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Lok Sabha Question No. 2434 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Train Accidents
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Vellalath Kochukrishnan Nair. Sreekandan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2434 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## TRAIN ACCIDENTS

2434.   SHRI V. K. SREEKANDAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  have  been  several  train  accidents  in  the  country during the last six months and there was a sudden spurt in such accidents;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Railways took any action to find out the reasons for the increase in number of train accidents and if so, the outcome thereof;
- (d) whether  railwaymen    are  yet  to  come  into  proper  handling  of trains  as  per  previous  level  after  dull  operations  of  trains  in  the wake of Covid-19;
- (e) if  so,  whether the Railways is considering to impart training, etc to railwaymen to prevent accidents; and
- (f) if so, the steps taken in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND

ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

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

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f) OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO 2434 BY SHRI V. K. SREEKANDAN TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 16.03.2022 REGARDING TRAIN ACCIDENTS (a):  No,  Sir.  In  fact  the  number  of  consequential  train  accidents  has reduced  as  compared  to  previous  years  except  for  the  year  2020-21, when  number  of  passenger  trains  run  was  considerably  less  due  to Covid-19 pandemic. (b): Does not arise. (c): Does not arise. (d): Indian Railway personnel have worked continuously throughout the Covid-19 pandemic period and thereafter to meet the transport needs of the country. (e) & (f):  Railwaymen are being imparted regular training as prescribed for safe functioning of railways.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2431 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Private Players in Communication Industry
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Dulal Chandra Goswami

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2431 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2022

## PRIVATE PLAYERS IN COMMUNICATION INDUSTRY

## †2431. SHRI DULAL CHAND GOSWAMI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether are facing competition by the private players in the Indian mobile communication market;
- (b) if so, the details of the challenges being faced therein; and
- (c) the steps being taken by the Government to deal with these challenges?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) The competition among the Mobile Service Providers is good for the health of the Telecom Sector and beneficial to the consumer. Hence, the same should not be considered as a challenge which needs Government intervention. There are three major private Telecom Service Providers  (TSPs)  in  mobile  communication  sector  in  India.  Their  market  shares  (in  terms  of subscriber base) as on 31.12.2021 are given below:

| Name of TSP                   |   Subscriber base (in percentage) |
|-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited |                             36    |
| Bharti Airtel Limited         |                             30.81 |
| Vodafone Idea Limited         |                             22.99 |

Further, Union Cabinet, in its meeting held on 15.09.2021, has approved the proposal for rationalizing  definition  of  Gross  Revenue/  Adjusted  Gross  Revenue  (AGR),  rationalizing  of interest rates and removal of penalties, rationalizing Bank Guarantees requirements and permitting 100% FDI under automatic route in  telecom  sector subject  to  the  Press  Note  3  (2020  Series) guidelines regarding investments from countries sharing land-border with India. These reforms are expected  to  promote  healthy  competition,  in  fuse  liquidity,  encourage  investment  and  reduce regulatory burden on Telecom Service Providers (TSPs).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2428 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Non-availability of Telecom Network
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Sadashiv Kisan Lokhande

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2428 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2022

## NON-AVAILABILITY OF TELECOM NETWORK

†2428. SHRI SADASHIV KISAN LOKHANDE:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that online education of students of all Government and private schools has been disrupted during the world-wide Corona and Omicron pandemic due to non-availability of  telecom  mobile  network  in  Akole  tribal  dominated  tehsil  under  Shirdi  Parliamentary Constituency of Maharashtra State and the situation continues to be the same even now;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has taken or proposes to take any steps to set up mobile towers for telecom network in Akole tehsil of Shirdi Parliamentary Constituency; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) As per data provided by Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) and field units of the Department  of  Telecommunications(DoT),  as  on  28.02.2022,  for Akole  sub  district in Ahemadnagar district, it is estimated that out of total 190 inhabited villages, 153 villages  are having mobile network coverage and 37 villages are uncovered. The uncovered villages of the country, including Akole tribal dominated tehsil of Maharashtra State, are being covered in phases by  the  TSPs  and  by  the  Government  of  India  under  various  schemes  of  Universal  Service Obligation Fund (USOF).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2425 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Taxing Foods
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Sushil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2425

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## TAXING FOODS

## 2425. SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether NITI Aayog is studying a proposal to tax foods that are high in sugar, salt to tackle obesity;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) whether  it  will  not  be  unfair  to  make  poorer  people  pay  a  larger  share  of  their  limited incomes to consume these products as compared to wealthier people?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS & PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) No Sir.
- (b) & (c) Question does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2424 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Task Force
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Hemant Tukaram Godse

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2424

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## TASK FORCE

## 2424. SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE:

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that Government is contemplating on constituting a Task Force to look into increasing the exports; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION; MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) NITI Aayog is not contemplating formation of any Task Force on increasing exports.
- (b) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2422 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Rat-Hole Mining
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Gaurav Gogoi, Pradyut Bordoloi

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2422

ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## RAT-HOLE MINING

## 2422. SHRI GAURAV GOGOI: SHRI PRADYUT BORDOLOI:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken cognizance of incident of rat-hole mining in the North Eastern Region (NER) and if so, the number of cases reported and registered, State-wise from 2011 to 2021;

(b)  whether  the  Government  has  data  on  the  number  of  accidents  and  casualties  on account of rat-hole mining in the North-Eastern Region (NER), State-wise from 2011 to 2021 and if so, the details thereof;

(c) whether the Government has provided any monetary compensation to individuals or households affected by rat-hole mining accidents and if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;

(d) whether the Government has made any efforts to reduce the number of rat hole mining incidents and if so, the details thereof;

(e) whether the Government has made any efforts to ensure that old shut down mines are not entered into by public; and

- (f)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  including  safety  measures  put in place and the number of casualties reported till date?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f): As per the Section 23C of the Mines and Minerals (Development and Regulation) Act, 1957, the State Governments are empowered to make rules for preventing illegal mining, transportation and storage of minerals.

Further, as per the information provided by Ministry of Coal, no rat-hole mining is being done in any coal mine of Coal India Limited (CIL) and its subsidiaries. All the coal mining operations of CIL and its subsidiaries are being done scientifically and methodically by adopting the appropriate technology and mining method after obtaining the mandatory permissions for working from the Directorate General of Mine Safety (DGMS).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2419 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Anna Suraksha Yojana
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Ashok Kumar Rawat, Ashok Mahadeorao Nete

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## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIG DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.24{9 To BE ANSWERED  oN {6rH MARGH, 2022

## ANNA SURAKSHA YOJANA

t2419.  SHR| ASHOK KUMAR RAWAT: SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE:

Will the Minister  of GONSUMER  AFFAIRS, FOOD AND  pUBLtc

DISTRIBUTIoN sq*tl  qmt,  em *< wffi+  fi-fiur t''fi be pteased  to state:

- (a)  the number of beneficiaries under  .Anna  Suraksha  Yoianat in Scheduled Gastes/Scheduled  Tribes (SGs/ STs) dominated  districts of the country  especially in Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra as on date;
- (b)  whether foodgrains commensurate  with the demands of the other States are being provided under the said scheme including the State of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT  AND CONSUMER AFFA|RS,  FOOD &  pUBLtC  DISTRIBUTION

(SADHVI  NIRANJAN JYOTI)

- (a) to (c): There is no such scheme as Anna Suraksha Yojana run by the Gentral  Government.  The National Food Security Act, 2O{3 (ilFSA) provide food and nutritional security  in human life cycle approach, by ensuring access to adequate quantity  of qualitlr  food at affordable prices to people  to live a life with dignity,

The Act provides for coverage of about 75o/o ol the rural and 5O7o of the urban population for receiving highly subsidized foodgrains under Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS),  which at Gensus 2Ot, comes to about 8{.35 crore. The Goverage under the Act as substantially high to ensure that all the vulnerable  and needy sections of the society get its benefit. There is no specific provisions under the Act for Schedule Castes (SG) and Schedule

Tribes (ST).

Presently, out of the total beneficiaries identified by the States/UTs under the Act, about {8.3% beneficiaries  are from SG category and about 1O.3% beneficiaries are from ST category.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2418 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Measures to Revive BSNL
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Sougata Ray

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2418 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2022

## MEASURES TO REVIVE BSNL

## 2418. PROF. SOUGATA RAY:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has any comprehensive measures to revive BSNL;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the number of existing employees in BSNL in various ranks;
- (d) whether the Government has any proposal to recruit new employees in BSNL; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) The Government approved a revival plan for BSNL on 23.10.2019. The revival plan inter-alia includes measures to reduce the Staff cost through a Voluntary Retirement Scheme (VRS)  for  employees  of  age  50  years  and  above,  administrative  allotment  of  spectrum  for providing 4G services with funding through budgetary allocation, monetisation of non-core and core  assets  to  generate  resources  to  retire  debt,  meet  CAPEX  and  other  requirement  and  debt restructuring by raising of Sovereign Guarantee Bonds.

- (c) BSNL has informed that as on 31.12.2021, there are 62,771 employees (Executive: 29,769 and Non-executive: 33,002) working in BSNL.
- (d) & (e) Current strength of employees is sufficient for operation of BSNL.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2417 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Telephone Advisory Committees
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Ranjeeta Koli, Sumedhanand Saraswati

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2417 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16 TH  MARCH, 2022

## TELEPHONE ADVISORY COMMITTEES

## †2417. SHRIMATI RANJEETA KOLI:

SHRI SUMEDHANAND SARASWATI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  Telecom/Telephone  Advisory  Committees  (TACs)  are  formed  by  the  Government  in districts across the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof including the functions of these committees along with the details of the meetings held by the them annually so far;
- (c) whether the Government is aware that no meetings were held in many districts during the two year tenure of many TACs and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  improve  the  functioning  of  TACs  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) Sir,  Telephone  Advisory  Committees  (TACs)  are  constituted  by  the  Government  at telecom district level in BSNL and MTNL. There are 358 TACs in BSNL and MTNL. The functions of TACs are as under:

- (i) To work as interface between telephone consumers and BSNL/MTNL
- (ii) To give the public a confidence that their grievances are properly represented as well as redressed
- (iii) To educate public/bring awareness among telephone consumers about the various services provided by BSNL/MTNL
- (iv)      To suggest measures for efficiency.

TAC meetings could not be conducted in some of the telecom districts during last two years mainly due to Covid-19 Pandemic. The details of the number of meetings held in various TACs during the last two years in BSNL and MTNL   follows:

|   Number of TACs |   Number of TAC meetings held during last two years |
|------------------|-----------------------------------------------------|
|                2 |                                                   4 |
|               20 |                                                   3 |
|               30 |                                                   2 |
|               90 |                                                   1 |
|              216 |                                                   0 |

- (d) There is no such proposal under consideration at present as the scope of existing functions of TACs is wide enough.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2413 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Restoration of MPLAD funds
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: S. Muniswamy, Annasaheb Shankar Jolle, B. Y. Raghavendra, Prathap Simha, Sanganna Amarappa Karadi, Umesh G. Jadhav

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2413

TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## RESTORATION OF MPLAD FUNDS

2413.   SHRI S. MUNISWAMY:

SHRI ANNASAHEB SHANKAR JOLLE:

SHRI B.Y. RAGHAVENDRA:

SHRI PRATHAP SIMHA:

SHRI SANGANNA AMARAPPA:

DR. UMESH G. JADHAV:

Will the Minister of STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  any  steps  for  restoration  and continuation of MPLAD funds for the financial year 2021-22;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the measures being taken by the Government to grant and
- sanction MPLAD funds ?

## ANSWER

MINISTER  OF  STATE  (INDEPENDENT  CHARGE)  OF  THE  MINISTRY  OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION, MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) OF THE MINISTRY OF PLANNING AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF CORPORATE AFFAIRS (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) Yes Sir.
- (b)  The  Government  has  restored  Member  of  Parliament  Local  Area Development  Schemes  (  MPLADS)  during  the  remaining  part  of  the Financial Year 2021-22 with release of MPLADS fund at the rate of Rs. 2 Crore  per  Member  of  Parliament  in  one  instalment  and  continuation  of MPLADS from FY 2022-23 to FY 2025-26 with the annual entitlement of Rs. 5 Crore per Member of Parliament as per the extant MPLADS guidelines. Detailed  instructions  in  this  regard  have  been  issued  vide  Ministry  of Statistics & Programme Implementation Circular No. C-22/2021-MPLADS dated 25.11.2021(Annexure-I)
- (c) Does not arise.

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## (ANNEXURE FOR LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2413 REFERRED TO PART (b) REPLY ON 16 th  March 2022. )

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2412 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: e-Commerce Centric Products
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Khagen Murmu

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2412. TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 16 TH      MARCH, 2022.

## e-COMMERCE CENTRIC PRODUCTS

## 2412.  SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

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

- (a) whether the Government agrees with the view that apart from logistics and warehousing jobs, the requirement of user analytics, data mining and cyber security  functions,  the  e-tail  industry  is  in  dire  need  of  specialised  and customised e-commerce centric products and services;
- (b) if  so,  the  measures  that  have  been  taken/  proposed  to  be  taken  by  the Government in this regard; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

The e-Commerce industry is continuously evolving with innovation in the entire value chain of exchange of goods and services like cataloguing, search, discovery, warehousing, payments, inventory management and order  fulfilment  etc.  This  evolution  is  based  on  changing  customer behaviour,  expectations  and  requirements.  Government  has  a  robust policy  framework  to  support  innovation  and  startups  providing  such

- (a) to (c): specialized or customized products and services.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2409 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Use of Aluminium for Coaches
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Kani K. Navas

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2409 TO BE ANSWERED ON 16.03.2022

## USE OF ALUMINIUM FOR COACHES

2409.  SHRI K. NAVASKANI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  considering  the  use  of  aluminium instead of steel in the construction of the coaches for improving energy efficiency as well as making the trains faster;
- (b)
- (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)  to  (c):  Yes,  Sir.  Indian  Railways  (IR)  has  taken  the  following
- measures with respect to induction of Aluminium Body coaches:-
1. Modern  Coach  Factory  (MCF)  /  Rae  Bareli  has  signed  a  ToT (Transfer  of  Technology)  contract  with  M/s  Dawonsys,  South Korea  for  Design,  Development,  Manufacturing  and  Testing  of Aluminium Body passenger coaches.
2. IR plans to procure 400 new generation Vande Bharat Train sets with  better  energy  efficiency  and  passenger  riding  experience. The  use  of  Aluminium  Body  coaches  in  these  new  generation

energy efficient Vande Bharat train sets will also be considered to the extent possible.

3. Rolling Stock to be procured for Mumbai-Ahmedabad High Speed Rail (MAHSR) will be having Aluminium Body coaches.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2407 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-03-16
Subject: Launching of Deep Ocean Mission
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: Jaswantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOKSABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2407 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 16TH MARCH 2022

## LAUNCHING OF DEEP OCEAN MISSION

## 2407. SHRI JASWANT SINGH BHABHOR:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has launched Deep Ocean Mission in co labor tion with the Indian Space Research Organisation (lSRO);
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the estimated time and funds allocated for the said mission?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

- Yes, Sir. The Ministry of Earth Sciences has launched the Deep 0lan Mission (DOM). Indian Space Research Organisation (lSRO) is one of the bOllab rators of the Ministry of Earth Sciences for implementation of Deep Ocean Mis ion. (a)
- National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT), an autonomous instit~ e under the Ministry of Earth Sciences is developing a manned submersible with ~ capacity to carry three human beings to 6000 m ocean depth. The Vikram Sarabhai ~pace Centre (VSSC) of ISRO is involved in developing a titanium alloy hum~n sph re of 2.1 m diameter for the manned submersible. (b)
- (c) The overall estimated cost of the Deep Ocean Mission is Rs. 4077 crores for a period of five years (2021 to 2026).

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