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LOK SABHA ______ List of Questions for ORAL ANSWERS Wednesday, August 4, 2021/Sravana 13, 1943 (Saka) ______ (Prime Minister; Ministries of Atomic Energy; Coal; Commerce and Industry; Communications; Defence; Development of North Eastern Region; Electronics and Information Technology; External Affairs; Law and Justice; Mines; Parliamentary Affairs; Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; Planning; Railways; Space; Statistics and Programme Implementation) (¯ÖϬÖÖ®Ö ´ÖÓ¡Öß; ¯Ö¸ü´ÖÖÞÖã ‰ú•ÖÖÔ; ÛúÖêµÖ»ÖÖ; ¾ÖÖ×ÞÖ•µÖ †Öî¸ü ˆªÖêÝÖ; ÃÖÓ“ÖÖ¸ü; ¸üõÖÖ; ˆ¢Ö¸ü ¯Öæ¾Öá õÖê¡Ö ×¾ÖÛúÖÃÖ; ‡»ÖꌙÒüÖò×®ÖÛúß †Öî¸ü ÃÖæ“Ö®ÖÖ ¯ÖÏÖîªÖê×ÝÖÛúß; ×¾Ö¤êü¿Ö; ×¾Ö×¬Ö †Öî¸ü ®µÖÖµÖ; ÜÖÖ®Ö; ÃÖÓÃÖ¤üßµÖ ÛúÖµÖÔ; ÛúÖÙ´ÖÛú, »ÖÖêÛú ׿ÖÛúÖµÖŸÖ †Öî¸ü ¯Öë¿Ö®Ö; µÖÖê•Ö®ÖÖ; ¸êü»Ö; †ÓŸÖ׸üõÖ; ÃÖÖÓ×ܵÖÛúß †Öî¸ü ÛúÖµÖÔÛÎú´Ö ÛúÖµÖÖÔ®¾ÖµÖ®Ö ´ÖÓ¡ÖÖ»ÖµÖ) ______ Total Number of Questions — 20 Stalled Railway Projects (b) if so, the details thereof along with the allocations, if any, made by the Government in this regard; †*221. SHRI DHARAMBIR SINGH: and Will the Minister of RAILWAYS (c) whether the Government has received any request ¸êü»Ö ´ÖÓ¡Öß or proposal from the Government of Kerala in this regard be pleased to state: and if so, the details thereof and the action taken by the Government? (a) whether the Government has prepared any scheme to complete the railway projects stalled by the State Governments due to lack of budget, at the earliest; Cadets injured during Training (b) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons *224. SHRI SYED IMTIAZ JALEEL: therefor; and SHRI ASADUDDIN OWAISI: (c) the State/project-wise details of the railway Will the Minister of DEFENCE projects stalled by the States/UTs including Loharu- Bhiwani railway line in Haryana due to lack of budget? ¸üõÖÖ ´ÖÓ¡Öß be pleased to state: Maintenance of Railway Bridges (a) whether after going through four years of rigorous training in Defence Academy, cadets join the †*222. SHRI DULAL CHAND GOSWAMI: three Forces; Will the Minister of RAILWAYS (b) if so, whether many cadets during training period ¸êü»Ö ´ÖÓ¡Öß suffer serious injuries and become disabled and are left without any financial or medical help; be pleased to state: (c) whether in the year 2015, an Expert Committee (a) whether the Government is formulating any plan recommended disability pension and financial help to review the existing system of categorizing railway to such cadets which were not accepted by the bridges; Government; (b) if so, the details thereof; and (d) whether a proposal to give such cadets pension (c) whether the Government is planning to formulate and other financial help has again been received by the any new policy regarding inspection/maintenance of Government; and bridges so that the life-span of bridges can be taken into (e) if so, the details thereof and the action taken or consideration? being taken by the Government in this regard? Modernisation of Railway Stations in Kerala Funds to North Eastern States *223. SHRI KODIKUNNIL SURESH: 225. SHRI VINCENT H. PALA: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS ¸êü»Ö ´ÖÓ¡Öß Will the Minister of DEVELOPMENT OF NORTH EASTERN REGION be pleased to state: ˆ¢Ö¸ü ¯Öæ¾ÖßÔ õÖê¡Ö ×¾ÖÛúÖÃÖ ´ÖÓ¡Öß (a) whether the Government proposes to modernise be pleased to state: and enhance amenities at various railway stations in Kerala including Chengannur, a prominent railway station (a) the number and amount of financial packages that is the hub for pilgrims/devotees of Sabarimala Dharma granted to the North Eastern States during the last two Sastha temple in Kerala; years, State-wise; _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ †Original notice of the question received in Hindi. 60 (b) the amount sanctioned and released to the North Minimum Referral Wages Eastern States during the last two years, project-wise *228. SHRI MOHAMMED FAIZAL P.P.: and State-wise; SHRI K. MURALEEDHARAN: (c) the names of banks and institutions which Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS provided grants or loans to the North Eastern States ×¾Ö¤êü¿Ö ´ÖÓ¡Öß along with the amount and rate of interest; be pleased to state: (d) whether the schemes under Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) are still valid; (a) whether the Government has reduced the Minimum Referral Wages applicable to Indian workers in and the Gulf and if so, the details thereof; (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons (b) whether organizations representing Indian therefor? workers in the Gulf have requested the Government to rollback this reduction; Ban on Asbestos Mines (c) if so, whether the Government intends to accede to their request and if not, the reasons therefor; *226. SHRI SANGAM LAL GUPTA: (d) whether the Government has estimated the impact SHRI P.P. CHAUDHARY: in terms of loss of earnings for each worker; and Will the Minister of MINES (e) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons ÜÖÖ®Ö ´ÖÓ¡Öß therefor? be pleased to state: Freight Smart Cities (a) the number of asbestos mines which are currently *229. DR. SUKANTA MAJUMDAR: functional in the country, State-wise including SHRI RAJVEER SINGH (RAJU BHAIYA): Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan; Will the Minister of COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (b) whether the Government has put a ban on asbestos mines for health-related reasons; ¾ÖÖ×ÞÖ•µÖ †Öî¸ü ˆªÖêÝÖ ´ÖÓ¡Öß be pleased to state: (c) if so, the details thereof including the date when the said ban was imposed along with details of (a) whether the Government has planned to develop any deadline to comply with the conditions of ‘Freight Smart Cities’ to improve the efficiency of urban freight and create an opportunity for reduction in the the ban; logistics costs and if so, the details thereof; (d) the details of the health hazards/crises associated (b) whether the Government has also launched a with asbestos mining as noted by the Government; website on ‘Freight Smart Cities’ to improve urban freight and and if so, the details thereof; (e) the action taken by the Government to ensure (c) whether the Government has urged the State closure of open cast asbestos mines in the country Governments to identify ten cities, to begin with, to be including in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan? developed as ‘Freight Smart Cities’ and if so, the details thereof; and (d) the other steps being taken by the Government PLI Scheme for IT Hardware Products in this regard? *227. SHRI TALARI RANGAIAH: Will the Minister of ELECTRONICS AND New Broad Gauge Railway Lines in Haryana INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY *230. SHRIMATI SUNITA DUGGAL: ‡»ÖꌙÒüÖò×®ÖÛúß †Öî¸ü ÃÖæ“Ö®ÖÖ ¯ÖÏÖîªÖê×ÝÖÛúß ´ÖÓ¡Öß Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: ¸êü»Ö ´ÖÓ¡Öß (a) whether the Government has recently approved be pleased to state: 14 eligible applicants under Production Linked (a) the list of new Broad-Gauge (BG) railway lines Incentive (PLI) Scheme for Information Technology (IT) which are under construction or have been constructed Hardware Products; in the country during the last ten years with their rate (b) if so, the details thereof; of return; (c) whether the Government aims to provide (b) whether new BG railway lines have been constructed in Haryana during the last ten years and if incentives worth Rs.7,000 Crore over a period of four so, the details thereof; years for manufacturing of the aforesaid products in the country; and (c) whether the Railways has received any proposal regarding survey or construction of new BG railway (d) if so, the details thereof? lines in Haryana during the last ten years; 61 (d) if so, the details thereof along with the status of Electoral Reforms the proposals regarding survey or construction of new 233. SHRIMATI SAJDA AHMED: BG railway line with its cost of construction and rate of return, project-wise; and Will the Minister of LAW AND JUSTICE (e) whether works for all the surveys have been ×¾Ö×¬Ö †Öî¸ü ®µÖÖµÖ ´ÖÓ¡Öß sanctioned, if so, the details thereof and if not, the be pleased to state: reasons therefor? (a) whether the Government has proposed electoral reforms and if so, the details thereof; Dues of Coal India Limited (b) whether the Government has instituted any expert *231. SHRI HEMANT TUKARAM GODSE: committee on electoral reforms and if so, the details thereof; SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SINGH: (c) whether the Government proposes to link Will the Minister of COAL Aadhaar with the electoral rolls and if so, the details ÛúÖêµÖ»ÖÖ ´ÖÓ¡Öß thereof; and be pleased to state: (d) the number of false affidavits filed by contesting candidates in the General Elections during the last ten (a) whether Coal India Limited (CIL) has exported years? coal to the neighbouring countries and if so, the details thereof; Indian Citizens Stranded Abroad (b) whether there has been savings of more 234. SHRI HIBI EDEN: than Rs.5,000 crore per annum on account of Will the Minister of EXTERNAL AFFAIRS linkage rationalization by CIL and if so, the details thereof; ×¾Ö¤êü¿Ö ´ÖÓ¡Öß be pleased to state: (c) the details of production target of CIL for the current year and the steps taken to improve the coal (a) whether the Government conducted International flight operations from various foreign countries to India production; during the Covid pandemic era, free of cost and if so, the (d) the number of First Mile Connectivity projects details thereof; that are under implementation and the timelines for the (b) whether the existing international flights to India completion of these projects; are with any concession for the persons who lost their (e) whether the outstanding dues of CIL from the jobs, if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons power companies have increased manifold in the recent therefor; past and if so, the details thereof, power company-wise; (c) the number of petitions received from Indian and citizens stranded abroad, month-wise and country-wise starting from March 2020 including the details of the (f) the steps being taken by CIL to recover the said States to which they belong; and dues? (d) whether the Government has arranged flights from foreign countries for Indian citizens stranded abroad Space Programmes and if so, the details of the countries and the number of flights, number of persons who travelled free of cost and *232.