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Fifth Series Vol. XVI No. 56 Wednesday, May 31, 1972 Jyaistha 10, 1894 (Saka) LOK SABHA DEBATES (Fifth Series) Vol. XVI Fourth Session, 1972/1893-94 (Saka) ( Vol . XVI contains Nos . 51 — 57 ) LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI CONTENTS (Fifth Series, Vol. XVI, Fourth Session, 1972) No. 56— Wednesday, May 31,1972/Jyaistka 10,1894 (Saka) C o l u m n s Member Sworn ... ... ... ... j Oral Answers to Questions— •Starred Questions Nos. 1063 to 1066, 1068 to 1072, 1074 and 1076 ... 1—31 Short Notice Question No. 6 ... ... ... 31—44 Written Answers to Questions— Starred Questions Nos. 1061, 1062, 1067, 1073, 1075 and 1077 to 1080 ... ... ... 44 —49 Unstarred Questions Nos. 8038 to 8226 ... ... 49—184 Correction of Answer to USQ No. 4953 dated December 16, 1970— re : Use of Staff car in Civil Defence Organisation in Delhi ... 184—85 R e : Question of Privilege (Querry) ... ... ... 185— 91 Papers laid on the Table ... ... ... 191— 200 Financial Committees— A Review ... ... ... 200 Messages from Rajya Sabha ... ... ... 200— 01 Assent to Bills ... ... ... ... 201 Committee on Public Undertakings— Twenty-Second Report and Minutes ... ... ... 201— 02 Committee oh the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes— Eighth* Ninth and Tenth Reports ... ... ... 202 Joint Committee on Offices of Profit— Second Report ... ... ... ... 203 Bill Introduced— (i) Disturbed Areas (Special Courts) Bill... ... ... 203 (10 Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill... ... ... 203—08 •The sign-{-marked above the name of a Member indicates that the question was actually asked on the floor of the House by that Member. («) Co l u m n s Hire Purchase Bill— Motion to consider, as passed by Rajya Sabha 204— 44 Shri Somnath Chatterjee 204— 12, 221— 26, 239—41 Shri Sarjoo Pandey 212— 14 Shri B. R. Krishnan in 214— 17 Shri Phool Chand Verma ... 217— 19 Shri Nitiraj Singh Chaudhary 219—21,228—29 Clauses 2 to 31 and 1 Motion to Pass ... ... 244 jarh Muslim University (Amendment) Bill— Motion to Consider ... ... 244—51 Prof. S. Nurul Hasan 245—51 ition R e : Allegation of Publication of Large Number of Posters by a Company in Violation of Company Law ... 251-378 Shri Jyotirmoy Bosu ... ... 251—68 Shri Priya Ranjan Das Munsi ... ... 269—76, 360—71 Shri Indrajit Gupta ... ... 276—84 Shri K. P. Unnikrishnan ... ... 284—90 Shri G. Viswanathan ... ... 290—93 Shri VidyaCharan Shukla ... ... 294—98 Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee ... ... 298—304 Dr. Henry Austin ... 304—06 Shri Shyamnandan Mishra ... 306— 11 Shri R. K. Sinha ... ... 311— 14 Shri Surendra Mohanty ... ... 314-17 Shri P. ft. Deo ... ... 319—21 Shri Madhu Dandavate ... ... 321—25 Shri C. M. Stephen — ... 325—36 Shri S. A. Shamim ... ... 336—39 Shri R. S. Pandey ... ... 346—50 Shri Raghunatha Reddy ... ... 354— 60 LOK SABHA DEBATES i 2 L O K SABHA Sff TT f^TTT far fa S fc rw l % xre$ij syjTm ? Wednesday, M ay 31, 1972iJyaistha 10, 1894 {Saka) SHRIMATI NANDINI SATPATHY: No, Sir ; we do not propose to stop playing of National Anthem in cinema houses. It The Lok Sabha met at Eleven o f the Clock is not a fact that the National Anthem was not shown proper respect in the cinema [Mr. Speaker in the Chair] houses. In fact, during the course of these few years, this has become a habit with the people. People have got accustomed to this MEMBER SWORN thing and they are standing up and showing proper respect. Maybe in certain cases, Shri Arvindkumar Mohanlal Patel (Rajkot) some people are not showing proper respect. That does not mean that we should stop play- ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ing the National Anthem. That means they will never get a chance to learn it. Playing of National Anthem in Cinema Houses «rt ijtsfcr : 5 m w n | f a *1063 SHRI SUKHDEO PRASAD % aft 37T? ft*! I ^ ^ 11 VERMA : Will the Minister of INFORMA- qpt ari?T tit | f a TION AND BROADCASTING be pleased to slate : m irpr S W t ZT«nf^cr for?TT $ I *T?fV (a) whether the playing of the National Anthem in Cinema Houses is being stopped ; vr Tf*rr t fa fr^» smw f a m i and % i $ *njjqT f a tfeft in jto r &ni q * annc fa%*TT *PT faftSFT w tTT (h) if so, the reasons thereof ? I THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF INFORMATION AND « r« w : srtt arnr | f a BROADCASTING (SHRIMATI NANDINI SATPATHY) : (a) No, Sir. iRit »r$tar ?rar *T? (b) The question docs not arise vft qml* surra «nrf : f fa gwfcr smnr : ars m fPTW^fT 11 Srfasr m 3TJ1W # srr«T% mssnr % w ft ft 3t?*ht t fa 8xicfto uratit ?T%rfT g f y &Ttit ^TcT tit W ttT T t «nff % i | fa %%nnrcf 3 Tjegta h r ^ctt | enr -m tit JT«ftf^cr fas* <n?rr $ 1 «rt are* frjrrft : w tffa Trejfto n m tit % tfr t fa ^ % vrft-w % tit mf$(T % m ^r*R ^rf far^w w r ir w t? m m ft f a a w n * ^ i sirt *Ft m m % T«j*rr wt worn w a rn : arr? fa«rr *rq ? 3 Oral Answers MAY 31,1972 Oral Answeis 4 sft auns : f s pr I do not know whether there are any instances where this is not followed. After all, the err 3TT?rr f i firtrcr ?T^r *r *t cinema houses come under the jurisdiction ?3Tl| 3TTtT fa^TT *TUT?f r?frf?5tT of the State Governments. Already, a number of times the State Governments and fo spl'ft-TTTS % ar^^TcT 3?T*t aftsRT the Chief Secretaries of different States were * * ? ........ requested to look into this aspect. We will request them again to look into it. wsmff : «PTT 3TTT <TT tft f t SHRI PRABODH CHANDRA : Is the <ft%5 35 ft 3JTST 3THT Bt *TOT ? government aware of the fact that the respect that is gtven to the national anthem in other *ft a*r« fa^Tfl srsraift : ar^r $ countries is much more than what is being f*RT WTW ^f??TT g I *T?T SITrT *r«T ft % 31% given to the national anthem in our country ? *r rfr snft, ^f%*r srnrt *r ^ MR SPEAKER : He is asking for an n ^ q r sr?r ii srsrrf smft ft *t opinion. 3m *F*rr?r srsfara ^r?rr ^lf^r #*tt ^ SHRI SAMAR GUHA : The hon U rn ^ttctt i w t w sprsRr *r fa ^ rr Minister said that cinema is a State subject. ^ 7$t ft f*F TT«fta ^ 53T% *TO*T a tft But thc national anthem is a Central subject. 33 *pt ^ *Ptfurar ^ r *m , arte m x arreipra; f t eft ^ t% 3 ? r $ » MR. SPFAKXR : He can make any sub- ject n Central subjcct. 5|JT^T f'PTT SfTTT ? SHRI SAMAR GUHA : I do not know SHRIMATI NANDIN1 SATPATHY : if the hon. Minis’cr ever had an occasion to In fact, as I have already said, wc want go to a cinema But it is thc experience of people to learn to show respect to National those who see cinema almost every day that Anthem. It may be that in some places they before the plav of the national anthem is are not showing proper respect. In this over, theie is a great rush towards the door connection, wc expect co operation fiom all which is very bad. This is actually an political parties and those who are responsible amusement type of patriotism. I do not for educating the masses of our country. know why only cinema houses have been selected to inject this amusement type of patriotism into our people 7 Why is it that «sft ffWtT . ^ 3fT^fn ^TTf<TT other community functions have been left f far w r *nf ft far anr ct»f Hr%«nr-«rf¥ out ? Will Government reconsider the whole % I 5TST m eft issue ? 7% ft, srsr s w v s MR. SPEAKER : For the present, the «R 3TRIT ft 3TtT TT*fta t£T ^TTcfV ft question concerns only the cinema houses, St* -3^ OT 5T3R wfa f^rr ^ 5T*l% «R 3TT??ft apsft SHRIMATI NANDINI SATPATHY : No disrespect is shown to the national anthem 3fT% aft S50T fcttft I I WT fa%RT- anywhere. But cinema houses are places qrf % tnfotfr ^ * f t wheic all types of people congregate. It was in 1963 that this was introduced at the time fa? *r t of Chinese aggression. It was felt that people T*3% ft * % t ^ 5T*should erf srcit imbibe the spirit of national integrity and they should learn to respect the National *rcri3r * fs t w ? Anthem. This is a place where all types of people congregate and that is why this deci- SHRIMATI NANDINI SATPATHY : sion was takrn and the cinema house owners The cinema houses are expected to keep tbe were requested to show this at the end of the doors closed till th« national anthem is over. film. 5 Oral Answers JYAISTHA 10, 1894 (SAKA) Oral Answers 6 THE PRIME MINISTER, MINISTER of Parliament, there were umpteen people OF ATOMIC ENERGY, MINISTER OF going out of ihe House. I think that this is ELECTRONICS, MINISTER OF HOME veiy disrespectful. Particularly when the AFFAIRS AND MINISTER OF INFORMA- house is dark and people have been sitting TION AND BROADCASTING (SHRrMATl foi a long time it ij psychologically not the INDIRA GANDHI) : As my colleague has right moment to do something like that. pointed out, this decision was taken at the time Therefore, 1 strongly recommend that it is of Chinese aggression.