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Lok Sabha Question No. 502 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Officials Training in Italy
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: R. VANAROJA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 502 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2015

## OFFICIALS TRAINING IN ITALY

502.   SHRIMATI VANAROJA  R. :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

- (a) whether it is true that the Railways have sent 30 of its official for training to Italy for high speed rail;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  it  is  also  true  that  these  officials  were  trained  on various aspects of making tracks fit for running the high speed trains, their maintenance and security aspects; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) No, Madam.
- (b) Does not arise.
- (c) No, Madam.
- (d) Does not arise.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 501 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Implementation of New Railway  Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ANTO  ANTONY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 501 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2015

## IMPLEMENTATION OF NEW RAILWAY LINE

## 501.  SHRI ANTO ANTONY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) the present status of implementation of AngamalySabarimala Railway line in Kerala;
- (b) the details of major reasons for inordinate delay in implementing the above line;
- (c) whether a field office is functioning for implementation of this project and if so, the details thereof including expenses incurred by the Government in this regard so far;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  abandon  this project; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof including reasons for  such decision?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a)  Track  linking  on  Angamali-Kaladi  section  (7  Km)  of  the project  has been completed.  Earthwork and bridge works  have been taken up in Kaladi-Perumbavoor ( 11 Km) section.
- (b)  This  project  has  suffered  delay  due  to  late  finalization  of alignment  by  State  Government,  local  resistance  against  land acquisition, court cases, abnormal increase in land cost, etc.

(c) Construction Office at Ernakulam is implementing AngamaliSabarimala new line project.  An expenditure of ` 163 crore has been incurred on this project upto March, 2015. (d)  No, Madam. (e)  Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 498 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Cyber Safety
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: BHAGWANTH KHUBA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 498

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 02.12.2015

## CYBER SAFETY

## 498 SHRI BHAGWANTH  KHUBA:

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

- (a) whether  the Government is planning to frame cyber safety policy;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the timeframe for introduction of such policy?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a),  (b)  and  (c):  At  present,  there  is  no  proposal  before  the  Government  to  frame  a separate  cyber  safety  policy,  as  the  National  Cyber  Security  Policy  published  by  the Government  on  2 nd July  2013  articulates  a  clear  vision  to  build  and  promote  a  safe, secure and resilient  cyber space for citizens,  businesses  and  Government.  This  policy contains specific provisions aimed at creating awareness among the users with regard to safe and secure use of cyber space.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 497 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Earthquake Warning
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: JAYADEV GALLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 497

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 02, 2015

## EARTHQUAKE WARNING

497.   SHRI JAYADEV GALLA:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Indian Institute of Technology, Roorkee, is working on a pilot project 'Earthquake Early Warning System which gives early warning about earthquake; and
- (b) if so, the details of the project?

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

## ANSWER (SHRI Y. S. CHOWDARY)

- (a-b)   Yes Madam. Under the project, installed network of 100 sensors in a small  area  of  70x60km  in  central  Himalayan  region  is  expected  to detect  the  initial  ground  motion  from  an  earthquake  rupture  and estimate the resulting ground shaking expected later in time either at same location or at some other locations. The emerging warning time expected may range from few seconds to a little more than 60 seconds and will primarily be a function of the distance from the epicenter in Himalayan region.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 496 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Survey of NSSO
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 496

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, THE 2 ND  DECEMBER, 2015

## SURVEY OF NSSO

## 496. SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

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

- (a) the  average  per  capita  monthly  expenditure  of  rural  and  urban population as per the recent survey of the National Sample Survey Organisation (NSSO);
- (b) whether  as  per  recent survey  of  NSSO,  there  has  been  a continuous decline in spending on food in rural areas; and
- (c) if  so,  the  percentage  of  spending  on  food  out  of  the  total expenditure during each of the last three years and the current year and the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) FOR MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION, MINISTER OF STATE FOR  MINISTRY  OF  EXTERNAL  AFFAIRS  AND  MINISTER  OF  STATE  FOR MINISTRY  OF  OVERSEAS  INDIAN  AFFAIRS  [GENERAL  (Dr.)  V.K.  SINGH (Retd.)]

- (a): As per the recent survey of National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) on Household  Consumer  Expenditure  conducted  during  July  2011  to  June 2012, the average Monthly Per Capita Expenditure using Uniform Reference  Period  (URP)  was  estimated  as  Rs.1279  in  rural  India  and Rs. 2399 in urban India.

(b):  No,  Madam.  The  details  of  estimated  Average  Monthly  Per  Capita Consumer  Expenditure  on  Food  Items  in  rural  areas  using  Uniform Reference Period are as under:

| Period   |   In Rs. |
|----------|----------|
| 2004-05  |   307.6  |
| 2009-10  |   497.09 |
| 2011-12  |   621.96 |

(c): Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 495 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Investigation of Employees
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: OM BIRLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 495

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2015)

## INVESTIGATION OF EMPLOYEES

## 495. SHRI OM BIRLA:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has hired retired Government servants with clean record to investigate cases against current Government servants and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government has finalised the selection process of such a panel and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the number of pending cases against current officials proposed to be investigated?

## 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 (c):    The Government is in the process of laying down the procedure for empanelment of retired officers as the Inquiry Officers for conducting Departmental Inquiries  by the Cadre Controlling Authorities.

The services of the Inquiry Officers could be utilized by the Ministries/Departments and  their  subordinate  offices/organizations  under  the  Government  of  India  for  conducting departmental inquiries against the delinquent officials, as and when the procedure is finalized.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 494 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Kudankulam NPP-II
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: P. KUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.494

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2015

## KUDANKULAM NPP-II

494.   SHRI P. KUMAR:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant Unit-II is yet to be commissioned/yet to produce power;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to expedite operationalizing this unit and ensure all safety parameters are put in place?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes, Sir;
- (b) The hot run which is a pre-requisite for downstream activities like fuel loading and approach to first criticality, has been successfully completed in accordance with laid down procedures and regulatory requirements. The unit is being prepared for further activities and commissioning of unit-II is expected in the first quarter of 2016-17.
- (c) Close monitoring is being carried out to expedite the commissioning activities. In order to ensure safety, apart from the checks and the tests conducted by the  operator,  a  detailed  review  at  every  step  is  done  by  the  Atomic  Energy Regulatory Board (AERB) before accord of clearance for the next step.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 493 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Automatic Doors in Coaches
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 493 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2015

## AUTOMATIC DOORS IN COACHES

## 493.   SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  Railways  has  decided  to  install  automatic  doors  in coaches of trains; and
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  plan  chalked  out  for  the same?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a)  &  (b):  Yes,  Madam.  Integral  Coach  Factory  (ICF),  Chennai  has provided Automatic Sliding Doors on 13 Metro Rakes (8 Car Formation) which are currently running in Kolkata Metro. Besides, ICF is currently providing Automatic Sliding Doors on fully Air-conditioned (AC) Electric Multiple Unit (EMU) Train Set for Mumbai Suburban. Similarly, Rail Coach Factory  (RCF),  Kapurthala  has  developed  design  for  semi-high  speed Linke  Hofmann  Busch (LHB)  rake  having  high  speed  potential  of  200 kmph with Automatic doors.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 492 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: e-Gazette Notification
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 492

## TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 2, 2015

## E-GAZETTE NOTIFICATION

## No. 492 SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK:

## Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether his Ministry proposes to issue e-gazette notification to take forward the Digital India Campaign;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and its likely benefits;
- (c) whether  the  e-gazette  notification  will  have  validity  in all
- Government Departments under IT Act, 2000; and
- (d) if so, the current status of the proposal and the time by which it
- is likely to be completed ?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) & (b): Yes, Madam.  Ministry of Urban Development has issued a
- notification No. O-17022/1/2015-PSP-1, dated 30/09/2015, to publish e-gazette notifications by way of uploading and publishing on the official website.  This has been implemented with  effect  from  01 st October,  2015,  and  physical  printing  of gazette  notifications  by  the  Government  of  India  presses  has been  discontinued.    The  benefits  of  e-publishing  include  ease and  immediate  access  to  e-published  gazette  notifications  by any citizen.  It has also reduced the delays in publishing gazette notifications as well as will result in environmental benefits due to discontinuation of physical printing.
- (c):
- The e-gazette notifications are applicable to all Government of India gazette publications and will be valid for all Government of India gazettes.
- (d): The  e-publishing  of  gazettes  and  discontinuation  of  physical
- printing has already been implemented since 01st October,2015

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Lok Sabha Question No. 490 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Task Force on Poverty Alleviation
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 490

## TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 02, 2015

## TASK FORCE ON POVERTY ALLEVIATION

No. 490 COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## be pleased to state:-

- (a) the features of poverty alleviation policy in the country;
- (b) whether the State of Rajasthan has set up a task force in this regard, if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether this task force has submitted any suggestions to NITI
- Aayog, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether the Government proposes to take Special steps and make budgetary provisions for poverty alleviation in the poor and backward area of Rajasthan, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN

## THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION [SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO]

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- (a) :This Ministry has been implementing National Urban
- Livelihood  Mission  (NULM)  with  the  objective  of  reducing poverty  and  vulnerability  of  urban  poor  households.    The Mission envisages universal Social Mobilization of urban poor into  Self-Help  Groups  (SHGs)  and  their  federations.    It  has  a provision  for  skill  training  of  urban  poor  to  increase  their income through structured, market-oriented  certified  courses that can provide salaried employment and/ or self-employment opportunities.    It  also  focuses  on  financial  assistance  to individuals/groups/SHGs  of  urban  poor  for  setting  up  gainful self-employment  ventures.    Under  the  Mission,  for  the  urban homeless population permanent shelters equipped with basic

- amenities are also constructed. It also addresses the livelihood concerns of the urban street vendors by facilitating survey,  issue  of  certificate  and  creation  of  infrastructure facilities.
- (b) :The State Government of Rajasthan has set up a Task Force on Elimination of Poverty on 01.05.2015 under the Chairpersonship of Chief Secretary, Govt. of Rajasthan.
- (c) :The Government of Rajasthan has submitted the Report of the Task Force dated 15.06.2015 to NITI Aayog.
- (d) :During 2014-15 Rs. 42.01 Crore were released under NULM to Rajasthan . In 2015-16 Rs.62.99 Crores have been allocated for the state.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 489 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Railway Schools
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: VINOD CHAVDA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  489 TO BE ANSWERED ON  02.12.2015

## RAILWAY SCHOOLS

489.  SHRI VINOD LAKHAMASHI CHAVDA: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:
2. the  total  number  of  Railway  Schools  in  the  country  at
3. (a) present;
4. (b)      whether  it  is  a  fact  that  there  is  acute  shortage  of teachers  in  Railway  Schools  in    the  country  including Gujarat;
5. (c)
6. if so, the reasons therefor; and
7. (d)     the  action  being  taken  by  the  Government  to  fill  up the vacant posts at  the earliest?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS ( SHRI MANOJ SINHA )

- (a):  Indian  Railways  is  running  150  Railway  schools  in  the country.
- (b) to (d):  Certain vacancies of teachers do exist in Railway schools.  However,  occurrence  of  vacancies  is  a  natural  and continuous  process  for  which  indents  are  placed  on  the Railway Recruitment Boards by the concerned Zonal Railways and recruitments also take place.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 487 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Indo-China Meet on Border Issue
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: K. MARAGATHAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.487 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2015

## INDO-CHINA MEET ON BORDER ISSUE

487. SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  Indian  and  Chinese  officials  met  recently  for  the latest  round  of  talks  under  the  mechanism  set  up  for  both countries to consult and coordinate on border related issues; and
- (b) if so, the deliberations made in the said meeting?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

(a) & (b) The latest meeting of the Working Mechanism  for Consultation and Coordination on India-China Boundary Affairs was held  in  Beijing  on  8  October  2015.  Both  sides  discussed  various issues pertaining to the maintenance of peace and tranquillity in the border areas.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 485 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Proposal for Tori-Shivpur-Kathotia Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 485 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2015

## PROPOSAL FOR TORI-SHIVPUR-KATHOTIA LINE

†485.  SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

## Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether the  Railways had proposed laying of Tori-Shivpur-Kathotia railway line;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof along with the estimated cost of the line and the funds released for the same so far;
- (c)   the current status of the said line; and
- (d)   the time by which it is likely to be completed?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) to (d):  Yes, Madam. Tori-Shivpur-Kathautia new line project has been taken up at an anticipated cost of ` 3596 crores and funds to the tune of ` 958 crores have been released by M/s Central Coalfields Limited for this project upto March 2015. The project has been taken up in two phases as detailed below:
- (i) Tori-Shivpur (44 km) section at an anticipated cost of ` 1589 crore. In this section, about 74%  land has been acquired and earthwork, bridgeworks have been taken up.
- (ii)  Shivpur-Kathautia(49  km)  section  at  an  anticipated  cost  of ` 2007 crores.  Alignment  has  been  staked  on  the  ground  and  land  plans submitted to the State Government for land acquisition.

The  timeline  for  completion  of  the  project  has  not  been  fixed  due  to uncertainty in acquisition of land and forestry clearances.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 483 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: e-Transactions
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: SAUGATA ROY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (DEPARTMENT OF ELECTRONICS & INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 483

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 02.12.2015

## E-TRANSACTIONS

## 483  PROF.  SAUGATA  ROY:

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

- (a) whether the Government intends to develop a mechanism to do all transactions through eroute;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the proposed time schedule for the project?

## ANSWER

MINISTER FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

(a)    to  (c):  Yes,  Sir.  Government  is  implementing  National  e-Governance  Plan  (NeGP)  since 2006  which  emphasized  on  increasing  delivery  of  Government  to  Citizen  (G2C)  services through e-route. Under the Digital India programme , NeGP has been transformed into    'eKranti' with emphasis on delivery of all G2C services through e-route.

Government has set up a platform called 'e-Taal' to measure the e-Transactions on real time basis.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 482 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: MoU for Atomic Energy
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: ARKA KESHARI DEO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.482

TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2015

## MoU FOR ATOMIC ENERGY

482.   SHRI  ARKA KESHARI DEO:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has signed any Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with other countries for the generation and production of atomic energy in future which is economical and clean; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken in this regard, country-wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes Sir.
- (b) India  has  signed  Nuclear  agreements/Memorandum  Of  Understanding/Joint Declarations  with  USA,  France,  Russia,  Namibia,  Mongolia,  Republic  of Korea, Argentine Republic, United Kingdom, Republic of Kazakhstan, Canada,  Sri  Lanka  and  Australia.  Out  of  these  the  Inter-Governmental Agreement (IGA) signed with Russia is for construction of nuclear power plant at Kudankulam (KKNPP 1 - 4), the Pre-Engineering Agreement (PEA) signed with M/s AREVA, France is for assessment of licenseability of the Evolutional Pressurised  Reactor  (EPR)  project  proposed  to  be  set  up  in  Jaitapur  and Preliminary  Contract  for  Technical  Feasibility  Study  for  AP  1000  reactors signed with Westinghouse Electric Company (WEC), USA is for the proposed Site  at Mithivirdi Site in Bhavnagar, Gujarat.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 480 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-02
Subject: Railway Stations in Dahod
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: JASVANTSINH SUMANBHAI BHABHOR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.480 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.12.2015

## RAILWAY STATIONS IN DAHOD

- † 480. SHRI JASVANTSINH SUMANBHAI BHABHOR:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of railway stations declared as model stations in the parliamentary constituency of Dahod during the last three years; and
- (b) the requirements identified for the model stations and the tasks undertaken to fulfil these requirements?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a)  &  (b):  Zone-wise/District-wise details of stations falling under any particular  parliamentary  constituency  is  not  maintained.  Further,  the Model Station Scheme for upgradation of amenities at stations was in vogue  upto  year  2008.  Since  the  year  2009,  station  upgradation  is done under the Adarsh Station Scheme. Selection of railway stations for inclusion of stations under the Adarsh Station Scheme is based on identified  needs  for  upgradation  of  amenities  at  stations  and  is  a continuous, on-going process.

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