Eighth Series, Vol. II, No* 5 Monday, March 18, 1985 i Phalguna 27, 1906 (Saka) LOK SABHA DEBATES (English Version) Second Session (Eighth Lok Sabha) ( VoL II contains Not. I to 10/ LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI Prlc4 l Ks. 4.00 CONTENTS . No. 5 Monday, March, 18 19851 Phafguna 27,1906 (Saka) COLUMNS Oral Answers to Questions : ■ •Starred Questions Nos. 61 to 65 and 79 1— 29 Written Answers to Questions : Starred Questions Nos. 66 to 78 and 80 ... 29— 54 Unstarred Questions Nos. 323 to 343, 345* 346, 348. to 372, 374 to 378 and 380 to 450 ... 54— 194 Papers laid on the Table ... 195—201 Resignation by Member (Shri Sharadchandra Govindrao Pawar) ... 202 Election to Commitees ( i ) Advisory Councial of the Delhi Development Authority 203 ( ii) Rajghat Samadhi Committee ... 204 (iii) Indian Council of Agricultural Research ... 204^—205 (iv) Employee!’ State Insurance Corporation ... 205 Matters under rule 377 — ( i ) Delay in establishing the proposed Railway ' Coach Factory at Mohanpur in district Mirzapur, U.P. Shri Ram Pyare Panika ... 206 (ii) Demand for increase in the scholarship am ount given to S.C. and S.T. students ' Shri Mahabir Prasad ... 206 (iii) Acute shortage of drinking water in Gazipur district of U.P. and need to formulate long term schemes for tackling the problem Shri Zsinul Basfrer ... 207 (iv) Worsening law and order situation in South Delhi and need to set up more police posts and depute .* more mobile vans to check murders, etc. • 1 Shri Lalit Maken * ... 208 * The Sign t marked above the name of a Member indicates that the question was actually asked on the floor of the House by that Member. ( ii) (v) Need for immediate iteps for development of DaradiD Port . " Shri Chintcmauf Panigrahi 208 (vl) Pollution of Kallada river near Quilon district (Kerala) and need to take anti-poliution measures. Shri K. Kunjambu 209 (vii) Need to clear the Polarwaram Project in Andhra Pradesh. Shri S.M. Bhattam ‘ 210 (vm) Acute shortase of drinking water in Kharagpur (West Bengal) and need to take immediate steps to bring water from Subarnarekha Shri Narayan Choubey 210 Railway Budget, 1985-86— General Discussion 211 — 304 Shri S.M. Bhattam 211 Shri Sharad Dighe — 222 222 Shri M.R. Janardhanan —228 229--231 Shri Priya Ranjan Das Munshi . 232 240 Shri Basudeb Acharia - 241- Shri D.L Baitha -250 250- Prof. Madhu Dandavate -254 . 254- Shri Ram Singh Yadav * -267 267- -272 Shrimati Mamin Banerjee 1 272- Prof. Narain Chand Parashar ■276 276—-280 Shri Narayan Choubey 280- 288 Shri Kamla Prasad Singh 288- -291 Shri Gangadhar S. Kuchan 291- Shri Mahabir Prasad •295 295- Shri N.V.N* Somu 299 2 9 9 - 304 LOK SABHA DEBATES attended to as and when they appear. No LOK SABHA low Power transmitter was removed from any place until a higher power transmitter was commissioned at that place, Monday March 18, 1985/Phalgttna 27, (c) Delay in payment of salaries to 1906 (Sitka) staff at a few transmission centres was icported in the initial stages of their commissioning Immediate remedial action The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock was taken. SHRI G. G, SWELL : 1 wonder whe- t [MR. SPEAKER in the Chair] tm*r ther he gave this answer in seriousness or he is speaking in levity. But before 1 come ORAL ANSWERS TO QUtSTIONS to my second question where I will ask a number of things, I would like to have Replacement of Low Power Transmitters some technical data : how many low by High Power Transnutters transmitters are there in the country today; how many high power transmitters are go* *61. SHRi G.G. SWELLt : ing to be installed and where and what is SHRI K.P. UNNIKRISHNAN : the difference in the range between a low Will ihe Minister of INFORM ATION power transmitter and a high power trans- AND BROADCASTING be pleased to . mitter ? Whether we are making a full state : use of INSAT and whether these trans- mitters we have installed have the capacity (a) whether the present Doordarshan to make a full use of INSAT ? Low Power Transmitters are a passing phase and they will be replaced by High SHRI V. N, GADGIL : I would like to Power Transmitters; state that 1 am not given to reply in lavity. As far as the technical questions the hon. (b) whether 50 per cent of these member has asked, the limitation is that transmitters are defective and are shifted 1 am not a technical mao. What I have from place to place to maintain the Sixth understood is like this : high power trans- Plan target; and mitters are of two types. (1) 10 KW; (2) 1 KW. The normal range of LPT of 10 KW (c) whether it is a fact that the staff is 120 Km. But it depends Qn the terrain, in many of these Low Power Transmission the topography, the Shadow area, also the Ccnties were sometimes not paid their height of the antenna4 height of the tower, salaries for mouths ? .various factors; but, normally, it is 120 Km : jn some cases, it has gone upto THE MINISTER OF STATE OF THE 160 Km, but that is abnormal, the normal MINISTRY OF INFORMATTON AND is 120 Km. As for as 1 KW transmitter is _ BROADCASTING (SHRI V.N. GADGIL): concerned, its average normal range is 60 (a) The apptoved plan for expansion km and LPT of 100 watt, it is 22 km. In of TV services includes the replacement some cases, it is more; in some Cases, it of some low power transmitters by high is less. I would like to take this oppor- power transmitters to provide wider tunity to point out to the House that this coverage. , whole concept of LPT, what is technically called useable sigmal, which may not be (b) No, Sir. The transmitters are to the international standard, was develo- functioning Satisfactorily and faults are ped by our own people, our engineers 3 Oral Answert MARCH 18, 1985 Oral Answers 4 with ihc limited resources that we have. SHRI G. G. SWELL : Now I am Therefore, these are three ranges or three asking him to deny this news categorically, types of transmitters. in a manner tliat will cariy conviction and cicd'bility to the people of the country. His second question regarding utili- Now, at Bhatinda this was going on An zation of INS AT 1 B ....... LPT was installed there, it was defective and ewn the normal reception was so SHRI G. G. SWELL : But you have not badly inteifeared that an angry mob man- mentioned the number 6f transmitters we handled an engineer I want to know whether have in the country. this incident took place or not. Then Here is another. It say s. “ The classic SHRI V.N. GADGIL : I am prepared example is of Coimbatore where the equip- to lay the whole list on the Table of the ment was shifted the very day after the House; there is no problem. But, in all, inauguration. The manoeuvre was disco- 172 transmitters are there; some are high vered when some curious viewers went to power transmitters and some are low power the LPT centre to find out why their TV transmitters. sets were not receiving programmes. The centre was locked, and an employee told In our definition, although it may not them that jthe equipment had been shuted be the international definition, we call elsewhere.” high power transmissions those with a capacity of 10 KW and one KW; and LPT, Another classic case is here. Our late low power transmission is 100 watts. lamented Prime Minister Mrs. Gandhi inaugurated a transmitting centre in Asan- At to the utilisation of INSAT-1 B, sol in January 1984, The Staff did not the concept of the whole Country being get any payment, any salary for four covered by LPTs was not there when months and when they approached the INSAT 1 B was planned. And, therefore, Directorate, they got an answer that there in a sense we have exceeded the utilisation was no LPT centre in Asaosol. And things which was projected for INSAT-1 B. Now, went so bad in the Ministry that the staff with this concept having been fairly association sent a representation to the successful, a large number of LPIs have late Prime Minister and the Minister it- been installed. But it will be possible if self The Directorate General, Doordarshan transponders in the next INSAT come up. on February. 24 wrote a letter to the staff to achieve a higher utilisation. But with association, where, more or less, they this present INSAT, we have utilised the had accepted that these things were capacity which we promised to utilise. happening and promised that they would take corrective measures. So, you give SHRI G. G. SWELL : A number of answers that will Carry credibility in the reports have come out in the Press. I eountry. would like the Minister to deny them categorically, because what we say here SHRI V. N. GADGIL : For the story must carry credibility to the people in the that was published by the newspaper, wc country. It is not a question of scoring a issued a contradiction and they had publi- debating point. shed it. At far as indivioual cases, which he has raised, are concerned, except one for Well, here it says: "At Bhopal one which I will like to take time to get infor- LPT was installed in October last; subse- mation, for others I am in a position to let quently it was shifted to Santioiketan ” the House know th*j exact information.