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Lok Sabha Question No. 638 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Train from Bhavnagar Division
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.638 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## TRAIN FROM BHAVNAGAR DIVISION

†638. DR. BHARATIBEN DHIRUBHAI SHIYAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the department of Railways has taken decision to normalize its services as earlier;
- (b) if so, the time by when all the train services under Bhavnagar division are likely to be resumed;
- (c)  whether  new  trains  are  proposed  to  be  operated  from  Bhavnagar division;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the time by which the said trains are likely to be made operational?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  to (e) Due to Covid-19 Pandemic, Indian Railways had discontinued all  regular  passenger carrying trains w.e.f. 23.03.2020 and only special trains were operated. Further, Indian Railways is keeping a close watch on the situation and restoring regular train services in a phased manner gradually.    Besides,  introduction  of  trains  is  an  ongoing  process  on Indian Railways subject to operational feasibility, traffic demand, availability of resources etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 636 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Gold Ore Reserves
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Sanjay Jaiswal

†636. DR. SANJAY JAISWAL:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is true that Bihar has one of the highest gold ore reserves in the country and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  primary  surveys  and  exploration  of  the gold block in districts of Bihar including West Champaran;
- (c)       if so, the results and details thereof and if not, the reasons thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government has a timeline regarding the same and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As per National Mineral Inventory, the total resources of primary gold ore in the country as on 1.4.2015 are estimated at 501.83 million tonnes with 654.74 tonnes of gold metal and out of this, Bihar is endowed with 222.885 million tonnes (44%) of ore containing 37.6 tonnes of metal. These resources of gold in Bihar are categorized underUnited  Nations  Framework  Classification[UNFC]  code-333  (128.885  million tonnes  containing  21.6  tonnes  metal)  and  UNFC  code-334  (94  million  tonnes containing 16 tonnes metal). The entire resource of gold ore in Bihar is located in Sono area of Jamui district.
- (b) to (d): Yes, Sir. During the last five years, Geological Survey of India [GSI], an attached office of Ministry of Mines, has carried G4 stage 'reconnaissance survey' for gold  in  parts  of West  Champaran district  and  G3  stage  'preliminary  exploration'  in Gaya district of Bihar following the guidelines of UNFC. In West Champaran district, G4 stage exploration was carried out for placer gold in foothills of Siwalik Himalayas, but the average concentration of placer gold in this area is low (0.0061ppm to 1.96 ppm) and no resource has been estimated.

Mineral exploration/ assessment  is a continuous process and a number  of exploration agencies  like GSI, Atomic  Minerals  Directorate for Exploration  & Research,  State  Directorates  of  Geology  and  Mining,  State/Central  Undertakings and private sector companies are engaged in exploration of mineral deposits in the country.  For  mineral  surveys  in  the  country,  GSI  is  the  nodal  agency  to  formulate mineral exploration programmes of various agencies through its Central Geological Programming Board.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 636

ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## GOLD ORE RESERVES
Lok Sabha Question No. 635 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Rising Prices of Essential Commodities
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Nusrat Jahan Ruhi

## Government of India

## Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution Department of Consumer Affairs

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 635 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## RISING PRICES OF ESSENTIAL COMMODITIES

## 635. SHRIMATI NUSRAT JAHAN RUHI: (OIH)

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- (a) whether the Government is aware about the rising prices in essential commodities in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the details of action the Government is going to take in this regard?

## ANSWER

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## THE MINISTER OF STATE CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR CHOUBEY)

(a) to (c) :  Government monitors the wholesale and retail prices of 22 essential food commodities on daily basis  from  the  179  price  monitoring  centres  set  up  by  the  State  Governments/UT  Administrations.  The daily prices and price trends are analysed on real-time basis for requisite policy interventions.

Various measures are taken from time to time by Government to augment domestic availability and stabilize prices of essential food commodities. These steps, inter-alia, include releases from the buffer to cool down prices, imposition of stock limits, monitoring of stocks declared by entities to prevent hoarding, and changes in trade policy instruments like import duty, import quota, minimum export price and export restrictions.

To  incentivise farmers for increasing  production,  the  Government  promulgates  appropriate Minimum Support Prices and also implements schemes such as Mission for  Integrated Development of Horticulture (MIDH), National Food Security Mission (NFSM), Operation Greens etc. with the objective of increasing agricultural production and productivity, and boosting agri-infrastructure.

## ORIGINAL IN HINDI
Lok Sabha Question No. 634 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: FUNDS FOR CCTV
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Ramesh Chander Kaushik

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.634 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## FUNDS FOR CCTV

†634. SHRI RAMESH CHANDER KAUSHIK:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of railway station and other locations identified for installation of CCTV cameras under Nirbhaya Fund for the safety of women  throughout  the  country  alongwith  the  State-wise  and  UTwise details thereof; and

(b)  the  details  of  the  funds  allocated  and  sanctioned  for  the  said

- project state-wise and UT-wise?

## ANSWER

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a)  &  (b)  983  Railway  Stations  of  Indian  Railways  have  been identified for installation of CCTV cameras under Nirbhaya fund for the  safety  of  women  throughout  the  country.    State-wise/UT-wise details are appended.

The project has been sanctioned at the total cost of ₹ 500 crore & ₹ 298 crore has been allocated, so far.

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APPENDIX REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PART (a)  AND (b)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.634  BY  SHRI  RAMESH  CHANDER KAUSHIK  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON  01.12.2021 REGARDING FUNDS FOR CCTV

(a)  and  (b)  State-wise/UT-wise  Railway  Stations  identified  for installation  of  CCTV  cameras  under  Nirbhaya  Fund  is  as follows:-

| States           |   No. of Stations |
|------------------|-------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh   |                59 |
| Assam            |                 8 |
| Bihar            |                53 |
| Chattisgarh      |                13 |
| Delhi            |                 4 |
| Gujarat          |                34 |
| Haryana          |                16 |
| Himachal Pradesh |                 1 |
| Jammu & Kashmir  |                 1 |
| Jharkhand        |                14 |
| Karnataka        |                32 |
| Kerala           |                24 |
| Madhya Pradesh   |                41 |
| Maharashtra      |               128 |
| Odisha           |                19 |
| Puducherry       |                 1 |
| Punjab           |                10 |
| Rajasthan        |                39 |
| Tamilnadu        |               111 |
| Telangana        |                19 |
| Tripura          |                 1 |
| Uttar Pradesh    |                76 |
| Uttrakhand       |                 9 |
| West Bengal      |               269 |
| Total            |               983 |
Lok Sabha Question No. 631 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: 5G Network
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: M. Selvaraj

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 631 TO BE ANSWERED ON 1 ST  DECEMBER, 2021

## 631. SHRI M. SELVARAJ:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether BSNL has partnered with any company for 5G networks in the country by 2025; and
- (b) if so, the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) No  Sir.  BSNL  has  not  partnered  with  any  company  for  the  provision  of  5G services in its network.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 628 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Indian Methanol Economy Programme
Ministry: PLANNING
Asked by: Brijendra Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PLANNING

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 628

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## INDIAN METHANOL ECONOMY PROGRAMME

## 628.  SHRI BRIJENDRA SINGH

Will the Minister of PLANNING be pleased to state:

- a. whether the Government has announced the establishment of methanol plants under the Indian Methanol Economy program as a joint venture with Israel; and
- b. if  so,  the  details  of  Israeli  participation  in  these  projects  in  terms  of  funding  and  technology along with the details regarding the locations of methanol plants under the said program?

## ANSWER

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

( RAO INDERJIT SINGH )

- (a)       No, Sir.

- (b)      Does not arise

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Lok Sabha Question No. 626 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: New SCoR Zone
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Sanjay(Kaka) Ramchandra Patil, Kuruva Gorantla Madhav, Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu, Pocha Brahmananda Reddy, Chandra Sekhar Bellana, Midhun Reddy

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.626 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## NEW SCoR ZONE

†626. SHRI SANJAY KAKA PATIL:

SHRI KURUVA GORANTLA MADHAV:

SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

SHRI POCHA BRAHMANANDA REDDY:

SHRI CHANDRA SEKHAR BELLANA:

SHRI P.V. MIDHUN REDDY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the date of appointment of the Officer on Special Duty(OSD/SCoR), appointed to undertake  planning  and  preparatory  work  for  the  formation  of  the  South  Coast Railways Zone(SCoR);
- (b) the date of submission of Detailed Project Report (DPR) by the OSD for setting of a new SCoR zone;
- (c)  whether  the  DPR  has  been  examined  by  the  Ministry  and  if  so,  the  details thereof and the action taken thereon;
- (d)  if  not,  the  reasons  for  delay  along  with  the  deadline  for  completing  the examination of DPR;
- (e) the proposed date of make SCoR operational along with the budget allocated for the SCoR and exclusively for Rayagada Division; and
- (f)  the  details  of  funds  that  were  utilized  by  the  respective  zones  out  of  these individual allocations?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND

ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a):  Officer  on  Special  Duty,  South  Coast  Railway  (OSD/SCoR)  was  posted  on 08.03.2019.

(b)  to  (f): Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  for  setting  up  of  new  South  Coast Railway (SCoR) Zone was submitted to this Ministry on 26.08.2019. Accordingly,  an  Umbrella  work  titled  'Creation  of  new  South  Coast  Railway Zone and new Rayagada Division in East Coast Railway' has been included in Budget 2020-21 at an estimated cost of ` 170 Cr. An outlay of ` 40 lakhs has been allocated for this work in 2021-22.

No time-frame can be fixed for operationalisation of the new Zone.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 625 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Shifting to Atomic Energy
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Suresh Kodikunnil

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 625

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## SHIFTING TO ATOMIC ENERGY

## 625. SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH:

Will the Prime Minister be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has a vision plan for shifting to atomic energy within a stipulated year to meet the nation's energy demands; and,
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the reasons therefore;
- (d) whether the Government is considering to enhance the capability of Koodankulam nuclear power plant in the near future; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)to(c) Nuclear power is clean and environment friendly, apart from having a huge potential to ensure the country's long term energy security.  A large nuclear power  expansion  programme  is  being  implemented  towards  this  end.  The present installed nuclear power capacity of 6780 MW is expected to reach 22480  MW  on  progressive  completion  of  projects  under  construction  and accorded  sanction.  This  is  also  in  line  with  India's  Intended  Nationally Determined  Contributions  (INDC)  announced  by  the  country  at  the  Paris Climate  conference  in  2015  and  the  recent  commitment  to  a  net  zero economy  involving  transition  to  clean  energy  sources  including  nuclear power.  Thus,  there  would  be  an  increased  emphasis  on  nuclear  power generation.
- (d) Yes, Sir.
- (e) The  present  capacity  in  operation  at  Kudankulam  site  is  2000  MW  with Units1&2-KKNPP-1&2 (2X1000 MW) in operation. It will increase progressively to 6000 MW on completion of KKNPP-3&4 (2 X 1000 MW) and KKNPP-5&6  (2  X  1000  MW)  which  are  presently  under  different  stages  of construction.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 622 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Spent Nuclear Fuel
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Thalikkottai Rajuthevar Baalu

## 622.  SHRI T.R. BAALU:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be please to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the spent nuclear fuel of Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant is not  being  sent  back  to  Russia  in  accordance  with  the  Agreement  signed  with  that Government and if so, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether  it  is  also  the  fact  that  the  Nuclear  Power  Corporation  of  India  Ltd  is constructing  a  Spent  Fuel  Storage  Facility  within  the  Kudankulam  Nuclear  Power Plant premises itself which will pose utmost hazard to the people and environment of the area; and
- (c) the action been taken by the Government of India on the representations made by the people  of  the  area  and  environmental  agencies  to  set  up  a  Deep  Geological Repository in far-flung uninhabited place to store the spent fuel from various nuclear power plant complexes safely without hazard to the people and environment?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)&(c) Yes, Sir. India Russia Inter Governmental Agreement of 2010 facilitates storage and reprocessing of Spent Nuclear Fuel of KKNPP in line with India's closed fuel cycle policy. India has adopted 'closed fuel cycle', where spent nuclear fuel is regarded as  a  material  of  resource.  Given  the  very  small  quantity  of  high  level  waste generated  post  reprocessing  and  technologies  for  separation,  partitioning  and burning  of  waste  being  developed  by  the  country,  there  is  no  need  of  deep underground geological disposal facility in the near future.
- (b) The scheme of storage of spent (used) fuel in a nuclear power plant is two-fold.  The first place of storing spent fuel is located within the reactor building/service building, generally known as the spent fuel storage pool/bay and the other is called the 'Away From Reactor' (AFR) Spent Fuel Storage Facility, within the plant premises. These facilities  are  designed  with  a  comprehensive  approach  to  safety  to  withstand extreme  natural  events  like  earthquakes  and  tsunamis  with  provisions  of  large operational  safety  margins  for  safe,  sound  and  reliable  performance.  These  are designed  to  ensure  that  there  would  be  no  adverse  impact  on  plant  personnel, general public or the environment. AFRs are also already constructed and functional at other sites like Tarapur, Maharashtra and Rawatbhata, Rajasthan.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 622

TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL
Lok Sabha Question No. 621 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: National Food Grid
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Sajda Ahmed

## GOVERI{MENT OF INDIA

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED OUESTION NO.62{ TO BE ANSWERED  ON tsr DECEMBERT2O?I

## NATIONAL FOOD GRID

## 62{. SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED:

Will the Minister of  GONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC

DlsTRIBuTlol{ 5lDtrfir arrd, ur<-c gtr grd-sfr{,  Eiwr d'+ be pteased  to state:

- (a)  whether the Government proposes to set up national food grid for the people who fall outside the PDS;
- (b)  if so, details thereofl
- (c) whether  the Government has extended the free food distribution under PMGI(AY and whether Govt. proposes for nationwide  door step food grain supply under PDS;
- (d) if so, the details thereof;
- (e) whether the Government  proposes to allot flour in place of wheat in PDS; and
- (0 if so, the details  thereof?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY  OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AilD GONSUMER AFFAIRS,  FOOD & PUBLIG DISTRIBUTION (sADHVl }IIRANJAN  JYOTI)

- (a) and (b): The National Food Security Act (NFSA) 2O{3' which is implemented all over the country provides for the coverage  ol about E{.35 Grore eligible persons with the Antyodaya Anna Yoiana (AAY) and Priority Households  (PHH). The inclusion of such beneficiaries under NFSA as done by identifying persons who are out of the ambit of NFSA, subiect to coverage timit of every State/UT. Att States/UTs have been advised to fully utilized  the respective I{FSA coverage limits by identifying and including etigible  beneficiaries who are outside the Targeted Public Distribution System (TPDS).

(c) and (d): ln pursuance  of the pro.people  announcement  made by Hon'ble Prime Minister as part of the Economic Response to GOVID {9, PMGKAY was extended during the period from July 2O21 to November 2O21. Now the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana (PMGKAY) has been extended for a period of another 4 months i.e. Decembetr  2O2l to March, 2o22 @ 5 kg per person per month free of cost to all the beneficiaries covered under the l{ationa! Food Security Act (NFSA)  IAAY  & PHHI including those covered  under Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).

- (e) and (f): As per the provisions  of NFSA 2O{3, the State Government may provide to the persons belonging to the eligible households, wheat flour in lieu of the entitled  quantity of foodgrains in accordance with such guidelines as may be specified by the Gentral Govemment.
Lok Sabha Question No. 620 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2021-12-01
Subject: Coach Manufacturing Factory
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Achyutananda Samanta

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.620 TO BE ANSWERED ON 01.12.2021

## COACH MANUFACTURING FACTORY

## 620.  SHRI ACHYUTANANDA SAMANTA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  any  plans  for  establishing  the  wagon manufacturing unit in Sitalapalli, Ganjam District, Odisha, for which land has been earmarked by the State Government;
- (b)
- if so, the timeframe thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) whether the Government will consider opening a coach manufacturing factory as well in Odisha as an alternative, considering  the  demand  for  coaches  in  the  country,  especially  on the basis of post-COVID demand?

## ANSWER

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) and (b):  Wagon Factories are set up keeping in view the Railways' overall  requirement  of  the  wagons.  Existing  wagon  manufacturing capacity in the country is adequate. At present, there is no proposal to set up a wagon factory at Sitalapalli in Ganjam District of Odisha.
- (c)  A  pre-requisite  to  setting  up  Railway  coach  factory  is  a  sustained demand of coaches in the future. The requirement of coaches vis-à-vis available  manufacturing  capacity  has  been  reviewed  recently  and requirement  of  main  line  coaches  in  near  future  does  not  justify immediately initiating construction of a new coach factory.

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