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giv*$ a risk cover for Rs. 10.000/^ on^aymeiit STATEMENT of Rs. 10/- per month. Out of this. F^s. 3.50 gods for insurance cover an# Rs. 6.50 is the Details of telephone exchanges planned for savings component. If an Extra Departmental expansion during 1996-97 in District (). Agent retires or leaves his job. he is paid the Nam® of Exchange Type of Exchange accumulated savings component with interest, tn case of death, the nominee is Babhangam a CDOT 256 P RAX paid Rs. 10.000/- plus accumulated savings Bachhwara COOT 256 P RAX component. Bakhri Bazar CDOT 256 P RAX (viii) Ex-gratia Gratuity Rs. 6.000/-. The minimum CDOT 256 P RAX mandatory service required for payment of and NEAK expansion. Ex-gratia Gratuity is ten years. Bhagwanpur CDOT 256 P RAX There is no resentment among the ED Agents Bihat CDOT line Module engaged in delivery of Dak in rural areas in regard to the delivery work. Majhaul CDOT 256 P *RAX There are instances of people of rural areas CDOT 256 P RAX complaining against the employees in regard to delivery Rani CDOT 256 P RAX of Dak. These complaints relate to delay in delivery of , Begusarai CDOT MBM 2000 lines mail and payment of money-orders in rural areas. This Bisanpur CDOT 256 P RAX delay occurs due to various reasons such as Lakhminia CDOT 256 P RAX canceltatioh/late running of mail carrying buses, trains and planes, natural calamities like floods, landslides, Matihani CDOT 256 P RAX etc. Rajaura CDOT 256 P RAX Efforts made by the Government to resolve the Ramdiri CDOT 256 P RAX problems relating to delivery of dak in rural areas Sahebpur Kamal CDOT 256 P RAX include holding regular meetings with the State Transport Authorities, Railways, and other [Translation] «appropriate authorities at the State and National level, th e transmission and delivery of mails and money- Raids Conducted order iri rural areas is also continuously monitored at various levels and prompt remedial action is taken 1010. SHRI MAHESH KUMAR M. KANODIA : Will wherever failures are noticed. the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state?'

[English] (a) the number of raids conducted by Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Vigilance Department of the Expansion of Telephone Exchanges Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited to unearth the corruption and irregularities prevailing therein and in Begusarai number of persons arrested in this respect alongwith 1009, SHRI SHATRUGHAN PRASAD SINGH : Will their names: and the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state: (b) the charges proved on the number of persons out of them so far and the nature of punishment awarded (a) whether any proposal for the expansion of to them? telephone exchanges in of Bihar is lying pending with the Union Government: THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI BENI PRASAD VARMA) : (a) and (b). Information is being (b) if so. the details thereof: collected and will be placed on the Table of the House. (c) the time by which the expansion work is likely to be started? [English] THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI BENI Setting up Nagpur as Distribution Centre of SAIL PRASAD VARMA) . (a) and (b) Expansion of Telephone exchanges in Begusarai District has been planned. The 1011. SHRI ANANT GUDHE : Will the Minister of detaifs of telephone exchanges likely to be STEEL be pleased to state : commissioned is given in the St|tement enclosed. (a) whether Vidarbha Steel Rollers Association has (c) The work has already started and is likely to be submitted any memorandum for development of Nagpur completed by March. 1997 subject to availability of as conversion and distrtbutton centre of SAIL in view of -rosttri&tsy v its central location and allotment of 50% of the defective 117 Written Answers ■t/Vfitt»n Answers 118

and commercial semis being auctioned/tendered/ailotted (e) If so, the details thereof? by Bhilai Steel Plan every month to Nagpur; THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION AND MINISTER (b) if so, any other demands made by the OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING (SHRI C:M. Association; and IBRAHIM); (a) Air is already operating five services a week between and Hong Kong. v (c) the action taken by the Government in view of the provision of funds to secondary steel producers out (b) to (e). The air services operations between India of steel development funds collected by Joint Plant and Hong Kong were earlier regulated by the India - Committee (JPC) and conversion of training institution UK Air Services Agreement. A separate Air Services of National Institute of Secondary Steel Technology Agreement has now been signed between India and (NISST) into full fledged technical institution? Hong Kong on 10th October. 1996. THE MINISTER OF FOOD AND MINISTER OF CIVIL SUPPLIES, CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC Installation of Transponders and interrogaters DISTRIBUTION (SHRI DEVENDRA PRASAD YADAV) : (a) to (c), Information is being collected and will be laid 1014 SHRI DEBI PROSAD PAL ; Will the Minister on the Table of the House. of CIVIL AVIATION be pleased to state ; (a) the major Indian airports where 1ranspondars, [ Translation] and interrogaters' have been installed; Handicapped Quota (b) the airports where these are non-functional and the reasons therefor; 1012. DR. BALIRAM : Will the Minister of (c) whether the shortcomings in ground control COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state ; infrastructure had been pointed out to the Airport (a) whether reservation for handicapped persons in Authority of India by the President, Indian Commercial Group C and D posts have been considered in the Pilot's Association long back; Department Examination; (d) if so, the action taken thereon so far; (b) if so, the number of candidates selected during (e) whether Government propose to review the the last three years, till date, Group-wise, Circle-wise; working of the ground navigation instruments installed (c) whether complaints have been received from at Indian airports keeping in view the recent air disaster; the handicapped candidates for not providing and reservation for any post; (f) if so, the details thereof? (d) if so, the details thereof; and THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION AND MINISTER (e) the action taken by the Government thereon? OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING (SHRI C.M. IBRAHIM) : (a) and (b). The “Transponders” are provided THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI BENI in the aircraft. The Airports Authority of India (AAI) has PRASAD VARMA) : (a) Reservation for handicapped undertaken installation of ground based Secondary persons in Group ’C’ and D’ is considered at the time Surveillance Radar (SSR) “Interrogators'1 at Delhi, of recruitment on the basis of result of examination as , Calcutta, , , and envisaged in DOP & T O.M. No. 36035/17/85-Estt. (SCT) Thiruvananthapuram airports; and the SSRs at dated 1.4.1986. Hyderabad and Thiruvananthapuram airports have been (b) to (e). The information is being collected and commissioned. will be laid on the Table of the House. (c) and (d). Yes, Sir. AAI have installed the necessary SSR and other navigational aids. [English] (e) and (f). All the navigational systems are being Air Service between New Delhi and Hong Kong regularly checked by the AAI to ensure adherence to the international performance standards. 1013. SHRIMATI VASUNDHARA RAJE : Will the [Translation] Minister of CIVIL AVIATION be pleased to state : (a) whether the propose to introduce a Promotion of in Jammu and Kashmir new air service between New Delhi-Hong Kong; (fo) whether air service® pact has been signed 1015. SHRI SHIVRAJ SINGH : between India and China in this regard; SHRIMATI SHEELA GAUTAM : (c) If so, the details thereof; SHRI MADHAVRAO SC INDIA : $) whether similar agreements were made between Will the Minister of TOUftISM be pleased to state ; tooth Ihe *c