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Lok Sabha Question No. 1041 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Minority Status to Jains
Ministry: MINORITY AFFAIRS
Asked by: DEVUSINH JESINGBHAI CHAUHAN, PARESH RAWAL, DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1041 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## Minority Status to Jains

1041. SHRI DEVUSINH CHAUHAN: SHRI PARESH RAVAL: SHRI D.S. RATHOD:

Will the Minister of MINORITY AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  details  of  directions  issued  by  the  Government  to  States  for  issuing minority certificate to Jain Community;
- (b) whether  Jain  Community  is  not  issued  minority  certificate  by  the  concerned State Governments at present; and
- (c)  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  reasons  therefor  and  the  authority  in  the States which would issue the said certificate?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF MINORITY AFFAIRS (SHRI MUKHTAR ABBAS NAQVI)

- (a) The Ministry of Minority Affairs has requested all State Governments/UT  Administrations  vide  letter  No.4-3/2015-NCM  dated 18 th May, 2015 to issue minority certificate as and when any candidate applies for the same after following their own procedure. A copy of the letter is available on the website of this Ministry at www.minorityaffairs.gov.in
- (b) & (c) No, Madam, this Ministry has not received any communication that State Governments have refused to issue minority certificates.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1038 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Policy on Unauthorised Construction
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK

(a): No, Madam.

(b): Does not arise.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1038

TO BE ANSWERED ON MARCH 02, 2016

## POLICY ON UNAUTHORISED CONSTRUCTION

No. 1038 SHRI VIJAY KUMAR HANSDAK:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Union Government has formulated any new policy on unauthorised construction recently in the country including in Delhi; and

(b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

(SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1037 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Skill Training of Youths
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: VINCENT H PALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1037

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## SKILL TRAINING OF YOUTHS QUESTION

## 1037. SHRI VINCENT H. PALA :

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

- (a) the percentage of people trained from every State and the number of people who are under training;
- (b) the details of number of NGOs/ training institutes involved from the Governments as well as from the private institutes as on date; and
- (c) the quantum of fund released by the Government and amount spent for the same?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c) There  are  over  40  skill  development  schemes  implemented  by  over  18 Central Ministries/Departments across various sectors which has the mandate to promote skilling of all the people including youth, in the Country. Funds under these schemes are provided by the concerned Ministries/Departments to the implementing agencies including States in accordance with the guidelines issued for the schemes.

Details of people trained under various skill development schemes/programmes of over 18 Central Ministries/Departments during the year 2015-16 (upto December, 2015) are as under:-

(Figures in lakhs)

| Year      | Number of persons trained   |
|-----------|-----------------------------|
| 2015-2016 | 37.44 (upto December, 2015) |

Further,  Government  has  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yonajna (PMKVY) on 15 th July,  2015 which has the target to benefit 24 lakh persons within one year across the Country with training of 14 lakh fresh entrants and certification of 10 lakh persons under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). It is a skill certification and reward scheme  wherein  trainees after their successful assessment  and  certification, get monetary reward through direct bank transfer to their account. NSDC is the implementing agency for PMKVY. An amount of Rs. 500 crore has been released under the scheme during the current financial year i.e. 2015-16.

As on 26 th February, 2016,there are 10,066 training centres providing skill training under PMKVY across the Country with the coverage of 606 districts.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1036 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: DELAY IN WORK OF RAILWAY LINE
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJESH RANJAN  (PAPPU  YADAV), RANJEET RANJAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1036 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## DELAY IN WORK OF RAILWAY LINE

†1036. SHRI RAJESH RANJAN:

SHRIMATI RANJEET RANJAN:

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

- (a)  the  reasons  for  non-commencement  of  the  work  relating  to  Bitra Aurangabad Railway section even after eight years of its inauguration;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to lay this new line and if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a) to (c): There is no railway project named  Bitra-Aurangabad. However, a new line work of Bihta-Aurangabad (120 Km) was included in  Railway  Budget  2007-08  at  an  estimated  cost  of ` 326  crore. Execution of this project  could not take  off  due  to  non-acquisition  of requisite land and limited availability of funds.

It  is  Railways' endeavour to complete all the sanctioned projects in a time bound manner. However, allocation of adequate funds for several new line projects including this project could not be made in view of Railways having a large shelf of ongoing new line projects with limited availability of funds. Allocation of funds to various projects is done on year to year basis as per the Railway Budget passed by Parliament. An outlay of ` 2 crore has been proposed in Railway Budget 2016-17 for this project.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1035 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Advance Research
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: AJAY NISHAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1035 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2/03/2016

## ADVANCE RESEARCH

## †1035. SHRI AJAY NISHAD:

## Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó Ùðüëðó be pleased to state:

(a) the steps taken by the Government to encourage young scientists to conduct advance research for the development of technology;

(b) whether the Government has conducted/proposes to conduct various competitions to identify such talent; and

(c) if so, the details thereof?

## 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)

## òãðìððÐð ¡ðøÜ ÑßðøÌðð÷ò±ð¨îó ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó +ÉÉè® ÑðöÆãðó òãðìððÐð ÙðüëððâðÚð Ùð÷ü Üð¸Úð Ùðüëðó (gÉÉÒ ´ÉÉ<Ç. AºÉ. SÉÉèvÉ®ÉÒ)

- (a) Government has taken several measures to encourage young scientists to conduct advance research  for  the  development  of  technology.  Some  of  the  targeted  Programmes  include  Young Scientist  Project  Award  Schemes,  Early  Career  Research  Award (ECRA), National Postdoctoral Fellowship  (N-PDF),  Innovation  in  Science  Pursuit  for  Inspired  Research  (INSPIRE)  Faculty Scheme, CSIR-Nehru Postdoctoral Fellowships etc. Awards like Innovative Biotechnologist Award, National  Bioscience  Awards  for  Career  Development  are  given  to  Young  scientists  to  recognize innovative thinkers in sectoral areas. The research infrastructure in Universities and colleges has been  substantially  enhanced  for  undertaking  advanced  research.  Researchers,  especially  young scientists have been supported to engage in international collaborations with prominent countries thereby ensuring that the research undertaken in our country is relevant and advanced. (b)  &  (c):  Government  has  instituted  many  schemes  to  identify  talent  and  competence  of  young researchers  to  take  up  advanced  research  in  the  country.  The  Swarnajayanti  Fellowship  of Department of Science and Technology identifies a selected number of young scientists, with proven track record, to pursue research in frontier areas of science and technology and provide them special assistance. The Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar Prize instituted by Council of Scientific and Industrial Research is highly competitive to identify outstanding contribution to science and technology by Indian scientists. Young Scientist Medal/Award of Academies and CSIR are designed to identify talented researchers.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 1034 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Revenue from Railway Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1034 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## REVENUE FROM RAILWAY STATIONS

- †1034.  SHRIMATI DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS  be pleased to state:

- (a) the  revenue  generated  per  day  by  the  railways  on  various stations of the Western Railways;
- (b) whether any parameters have been fixed for providing facilities to the railway stations in proportion to the revenue generated by them;
- (c) if  not,  whether  any  such  proposal  is  under  consideration  of  the Government, and if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) whether  any  proposal  regarding  bifurcation of  the  Western Railways is under the consideration of the Government and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) to (d) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT REFERRED TO IN REPLY TO PARTS (a) TO (d)  OF UNSTARRED  QUESTION  NO.  1034  BY  SHRIMATI  DARSHANA VIKRAM  JARDOSH  TO  BE  ANSWERED  IN  LOK  SABHA  ON 02.03.2016 REGARDING REVENUE FROM RAILWAY STATIONS

(a):  The average revenue generated per day on various stations of  the  Western  Railway  for  the  year  2014-15  and  2015-16  (upto Jan.-2016) is as under:

( ` in crore)

| Year                    |   Average generation of revenue per day |
|-------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
| 2014-15                 |                                   48.84 |
| 2015-16(Upto Jan.-2016) |                                   48.64 |

(b)&(c):  Yes,  Madam.  Stations  have  been  categorized  in  seven categories  i.e.  A1,  A,  B,  C,  D,  E  and  F  based  on  the  annual passenger earnings of the stations. Amenities are provided at the stations  as  per  norms  based  on  the  category  of  the  stations. Further,  up-gradation  of  amenities  is  a  continuous  process  and the same is undertaken based on the volume of passenger traffic handled at the station, inter-se priority of works etc. subject to availability of funds.

(d): No, Madam.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1030 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Call Drop
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: KOTHA PRABHAKAR REDDY, DEVAJIBHAI GOVINDBHAI FATEPARA, PONNUSAMY VENUGOPAL, BHARTRUHARI MAHTAB, V. SATHYABAMA

## भारत सरकार संचार और सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्राऱय

## दू रसंचार विभाि

ऱोक सभा अतारांककत प्रश् न सं्  या - 1030 उत् तर दननन की तारख  - 02 माचच, 2016

कॉऱ ड्रॉप

1030.  श्री कोथा प्रभाकर रनड्डी; श्री दनिजीभाई िोविंदभाई फतनपारा; डॉ. पी. िनणुिोपाऱ; श्री भतत चहरर महताब; श्रीमती िी. सत् यबामा:

क् या संचार और सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्री यहबतानेकीकृ ऩाकरेंगेकक:

- ( क ) क् यादेशमेंकॉऱड्रॉऩक े मुद्देक े समाधानहेतुदूरसंचारउऩभोक् तासंरऺअिनधयनयमकक े एऱभभारत के दूरसंचारवियनयामककानौिांसंशोधनऱागूककयागयाहै;और
- (ख) यददहां,तोतत् संबंधब यौराक् याहैऔरयददनह ं,तोइसक े क् याकारअह ?

## उत्  तर

## संचार और सूचना प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्री (श्री रवि शंकर प्रसाद)

- (क) और (ख) ड्राऩ ह ु ई कॉऱक क े  एऱभ उऩभोक् ताओं ं को ऺयतऩूयति प्रदान करने हेतु, भारतबय दूरसंचार वियनयामकप्रानधकरअनेददनांक16िक् तूबर,2015कोदूरसंचारउऩभोक् तासंरऺअ(नवािासंशोधन) वियनयम,2015(2015का9)िनधसूनचतककयाथाजोककददनांक01जनिर ,2016सेऱागू ह ु भ।इनवियनयमकमेंउनसबभमट भसऩबजहांसेकॉऱकीजारह हो,क े एऱभयहियनिायिककया गयाहैककिहिनुमायनतऺयतऩूयतिक े रूऩमेंकाऱकरनेिाऱेउऩभोक् ताक े खातेमेंड्राऩह ु ईभक काऱके एऱभभकरूऩयाजमाकरे,जोककभकददनड्राऩहुईतबनकॉऱकतकसबएमतहोगा।क ु छ सेिाप्रदाताओं ंऔरउनक े संघनेददल् ऱ उ च् यायाऱयमेंइसवियनयमक े विरूद्धयानचकादायर कीहै।माननबय् यायाऱयद्िाराददनांक29.02.2016कोयानचकाकोखाररज़करददयागयाहै।

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1029 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: New Telecom District
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: BALABHADRA MAJHI, Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1029 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd  MARCH,  2016

## NEW TELECOM DISTRICT

1029.  SHRI BALABHADRA MAJHI: SHRIMATI PRATYUSHA RAJESHWARI SINGH:

Will  the  Minister  of  COMMUNICATIONS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has received any proposal to open new Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) Telephone District in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  proposal  to  open  new  BSNL  Telephone  District  in  the  State  of Odisha has been received by the Government; and
- (d) if so, the action taken/proposed to be taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) Bharat Sanchar  Nigam  Limited  (BSNL)  has  received proposals for opening of new Telephone Districts during the last five years in the following states:

| State                | Proposed new Telephone District   |
|----------------------|-----------------------------------|
| Bihar                | Arwal, Jahanabad & Sitmarhi       |
| Gujarat              | Porbander & Patan                 |
| Chhattisgarh Jashpur |                                   |
| Tamil Nadu           | Tirupur                           |
| Rajasthan            | Karauli                           |
| Maharashtra          | Palghar                           |

Proposals were examined by BSNL and it was found not feasible to create new telephone districts based on its techno-economical considerations.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1028 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Status of Freight Corridors
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJESH RANJAN  (PAPPU  YADAV), RANJEET RANJAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION  NO. 1028 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## STATUS OF FREIGHT CORRIDORS

Ϯ 1028. SHRI RAJESH RANJAN:

SHRIMATI RANJEET RANJAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  present  status  of  the  two  freight  corridors  and  the  total  amount spent thereon, so far;
- (b)    whether the Government has fixed any time line for completion of these freight corridors; and
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) : The status of implementation of the Eastern (Ludhiana to Dankuni),  and Western (Jawaharlal Nehru Port to Dadri) Freight Corridors is as under :-
- (i)  Land  Acquisition:-  Compensation  Award  for  87.2%  of  the  land  to  be acquired has been given.
- (ii) Contract Award:- 75.76% of Civil Contracts , 63% of Electrical and 48% of Signal Contracts have been awarded.
- (iii)  Progress:-  Overall  physical  progress  of    the  civil  contracts  awarded  is 24.5% on Eastern Corridor and 22.6% on Western Corridor.

The total expenditure upto 31.01.2016 (including for land) for Eastern and Western DFCs is ` 18,887.86 crore.

(b) & (c): Completion  of  the  Eastern  and  the  Western  DFCs  is  targeted  in phases from 2017 to 2019.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1027 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Multipurpose Stalls at Railway Stations
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE, ARVIND GANPAT SAWANT, BHAVANA GAWALI (PATIL)

- (a): No, Madam.
- (b): Does not arise.
- (c) to (f): Yes, Madam. In order to uplift/help STD/PCO booth operators, to earn better livelihood, permission has been granted for sale of SIM cards

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1027

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## MULTIPURPOSE STALLS AT RAILWAY STATIONS

- †1027.   SHRI   KRUPAL BALAJI TUMANE: SHRI ARVIND SAWANT: SHRIMATI BHAVANA PUNDALIKRAO GAWALI PATIL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  review  of  STD/PCO booths installed at the railway stations;
- (b) if so, the present status of the said booths;
- (c) whether the income of the said booths has substantially decreased due to mobile phones coming in use;
- (d) if so, the steps taken by the Government for upliftment of the said booths;
- (e) whether the Government proposes to allow the owners of the said booths to sell other things including biscuits, rail neer, chocolates etc. at the said booths;
- (f) if so, the time by which it is likely to be done;
- (g) whether the Government has received any such proposals; and
- (h) if so, the steps taken by the Government thereon?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(new connections), mobile phones and related accessories on payment of certain additional licence fee in the existing STD/PCO Booths. (g) & (h): Yes, Madam.  Some representations including from Members of Parliament  have  been  received  for  conversion  of  STD/PCO  booth  into multi-purpose stall operated by handicapped persons.  There is no policy to convert STD/PCO booths into multi-purpose stalls, at present.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1026 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Time Taken to Dispose Appeal
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: SHARAD TRIPATHI, YERRAM VENKATA SUBBAREDDY, KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1026

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016)

## TIME TAKEN TO DISPOSE APPEAL

†1026. SHRI SHARAD TRIPATHI: SHRI Y.V. SUBBA REDDY: SHRI K.N. RAMACHANDRAN:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Central Information Commission is taking more time than the prescribed time limit for disposal of applications/appeals received under the Right to Information Act and it could not meet the disposal target over the last one year;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the  action  plan  being  formulated  by  the  Government  for  time  bound  disposal  of application/appeals received under RTI Act?

## 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):   As per the Right to Information Act, 2005 it is mandatory on the part of Public Information  Officer  either  to  provide  the  information  or  reject  the  request  for  any  of  the reasons  specified  by  the  RTI  Act  within  30  days  of  receipt  of  the  request.  However, information concerning life or liberty of a person has to be provided in forty-eight hours of the receipt of request.

Similarly, as per the RTI Act, an appeal shall be disposed of within 30 days on the receipt  of  the  appeal  by  the  First  Appellate  Authority  or  within  such  extended  period  not exceeding a total of 45 days from the date of of filing thereof, as the case may be, for reasons to be recorded in writing.

The  Act,  however,  does  not  prescribe  time  limit  or  target  for  disposal  of  2 nd appeal/complaint by the Central Information Commission.

The Commission, however, on 22.03.2011 decided that each Information Commissioner  including  Chief  Information  Commissioner  will  endeavour  to  decide  about 3200 appeals/complaints per  year.  During 2015, a total of 27922 appeals/complaints were disposed off.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1025 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Communication Network
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1025 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd  MARCH,  2016

## COMMUNICATION NETWORK

1025. SHRI RAYAPATI SAMBASIVA RAO:

Will  the  Minister  of  COMMUNICATIONS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  conducted  any  review  to  know  the  feedback  of communication  facilities  such  as  landline  and  mobile  services  being  provided  to  the customers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, Statewise;
- (c) whether the communication network has reached every nook and corner of the country;  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof,  Statewise  including  remotest  areas  of  Andhra Pradesh; and
- (d) the  percentage  of  communication  network  in  the  State  of  Andhra  Pradesh including its place among the other States of the country?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)

- (a) to (d)   The information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.
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Lok Sabha Question No. 1022 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Swachh Rail-Swachh Bharat
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MEKAPATI RAJAMOHAN REDDY, ADVOCATE NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1022 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## SWACHH RAIL-SWACHH BHARAT

1022. SHRI M. RAJA MOHAN REDDY:

ADV. NARENDRA KESHAV SAWAIKAR:

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

- (a) whether  the  Railways  is  planning  to  launch  'Swachh  RailSwachh Bharat' drive and if so, the time by which the drive is likely to commence;
- (b) whether  the  drive  will  include  all  sorts  of  cleanliness  i.e. stations, tracks and coaches and if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the steps taken/proposed to be taken by the Railways to create awareness amongst the passengers about their role in maintenance of cleanliness; and
- (d) The criteria adopted for identifying the stations?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes,  Madam.  Under  the  Swachh  Bharat  Abhiyan,  Special Cleanliness  Campaign,  'Swachh  Rail  Swachh  Bharat  Mission'  was launched  on  Indian  Railways  on  2nd  Oct,  2014.  On  completion  of one year of Swachh Bharat Mission, theme based cleanliness drives have been launched by Indian Railways from 25th Sept, 2015.

(b) Regular drives are organised to improve cleanliness at Railway premises  including  Railway  stations,  trains  and  tracks.  Weekly special  intensive  cleaning  drives  at  Railway  stations  in  rotation have also been undertaken by Zonal Railways.

(c) &    (d)  Railways  undertake  regular  drives  at  all  important stations as decided by Zonal Railways to create awareness among passengers  on  cleanliness  through  print  and  electronic  media, posters, signages, Public announcements, etc. In addition Charitable  Institutions  /  Social  Organisations  including  voluntary organisations have been associated to undertake awareness campaign at the railway stations of their choice.

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