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Lok Sabha Question No. 2785 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: National Drone Policy
Ministry: CIVIL AVIATION
Asked by: Vijay Kumar, Su Thirunavukkarasar, S. Gnanathiraviam

2785.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF CIVIL AVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. : 2785 (To be answered on the August 2021) Sth

## NATIONAL DRONE POLICY

SHRI VIJAYAKUMAR (ALIAS) VIJAY VASANTH SHRI GNANATHIRA VIAM S

## Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION

be pleased to state: -

- (a) whether the Government has made it easier for people and companies to own and operate drones in its new draft National Drone Policy;
- (c) whether it is proposed to develop new drone corridors for cargo deliveries and also to set up a new Drone Promotion Council; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof with the features of this new policy and whether it is proposed to increase the coverage 0f drones and to reduce the number of forms; along
- (d) the time by which the new Drone is likely to be implemented? Policy

## ANSWER

Minister of State in the Ministry of CIVIL AVIATION

(a) & (b) Sir. Yes,

i. Various authorisations, licenses; permits, certificates and approvals are proposed to be abolished: These include unique authorisation number, unique prototype identification number, certificate of conformance, certificate of maintenance, import clearance; operator permit; authorisation of ReD organisation, student remote pilot licence, remote pilot instructor authorisation, drone port authorisation etc.

(GEN. (DR) V. K SINGH (RETD))

The draft Drone Rules, 2021 have been published on 15 July 2021 in the Some of the measures proposed therein; include the following:

ii. Certificate of airworthiness, unique identification number and flight permission are proposed to be abolished for R&D entities prior

The 'Digital sky platform' shall be developed as a business friendly singlewindow online system: There will be minimal human interface on digital sky platform and most permissions will be self-generated.

- iv: Various fees have been abolished or significantly rationalised: The proposed fees have no linkage with size of the drone.
- V, An interactive airspace map with green, yellow and red zones will be displayed on the digital sky platform for the ease of drone operators: vi. No flight permission will be required up to 400 feet in green zones and up te 200 feet in the area between 8 and 12 km from the airport perimeter vii: No licence will be required for micro drones (for non-commercial use); nano drone and for ReD organisations. pilot

The coverage of drones under Drone Rules, 2021 is proposed to be increased from 300 kg to 500 kg This will cover drone taxis also:

The number of forms are proposed to be reduced from 25 to 5.

- (c) Yes; Sir.
- (d) The new drone policy will be implementated upon final notification of the Drone Rules, 2021 in the Gazette of India:

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2782 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: National Martime Heritage Complex (NMHC)
Ministry: PORTS, SHIPPING AND WATERWAYS
Asked by: Chandra Sekhar Bellana, M V V Satyanarayana

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PORTS, SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO' 2782

TO BE ANSWERED ON sTH AUGUST, 2021

## NATIONAL MARITIME HERITAGE COMPLEX  (NMHC)

2782. SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA:

SHRI M.V.V, SAryANARAYANA:

Willthe  Minister of PORTS, SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS  be  pleased  to state;

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- (a)whethertheGovernmenthassignedanMoUwiththeMinistryofcultureforthe |Zr"f"p."ri-"t 'r.i"tio-ni Maritime Heritaie Complex  (NMHC)  at Lothal' Guiarat:
- {b)  whether  the NMHC would be developed as an international tourist destination to showcase  the maritime heritage of lndia:
- (c) if  so, the details  thereof;
- (d) whether the other coastal  States in the country will  get an opportunity  to display their maritime  culture  in this complex: and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF PORTS,  SHIPPING  AND WATERWAYS (SHRI SARBANANDA  SONOWAL)

- lal Yes. Sir. A Memorandum  of Understanding  (MoU) has been sioned between the i,tinistrv  of  Ports, shipping *d \iatl;,ii;'  (M;p"swl "no Ministry  of tu[ure  (Moc) for 'cooperation in Development "i Ni;i;;;l'M;;ile  iLritage  complex  (NMHC) at Lothal' Gujarat',  on  16h June 2021
- lb)&  (c)  Yes, Sir. NMHC  is  proposed  to be developed  as a'world. class international  tourist destination,  the first  of its Xina rn til "o"tt'V'  "otip'i"'S of maritime.,museum'  light house museum.  maritime theme  parks, ";;";;;;iil'i" ;tntr;s'  etc  lt would  showcase  maritime heritaqe  of the country  from """i";i";;;;iliimes oy aoopting an edutainment  approach using  the latest technotogy  to sp'eaA a*areness  about lndia's maritime  heritage'
- (d)& (e) Yes. Sir' lt is  proposed to have a pavilion for each coastal State  and Union Territory (ur)  of lndia at NMHc to showca":I;:;'i#[;;;titime treritage  of,the  specific  states  and iJnion Territories.  Each  coastat st"1j i""i if-i-"]"  pLsent its vivi-d,cultural  identities  including both tansible  and intangible h"dil';i "ui'ri-C lnJ i"p"""nt  lndia's  cultural diversity  at international  level.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2779 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: Solar Parks
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Chandra Prakash Choudhary

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2779

ANSWERED ON-05/08/2021

## SOLAR PARKS

## 2779. SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether the Union Government is setting up public and private solar parks in the State of Jharkhand for generation of renewable energy;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  construction  of  these  parks  is  getting  delayed,  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Union Government has formulated any plan to complete the construction of solar parks in time, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (e)  whether  the  Government  has  received  any  proposal  for  setting  up  of  new  solar  parks  in Jharkhand especially in Dhanbad, Bokaro, Giridih and Ramgarh districts; and
- (f) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)&(b)  The  Government  has  approved  one  floating  solar  park  of  total  150  MW  capacity  at Getalsud (100 MW) and Dhurwa (50 MW) dam in the State of Jharkhand.

- (c) As per sanction given by this Ministry, the time line for completion of the 150 MW solar park in Jharkhand is 04.09.2021.
- (d)  The  Solar  Park  developer  is  given  time  line  of  two  years  for  completion  of  park.  The Ministry holds regular  meetings  with the Park  developers  and State Governments to facilitate timely completion of the parks.
- (e)&(f) The Government of Jharkhand has submitted a proposal for development of solar parks of 20 MW each in Deoghar, Garhwa, Palamu and Simdega districts.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2777 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: Loss of Income in Toll Collection
Ministry: ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2777 ANSWERED ON 5TH AUGUST, 2021

## LOSS OF INCOME IN TOLL COLLECTION

2777. DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

## Will the Minister of ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

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## be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  estimated  loss  of  income  in  toll  collection since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic including the period  when  toll  collection  was discontinued,  month-wise;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  measures  to    reduce/offset the  said  losses;
- (c)    the    details    of    toll    collection    during    the    current  financial    year
- 2020-21  till  date  vis-a-vis the  previous financial year 2019-20; and
- (d)  the  number  of  days  on  which  the  toll  plazas  on  various    NHs    were unable  to  function  due  to  protests during  the said  period along with the estimated  loss  of income  as  a  result  thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF ROAD TRANSPORT AND HIGHWAYS

(SHRI NITIN JAIRAM GADKARI)

- (a) An estimated amount of Rs 3512.62 Crore in Financial Year (FY) 2020-
- 21, is the approximate loss of revenue in fee collection at fee plazas of
- National Highways Authority of India due restrictions of COVID-19.
- (b) To improve transparency and efficiency in fee collection, Government has declared all  lanes  of  fee  plazas  on  National  Highways  as  'FASTag lane of the fee plaza' w.e.f. midnight of 15th/16th February 2021.

(c) The approximate user fee collections in FY 2019-20 and 2020-21 are Rs. 27682.89 Crore and Rs. 28548.05 Crore respectively. (d) Due to sustained protest by farmers in the States of Punjab, Haryana and  Rajasthan,  58  fee  plazas  were  not  operational  for  12  days  to  a maximum of 182 days in FY 2020-21 resulting in an estimated loss of Rs 814.13 Crore. Sporadic incidents of protest were observed at few plazas such as Thrivallam fee plaza in the state of Kerala and Padmanavpur & Sukhupada fee plazas in the state of Odisha.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2773 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: Adoption of Solar Energy
Ministry: NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY
Asked by: Sunita Duggal, Sanjay Bhatia

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF NEW AND RENEWABLE ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-2773

ANSWERED ON-05/08/2021

## ADOPTION OF SOLAR ENERGY

## +2773. SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL SHRI SANJAY BHATIA

Will the Minister of New and Renewable Energy be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to make all the Government buildings/offices selfreliant by adopting solar energy and other environment friendly renewable sources of energy;
- (b) if so, the details thereof along with the rate of success so far; and
- (c) the time by which target of hundred per cent coverage is likely to be achieved in this regard?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF NEW & RENEWABLE ENERGY AND POWER

## (SHRI R.K. SINGH)

(a)to(c)  The  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable  Energy  has  requested  all  States  /Union Territories to issue necessary directions to all Departments and Institutions of States/Union Territories  for  utilization  of  vacant  rooftops  of  their  buildings  for  installation  of  solar panels.  All  Central  Ministries/  Departments  have  also  been  requested  to  issue  necessary directions for installation of rooftop solar projects in all buildings owned by them.

As per data available on the SPIN portal of the Ministry, an aggregate capacity of 517.78 MW  of  rooftop  solar  plants  has  been  installed  at  7897  Government  buildings  as  on 02.08.2021.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2771 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: Additional Drinking Water Schemes
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ranjeeta Koli

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER & SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2771

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2021

## ADDITIONAL DRINKING WATER SCHEMES

†2771. SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a)   whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  formulate  additional  schemes  for  densely populated districts of rural areas in order to resolve the water problems;

- (b)   if so, whether it is being considered for Uttar Pradesh also; and

(c)   if  so,  the  whether  it  is  being  considered to formulate any central scheme to provide water connectivity for the rural population of Firozabad district?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE  FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI  PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) to (c) To enable every rural household, including those in rural areas of Uttar Pradesh inter alia which include Firozabad and densely populated districts across the country, to have potable tap water supply in adequate quantity, of prescribed quality and on regular and long-term basis, Government of India in partnership with States, is implementing Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) - Har Ghar Jal. The estimated outlay of the Mission is Rs. 3.60 lakh Crore, out of which Central share is Rs. 2.08 lakh Crore.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2770 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: People Affected by Contaminated Water
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Ranjeeta Koli

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. † 2770

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2021

## PEOPLE AFFECTED BY CONTAMINATED WATER

†2770. SHRIMATI  RANJEETA  KOLI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether the Government has made any speculation about the number of people in rural areas affected by contaminated water;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)   if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI (SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL)

(a) to (c)  As  reported  by  States/  UTs,  as  on  02.08.2021,  out  of  total  17.02  lakh  rural habitations  having  95.19  Crore  population  in  the  country,  79.09%  rural  habitations  with 77.98% population have provision of minimum 40 litre per capita per day (lpcd) of potable drinking water and 18.10% rural habitations with19.56% population have service level of less than  40  lpcd  potable  water,  whereas  2.81%  rural  habitations  with  2.46%  population,  have drinking water sources with quality issues.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2768 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: Status of Swachh Bharat Mission in Bihar
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Rama Devi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI DEPARTMENT OF DRINKING WATER AND SANITATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2768

TO BE ANSWERED ON 05.08.2021

## STATUS OF SWACHH BHARAT MISSION IN BIHAR

†2768. SHRIMATI  RAMA  DEVI:

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

- (a) the funds allocated to Bihar by the Union Government under Swachh Bharat Mission during the last three years;
- (b) the details of the work undertaken from the said funds in Bihar under the mission;
- (c) whether the Union Government has reviewed the expenditure incurred under the mission in Bihar from time to time; and
- (d) if  so, the details of shortcomings found in the review and the guidelines given to Bihar in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI (SHRI  PRAHLAD  SINGH  PATEL)

- (a) Details  of  Centre  share  funds  released  to  the  State  of  Bihar  under  Swachh  Bharat Mission (Grameen) [SBM(G)] during the last three years are as under:
- (b) As per the data reported by Government of Bihar on the online Integrated Management Information System of SBM(G), 80,48,095 Individual Household Latrines (IHHLs) and 5,796 Community Sanitary Complexes (CSCs) have been constructed in Bihar during the last 3 years.

| Financial Year   |   Funds released (Rs. in crore) |
|------------------|---------------------------------|
| 2018-19          |                         2943.69 |
| 2019-20          |                         1867.38 |
| 2020-21          |                           88.56 |

(c) Under SBM(G), the State Governments are to submit Utilization Certificate (UC) and Audited  Statement  of  Accounts  (ASA)  for  each  financial  year  duly  audited  by  a  Chartered Accountant  empaneled  by  the  Office  of  Comptroller &  Auditor  General  of  India.  The expenditure  incurred  under  SBM(G)  in  Bihar  have  been  reviewed  from  the  UCs  and  ASAs submitted by the State Government and also during the review  meetings,  video conferences, etc, from time to time. (d) During  some  review  meetings,  slow  progress  of  utilisation  of  funds  in  the  State  was observed.  During the review meetings itself, the State Government was instructed to expedite the  utilisation  of  funds.      Letters  were  also  written  to  the  State  Government  in  this  regard. Further,  some  of  the  shortcomings  observed  during  examination  of  the  UCs  &  ASAs  are: proportionate  State  share  was  not  released  timely  against  Centre  share  of  Rs.852.25  crore released during 2019-20; and advance given to other programme viz. Ganga Action Plan (GAP) from  SBM(G)  funds  during  2018-19.    The  shortcomings  were  communicated  to  the  State Government with the request to take corrective actions at the earliest. Accordingly, the State Government took necessary action and released the pending State share and also recouped the advance from GAP funds to SBM(G) funds during 2019-20.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2762 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-08-05
Subject: River Conservation Masterplans in Cities
Ministry: JAL SHAKTI
Asked by: Geetha Viswanath Vanga, Kotha Prabhakar  Reddy, Manne Srinivas Reddy, Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy

## 2762.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF JAL SHAKTI, DEPARTMENT OF WATER RESOURCES, RIVER DEVELOPMENT & GANGA REJUVENATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2762

ANSWERED ON 05.08 .2021

## RIVER CONSERVATION M ASTERPLANS IN CITIES

SHRIMATI VANGA GEETHA VISWANATH SHRI KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY SHRI MANNE SRINIVAS REDDY SHRI KOMATI REDDY VENKAT REDDY

Will the Minister of JAL SHAKTI be pleased to state:

(a) whether cities situtated on river banks have to incorporate river conservat ion plans while preparing thei Master Plans under the National Mission for Clean Ganga and other projects, if so, the detai -wise including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana;

(b) whether provisions have been made in the National Water Policy t hat emphasise the need for such plan and

(c) if so, the details and present status thereof, State - wise?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR JAL SHAKTI & FOOD PROCESSING INDUSTRIES

( SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL )

(a)  to  (c) The Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban Affairs  (MoHUA)  has  published  'River  Centric  Urban Planning Guidelines' in May, 2021 to assist the Urban Local Bodies, Urban Development Authorities and State Town and Country Planning Departments, etc, for taking action to conserve and preser , water bodies and flood plains. The National Water Policy, 2012 includes a section on conserv It also mentions that encroachments and diversion of water bodies must not be allowed and re be promoted to the extent feasible.

R ealizing the significance of preserving the flood plains and ensuring planned devel vicinity of rivers, the Guidelines on River Centric Urban Planning has been circulated by MoHUA to all the States/UTs, including Andhra Pradesh and Telangana.

Further, the National Mission for Clean Ganga, in order to mainstream river sensiti term processes have urged Urban Local Bodies to incorporate river conservation plans when their City Master Plans/Development Plans. A guidance d ocument titled 'Strategic Guidelines for making river -sensitive Master Plans' has also been developed to help city planners integrate river cleaning into the Master Plans.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 239 (STARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: IIFT Campus at Silchar
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Rajdeep Roy

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

## LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 239 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04 th AUGUST, 2021 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04

## IIFT CAMPUS AT SILCHAR

## *239. DR. RAJDEEP ROY:

Will the Minister of COMMERCE & INDUSTRY ( वािण�य एवं उ�ोग मं�ी ) be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government plans to start a campus of the Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) at Silchar considering the fact that Northeast shares 98% of its borders with foreign countries; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF  COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

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## STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a)  & (b) OF LOK  SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 239  FOR ANSWER ON 04 th AUGUST, 2021 REGARDING ' IIFT CAMPUS AT SILCHAR'.

(a) & (b) : There is no proposal of the Government of India to start a campus of Indian Institute of Foreign Trade (IIFT) at Silchar as of now. The needs of the North-East Region are being catered to by the Kolkata Campus of IIFT.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 237 (STARRED), answered on 2021-08-04
Subject: Silapathar-Bame(Along) Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Pradan Baruah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA STARRED QUESTION NO. 237 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.08.2021

## SILAPATHAR - BAME (ALONG) LINE

- *237. SHRI PRADAN BARUAH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has initiated a new Broad Gauge Line from Silapathar-Bame (Along); and
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  Gauge,  length  and  States covered?

## 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 STARRED  QUESTION  NO.  237  BY  SHRI  PRADAN  BARUAH  TO  BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 04.08.2021 REGARDING SILAPATHAR - BAME (ALONG) LINE

(a) and (b):     Ministry of Defence has identified Broad Gauge line of Silapathar - Bame - Along falling in North Eastern Region for detailed study.  Accordingly,  Final  Location  Survey  (FLS)  and  preparation  of Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  have  been  taken  up.    As  per  field survey,  total  length  of  new  Broad  Gauge  line  Silapathar  -  Bame  Along is 96.25 km.

The  alignment  passes  through  Assam  and  Arunachal  Pradesh.  The project is not sanctioned.

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