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Lok Sabha Question No. 1813 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Traction Power
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1813

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2015

## TRACTION POWER

## 1813. SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

SHRI NAGENDRA KUMAR PRADHAN:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

DR. J. JAYAVARDHAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the railways is paying extremely high charges to State Utilities for traction power and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  railways  has  proposed  to  procure  power  through  the bidding process at an economical tariff from generating companies and if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  purpose  behind  the  move  and  the quantum of amount to be saved during the next few years;
- (c) whether the Government has invited bids for this purpose and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) whether the Government is coming up with a Public-Private-Partnership (PPP)  model  to  utilize  rooftops  and  vacant  land  spaces  of  Railway establishment  for  generation  of  solar  energy  and  if  so,  the  details thereof; and
- (e) the  other  steps  taken/being  taken  by  the  Government  to  reduce  its energy bill through an appropriate energy mix?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Indian  Railways  (IR)  has  paid 10,691  crore  for  the  year  2014-15 (provisional)  for  traction  power  consumption,  which  includes  cross subsidy charges and impact of distribution losses. The average rate of power for 2014-15 was about 6.80 per unit.

- (b) &  (c)  IR  has  recently  contracted  50  MW  power  in  NCR  through  open bidding  process  to  reduce  the  cost  of  traction  power  to  Railways. Further,  Railways  have  invited  bids  for  585  MW  of  power  in  various States.  The  extent  of  saving  in  expenditure  due  to  these  efforts  are subject to market forces.
- (d) A policy to utilize roof top of Railway premises to generate solar energy through developer mode has been issued on 18.11.2015.
- (e) Other steps include improving energy utilization. For this latest 3 phase locomotives  &  EMU,  are  being  inducted.  Additionally,  IR  has  recently commissioned 26 MW wind mills in Rajasthan.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1812 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Revamping Life Insurance Business
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, NAGARAJAN P., HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, RAJEEV SHANKARRAO SATAV, DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, T. RADHAKRISHNAN, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN

## MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1812 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 th  DECEMBER, 2015

## REVAMPING LIFE INSURANCE BUSINESS

1812. SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:

SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:

SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:

SHRI SATAV RAJEEV:

SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:

SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:

SHRI J. JAYAVARDHAN:

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

- (a) whether India post is planning to revamp its life insurance business and offer life insurance and other saving products to its customers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the target fixed for the next two years in this regard;
- (c) whether India Post has approached the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA) for its approval for the same;
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the response of IRDA thereto; and
- (e) whether  India  Post  is  planning  to  tie  up  with  general  insurance  companies  to offer  non-life  products  and  if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  other  steps  taken/being taken  by  the  Government  to  modernize  the  postal  service  and  also  increase  its penetration in the country?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) & (b) Department of Posts constantly endeavors to provide good service to its customers. Targets are fixed annually With regard to Postal Life Insurance and Savings Bank, targets for the year 2015-16 are as under:
- (c) & (d) Not applicable for Postal Life Insurance and Post Office Savings Bank.
- (e) Premia of non life  insurance  products  is  accepted  in  Post  Offices  under  Circle Business Package. Services and products are reviewed from time to time in view of the changing  market  scenario,  changing  customer  needs,  industry  benchmarks  etc,  and steps taken to modify the service features accordingly.

Postal Life Insurance (Including Rural Postal Life Insurance)

Rs. 10,000 Crores Premium income

Savings Bank

40.30 crore accounts with revenue target of Rs.8852.05 Crores

[All types of accounts put together]

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1807 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: German Coaches
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: VISHNU DAYAL RAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1807 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2015

## GERMAN COACHES

†1807. SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government had formulated a scheme to introduce German technology  based  passenger  coaches  in  all  mail  and  express  trains  in place of indigenously manufactured ICF coaches in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether the use of German technology based passenger coaches will help to minimise damage and the loss of lives in an event of accident; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a)  No,  Madam.    While  no  specific  scheme  has  been  formulated  to introduce  German  technology  based  passenger  coaches  in  all  Mail  and Express trains in place of indigenously manufactured ICF coaches in the country, it is being undertaken in a phased manner on case-to-case basis.
- (b) Does not arise.
- (c) Yes, Madam.
- (d) German technology based LHB (Linke Hofmann Bush) have a crashworthy and anti-climbing design with a strong bogie to body connection which helps minimize damage and the loss of lives in event of accidents, when compared with ICF design coaches.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1805 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Construction Waste
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1805 TO BE ANSWERED ON DECEMBER 09, 2015

## CONSTRUCTION WASTE

No. 1805 SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government has taken help from foreign countries  to  find  solution  for  management  construction  waste generated in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Government  has  set  up  or  proposes  to  set  up recycling  plants  for  construction  waste  in  country  including  in
- Bihar; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

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

## DEVELOPMENT

(SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)

- (a)  &  (b):  Government  of  India  has  not  taken  help  from  foreign countries  to  find  solution  for  construction  waste  generated  in  the country.
- (c) & (d): Government of India has not set up or proposes to set up recycling plants for construction waste in the country including in Bihar, as the matter pertains to State/Urban Local Bodies (ULBs).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1803 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Higher Tariff
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: P. KARUNAKARAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1803

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2015

## HIGHER TARIFF

1803. SHRI P. KARUNAKARAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Konkan railways has been charging higher tariff than other zones of railway;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  number  of  years  since  when  the  system  is  running  as BOLT (Build, Own, Lease and Transfer); and
- (d) the details thereof BOLT period of Konkan Railways?

## ANSWER

## MINISTR OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) & (b) :  Konkan Railway charges the same tariff as applicable on the Indian Railway, with an additional distance inflation of 40% for Coaching Traffic and 50%  for Freight Traffic, to enable the Corporation to service the loans taken for construction of Konkan Railway.
- (c) & (d): The Konkan Railway Corporation Limited was created as a Special  Purpose  Vehicle  (SPV)  to  construct  the  Konkan  Railway Line  and  operate  the  same  for  a  period  up  to  which  the  company discharges  its  liabilities  arising  due  to  the  project.  The  operation phase started on 26 th  January 1998. In the year 2008, Government has decided that Konkan Railway will continue as a Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSE) even after discharging all its liabilities.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1802 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Accidents in Installation/ Operation of Towers
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: KAUSHAL KISHORE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1802 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 th  DECEMBER, 2015

## ACCIDENTS IN INSTALLATION/ OPERATION OF TOWERS

## †1802. SHRI KAUSHAL KISHORE:

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

- (a) whether  the  incidents  of  fatal  accident  have  been  reported  in  connection  with installation and operation of mobile towers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof, State and Operator-wise;
- (c) whether  an  incident  of  electrocution  occurred  in  Lucknow  while  setting  up  a tower, if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the action taken by the Government against the telecom service providers and steps taken to provide compensation to the victim family?

## ANSWER

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

- (a), (b) & (d) Madam,  as per information collected from Telecom Service Providers (TSPs) and different Telecom Enforcement, Resource & Monitoring (TERM) Cells,  one  incident  of  fatal  accident  has  been  reported  in  Assam  in  connection  with installation and operation of mobile towers during last year 2014 and current year 2015 (upto 30.09.2015)

The case pertains to M/s Idea Cellular Limited in which one site security guard met with an accident during site installation in Assam and lost his life.

As reported by M/s Idea Cellular Limited, M/s Ericsson, the concerned vendor, has been sensitized to take utmost care during site installations. Strict instructions have been given to Installation Vendors to follow all prescribed safety norms in terms of using Helmets & Safety Belts during Site Installation (applicable for all persons available at site).  It  was  also  advised  that  only  qualified  and  competent  persons  should  handle electrical equipments. M/s Ericsson paid compensation of Rs. 100,000/- to the victim's kin with mutual consent.

- (c) No such incident of electrocution while setting up a tower in Lucknow has been reported  by  any  TSP  to  DoT  during  last  year  2014  and  current  year  2015(upto 30.09.2015).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1801 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: SUVENDU ADHIKARI

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1801 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2015

## PRADHAN MANTRI KAUSHAL VIKAS YOJANA QUESTION

## 1801.  SHRI SUVENDU ADHIKARI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has conducted any survey on the benefit accrued to the youth as a result of launch of the Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana;
- (b) if so, the details and outcome thereof;
- (c) the aims and objectives of the Yojana;
- (d) whether the Government is facing any difficulties in implementing it;
- (e) if so, the details thereof; and
- (f) the steps taken/being taken to address the challenges?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (f) Government  has  launched  Pradhan  Mantri  Kaushal  Vikas  Yojana (PMKVY) in March, 2015 which is a reward based, demand driven scheme aiming to enable and mobilise a large number of Indian youth to take up skill training, become employable and earn their livelihood. The scheme targets to benefit 24 lakh persons with  training  of  14  lakh  fresh  entrants  and  certification  of  10  lakh  persons  under Recognition of Prior Learning (RPL). PMKVY has a feature of Kaushal Vikas Sivir which  is  organised  by  respective  PMKVY  affiliated  training  partners  across  the Country.  National  Skill  Development  Corporation  (NSDC)  is  the  implementing agency for the scheme.

Training Partners have been instructed by NSDC to conduct Kaushal Melas across  the  Parliamentary  Constituency  for  mobilisation  of  the  candidate  with  the involvement of Local/District/State Government as well as Members of Parliament to ensure  greater  outreach  and  ownership.  Efforts  are  being  made  to  ensure  the coverage of the scheme across 543 Lok Sabha Constituencies of the Country. Upto 31 st October, 2015, 308 Kaushal Melas have been organised across the Country and 5.17  lakh  candidates  have  been  enrolled  under  the  scheme  for  328  job  roles developed by Sector Skill Councils (SSCs).

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1799 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Attempts in Civil Services Examination
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: HARISH DWIVEDI

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

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1799

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2015)

## ATTEMPTS IN CIVIL SERVICES EXAMINATION

†1799. SHRI HARISH CHANDRA ALIAS HARISH DWIVEDI:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Union  Public  Service  Commission  has  provided  additional  two  years provisionally  for  appearing  in  Civil  Services  Examination,  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b) whether the Government proposes to continue with this relaxation; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof?

## 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):    Central Government decided to allow two additional attempts to all category of candidates  with  effect  from  Civil  Services  Examination  (CSE)-  2014,  with  consequential relaxation of maximum age, if required. The relaxation has continued for CSE - 2015.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1798 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Saving Schemes Account Holders
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: C. MAHENDRAN

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1798 TO BE ANSWERED ON 9 th  DECEMBER, 2015

## SAVING SCHEMES ACCOUNT HOLDERS

## 1798. SHRI C. MAHENDRAN:

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

- (a) the  total  number  of  post  office  saving  scheme  account  holders  as  on  date, scheme wise and State-wise; and
- (b) the total amount deposited through various saving schemes as on date, Statewise?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) The total number of post office scheme account holders as on 31.03.2015, scheme wise and Postal Circle wise may be seen at Annexure-I.
- (b) The  total  amount  lying  deposited  in  various  savings  schemes  as  on 31.03.2015 Postal Circle wise may be seen at Annexure-II.
Lok Sabha Question No. 1796 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Abnormal Weather
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: V. PANNEER SELVAM, PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 1796

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 09, 2015

## Abnormal Weather

## 1796  SHRI V PANNEERSELVAM:

SHRI PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  abnormal  weather  conditions  like  huge  fog  cloud  over  parts  of  Northern India had been reported recently;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor;
- (c) whether the Government has chalked out any plan to counter such situation in near future; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

(SHRI Y. S. CHOWDARY)

- (a-b)  No Madam. Abnormal weather conditions like huge fog cloud over part of Northern India has not been reported recently.  However, the usual phenomenon of moderate fog/haze has been reported at some places on certain occasions during the month of November, 2015.

Fog  is largely prevalent over the north/north west  India due  to the stable atmospheric conditions locally that keeps the suspended pollutant particles trapped in the lower atmosphere close to the surface. The increased quantum of vehicular traffic/rapid industrialization over the years is one of the reasons for the increased concentrations of such pollutants over the urban areas and industrial corridors/sectors  under  the  stable  atmospheric  conditions.  Associated  with  the dropping of the night time temperature due to radiation cooling following sun set, local scale radiation fog gets established and gets lifted only after the warming of the  ground  following  the  sunrise.    On  the  other  hand,  advection  fog  gets  engulfed over large parts of north and northwest India, due to the passage of warm and moist airmass associated with circulation over a cold ground that stays for major part of the day until the change in circulation pattern is reversed.

- (c-d)  No Madam. However, the India Meteorological Department provide real time updates of possible fog development scenario to Airport Authority of India (AAI) and Airport Operators/Airlines  for  taking  appropriate  action  further  to  sustain  the  air  traffic operations  with  the  support  of  various  category  of  instrumented  landing/takeoff systems and continuous runway visibility monitoring systems established in airports. System  of  Air  Quality  Forecasting  and  Research  (SAFAR)  system  is  operated  to facilitate  forecasting  the  concentration  changes  of  suspended  pollutants  that  can influence the prevalence of the radiation fog followed by haze over Delhi NCR region.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1795 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Contracts for Cleanliness
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DHARAM VIRA GANDHI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MIINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1795 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2015

## CONTRACTS FOR CLEANLINESS

1795.    SHRI DHARAM VIRA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)        what  is  the  duration  of  the  contract  for  cleaning  the  railways property under the 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' ;
- (a) whether  any  charges  have  been  levied  on  commuters  for this purpose and if so, the details thereof;
- (c)            whether  the  annual  contracts  awarded  for  cleaning  of  the Railways  properties  have  not  been  renewed  and  if  so,  the reasons therefor; and
- (d)    the details of the funds allocated and utilised for this purpose during the last three years and the current year?

## ANSWER

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

(a):  The stations and passenger coaches where cleanliness is being ensured  through  contract,  the  duration  is  specific  to  the  contract which is stipulated in each agreement.

(b):   Swachh Bharat cess of 0.5% is chargeable on 30% of total fare equivalent to 0.15% of the total fare in first class and all AC classes.

(c):    New  contracts  are  being  awarded  after  expiry  of  old  contracts except  in  some  exigencies  where  the  new  contract  cannot  be finalised on time or the same is found operationally infeasible.  In such cases,  cleanliness  is  ensured  through  extension  of  the  existing contract  for  a  limited  period  till  finalisation  of  fresh  contract  or through deployment of departmental staff.

(d):  Adequate financial provision has been made for cleanliness in the Budget

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1794 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Covered Plateforms
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: JOSE K. MANI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1794

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2015

## COVERED PLATFORMS

## 1794. SHRI JOSE K. MANI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the number of railway stations in the country;
- (b)
- the number out of them which have covered platforms;
- (c) the number of covered platform stations which can accommodate 20 to 22 coach trains; and
- (d) the details of measure taken to provide roof in all railway stations and to extend the covered platforms to accommodate all coaches?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a)  to  (d):  Provision/augmentation  of  passenger  amenities  including platform  shelter  and  extension  of  platforms  to  accommodate  longest stopping train is a continuous and ongoing process. At present, there are about  8495  railway  stations  on  Indian  Railways  which  have  been categorized into seven categories viz. A1, A, B, C, D, E & F depending upon  annual  passenger  earning  of  stations.  As  per  norms  of  Minimum Essential  Amenities  'F'  category  (Halt)  stations  do  not  qualify  for provision of platform shelter. Presently, about 5780 stations have been provided with platform shelters. Length of the platform at the station is generally  provided  to  accommodate  the  longest  train  stopping  at  that station. Out of 5780 stations there are about 1640 stations which have been provided with platform shelters and can accommodate 20-22 coach trains.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1793 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-12-09
Subject: Manufacturing Train Equipments
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: UDAY PRATAP SINGH

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1793 TO BE ANSWERED ON 09.12.2015

## MANUFACTURING TRAIN EQUIPMENTS

## 1793.  SHRI UDAY PRATAP SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  there  is  any  plan  to  manufacture  the  train  equipments  in  the country  which  are  erstwhile  imported  from  other  countries  under  the Make-in-India scheme; and
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof and the manner in which it is likely to be done?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a)&(b)  The  following  projects    have  been  sanctioned  by  Railways  to reduce  imports  bills  and  pursue  'Make  in  India'  initiative  of Indian Railways:
- (i)  Setting  up  of  a  traction  alternator  manufacturing  factory  for high horse power  Diesel Locomotives  at Vidisha: Under present sanction, the factory will be set up through Government funding.
- (ii) Setting up of a Forged wheel factory: This work will be done by Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited (RINL) at Raebareli at their own cost.

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