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Lok Sabha Question No. 115 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: MoU between India and France
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAMDAS CHANDRABHANJI TADAS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO.115

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.02.2016

## MOU BETWEEN INDIA AND FRANCE

- ϯ 115.         SHRI  RAMDAS C. TADAS:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether any Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) has been signed between the India and France for the modernisation of railway stations and development of various rail projects in the country;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government has taken any effective steps to complete the  pending  railway  projects  particularly  rural  rail  projects  on  priority basis and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the number of such pending rail projects in Maharashtra which are proposed to be started in the current year till date?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) &  (b): Ministry  of  Railways  have  signed  a  Memorandum  of Understanding (MoU) with SNCF( Societe Nationale des Chemins de Fer Francais),  the  French  National  Railways,  on  14th    February  2013  in which the agreed areas of cooperation are : (i) High Speed and semi-high speed rail;  (ii)  Station  renovation  and  operations;  (iii)  Modernization  of current operations and infrastructure; and (iv) Suburban trains.

(c):  Completion  of  projects  depends  on  many  factors  such  as  land acquisition, forestry & wild life clearances, shifting of services, construction  of  road  over  and  road  under  bridges  by  road  maintaining agencies etc. apart from availability of funds. Railways have increased outlay  for  projects  like  new  lines,  gauge  conversion  and  doubling substantially  in  last  2  years  which  has  increased  pace  of  project execution.

(d): In 2015-16, two new line projects viz. Karad-Chiplun (112 km) and Dighi Port -Roha (34 km) have been included in Railway Budget. In addition,  7  doubling  projects  covering  a  length  of  1377  km.  that  fall fully/partly in the State of Maharashtra have been sanctioned in 2015-16 subject to requisite clearances.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 114 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: CNG Powered Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

- (a)   Yes, Madam.
- (b) (i)  Railways have sanctioned conversion of 100 Nos. of driving power car (DPC) of Diesel Electric Multiple Unit (DEMU) into dual fuel with Compressed Natural Gas (CNG).
- (ii) Eleven CNG powered DPCs are working at Shakurbasti based DEMU rakes operative on Northern Railway and North Western Railway.
- (c)&(d) No, Madam.  Such  pilot  project has  not been  taken  up  in Ahmedabad for CNG powered trains.

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## GOVERMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION N0. 114

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.02.2016

## CNG POWERED TRAINS

114.  SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)    whether  the  Government  intends  to  run  Compressed  Natural  Gas (CNG) powered trains in various parts of the country;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether result of pilot project taken in Ahmedabad for CNG powered trains has been found workable; and
- (d)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)
Lok Sabha Question No. 113 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Setting up of Rail Coach Factory
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.113

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.02.2016

## SETTING UP OF RAIL COACH FACTORY

113. SHRI RAJESH KUMAR DIWAKER:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Railways  proposes  to  set  up  a  rail  coach  factory  in  Hathras (UP);

- (b) if so, the details thereof;

- (c) the funds required for setting up the said factory along with the pattern of its funding;

- (d) whether necessary clearances have been obtained for the project from the State  Government  and  other  agencies  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and response of State;

- (e) whether the site of the factory has been identified and land allotted for the purpose; and

- (f) if not, the time by which it is likely to be allotted and which type of coaches proposes to be manufactured in the said factory?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) No, Madam.

- (b) to (f) Do not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 112 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Skill Training for Poor
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA

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

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 112

## TO BE ANSWERED ON FEBRUARY 24, 2016

## SKILL TRAINING FOR POOR

## No. 112 SHRI S.P.MUDDAHANUME GOWDA:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## be pleased to state:-

- (a) whether the Government is making any efforts through imparting  skill  to  make  the  urban  poor  eligible  for  gainful employment or undertake wage employment;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is focusing on SCs/STs in urban areas so  that  they  can  become  eligible  for  gainful  employment  or
- undertake wage employment;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## [SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO]

- (a) & (b): The Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation  is  implementing  a  Centrally  Sponsored  Scheme 'Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Urban  Livelihoods Mission'. The Employment through Skill Training & Placement (EST&P)  component  of  the  Mission  aims  at  providing  skill training to urban poor so that they can find gainful employment  or  set  up  self-employment  ventures  or  secure wage employment.
- (c)
- to  (e):  As  per  Mission  guidelines,  SCs  and  STs  are  to  be benefited  at  least  to  the  extent  of  the  proportion  of  their population in the city.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 111 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: LHB Coaches
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: Shrirang Appa Barne, ANANDRAO  ADSUL, DHARMENDRA YADAV, P.R. SUNDARAM, SHIVAJI ADHALRAO PATIL

- (a) No, Madam.
- (b) Does not arise.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.111

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.02.2016

## LHB COACHES

111. SHRI SHRIRANG APPA BARNE:

SHRI ANANDRAO ADSUL:

SHRI DHARMENDRA YADAV:

SHRI P.R. SUNDARAM:

SHRI ADHALRAO PATIL SHIVAJIRAO:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways took a decision to replace the conventional AC and non-AC coaches with new Linke Hofmann Busch (LHB) coaches in all trains by the end of 2016;
- (b) if so, whether while passengers complain of rattling and unclean coaches in many express/passenger trains, whereas LHB coaches;
- (c) if so, the number of coaches procured and number out of them have not been utilised so far along with the reasons therefor;
- (d)  whether the LHB coaches have not been allocated to the zones as per their size or as per their requirement and if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (e)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  use  these  LHB  coaches  and provide  more  LHB  coaches  in  high  speed  trains  under  the  Southern Railways?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(c) to  (e)  About  3300  LHB  coaches  have  been  made  available  from production  units  for  the  purpose  of  utilization  as  new  service  as  well  as replacement.  Production  and  the  allotment  of  coaches  is  an  ongoing process. Allocations of LHB coaches to all zonal Railways including Southern Railway  are  being  done  keeping  in  view  the  production,  requirement  and infrastructure for maintaining LHB coaches available at Zonal Railway.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 110 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Printing of Passenger Tickets
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 110 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.02.2016

## PRINTING OF PASSENGER TICKETS

†110. SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to print barcode on unreserved tickets and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the printing of unreserved tickets is likely to be done by thermal printer so that the printed information will disappear itself after five hours;
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (d)  whether  in  case  the  train  is  late  after  buying  the  ticket,  the passenger is likely to be considered without ticket due to disappearance of data from the ticket;
- (e)  if so, the measures taken to tackle such a situation; and
- (f)   if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a)  to  (f)      Adoption  of  new  technologies  is  a  continuous  process. New technology in ticket  printing  is  adopted  from  time  to  time  to improve passenger convenience.

It is always the endeavour of the Railways that passengers are not put to inconvenience whenever any new technology is adopted.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 109 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Extradition Treaties
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: M. B. RAJESH, KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN, LALLU SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.109 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.02.2016

## EXTRADITION TREATIES

109.

SHRI M. B. RAJESH:

SHRI K. N. RAMACHANDRAN:

SHRI LALLU SINGH:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  signed  Extradition  Treaties  with  various countries;
- (b) if  so,  the  success  achieved  in  extraditing  most  wanted  criminals  to India;
- (c) whether India has sought the extradition of David Headly; and
- (d) if so, the response of US Government thereto?

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

- (a) As  of  today,  India  has  Extradition  Treaties  in  force  with  40  countries namely  Australia,  Bahrain,  Bangladesh,  Belarus,  Belgium,  Bhutan,  Bulgaria, Canada,  Chile,  Egypt,  France,  Germany,  Hong  Kong,  Indonesia,  Kuwait, Malaysia,  Mauritius,  Mexico,  Mongolia,  Nepal,  Netherlands,  Oman,  Poland, Portugal,  Republic  of  Korea,  Russia,  Saudi  Arabia,  South  Africa,  Spain, Switzerland,  Tajikistan,  Thailand,  Tunisia,  Turkey,  UAE,  UK,  Ukraine,  USA, Uzbekistan and Vietnam.
- (b) We  have  succeeded  in  securing  the  extradition  of  a  number  of  mostwanted  criminals  to  India,  notable  among  them  in  recent  years  being  Willy Naruenartwanich  (waging  or  attempting  to  wage  war  against  India);  Anup Chetia (waging or attempting to wage war against India); Usman Ghani Khan (waging  or  attempting  to  wage  war  against  India);  Abdul  Sathar  @  Manzoor (Terrorism); Chhota Rajan (Murder); Abu Salem (Criminal conspiracy); Jagtar Singh Tara (Murder); Gurpreet Singh Bhullar (Murder).
- (c) & (d) Yes, we have sought the extradition of David Headly. We continue to  pursue  the  matter  with  the  US  authorities.  In  the  meantime,  they  have made him available for a video deposition to the concerned Indian court.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 108 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Unreserved Ticket Counters
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK, R. VANAROJA, RANJANBEN BHATT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 108

TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.02.2016

## UNRESERVED TICKET COUNTERS

†108.   SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK: SHRIMATI VANAROJA R.: SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT:

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

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  formulate  any  new  rules  with regard  to  booking  and  refund  of  unreserved  rail  tickets  and  platform tickets;
- (b)  if so, the details of the decision taken so far in this regard;
- (c)  whether the Railway is considering to introduce platform tickets to be paperless;
- (d)  whether  the  Railway  is  considering  to  launch  more  IT  enabled passenger services in Railways; and
- (e)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  number  of  unreserved  ticketing counters  across  the  country  where  the  refund  service  is  likely  to  be provided?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (

## ANSWER SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a)  &  (b):    W.e.f  01.03.2016,  Unreserved  tickets  for  distances  upto  199 kms,  the  journey  has  to  be  started  from  the  originating  station  within three hours of time of issue of tickets or upto the departure of first train for  the  destination  whichever  is  later.  The  return  journey  facility  for distance upto 199 kms  for unreserved tickets has been withdrawn.

,

The clerkage charge for refund of unreserved tickets has been increased from ` 15 to ` 30 w.e.f 12.11.2015.

(c):    The  facility  of  issuing  paperless  platform  tickets  through  mobile phones is already available on 29 stations.

(d)  &  (e):  Yes,  Madam.    The  following  IT  enabled  passenger  services  in Railways are under consideration:

-  Proliferation of Hand Held Terminals for TTEs
-  Computerisation of TTE lobbies
-  Expansion of Paperless Unreserved ticketing
-  Pilot project for Mobile App for Station navigation.
-  Pilot project for Hand Held unreserved Ticketing Machine

9,792 number of Unreserved Ticketing Counters have been provided over Indian Railways for refund purpose.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 107 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Construction of Educational Institute/ Stadium
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MUKESH RAJPUT

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 107 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.02.2016

## CONSTRUCTION OF EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE/STADIUM

- +107. SHRI MUKESH RAJPUT:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government proposes to construct any educational  institute  or  stadium  on  the    unutilised  loco  land near Fatehgarh railway station of Eastern Railways;
- (b)     if so, the details thereof, and the total area of the said land; and
- (c)   whether only Railway staff live in the old quarters constructed on     some part of this land and  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  to  (c):    Fatehgarh  Railway  station  is  in  North  Eastern  Railway. The area of abandoned loco shed land is about 18750 square metre on  which  no  Railway  quarter  exists.    This  land  is  meant  for Railways' future operational and infrastructural requirement.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 106 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Vacant Posts
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: NALIN KUMAR KATEEL, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, B.N. CHANDRAPPA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 106

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.02.2016)

## VACANT POSTS

106. SHRI NALIN KUMAR KATEEL: SHRI D.K. SURESH: SHRI B.N. CHANDRAPPA:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number  of  posts  lying  vacant  for  various  category  in  all  Central  Ministries/ Departments, category-wise and Ministry/ Department-wise;
- (b) whether the Government is aware that there is a decline in percentage of recruitment of minority and reserved categories in Government jobs;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  being  taken  to  ensure  the  recruitment  of  all vacant positions of all category be filled up in toto; and
- (d) the  details  of  recruitment  made  for  various  categories  in  various  vacancy  of  posts during the last two years and the current year till date?

## 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):   As per the latest available data in the Annual Report on Pay and Allowances of Central Government  Civilian  Employees  2013-14,  published  by  Department  of  Expenditure,  the number of sanctioned posts and number in position in various Ministries/Departments is at Annexure 'A'.

(b)  to  (d):      As  per  the  data  uploaded  by  Ministries/Departments,  the  percentage  of representation  of  Schedule  Caste  categories  in  Government  jobs    as  on  1.1.2012  (72 Departments) was 17.48, as on 1.1.2013 (71 Departments) was 17.55 and as on 1.1.2014 (59 Departments) is 16.55.

The percentage of representation of Schedule Tribe categories in Government job as on 1.1.2012 (72 Departments) was 7.65, as on 1.1.2013 (71 Departments) was 7.72 and as on 1.1.2014 (59 Departments) is 8.56.

The  percentage  of  representation  of  people  from  Other  Backward  Classes    in Government  job  as on 1.1.2012 (72  Departments) was 16.96, as on 1.1.2013 (71 Departments) is 17.71 and as on 1.1.2014 (59 Departments) is 19.75.

The percentage  of  representation  of  Minorities  in  Government  job  in  2012-13  (72 Departments) was 6.91, in 2013-14 was 7.89 and in 2014-15 is 8.70.

The  figures  indicate  that  there  is  a  general  increase  in  the  trend  of  recruitment  of persons from the aforesaid categories.

The posts sanctioned in Government Ministries/ Departments are required to be filled as per the Recruitment Rules as and when vacancies arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 105 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Loading Parcels in Trains
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: YOGI ADITYANATH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.105 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24.02.2016

## LOADING PARCELS IN TRAINS

-  105. SHRI YOGI ADITYA NATH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether parcels are loaded in trains at the railway stations without checking; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government thereto?

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

(a) & (b): Parcels for booking and carriage by rail are accepted from the sender/consignor on execution of forwarding note by him as prescribed under Railway Act, 1989. Consignor is solely responsible for the correctness  of  the  entries  made  by  him  in  the  forwarding  note.  When Parcels  are  offered  for  booking,  these  are  carefully  examined  by  the Railway  staff.    In  case  of  any  doubt,  contents  of  packages  can  be checked by Railway staff. In addition to this, regular as well as surprise checks are conducted by Commercial, Vigilance and Railway Protection Force personnel to check the contents of the packages.  In case of any misdeclaration of contents of the packages, action is taken as per rules.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 104 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Database of Minorities
Ministry: STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION
Asked by: ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT, KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF STATISTICS AND PROGRAMME IMPLEMENTATION

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 104

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, 24 TH  FEBRUARY, 2016

## DATABASE OF MINORITIES

104.    SHRI ARVIND SAWANT:
2. SHRI KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE:

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

- (a) whether any database in regard to social-religious categories of minorities is available/has been prepared;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the steps taken by the Government to prepare a National Data Bank in regard to the  social-religious  categories  of  Minorities; and
- (d) the  amount  likely  to  be  spent  on  preparation  of  such  a  data bank?

## ANSWER

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

(a)&(b):  National Data Bank for Socio-Religious Categories has been prepared and link is available in the Ministry's website (mospi.gov.in).

(c)&(d):  There is no proposal at present to prepare a National Data Bank in regard to the social-religious categories of Minorities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 103 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-02-24
Subject: Women Scientist Scheme
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

## DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.103 TO BE ANSWERED ON 24/02/2016

## WOMEN SCIENTIST SCHEME

## 103. SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a)

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- whether the Government has allocated funds under the Women Scientists Scheme-A;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the details of the funds used so far;
- (d)
- whether the Government has carried out any awareness programme in this regard; and
- (e)
- if so, the details thereof, State-wise and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES (SHRI.Y. S. CHOWDARY)

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- (a)
- Yes, Madam.
- (b) The government has allocated Rs 53 Crores in Women Scientists Scheme.
- (c)
- Till now Rs 52.85 Crore (almost 99%) has been utilized.
- (d)
- Yes, Madam.
- (e) The State-wise list of awareness cum sensitization programmes, which have been held during 2014-15 and 2015-16 are as follows:
1. Miranda House, Delhi University, Delhi
2. The National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
- 3.
- Vishwa Bharti University, Shantineketan, West Bengal
- 4.
- CEPT University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
5. Graphic Era University, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
- 6.
- Bapuji Institute of Engineering & Technology, Davangere, Karnataka
- 7.
- 8.
- CSIR-National Metallurgical Laboratory, Jamshedpur , Jharkhand
- Punjab State Council for Science & Technology, Chandigarh
9. Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh
- 10.
- The National Academy of Sciences, India, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh
- 11.
- 12.
- 13.
- Jivaji University, Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh
- Savitribai Phule Pune University, Pune Maharashtra
- Chandigarh University, SAS Nagar, Punjab
14. University of Madras, Chennai, Tamil Nadu
- 15.
- Dayalbagh University, Agra, Uttar Pradesh
- 16.
- Punjab Technical University, Jalandhar, Punjab

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