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Fourteenth Series, Vol. III No. 15 Friday, July 23, 2004 Sravana 1, 1926 (Saka) LOK SABHA DEBATES (English Version) Second Session (Fourteenth Lok Sabha) D G~zeftel & D.obsfes On" c8TJI8:nent L'b I I iJry Build' . _all Boom ~! - I '\:0. rL'.025 'rw 81021.: 'G' Aoe. No ... ~ Dated.... "'i!j).:~i:::' (Vol. 11/ contains Nos. 11 to 20) LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI Price,' Rs. 50.00 EDITORIAL BOARD G.C. Malhotra Secretary-General Lok Sabha Anand B. Kulkarni JOInt Secretary Shards Prasad Principal Chief Editor Klran Sahni Chief Editor Pannesh Kumar Sharma Senior Editor S.S. Chauhan Assistant Editor (ORIGINAL ENGLISH PROCEEDjNGS INCLUDED IN ENGLISH VERSION AND ORIGINAL HINDI PROCEEDINGS INCLUDED HINDI VERSION WILL BE TREATED AS AUTHOR1TATIVE AND NOT THE TRANSLATION THEREOF) CONTENTS (Fourteenth Series, Vol. Iff. Second Session. 200411926 (Saka) No. 15, Friday, July 23, 2OO4ISravana 1, 1926 (Saka) SueJECT CoLUMNS OBITUARY REFERENCE ......................................................................................................................................... OBSERVATION BY SPEAKER Re: Business Before The House. ...... ..... .... ........ ....... ............ ...... .............. .•... ............ .... .... ............. ..... ..... ........ 2 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Question No. 262-281 ............................................................•............................................................. 3-39 Unstarred Question No. 2276-2451 . .......... .....•.... ......... ... ........... .... .....••... .•.... ............. ....... .... ........•.... ............. 39-284 STATEMENT BY MINISTER Interruptions in the Proceedings of the House .......... ............. ..... ....... ................ ......... ..... ..... ... ......... ......... ...... 284 Shri Pranab Mukherjee .. ..... ..... ... ..... ... ......... ................ ...... ...... ........•.. ...... ............... ..... ..... ..... ............ .... ........... 284 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE ........................................•................ _.................................................................... 287-301 MESSAGES FROM RAJYA SABHA ...................... .................................................................................................. 302 BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE Secdond Report ...................... .................... ..... ........................... ..... ... .... ..... ... ............... ....... ........ .............. ....... 302 ANNEXURE I Member-wise Index to Starred Ust of Questions .......................................... ..................... ......... ..................... 303 Member-wise Index to Unstarred Ust of Questions .......... ................................ ................... ....... ...... .......... ..... 304-308 ANNEXURE II Ministry-wise Index to Starred Ust of Questions .............................................................................................. 310 Ministry-wise Index to Unstarred Ust of Questions .......................................................................................... 310 OFFICERS OF LOK SABHA THE SPEAKER Shri Somnath Chatterjee THE DEPUTY-SPEAKER Shri Chamjit Singh Atwal PANEL OF CHAIRMEN Shri Pawan Kumar Bans'" Shri Giridhar Ga..,ang Shrimati Surriltra Mahajan Shri Ajay Maken Dr. Laxminarayan Pandey Shri BaJasaheb Vikhe Patil Shri A~un Sethi Shri Manabendra Shah Shri Devendra Prasad Yadav SECRETAR~GENERAL 8hri G.C. Malhotra LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA 11.02 hrs. OBSERVATION BY THE SPEAKER Friday, July 23, 2004/Sravana 1, 1926 (Saka) Business Before The House [English] The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock (MR. SPEAKER in the Chair, MR. SPEAKER: Before the Question Hour begins, may I have your kind attention? Hon. Members, before OBITUARY REFERENCE we start the Question Hour, I wish to once again MR. SPEAKER: Hon. Members, I have to inform request with all humility and most earnestly all of you the House of the sad demise of one of our former and more particularly all the hon. leaders on all sides colleagues. Shri Jang Bahadur Singh Patel. of th~ House for your kind co-operation with the Chair in the di~harge of his onerous duties and functions SM Jang Bahadur Singh Patel was a Member of the Eleventh and Twelfth Lok Sabhas from 1996 to as the Presiding Officer of this great institution. Though 1999 representing the Phulpur parliamentary I feel pained, I wish to forget what has happened in constituency of Uttar Pradesh. the House during the last few days. An active parliamentarian, Shri Patel was a Today, there are many important subjects to be Member of the Committee on Finance during 1996- discussed. The issue of our nationals being held as 97. He also served, during 1998-99, on the Committee hostage in Iraq, the issue relating to the grave flood on Transport and Tourism, the Committee on the and drought situation in the country, the problems of Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes, backward districts as also the issue relating to the and the Consultative Committee, Ministry of Tourism. internal security are due to be discussed, and I am An agriculturist and advocate by profession, Shri sure .... Patel w8.i also a devoted social worker. Inspired by the Philosophies of Saba Saheb Ambedkar and Dr. PROF. VIJAY KUMAR MALHOTRA (South Delhi): Ram Manohar Lohia, Shri Patel dedicated himself to Sir, the hon. Leader of Opposition wants to make a the cause of uplift of weaker sections of the society. submission. Kindly listen to him . ... (lnterruptions) He was a member of the Dalit Shoshit Samaj SHRI PRABODH PANDA (Midnapore): You are not Sangharsh Samiti from 1979 to 1984. He also actively allowing even the Speaker to comptete his observation. participated in social and cultural activities. This is not fair... (lnterruptions) Shri Jang Sahadur Singh Patel passed away on 18th July, 2004 at Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, at the PROF. VIJAY KUMAR MALHOTRA: We know that age of 57. these are the subjects to be discussed'. He must We deeply mourn the loss of this friend and I am listen to the Leader of the Opposition. He wants to sure the House would join me in conveying our say something ..... (lnterruptions) condolences to the bereaved family. SHRI PAWAN KUMAR BANSAL (Chandigarh); You The House may now stand in silence for a short are interrupting the Speaker when he is making an while as a mark of respect to the memory of the observation. They have crossed the departed. limit... ( Interruptions) 11.01 In. ........ On 16.8.2004, Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwer on behalf (The Members then stood In sllBnce for a short While.) ofProf. Vijay Kumar Malhotra withdrew these ramartcs made by him. The remarks made by Prof. Malhotra were accordingly treated as withdrawn. Written Answers July 23, 2004 To Qusstfons 4 [Translation] (d) whether this smuggling of silk affects the PROF. VlJAV KUMAR MALHOTRA: The Leader interest of Sericulturist in the country; of the Opposition wants to say something and he is (e) If so, the details thereof; and telling that he will speak first ... (/ntenuptions) (f) the amount earmarked for sericulture SHRt PAWAN KUMAR BANSAL: He is not development during each of the last three years, Stat&- permitting hon. Speaker to speak ... (/nterruptions) wise? [English] THE MINISTER OF TEXTILES (SHRt You are not allowing the Speaker also to complete SHANKERSINH VAGHELA): (a) and (b) There have his observation .... (/nterruptions) been reports of raw silk originating from China illegally [Translation] entering the country mainly from Nepal and Bangladesh borders. There can be no definite There shoutd be limit .... (/ntenvptions) some information about the quantity and value of such silk. [English] However, going by the demand for mulberry raw silk. extimated at 25000 MT per annum, and the supply PROF. VIJAV KUMAR MALHOTRA: • He is giving sermons. * .•. ( Intenvptions) through domestic production of 13930 MT (Prov.) (2003-04) and liberalized imports of 9616 MT (Prov.) THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES (SHRI (2003-04). it can be surmised that it is not significant. PRIVA RANJAN DASMUNSI): Will the hon. Speaker be interrupted? .. ( Intenvptions) (c) Imports have been liberalized and all restrictions removed. Import duties have been lowered to increase [Translation] imports to meet the demand for silk goods. In SHRI PAWAN KUMAR BANSAL: We will not allow additional, all units of Directorate of Revenue hon. Speaker to be interruptecl ... (/nterruptions) Intelligence concerned with prevention of smuggling [English] are maintaining strict vigil and making all out efforts to prevent the smuggling of silk. SHRI PRIVA RANJAN DASMUNSI: When the Hon. Speaker is being interrupted ... (lnterruptions) (d) and (e) Illegal import of silk can hurt the farmers and downstream processors and deprive them of fair prices for their products. [English] (f) The details of total plan funds allocated for WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS sericulture development during the last three years is given below: Smuggling of SIlk from China Rs. in crores *262. SHRI D.P. SAROJ: SHRI MANSUKHBHAI D. VASAVA: Year 2001-02 2002-03 WiD the Minister of TEXTILES be pleased to state: Plan Funds 89.n 89.29 89.68 (a) whether a large quantity of silk is being smuggled into the country from China; For the development of sericulture, the Central (b) if so, the volume and value of the silk smuggled SIk Board. BangaJore has been i~ting centraUy during the last three years; sponsored schemes in collaboration with State Governments, the major one being the Catalytic (e) the steps taken to stop