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Tuesday, April 5, 1977 Sixth Series1R. 9 Chaitra 15, 1899 (Saka) /2.6$%+$ '(%$7(6 First Session Sixth/RN6DEKD /2.6$%+$6(&5(7$5,$7 New Delhi c o n t e n t s No. 9, Tuesday, April 5, 1977!Chattra 15, 1899 (Saka) C o l u m n s Welcom; to the Parliamentary Delegation from Finland 1 Oral Answers to Questions : •Starred Questions Nos. 1 to 5 2—30 Written Answers to Questions : Starred Questions Nos. 6 to 20 30—44 Unstarred Questions Nos. 1 to 50 44—78 Papers laid on the Table ■ 78—94 Messages from Rajya Sabha . 95 Food Corporations (Amendment) Bill— 95 As passed by Rajya Sabha Calling Attention to Matter of Urgent Public Importance— Im-nediatc release of political prisoners 96—105 Statement re. Government’s Policy on Universalisation of Literacy, improvement of Secondary Education, Research, Political victimi sation in the Department of Education and Culture and removal of restrictions on elections to Students’ Unions— Shri Pratap Chandra Chander 106—108 Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Bill —Introduced 108__10 Statement re. Government of Union Territories (Amendment) Ordi nances— Chiudhuri Charan Singh 110— 111, 226— 28 Delhi Adm:nistration (Amendment) Bill—Introduced 111 Statement re. Delhi Administration (Amendment) Ordinance— Chaudhuri Charan Singh 111 Disputed Elections (Prime Minister and Speaker) Bill—Introduced in Motion to introduce— Shri Shyamnandan Mishra 112—15 Shri Sharad Yadav 115—>7 Shri Mftdhu Limaye 117— 19 Shri Hari Vishnu Kamath 120-21 Shri Shanti Bhushan 121— 26 •The sign -t m irked above the name of a Member indicates that the question was actual I v asked on the floor of the House by that Member. COLUMNS Statement re. Disputed Election* (Prime Minister «nd S peaked* 0>nii* nance— Shri Shanti Bhushan- 126—27 Motion of Thariks 0:1 the Address by the ViOe-President acting as President • ... 12/- Shri Chitta Basu . « 129— 33 Shri P. K. Deo . 133— 38 Shri Narendra P. Nathwani . 138—44 Shri Jagdambi Prasad Yadav 144— 48 Shri Vasant Sathe 148—59 Shrimati Renuka Devi Barkataki 159—63 Shri Morarji Desai ........ 163—74 Statutory Resolution re. continuance in force of the Proclamation in respect of Tamil Nadu— t Chaudhuri Charan Singh 175—7 ' Shri P. Kannan .... 177—79 Shri O. V. Alagesan 179-87 Shrimati Parvathi Krishnan 187—92 Shri Kumari An an than 192—93 Shri A. Asokaraj . 193—97 Shri A. Murugesan . 197—02 Shri K. Ramamurthy . 202—04 Shri R. Mohanara-igam • . • . 204—o6i Dr. Henry Austin 206— TO* Shri S. Nanjesha Gowda 211— Shri R. Kolanthaivelu 213—'? Shri A. V. P. Asaithambi 215— Shri M. Kalyanasundaram 221— Statutory Resolution re. continuance in force of the Proclamation in respect of Nagaland— Chaudhuri Charan Singh 228— Caltex [Acquisition of Shares of Caltex Oil Refining (India) Limited and of the Undertakings in India of Caltex (India) Limited] Bill Motion [to consider— Shri H. N. Bahuguna 230— Dr. Henry Austin. 231— LOK SABHA DEBATES i 2 • LOK SABHA ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS IMPLEMENTATION OF RECOMMEN Tuesday, April l, 1977/Chaitra el, 1899 DATIONS OF HATHI COMMITTEE (iSaka) *1. SHR1 VASANT SATHE: Will the Minister of CHEMICALS AND The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the FERTILIZERS be pleased to state: Clock Ca) the present stage of implementa [M r . D eputy-S peakek in the Chair] tion of the recommendations of Hathi Committee on Drugs; and WELCOME TO THE PARLIAMEN (b) particulars of final decisions TARY DELEGATION FROM taken/proposed to be taken recom FINLAND mendation-wise? MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER: At the outset, I have to make announce THE MINISTER OF PETROLEUM AND CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS ment. (SHRI H. N. BAHUGUNA): (a) and On behalf of the Speaker, on my Ob). The Report of the Committee on own behalf and on behalf of the Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Industry Hon’ble Members of the House, I have (Hathi Committee) has been under consideration of the Government. Final great pleasure in welcoming the decision on the various recommenda Hon’ble Members of the Parliamentary tions made by this Committee shall be Delegation from Finland who are on a visit to India as our honoured guests. taken as soon as possible. The members of the delegation are: SHRI VASANT SATHE: This Re 1. Mr. Kuumo Honkonen, M.P.—- port of the Hathi Committee, as the Leader of the delegation. hon. Minister will be knowing, has been there for quite some time before 2. Mr. Ralf Friberg, M.P. the Government and we thought that in 3. Mr. Pertti Salolainen, M.P. view of the importance of the recom mendation it will be implemented with 4. Mrs. Terhi Nieminen, M.P. all earnestness. But so many things have transpired in between and may I 5. Mr. Heimo Linna, M.P. and particularly invite the attention of the hon. Minister, who is a .lynamic per 6. Mr. Jaakko Hissa. son himself, to the recommendation in The delegation arrived early this Chapter V, at page 86 of the Report. morning and will be in India till the Para 4 says: 9th April. They are now seated in the Special Box. We wish them a happy “Between 1952 and 1965 and even and fruitful stay in our country. upto 1968 well-know multi-national Through them we convey our greetings units and a few Indian units operat and best wishes to the Parliament, Go ing in this country received a big vernment and the People of Finland. impetus to boost their turn over in 179 L.S.—1 3 Oral Answers APRIL 5, 1977 Oral Answers 4 the shape of ‘‘Permission Letters” . like to invite his attention to another 364 of these items were permitted to important recommedation about having be manufactured by 15 leading a national drugs authority both for pro foreign units. Four of these items duction as well as qualitative control were bulk drugs and *he remaining and price control. What is the Govern 360 items were formulations, many ment’s thinking relating to this? Per of which could have I-can easily haps, he migh' not have applied his manufactured by the Indian mind. Sector......... ” SHRI H. N. BAHUGUNA: We are MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER: You are intensively thinking on the whole •entitled to supplementary. question. SHRI VASANT SATHE: His reply was only that it is under considera SHRI CHITTA BASU: Sir, the hon. tion. I am reading this out to invite Minister is reported to have observed his attention so that he can give reply very recently that it ;s Government’s in full. This is a short thing. policy to provide medicines for mil “ The formulations included house lions. In view of this observation har hold remedies, such as formulations ing been made recently by the hon. containing vitamins and minerals, Minister, may I know from the Go many of which did not require a vernment whether some of rhe recom doctor’s prescription, cough mixtures, mendations of the Hathi Committee are ring worm ointments, ‘health salts* directly related to taking measures in gripe mixtures, laxative tablets, the matter of translating into action the etc___ ” so called efforts? If so, I want to know whether he is in a Dosition to assure The particular recommendation of the House that he will take immediate the Committee is that these 117 well- steps for the supply of medicinae at known medicines for the common man cheapest rates to the masses of our should be manufactured in India by country. the Public Sector and also by the Indian Sector. What is the Govern ment’s policy regarding this? SHRI H. N. BAHUGUNA: Sir, not a day more than is necessary will be lost SHRI H. N. BAHUGUNA: Sir, I in finalising the Government’s views on had already submitted that the natter this very important and specific sector is under consideration. So far as this of our economy. Government is concerned, it is a ques tion of days that we have been here. SHRI SONU SINGH PATIL: Will Shri Sathe would recall, as a Member the hon. Minister be pleased to state of the Fifth Lok Sabha and who con whether the Hathi Committee had de tinues even now, that the shoe is on clared the permission letters and Ihe .some one else’s leg. C.O.B. licences as without any legal backing? If so, will he be pleased to Right now, 1 can assure him that it declare all such activities r s illegal? Is will not take as long ag the ether side it a fact that the C.O.B. licence and took when they were sitting on ihis permission letters so declared were for side. I can assure him that the whole the production of the extent of Rs. 184 of the recommendations will receive crores out of the national production due consideration. Many of them are of Rs. 450 crores in 1976-77? If this is unexceptionable. so, why was this production of non- essential items by the foreign firms SHRI VASANT SATHE: I thank allowed? What is the intention of the the hon. Minister for promising to Government? Is it their intention to take expeditious action. I would also stop it? 5 Oral Answers CHAITRA 15, 1899 (SAKA) Oral Answers SHRI H. N. BAHUGUNA: As I said, vernment will not be in the interest of this is a new Government and anything anyone except India. done by the predecessor Government is also under review along with the SHRI JYOTIRMOY BOSU: is the' recommendations of the Hathi Com Minister aware of the fact that a multi mittee. I think it has done a great national organisation of drugs, viz., service in the matter of this particular OPPI of Bombay has set-up a very sector.