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WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS

[Translation]

Wireless Communication Facility In

Hilly Areas

*270. SHRI SANTOSH KUMAR GANGWAR:

SHRI BALRAJ PASSI:

Will the Minister of COMMUNICATIONS be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Government propose to provide wireless.

communication facility in hilly areas of Uttar Pradesh;

(b) if so, the details thereof;

(d) the places in the country where wireless communication system has been introduced at present?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS (SHRI RAJESH PILOT): (a) Yes, Sir.

(b)(b) (i) Exchanges at Dehradun, Mussorie, Nainital, Pilibhit, Uttarkashi, Gopeshwar/Chamoli, Pauri, Lansdown, Almora, Pithoragarh, Haldwani, Burkanda, Tehri & Dakpathar have been connected by Radio systems to the rest of the not work.

(ii) Exchanges at Uttarkashi, Badrinath, Srinagar and Joshimath have been connected with Satellite Radio Systems.

(iii) During 1992-93, it is proposed to connect exchanges at Ranikhet and Kausani by Radio Relay System.

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(iv) A Plan to provide public telephones at Panchayat head- quarters by Mufti-access Radio system, has also been taken up.

(v) It is proposed to connect more numbers of telephone exchanges and public telephones at Panchayat headquarters in the hilly areas of Uttar Pradesh by means of wireless radio system or satellite radio system.

(d) Details as per attached Statement.

STATEMENT

Hilly Places in the country where wireless communication systems have been introduced to connect exchanges to the rest of the network.

Himachal Simla, Dalhousie,Kasauli,Mandi,Chamba,Dharamshala,Hamirpur Pradesh Una,Nangal, Solan, Nahan

J & K Srinagar, Jammu,

Udhampur, Baramulla

Sopore, Avantipur,

Gulmarg, Martand,

Anantnag, Berinag, Ba-

tote, Kathua. Nagrota,

Kupwara.

West Bengal Darjeeling, Kalimpong.

Kurseong, Tiger Hill.

Sikkim Gangtok, Gayzing,

Namchi.

North-East Aizwal, Imphal, Kohima,

Dimapur, Shillong, North

Lakhimpur, Itanagar,

Passighat, Tezpur, Cha-

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makhowa, Tinsukhia,

Khonsa, Digboi, Narangi,

Silchar, Bomdilla, Agar

tala, Kailashehr,

Mukokuchung, Chandel,

Ukhrool, Saiha, Lungleh,

Sibasagar, Mon, Wokha,

Churachandpur, Tuyen-

sang, Badarpur,

Karimganj, Znebhoto,

Jowai, Senapati, Phek,

Duliajan, Nongstoin,

Jorhat, Golaghat,

Thoubal, Bishanpur,

Dhemaji, Dibrugarh.

Tamil Nadu Kodiaknal, Ooty, Coonor.

Kerala Iduki, Munar, Peermedu,

Nedungan.

Karnataka Nandi Hill, Marcara, Shi-

moga, Chikmanglur.

Andhra Pradesh Tirumala.

Doordarshan and Akashvani Kendras

In Rajasthan

*271. PROF. RASASINGHRAWAT:

SHRI GUMAN MAL LODHA:

Will the Minister of INFORMATION AND

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BROADCASTING be pleased to state:

(a) the locations of new Doordarshan and Akashvani Kendras set up in Rajasthan during the last six months along with capacity of each of such kendras;

(b) the percentage area of the State presently covered by Doordarshan and Akashvani Kendras;

(d) if so, the details thereof and the steps taken or proposed to be taken by the Government to increase their capacity in near future; and

(e) the locations of new Akashvani and Doordarshan Kendras proposed to be set up in Rajasthan during 1992-93?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND BROADCASTING(KUMARI GIRIJA VYAS): (a) to (e). Whereas a low power (100 W) TV Transmitter was commissioned at Nathdwara in Rajasthan during the last six months, four new Radio Stations as per details given below were commissioned in Rajasthan during the same period.

-------------------------------------------------------------------- (i) Nagaur 2 x 3 KW FM Transmitter and multi-purpose studio (ii) Banswara 2 x 3 KW FM Transmitter and multi-purpose studio (iii)Chittorgarh 3 KW FM Transmitter

(iv) Barmer 20 KW MW Transmitter, multi-Purpose studio

-------------------------------------------------------------------- About 30.8% area of Rajasthan is at present, covered by TV service (inclusive of fringe areas where elevated antennae and boosters are required for obtaining reception). As regards radio service, 90% of the

area of Rajasthan is covered by the existing radio stations.

Representations have been received from time to time for increasing the capacity

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of various TV transmitting stations in Rajasthan. High power TV transmitters are presently under implementation at Bundi, Jaisalmer & Barmer in replacement of the present low power transmitters there.

The high power transmitter at Bundi is expected to be commissioned during 1992-93. The remaining transmitters would be commissioned subsequently. The existing low power transmitters at Jodhpur, Udaipur, Ajmer and Anupgarh are envisaged to be replaced by high power transmitters, subject to avilability of resources. As regards Radio service, representation has been received for Increasing the capacity of the AIR station at Kota. As perthe International Telecommunication Union agreerment,the maximum power assigned for AIR, Kota is 1 KW on medium wave and as such, there is no scope for increasing the power of this transmitter, However, the existing 10 KW MW Transmitter at Bikaner is being upgraded to 20 KW.

During the year 1992-93, five new Radio Stations, one each at Churu, Jhalawar, Sawai Madhopur, Jaisalmer and Mount Abu are envisaged to be commissioned In the State of Rajasthan. As regards TV service, besides establishment of a high power TV transmitter at Bundi in replacement of the existing low power TV transmitter there, new TV transmitting stations are envisaged to be set up at Gangapur, Sreedungargarh and Sujangarh in Rajasthan during 1992-93.

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[English]

Air links to New Areas

*272. DR. P.R. GANGWAR:

SHRI KASHIRAM RANA:

Will the Minister of CIVIL. AVIATION AND TOURISM be pleased to state:

(a) the names of places which are airlinked, State-wise; (b) the names of places which are proposed to be airlinked during the next five years;

(d) if so, the details thereof; and

(e) the steps being taken In this regard?

THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION AND TOURISM(SHRI MADHAV RAO SCIN- DIA): (a) A statement is laid on the table of the House.

(b) to (e). Indian Airlines and Vayudoot have at present no plans to introduce air services to any new station in India. Airlink- ing of new stations will, however, depend on traffic potential, availability of airport infrastructural facilities and operating aircraft capacity.

STATEMENT

(a) Statewise details of Places linked by Indian Airlines and Vayudoot are given below :-

--------------------------------------------------------------------- Sl. No. State Capital Airports served by Airports served Indian Airlines by Vayudoot_ --------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Andhra Pradesh Hyderabad Hyderabad/Vizag Hyderabad/ Rajamundry/Tirupati Vijaywada

2. Assam Dispur Dibrugarh/Guwahat/Jorhat Guwahati/Jorhat/ Silchar/Tezpur Lilabari/Silohar Dibrugarh 3.Arunchal Pradesh Itanagar - Zero

4. Bihar Patna Patna/Ranchi Jamshedpur 5. Gujarat Gandhinagar Ahmedabad/Bhui/

Bhavnagar/Jamnagar/ Kandla/Porbandar/Keshod/ Rajkot/Vadora Rajkot/Ahmedabad/Vadodra 6. Himachal Pradesh Shimla - Kullu/Shimla/Gaggal 7. Jammu & Kashmir Srinagar jammu/Leh/Srinagar -

8. Karnataka Bangalore Bangalore/Mangalore Bangalore/Belgaum 9. Kerala Trivandrum Calicut/Cochin/Trivandram Cochin 10. Madhya Pradesh Bhopal Bhopal/Gwalior/Indore/

Khajuraho/

11. Maharashtra Bombay Aurangabad/Bombay/ Bombay/Pune/Kolhapur Nagpur/Raipur

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12. Manipur Imphal Imphal -

13. Meghalaya Shillong - Shillong 14. Mizoram Aizwal - Aizwal 15. Nagaland Kohima Dimpur -

16. Orissa Bhubaneshwar Bhubaneshwar -

17. Punjab Chandigarh Amritsar Ludhiana 18. Rajasthan Jaipur Jaipur/Jodhpur/ Jodhpur/Jaisalmer Udaypur

19. Tamilnadu Madras Coimbatore/Madras/ Combatore/Madras Madurai/Tirchy

20. Tripura Agartala Agaratala Agaratala/Kailashahar 21.Uttarpradesh Lucknow Agra/Lucknow/ Deradun/Kanpur/ Varanasi*Allahabad/ Lucknow *Gorakhpur/*Kanpur

22. West Bengal Calcutta Bagdogra/Culcutta Culcutta/Cooch Behar 23. Goa Panaji Dabolim Dabolim Written Answers 49,50

UNION TERRITORIES

1. Andaman & Nicobar' Port Blair Car Nioobar/Port Blair - 2. Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh Chandigarh 3. Delhi Delhi Delhi Delhi 4. Lakshadweep Kavaratti - Agatti 5. Pondicherry Pondicherry - Pondicherry --------------------------------------------------------------------- Operations temporarily suspended.

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[Translation]

Development of Tourist Spots

*273. SHRI DEVI BUX SINGH:

DR. RAMESHCHAND TOMAR:

Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION AND TOURISM be pleased to state:

(a) whether the Union Government have received any proposal for the Government of Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat regarding promotion of new tourist of during 1991-92;

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(b) if so, the details thereof and the action taken thereon; and (c) the allocations proposed to be made for promotion of these tourist sports in each State during 1992-93?

THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION AND TOURISM (SHRI MADHAV RAO SCIN- DIA): (a) to (b). Yes, Sir. On the request of the State Governments of Uttar Pradesh and Gujarat, following projects identified for central financial assistance for the year 19992 alongwith their status are given as under:-

---------------------------------------------------------------------- Uttar Pradesh Action Taken ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 1. Wayside facilities one each at Sanctioned Lalitpur and Bilari

2. Tourist Complex at Devaria Revised proposal awaited 3. Yatri Niwas one each at Ayodhya Complete proposals not yet and Chitrakoot received

Gujarat

1. Tourist Complex one each at Bhuj Sanctioned Shyarnalaji and Ukai Lak

2. Wayside facilities at Navasari, Sanctioned Bhimnath and Kamrej

3. Tourist Complex at Sola and Under consideration wayside amenities at Limkhera

4. Yatri Niwas at Dwarka Proposal awaited 5. Additional accomodation at Under consideration Gandhi Ashram and Saputara

-------------------------------------------------------------------- (c) The Central Department of Tourism would provide funds during 1992-93 in respect of the projects sanctioned during

1991-92 based on the progress of their

implementation.

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[English]

Pilots of Indian Airlines and Air India

*274. SHRI A. CHARLES: Will the Minister of CIVIL AVIATION AND TOURISM be pleased to state:

(a) the minimum educational qualifications and age fixed for selection of pilot trainees in the- Indian Airlines and Air India; (b) the duration of training and the approximate expenditure being incurred in training a pilot till he is appointed as a full time probationer;

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(c) the details of perks and perquisites offered to the pilots; (d) the number of times the pilots of the Indian Airlines and Air India resorted to strikes during the last five years and the reasons therefor; and

(e) the total estimated loss suffered by these airlines as a result thereof?

THE MINISTER OF CIVIL AVIATION AND TOURISM(SHRI MADHAV RAO SCIN- DIA): (a) to (e). A Statement is laid on the Table of the House.

STATEMENT

(a) The minimum educational qualifications and age fixed for selection of pilot trainees in the Indian Airlines and Air-India is as under.-

----------------------------------------------------------------------- Indian Airlines Air India ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Educational Qualifications: Educational Qualifications:

Matriculation or equivalent Graduates Should have passed Higher preferred. SECONDARY (10+2) or equivalent Examination. Preference will be given to Science Graduates Age: Age:

30 years relaxable 5 years 30 years for general in the case of SC/ST candidates. candidates Relaxable by Upper age limit relaxable for five years in the case of one year subject to a maximum of SC/ST candidates.

2 years for every completed 300

hours of flying experience over

the minimum requirement for

commercial pilot's licence.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------- (b)ln Indian Airlines and Air India, the duration of training for a trainee pilot is 12-18 months; the approximate expenditure per trainee in Indian Airlines is Rs. 11.25 lakhs and the approximate expenditure is Rs. 6 lakhs per trainee in Air India.

(c) In addition to basic pay, the pilots in Air India and Indian Airlines got various allowances. These are listed in Appendix-I.

(d) and (e). Pilots in Air India have resorted to strikes on eight occasions during

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the last five years; pilots of Indian Airlines have disrupted the schedules thrice during the last five years. Disruption of flights causes inconvenience passengers and leads to loss of revenue directly and indirectly due to

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erosion of goodwill. Therefore, it is difficult to quantify the exact loss due to disruption of flight schedule.

APPENDIX-I

Allowances Paid to Pilots in Air India/Indian Airlines

-------------------------------------------------------------- Air India Indian Airlines ------------------------------------------------------------- Additional Pay Additional Pay

Oversease Operation Allowance Licence Allowance Special Parity Allowance Variable Dearness Allowance RT Allowance House Rent Allowance Variable D.A. City Compensatory Allowance House Rent Allowance Type Allowance

(varies with the e n d o r s e- ment for operation of the various

Kit Maintenance Allowance types of aircraft.

Telephone Allowance R.T. Allowance

City Compensatory Allowance Command Pay (for possessing command rating)

Special Travelling Allowance

Personal Pay Efficiency Bonous Type Allowance Kitt Maintenance Allowance Excess Flying Pay Telephone Allowance Meal Allowance/Layover Allowance Compensatory Allowance (only in the case of A-300 pilots)

Check Allowance Special travelling Allowance (for Check Pilots only)

Entertainment Allowance Additional Special Travelling(only (on flight duty abroad) for pilots with 500 hours as pilot in command

Command Pay Stay over Allowance

(only for senior captions)

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Meal Allowance

Light Refreshment allowance

Entertainment Allowance

Two Crew Allowance (only for B-737 /A-320 pilots)

Qualification Allowance

Simulator Instructor's Allowance (when deputed for imparting graining on simulator)

Excess Flying Pay

Operational Control Allowance (for pilots who qualify to

exercise operational control duty) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored Programmes on Doordarshan

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