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REPORT NO. 338 PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE THREE HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHTH REPORT Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations/Observations contained in the Three Hundred Thirtieth Report of the Department- relatedTHREE Parliamentary HUNDRED Standing TWENTY Committee SIXTH on Scie REPORTnce and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change on the Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Department of Space DEMANDS FOR GRANTS (2020-2021) th (PresentedDEPARTMENT to the Hon'ble Chairman, OF ATOMIC Rajya Sabha ENERGY on 30 November, 2020) (Forwarded to Hon'ble(DEMAND Speaker, NO.Lok Sabha 03) on 30th November, 2020) (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on _____ March, 2020) (Presented to the Rajya Sabha on ______________, 2013) (Laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on _____________, 2013) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi November, 2020/ Agrahayana, 1942 (Saka) Website : http://rajyasabha.nic.in Email: [email protected] Hindi version of this publication is also available PARLIAMENT OF INDIA RAJYA SABHA DEPARTMENT-RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT, FORESTS AND CLIMATE CHANGE THREE HUNDRED THIRTY EIGHTH REPORT Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations/ Observations contained in the Three Hundred Thirtieth Report of the Department- related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science & Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change on the Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Department of Space th (Presented to the Hon'ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha on 30 November, 2020) (Forwarded to Hon'ble Speaker, Lok Sabha on 30th November, 2020) Rajya Sabha Secretariat, New Delhi November, 2020/ Agrahayana, 1942 (Saka) CO N T E N T S PAGES 1. COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE .................................................................. (i)-(ii) 2. INTRODUCTION ....................................................................................................... (iii) 3. ACRONYMS ............................................................................................................... (iv) 4. REPORT ...................................................................................................................... 1-9 Chapter I. Recommendations/Observations which have been accepted by the Government ...................................................... 2-4 Chapter II. Recommendations/Observations which the Committee does not desire to pursue in view of the Government’s replies .................................................................... 5-7 Chapter III. Recommendations/Observations in respect of which replies of the Government have not been accepted by the Committee ........................................................................... 8 Chapter IV. Recommendations/Observations in respect of which Final Replies of the Government are still awaited .......................... 9 5. RECOMMENDATIONS/ OBSERVATIONS - AT A GLANCE ................................... 10 6. MINUTES ......................................................................................................................... 11-12 COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (2019-20) (Constituted on 13th September, 2019) 1. Shri Jairam Ramesh -- Chairman RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri Anil Baluni 3. Shri R.S. Bharathi 4. Shrimati Vandana Chavan 5. Shri Hishey Lachungpa 6. Shri Bhaskar Rao Nekkanti 7. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw 8. Shri Ravi Prakash Verma 9. Shri Binoy Viswam #10. Shri Maharaja Sanajaoba Leishemba LOK SABHA 11. Shri Guharam Ajgalley 12. Shri Pradan Baruah 13. Shri E.T. Mohammed Basheer 14. Shri Jashvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor 15. Shri Sudarshan Bhagat 16. Shri Rameshbhai Lavjibhai Dhaduk 17. Shri Anantkumar Hegde 18. Shrimati Jyotsna Charandas Mahant 19. Dr. Swami Sakshiji Maharaj 20. Shri Asaduddin Owaisi 21. Shri S.R. Parthiban 22. Dr. Ranjan Singh Rajkumar 23. Shri Kotha Prabhakar Reddy 24. Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy 25. Shrimati Satabdi Roy (Banerjee) 26. Shri Mahesh Sahoo 27. Shri Francisco Cosme Sardinha 28. Shri Anurag Sharma 29. Shri Ram Shiromani 30. Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh 31. Dr. Ramapati Ram Tripathi _____________________ SECRETARIAT Smt. Sunita Sekaran, Joint Secretary Shri T. N. Pandey, Director Shri S. Rangarajan, Additional Director Shri Rajiv Saxena, Under Secretary Shri Harish Kumar, Committee Officer _______________________________________________________________ #Nominated w.e.f. 22nd July, in lieu of Shri Parimal Nathwani who ceased to be a Member of the Committee on expiry of his term in Rajya Sabha w.e.f. 9th April, 2020. (i) COMPOSITION OF THE COMMITTEE (2020-21) (Constituted w.e.f.13th September, 2020) 1. Shri Jairam Ramesh - Chairman RAJYA SABHA 2. Shri Anil Baluni 3. Shri R.S. Bharathi 4. Shrimati Vandana Chavan 5. Shri Hishey Lachungpa 6. Shri Parimal Nathwani 7. Shri Bhaskar Rao Nekkanti 8. Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw 9. Shri Binoy Viswam @10. Vacant LOK SABHA 11. Shri Guharam Ajgalley 12. Shri Pradan Baruah 13. Shri E.T. Mohammed Basheer 14. Shri Jashvantsinh Sumanbhai Bhabhor 15. Shri Sudarshan Bhagat 16. Shri Anantkumar Hegde 17. Shri S. Jagathrakshakan 18. Shri Mohammed Azam Khan 19. Shrimati Jyotsna Charandas Mahant 20. Dr. Swami Sakshiji Maharaj 21. Shri Asaduddin Owaisi 22. Dr. Ranjan Singh Rajkumar 23. Shri Kotha Prabhakar Reddy 24. Dr. Jayanta Kumar Roy 25. Shrimati Satabdi Roy (Banerjee) 26. Shri Mahesh Sahoo 27. Shri Francisco Sardinha 28. Shri Anurag Sharma 29. Shri Ram Shiromani 30. Shri Kirti Vardhan Singh 31. Dr. Ramapati Ram Tripathi _______________________ SECRETARIAT Smt. Sunita Sekaran, Joint Secretary Shri T.N. Pandey, Director Shri S. Rangarajan, Additional Director Shri Rajiv Saxena, Under Secretary Shri Harish Kumar, Committee Officer ____________________________________________________________________ @ Shri Ravi Prakash Verma ceased to be a member of the Committee on expiry of his term in Rajya Sabha on 25th November, 2020 (ii) INTRODUCTION I, the Chairman of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, having been authorised by the Committee to present the Report on its behalf, present this Three Hundred Thirty Eighth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in the Three Hundred Thirtieth Report of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2020-2021) of the Department of Space, which was presented/laid in both the Houses of Parliament on 6th March, 2020. 2. There were 13 recommendations/observations in the Three Hundred Thirtieth Report of the Committee. Action Taken Notes on the recommendations/observations of the Committee were received from the Department on 22nd June, 2020. 3. In the meeting held on 10th September, 2020, the Committee considered the draft Report and adopted the same. JAIRAM RAMESH NEW DELHI; Chairman, 10th September, 2020 Department-Related Parliamentary Bhadrapada 19, 1942 (Saka) Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment, Forests and Climate Change, Rajya Sabha. (iii) ACRONYMS AMC Annual Maintenance Contract AMRUT Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation ASICs Application-Specific Integrated Circuit ATN Action Taken Note ATR Action Taken Report BE Budget Estimate BEL Bharat Electronics Limited CCTV Closed Circuit Television CHAMAN Coordinated Horticulture Assessment & Management using Geoinformatics CISF Central Industrial Security Force CMOS Complementary Metal–Oxide–Semiconductor CSIR-NAL Council of Scientific and Industrial Research -National Aerospace Laboratories DCN Data Communications Network DMS Disaster Management Support DoS Department of Space DWR Doppler Weather Radar ICAR Indian Council of Agricultural Research IIST Indian Institute of Space Science & Technology INSAT Indian National Satellite ISRO Indian Space Research Organization MIDHANI Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited MNREGA Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act MOUs Memorandum of Understanding PAN Permanent Account Number PMKSY Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchai Yojana R&D Research and Development RE Revised Estimate RE Revised Estimate SCL Semiconductor Laboratory SDSC SHAR Satish Dhawan Space Centre VLSI Very large-Scale Integration (iv) REPORT The Action Taken Report (ATR) of the Committee deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in Three Hundred Thirtieth Report of the Committee on 'Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Department of Space'. The Report was presented to Rajya Sabha and laid on the Table of Lok Sabha on the 6th March, 2020. 2. Action Taken Note (ATN) has been received from Department of Space in respect of the thirteen recommendations/observations contained in the Three Hundred Thirtieth Report. This has been categorized as follows:- Chapter I: Recommendations/Observations which have been accepted by the Government: Para:- 2.3, 3.3, 4.3, 4.5, 6.2, and 8(iii) (Total - 6) Chapter II: Recommendations/Observations which the Committee does not desire to pursue in view of the Government’s replies: Para:- 4.6, 5.3, 8(i), 8(ii) and 8(vi) (Total -5) The Committee is convinced with the explanation furnished by the Department and, therefore, does not want to pursue above-mentioned recommendations further. Chapter III: Recommendations/Observations in respect of which replies of the Government have not been accepted by the Committee: 8(iv) and 8(v) (Total-02). Chapter IV: Recommendations/Observations in respect of which final replies of the Government