Journal of 200Th Session
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THURSDAY, THE 18TH DECEMBER, 2003 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No.241 regarding Domestic telephone rates. Starred Question No.242 regarding Highways linking Tripura with NE States. Starred Question No. 243 regarding Procurement of rice from Orissa. Starred Question No.244 regarding New licence regime. Starred Question No.245 regarding Growth in computer hardware exports. Starred Question No.246 regarding Foodgrain export policy. Starred Question No.247 regarding Troops to Iraq. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 248 to 260 were laid on the Table. 2. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 1698 to 1852 were laid on the Table. 12 Noon 3. Papers Laid on the Table Shri Arun Shourie (Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Minister of Disinvestment) laid on the Table under sub-section (1) of section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956 a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Balmer Lawrie Investments Limited, Kolkata, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. Shri Sahib Singh Verma (Minister of Labour) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Labour G.S.R 430 (E) dated the 23rd May, 2003, publishing the Employees’ Pension (Amendment) Scheme, 2003, under sub-section (2) of section 7 of the Employees’ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry Labour under sub-section (3) of section 37 of the Apprentices Act, 1961:— (1) G.S.R 300 dated the 23rd August, 2003, publishing the Apprenticeship (Amendment) Rules, 2003. (2) S.O 2492 dated the 30th August, 2003, specifying “Material Management” as designated trade in Engineering and Technology for Graduate and Technical Apprentices. III. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Statement for Parliament on ILO’s Protocol of 1995 to the Labour Inspection Convention, 1947 adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 82nd Session; Protocol of 2002 to the occupational Safety and Health Convention, 1981; Recommendation No.193 concerning Promotion of Cooperatives and Recommendation No.194 concerning the list of occupational Diseases, the recording and Notification of occupational Accidents and Diseases adopted by the International Labour Conference at its 90th Session held in Geneva. Shri Vinod Khanna (Minister of State in the Ministry of External Affairs) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Research and Information System for the Non-Aligned and Other Developing Countries (RIS), New Delhi, for the year 2001-2002, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. Shri Subhash Maharia (Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution) laid on the Table under sub-section (11) of section 31 of the Warehousing Corporation Act 1962 a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers: — (a) Forty-sixth Annual Report and Accounts of the Central Warehousing Corporation, New Delhi, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. Shri Satyabrata Mookherjee (Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning, Minister of State in the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation, Minister of State in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry and Miniser of State in the Department of Atomic Energy and Department of Space) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Rare Earths Limited, Mumbai, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Antrix Corporation Limited, Bangalore, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Nuclear Power Corporation of India Limited, New Delhi, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (iv) (a) Thirty-sixth Annual Report and Accounts of the Uranium Corporation of India Limited, Jharkhand, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Physical Research Laboratory, Ahmedabad, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National MST Radar Facility, Gadanki(A.P.), for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (c) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the North Eastern Space Applications Centre, Umiam (Shillong), for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (d) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (v) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Saha Institute of Nuclear Physics, Kolkata, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (vi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Institute of Mathematical Sciences, Chennai, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (vii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Institute for Harish Chandra Research Institute, Allahabad, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (viii) (a) Twenty-ninth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Remote Sensing Agency, Hyderabad, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (ix) (a) Seventy-first Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Statistical Institute, Kolkata, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. Shri Ashok Pradhan (Minister of State in the Ministry of Communication and Information Technology) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (i) (a) Seventeenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Mahanagar Telephone Nigam Limited, New Delhi, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. (ii) (a) Twenty-fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the Telecommunications Consultants India Limited, New Delhi, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. II. (1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub- section (4) of the section 23 and sub-section (3) of the section 24 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997 :— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India, New Delhi, for the year 2001-2002, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. Shri V. Sreenivasa Prasad (Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution) G.S.R 681 (E)/Ess.Com/Sugar dated the 25th August, 2003 publishing the Sugar (Price Determination for 2002-2003 Production) Amendment Order, 2003, under sub- section (6) of section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. II. (1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under section 23 of Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi, for the year 2001-2002, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts.