RAJYA SABHA —— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS
Thursday, December 17, 2015
11 A.M. ——— PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE
Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table entered in the separate list: — 1. SHRIMATI SUSHMA SWARAJ for Ministry of External Affairs;
2. SHRI KALRAJ MISHRA for Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises;
3. SHRIMATI MANEKA SANJAY GANDHI for Ministry of Women and Child Development;
4. SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI for Ministry of Human Resource Development;
5. DR. HARSH VARDHAN for Ministry of Science and Technology;
6. GEN (RETD.) V.K. SINGH for Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Ministry of External Affairs;
7. DR. JITENDRA SINGH for Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and Department of Space;
8. SHRI G.M. SIDDESHWARA for Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises;
9. SHRI UPENDRA KUSHWAHA for Ministry of Human Resource Development;
10. SHRI KRISHAN PAL for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment;
11. PROF. (DR.) RAM SHANKAR KATHERIA for Ministry of Human Resource Development;
12. SHRI Y.S. CHOWDARY for Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences;
13. SHRI BABUL SUPRIYO for Ministry of Urban Development; and
14. SHRI VIJAY SAMPLA for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. ————
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REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION
DR. T. SUBBARAMI REDDY DR. K.P. RAMALINGAM SHRI ARVIND KUMAR SINGH to present the following Reports (in English and Hindi) of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation:—
(i) Two Hundred and Twenty Fourth Report on the Statutory Orders Laid on the Table of the Rajya Sabha during the 235th Session; and
(ii) Two Hundred and Twenty Fifth Report on the Statutory Orders Laid on the Table of the Rajya Sabha during the 236th Session. ————
REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES
SHRI SATISH CHANDRA MISRA SHRI DILIPBHAI PANDYA SHRI MD. NADIMUL HAQUE to present the Sixty-ninth Report (in English and Hindi) of the Committee on Government Assurances. ———— REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES, LAW AND JUSTICE
DR. E.M. SUDARSANA NATCHIAPPAN SHRI SUKHENDU SEKHAR ROY to present the Seventy-ninth Report (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice on the Subject “Feasibility of Holding Simultaneous Elections to the House of People (Lok Sabha) and State Legislative Assemblies”. ————
STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS
1. SHRI THAAWAR CHAND GEHLOT to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations/observations contained in the First Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment on Demands for Grants (2014-15) pertaining to the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment.
2. GEN (RETD.) V.K. SINGH to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations/observations contained in the Fourteenth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance on Demands for Grants (2015-16) pertaining to the Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation.
3. SHRI Y.S. CHOWDARY to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations/observations contained in the Two Hundred and Fifty-ninth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests on Demands for Grants (2015-16) pertaining to the Department of Biotechnology, Ministry of Science and Technology.
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#QUESTIONS QUESTIONS entered in separate lists to be asked and answers given. ———— %CALLING ATTENTION TO MATTER OF URGENT PUBLIC IMPORTANCE
SHRI DILIP KUMAR TIRKEY SHRI BHUPINDER SINGH SHRI ANUBHAV MOHANTY SHRI A.U. SINGH DEO to call the attention of the Minister of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation to the situation arising out of the submerging of many villages and displacement of tribal people in Odisha due to construction of Polavaram project. ———— LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS
Bills for consideration and passing
1. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by The Scheduled Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot on the 14th December, 2015:— Castes and the Scheduled Tribes "That the Bill further to amend the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled (Prevention of Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, as passed by Lok Sabha, Atrocities) be taken into consideration." Amendment Bill, 2015. SHRI THAAWAR CHAND GEHLOT to move that the Bill be passed.
2. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by The Whistle Blowers Dr. Jitendra Singh on the 7th December, 2015 and the amendment moved Protection thereto:— (Amendment) Bill, "That the Bill further to amend the Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2015. 2011, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration."
DR. JITENDRA SINGH to move that the Bill be passed.
3. SHRI ASHOK GAJAPATHI RAJU PUSAPATI to move that the The Anti-Hijacking Bill to give effect to the Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Bill, 2014. Aircraft and for matters connected therewith, be taken into consideration.
ALSO to move that the Bill be passed.
4. SHRI BANDARU DATTATREYA to move that the Bill further The Child Labour to amend the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, be taken (Prohibition and into consideration. Regulation) Amendment Bill, ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. 2012.
NEW DELHI; SHUMSHER K. SHERIFF, December 16, 2015. Secretary-General.
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