Question : HOTILINE TELEPHONE IN RURAL AREAS OF RAJASTHAN

(a) whether the government are aware that the hotline telephones installed in the rural areas of Rajasthan are not functioning properly;

(b) if so, the number of complaints to this effect received during the last three years; and

(c) the steps taken by the Government for the redressal of these complaints?

THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY (SHRI TAPAN SIKDAR)

(a) Sir, no hotline telephones have been installed in the rural areas of Rajasthan.

(b) & (c): Do not arise in view of (a) above.