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Lok Sabha Question No. 2901 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Electronics Manufacturing Cluster
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: Pratyusha Rajeshwari Singh

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

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2901

TO BE ANSWERED ON: 11.05.2016

## ELECTRONICS MANUFACTURING  CLUSTER

## 2901        SHRIMATI  PRATYUSHA  RAJESHWARI  SINGH:

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

- (a) whether the State Government has submitted a DPR to the Department of Information Technology, Government of India for setting up of a Green Field Electronics Manufacturing  Cluster  (EMC)  as  per  the  National  Electronics  Policy  guidelines  for approval and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether the project is to be developed by Odisha  Industrial Infrastructure  Development Corporation  (OIIDC)  and  Odisha  Computer  application  Centre  (OCAC)  and  if  so,  the details thereof;
- (c) whether    the  last  Steering    Committee  for  cluster  under  EMC  conveyed    by  the Department of IT, Government of India has cleared  the proposal; and
- (d) if so, the present status thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to(d):  Yes Sir. M/s. Odisha Industrial Infrastructure Development Corporation ltd.(IDCO) has submitted a proposal for setting up of a Greenfield Electronics Manufacturing Cluster over an area of 203.37 acres of land as per the Electronics Manufacturing Cluster (EMC) Scheme at Infovalley, Bhubaneswar Industrial Area, Khurda District, Odisha. M/s. IDCO is the Chief Promoter of the project. Certain deficiencies have been pointed out in the proposal and response has been sought from  M/s.  IDCO.  The  response  is  still  awaited.  The  proposal  will  be  processed  based  on  the response received from the applicant.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2900 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Bifurcation of East Coast Railway
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: KULAMANI SAMAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2900 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.05.2016

## BIFURCATION OF EAST COAST RAILWAY

2900. DR. KULAMANI SAMAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Railways proposes to bifurcate East Coast Railway and separate Waltair Railway Division;

(b) if so, the details thereof; and

(c) the estimated impact on integrated operation of East Coast Railway due to the bifurcation?

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

(a): At present, there is no decision to bifurcate East Coast Railway. (b) & (c): Do not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2899 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Handicraft/Carpet SSCs
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: RODMAL NAGAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED   QUESTION   No. 2899 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.05.2016

## HANDICRAFT/CARPET SSCs

## QUESTION

## 2899 : SHRI NAGAR RODMAL:

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

- (a) whether  the  handicraft  and  carpet  Sector  Skill  Councils  (SSCs)  have  been formed to promote skill development among artisans, craft persons and workers at grassroot level;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  operationalise  the  skill  councils  at district level through the State Governments; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (d) Yes Madam, The Handicrafts & Carpets Sector Skill Council (HCSSC) is registered as a Society under Societies Act of 1860. It is promoted by the Export Promotion  Council  for  Handicrafts  and  Carpet  Export  Promotion  Council,  with inclusive representation of the Government, Industry, Industry Associations, Workers Organisations  and  Civil  Society  Organisations,  Training  Institutes  and  NGOs.  The HCSSC functions  as  the  Apex  Body  on  skill  development  for  the  handicrafts  and carpet sector as well as coordinate the efforts of various agencies in the area of skill development.  Sector  Skill  Councils  are  national  level  bodies.  Out  of  39  Training providers, 20 of them have started training. Under PMKVY scheme, 2410 trainees for  fresh  training  have  been  enrolled  through  the  affiliated  training  providers  of HCSSC and 1472 have completed the training. Operationalization of skill councils in States are ongoing process.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2898 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Metro Rail Project
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: GOPAL CHINAYYA SHETTY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2898

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.05.2016

METRO RAIL PROJECT

NO. 2898                SHRI. GOPAL SHETTY:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Government  has  received  any proposal from the State Government of Maharashtra for alignment of Metro Rail Project of Navi Mumbai;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  present  status
- thereof; and
- (c)
- the time by which the said proposal is likely to be finalised  along  with  the  reasons  for  delay  therein,  if any?

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

## DEVELOPMENT (SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

(a)&(b): The Central Government, on request of the State Government of Maharashtra, has notified the Alignment of Navi  Mumbai  Metro  Line  No.1  (Belapur  to  Pendhar)  vide notification no. S.O. 124 (E) dated 09.01.2015.

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(c): Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2897 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Modernisation of Atomic Power Plant
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: NITYANAND RAI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2897

TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.05.2016

## MODERNISATION OF ATOMIC POWER PLANT

2897.  SHRI NITYANAND RAI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether maintenance work of Tarapur Atomic Power Plant has been stopped and if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  formulated  any  plan  to  modernise  Tarapur Atomic Plant and other old Atomic plants with a view to reducing the cost of energy production; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) No, Sir.
- (b)  &  (c)  The  tariff  of  energy  produced  from  Tarapur  Atomic  Power  Station  1&2 (TAPS 1&2) is about 97 Paise per Unit of electricity. Nuclear power tariffs are characterised by a high capacity charge and low energy (fuel) charge components. They are, thus, marginally  sensitive  to  fuel  price  increases and  tend  to  reduce  with  time,  as  loans  are  repaid  and  depreciation  is recovered. The tariff of electricity from old nuclear power plants is not high. However, undertaking upgrades for ensuring state of the art safety feature is  a  regular  activity  in  Indian  nuclear  power  plants.  TAPS  1&2  has undergone major life extension upgrades in the year 2005-06

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2895 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Fire Fighting Water Tender Vehicles
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAKSHA NIKHIL KHADSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.2895

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.05.2016

## FIRE FIGHTING WATER TENDER VEHICLES

## 2895.   SHRIMATI RAKSHATAI KHADSE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  fire  fighting  water  tender  vehicles  have  been equipped with all necessary force to handle the mishappenings/accidents due to fire at all the Railway Divisional HQ levels including Bhusawal Division of Central Railways in Maharashtra;
- (b)  if so, the details thereof; and
- (c)  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  to  strengthen  fire  fighting arrangements in trains and Railway stations particularly at Divisional HQ level?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a)&  (b):  With  the  closure  of  Fire  Branch  of  the  Railway  Protection Force (RPF) in the year 1999,  no fire fighting water tender vehicles are  available  at  Railway  Divisional  Headquarter  level  over  Indian Railways, including Bhusaval Division of Central Railway in Maharashtra. However, services of State fire department are sought, as  and  when  required,  to  handle  any  fire  related  exigencies,  at station premises/trains.

(c): Steps taken by the Railways to strengthen fire fighting arrangements in trains and railway stations include provision of fire fighting  equipment  like  fire  extinguishers  (including  portable  fire extinguishers in trains)  and fire buckets, training of frontline staff in handling of fire extinguishers, conducting mock drills on fire fighting, passenger awareness programme, keeping a watch over passengers carrying  inflammable  items  and  prosecution  of  offenders  under relevant provisions of the Railways Act. Besides, Automatic Fire and Smoke detection system has been provided on 03 rakes. Design for water-mist based fire suppression system has also been developed and 10 coaches fitted therewith.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2893 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Capacity Expansion Plan for Projects
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2893 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.05.2016

## CAPACITY EXPANSION PLAN FOR PROJECTS

## 2893. SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways proposes any capacity expansion plan for the next four years;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  said  plan  will  address  indirect  multiplier  effects through strong backward, forward linkages, lower logistics costs and higher productivity;
- (d) if so, the details and the features thereof; and
- (e) the  time  by  which  the  said  expansion  plan  is  likely  to  be finalised?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a)  &  (b)  In  the  budget  of  2015-16,  a  5  year  investment  plan  of ` 8,56,020 Crore was indicated comprising ` 1,99,320 Crore for Network

decongestion, ` 1,93,000  Crore  for  Network  expansion, ` 39,000  Crore for  National  Projects, ` 1,27,000  Crore  for  Safety, ` 5,000/-  Crore  for Information  Technology  /  Research, ` 1,02,000/for  Rolling  Stock, ` 12,500/- Crore for Passenger Amenities, ` 65,000/- Crore for High Speed Rail  &  Elevated  corridor, ` 1,00,000/-  Crore  for  Station  redevelopment and logistic parks and 13,200/- Crore for Others.

` (c)  &  (d)  Yes,  Madam.  Investment  in  rail  infrastructure  is  known  to have multiplier effects on different economic activities. (e) Execution of the expansion plan is a continuous process.  No time frame  can  be  fixed  as  realisation  of  the  5-year  expansion  plan  is dependent  on  availability  of  fund  and  other  factors  such  as  land availability, forest clearance etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2892 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Public Grievances
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE, SRIRAM MALYADRI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS (DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS AND PUBLIC GRIEVANCES)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2892

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.05.2016)

## PUBLIC GRIEVANCES

## †2892. SHRI ASHOK MAHADEORAO NETE: SHRI MALYADRI SRIRAM:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) the  average  number  of  public  grievances  received  in  the  Prime  Minister's  Office (PMO) every month;
- (b) the number of complaints/grievances redressed and the number of grievances pending as on date;
- (c) the nature of the said grievances and the number of grievances which pertain to Delhi;
- (d) whether  there  is  any  proposal  for  setting  up  grievance  redressal  machinery  at block/district level; and
- (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## 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  data  available  on  the  online  Centralized  Public  Grievance  Redress  and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS), the average number of grievances received every month in Prime Minister's Office (PMO) is 61919.
- (b):    The total number of grievances disposed and pending as on 5.5.2016 are 718241 and 272466 respectively.
- (c)  :  The  grievances  concern  different  subject  matters   viz.,  employee  related,   quality  of service/civic amenities, police, allegation of corruption/malpractices, labour issues, education, land related problem, financial services etc. There are 11028 grievances pertaining to Delhi.
- (d)  &  (e):  The  Government  has  already  established  an  internet  based  Centralized  Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) to facilitate citizens to lodge their grievances from anywhere, anytime for redressal.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2891 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Facility of Return Current Ticket
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2891 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.05.2016

## FACILITY OF RETURN CURRENT TICKET

†2891.  SHRIMATI DARSHANA VIKRAM JARDOSH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the reasons for discontinuing the facility of return current ticket for  a  journey  of  less  than  199  kms.  in  non-suburban  section  by  the railway administration in the recent past; and
- (b)  whether the Government proposes to re-introduce this facility and if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ( SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a):  W.e.f.  01.03.2016,  changes  have  been  made  in  the  rules  for unreserved  tickets  over  non-suburban  section  only  and  that  too  for the  distance  upto  199  kms  only.  However,  no  changes  have  been made  in  the  rules  for  unreserved  tickets  including  return  journey tickets over suburban sections and for the distance of more than 199 kms over non-suburban sections. The limited change has been made in view of a number of cases detected regarding recycling of tickets issued for short distance journey tickets over non-suburban sections.

(b):  No, Madam.  At present there is no such proposal.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2890 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Training to Urban Poor
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: DEVENDRA (ALIAS) BHOLE SINGH SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION LOK SABHA

UNSTRARRED QUESTION NO. 2890

TO BE ANSWERED ON MAY 11, 2016

## TRAINING TO URBAN POOR

NO. 2890 SHRI DEVENDRA SINGH BHOLE:

WILL the MINISTER OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION be pleased to state:-

- (a) the  total  number  of  urban  poor  trained  under  National  Urban Livelihood Mission in Uttar Pradesh; and
- (B) the  details  of  livelihood  training  accorded  to  the  youth  and  the
- benefits accrued as a result thereof?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN

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

- (a) : This Ministry  is  implementing  'Deendayal  Antyodaya  YojanaNational Urban Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM)' to reduce poverty  and  vulnerability  of  urban  poor  households  by  enabling them to access gainful self-employment and skilled wage employment opportunities for improvement in their livelihoods on a sustainable basis.  Since 2014-15, under 'Employment Through Skill  Training  &  Placement  (EST&P)'  component  of  DAY-NULM, 37140 persons have been provided skill training in Uttar Pradesh.

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- (b) Training under DAY-NULM in Uttar Pradesh has been provided in various  sectors  like  beauty  culture  &  hair  dressing,  garments making,  information  and  communication  technology,  fashion designing  etc.    Training  has  been  provided  to  urban  poor  to enhance their capacity for self-employment and salaried employment.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2889 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Empowerment of Women
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED   QUESTION   No. 2889 TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.05.2016

## EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

## QUESTION

## 2889.  SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM:

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

- (a) whether the Government  proposes to introduce the new  entrepreneur enterprising scheme for empowering women;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  any  motivating  initiatives  have  been  undertaken  to  encourage  self employment  opportunities  by  reducing  certain  barriers  and  hurdles  in  obtaining financial assistance with encouraging subsidies ; and
- (d) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  statistical  information  regarding  beneficiaries  in the  country  particularly  in  the  State  of    Maharashtra  during  each  of  the  last  three years and the current year, State -wise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)  &  (b)  There  is  no  proposal  to  introduce  new  entrepreneurship  scheme  for empowering women specifically.
- (c)        Hon'ble  Prime  Minister  has  launched  the  Start-up  India  movement  on  16 th January, 2016 in which a fund worth Rs.10,000 crore would be created for funding of Start-ups.  Besides, Start- ups would be exempted from paying income tax on their profit for the first three years. Further, there will also be eighty percent exemption in patent  fee  for  Start-ups  business  along  with  a  self-certification  based  compliance system.

The  Government  has  launched  a  new  scheme  called  'The  Stand-up  India Scheme' which was announced by Honourable Prime Minister on 5 th April, 2016. The Objective of the Stand-up India Scheme is to facilitate bank loans from Scheduled Commercial Banks (SCBs) between Rs 10 lakh to 1 crore to at least one Scheduled Caste (SC) or Scheduled Tribe (ST) borrower and at least one woman borrower per bank branch for setting up a Greenfield enterprise in trading, services or manufacturing sector.

- (d)   Since the Schemes came into force recently, no statistics regarding the schemes is available.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 2888 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-05-11
Subject: Anomalies in Sixth Pay Commission Report
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: M. UDHAYAKUMAR

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 2888

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 11.05.2016)

## ANOMALIES IN SIXTH PAY COMMISSION REPORT

2888. ADV. M. UDHAYAKUMAR:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  anomalies  in  the  Sixth  Pay  Commission  report  still  remain  unresolved including anomalies relating to military demand for a non-functional upgrade and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  there  is  widespread  resentment  among  military  officials  that  civilian  staff especially  IAS  cadre  conspire  to  whittle  away  the  military's  relative  status  citing example of 'non-functional financial upgrade' mechanism injected into the Sixth Pay Commission Report favouring civil cadre; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the reaction of the Government in this regard?

## 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): Consequent  upon  the  recommendations  of  the  Sixth  Pay  Commission,  the Government  constituted a National Anomaly Committee to look into the anomalies arising out  of  those  recommendations.  In  four  meetings  of  the  National  Anomaly  Committee,  44 items were taken up for discussions, relating to Civil side staff, between the Staff side and the Official Side.  Out of 44 items, 38 items were either resolved or agreed to be dropped by the Staff Side.  Six anomalies relating to fixation of pay/merger of pay between direct recruits and promotees, parity  in pension,  fixation  of  pay  on  promotion  and  pay  scale/pay  band  of Library information assistants were not resolved, as there was divergent views between staff side and official side.

The  issues  related to  Defence  Forces  personnel,  reported  as  anomalies  by  the  Services have been examined and addressed by the Government in respect of pensions. The matters related to Pay were referred to and examined by the Seventh Pay Commission.  The Seventh Pay  Commission,  which,  inter-alia,  comprised  a  retired  Supreme  Court  Judge  and  an Economist  has  examined  all  issues  including  the  Non-Functional  upgradation  for  Defence Forces and has since submitted its Report to the Government.

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