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Lok Sabha Question No. 2817 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: Cancellation of Allotments
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KAUSHAL KISHORE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2817 TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 03, 2016

## CANCELLATION OF ALLOTMENT

No. 2817              SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether notice of cancellation of allotment is served to allottees' of  Type-I  and  Type-II  who  have  erected  boundary  wall  and extended extra space where as those rules are not being applied to VIP people;
- (b) If  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons  for  adopting  such
- double standards;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  bring  in  changes  in  old rules to let the construction go by imposing additional licensing
- fee and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) if  not,  whether the Government proposes to change the archaic law in the interest of Government allottees; and
- (e) If so, the details thereof ?

## ANSWER

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

## (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a) &  (b):  CPWD  have  issued  notices  for  removal  of  unauthorized construction to allottees of General Pool Residential Accommodation (GPRA) quarters in various localities. The unauthorized construction has to be demolished by allottee failing which CPWD would demolish the construction at the cost of  allottee.  Notices  of  cancellation  of  allotment  are  served

uniformally  to  all  the  allottees  irrespective  of  their  Type  of quarters  by  Directorate  of  Estates  in  cases  where  CPWD  has reported failure in removal of unauthorized construction in terms of prescribed procedures.

(c):    No such proposal exists.

(d) & (e): Erection of boundary walls etc. are unauthorized construction which are illegal and thus cannot be covered under any rules.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2816 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: DMRC
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: RAJAN BABURAO  VICHARE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2816

## TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 3, 2016 DMRC

## No.2816 SHRI RAJAN VICHARE:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  Delhi  Metro  Rail  Corporation  (DMRC)  is  assisting  and
- providing consultancy to foreign countries to set up their metro rail network; and
- (b) if  so, the names of such countries and the nature of assistance being provided by DMRC?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

- (a): Yes, Madam.
- (b): Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd. (DMRC) has informed that they have  entered  into  a  consortium  agreement  with  eight  companies  in November, 2012 for providing consultancy to Jakarta Metro in organization and human resource building.  Further, DMRC has entered into a consortium agreement in February, 2013 with five companies, to work  as  General  Consultant  for  execution  of  the  works  of  20.1  km elevated corridor from Uttara North to Bangladesh Bank of Dhaka Metro Rail Project.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2815 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: Counsellor Office of Pakistan Embassy at Jodhpur
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2815 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2016

## COUNSELLOR OFFICE OF PAKISTAN EMBASSY AT JODHPUR

2815. COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government is considering any proposal to open a Counsellor  Office/Visa  Section  of  Pakistan  Commission  in Jodhpur;

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

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

ANSWER [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

- (a) There is no such request with the Government.
- (b) & (c)

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2812 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: Coordination between IMD and States
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: KRISHN PRATAP SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 2812

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 2016

## COORDINATION BETWEEN IMD AND STATES

2812. DR. KRISHAN PRATAP:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  received  suggestion  that  India Meteorological Department (IMD) should have better coordination with  States  for  providing  warning  in  advance  about  calamities such as floods;
- (b)
- (c)

if so, the details thereof; and the action taken/being taken by the Government in this regard?

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

(a) No  Madam.  Forecasts,  early  warning  of  severe  weather  events and  advisories  are  issued  by  India  Meteorological  Department (IMD)  at  national,  regional  and  state  levels.  In  order  to  provide early warning of severe weather events, IMD has setup a network of state meteorological centres to have better coordination with the state and district level agencies.

- (b)-(c) Does not arise.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 2811 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: Lack of Catering Service at C and D Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2811

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2016

## LACK OF CATERING SERVICE AT C AND D STATIONS

## †2811. SHRI PARBHUBHAI NAGARBHAI VASAVA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  passengers  are  facing  difficulties  due  to  lack  of  proper catering  service  at  category  'C'  and  'D'  railway  stations  under  western railway;
- (b)  if  so,  the  number  of  railway  stations  where  catering  service  is available;
- (c)  whether  the  Government  is  likely  to  make  arrangement  for  medical shops/stalls at all railway stations under western railways; and
- (d)  if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a) and  (b):    As  per  Catering  Policy  2010,    provision  of    catering/vending facilities  is  done  by  Zonal  Railways    taking  into  consideration  the  scale defined for each category of station, demand of the passengers, quantum of  passenger  traffic  at  the  station,  number  of  trains  dealt  with  at  the station, availability of space, level of congestion at platforms and facilities already available at the station.  Catering facilities are available at all 'C' category stations  on  Western  Railway.  No  complaint  is  reported  to  have been received regarding lack of proper catering services at 'D' Category stations of Western Railway.

(c) and (d): Policy guidelines for setting up of chemist stalls/corners have been issued to Zonal Railways  vide Commercial Circular Number 50/2000 dated 03.11.2000 and Commercial  Circular Number  67/2008  dated 02.12.2008  wherein  detailed  procedure  for  allotment/tenure  of  chemist stalls,  fixation of license fee, renewal, items  permitted for sale through chemist stall etc., has been stipulated.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2810 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: Uranium from Namibia
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2810

TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2016

## URANIUM FROM NAMIBIA

## 2810.  DR. GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  are  some  issues  of  impending  supply  of  uranium  from  the resource-rich African country, Namibia;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Government to resolve the issue;
- (c) whether Namibian Government has offered to Indian companies to mine their uranium reserves in their country; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the progress made in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b)    A  Civil  Nuclear  Cooperation  Agreement  was  signed  with  Namibia  in August,  2009.  However,  the  Agreement  is  yet  to  be  ratified  by  the Namibian side.  Though commercial entities in Namibia have expressed interest in supplying Uranium to India, it is difficult presently to enter into further  commercial  discussions  in  the  absence  of  ratification  of  the Agreement from the Namibian side.
- (c)  &  (d)      No  formal  offers  for  mining  of  Uranium  reserves  have  been  received from Government of Namibia.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2809 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: IAS/IPS Officers on Training
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: SAKUNTALA LAGURI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2809

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2016)

## IAS/IPS OFFICERS ON TRAINING

## †2809. SHRIMATI SAKUNTALA LAGURI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  number of Indian Administrative Service (IAS) and Indian Police Service (IPS) officers  who  got  training  in  foreign  countries  during  the  last  three  years  and  the number  of  the  said  officers  out  of  above  belonging  to  the  scheduled  castes  and scheduled tribes; and
- (b) the criteria and reasons for sending them abroad for training?

## 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)  &  (b):      Department  of  Personnel  and  Training  seeks  nominations  of  eligible  officers every year from various Ministries/Departments/State Governments for long term and short term  fully  funded  foreign  training  programme  under  the  scheme  of  Domestic  Funding  of Foreign  Training.  The  schemes  aims  at  capacity  building  of  officers  by  giving  them  cross country exposure on the developments in governance.

The nominations received are examined as per established norms by the Department and officers are selected for foreign training. In a scale of 100, weightage is given to various parameters for long term and short term programmes which are as under:

| Short Term                    |   weightage | Long term                     | weightage   |
|-------------------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|-------------|
| Foreign Training deficit      |       15.15 | Seniority                     | 54          |
| Seniority                     |       45.45 | SC/ST/Women/North Eastern/J&K | 23          |
| SC/ST/Women/North Eastern/J&K |       15.15 | APAR                          | 23          |
| Close to age bar              |        9.1  |                               |             |
| APAR                          |       15.15 |                               |             |

While it is evident from the above that officers belonging to SC/ST/Women/NE/J&K are given weightage in the selection process, no further details are maintained category-wise.

The number of IAS and IPS officers nominated for short term and long term programmes under DFFT during the last three years are given as under:

| Year    | IAS        | IAS       | IPS        | IPS       |
|---------|------------|-----------|------------|-----------|
|         | Short term | Long Term | Short term | Long term |
| 2013-14 | 177        | 17        | 11         | -         |
| 2014-15 | 167        | 15        | 2          | 4         |
| 2015-16 | 148        | 17        | 13         | 3         |

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2807 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: Guidelines for Surrendering Government Accommodation
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2807 TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 03, 2016

## GUIDELINES FOR SURRENDERING GOVERNMENT ACCOMMODATION

No. 2807 DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) The details of guidelines/instructions for surrendering the Government accommodation  on  account of one's shifting to higher type of accommodation or retirement from service; (b) Whether the Government proposes to simplify the existing procedure for surrendering the Government accommodation; and
- (c) If so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a) :  Surrender  of  Government  Accommodation is governed by provisions of  SR-317-B-14  which  are  at  Annexure.  However,  if  an  officer  is  in occupation  of  a  lower  type  residence  than  his  entitlement  and  he  is allotted  a  residence  of  type  to  which  he  is  entitled,  then  he  is  not required  to  submit  such  notice.  On  retirement,  accommodations  are cancelled as per rules.

- (b) & (c):  Review/Revision of rules/guidelines for the purpose of simplification  of  different  procedural  aspects  is  an  ongoing  process and is undertaken by the Government from time to time.

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## ANNEXURE

## Annexure referred to in reply to part (a) of the Lok Sabha Unstarred Question No. 2807 for Answer on 03.08.2016

## SURRENDER OF AN ALLOTMENT AND PERIOD OF NOTICE

## S.R. 317-B-14

- (1) An  officer  may  at  any  time  surrender  an  allotment  by  giving intimation so as to reach the Directorate of Estates at least Ten days before the date of vacation of the residence. The allotment of  the  residence  shall be deemed to have been cancelled with effect from the Eleventh day after the day on which the letter is received  by  the  Directorate  of  Estates  or  the  date  specified  in the letter whichever is later. If he fails to give due notice he shall be  responsible  for  payment  of  licence  fee  for  ten  days  or  the number of days by which the notice given by him falls short of ten  days,  provided  that  the  Director  of  Estates  may  accept  a notice for a short period.
- (2) An officer  who  surrenders  the  residence  under  sub-rule(1)  shall not be considered again for allotment of Government Accommodation at the same station for a period of one year from the date of such surrender.
Lok Sabha Question No. 2806 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: Doubling and Electrification of Rail Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2806 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2016

## DOUBLING AND ELECTRIFICATION OF RAIL LINE

## † 2806    SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is any proposal the doubling and electrification of rail line between Parbhani to Manmad under the South Central Railway;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor and the reaction of the Railways thereon?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  to  (c):  Preliminary  Engineering-cum-traffic  survey  for  doubling  of Parbhani-Manmad section (291 Km), sanctioned in the year 2013-14, has been taken up.   Parbhani-Manmad section is a part of Manmad-MudkhedDhone (868 Km) electrification project which has been included in Railway Budget 2015-16 at a cost of ` 863.71 Crores subject to obtaining requisite statutory clearance.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2803 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: Municipalities in PMAY
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: RAMACHANDRAN MULLAPPALLY

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

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2803 TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 03, 2016

## MUNICIPALITIES IN PMAY

No. 2803 SHRI MULLAPPALLY RAMACHANDRAN:

Will the Minister of HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION be pleased to state:

- a) the number of municipalities included in the Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (PMAY) from Kerala;
- b) whether the Government of Kerala has made any representation to include more municipalities under the programme; and
- c) if so, the details thereof?

ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

(a):  Based on the requests received from the State Government of Kerala, this Ministry  has included 36 municipalities of Kerala under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (Urban)-Housing for All.

(b) & (c): No further request/representation from Government of Kerala to include more  municipalities  under  the  programme  has,  so  far  been  received  in  the Ministry.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2802 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: Centres under Skill Development
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2802 TO BE ANSWERED ON 3 rd  AUGUST, 2016

## CENTRES UNDER SKILL DEVELOPMENT

## 2802.  SHRI PRAHLAD SINGH PATEL:

## Will the Minister of SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  criteria  in  the  training  centres/institutes  under  the  Ministry  has been changed;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether it is possible to find the locations/buildings in small towns and blocks as per the criteria of the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana;
- (d) if not, the manner in which the trainees are likely to get the optional locations; and
- (e) the details  of  the  skill  training  centres  opened  with  the  recommendations  of the Members of Parliament?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP (SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)

(a) to (e) The Union Cabinet in its meeting on 13 th July, 2016, has approved the modification and continuation of the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY) as 'Skill Development Component' of umbrella PMKVY to skill one crore people over the four years (2016-2020) with an outlay of Rs.12,000 crore. The Scheme is now completely aligned to the Common Norms as notified with the approval of Cabinet on 15 st July, 2015, and amended from time to time.  Targets are allocated directly to the training  centre  level instead of  Training Partner with allocations based on capacity available  for  every  trade  offered  at  the  training  centre  and  all  the  training  centres participating under PMKVY have to be accredited as per the accreditation norms.

Yes,  it  is  possible  to  locate  the  centres  anywhere  across  the  country.    To reach  out  to  the  candidates,  training  centres  have  been  mandated  to  conduct mobilization  through  Kaushal  Shivirs  (mobilization  camps)  which  are  part  of  the PMKVY 2016-20, with financial incentives.  Alternatively, candidates can reach out to NSDC call centre or visit website to get the information about the training providers in  various  localities.  In  the  field,  Hon'ble  Members  of  Parliament  are  involved  in mobilization, monitoring and post training placement of trainees as far as feasible.

All the training centres have to follow the on-going accreditation and affiliation norms under PMKVY 2016-2020.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-03
Subject: Schools on Rail Land
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.  2801 TO BE ANSWERED ON 03.08.2016

## SCHOOLS ON RAIL LAND

## 2801.  SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways proposes for partnership with the Kendriya Vidyalayas for opening of schools on its lands across the country;
- (b)    if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  aims  and  objectives  of  such partnership; and
- (c) the time by which it is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS ( SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN )

(a)  to  (c)  :      Ministry  of  Railways  have  signed  a  Memorandum  of Understanding(MOU) in February, 2010 with Ministry of Human Resource Development(HRD) for development of educational facilities for wards of railway employees as well as of children living in the vicinity of railway habitations. This MOU, inter-alia, envisages setting up of 50 Civil Sector Kendriya  Vidyalayas  by  Ministry  of  HRD  on  the  land  to  be  provided  by Railways during 11 th  and 12 th  Plan periods. Pursuant thereto,  Ministry of HRD has sanctioned twelve new Kendriya Vidyalayas namely at Carriage Repair Workshop Harnaut (Bihar), Cast Wheel Plant, Bela (Bihar), Railway Campus,   Nanded   (Maharashtra),   Railway  Campus,  Rangiya  (Assam), Contd…. 2/-

Freeland Ganj Railway Colony, Dahod (Gujarat), Krishnarajapuram Diesel Loco  Shed  Colony,  Bangalore  (Karnataka),  Shakurbasti,  West  Punjabi Bagh(Delhi),  Bandel  Railway  Colony,  Hooghly  (West  Bengal),  Angul (Odisha),  Golden  Rock,  Tiruchirapally  (Tamil  Nadu),  Modern  Coach

Factory, Raebareily (Uttar Pradesh) and Jhajha, Jamui (Bihar).