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Lok Sabha Question No. 5684 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor
Ministry: COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY
Asked by: Harsimrat Kaur Badal

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5684.

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 6 TH  APRIL, 2022.

## AMRITSAR-KOLKATA INDUSTRIAL CORRIDOR

## 5684.  SHRIMATI HARSIMRAT KAUR BADAL:

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

- (a) whether the attention of the Government has been drawn to newspaper reports of embezzlement of funds being used for acquisition of land for construction of Amritsar-Kolkata Industrial Corridor and development of an industrial cluster in Punjab;
- (b) if so, whether the Government has initiated any action in this regard;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any action for recovery of the said amount and to find out the gravity and extent of the embezzlement which has been highlighted by a whistle blower; and
- (d) if so, the details of the steps the Government proposes to take to prevent people from indulging in such fraudulent activities?

## ANSWER

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

- (a): As  per  the  Institutional  and  Financial  structure  approved  by  the Government for Industrial Corridor Projects, State Government need to contribute land as their equity, while the contribution of the Government of  India  is  in  form  of  funds,  which  is  to  be  utilized  for  purpose  of development of trunk infrastructure namely roads, underground utilities, power distribution network, Sewerage Treatment Plant (STP), Common Effluent Treatment Plan (CETP) etc.

Further, cost of land acquisition, if any, has to be borne by the State Government/ Nodal Agency and the process of land acquisition is also undertaken by the concerned State Government.

- (b) to (d):

Do not arise in view of (a) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5682 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Green Hydrogen Method for Steel Production
Ministry: STEEL
Asked by: Gautam Gambhir

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF STEEL

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5682 FOR ANSWER ON 06/04/2022

## GREEN HYDROGEN METHOD FOR STEEL PRODUCTION

5682.  SHRI GAUTAM GAMBHIR:

Will the Minister of STEEL be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is considering any proposal to use green hydrogen method for production of steel in furtherance of decarbonising its production; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

THE MINISTER OF STEEL

## ANSWER

(SHRI RAM CHANDRA PRASAD SINGH)

(a)&(b):  Ministry  of  New  and  Renewable Energy  (MNRE) has proposed setting up of National  Hydrogen  Energy  Mission  with  an  aim  to  develop  and  scale  up  green hydrogen production technology,  make it  affordable  and  widely  accessible.  The  steel sector has also been made a stakeholder in the Mission. Under this initiative, it has been proposed to set up pilot plants with part funding from Government to explore the feasibility  of  using  green  H2  in  Direct  Reduced  Iron  (DRI)  production,  by  partly replacing natural gas with H2 in gas based DRI plants. Based on the success of the pilot projects, the gas based DRI units shall be encouraged for large scale adoption of the process.

Green H2 is produced through electrolysis of water using electricity produced from  renewable  energy.  Green  H2  is  not  commercially  viable  at  present.  However, with declining costs of renewable power generation and electrolysers, production of green hydrogen is likely to become cost competitive in future.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5679 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: PSRs near Reserved Forests
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Khagen Murmu

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5679 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.04.2022

PSRs NEAR RESERVED FORESTS

5679.   SHRI KHAGEN MURMU:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  is  planning  to  revisit  the  Permanent Speed  Restrictions  (PSRs)  near  reserved  forests  due  to  several elephant deaths due to train accidents;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c): Permanent Speed Restrictions (PSRs) have been imposed on identified locations of elephant crossings. The efficacy of these PSRs  is  monitored  and  revisited  based  on  the  inputs  of  Forest Department from time to time.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5678 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Railway Health System Project
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5678 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.04.2022

## RAILWAY HEALTH SYSTEM PROJECT

5678.   SHRI ADHIR RANJAN CHOWDHURY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways proposes to bring the entire Railway Health System  on  a  single  architecture  to  provide  faster,  seamless  and hassle-free healthcare to its beneficiaries;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the names of the agencies likely to be assigned this project and the criteria fixed for identification and selection of agencies for the said purpose;
- (d)  the  number  of  railway  hospitals  and  beneficiaries  likely  to  be digitized; and
- (e) the details of the expenditure likely to be incurred and the time by which the entire work on this project is likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND

ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (e): Yes, Sir.  Hospital Management Information System (HMIS)

has been implemented on Railways Hospitals with RailTel Corporation

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of  India  Limited,  a  PSU  under  Ministry  of  Railways  as  executing agency. The e-Sushruta HMIS Software of C-DAC (Centre for Development  of  Advanced  Computing)  has  been  deployed  for  the same.

The  facility  is  for  all  Railway  Hospitals  and  Health  Units  over Indian Railways and eligible Railway Medical beneficiaries.

The  sanctioned  estimate  of  Pan-India  Railway  implementation work of HMIS is ₹ 63.28 Crore.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5677 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Dedicated Third Track
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Anto  Antony

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5677 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.04.2022

## DEDICATED THIRD TRACK

## 5677.     SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to implement a dedicated third track  in  the  107  kms    Ernakulam-Shornur  corridor  in  the  State  of Kerala;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government in this regard;
- (c) the details of the total cost of implementation and land acquisition in this regard;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  any  plans  to  extend  the  same  in future; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

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

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a)  to  (c):  The  project  of  Shoranur-Ernakulam  3 rd   line  (107  Km)  has  been included  in  Budget  2018-19  subject  to  requisite  Government  approvals. Preparation  of  Detailed  Project  Report  (DPR)  has  been  taken  up  which includes land requirement and cost.
- (d)  and  (e):  At  present,  there  is  no  proposal  under  consideration  for extending this proposed 3 rd  line.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5676 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Kisan Rail Yojana
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Omprakash Bhupalsinh alias Pawan Rajenimbalkar, Bhavana Gawali (Patil)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5676 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.04.2022

## KISAN RAIL YOJANA

†5676.   SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH alias PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the salient features of Kisan Rail Yojana;
- (b)    the  number of trains being operated across the country under the said scheme, State-wise;
- (c)  the  details  of  the  targets  fixed  and  achievements  made  under the said scheme so far;
- (d)  whether the Government has plans to expand and run trains in Maharashtra especially in Yavatmal -Washim Parliamentary Constituency;
- (e) if so, the district-wise details thereof; and
- (f) if not, the time by which the said trains are likely to be operated by the Government?

## 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. *****

STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  TO  (f)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5676 BY SHRI OMPRAKASH BHUPALSINH alias PAWAN RAJENIMBALKAR AND SHRIMATI BHAVANA  PUNDALIKRAO  GAWALI  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK SABHA ON 06.04.2022 REGARDING KISAN RAIL YOJANA

- (a)      Kisan  Rail  trains  have  been  introduced by Indian Railways to move perishables including fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry, fishery and dairy products from production or surplus regions to consumption or deficient regions.  The salient features of the Kisan Rail  include  -  speedy  movement ensuring minimum damage during transit; multi commodity, multi consignor, multi consignee and multi stoppages; and no minimum limit on quantity that can be booked.
- (d) to (f):  Potential circuits for movement of Kisan Rail services are identified  in  consultation  with  Ministry  of  Agriculture  &  Farmers Welfare and Agriculture/Animal Husbandry/Fisheries Departments of State  Governments  as  well  as  local  bodies  and  agencies,  Mandis etc, and based on demand, rakes are provided on priority for running of  Kisan  Rail  services.  So  far,  no  demand  has  been  received  for starting Kisan Rail from Yavatmal.

(b) and (c):  Till 25.3.2022, a total of 2,190 trips of Kisan Rail trains have been operated. State-wise breakup thereof is as under -

| State          | No. of Kisan Rail   |
|----------------|---------------------|
| Andhra Pradesh | 115                 |
| Assam          | 1                   |
| Gujarat        | 58                  |
| Karnataka      | 46                  |
| Maharashtra    | 1,708               |
| Madhya Pradesh | 74                  |
| Punjab         | 10                  |
| Rajasthan      | 2                   |
| Telangana      | 66                  |
| Tripura        | 1                   |
| Uttar Pradesh  | 59                  |
| West Bengal    | 50                  |
| Total          | 2,190               |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5673 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Trial Run of Vistadome Coaches
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Naranbhai Bhikhabhai Kachhadiya, Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5673 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.04.2022

## TRIAL RUN OF VISTADOME COACHES

†5673.  SHRI NARANBHAI KACHHADIYA: SHRI PARBATBHAI SAVABHAI PATEL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Indian Railways has successfully completed the trail run of the newly designed vistadome tourist coach constructed by the Integrated Coach Factory (ICF);
- (b)
- if so, the speed of the said train;
- (c) whether the roof of the said coaches have been made with glass and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the said train is likely to be operated from Gujarat also; and
- (e) if so, the details in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(a): Yes, Sir. Speed and oscillation Trials for LHB Vistadome coach, manufactured by ICF / Chennai has been successfully conducted by

- Research Design and Standards Organisation (RDSO) / Lucknow.
- (b):  Operational  speed  of  Vistadome  coaches  is  up  to  160  kmph, based on trials conducted up to 180 kmph.

(c):  Roof  of  the  Vistadome  coaches  are  fitted  with  Opalescence glass.

- (d) & (e): Yes, Sir. Train No. 20947/20948/20949/20950 AhmedabadEktanagar Jan Shatabdi Express is being operated with Vistadome coach in its composition.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5665 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Telecom Advisory Committee
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: Sunil Kumar Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5665 TO BE ANSWERED ON 6 TH  APRIL, 2022

## TELECOM ADVISORY COMMITTEE

## †5665. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Telecom Advisory Committees (TACs) are constituted by the Government  in  all  the  districts  of  the  country,  if  so,  the  details  of  functionality  of  these Committees and the number of meetings conducted by them annually;
- (b) whether  the  Government  is  aware  that  not  a  single  meeting  has  been  conducted  in many districts since the constitution of TAC till the expiry of their term covering a period of two years and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  details  of  the  number  of  meetings  conducted  by  TAC  constituted  for  the Hajaribagh, Ranchi and Daltonganj districts of Jharkhand State during the last two years and the members present in the said meetings;
- (d) the manner in which the objectives of constituting such committees are likely to be achieved where not a single meeting of TAC has been conducted during the term of entire two years; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to improve the functioning of TAC and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Telephone  Advisory  Committees  (TACs)  are  constituted  by  the  Government  at telecom district level 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.

As per guidelines issued on the subject, each Telephone Advisory Committee (TAC) should hold at least two meetings every year preferably when Parliament is not in session.

- (b) to (e) During the last two years, no TAC meetings could be conducted in 216 TACs mainly due to Covid-19 Pandemic.

During the last two years, one meeting was conducted in Ranchi Telecom District in which members of TACs of Hajaribagh and Daltonganj Telecom Districts were also invited. A total  of  27  members (Hajaribagh- 09, Ranchi- 13 and Daltonganj- 05) attended the said meeting.

Instructions  have  been  reiterated  to  MTNL  and  BSNL  to  conduct  TAC  meetings regularly.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5663 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Coverage Under TPDS
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Nandigam Suresh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.5663

## LOK SABHA APRIL, 2022

## COVERAGE UNDER TPDS

## 5663. SHRI NANDIGAM SURESH:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is aware that the current Targeted Public Distribution System covers only 61% of the rural population and 50% of urban population of the State %f Andhra Pradesh; which is less than the standard coverage of 75% of the rural population and 50% of the urban population at National Level;
- (b) if 50, whether any steps have been taken to increase the of a wider population under the TPDS for the State of Andhra coverage Pradesh; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not; the reasons therefor?

ANSW E R MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF RURAL DEVELOPMENT AND CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION (SADHVI NIRANJAN JyOTI)

- (a): The National Food Security Act, 2013 (NFSA) provides for upto 75% of the rural and 50% of the urban coverage of population; at all India level; for receiving highly subsidized foodgrains. Corresponding to this coverage, StatelUnion Territory-wise percentage coverage was determined by the then Planning Commission (Now NITI Aayog) using the 68th round of National Household Consumption Expenditure Survey (2011-12), Tendulkar Poverty estimates (2011-2012), 2011 Population Census data and uniform methodology across states:  Using the uniform approach for all the StatesUTs, coverage under NFSA for united Andhra Pradesh was fixed at 60.96% of rural and 41.14% of the urban which at Census 2011 comes to 459.92 Iakh population, persons:  Same percentage coverage was fixed for the new Andhra Pradesh and bifurcation due to data constraint Telangana post pertaining to state specific poverty estimates for 2011-12 and consequent difficulties in calculating price adjusted consumption expenditure cut off for both states separately:

(b) & (c): The issue of percentage coverage for the State Pradesh of new Andhra was taken up with the NITI Aayog: NITI Aayog informed Consumption Expenditure Survey data is now that the decade old and results of subsequent   Surveys are not yet  available, therefore determine exercise to coverage ratios for Telangana and New Andhra Pradesh based on old data not be prudent. Besides, as the NFSA is national coverage under capped at 75% in rural areas and 50% in urban increase in coverage one State without areas, any coverage of another State is not corresponding decline in permissible under the Act: NITI Aayog has suggested to continue with the existing State of coverage ratios for both the Telangana and new Andhra Pradesh until the results of Household Consumption Expenditure next available Survey and Census 2021 are or any other approach is adopted for coverage of under NFSA. beneficiaries any may

At present, no proposal for revision in coverage for the Andhra Pradesh is under consideration State of of the Government:

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5662 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Launch of Satellites
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: Abdul Majeed Ariff

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5662

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 06, 2022

## LAUNCH OF SATELLITES

## 5662.  ADV. A.M. ARIFF:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of countries with which the Indian Space Research Organisation  (ISRO)  has  entered  agreements  to  launch  their satellite into space;
- (b) the revenue expected to be earned through these agreements; and
- (c) the  total  number  indigenous  and  foreign  satellites  that  have been put into Earth's orbit?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a)  Starting from 1999 till date, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO),  through  its  commercial  arms,  has  successfully  signed

commercial launch service agreements with several global companies, agencies and institutions for launching satellites from 34  countries  into  space  on-board  Polar  Satellite  Launch  Vehicle (PSLV). (b)  As on date, ISRO's commercial arms have earned a total Foreign Exchange Revenue of 56 Million USD and 190 Million Euros through launching of satellites from 34 countries. (c)  So far, 114 Satellites of ISRO, 13 Indian Student Satellites and 342 Foreign Satellites of 34 Countries has been launched by ISRO.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5661 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Data Protection Review
Ministry: ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah, Pushpendra Singh Chandel

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## LOKSABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 5661

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 06.04.2022

## DATA PROTECTION REVIEW

## 5661. SHRIMATI MALA RAJYA LAXMI SHAH: SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

Will  the  Minister  of  ELECTRONICS  &  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY  be  pleased  to state:

- (a) whether the Government is contemplating to review net neutrality and data protection and to bring new regulations in this regard;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  considering  to  make  it  mandatory  for  service  and  content provider companies to keep data servers in the country to increase data security and if so, the details thereof;
- (d)  whether any measures have been taken by the Government to give relief to companies particularly startup  companies from additional financial burden which comes as a result of data security norms; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR ELECTRONICS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAJEEV CHANDRASEKHAR)

- (a)  and  (b):The  Government  has  introduced  The  Personal  Data  Protection  Bill,  2019  in Parliament during winter session in year 2019. The Bill was referred to Joint Committee of Parliamentwhich has tabled its  report  in  Parliament  in  December,  2021.  The  said  report  is under examination. There is no proposal under consideration to review the Net Neutrality at present.
- (c): No, Sir.There is no such proposal under consideration that makes it mandatory for service and content provider companies to keep data servers in the country to increase data security.
- (d):    No,  Sir.  There  is  no  such  proposal  under  consideration  to  give  relief to  companies or startups.
- (e):  Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 5659 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2022-04-06
Subject: Restoration of Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Talari Rangaiah

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 5659 TO BE ANSWERED ON 06.04.2022

## RESTORATION OF TRAINS

5659.  DR. TALARI RANGAIAH :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  the  Government  has  restored  all  the  trains  as  per  the  pre pandemic time period;

- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c) To prevent the  spread  of  COVID-19  pandemic,  Indian Railways  had  discontinued  all  regular  passenger  carrying  trains  w.e.f. 23rd March, 2020. Since November, 2021 Mail/Express trains are being operated  with  regular  numbers  as  per  rationalised  time  table.    As  on 30.03.2022, on a daily  average  basis,  9037  trains  which  includes  1768 Mail/Express  trains,  5437  Suburban  trains  and  1832  Passenger  trains were operated over Indian Railways.   Besides, passenger train services are being restored in a phased manner.

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