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Lok Sabha Question No. 3982 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Air Ticket at Lowest Price
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: GOPALAKRISHNAN CHINNARAJ

## MINISTRY OF PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA (DEPARTMENT OF PERSONNEL & TRAINING)

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3982

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016)

## AIR TICKET AT LOWEST PRICE

## 3982. DR. C. GOPALAKRISHNAN:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Department of Personnel and Training (DoPT) has issued new rules and guidelines for Government employees to buy air tickets at the lowest price available on the day for undertaking journey on LTC;
- (b) if so, the details thereof and the reasons therefor; and
- (c) the time by which the new guidelines will be made effective?

## 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) :   In view of reported irregularities and misuse of LTC, this Department, vide O.M. No. 31011/3/2013-Estt.(A-IV) dated 12.07.2016, has issued draft guidelines to be followed while booking the air tickets for stakeholders consultation. The guidelines will be finalized after considering all the inputs received from the stakeholders.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3981 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Upgradation of ITIs under PMKVY
Ministry: SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP
Asked by: CHARANJEET SINGH RORI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF SKILL DEVELOPMENT AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP

## LOK SABHA

## UN-STARRED QUESTION NO. 3981 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

## UPGRADATION OF ITIs UNDER PMKVY QUESTION

## 3981.  SHRI CHARANJEET SINGH RORI.

Will the Minister of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  proposes  to  upgrade  Industrial  Training  Institutes (ITIs) across the country under Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY);
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government also proposes to develop the existing ITIs in rural area at initial phase; and
- (d) if so, the details and present status thereof?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (b) Upgradation  of  Government  Industrial  Training  Institutes  (ITIs)  is  not covered under the scheme 'Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana (PMKVY)'.
- (c) to (d) Government  of  India  has  approved  following  schemes  to  upgrade  the infrastructure of existing Government Industrial Training Institutes (ITIs) which includes both rural and urban ITIs:
1. World  Bank  assisted  Vocational  Training  Improvement  Project  (VTIP):  The Project covers up-gradation of 400  Government  ITIs covering 34 State Governments/UTs.  The  funding  pattern  between  Center  and  State  is  75:  25 (90:10 For NE States). The project started in Dec. 2007 and its closing date is September 2016.
2. Up-gradation of 1396 Government ITIs through Public Private Partnership(PPP):    A  total  of  1227  Govt.  ITIs  have  been  covered  in  31 States/UTs. Interest free loan @ Rs. 2.5 crore per ITI has been released to the 1227  ITIs. The  fund  was  released  directly to  the  Institute  Management Committees (IMCs) Society of ITIs covered under the scheme.
3. Up-gradation of Government ITIs into Model ITIs : The scheme envisages upgradation of at least one existing Government ITI in a State to Model ITI through IMC society with chairperson from Industry. The scheme was approved in Dec. 2014 for a total cost of 300 crore. Implementation period is 3 years i.e. till FY 2016-17. The funding pattern between Center and State is 70: 30 (90:10 For NE States).
4. Enhancing Skill Development Infrastructure in NE States & Sikkim: The scheme was formulated in 2011. At present the cost of scheme is Rs. 298.13 crore. The scheme,  inter-alia,  envisages  ugradation  of  20  ITIs  by  introducing  three  new trades  per  ITI  and  supplementing  infrastructure  deficiencies  in  28  ITIs  by constructing  new  hostel,  boundary  wall  and  supplementing  old  and  obsolete tools and equipment in North Eastern States.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3980 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Smuggling Through Post Offices
Ministry: COMMUNICATIONS
Asked by: GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT OF POSTS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3980 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10 TH   AUGUST, 2016

## SMUGGLING THROUGH POST OFFICES

## 3980. DR. GOKARAJU GANGA RAJU:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether banned items such as arms and narcotics are being transported/sent by smugglers to India through Foreign Post Offices;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the measures the Government have taken to identify such banned items from being delivered in India; and
- (d) the action taken against the receivers of such parcels from FPOs?

## ANSWER

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

(a) & (b) In  the  year  2015-16,  46  blank  firing  pistols,  03  blank  firing  revolvers,  07  barrels and 2 Pneumatic cylinders were seized at Foreign Post office, Delhi and in the year 2016-17, 1.02 Kg. of Drugs (N-Methyl-3, 4-Methylene-dioxy Amphetamine) were seized at Foreign Post office, Mumbai by the Customs Department.

- (c) & (d) The Customs field formations keep constant vigil on the illicit imports/ smuggling through ports, airports, land Custom Stations, Inland Container Depots, Foreign Post offices and Courier  Terminals;  The  Directorate  of  Revenue  Intelligence  (DRI)  issues  alerts  and  modus operandi circulars from time to time to prevent any kind of smuggling. On detection of smuggling, strict  action  is  taken  against  the  offenders  in  accordance  with  the  provisions  of  Customs  Act, 1962.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3978 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: New Train in Gujarat
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: VINOD CHAVDA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK  SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3978 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

## NEW TRAIN IN GUJARAT

†3978.  SHRI VINOD LAKHAMASHI CHAVDA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Government  proposes  to  introduce  a  new  train  in Gujarat on Mumbai-Ananad-Nadiyad-Modasa-Udaipur route; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a)  &  (b)  Indian  Railways  do  not  run  trains  on  State-wise  basis  as Railways  network  and  train  operations  run  across  State  boundaries. Further, at present, there is no proposal to introduce a new train on Mumbai  -  Anand  -  Nadiad  -  Modasa  -  Udaipur  route.    However, introduction  of  new  train  service  is  an  ongoing  process  on  Indian Railways subject to operational feasibility, traffic justification, availability of resources etc.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3977 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Hatia-Yashwantpur Rail Service
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3977 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

## HATIA-YASHWANTPUR RAIL SERVICE

†3977. SHRI RAM TAHAL CHOUDHARY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Government is contemplating to run Hatia-Yashwantpur rail service for four days a week;
- (b) if so, the details thereof; and
- (c) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  to (c) No, Madam. Increase in frequency of 12835/12836 Hatia-Yesvantpur Express (bi-weekly) and 18637/18638 Hatia-Bengaluru Cantt. Express (weekly) to four days a week is not feasible, at present, due to operational and resource constraints.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3976 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Night Shelters
Ministry: HOUSING AND URBAN  POVERTY ALLEVIATION
Asked by: VASANTHI M.

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF HOUSING AND URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3976

## TO BE ANSWERED ON AUGUST 10, 2016

## NIGHT SHELTERS

No. 3976 SHRIMATI VASANTHI M.:

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

(a) whether the Ministry of Urban Development has any plans to set up new night  shelters  in  the  urban  areas  across  the  country  with  complete  basic amenities and also separate facility for women's with full security set up ; (b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken alongwith the fund allocation by the Government thereon, State/Union Territory-wise; and (c) if not, the reasons therefor ?

## ANSWER THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF HOUSING & URBAN POVERTY ALLEVIATION (RAO INDERJIT SINGH)

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(a) to  (c)  :  It  is  the  primary  responsibility  of  the  State  Governments/UT Administration to provide shelter for the urban homeless population.  In order to supplement  their  efforts,  Ministry  of  Housing  &  Urban  Poverty  Alleviation  is administering  a  scheme  'Shelter  for  Urban  Homeless  (SUH)'  as  one  of  the components  of  Deendayal  Antyodaya  Yojana  -  National  Urban  Livelihoods Mission (DAY-NULM), which is implemented through respective States/UTs.  The scheme guidelines provide for setting up separate shelters to cater to special needs  including  women  shelters  for  exclusive  use  of  women.    Funds  are allocated for DAY-NULM, from which appropriate amount may be apportioned by States/UTs for SUH, as per requirement.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3975 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: New Systems of Recruitment
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: B.N. CHANDRAPPA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3975 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

## NEW SYSTEMS OF RECRUITMENT

## 3975. SHRI B. N. CHANDRAPPA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  is  taking  steps  to  implement  new systems  of  recruitment  to  reduce  the  time  gap  to  fill  up  the vacancies in Railways; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a) &  (b):  Yes,  Madam.  To  reduce  the  time  gap  to  fill  up  the vacancies in Railways, systems of 'Online Applications' and 'Computer Based Tests' (CBTs) in recruitment for Group 'C' and erstwhile Group 'D'  posts,  have  been  introduced  through  a  series  of  pilot  projects. Under  this  system,  examination  for  54  categories  of  Senior  Section Engineers  (SSEs)  and  Junior  Engineers  (JEs)  have  been  conducted successfully in 2015. Based on the success of Computer Based Tests for  SSEs  and  JEs,  CBTs  have  also  been  conducted  in  three  more subsequent  examinations  i.e.  Special  Recruitment  Drive  (SRD)  for Persons with Disabilities (PWDs) for Non-Technical Popular Categories (NTPC) Under-Graduate Level, NTPC Graduate Level posts and another SRD for PWDs for erstwhile Group 'D' posts.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3972 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Recruitment of IPS Officers
Ministry: PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES AND PENSIONS
Asked by: PRATAPRAO GANPATRAO JADHAV

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

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3972

(TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016)

## RECRUITMENT OF IPS OFFICERS

## †3972. SHRI PRATAPRAO JADHAV:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  recruitment  of  officers  belonging  to  para  military  forces  in  IPS  through limited competitive examination has been challenged in the court of law;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the plea of the Government in this regard; and
- (d) the reasons for pendency of the cases in the court?

## 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)&  (b):    In  order  to  mitigate  the  shortage  of  IPS  officers,  the  Government  had  decided  to introduce  'Limited  Competitive  Examination'  (LCE)  as  the  third  mode  of  recruitment  to  the Indian Police Service. Officers of the rank of Deputy Superintendents of Police of State Police Services,  Assistant  Commandants of Central Para-military  Forces and Captains and Majors of Defence  Forces  fulfilling  certain  eligibility  criteria  were  to  be  eligible  for  appearing  in  the aforesaid examination. However, a large number of Court Cases have been received in Ministry of  Home  Affairs,  Union  Public  Service  Commission  (UPSC),  Department  of  Personnel  & Training (DoP&T) and Ministry of Defence challenging various aspects of the scheme of this mode of recruitment and at present, the matter is sub-judice.

(c)  &  (d):    As  soon  as  the  LCE  rules  were  notified,  a  large  number  of  court  cases  in  various Courts across the country challenging the various issues of the LCE were received by Ministry of Home Affairs. In one of such cases, stay was granted over the LCE by the Cuttack Bench of CAT. In another matter, the Guwahati Bench of the CAT quashed the LCE vide its order dated 14.09.2012 and the same was challenged by Ministry of Home Affairs before the High Court of Guwahati and succeeded in getting the LCE rules restored in May 2013. Later, Ministry of Home Affairs succeeded in clubbing all the cases pending before the various benches to the Principal Bench of CAT and all these 43 cases were decided in one go in favour of Ministry of Home Affairs by the Principal Bench vide its order dated 23.12.2013. Presently, M/o Home Affairs is left with 15 cases which are pending before various High Courts. It was decided to get all these matters clubbed before the Hon'ble Supreme Court. Accordingly, transfer application has been filed  before  the  Hon'ble  Supreme  Court  and  both  transfer  petitions(s)  272-87/2015  and 1555/2015 are sub-judice.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3971 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Shortage of Funds for New Railway Line
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: CHANDRAKANT BHAURAO KHAIRE

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3971 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

## SHORTAGE OF FUNDS FOR NEW RAILWAY LINE

## †3971.SHRI CHANDRAKANT KHAIRE:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the work relating to laying new  railway line  between Ahmadnagar-Beed-Parli  is  being  affected  in  the  absence  of  adequate funds;
- (b) if so, the reaction of the Railways thereto;
- (c) whether the Railways proposes to provide funds in the budget for the purpose of completing the work relating to laying of the above line;
- (d) if so, the details thereof; and
- (e) if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a)  to  (e):        Ahmednagar-Beed-Parle  Vaijnath  (261  km)  new  line  has  been taken up at an anticipated cost of ` 2820 crore.  An expenditure of ` 453 crore has  been  incurred  upto  March,  2016  and  an  outlay  of ` 402  crore  has  been provided for 2016-17.

The  project  has  suffered  in  the  past  due  to  inadequate  availability  of funds.    To  expedite  the  completion  of  work,  the  annual  outlays  have  been enhanced, and against an allotment of ` 40 crore in the year 2014-15, budget allotments of ` 144 crore and ` 402 crore have been made in the year 2015-16 and 2016-17 respectively.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3966 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Joint Venture of NPCIL
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: DUSHYANT CHAUTALA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3966

## TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

## JOINT VENTURE OF NPCIL

3966.  SHRI DUSHYANT CHAUTALA:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited (NPCIL) has formed joint ventures  with  other  Indian  public  sector  units  to  help  the  State-owned company secure finance for new projects;
- (b) if so, the number of joint ventures undertaken by NPCIL till date;
- (c) whether NPCIL has fixed any target for increase of power capacity through joint ventures; and
- (d) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) Yes, Sir.
- (b) Three Joint Venture (JV) companies have been incorporated so far for setting up  nuclear  power  projects  in  future.    These  are  Anushakti  Vidhyut  Nigam Limited (NPCIL-NTPC), NPCIL-Indian Oil Nuclear Energy Corporation Limited and NPCIL-NALCO Power Company Limited.
- (c) No, Sir.
- (d) Projects with foreign technical cooperation (beyond Kudankulam) are planned to  be  set  up  through  the  JVs  and  discussions  in  this  regard  with  the prospective JV partners have been initiated.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3962 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Denial of Visas to Students
Ministry: EXTERNAL AFFAIRS
Asked by: GEETHA KOTHAPALLI

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA

## MINISTRY OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3962 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

## DENIAL OF VISAS TO STUDENTS

## 3962. SHRIMATI KOTHAPALLI GEETHA:

Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS be pleased to state:

- (a)
- (b)
- whether Australia has denied visa to Indian students recently;
- if so, the details thereof;
- (c) the  details  of  the  countries  which  have  rejected  the  student visas during each of the last three years and the current year, country-wise and specific reasons therefor; and
- (d) the  corrective  steps  being  taken  by  the  Government  in  this regard?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) to (d) We are aware of cases where Australia has denied visas to  Indian  students  from  time  to  time.  The  Australian  side  has, however, affirmed that denial of visas to individuals has no bearing on the close bilateral relations between India and Australia.

There  is  no  reliable  data  regarding  visa  rejections  to  Indian students  by  different  countries,  as  foreign  governments  cite  their privacy  laws  and  do  not  make  available  such  information  to  third parties. Decisions regarding foreign visa applications are a sovereign  prerogative  of  foreign  governments  and  they  have  their own  guidelines  and  policies  for  issuance  of  visas.  Wherever  the Government feels that visa policies of foreign countries are restrictive, it is taken up with them during bilateral discussions.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3960 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Shortage of Uranium
Ministry: ATOMIC ENERGY
Asked by: RAHUL KASWAN

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA DEPARTMENT OF ATOMIC ENERGY

## LOK SABHA

## UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3960

TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

## SHORTAGE OF URANIUM

## 3960.  SHRI RAHUL KASWAN:

Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the atomic power plants in the country are facing shortage of uranium in view of its non-availability;
- (b) if  so,  whether  there  is  huge  unused  amounts  of  uranium  in  various  States including Rajasthan;
- (c) if so, the details thereof, State-wise; and
- (d) the  reasons  for  non-exploitation  of  the  said  uranium  reserves  especially  in Rajasthan for which the country has to depend on its import?

## ANSWER

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

- (a) No,  Sir.    The  Government  has  taken  measures  to  ensure  availability  of adequate quantity of fuel by augmenting domestic fuel supply and entering into agreements with several countries for import of fuel for reactors under International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Safeguards.
- (b) & (c)   Do not arise in view of (a) above.
- (d) In  the  state  of  Rajasthan  at  Rohil,  Uranium  Corporation  of  India  Limited (UCIL) has already taken up exploratory mining to establish the nature of mineralisation, orebody and its techno-commercial viability.  Unavailability of water in this region is a major constraint to taken up regular mining and ore processing operations in this region.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3959 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Regional Rail Users' Consultative Committee
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO.3959 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

REGIONAL RAIL USERS' CONSULTATIVE COMMITTEE †3959. SHRI BHAIRON PRASAD MISHRA:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a)  whether  the  Railways  has  constituted  regional  railway users' consultative committee at the level of every zone and region; and
- (b) if so, the details thereof, zone/region-wise?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## (SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

- (a)  and  (b):    Yes,  Madam.    With  a  view  to  securing  better representation of Railway Users' and affording more frequent opportunities for consultation between Railway Administration and users on matters relating to the services provided by Railways and means of improving the efficiency of  such  service,  the  Ministry  of  Railways  has  established Railway Users' Consultative Committees at all the 68 Divisions and 17 Zones including Metro Railway as well as on Konkan Railway.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3958 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Rail Halt
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: NISHIKANT  DUBEY

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MIINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3958 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

## RAIL HALT

## 3958.    SHRI NISHIKANT DUBEY:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether  the  Government  has  received  proposal  for  rail  halt  at Saliya  in  between  Madhupur-Jasidih  stations  on  DhanpatdihSarsa-Bhagalpur-Dumka rail line;
- (b) if so, the details thereof;
- (c) whether the Government is considering this proposal; and
- (d) if so, the detail thereof and if not, the reasons therefor?

## MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## ANSWER (SHRI MANOJ SINHA)

(a)  to  (c):  There  is  no  proposal  for  any  passenger  halt  at  Saliya, between  Madhupur  and  Jasidih  stations  over  Asansol  division  of Eastern  Railway.    However,  a  proposal  for  passenger  halt  at  Saliya between  Kumerdol  and  Pandetola  stations on Manderhil-Hasdiya section over Malda Division was received but not found desirable due to close proximity of less than 5 kms distance from both the adjacent stations  and  considering  the  fact  that  another  halt  station  named Danre is already operational in the same block section.

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Lok Sabha Question No. 3957 (UNSTARRED), answered on 2016-08-10
Subject: Thiruvananthapuram-Kannur High Speed Rail Corridor
Ministry: RAILWAYS
Asked by: P.K.SREEMATHI TEACHER

## GOVERNMENT OF INDIA MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

## LOK SABHA UNSTARRED QUESTION NO. 3957 TO BE ANSWERED ON 10.08.2016

## THIRUVANANTHAPURAM-KANNUR HIGH SPEED RAIL CORRIDOR

3957.    SHRIMATI P.K. SREEMATHI TEACHER:

Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state:

- (a) whether the Railways proposes to construct ThiruvananthapuramKannur high speed rail corridor;
- (b) if so, the time by which the said work is likely to be started;
- (c) whether the Railways also proposes to lay a new railway track from Thiruvananthapuram to Kannur; and
- (d)  if  so,  the  budget allocated for the purpose and the time by which the said work is likely to be started?

## ANSWER

MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF RAILWAYS

(SHRI RAJEN GOHAIN)

(a):  No  High  speed  corridor  project  has  been  sanctioned  on  the Thiruvananthapuram-Kannur route.

- (b): Does not arise.

(c): No, Madam.

- (d): Does not arise.

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