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Lok Sabha Question No. 4117 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Posts of Doctors
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: LALLU SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4117 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.12.2015

## POSTS OF DOCTORS

## 4117.     SHRI LALLU SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the number of posts of doctors sanctioned in Lalit Narayana Mishra Central  Hospital  of  North  Eastern  Railway  along  with  the  number  of doctors employed therein;
- (b)   whether the shortage of doctors, if any, is likely to affect treatment of patients; and
- (c) if so, the action taken to address the problems along with the time by which the vacant posts are likely to be filled?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a): The number of sanctioned posts of doctors in Lalit Narayan Mishra Railway Hospital, North Eastern Railway (NER), is 33 against which 15 regular  doctors  of  Indian  Railway  Medical  Service  and  11  Contract Medical Practitioners are employed.
- (b) & (c) :  No, Madam.  Assistant Divisional Medical Officers (ADMOs) on Indian  Railways  are  appointed  on  the  basis  of  Combined  Medical Services Examination (CMSE) conducted by Union Public Service

Commission.  NER has furnished indents to fill the vacancies of doctors. Action has been initiated by NER to conduct walk-in-interviews for engaging Contract Medical Practitioners against the vacant posts of doctors,  pending  appointment  of  ADMOs.    NER  have  also  engaged Honorary  Visiting Specialists and recognized private hospitals for treatment of patients.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4116 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Empanelment of Senior Officers
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: MEENAKASHI LEKHI, KINJARAPU RAM MOHAN NAIDU

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4116

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.12.2015)

## EMPANELMENT OF SENIOR OFFICERS

## 4116. SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI: SHRI RAM MOHAN NAIDU KINJARAPU:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the criteria  for empanelment and promotion of officers of the  Indian Administrative Service at the level of Joint Secretary, Additional Secretary and Secretary;
- (b) the proportion of officers that get empanelled at each of the ranks; and
- (c) the time spent by officers in each of the above ranks during the last three years, before empanelment to the next rank?

## 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):  The criteria for empanelment of IAS officers for appointment to Joint Secretary(JS) or equivalent  posts  at  the  Centre  is  at  Annexure-I  and  that  of  Additional  Secretary(AS)  or equivalent and Secretary or equivalent posts at the Centre is at Annexure-II.
- (b):   At present, generally during  initial consideration, 75%, 40% and 35% officers of the batch  strength  are  empanelled  for  JS,  AS  and  Secretary  level  respectively  subject  to fulfillment of eligibility criteria.
- (c):    As per the guidelines, the IAS officers are required to render 17 years of service and draw grade pay of Rs.10000/- before being considered for JS level empanelment.  During the last three years, the time spent by officers in Additional Secretary rank before empanelment to Secretary level is in the range of 03 years and the time spent in the Joint Secretary rank before empanelment to Additional Secretary level is in the range of 10 years.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4115 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Agreement with IAEA
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4115 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.12.2015

## AGREEMENT WITH IAEA

4115.  SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  signed  any  Memorandum  of  Understanding (MoU) for nuclear energy/nuclear power plants with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in the recent past; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b)  India has  recently signed the following bilateral  documents  with  the International  Atomic  Energy  Agency  (IAEA)  relating  the  peaceful  uses  of civil nuclear energy:
- (i)   Agreement  between  the  Government  of  India  and  the  IAEA  for  the Application  of  Safeguards  to  Civilian  Nuclear  Facilities,  signed  on 02.02.2009 and entered into force with effect from 11.05.2009.
- (ii) Practical Arrangements between the Global Centre for Nuclear Energy Partnership of the  Department  of  Atomic  Energy,  India and  the International Atomic Energy Agency, signed on 22.03.2012.
- (iii)  Protocol Additional to the Agreement between the Government of India and  the  IAEA  for  the  Application  of  Safeguards  to  Civilian  Nuclear Facilities, signed on 15.05.2009 and entered into force with effect from 25.07.2014.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4114 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Printing of Postal Articles
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: ASADUDDIN OWAISI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4114 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23 rd  DECEMBER, 2015

## PRINTING OF POSTAL ARTICLES

## 4114. SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

- Will  the  Minister  of  COMMUNICATIONS  AND  INFORMATION  TECHNOLOGY be pleased to state: (a) the  expenditure  incurred  by  India  post  on  printing  of  post  card,  inland  letters, envelopes and aerogrammes; (b) whether the sale prices of these articles match with the production cost; (c) if so, the details thereof; (d) whether  there  have  been  complaints  about  the  poor  quality  of  these  articles especially of aerogrammes in the past; and if so, the details thereof and the steps taken or being taken to improve the quality

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The expenditure incurred by India  Post on printing of post cards, inland letters, envelopes and aerogrammes during the last three years (2012-13, 2013-14 & 2014-15) is as follows:-

## (Amount in INR)

| Year    | Amount       |
|---------|--------------|
| 2012-13 | 7,47,16,000  |
| 2013-14 | 10,22,38,000 |
| 2014-15 | 18,75,59,000 |

- (b) & (c) No  Madam.  The  sale  prices  of  these  articles  do  not  match  with  the production cost. The details thereof are given as under:-

## (Amount in INR)

| Items          |   Sale prices | Production cost                     |
|----------------|---------------|-------------------------------------|
| Post Cards     |           0.5 | 0.502                               |
| Inland Letters |           2.5 | 1.614                               |
| Envelopes      |           5   | 1.642                               |
| Aerogrammes    |          15   | Not printed in the last five years. |

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- (d) No Madam.
- (e) Not applicable in view of (d) above.

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- (e) of these acticles?
Lok Sabha Question No. 4113 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Fog Forecast
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: K.R.P. PRABAKARAN

## 4113.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 4113

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 23, 2015

## Fog Forecast

## SHRI K.R.P. PRABAKARAN:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether fog forecast information is being provided to the people in the country in advance and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  upgrade  the  fog  forecast facilities;
- (c) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  action  taken  or  proposed  to  be taken by the Government in this regard; and
- (d)
- if not, the reasons therefor?

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

- (a) Yes Madam. Earth System Science Organisation-India Meteorological  Department  (ESSO-IMD)  provides  large  scale  fog formation  forecast  to  the  people  in  general  by  its  national  and regional  forecast  offices.  The  locations  specific  fog  information  is being given through our city forecasts for about 320 stations across the country. The fog monitoring, detection, forecasting and dissemination systems has been automated at the various national and international airports of northwest India where fog formation is critical for minimizing the flight diversions.

ESSO-IMD disseminates real time updates of possible fog formation scenarios to Airport Authority of India (AAI) and Airport Operators/Airlines for taking appropriate actions further.

- (b-d) Improvement  of  weather  forecasting  services  is  a  continuous process. ESSO-IMD has taken up a forecast demonstration project for improving the fog forecast services in the country. ESSO-IMD and ESSO-Indian  Institute  of  Tropical  Meteorology  (IITM)  Pune  are working together for generating improved understanding of the fog formation processes through capturing associated micro-scale turbulent  characteristics,  soil,  environment  and  surface  weather parameters through field campaigns during the winter. The knowledge  gained  through  such  process  studies  results  in  to  the improvement of warning systems.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4112 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Sweepers in Railways
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: KALIKESH NARAYAN SINGH DEO

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4112 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.12.2015

## SWEEPERS IN RAILWAYS

4112.  SHRI KALIKESH N. SINGH DEO:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

- (a) whether  sweepers  of  the  railways  are  mandated  to  wear  gloves and other protective  equipment, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether hygiene awareness workshops are conducted for sweepers, if so, the details   thereof and the number of workshops undertaken in the past three years, State-wise and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c)    whether  the  latest  technology/equipment  is  used  to  clean  train toilets and tracks, if so, the details thereof and the number and names of  trains  on  which  such  technology  has  been  introduced  and  the percentage of tracks cleaned through this technology;
- (d)     whether the Government plans to introduce such technology on all trains; and
- (e)       if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor ?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  Yes,  Madam.    All  protective  gears  and  devices  notified  by  the Government,  such  as  uniform,  apron,  face  mask  /  nose  mask,  gloves, shoes,  floor  mopper  /  broom  with  long  handle,  toilet  commode  brush  / hand  brush  or  any  equipment  for  removal  of  choking  of  toilets  in coaches are provided to persons employed in cleaning activities.

(b): Safai Karamcharis are regularly educated as a part of both modular training programme and on-job training.

(c): Rag picking from railway tracks outside station area is being done on periodic manner.  Contracts for mechanized cleaning, rag picking and garbage  disposal  are  awarded  by  Zonal  Railways  for  ensuring  proper cleanliness  at  station.    In  such  contracts,  conditions  exist  for  use  of prescribed  protective  gears  and  devices  by  persons  involved  in  the cleaning of tracks and platforms.  Besides use of handheld devices, high pressure jet machines, electrical scrubbers, vacuum cleaners are used in  cleaning  coach  toilets  of  mail/express  as  well  as  passengers  trains maintained in around 123 coaching depots on Zonal Railways.

(d)  &  (e):  Yes,  Madam.    Cleaning  of  train  toilets  using  aforesaid technology is a continuous process.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4111 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Long Queues for Reservation of Tickets
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SAKUNTALA LAGURI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4111 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.12.2015

## LONG QUEUES FOR RESERVATION OF TICKETS

†4111. SHRIMATI SAKUNTALA LAGURI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  there  are  long  queues  for  booking  unreserved tickets at the booking windows/counters in major cities of the country  as  a  result  of  which  the  general  public  is  facing inconvenience and if so, the details  thereof  and  the  reasons therefor;
- (b) the response of the Government thereto; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  address  the  said problem and outcome thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (c): A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

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STATEMENT  REFERRED  TO  IN  REPLY  TO  PARTS  (a)  To  (c)  OF UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4111 SHRIMATI SAKUNTALA LAGURI TO BE ANSWERED IN LOK SABHA ON 23.12.2015 REGARDING LONG QUEUES FOR RESERVATION OF TICKETS

- (a) to (c): It  is  a  fact  that  during  peak  rush  hours/days,  there  are long  queues  at  the  booking  counters/windows  of  major  stations. With a view to facilitate passengers in getting unreserved tickets, various steps have been taken, some of which are as under:-
- i. ---------------Jan  Sadharan  Ticket  Booking  Sewak  (JTBS)  have been  engaged  in  various  parts  of  important  cities  to  issue unreserved tickets through computerized Unreserved Ticketing System (UTS).
- ii. Station  Ticket  Booking  Agents (STBA) have been engaged to issue unreserved tickets at 'E' category stations.
- iii. Yatri Ticket Suvidha Kendras (YTSK) have been established on public private partnership basis for issuing reserved/unreserved  tickets  through  computerized  Passenger Reservation System (PRS) -cum-UTS terminals, outside railway station premises.
- iv. Automatic Ticket Vending Machines (ATVM) and Cash-Coin & Smart Card operated Versatile Ticket Vending Machines (CoTVM)  have  been  installed  to  facilitate  easy  booking  of unreserved tickets through cash/coin/smart card.
- v. Booking of unreserved tickets through mobile phones has been introduced  on  pilot  basis  on  suburban  sections  of  Mumbai (Central and Western), Chennai, New Delhi-Palwal section.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4110 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Railway Heritage
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: PREM DAS RAI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4110 TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.12.2015

## RAILWAY HERITAGE

## 4110. SHRI PREM DAS RAI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS

be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  listed  out  stations,  bridges, railway-lines,  godowns  buildings,  etc.  older  than  100  years, which  deserve  to  be  labeled  as  Railway  Heritage  in  the country;
- (b)
- if so, the details  thereof and if not, the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the  measures  taken  by  the  Railways  to  ensure  that  the heritage  character  of  these  properties  are  not  lost  in  any manner due to ignorance?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a)&(b):  Railway  Stations,  bridges,  Railway  lines  and  buildings having heritage value at various locations have been identified and declared as heritage structures in consultation with Zonal Railways.

(c):    Guidelines  have  been  issued  to  preserve  and  maintain  these structures.    On  Zonal  Railways,  Heritage  Committees  comprising concerned  officers  have  been  constituted  to  ensure  preservation and maintenance of such structures.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4109 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Regulation of Radiotherapy
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: RAM CHARITRA, KIRIT PREMJIBHAI SOLANKI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.4109

TO BE ANSWERED ON 23.12.2015

## REGULATION OF RADIOTHERAPY

4109.  SHRI RAM CHARITRA NISHAD: DR. KIRIT P. SOLANKI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Atomic  Energy  Regulatory  Board  (AERB)  has  shut  down  the radiotherapy  department  in  various  Central  Government  hospitals  in  the country including Delhi;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether as a result of the said move, cancer patients are being turned away at many hospitals and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether  AERB  has  identified  some  mobile  towers  close  to  the  hospitals which cause heavy radiation and if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the measures taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) No, Sir. AERB has not shutdown any Radiotherapy Department in any of the Central  Government  Hospitals  in  the  country  including  in  Delhi.  However, certain restrictions were imposed by AERB  on  a few Radiotherapy Departments in the country for brief periods as and when deficiencies were noticed, which includes the recent action taken in the case of Radiotherapy Department  of  Safdarjung  Hospital,  New  Delhi,  a  Central  Government Hospital.
- (b) AERB imposes certain restrictions on Radiotherapy Departments whenever deficiencies  of  the  type  (a)  carrying  out  treatment  without  having  qualified radiotherapy staff, (b) non-availability of calibrated measuring and monitoring

instruments,  (c)  not  meeting  the  performance  standard/Quality  Assurance (QA) of radiotherapy equipment are observed.

In  November  2015,  after  observing  that  the  Radiotherapy  Department  of Safdarjung Hospital, New Delhi had deviated from the safety requirement of designating  Radiological  Safety  Officer  (RSO),  AERB  directed  not  to  admit new patients until it is ensured that AERB approved RSO is available. After approval of the RSO on December 11, 2015, the restriction was withdrawn.

- (c) Whenever  AERB  observes  violation  of  any  safety  requirement,  restrictions are  imposed  on  hospitals  to  admit  any  new  patients  for  radiotherapy. However, the ongoing radiotherapy treatment of existing patients are allowed to  be  continued  as  per  the  clinical  requirement.  This  is  mainly  because  the treatment planning has already been worked out by the medical physicist at the beginning of the treatment, who also acts as an RSO.
- (d) No Sir. Mobile towers do not emit ionising radiations and are out of purview of AERB,  whose  role  is  to  ensure  that  the  use  of  ionising  radiation  does  not cause undue risk to the health of people and the environment.
- (e) Not applicable in view of answer to (d) above.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4108 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: Sanitation Programme
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI

## O.I.H GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4108 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 23, 2015

## SANITATION PROGRAMME

No. 4108          SHRI CHANDRA PRAKASH JOSHI:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) the names of the social organisations or public sector undertakings  which  have  undertaken  implementation  of  the sanitation programme in urban areas of Rajasthan;
- (b) the city-wise and organisation/undertaking-wise details thereof;
- (c) the number of public sector undertakings which come under the ambit of the Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSRs) rules along with the details thereof;
- (d) whether  the  Government  has  taken  cognizance  of  cases  of violation of provisions of the said rules and if so, the number of such  undertakings  along  with  the  nature  of  action  taken/being taken against such undertakings by the Government; and
- (e) whether the Government proposes to close down such
- undertakings, if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a) & (b): the social organisations like All India Institute of Local Self Government (NGO), Jodhpur is working in 20 wards of Jodhpur for door to door collection of waste; Centre for Advocacy and Research (NGO), Jaipur is working for public awareness in Jaipur; Helping Hands (NGO), Alwar  is  working  for  public  awareness  in  Alwar  and  Hindustan  Zinc Limited,  Chittor  Garh  is  providing  Rs.  7,000/-  for  toilet  construction under CSR in urban areas of Rajasthan.
- (c) to (e):  Ministry of Urban Development does not maintain the data.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 4107 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-23
Subject: National Knowledge Network
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 4107

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 23.12.2015

## NATIONAL KNOWLEDGE  NETWORK

## 4107      SHRI S.P.  MUDDAHANUME GOWDA:

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

- (a) whether it is a fact that the Government has established National Knowledge Network (NKN)
- (b)    if so, the objectives of the NKN; and
- (c)    the number of institutions connected in this network and the steps being  taken to connect all institutes in the country?

## ANSWER

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

(a):      Yes,  Sir.  The  Government  of  India  has  established  the  National  Knowledge  Network  (NKN).  The establishment of NKN was approved in March 2010.

(b)  and  (c):    The  Objective  of  the  NKN  is  to  inter-connect  all  knowledge  institutions  across  the  country through  high  speed  data  communication  network  to  encourage  sharing  of  resources  and  collaborative research.  These  cover  over  1500  Institutes  comprising  of  all  Universities,  Research  Institutions,  and Institution of Higher Learning.

To  enable  to  connect  to  International  R  &  D  technology  Institutions;  a  connectivity  to  Trans-Eurasia Information  Network  (TEIN)  exists  on  NKN.  These  high  speed  networks  provide  seamless  access  to scientific information and data repositories worldwide.

NKN  facilitate  creation,  acquisition  and  sharing  of  Knowledge  resources  among  the  large  participating Institutions seamlessly - across the nation and globally.  It would bridge the existing knowledge gap in the country, and help the country evolve as a Knowledge Society and spur economic activities in the Knowledge domain.

The salient features of the NKN are:

- (i) Establishing an ultra high-speed national information network for the country.
- (ii) Connecting  all  major  knowledge  institutions  (Universities  &  Research  Institutions)  for  knowledge creation, collation and dissemination.
- (iii) Connecting the Indian knowledge institutions to the International knowledge community for knowledge sharing.
- (iv) Enabling  sectoral  virtual  networks  in  various  application  areas  (Agriculture,  Health,  Education,  Egovernance and Grid Computing).
- (v) low latency networks.
- (vi)

Setting up a platform for development of new processes and technologies based on high bandwidth and Enabling a test-bed for network and securing technology development for the country.

As  on  30th  November  2015  a  total  of  1500  links  to  Institutions  have  been  commissioned  and  made operational. This includes 368 links to institutions under NMEICT, which have been migrated to NKN. NKN connectivity has also been extended to 436 NIC district centers.

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