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Lok Sabha Question No. 627 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Construction of Over Bridges
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: SUNIL KUMAR SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.627 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## CONSTRUCTION OF OVER BRIDGES

†627.  SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  the  number  of  new  rail  overbridges,  rail  underbridges,  foot overbridges  announced  in  Railway  Budget  2016-17  alongwith  the amount provided for them;
- (b) whether the Government has received any proposal or proposed to  construct  foot  overbridges  and  rail  over  bridges  at  Latehar, Barwadih, Tori and Chhipadohar railway stations in Jharkhand; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

(a)  :  289  Road  Over  Bridges  (ROBs)  and  660  Road  Under  Bridges (RUBs)/Subways  have  been  included  in  Railway  Budget  2016-17. These  works  are  funded  in  Plan  Head-30  'Road  Safety  Works (ROB/RUB/Subways)'  for  which  provision  of ₹ 2442.94  crore  has been  done  in  2016-17.    In  addition  to  this,  08  Foot  Over  Bridges (FOBs) at a total cost of ₹ 41.6 crores with allocation of ₹ 2.0 crores have  been  included  in  Railway  Budget  2016-17.    In  addition, ROBs/RUBs and FOBs are also constructed as a part of New Line, Gauge Conversion and Doubling Projects.

- (b) & (c): As regards, Latehar, Barwadih and Tori Railway Stations, FOBs  are  already  available.  Position  as  regards  to  ROBs/RUBs  at these locations is as under:
- (i) Works of construction of ROB in lieu of level crossing (LC) No.35/B/T  at  Latehar  and  Subway  in  lieu  of  LC  No.45  at Chhipadohar have been sanctioned.
- ROBs at LC No.16 and LC No.17 at Barwadih do not qualify for  their  replacement  on  cost  sharing  basis  as  traffic density  at  these  LCs  are  less  than  one  lac  TVU  (Train Vehicle  Unit).    No  proposal  has  been  received  from  the State  Government  for  undertaking  the  work  on  deposit
- (ii) terms.
- (iii) LC  No.24-A/T  at  Tori  falls  on  National  Highway.  As  per Memorandum  of Understanding (MoU) signed between Ministry  of  Railways  and  Ministry  of  Road  Transport  and Highways (MoRTH) on 10.11.2014, ROB in lieu of this LC is to be constructed by MoRTH/National Highway Authority of India (NHAI) at their cost.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 626 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Dynamic Models for Monsoon Forecast
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE

- (a)

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA LOK SABHA

## MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

## UNSTARRED QUESTION No. 626 TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, April 27, 2016

## DYNAMIC MODELS FOR MONSOON FORECAST

## 626.  SHRI GODSE HEMANT TUKARAM:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  a  National  Mission  on  Monsoon  to develop reliable dynamic models for forecasting monsoon in the country;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) the difference between the existing models and the proposed new ones?

## ANSWER

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

- Yes Madam.
- (b) Government  has  been  implementing  the  National  Monsoon  Mission  to develop  a  state-of-the-art  dynamical  coupled  ocean-atmospheric  climate model for a) improved prediction of monsoon rainfall on extended range to seasonal time scale (16 days to one season) and b) improved prediction of temperature,  rainfall  and  extreme  weather  events  on  short  to  medium range time scale (up to 15 days).
- (c) The present long range forecast system based on the statistical models has  shown  some  useful  skill  in  predicting  all  India  seasonal  rainfall. However,  in  order  to  overcome  the  limitations  of  the  statistical  models used so far, dynamical coupled ocean-atmospheric model framework is put under  exhaustive  performance  evaluation  under  the  National  Monsoon Mission.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 625 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: India Russia Relations
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.625 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## INDIA RUSSIA RELATIONS

- † 625. SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the current status of relations between India and Russia;
- (b) whether any change has occurred in age old relations;
- (c)
- if so, the reasons therefor; and
- (d) the heads under which help from Russia is being received at present?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

- (a) Relations with Russia are a key pillar of India's foreign policy and  Russia  has  been  a  longstanding,  time-tested  partner  of  India. The  relations  are  based  on  a  strong  foundation  of  mutual  trust, inherited  from  longstanding  friendly  and  close  relations  during  the Soviet era, extending over a diverse range of issues. "Declaration on the India-Russia Strategic Partnership" was signed in October 2000. In  December  2010,  the  Strategic  Partnership  was  elevated  to  the level of a "Special and Privileged Strategic Partnership."
- (b) No change has occurred in India's age-old relation with Russia and relations remain as strong and deep rooted as inherited from the Soviet era.
- (c) NA.
- (d) Russia provides help to India under various heads like defence, nuclear, science and technology, space, energy and various  other  miscellaneous  sectors.  Particularly,  the  defence  and the  nuclear  sectors  of  India  have  benefitted  from  the  cooperation with Russia.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 624 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Net Neutrality
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: SHIVKUMAR CHANABASAPPA UDASI

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.624 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27 th  APRIL, 2016

## NET NEUTRALITY

## 624. SHRI SHIVKUMAR UDASI:

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

- (a) whether the Government has finalised policy on Net neutrality;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) if not, the present status thereof; and
- (d) the comments of stakeholders thereon?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) Department  of  Telecommunications  (DoT)  had  constituted  a committee  in  Jan,  2015  to  recommend  overall  policy,  regulatory  and  technical responses to Net Neutrality. The report of the committee has been placed in public domain.

Telecom  Regulatory  Authority  of  India  (TRAI)  has  released  a  consultation paper  on  'Regulatory  framework  for  Over-The-Top  services'  on  27 th March,  2015, which, inter alia,  covered  issues related to net neutrality. TRAI has received a large number of comments in response to the consultation paper and related recommendations of TRAI are awaited.

In  addition,  TRAI  had  issued  a  separate  consultation  paper  on  differential pricing for data services, an important aspect of net neutrality, on 09.12.2015, inviting comments of stakeholders. Subsequently, on 08.02.2016, TRAI has issued 'Prohibition of discriminatory tariffs for data services regulations, 2016', which, inter alia, prohibits any service provider from offering or charging discriminatory tariffs for data services on the basis of content.

Government policy on Net Neutrality shall be finalized after taking into account recommendations  of  committee  constituted  by  Department  of  Telecommunications and  recommendations  of  Telecom  Regulatory  Authority  of  India  (TRAI)  and  other inputs  to  the  Government.  TRAI  recommendations  on  the  issue  are  awaited, whereupon the Government will take a final view.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 623 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Reusable Rocket
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: S.SELVAKUMARA CHINNAYAN, DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

- (a)
- Yes Madam.
- (b) Reusable Launch Vehicle - Technology Demonstrator (RLVTD)  is envisaged  as  a  flying  test  bed  to  evaluate  the critical  technologies required  for  a  hypersonic  re-entry vehicle.   The sub-systems  for  the  RLV-TD, such  as,  the

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 623

## TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 2016

## REUSABLE ROCKET

623. SHRI S. SELVAKUMARA CHINNAYAN: SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Indian Space Research Organisation is planning  to  launch  reusable  vehicle  namely  the  Reusable Launch  Vehicle-Technology  Demonstrator  (RLVTD)  in  near future;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  thereof  and  whether the Government has also planned to extend the programme for the commercial purpose to other countries; and
- (c) if so, the details thereof and the follow up actions proposed by the Government in this regard?

## ANSWER

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

(DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

solid    propellant    booster    and    the    winged    body  vehicle have  been  developed . The infrastructure for hardware and software has been established.  The first flight test of the RLV-TD is expected in 2016, which would demonstrate the hypersonic  aerodynamic  characteristics,  Avionics  system, Thermal  protection  system,  Control  system  and  Mission

The Development of Reusable Launch Vehicle is a technical challenge and it involves the development of many cutting edge technologies. Presently, it is in the preliminary stage of  total  developmental  process.  A  series  of  technology demonstration  missions  would  be  required  before  it  could management. be used for launching.

- (c) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 622 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Electrification between Dindigul Salem Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: NAGARAJAN P., C. MAHENDRAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.622

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## ELECTRIFICATION BETWEEN DINDIGUL SALEM RAILWAY LINE

622.  SHRI P. NAGARAJAN: SHRI C. MAHENDRAN:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  has  taken  a  decision  to  undertake electrification between Dindigul-Salem railway line;
- (b)   if so, the details thereof and the present status of the work; and
- (c)   the time by which the work is likely to be completed?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) & (b):  Yes, Madam. Electrification of Dindigul-Salem railway line is a part of Erode-Karur-Tiruchchirappalli & Salem-Karur-Dindigul (300 Route  Kilometres)  Railway  Electrification  project    which  has  been sanctioned at a cost of ` 362.23 crore in 2015-16. ` 16.51 crore has been provided to this project for 2016-17. The work is entrusted to Central Organisation for Railway Electrification (CORE), Allahabad for execution.
- (c):  Depending upon the overall availability of resources, the targets for  commissioning  of  Railway  Electrification  projects  are  fixed  on yearly basis.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 621 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Memorial for Kalam
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: T.G. VENKATESH BABU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 621 TO BE ANSWERED ON APRIL 27, 2016 MEMORIAL FOR KALAM

No. 621 SHRI VENKATESH BABU T.G.:

Will the MINISTER OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

- (a) Whether the Government proposes to build a memorial in the memory of former President Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam;
- (b) if  so,  the  details  along  with  the  estimated  cost,  location identified and features thereof; and
- (c) the time by which it is likely to be constructed?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

## (SH. M. VENKAIAH NAIDU)

- (a) :     Yes, Madam.
- (b)&(c)  :  Defence  Research  and  Development  Organization  (DRDO)
- has been entrusted with the task of setting up a memorial for former President Dr. A.P.J Abdul Kalam. A land parcel of 1.36 acres at Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu has been provided by the Government of Tamil Nadu where the mortal remains of  late  Dr.  A.P.J  Abdul  Kalam  have  been  laid  to  rest. Estimated  cost  and  time  of  completion  will  be  arrived  at, after the finalization of design/concept.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 620 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: US Seeks Reduction in India's Nuclear Weapons
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.620 FOR ANSWER ON 27.04.2016

## US SEEKS REDUCTION IN INDIA'S NUCLEAR WEAPONS

## 620.  SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  noticed  the  statement  of  US  that  India  and Pakistan need to make progress in reducing their nuclear arsenal;
- (b)
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- the reaction of the Government thereto?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

- (a) & (b) Yes. At a press conference at the end of the Nuclear Security Summit 2016 (April 1), the US President said '…..one of the challenges that we're going to have here is that it is very difficult to see huge reductions in our nuclear arsenal unless  the  United  States  and  Russia,  as  the  two  largest  possessors  of  nuclear weapons, are prepared to lead the way.  The other area where I think we'd need to see  progress  is  Pakistan  and  India,  that  subcontinent,  making  sure  that  as  they develop  military  doctrines,  that  they  are  not  continually  moving  in  the  wrong direction'.
- (c) India has consistently supported global, non-discriminatory, verifiable nuclear disarmament and the complete elimination of nuclear weapons in a time bound manner. India supports the proposal put forward by NAM for the Conference on Disarmament to commence negotiations on a Comprehensive Nuclear Weapons Convention.  States  with  substantial  nuclear  arsenals  need  to  assume  their  own special responsibility for nuclear disarmament.

India  has  no-first  use  of  nuclear  weapons  as  a  fundamental  element  of  its nuclear doctrine. We support negotiations on global no-first use. India has called for  a  meaningful  dialogue among all states possessing nuclear weapons to build trust and confidence and reduce the salience of nuclear weapons in international affairs  and  security  doctrines.  Conventionally,  India  has  never  initiated  military action against any neighbour. In the wider context of the Nuclear Security Summit, the  US  President's  own  comments  that  'expanding  nuclear  arsenals  in  some countries, with more small tactical nuclear weapons which could be at greater risk of theft' suitably summarizes the thrust of the global concern in this regard.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 618 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Private Investment under CSR
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: CHANDU LAL SAHU, OM BIRLA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 618 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## PRIVATE INVESTMENT UNDER CSR

## 618. SHRI CHANDU LAL SAHU: SHRI OM BIRLA:

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

- (a) whether the Railways has sought the contribution from private companies under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) funding to increase investment in Railways;
- (b)
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  Railways  has  notified  the  activities  in  which  the CSR funds are likely to be used and if so, the details thereof;
- (d) the investment estimated to be made from the CSR funding and to be spent under the CSR activities; and
- (e) the other modes of investment proposed by the Railways in the absence of adequate private investment?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

- (a) &  (b)  To  encourage  participation  of  Private  companies  and PSUs  in  identified  works/activities  to  be  done  under  Corporate Social  Responsibility  (CSR)  in  Railways,  the  policy  framework  has been put in place by Indian Railways in February, 2016.

(c) Yes, Madam. The policy guidelines of Indian Railways details out  the  works/activities  executable  under  CSR  in  the  field  of Environment sustainability, sanitation and cleanliness, such as Rain Water Harvesting, Water Recycling Plants, Solar Panels, construction  of  toilets,  provision  for  Solid  Waste  Management, supply of filtered drinking water etc. (d) As the activities under CSR are typically implemented by the companies (Sponsoring Entity) or its agency as per their CSR policy, no estimation of CSR funding is available with the Railways. (e) Railway has been executing required works with gross budgetary support from General Exchequer, internal resources, IRFC borrowing,  Institutional  financing  and  through  other  modes  of financing as per requirement and feasibility.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 615 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Rehabilitation of Tamils
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: PR. SENTHILNATHAN, NAGARAJAN P.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.615

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## REHABILITATION OF TAMILS

615. SHRI PR. SENTHIL NATHAN:

SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a) the  assistance  extended  to  Sri  Lanka  during  the  last  two  years  for rehabilitation of Tamils;
- (b) whether the visits of the External Affairs Minister are aimed to bring in socio-economic-political betterment of Tamil people in Sri Lanka;
- (c)
- if so, the details thereof; and
- (d) the priority sectors earmarked while strengthening the India's relations with Sri Lanka?

## ANSWER

## THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

(a) to (d) India and Sri Lanka have regular high-level exchanges and visits to  strengthen  bilateral  relations  and  address  issues  of  priority,  including rehabilitation  and  socio-economic-political  betterment  of  the  Tamils  in  Sri Lanka. In consultation with the Government of Sri Lanka, India is engaged in implementation  of  developmental  assistance  projects.  The  Housing  Project, with  an  overall  commitment  of  over  INR  1372  crore  in  grants,  is  for construction of 50,000 housing units, including 46,000 housing units for IDPs in the Northern and Eastern provinces. Other completed or ongoing projects include  rehabilitation  of  the  Northern  Railway  lines,  wreck-removal  and rehabilitation  of  the  KKS  Harbour,  establishment  of  Vocational  Training Centres  in  the  Northern  and  Eastern  provinces,  construction  of  a  Cultural Centre at Jaffna, setting up a 500 MW coal power plant at Sampur, restoration of  Thiruketheeswaram  Temple,  establishing  faculties  for  Agriculture  and Engineering in the Northern Province, expanding the scholarship program for Sri Lankan students to pursue their higher studies in India, setting up Centres for  English  Language  Training  and  providing  technical  assistance  for  the National Action Plan for a Trilingual Sri Lanka, providing financial assistance to 1230 small business premises in Mullaithivu and Kilinochchi in the Northern Province,  construction  of  a  200  bed  ward  complex  at  the  District  Hospital, Vavuniya in the Northern Province, and a vocational training  centre for war widows in Batticaloa in the Eastern Province.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 614 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-04-27
Subject: Investigation into Pathankot Attack
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN, LALLU SINGH, GANESH SINGH, KAMAL NATH, MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVNTHI), JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA, SAUGATA ROY, ASADUDDIN OWAISI, VISHNU DAYAL RAM, DODDAALAHALLI KEMPEGOWDA SURESH, ASHWINI KUMAR, K. MARAGATHAM, KIRTI (JHA) AZAD

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.614 TO BE ANSWERED ON 27.04.2016

## INVESTIGATION INTO PATHANKOT ATTACK

† 614. SHRI A. ARUNMOZHITHEVAN:

SHRI LALLU SINGH:

SHRI GANESH SINGH:

SHRI KAMAL NATH:

SHRI MUTHAMSETTI SRINIVASA RAO (AVANTHI):

SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA:

PROF. SAUGATA ROY:

SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI:

SHRI VISHNU DAYAL RAM:

SHRI D.K. SURESH:

SHRI ASHWINI KUMAR:

SHRIMATI K. MARAGATHAM:

SHRI KIRTI AZAD:

Will the Minister of External Affairs be pleased to state:

- (a)     whether India and Pakistan have agreed for bilateral investigations  into  Pathankot  attack  and  if  so,  the  details thereof;
- (b)       whether Pakistan backtracked from its commitments to allow India NIA team's visit to Pakistan;
- (c)      if so, the details thereof and the reaction of India thereto;
- (d) the steps taken by India to bring the perpetrators of Pathankot attack; and
- (e) the present status of bilateral talks  between  India  and Pakistan?

## ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS [GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

- (a) to (e) The Pakistani Joint Investigation Team (JIT), constituted  by  the  Government  of  Pakistan  in  connection  with Pathankot  Airbase  Attack,  visited  India  from  March  27,  2016-April 01,  2016.  National Investigation Agency (NIA) was its interlocutor.

The objective of the visit was  to share information on our investigation  into  the  Pathankot  Air  Base  attack,  obtain  a  briefing from  the  JIT  on  Pakistan's  investigations  into  the  attack  thus  far, and to discuss follow-up actions. The interaction with JIT was held in accordance with terms of reference mutually agreed on the basis of reciprocity and extant legal provisions.

JIT's discussions with the NIA were conducted in a cooperative  and  constructive  environment.  The  JIT  was  given evidence against individuals, including members of Jaish-eMohammed (JeM), who had conspired in the Pathankot attack and the handlers of terrorists who facilitated and guided them.

As  for  the  visit  of  NIA  to  Pakistan,  Sartaj  Aziz,  Adviser  to Prime  Minister  of  Pakistan  on  Foreign  Affairs,  mentioned  in  an interview  to  an  Indian  TV  channel  on  18th  April  that  a  decision would be taken depending on the ongoing investigation, the evidence available and the persons identified. Investigations in the attack are ongoing in both countries. Government is committed to bringing all those responsible for the Pathankot attack to justice. Government remains engaged with Government of Pakistan at various levels, including to address the situation arising out of the

Pathankot attack.

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