Besides, extension of train services is an on-going process on Indian Railways subject to operational feasibility and commercial justification.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 86 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Vacant Land in Prayagraj
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Keshari Devi Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.86 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2022

## VACANT LAND IN PRAYAGRAJ

- †86.   SHRIMATI KESHARI DEVI PATEL: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
- (a) the  details  of  the  land  lying  vacant  in  Prayagraj,  North  Central Railway and Northern Railway;
- (b) whether  there  is  any  plan  for  commercial  use  of  these  vacant lands and if so, the details thereof along with the details of places and the area of land and terms and conditions on which this land is being given for commercial use;
- (c) whether  the  Railway  Land  Development  Authority  (RLDA)  has been entrusted the responsibility for this work; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a): About  18.37  hectare  and  517.436  hectare  Railway  land  is  lying vacant in Prayagraj under North Central Railway and Northern Railway respectively.  Most  of  this  vacant  land  is  lying  along  tracks  and  is required for Railways' operational needs.

- (b) and (c):      No, Sir.
- (d): Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 83 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Textile Parks
Ministry: TEXTILES
Asked by: Rajendra Agrawal

## TEXTILE PARKS

## 83. SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL:

## Will the Minister of TEXTILES वस्त्र मंत्री

be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Government has approved the construction of any textile parks in Uttar Pradesh;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with timeline set for this purpose;
- (c) whether Uttar Pradesh has the potential of emerging as a major textile hub in India and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  any  further  projects  for  development  of  textiles  in  Uttar Pradesh;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the steps taken by the Government recently for the development of the textile sector?

## उत्तर ANSWER

## वस्त्र राज ् य मंत्री ( श्रीमती दर्शना जरदोर् )

## THE MINISTER OF STATE FOR TEXTILES (SMT. DARSHANA JARDOSH)

(a) & (b): No proposal for construction of Textile Park under Scheme for Integrated Textile Parks (SITP) from the state Government of Uttar Pradesh is pending in the Ministry.

(c) to (e): The programmes/ schemes run by the Ministry of Textiles are not state specific and run on pan-India basis.

(f): Steps  taken  by  the  Government  for  development  of  textile  sector  including  the  state  of  Uttar Pradesh are:-

- (i)    Production  Linked  Incentive  Scheme  for  textiles  for  Man  Made  Fibre,  Apparel,  Fabrics  and Technical Textiles. It is expected to attract investment of Rs. 19000 crore for manufacturing of notified product and will be able to provide employment opportunity for 7.5 lakh persons.
- (ii)  PM- MITRA Park Scheme to set up 7 Mega Textiles Manufacturing Parks in the country. This will reduce logistics cost and will improve Competitiveness of Indian textile manufacturing. Once completed one such park is expected to provide employment to 1 lakh persons directly and 2 lakh persons indirectly.
- (iii)  Apart  from  this,  the  Government  is  also  running  Schemes  viz.  Amended  Technology  Upgradation  Scheme  (ATUFS),  Integrated  Processing  Development  Scheme  (IPDS),  Scheme  for Integrated  Textile  Park  (SITP),  National  Technical  Textile  Mission  (NTTM),  etc.  for  holistic development of textile sector.
Lok Sabha Question No. 82 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Setting up of Regional Rail Museums
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Upendra Singh Rawat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 82 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2022

## SETTING UP OF REGIONAL RAIL MUSEUMS

## 82.   SHRI UPENDRA SINGH RAWAT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways had any proposal to set up Regional Rail Museums in various States in the country particularly in Uttar Pradesh;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof alongwith the locations identified for the same and the estimated cost of the projects; State/UT/location-wise; and
- (c) the time by which the new Rail Museums are likely to be set up?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) At present there is no proposal to set up new Regional Rail Museums in  the  country.    The  current  policy  is  to  develop  only  Digital  Museums  at important Railway Stations of the country subject to justification/feasibility on case to case basis. In the State of Uttar Pradesh, following stations have been identified for providing digital museum:
- (b) & (c)    Do not arise.

| (i) Lucknow Junction    | (ii) Varanasi      | (iii) Rae Bareli Junction   |
|-------------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------|
| (iv) Prayagraj Junction | (v) Kanpur Central | (vi) Allahabad Chheoki      |
| (vii) Etawah            | (viii) Agra Cantt. | (ix) Mathura Junction       |
| (x) Vrindavan           | (xi) Gorakhpur     |                             |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 79 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Encroachment of Railway Land
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: S. Gnanathiraviam

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 79 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2022

## ENCROACHMENT OF RAILWAY LAND

79. SHRI GNANATHIRAVIAM S.:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether large stretches of railway land are being encroached upon in various parts of the country including Tamil Nadu;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether such encroachments have been causing serious operational and other problems;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Railways thereto; and
- (e) the measures taken by the Railways to remove such encroachments?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND

## ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) & (b): As on 31.03.2021, a total of 810.31 hectare of Railway land is under encroachment in various parts of the country including  Tamil Nadu.

(c) & (d): Encroachments cause bottleneck and safety hazard in train operations and difficulties in track maintenance which at times affects the line capacity and through put which ultimately affects the revenue of  Railways.  Encroachments  also  pose  problem  for  execution  of development works.

(e): Railways carry out regular surveys for identifying encroachments and  take  action  for  their  removal.  If  the  encroachments  are  of temporary  nature  (soft  encroachments)  in  the  shape  of  jhuggies, jhopris and squatters, the same are got removed in consultation and with  the  assistance  of  Railway  Protection  Force  and  local  civil authorities.    For  old  encroachments, where party is  not amenable to persuasion, action is taken under Public Premises (Eviction of Unauthorized Occupants) Act, 1971 (PPE Act, 1971), as amended from time to time.  Actual eviction of unauthorized occupants is carried out with the assistance of State Government and police.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 75 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Issues of Call Drop
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Prataprao Govindrao  Patil Chikhalikar

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 75 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 ND  FEBRUARY, 2022

## ISSUES OF CALL DROP

## †75. SHRI PRATAPRAO PATIL CHIKHLIKAR:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has focused on the issues of call drops;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the time by which the Government is likely to resolve these network issues?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) The  call  drop  in  a  mobile  network  can  happen  due  to  many  reasons  including characteristics  of  radio  propagation  for  wireless  communication,  non-availability  of  sites  due  to acquisition problems etc. The occurrence of call drops is found to be common in mobile networks across the world with varying degree of occurrences. Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) in India are required to ensure  that  the  call  drop  rate  in  their  mobile  networks  remains  within  the  benchmarks  laid  down  by Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI).

TRAI has been monitoring the performance of TSPs for the License Service Area (LSA) as a whole,  through  Quarterly  Performance  Monitoring  Reports  (PMRs)  submitted  by  them  against  the benchmarks  for  various  Quality  of  Service  parameters  laid  down  by  TRAI.  TRAI  imposes  financial disincentives for non-compliance with the benchmark.

TRAI has issued 'The Standards of Quality of Service of Basic Telephone Service (Wireline) and Cellular  Mobile  Telephone  Service  (Fifth  Amendment)  Regulations,  2017'  effective  from  1st  October 2017.  These  Regulations  have  prescribed  two  revised  stringent  parameters  for  assessing  call  drop  in mobile network, viz. Drop Call Rate (DCR) Spatial Distribution measure (benchmark ≤ 2%) implies that at least 90% of cells in the network should perform better than specified 2% benchmark on at least 90% of days. Similarly, another new parameter, DCR Temporal Distribution measure (benchmark ≤ 3%) will give confidence that on at least 90% of days, network performed better than specified 3% benchmark for at least 97% of the cells.

Moreover,  in  order  to  obtain  direct  feedback  from  subscribers  on  call  drop,  Department  of Telecommunications (DoT) has launched an Interactive Voice Response System (IVRS) wherein around 5.60 crore subscribers have been individually contacted since December 2016. Out of these, 73.11 lakh subscribers have participated in the survey. The feedback is shared with the TSPs for taking corrective actions  in  a  time  bound  manner.  As a  result,  about 1.72  lakh  individual  cases  of  call  drops  have  been resolved  so  far  and  around  7,920  Base  Transceiver  Stations  (BTSs)  have  been  installed  by  the  TSPs specifically to resolve the call drop issues received through IVRS.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 73 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Changes in CA Policy
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Jasbir Singh Gill

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 73 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2022

## CHANGES IN CA POLICY

## 73. SHRI JASBIR SINGH GILL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the frequent changes in Conditional Access (CA) policy, by allowing foreign experience to count and increasing the sufficient quantity for MSDAC from 510DP to 5000DP on 12.04.2021, is contradicting the Make in  India  Policy,  2017  and  2020  of  the  Government  of  India,  as  with  such changes any foreign  OEM  can  get  direct  registration  in  Approved  Vendor easily and awarding Indian companies slow death;
- (b) if  so,  whether  such  change  from  510DP  to  5000DP  was  properly authorized and followed, as per the RDSO guidelines;
- (c) the  details  of  the  company  that  got  upgradation  to  approved  RDSO, S&T vendor with the change in CA policy sighted above;
- (d) the  methodology  used  to  check  the  authenticity  of  their  foreign experience;
- (e) whether  proper  channel  verification  (certification  from  respective country  consulate)  was  adopted  before  awarding  any  Tender  Approval  to such company; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) No, Sir.    Development and Approval of Vendors for Railway signalling

safety systems is done by RDSO. For approval of internationally proven technologies/signalling  systems  and  indigenisation  there  off,  RDSO follows  a  cross  approval  (CA)  policy  for  Signalling  System  which  has been in vogue since 2006 and is periodically reviewed so as to align it for procurement/indigenisation, the last revision having being done in Dec with requirement of IR and extant Govt policy 2020.

For  indicating  sufficient  quantities  for  upgradation  of  vendors  from developmental  to  approved  vendor,  RDSO  issues  a  master  list  of sufficient  quantities  for  upgradation  from  developmental  order  to approved vendor vide document No. SI-M-8.1-5.

The  sufficient  quantities  for  Multi  Section  Digital  Axle  Counter  was increased from 510 DPs to 5000 DPs vide version 2.0 of this document on 12.04.2021 with the approval of Sr ED/QA/S&T/RDSO. Subsequently, this was revised to 1400 DPs vide version 2.1 on 28.07.2021 with the approval of DG Spl/VD/RDSO.

- (b) Subsequently,  this  was  revised  to  1400  DPs  vide  version  2.1  on 28.07.2021 with the approval of DG Spl/VD/RDSO.
- (c) to (f) As on date the following companies for Multiple Section Digital Axle Counters stand upgraded from developmental to Approved vendor by RDSO:
- (i)
- (ii)
- (iii)
- M/s Sigma Rail Systems Pvt Ltd
- M/s Frauscher Sensor Technology India Pvt Ltd
- M/s SIEMENS Ltd

The authenticity of foreign experience where ever applicable has been verified based on conformant apostille certification.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 72 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Amount of Royalty
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Ritesh Pandey

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 72

ANSWERED ON 02.02.2022

## AMOUNT OF ROYALTY

72. SHRI RITESH PANDEY: Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state: (a) whether the Government proposes to amend the amount of royalty being paid to States for minerals and if so, the details thereof; (b) whether  the  Government  has  constituted  a  study  group  for  the  purpose  of amending the royalty rate for major minerals; (c) if so, the details thereof and the progress made in this direction by the said group; and be

- (d) the time by which the royalty rates for minerals are likely to amended/increased?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (d):   Ministry  of  Mines  vide  Order  dated  27.10.2021  has  constituted  a committee  for  reviewing  of  rates  of  royalty  of  those  minerals  where  royalty  is calculated on per tonne basis.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 70 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Sunita Duggal

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution

## Government of India Department of Consumer Affairs

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 70

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2022

## NATIONAL CONSUMER DISPUTES REDRESSAL COMMISSION

## 70. SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL:

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- (a) the  number  of  consumers  complaints  filed  since  inception  in  various  agencies  under  National Consumer Disputes Redressal Commission;
- (b) the number of cases disposed of since inception; and
- (c) the number of cases pending with percentage of total disposal?

## ANSWER

## miHkksDrk ekeys] [kk| vkSj lkoZtfud forj.k jkT; ea=h (श्री अश्विनी क ु मार चौबे)

## CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (c):  Status of Consumer Cases filed in Consumer Commissions across the  Country since inception is given below:

| Name of Agency       |   Cases filed since inception |   Cases disposed since inception |   Pendency | Disposal percentage   |
|----------------------|-------------------------------|----------------------------------|------------|-----------------------|
| National Commission  |                        139774 |                           117455 |      22319 | 84.03%                |
| State Commissions    |                        882857 |                           766376 |     116481 | 86.81%                |
| District Commissions |                       4484105 |                          4044657 |     439448 | 90.20%                |
| Total                |                       5506736 |                          4928488 |     578248 | 89.50%                |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 69 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-02-02
Subject: Vande Bharat Trains in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Srinivas Kesineni

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 69

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.02.2022

## VANDE BHARAT TRAINS IN ANDHRA PRADESH

69. SHRI KESINENI SRINIVAS:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  details  of  the  number  and  routes  of  Vande  Bharat  Express trains planned for the State of Andhra Pradesh(AP);
- (b)  whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  start  Vande  Bharat express  trains  on  the  Vijayawada-Hyderabad,  Vijayawada-Tirupati, and Vijayawada-Vishakhapatnam  routes and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of road map to induct 75 trains by August 2023; and
- (d) the production capacity of Vande Bharat Express at the Integral Coach  Factory(ICF)and measures  being taken to enhance  the production capacity at ICF to meet the target?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c) Indian Railways do not operate train services on State-wise basis  as  Railway  network  straddles  across  State  boundaries.  At present, 02 pairs of Vande Bharat Express namely, 22435/22436 New Delhi-Varanasi  Vande  Bharat  Express  and  22439/22440  New  DelhiShri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Vande Bharat Express are in operation.  There  is  no  immediate  proposal  to  introduce  Vande Bharat  Express  on  Vijayawada-Hyderabad,  Vijayawada-Triputi  and Vijayawada-Visakhapatnam sector. However, introduction of trains, including Vande Bharat Express, is an ongoing process over Indian Railways,  subject  to  operational  feasibility,  availability  of  rolling stock and commercial justification. (d) Integral Coach Factory (ICF), Chennai manufactures all types of Coaches including Vande Bharat. Planned annual capacity of ICF for coach manufacture is 2500. Further, it has been decided to augment the infrastructural facilities, at ICF, required for series production of Vande Bharat type coaches at an estimated cost of ₹ 140 Crore.

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