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Lok Sabha Question No. 81 (STARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Approval to New NPPS
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA, PARAYAMPARANBIL KUTTAPPAN BIJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF FINANCE DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.472

ANSWERED ON FRIDAY, 26 th FEBRUARY, 2016, 7 th PHALGUNA, 1937 (SAKA)

## WOMEN IN EMPLOYMENT SCHEMES

†472. SHRI KUNWAR PUSHPENDRA SINGH CHANDEL:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  percentage  of  women  in  various  employment  schemes  is  not sufficient;
- (b) if so, whether the Government is considering to allocate more funds to increase the percentage of women in the said schemes;
- (c) if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the efforts being made by the Government in this direction?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI JAYANT SINHA)

- (a): No, Sir.
- (b) and (c): Does not arise.

(d): The Government runs various employment generation schemes for beneficiaries including for women  like Prime Minister's Employment  Generation  Programme (PMEGP), Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGA),  Pt.  Deen  Dayal  Upadhyaya  Grameen  Kaushalya  Yojana  (DDU-GKY) scheme and National Urban Livelihoods Mission (NULM).

In addition, the government  has  a  network  of  Industrial Training Institutes and Vocational  Training  Programmes  that  offer  vocational  courses  under  various  trades which can also be availed of by women. Government provides vocational skill training to women for wage and self-employment to help them gain economic upliftment and social empowerment.

Important programmes to promote economic empowerment of women through policies and programmes cutting across sectors in different areas are as follows:

Support to Training & Employment Programme for Women (STEP), National Mission for  Empowerment  of  Women,  Rashtriya Mahila Kosh(National  Credit  Fund  for Women), Hostel for Working Women, Rajiv Gandhi National Crèche Scheme and Indira Gandhi  Matritva  Sahyog  Yojana  (IGMSY)  Conditional  Maternity  Benefit  (CMB) Scheme.'

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1147 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Entrepreneurship in Rural Areas
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: BAIJAYANT "JAY" PANDA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED   QUESTION   No. 1147 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RURAL AREAS. QUESTION

## 1147 : SHRI BAIJAYANT JAY PANDA

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

- (a) whether the Government has launched any scheme to promote entrepreneurship in rural areas across the various States in the country;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c)  whether the Government has launched any entrepreneurship support scheme to young entrepreneurs to help incubate new business ideas; 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): The Ministry of Rural Development has launched  a 'Start -up Village Entrepreneurship  Programme'  (SVEP)  to  promote  start-up  entrepreneurship  at village level by rural poor households by providing assured availability of need based financial support, capacity building and advisory services for establishment of village enterprises.    SVEP  would  support  creating  and  strengthening  of  1,82,200  village enterprises in 125 blocks across 24 States in the country over a period from 2014-15 to 2018-19.  Similarly, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) has launched a scheme called 'A Scheme for Promoting Innovation, Rural Industry and Entrepreneurship'- (ASPIRE) on 16.3.2015 under which the main components of the scheme focus  on  setting  up  of  Livelihood  Business  Incubation  Centre  (LBI).  LBIs would  be  set  up  under  National  Small  Industries  Corporation  (NSIC),  Khadi  and Village Industries Corporation (KVIC) or Coir Board or any other Institution/agency of Government of India/State Govt. The focus is to take up proven technologies already available  for  taking  up  projects.  The  incubation  model  provides  "promotion  of entrepreneurship  and  skill  development"  and  involves  setting  up  of  live  "demo projects". Private partner institutions and  entities can also set up livelihood incubation centres under PPP mode with the aforesaid institutions. Onetime grant of 100%  of  cost  of  Plant  &  Machinery  other  than  the  land  and  infrastructure  or  an amount up to INR 100 lakh whichever is less to be provided for incubators under the designated agencies, whereas, in case of incubation centres to be set up under PPP mode, one-time grant of 50% of cost of Plant & Machinery other than the land and infrastructure  or  INR  50.00  lakh,  whichever  is  less  to  be  provided.  Under  this component, 80 LBIs would be set up to adequately skill a targeted 104000 number of youth over a period of 3 years.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1146 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Online Rail Tickets Booking
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: R. VANAROJA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1146 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## ONLINE RAIL TICKETS BOOKING

## 1146.  SHRIMATI VANAROJA R. :

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation (IRCTC) has taken a slew of measures, including a 35 second compulsory wait to book tickets online through its website  to  facilitate  hassle  free  booking  by  genuine  ticket seekers;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the security measures taken to prevent manipulation of the tickets site?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a)  to  (c)  Yes,  Madam.    In  order  to  facilitate  hassle  free booking  by  genuine  ticket  seekers,  time  check  has  been implemented  for  filling  of  CAPTCHA,  Passengers  details  and carrying  out  payment.    These  checks  negate  the  benefit  of automated software for form filling.

In order to ensure security of the e-ticketing website www.irctc.co.in, audit of the e-ticketing system is got conducted by Standardisation Testing and Quality Certification (STQC) Directorate, which is an attached office of the Department  of  Information  Technology  (DIT),  Government  of India.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1145 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Mobile Internet Connectivity
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: K. ASHOK KUMAR

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1145 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd  MARCH,  2016

## MOBILE INTERNET CONNECTIVITY

1145. SHRI K. ASHOK KUMAR:

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

(a) whether the Government has any proposal to increase the cess of mobile net in rural areas of the country;

- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (c) No such proposal is under consideration.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1144 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Irregularities in Procurement of Coaches
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: B.V. NAYAK, S.P. MUDDAHANUMEGOWDA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1144 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## IRREGULARITIES IN PROCUREMENT OF COACHES

1144.       SHRI  B.V. NAIK: SHRI  S.P. MUDDAHANUME GOWDA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  aware  about  irregularities  in procurement/ purchase of railway coaches during the last year and if so, the details thereof;
- (b) whether  the  Government  has  inquired  into  the  alleged irregularities and has fixed responsibility in this regard 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) :  No procurement of railway coaches has been done during the last year.
- (b) & (c):   Do not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1142 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: GSLV
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: S. RAJENDRAN

## 1142.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1142

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, MARCH 2, 2016

## GSLV

- SHRI S. RAJENDRAN:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether there is ample demand for GSLV from the satellite manufacturers across the world;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- whether US companies are also bidding for our GSLV launch
- (c) pad; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof including the list of other countries interested for the same?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE

## (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- (a)&(b)  Antrix Corporation Limited (Antrix), the commercial arm of ISRO,  is  holding  preliminary  discussions  with  some  of  the space agencies / companies across the world for providing GSLV launch services for the foreign customer satellites.
- (c)&(d)  No  Madam.  The  launch  pads  at  Satish  Dhawan  Space Centre, Sriharikota are used exclusively for launch vehicles developed by ISRO.

However,  one  of  the  leading  space  company  from  USA  is under initial phase of discussion with Antrix, to utilise the GSLV  launch  services  for  one  of  their  communication satellite.  The  other  countries  that  have  shown  interest  in utilising  GSLV  launch  services  include  space  agencies/ companies  from  Canada,  France,  Republic  of  Korea  and Turkey.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1140 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Share in Cost of Manning Crossings
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: ELUMALAI VELLAIGOUNDER

(a): No, Madam.

(b): Does not arise.

(c) & (d): Requests regarding manning of unmanned level crossings, both formal as well as informal, are received by Railways at various levels i.e. Railway Board, Zonal Railways and Divisional Headquarters etc.    Receipt  of  such  requests  is  a  continuous  process.    It  is  the endeavour  of  Ministry  of  Railways  to  eliminate  all  unmanned  level crossings in phased manned by Closure/Merger/Provision of Subways/Road  Under  Bridges  (RUBs)  or  manning  based  on  the availability of funds and consent of State Governments.

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## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1140 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## SHARE IN COST OF MANNING CROSSINGS

1140.    SHRI V. ELUMALAI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state :

- (a) whether the Railways has asked the State Governments to share the  cost  of  changing  the  unmanned  railway  crossings  into  manned railway crossings;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  it  is  also  true  that  the  Railways  has  received  many requests from the State Governments to convert such railway crossings; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken by the Railways in this regard?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)
Lok Sabha Question No. 1139 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Delay in Refund of Cancellation Charges
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT RAGHUNATH PATIL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1139 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## DELAY IN REFUND OF CANCELLATION CHARGES

1139.  SHRI C.R. PATIL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  it  is  a  fact  that  IRCTC  is  making  unduly  delay  in refunding of amount of the customers who cancel their tickets;
- (b)  if so, the details of the claims filed by customers and pendency thereof during the last six months along with steps taken to further streamline the procedure to settle the claims and hasten the refund; and
- (c)  the  details  of  the  cases  of  discrepancies  in  the  refunds  to  the customer?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a)  to  (c):    For  cancellation  of  tickets  done  on  the  IRCTC  website, refunds are credited back to the customer expeditiously.  However, in cases of refund against TDR (Ticket Deposit Receipt), the claim is processed by concerned Zonal Railways who decide admissibility of refund based on verification of the claim which takes some time to resolve the case and in these cases also, the amount is refunded to  the  customers  by  IRCTC  expeditiously  as  per  decision  of  the concerned  Zonal  Railway.    There  are  approx.86557  such  cases pending with Zonal Railways for more than three months.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1138 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Backlog of SC/ST Posts
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: MD. BADARIDDOZA KHAN, VISHNU DAYAL RAM

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1138 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## BACKLOG OF SC/ST POSTS

1138. SHRI MD. BADARUDDOZA KHAN: SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  present  number  of  vacant  posts  of  senior  and  deputy engineers in the Railways;
- (b) whether most of these vacant posts are reserved for Scheduled Castes  (SCs),  Scheduled  Tribes  (STs)  and  Other  Backward Castes (OBCs), if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the total number of backlog vacancies belonging to SCs and STs category in Group-A and B Posts, as on 31 st  March, 2015;
- (d) the number of backlog vacancies filled up during April, 2014 to March, 2015 in Group A, B, C and D posts; and
- (e) the  time  by  which  the  Government  proposes  to  fill  up  these posts?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) to (e) : Information is being collected and will be laid on the Table of the House.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1137 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Verification of Customers
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: RANJANBEN BHATT, RAJENDRA AGRAWAL, RAJESHBHAI NARANBHAI CHUDASAMA

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1137 TO BE ANSWERED ON 2 nd  MARCH,  2016

## VERIFICATION OF CUSTOMERS

†1137. SHRIMATI RANJANBEN BHATT: SHRI RAJENDRA AGRAWAL: SHRI RAJESHBHAI CHUDASAMA::

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

- (a) whether the Government is considering to make it mandatory to link mobile SIM connections  with  Aadhaar  card  number  to  keep  a  check  on  SIM  users  and  curb  the misuse of mobile phones for any terrorist act, extortion or any other offence;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  any  fresh  guidelines  in  this  regard  have  been  issued  to  the  mobile operators in the country;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) the time by which it is likely to be implemented?

## ANSWER

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

(a) to (e) The  Department  of  Telecommunications  has issued instructions on 16.10.2014  &  29.12.2014  to  the  Telecom  Service  Providers  for  collecting  'Aadhaar' numbers  alongwith  mobile  'Customer  Acquisition  Form'  and  storing  the  same  in  the database alongwith other data by telecom service operators. These instructions have come into operation with immediate effect and are applicable for SIM connections to be sold  after  the  issuance  of  instructions.  As  such,  Aadhaar  Card  is  not  mandatory  for obtaining a mobile connection.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1135 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Low Rates for Goods Transportation
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: DIPSINH SHANKARSINH RATHOD, PARESH RAWAL

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1135 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## LOW RATES FOR GOODS TRANSPORTATION

1135. SHRI D.S. RATHOD: SHRI PARESH RAVAL:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Railways  proposes  to  lower  rates  for  the  goods transportation; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a) & (b) At present there is no such proposal. However, evaluation of various alternatives relating to rationalization of freight structures is an on-going process.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1131 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Bio-Toilets
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: R.K. BHARATHI MOHAN, PARASURAMAN K.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 1131 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## BIO-TOILETS

1131. SHRI BHARATHI MOHAN R.K.: SHRI K. PARASURAMAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  set  up  bio-toilets  at  all Railway Stations in the country; and
- (b) if so, the number of bio-toilets already set up?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a)  &  (b):  As  per  Budget  pronouncement  for  the  year  2016-17, Railways intend to provide portable structures with Bio toilets at all platforms of select stations to meet the demand of Senior citizens, Divyangs  &  Women  travellers.  However,  setting  up  of  bio-toilet  at stations has been done in past on trial basis. So far, ten bio-toilets have been set up at stations.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 1124 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Low Cost Innovations in Health Sector
Ministry: SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: ASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN, SUDHEER GUPTA, JAYAKUMAR JAYAVARDHAN, GAJANAN CHANDRAKANT KIRTIKAR, KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH, BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO, VIJAY KUMAR S.R., SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY DEPARTMENT OF BIOTECHNOLOGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO: [124 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02/03/2016

## 1124. SHRIASHOK SHANKARRAO CHAVAN:

SHRI SUDHEER GUPTA:

DR ! JAYAVARDHAN;

SHRI GAJANAN KIRTIKAR:

KUNWAR HARIBANSH SINGH:

SHRI BIDYUT BARAN MAHATO:

SHRI SR VIJAYAKUMAR:

DR SUNIL BALIRAM GAIKWAD:

Will the Minister of SCIENCE AND

TECHNOLOGY be pleased t0 state:

- whether the Department of Biotechnology in association with start-ups supported by the centre has developed several low cost medical innovations;
- (b) if so, the details thereol;
- whether such marketing is likely to be done domestically or efforts will be made to export the and if so, the details thereof; and
- whether the Government has decided t0 market these low cost medical innovations and if so. (he details thereof;
- the other steps taken by the Government for promoting better and low cost innovations in health care sector in the country?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY AND EARTH SCIENCES

(a,

(a) to (b) The Department of Biotechnology has supported  Biodesign programme for inclusive low cosi medical devices and implants by applying 4 components affordability, accessibility,   availability and appropriateness. Various prototypes have been developed Thirteen   technologies  have been   licensed and start-up   companies   launched under   this programme:   Biotechnology   Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC); a PSU of Department of Biotechnology (DBT) is also supporting the area of medical innovations through Initative (SBIRI). Biotechnolog} Industry Partnership Programme (BIPP) Contracl Research Scheme (CRS) and SPARSH and these efforts have already resulted into the development of 21 affordable innovations.

- (c) Department of Biotechnology and BIRAC schemes provide financial support t0 Innovators upto   pre-commercialization stage   and IP belongs the applicant   companies/Innovators. Hence, the marketing of these innovations is done by the Innovators. being
- (d)
- (e) Department of Biotechnology is continuously supporting and promoting low cost innovations healthcare   through nationallinterational collaborations. A National Biodesign Alliance Programme has been established. A High Technology Incubation Centre for Medical Technology Innovation has   also been   supported atIndian  Institute of Chennai
Lok Sabha Question No. 1123 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-03-02
Subject: Conversion of Single Line to Double Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: BAHADUR SINGH KOLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.1123 TO BE ANSWERED ON 02.03.2016

## CONVERSION OF SINGLE LINE TO DOUBLE LINE

†1123.    SHRI BAHADUR SINGH KOLI:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government proposes to convert the single railway line between Agra and Bandikui into double railway line; and

(b) if  so, the time by which the said work is likely to be completed and if not, the reasons therefor?

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

(a):    Work  of  doubling  between  Agra  Fort  and  Yamuna  Bridge  (2  km) has  been  included  in  Railway  Budget    2016-17  at  a  total  cost  of 108  Crore  subject  to  necessary  approvals.  To  assess  viability  of doubling  of  remaining  stretch  between  Yamuna  Bridge  (Agra)  and Bandikui (153 kms), a survey has been taken up. (b)  :  Completion of projects depends on a number of factors such as acquisition of land, forestry and wildlife clearances, shifting of various services,  construction  of  Road  Over  Bridges/Road  Under  Bridges  by road  maintenance  departments,  apart  from  availability  of  adequate funds.    Since  many  of  these  factors  are  beyond  the  control  of  the Ministry of Railways, therefore, it is not feasible to give time lines for completion of all the projects.

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