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Lok Sabha Question No. 3799 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: Sanitation Facilities at Metro Stations
Ministry: URBAN DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: KRISTAPPA NIMMALA, GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3799**

TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 12, 2015

**SANITATION FACILITIES AT METRO STATIONS**

**No.3799.	SHRI NIMMALA KRISTAPPA:**

**SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:**

Will the MINISTER OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

1. Whether the Government proposes to install dustbins at various metro rail stations including Delhi, Bangalore and Hyderabad;
2. If so, the details thereof;
3. Whether the upcoming metro stations will have toilet facilities in paid area; and
4. If so, the details thereof and the present status thereof along with the funds sanctioned/spent in this regard so far?

**ANSWER**

**THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF URBAN DEVELOPMENT**

**(SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO)**

(a)&(b):	Yes, Madam. Dustbins are provided at selected locations of metro stations as decided by Central Industrial Security Force (CISF) in Delhi Metro network. In Bangalore and Chennai Metro network, dustbins are provided at all metro stations. The other upcoming metro projects such as Hyderabad Metro, Kochi Metro, Nagpur Metro, Mumbai Metro line-3 and Ahmadabad Metro have  provisions for dustbin based on station size, lay out, design and requirement.

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(c)&(d):	All metro stations of metro projects being implemented under 50:50 joint venture partnership between Government of India (GoI) and respective State/ Union Territory Governments have toilets in the paid and/or unpaid area. Direction has been issued to all metro companies implementing metro projects under 50:50 joint venture partnership between Government of India (GoI) and respective State/ Union Territory Governments to provide toilets in the paid area of all proposed metro stations. Further, Delhi Metro Rail Corporation has informed that 32 upcoming stations under Delhi Metro Phase-III project in Delhi have toilets in the paid area.

There are no separate funds earmarked for construction of toilets at metro stations. Toilets are integral part of station design and the cost of construction of toilets is part of the project cost.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3798 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: National Centre for Seismology
Ministry: EARTH SCIENCES
Asked by: SANJAY JAISWAL

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION No 3798

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST, 12, 2015

NATIONAL CENTRE FOR SEISMOLOGY

3798.  DR. SANJAY JAISWAL:

Will the Minister of EARTH SCIENCES be pleased to State:

(a) 	the specific targets and deliverables set by the National Centre for Seismology (NCS) for 2015-16 and the manner it plans to achieve the target;

(b) 	the list of research projects currently being undertaken by NCS and the financial outlay for these projects; and

(c) 	the details of capacity building measures taken by NCS during the last three years?

ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE FOR MINISTRY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AND

MINISTRY OF EARTH SCIENCES

(Shri Y. S. Chowdary)

1. Following are the specific targets and deliverables set by National Centre for Seismology (NCS):

9. Upgradation of existing seismic stations with broad band seismographs and VSAT at 30 selected locations to enable detection of smaller earthquakes. Required equipments have been procured and shall be installed after testing.

2. Initiation of microzonation of 30 selected cities of the country. RFP to be floated and geological maps will be acquired during 2015-16.

1. The following research projects are currently under way:-

1. Upgadation of seismic monitoring network with a total outlay of Rs.25.17 crores.
2. Microzonation of 30 cities with a financial outlay of 6 crore for the FY 2015-16.
3. In-house research on various seismological aspects, e.g., GPS, Active Fault mapping, Seismic wave analysis, tomography, earthquake precursory studies, etc.

1. NCS has come into being in August 2014 and process of capacity building has just been initiated.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3796 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: SSC Regional Centres
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3796**

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2015)

**SSC REGIONAL CENTRES**

3796. SHRIMATI P. K. SREEMATHI TEACHER:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

(a) 	whether the Government has received any proposal to establish Staff Selection Commission's Regional Centres/ facilitation centres at Kannur; and

(b) 	if so, the details thereof and the present status of the proposal?

**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):   There is no proposal for establishment of a Regional Centre of Staff Selection Commission at Kannur.

(b):   Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3794 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: Skilled Labour Force
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA, R. VANAROJA, NISHIKANT  DUBEY, RAMESH POKHRIYAL NISHANK, C. MAHENDRAN, GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3794**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2015**

**SKILLED LABOUR FORCE**

**QUESTION**

**†3794. 	SHRI PREM SINGH CHANDUMAJRA: 		SHRIMATI VANAROJA R.:**

**SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY: 			DR. RAMESH POKHRIYAL "NISHANK":**

**SHRI C. MAHENDRAN: 				SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:**

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

(a) 	whether only a very small percentage of our total labour force comes under the category of skilled labourer and if so, the details thereof;

(b) 	whether there is a need for implementing any scheme at block level in rural areas for expanding the scope of skill development;

(c) 	if so, the reaction of the Government thereto;

(d) 	whether only a small percentage of the work force is skilled compared to other countries; and

(e)	if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor along with the steps taken by the Government in this regard?

**ANSWER**

**MINISTER OF STATE (INDEPENDENT CHARGE) IN THE MINISTRY OF**

**SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP**

**(SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY)**

(a) to (e)	Yes, Madam. It is estimated that only 4.69% of the total workforce in India has undergone formal skill training as compared to 68% in UK, 75% in Germany, 52% in USA, 80% in Japan and 96% in South Korea. The National Policy for Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, 2015, approved by the Government on 1 st July, 2015, has the provision for high priority to socio-economic growth of rural areas of the Country. Setting up of Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) in Public Private Partnership (PPP) mode especially in unserved blocks of the Country and encouraging State Governments to set up Kaushal Vardhan Kendras (KVKs) at panchayat level for mobilising and imparting skill training pertaining to local employment/livelihood opportunities to school drop-outs, adolescent girls, housewives and rural youth, are some of the steps to meet the challenge of promoting skill development in the rural areas of the Country.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3793 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: Financial Assistance to SC/ST/OBC Students
Ministry: HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT
Asked by: BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

DEPARTMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION

LOK SABHA

UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3793

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2015

**Financial Assistance to SC/ST/OBC Students**

3793.  DR. BOORA NARSAIAH GOUD:

Will the Minister of HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT be pleased to state:

(a) the number of students of SC, ST and OBC categories travelled for studies in foreign countries with the Government assistance during the last three years, State-wise;

(b) the monetary assistance provided to each student and the total money spent so far, category-wise; and

(c) whether the Government proposes to increase the budgetary support in this regard and if so, the details thereof?

##### ANSWER

MINISTER OF HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT

(SMT. SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI)

(a): The Ministry of Home Affairs and the University Grants Commission (UGC) have informed that they have no such information.

(b)& (c): In view of above, do not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3792 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: Statement Made by OIC
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: PRALHAD VENKATESH JOSHI

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3792**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2015**

**STATEMENT MADE BY OIC**

**3792.		SHRI PRALHAD JOSHI:**

**Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:**

1. **whether the Ministry had expressed dissent over statements made 	by Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in their 42** **nd** **session; 	and**
2. **if so, the details thereof?**

ANSWER

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

[GEN. (DR) V. K. SINGH (RETD)]

1. **Yes, the Ministry had expressed dissent over statements made by Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) in their 42** **nd** **session.**

1. **The Ministry responded that the OIC Resolution on the Indian State of Jammu and Kashmir is completely unacceptable. We dismiss it with the contempt it deserves. We advise the OIC to refrain from interfering in the internal affairs of India.**

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3791 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: Leakages of Poisonous Gas
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: KRISHNAN NARAYANASAMY RAMACHANDRAN, RAJESH VERMA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3791

TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2015

## LEAKAGES OF POISONOUS GAS

3791.  SHRI  K. N. RAMACHANDRAN: SHRI  RAJESH  VERMA:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  waste  materials  from  atomic  power  plants  are  being  managed properly;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor;
- (c) Whether  there  is  any  case  of  release/leakage  of  poisonous  gas/radioactive from the atomic power plants in any part of the country during the last three years; and
- (d) If  so,  the  details  thereof  and  the  steps  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a)      Yes, Sir.
- (b)      Management  of  radioactive  waste  in  Indian  context  includes  all  types  of radioactive wastes generated from the entire nuclear fuel cycle and also from installations  using  radionuclides  in  medicine,  industry  and  research.    In  the choice of processes and technologies adopted utmost emphasis is given to waste  minimisation  and  volume  reduction.    The  comprehensive  radioactive waste management  operations are carried out fulfilling all prescribed regulatory requirements to avoid any adverse effect on the worker, the public and the environment.
- (c) No, Sir.
- (d) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3788 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: Paid Leave for Sexual Harassment Victims
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: NAGARAJAN P., VINOD KUMAR BOIANAPALLI

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL AND TRAINING

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3788**

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2015)

**PAID LEAVE FOR SEXUAL HARASSMENT VICTIMS**

3788. SHRI P. NAGARAJAN:

SHRI B. VINOD KUMAR:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

(a) 	whether the sexual harassment complaint committees in Government offices have been empowered to recommend grant of paid leave upto 3 months to the complainants and if so, the details thereof;

(b) 	whether the Department of Personnel and Training has included such a provision in the guidelines for conducting inquiries allowing the committee to transfer the aggrieved woman or grant her upto 3 months paid leave and if so, the details thereof;

(c) 	whether any time limit is prescribed to lodge a complaint and if so, the details thereof;

(d) 	whether the committee may extend the time limit, if the reasons for the delay are valid; 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) and (b):   Instructions have been issued by this Department vide Office Memorandum dated 27.11.2014 regarding Alignment of Service Rules with the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013. As per para 6 of the said Office Memorandum, the Complaint Committee will have the powers to recommend to the employer (a) to transfer the aggrieved woman or the charged officer to any other workplace; or (b) to grant leave to the aggrieved woman up to a period of three months, which will be in addition to the leave she would be otherwise entitled to.

(c) to (e):   As per Section 9 of Chapter IV of the Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013, any aggrieved woman may make, in writing, a complaint of sexual harassment at workplace to the Internal Committee within a period of three months from the date of incident and in case of a series of incidents, within a period of three months from the date of last incident.

The Committee may, for the reasons to be recorded in writing, extend the time limit not exceeding three months, if it is satisfied that the circumstances were such which prevented the woman from filing a complaint within the said period.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3787 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: Tariff Plan of BSNL
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: DHANANJAY BHIMRAO MAHADIK, SUPRIYA SADANAND SULE, VIJAYSINH MOHITE PATIL, HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT, T. RADHAKRISHNAN

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY**

**DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3787**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 12** **th** **AUGUST, 2015**

**TARIFF PLAN OF BSNL**

**3787.  SHRI DHANANJAY MAHADIK:**

**SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE:**

**SHRI MOHITE PATIL VIJAYSINH SHANKARRAO:**

**DR. HEENA VIJAYKUMAR GAVIT:**

**SHRI T. RADHAKRISHNAN:**

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

(a)	whether Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) plans to offer single tariff plans for specific data speeds across the country, if so, the details thereof;

(b) 	whether with surrender of additional 3G Spectrum and with no 4G Spectrum, whether BSNL will capture market; and

(c) 	if so, the details thereof and the other steps taken/being taken by the BNSL to provide more facilities to its customers?

ANSWER

**THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY**

**(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)**

(a) 	     Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has informed that it offers 3G speed  to all its mobile customers. The tariff charged by BSNL for data usage is uniform across the country irrespective of data speed. However, tariff plans/STVs (Special Tariff Vouchers) charges vary, depending upon the volume of free data usage and validity of the data plan.

(b)&(c) 	 BSNL continues to possess the right to use 3G spectrum in all the Licenced service areas. The techno-commercial feasibility of launching LTE (Long Term Evolution)/4G services in selective cities using Broadband Wireless Access (BWA) spectrum is being studied by BSNL.

BSNL is augmenting its mobile network by addition of 15 million lines for enhancing radio capacity and coverage under Phase VII expansion project. Out of this 13.48 million GSM lines has been rolled out. BSNL is taking other steps like setting up Wi-fi hotspots on revenue share basis to increase its revenue and providing better services to its customers, introducing free night calling tariff plans for wireline customers and introduction of free national roaming on pan-India basis for mobile customers.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3786 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: Sit-in Dharnas at Jantar Mantar
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: SONA RAM CHOUDHARY

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

DEPARTMENT OF ADMINISTRATIVE REFORMS AND PUBLIC GRIEVANCES

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3786**

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 12.08.2015)

**SIT-IN DHARNAS AT JANTAR MANTAR**

3786. COL. SONARAM CHOUDHARY:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

(a) 	whether the Department of Public Grievances has taken cognizance of the sit-in Dharnas at Jantar Mantar by various persons/groups having variety of grievances and if so, the details thereof;

(b) 	whether any senior officers of the Department have ever met the people who were holding Sit-in Dharnas at Jantar Mantar to ascertain the cause of their complaints with a view to redress them or in the alternative to counsel them appropriately and if so, the details thereof; and

(c) 	whether any mechanism is likely to be put in place to address the grievances of people who Sit-in Dharnas, and 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): Grievances can be lodged by citizens by post, in person and by web based internet mode. Thus, every Wednesday of the week has been earmarked for receiving and hearing of grievance petitions in person by the Director of Public Grievances in each Central Ministry/Department. The grievances can also be sent by post/manually and for quick and comprehensive redress such grievances are disposed by internet based system. Further, the Government has already established an internet based Centralised Public Grievance Redress and Monitoring System (CPGRAMS) in June, 2007, to facilitate citizens to lodge their grievances from anywhere, anytime for redress. The System enables Ministries/Departments to take appropriate action and upload the action taken reports on the system. The citizens can view online the status of action taken on their grievances. The system has provisions for generating various reports for monitoring of the grievances. CPGRAMS has feedback mechanism for rating of the satisfaction level, by the complainant, after redress.

In case, a grievance is received from any person sitting on Dharna at Jantar Mantar, that is also considered and action taken as per the guidelines for redress of public grievances.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3784 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: Robotic Landing Space Craft
Ministry: SPACE
Asked by: KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF SPACE

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3784

TO BE ANSWERED ON WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 2015

## ROBOTIC LANDING SPACE CRAFT

## 3784. SHRI KIRTI VARDHAN SINGH:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  any  plan  to  send  robotic landing  space  craft  to  Mars  or  any  other  planet  in  near future;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether  the  proposed  mission  is  to  be  operationalised completely of Indian made hardware and support facilities; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PG & PENSIONS AND IN THE PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE (DR. JITENDRA SINGH):

- a) No  Madam.  At  present,  Indian  Space  Research  Organisation (ISRO)  has  no  plan  to  send  a  robotic  landing  spacecraft  to Mars or any other planet. However, India's second mission to the Moon 'Chandrayaan-2' is planned with an Indian Lander and Rover.
- b) Does not arise.
- c) Does not arise.
- d) Does not arise.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3783 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2015-08-12
Subject: Free Night Calls
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
Asked by: JAGDAMBIKA PAL

**GOVERNMENT OF INDIA**

**MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY**

**DEPARTMENT OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS**

**LOK SABHA**

**UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3783**

**TO BE ANSWERED ON 12** **th** **AUGUST, 2015**

**FREE NIGHT CALLS**

**3783. SHRI JAGDAMBIKA PAL:**

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

(a)	 whether Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has recently offered free night calls on landline/fixed line services throughout the country;

(b)	 if so, the details thereof;

(c)	 whether Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) has offered free night calls on landline/fixed line service in Delhi/Mumbai or proposes to do so and if so, the details thereof and if not the reasons therefor;

(d) 	the revenue loss of BSNL yearly on account of such a policy being issued; and

(e)	 whether the Government has taken/ proposes to take any steps to increase revenue of BSNL to account for the loss sustained through this policy?

ANSWER

**THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY**

**(SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD)**

(a)to (c) 	  Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) has offered, on its specific landline tariff plans, free calls to landline and mobile connections of any operator within India between 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited (MTNL) has also offered free calls from its landline connections to landline and mobile connections of any operators in Delhi and Mumbai between 10 p.m. to 7 a.m.

(d)& (e) 	  BSNL and MTNL have offered free night calling plans to increase attractiveness of landline connections which has been facing a declining trend in the recent past and to improve network utilization. BSNL and MTNL have informed that no revenue loss on account of offering free night calls is anticipated at present.

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