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Lok Sabha Question No. 1548 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Broadcasting Bill, 2024
Ministry: INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING
Asked by: Shri Sudama Prasad

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1548

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2024)

BROADCASTING BILL, 2024

## 1548. SHRI SUDAMA PRASAD

## Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

- (a) the details of organisations and people with whom private consultations were held for the draft of the Broadcasting Bill, 2024;
- (b)  the  reasons  for  which  the  Government  held  private  consultation  for  drafting Broadcasting Bill, 2024 before it was made available for wider public consultation; and
- (c)  whether  the  Government  intends  to  larger  public  consultations  considering  the sensitivity and impact the bill is going to have on common people?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING, AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## (SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

- (a) to (c): The draft Broadcasting Services (Regulation) Bill, 2023 was placed in public domain on 10.11.2023 seeking views/comments/suggestions from the general public and stakeholders till 09.12.2023 which was later extended upto 15.01.2024.

Based on the wide range of views expressed during consultations with stakeholders, including from various Associations of the Media & Entertainment sector, additional time was provided for comments till 15.10.2024.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1545 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Restoration of Kamban Express Train
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Murasoli S

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1545 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2024

## RESTORATION OF KAMBAN EXPRESS TRAIN

1545. SHRI MURASOLI S:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the criteria for the restoration of trains and the details thereof;
- (b)  whether  the  Government  has  any  plans  for  the  restoration  of Kamban  Express  (16175/16176)  on  its  original  route  and  the  details
- thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c) To facilitate infrastructure works such as station development, capacity enhancement, passenger amenities development etc.,  some  times  trains  are  diverted  /  cancelled  /  short terminated -originated. With a view to facilitate the ongoing infrastructural  and  developmental  work  of  Chennai  Egmore  station, 16175/16176  Chennai  Egmore-Karaikal  Express  is  temporarily  being operated between Tambaram and Karaikal.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1544 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Startups  in Space Sector
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, Shri Biplab Kumar Deb

- (a)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 04, 2024

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1544 STARTUPS IN SPACE SECTOR

1544.  SHRI BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB:

SHRI BIPLAB KUMAR DEB:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  total  number  of  countries  identified  by  Indian  National Space Promotion and Authorisation Centre (IN-SPACE ) where private sector can operate; and
- (b) whether  there  has  been  a  rise  in  the  number  of  startups  in space sector during the last five  years  and  if  so,  the  details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

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- IN-SPACe  has  established  relationships  with  more  than  25 countries from across the world, including both Space faring and Space aspiring nations, where Indian companies can pitch their  products/  solutions.  IN-SPACe  has  also  conducted  'IN-

SPACe Space Days' with 6 countries so far, in order to enable focused match making for Indian Private Space Sector companies in these countries.

- (b) The number of Space Start-ups have gone up, from just 1 in 2014 to around 266 as on date.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1542 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Open Network for Digital Commerce
Ministry: CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION
Asked by: Dr. C M Ramesh

## MINISTRY  OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS, FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF FOOD AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

## LOK SABIIA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1542 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4TH DECEMBER, 2024

## OPEN NETWORK FOR DIGITAL  COMMERCE

## 1542. DR. C M RAMESH:

Will the Minister of CONSUMER  AFFAIRS.  FOOD  AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION amtuT wd,  um aM aT+©ft% fiewr =Ht be pleased to state:

- (a) the aims and objectives of Open Network  for  Digital  Commerce (ONDC);
- (b) whether  it  is  true that  some Fair  Price  Shops (FPSs) have been onboarded onto the ONDC network as a pilot project;
- (c) if  so, the details of FPSs identified  for this pilot project  from the State of Andhra Pradesh including the outcome of the pilot project; and
- (d) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Government to expand ONDC to other FPSs in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF CONSUMER AFFAIRS. FOOD & PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

(SHRIMATI NIMUBEN JAYANTIBHAI BAMBHANIYA)

- (a): Open Network for  Digital Commerce (ONDC) is aimed at democratizing digital commerce to  enable every  seller, MSME,  merchant, farmer  and consumer to  access, participate and benefit from market access through digital  commerce.

ONDC is not a platform or app. Instead it  is an open protocol that enables buyers, using any app to discover and purchase products or services from any other app.

Some of the major objectives of the ONDC are as follows:

- (i) Promote interoperability to create an open, inclusive and competitive marketplace,
- (ii) Be an enabler with  minimal public  digital infrastructure,
- (iii) Be scale efficient and build for population-scale adoption,
- (iv) Make digital commerce, small-business friendly,
- (v) Pave the way to unlock innovation for reimagining digital commerce.

(b) and (c): The Department of  Food and Public Distribution, Government of India  has launched a pilot  project  to  onboard Fair  Price  Shops (FPSs) with  the  Open Network for Digital  Commerce (ONDC). As part of this initiative, 11 FPSs (5 FPSs in Una and 6 FPSs in Hamirpur districts) in Himachal Pradesh were piloted on ONDC by the Department of Food & Public Distribution.

(d): Presently, only the pilot scheme has been ]aunched to assess the viability of onboarding ONI)C in FPSs.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1541 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Increase in Tariff by Private Operators
Ministry: COMMUNICATION
Asked by: Adv Dean Kuriakose

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1541 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## INCREASE IN TARIFF BY PRIVATE OPERATORS

## 1541.   ADV DEAN KURIAKOSE:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the  Government has taken note of the increase in tariffs  being  levied  by  private network operators in the country;
- (b) if  so,  whether  the  Government  has any  plans  to  investigate into  any collusion  among the network operators for increasing the tariffs across all sections;
- (c) if  so,  whether  the  Government  has an  plans  of initiating  any  enquiry  by  the Competition Commission of India; and

(d) if so, whether it is true that such increases in tariffs especially data charges go against the very motto of a digitally inclusive nation and affect the common man, if so, the details of the steps being taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. PEMMASANI CHANDRA SEKHAR)

(a) Yes, the tariff has been hiked by the Reliance Jio Infocomm Limited, Bharti Airtel Limited and Vodafone India Limited.

(b) to (d) Telecom  Regulatory  Authority  of  India  (TRAI)  is  independent  authority  for regulation  of  tariff  for  Telecommunication  service  in  India.  As  per  the  existing  regulatory  tariff framework,  tariff  for  telecommunication  service  is  under  forbearance  except  for  some  specific services Subject to compliance to extant regulatory provisions, service providers are free to design and offer tariff based on their understanding of the market situation and in their best commercial interest.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1540 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Passenger Train on Budhapank-Parjang-Sukinda Road in Odisha
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shri Rudra Narayan Pany

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1540 TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2024

PASSENGER TRAIN ON BUDHAPANK-PARJANG-SUKINDA ROAD IN ODISHA

†1540. SHRI RUDRA NARAYAN PANY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  run  passenger  train  on 'Budhapank-Parjang-Sukinda Road' section in Khurda Road Division under East Coast Railway in Odisha;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF RAILWAYS, INFORMATION & BROADCASTING AND ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

(SHRI ASHWINI VAISHNAW)

(a) to (c) At present, Budhapank-Parjang-Sukinda section is a freight section. It was constructed as per the freight corridor norms.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1539 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Accessibility  of CPGRAMS
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: Shri Amrinder Singh Raja Warring

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS & PUBLIC GRIEVANCES)

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1539 (TO BE ANSWERED ON 04.12.2024)

## ACCESSIBILITY OF CPGRAMS

## 1539. SHRI AMRINDER SINGH RAJA WARRING:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has assessed the accessibility of the Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) portal, particularly for those in rural and remote areas;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether any initiatives have been taken to make CPGRAMS more inclusive for citizens lacking internet access or digital literacy, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the steps taken/being taken by the Government to enhance awareness and usability of CPGRAMS among marginalized communities for effective grievance redressal?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH)

(a) to (d):  Yes sir, Government has taken a number of measures for enhanced accessibility of citizens from remote and rural areas, which has resulted in over 28 lakh citizens being registered on  CPGRAMS  portal  from  795  districts  across  the  country  with  an  average  monthly  citizen registration  of  70,000.  Government  has  collaborated  with  Common  Service  Centres  (CSC)  to leverage the network of Village Level Entrepreneurs (VLEs) of CSCs across 5.6 lakh villages. 4.68  lakh  grievances  have  been  filed  through  Common  Service  Centres    in  2023  and  2024. Government has adopted the CPGRAMS 10 step reform to enhance awareness and usability of CPGRAMS. These reforms include regional language facility on the CPGRAMS portal, citizen engagement through feedback call centre, simplification in citizen registration, collaboration with CSCs and launch of CPGRAMS mobile application. The Government has also conducted several awareness programmes   for   VLEs   with focus on rural/farmer centric    schemes like Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana(PMAY) and Pradhan Mantri Kisan Samman Nidhi ( PM-KISAN) . 20th of every  month  is  being  observed  as  CSC-CPGRAMS  Day  to  enhance  awareness  and  increase outreach of CPGRAMS amongst the rural population.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1537 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Amendments to the Mines and Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957
Ministry: MINES
Asked by: Shri K Radhakrishnan

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINES

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1537

ANSWERED ON 04.12.2024

## AMENDMENTS TO THE MINES AND MINERALS (DEVELOPMENT & REGULATION) ACT, 1957

1537 SHRI K RADHAKRISHNAN:

Will the Minister of MINES be pleased to state:

(a)  whether  it  is  true  that  the  proposed  amendments  to  the  Mines  and  Minerals (Development & Regulation) Act, 1957 is detrimental to the interests of the country and if so, the details thereof; (b)  whether  the  Government  has  come  across  apprehensions  raised  from  various stakeholders on the negative impact of the liberalisation in the mining sector on the indian economy particularly the public sector enterprises and if so, the action taken thereon; (c) whether the Union Government has received any representation from the Government of  Kerala  expressing  its  strong  objections  to  the  opening  of  the  mineral  sector  to  the private sector and if so, the details thereof; (d)  whether the Government intends to take on board the concerns raised by various stakeholders to the proposed amendments; and (e) if so, whether a meeting of all the stakeholders is to be convened for the purpose and

- if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF COAL AND MINES

(SHRI G. KISHAN REDDY)

(a) to (e): At present, no amendments have been proposed to the Mines and Minerals (Development  &  Regulation)  Act,  1957  [MMDR  Act,  1957].  However,  whenever  any amendment is proposed to be carried out in the MMDR Act, 1957 and the rules made thereunder,  the  comments  and  suggestions  are  sought  from  the  States  and  Union Territories  including  Kerala,  industry  and  other  stakeholders  and  general  public  in accordance with the pre-legislative consultation policy.

As  such,  amendments  are  finalized  after  taking  into  consideration  the  comments received. The comments of all stakeholders have been taken into consideration during past amendments.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1535 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: BSNL Mobile Towers  on Lease
Ministry: COMMUNICATION
Asked by: Shri Rajkumar Roat

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1535 TO BE ANSWERED ON 4 TH  DECEMBER, 2024

## BSNL MOBILE TOWERS ON LEASE

## †1535. SHRI RAJKUMAR ROAT:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATION be pleased to state:

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Government has leased more than 12,500 towers of BSNL to private companies;
- (b) if so, the amount of revenue generated therefrom and the duration of lease;
- (c) whether it is a fact that the towers were leased out to private telecom operators to enable them provide their services at a lower cost;
- (d) if so, the reasons for which their mobile and internet tariff plans are increased;
- (e) whether the largest company in the category of these leased towers is Jio, if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) whether the Government proposes to reduce mobile and internet tariff plans, in view of the current internet data usage and demand along with the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT (DR. PEMMASANI CHANDRA SEKHAR)

( a ) to ( f ) As on 31.03.2024, Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has leased  out  12,502 towers to other Telecom / Internet Service Providers(TSPs/ISPs) which includes 8,048 towers leased to M/s RJIL. BSNL is a Public Sector Undertaking (PSU) and takes its decisions based on technocommercial viability. BSNL has earned a revenue of total Rs. 6,920.39 Crore since year 2017-18 to 2023-24 on leasing of towers.

Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is an independent authority for regulation of tariff for telecommunication services in India. As per the extant regulatory tariff provisions, tariff for telecommunication service is under forbearance except for services such as National Roaming, Rural Fixed Line Services, mobile number portability charges and leased circuits. 'Nil' tariff has been prescribed  for  Unstructured  Supplementary  Service  Data  (USSD)  services  to  promote  financial inclusion etc.among rural unbanked feature phone users.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1533 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Socio-Economic Status of the Minorities in North-east Region
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: Dr. Indra Hang Subba

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1533

ANSWERED ON 04.12.2024

## SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS OF THE MINORITIES IN NORTH-EAST REGION

## 1533. DR. INDRA HANG SUBBA:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)   whether  the  Union  Government  has  conducted  any  detailed  study  of  socio-economic status of the minorities in the North-east region and if so, the details thereof;
- (b)   the  details  of  fund  allocated  during  the  last  five  years  to  the  North-east  region  for upliftment of religious minorities, State-wise; and
- (c) the details of the religious minorities in North-east region, State-wise?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

(SHRI KIREN RIJIJU)

- (a) No, Sir.
- (b)  Ministry of Minority Affairs, Government of India has allocated a fund of Rs. 1752.02 crore under the Pradhan Mantri Jan Vikas Karyakaram (PMJVK), Rs. 177.28 crore under the Pradhan Mantri  Virasat  Ka  Samvardhan  (PM  VIKAS)  and  Rs.  827.03  crore  under  the  Scholarship schemes,  to the North-east region during last five years. In addition, M/o DoNER has a 30% Focus Development Component (FDC) of the total outlay of Schemes of North Eastern Council including religious minorities, which is allocated for  focussed development of deprived areas, deprived/neglected  sections  in  the  North  Eastern  States.  An  amount  of  Rs.  842.87  crore  have been  sanctioned  across  North  Eastern  Region  under  the  said  component  for  the  period  from 2020-21 to 2023-24.
- (c) The term 'Minority' is not identified in the Population Census, however, as per Census 2011, the State/UTs wise data on religions professed by the people of India is published on the website of Census India, which is available at  https://censusindia.gov.in  .

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1531 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Space Technology Programme in Andhra Pradesh
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: Dr. Byreddy Shabari

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1531

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 04, 2024

SPACE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAMME IN ANDHRA PRADESH

1531.  DR. BYREDDY SHABARI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the State of Andhra Pradesh is getting benefits from any space technology programme aimed in improving agriculture  and  resource  management  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) the  impact  of  ISRO's  initiatives  on  weather  forecasting  and disaster preparedness in Andhra Pradesh; and
- (c) whether there are any satellite data centres or space-related facilities in the Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

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- (a) Space based inputs are used in Andhra Pradesh for pre-harvest crop acreage & production estimation for rice crop, inventory of  horticulture  crops,  viz.,  mango,  banana,  citrus  &  turmeric, and for agricultural drought assessment. Space technology is being used on experimental basis for rice yield estimation in Kakinada and Guntur districts of Andhra Pradesh under PMFBY scheme  and  the  inputs  are  used  for  crop  insurance  claim settlement by Govt. of Andhra Pradesh.

ISRO  generates  and  disseminates  spatial  data  on  land  use  / land  cover  (annual  and  at  5-yearly  interval),  surface  water spread (weekly), and wastelands & land degradation (decadal), for  India.  These  inputs  are  useful  for  resources  management for Andhra Pradesh state.

- (b) Data  of  the  meteorological  and  ocean  observation  satellite such  as  INSAT-3DR  &  3DS,  and  Oceansat-3  realized  by  ISRO are  being  used  for  weather  forecasting  and  early  warning  of cyclones and extreme weather events by IMD.

As part of National Hydrology Project, ISRO developed spatial flood early  warning  system  for the Godavari  river using satellite  data  and  high  resolution  digital  terrain  data.  It  is implemented  on  experimental  mode  since  2022  and  flood alerts  are  being  disseminated  to  the  Andhra  Pradesh  State Disaster Management Authority with 2-day lead time.

During the flood season, ISRO generates flood inundation maps for  major  floods  using  satellite  data  and  are  provided  to Andhra  Pradesh  State  Disaster  Management  Authority  and

Andhra  Pradesh  State Remote  Sensing  Centre, for flood disaster management. ISRO released Flood Hazard Zonation Atlas for Andhra Pradesh in  2022,  which  is  prepared  using  flood  inundation  maps generated using satellite data during 2000 to 2020. ISRO/ DoS has not conducted any impact assessment of ISRO's initiatives  on  weather  forecasting  and  disaster  preparedness in Andhra Pradesh. (c) ISRO/  DoS  has  not  established  any  satellite  data  centre  or space-related facilities in the Nandyal, Andhra Pradesh. ****
Lok Sabha Question No. 1529 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2024-12-04
Subject: Nuclear Power Generation Capacity
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: Shri Vishnu Datt Sharma

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO-1529

ANSWERED ON 04/12/2024

## NUCLEAR POWER GENERATION CAPACITY

## 1529.  SHRI VISHNU DATT SHARMA

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:-

- (a)    whether the Government has announced plans to increase the country's nuclear power generation capacity by approximately 70 per cent by 2029 with the help of employing pressurized heavy water reactors.
- (b)    if so, whether electricity generation in this way will be more logical on the basis of environment friendliness and cost effectiveness than other renewable energy sources;
- (c)    if so, the details thereof; and
- (d)    if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  The present installed capacity is set to increase from 8180 MW to 14080 MW by 2029-30, an increase of approximately 70% on completion of RAPP 7&8 (2 X 700 MW), KKNPP 3&4 (2 X 1000 MW), KKNPP 5&6 (2 X 1000 MW) and PFBR (500 MW) projects which are  under  construction  /  commissioning.  While  RAPP  7&8  are  indigenous  Pressurised Heavy Water Reactors, KKNPP 3 to 6 are Light Water Reactors and PFBR is a Fast Breeder Reactor. Thus the capacity increase is planned through deployment of reactors of multiple technologies.
- (b) to (d) Nuclear power is a clean, base load source of electricity available 24X7. Its lifecycle Green house gas emissions are comparable to those of renewables like hydro and wind. However, given the country's large demand and need of large energy transition to clean sources to achieve Net Zero by 2070 goal, both nuclear and other renewable technologies have to be deployed extensively.

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