to the reply given to Starred Question No. 115 dated December 8, 2004 and state:
(a) whether the Government is aware that in the remote Hilly and Mountainous areas in most of the States in the Himalayan belt, there are not many villages having population of 500 or above;
(b) if so, whether the Government is likely to further relax this criteria in the interest of these remote villages;
(c) if not, whether the Government proposes to undertake a survey to collect the data pertaining to the number of villages with population of less than 500 in the remote Hilly districts; and
(d) the time by when the said survey is likely to be conducted?