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Lok Sabha Question No. 2676 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Leave in Courts
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: Mala Roy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2676

## TO BE ANSERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 10 TH  MARCH, 2021

## Leave in courts

## 2676. SHRIMATI MALA ROY:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of leaves/vacation in courts across the country; and
- (b) the reasons for such long leaves in view of the level of pendency in the courts?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a) and (b):  Working  days/hours  and  duration  of  vacations  in  the  Supreme Court and in the High Courts are regulated by the rules framed by the respective Courts. The working days as well as working hours of the District/Subordinate Courts are regulated by the respective High Court in consultation with the State Government.

Disposal of cases pending in courts is within the domain of Judiciary.Though  Government  has  no  role  in  disposal  of  cases  in  courts,  the Central Government is committed to speedy disposal of cases and reduction in pendency.The  Government  has  adopted  a  co-ordinated  approach  to  assist judiciary  for  phased  liquidation  of  arrears  and  pendency  in  judicial  systems, through various

strategic initiatives like improving  the  infrastructure for courts  including computerisation, increase in strength of judicial officers/judges and filling up of vacant positions in High Courts/Supreme Court, policy and legislative measures in  areas  prone  to  excessive  litigation,  repeal  of  outdated  and  archaic  laws, initiatives to fast track special type of cases and emphasis on Alternate Dispute Resolution etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2674 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Blocking of Social Media Accounts
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Pinaki Misra

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2674

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 10.03.2021

## BLOCKING OF SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS

## 2674.   SHRI  PINAKI MISRA:

Will the Minister of Electronics & Information Technology be pleased to state:-

- (a)   the number and the details of requests sent by the Ministry to Twitter and Facebook to block accounts, hashtags or pages in the last five years;
- (b)  the grounds on which such requests were made; and
- (c)   the checks and balances in the existing guidelines of the Ministry to issue requests such that it does not lead to censorship?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

(a) to (c) : Section 69A of the Information Technology Act, 2000 empowers Government to block any information generated, transmitted, received, stored or hosted in any computer resource in the interest  of  sovereignty  and  integrity  of  India,  defence  of  India,  security  of  the  State,  friendly relations with foreign states or public order or for preventing incitement to the commission of any cognizable  offence  relating  to  above.  Blocking  is  done  as  per  the  process  specified  in  the Information Technology (Procedure and Safeguards for Blocking for Access of Information By Public) Rules, 2009 notified under this section. There are adequate safeguards and checks-andbalances prescribed in these Rules in the form of an Inter-Ministerial Committee having members as joint secretary or equivalent to examine blocking request and to make its recommendation.

The no. of Twitter and Facebook URLs blocked during last five years is as follows:

|   Year |   Facebook |   Twitter |
|--------|------------|-----------|
|   2016 |        357 |       194 |
|   2017 |        526 |       103 |
|   2018 |        155 |       224 |
|   2019 |       2049 |      1041 |

| 2020   | 1717   | 2731   |
|--------|--------|--------|

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2673 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Recruitment of Women Officers under Territorial Army
Ministry: DEFENCE
Asked by: D. M. Kathir Anand, Bhagwanth Khuba, Prathap Simha

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

## DEPARTMENT OF MILITARY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2673

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th  March, 2021

## RECRUITMENT OF WOMEN OFFICERS UNDER TERRITORIAL ARMY

2673. SHRI D.M. KATHIR ANAND: SHRI BHAGWANTH KHUBA: SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

Will the Minister of DEFENCE j{kk ea=h be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  recruited  women  officers  under  Territorial  Army  2019 notification;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is taking any measures to upgrade the weapons and quality of bullet proof jackets; and
- (d) if so,  the details thereof?

## A    N    S    W    E    R

MINISTER OF STATE

IN THE MINISTRY OF DEFENCE

- (a) & (b):  Yes, Sir.  The details of women officers recruited in Territorial Army is as under:

| Year                                  | No. of women officers                 | Remarks                                                             |
|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
| Through Army Selection Board (ASB)    | Through Army Selection Board (ASB)    | Through Army Selection Board (ASB)                                  |
| 2019                                  | 3                                     | Commissioned                                                        |
| 2020                                  | 1                                     | Selected for Commission                                             |
| Through Service Selection Board (SSB) | Through Service Selection Board (SSB) | Through Service Selection Board (SSB)                               |
| 2019                                  | 13                                    | Cleared SSB. Commissioning is subject to availability of vacancies. |

(c)  &  (d):    The  weapons  &  equipment  and  bullet  proof  jackets  for  the  Indian  Army  are upgraded  periodically  after  a  deliberate  process  of  planning  and  in  consultation  with  all stakeholders.  The present quality of Bullet Proof Jacket is good.

Apart from various schemes for procurement of weapons and equipment, 12 contracts under  normal  procurement  and  30  contracts  under  Fast  Track  Procedure  (FTP)  have  been concluded during the current financial year.  As per the contract signed in 2018 for providing 1,86,138 Bullet Proof Jackets, 1,20,000 have been delivered.

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(SHRI SHRIPAD NAIK)
Lok Sabha Question No. 2672 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Travel Time in Long Distance Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ranjanben Dhananjay Bhatt

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2672 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2021

## TRAVEL TIME IN LONG DISTANCE TRAINS

2672. SHRIMATI RANJANBEN DHANANJAY BHATT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to reduce the travel time in long distance trains;
- (b) if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) to (c) Yes, Sir. In its endeavour to rationalize time tables and speed up  of  trains,  which  are  on-going  exercises  and  which  are  dependent inter-alia  on  factors  like  availability/up-gradation  of  track,  signaling works,  doubling  of  sections,  up-gradation  of  rolling  stock,  Indian Railways, has decided to speed up trains services, thereby upgrading 136 trains to Superfast category.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2670 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Coal Auction
Ministry: COAL
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF COAL LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2670 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2021

## Coal Auction

## 2670.     SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH;

Will the Minister of COAL be pleased to state:

- a. Whether only one technical bid was received out of four coal mines put up for reauction in Odisha and Jharkhand and if so, the details thereof;
- b. Whether it was the second attempt of the auction for these coal mines;
- c. If so, whether the Government has been successful in evaluating auction, a second time;
- d. If so, the details thereof;
- e. If not, whether the Government is planning to carry out this exercise again without evaluating the reasons for the failure;
- f. Whether the Government is taking any assistance, technical or otherwise from any other third party or a private firm; and
- g. If so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF COAL, MINES & PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

## (SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI)

a & b.   Yes, Sir. Out of four coal mines put up for second attempt of auction under 11th Trench of  CMSP Act & 1st Trench of  MMDR Act, only one mine namely Kuraloi (A) North mine in Odisha has received one technical bid from M/s Vedanta Limited.

c & d.  Yes Sir. The bid received from Vedanta Limited for Kuraloi(A) North coal mine has been examined by a Technical Evaluation Committee and has been found to be in order.  M/s Vedanta Limited has been declared as Technically Qualified Bidder for its bid for the Coal Mine.

As per the provisions of the Tender Document dated December 09, 2020, in the event there is only one Technically Qualified Bidder, such bidder shall be the Qualified Bidder and the Initial Offer submitted by the Technically Qualified Bidder shall be considered as the Final Offer submitted by the Qualified Bidder and the matter will be referred to Empowered Committee of Secretaries (ECoS) for appropriate decision with respect to allocation of the Coal Mine. In the event, the ECoS decides that the Coal Mine shall be allocated to the Qualified Bidder, the Qualified Bidder shall be declared as the Preferred Bidder. However, in the event the ECoS decides that the Coal Mine shall not be allocated to the Qualified Bidder, the tender process for the Coal Mine shall stand annulled.

According, matter was referred to ECoS and meeting of ECoS held on 04.03.2021. e.         No Sir.

f & g.   Yes Sir. Nominated Authority is being provided technical assistance by CMPDIL (A subsidiary of Coal India Limited ) and SBICAPS (Transaction advisor) is also assisting the Nominated Authority in allotment and auctioning of coal mines.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2669 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Supaul-Araria-Galgalia Railway Line Project
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Dileshwar Kamait

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2669 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2021

## SUPAUL-ARARIA-GALGALIA RAILWAY LINE PROJECT

†2669.   SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Supaul-Araria-Galgalia  railway  line  project  is  important from security point of view;
- (b) if  so,  whether  the  said  project  is  also  included  under  the  national security  project  and  if  so,  the  efforts  being  made  for  the  early completion of the same;
- (c) whether  the  work  on  the  said  project  is  progressing  at  a  very  slow pace; and
- (d) if so, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

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

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2669 BY SHRI DILESHWAR KAMAIT TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 10.03.2021 REGARDING SUPAUL-ARARIA-GALGALIA RAILWAY LINE PROJECT

(a) to  (d)  :  Supaul-Araria-Galgalia  rail  line  is  being  executed  as  two projects namely (i) Supaul-Araria (92 km) new rail line project and ArariaGalgalia (111 km) new line project. However, both these rail line projects are not amongst the identified strategic railway lines.

So  far,  land  acquisition  for  both  the  Supaul  -  Araria  new  rail  line  and Araria- Galgalaia new rail line projects has been taken up. Earthwork and Bridgeworks have been taken up on section where land has been acquired.

Completion  of  a  Railway  project  depends  on  various  factors  like  forest clearance by officials of forest department, shifting of infringing utilities, statutory clearances from various authorities, geological and topographical  conditions  of  area,  law  and  order  situation  in  the  area  of project site, number of working months in a year for particular project site due to climatic conditions, priority of projects, etc. and all these factors affect the completion time of the project.

To ensure that projects are completed in time without cost overrun, lot of monitoring is done in Railways at various levels (field level, Zonal level and Board  level)  and  regular  meetings  are  held  with  the  officials  of  State Government  and  concerned  authorities  to  resolve  the  pending  issues obstructing the progress of projects.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2667 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Utility of Seventh Schedule
Ministry: LAW AND JUSTICE
Asked by: K. Subbarayan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE LEGISLATIVE DEPARTMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2667

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 10 TH MARCH, 2021

## Utility of Seventh Schedule

## 2667.  SHRI SUBBARAYAN K.:

Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE be pleased to state:

- ( a) whether the Government's attention has been drawn to the suggestion that the Seventh Schedule of the Constitution has outlived its utility;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether the Government has any proposal to reclassify the subjects under the  domain  of  Union,  States  and  the  Concurrent  list  under  the  Seventh Schedule; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof ?

## A N S W E R

## MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) No Sir.
- (b) does not arise.
- (c) No Sir.
- (d) does not arise.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2666 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Readiness for 5G Network and Services
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Vishnu Dutt Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2666 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH  MARCH, 2021

## READINESS FOR 5G NETWORK AND SERVICES

## †2666. SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) the time by which 5G network will be launched in the country; and
- (b) the  steps  taken/proposed  to  be  taken  by  the  Government  to  make  convenient  software, Internet-of-things devices, mobiles and other related hardwares in the country in order to enable the country to capitalise on the 5G network?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS, EDUCATION AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI SANJAY DHOTRE)

(a) & (b) The Department of Telecommunications has not initiated the process of rolling out 5G network as yet. However, steps have been initiated for trials of India specific 5G applications and use cases. The Government has, inter-alia, taken following steps to facilitate 5G services:

- (i) Department  of  Telecommunications  has  in  March,  2018  approved  a  multi-institute collaborative project to set up indigenous 5G Test Bed at a total cost of Rs. 224 crores. The collaborating institutes includes IIT Madras, IIT Delhi, IIT Hyderabad, IIT Bombay, IIT  Kanpur,  IISc  Bangalore,  Society  for  Applied  Microwave  Electronics  Engineering  & Research (SAMEER) and Centre of Excellence in Wireless Technology (CEWiT).  The project  envisages  setting  up  of  an  end-to-end  open  5G  Test  Bed  in  a  distributed architecture model.  The project will enable Indian academia and industry to validate their products, prototypes and algorithms.  It will also provide facilities for experimenting and demonstrating 5 G applications/ use cases.
- (ii) Notified  Production  Linked  Incentives  Schemes  for  Telecom  and  Networking  Products manufacturing,  Large  Scale  Electronics  Manufacturing  and  IT  Hardware  that  includes Mobile phones, 4G/5G telecom products, internet of things, IT Hardware etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2664 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Global Supply Chain
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Shashi Tharoor

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2664 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th MARCH, 2021

## GLOBAL SUPPLY CHAIN

## 2664.  DR. SHASHI THAROOR:

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

- (a) whether the Ministry is aware that the global supply chain in the post-Covid world is being reconfigured by multinationals on the basis of not just the costs but also on the supply chain security;
- (b) if so,  whether  the  Government  will  consider  it  as  a  great  prospect  to  revive  and judiciously restructure Indian economy;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d) whether the Ministry has prepared any strategic plans that are in tune with the newest inclination  of  globalisation  and  present  India's  domestic  market  of  1.32  billion consumers as a rewarding opportunity for long term viability to the global manufacturers; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a) to  (e):  The  Government  of  India  has  taken  a  number  of  steps,  including strengthening of domestic manufacturing and promoting trade ties with a number of trading partners so as to ensure reliable and adequate supply chains. Promoting these trade ties and taking other suitable measures is an ongoing process, based on the changing requirements in a dynamic world. Moreover, the existing Free Trade Agreements also ensure seamless supplies for the domestic manufacturing sector on preferential terms. Some of the specific support measures include, the

Production Linked Incentive (PLI) Scheme to boost the production in champion sectors in manufacturing, launch of Champion Services Sector Scheme, setting up industrial parks such as Mega Textile parks for the Textile sector, introduction of Remission of Duties and Taxes on Export Products (RoDTEP) Scheme etc. In addition,  to  liberalise  and  simplify  Foreign  Direct  Investment  (FDI)  policy  for providing Ease of doing business and attract investments, the Government has taken a number of steps by further liberalizing policy of FDI for certain sectors.

The various measures along with the preferential tariff agreements with the trading partners will ensure the viability & integration of the supply chain.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2662 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: New Trains via Chandigarh
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Kirron  Kher

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2662 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.03.2021

## NEW TRAINS VIA CHANDIGARH

2662.    SHRIMATI KIRRON KHER:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of new trains that were introduced by the Government which passes and cover the important stations of Chandigarh in the last four years; and
- (b) the number of persons benefitted therefrom?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMERCE & INDUSTRY AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## (SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL)

(a) & (b) With a view to provide additional connectivity for Chandigarh, Indian Railways have extended 14629/30 Firozpur-Ludhiana Express up to  Chandigarh.  It  has  also  been  decided  to  operate  12715/16  Huzur Sahib Nanded-Amritsar Sachkhand  Express, 18309/10 SambalpurJammu Tawi Express and 14609/10 Rishikesh-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra  Hemkunt  Express  via  Chandigarh.    In  view  of  the  prevailing situation,  at  present,  these  trains  are  operating  via  Chandigarh  as special trains, benefitting a total of 42252 reserved passengers, till the end of February, 2021. However, since the unreserved tickets are not train  specific,  it  is  not  feasible  to  provide  details  of  the  number  of unreserved passengers who benefitted by travelling in these trains.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2660 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-03-10
Subject: Brand India Mission
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Feroze Varun Gandhi

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2660 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 th MARCH, 2021

## BRAND INDIA MISSION

## 2660.   SHRI FEROZE VARUN GANDHI:

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

- (a) whether the Government is planning to launch Brand India Mission and if so, the details of aims and objectives set under this mission;
- (b) the details of sectors to be covered under Brand India Mission;
- (c) whether the Government has set any goals/ target to be achieved under this mission and if so the details thereof;
- (d) whether  all  stake-holders  of  States/UTs  have  been  invited  to  seek  their  opinion  for allocation of funds and implementation of the same and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the details of funds to be allocated under this mission?

## ANSWER

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THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI HARDEEP SINGH PURI)

- (a)  to (e)  :  Branding  is  a  continuous  process.  Government  is  using  every formal opportunity to brand India in different fora through its agencies. There is no specific Brand India Mission as of now.

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