TUESDAY, THE 19TH JULY, 2016 (The met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.)

11-00 a.m. 1. Oath or Affirmation The following Members from the State of Tamil Nadu made and subscribed oath and took their seats in the House:—

1. Shri S. R. Balasubramoniyan 2. Shri A. Navaneethakrishnan 3. Shri R. Vaithilingam 4. Shri A. Vijayakumar 11-04 a.m. 2. Obituary Reference The Chairman made a reference to the passing away of Shri Abdul Gaiyur Qureshi, (ex- Member). The House observed silence, all Members standing, as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed. 11-06 a.m. 3. Statement by Minister Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Eighty Second, Eighty Third, Eighty Ninth and Ninetieth Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare on Demand for Grants of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

 11-12 a.m. 4. Matters raised with permission 1. Shri Sitaram Yechury raised a matter regarding demolition of historical and heritage building of Ambedkar Bhawan in Mumbai. Shri Anand Sharma, !Km. Mayawati and !Shri also spoke.

 From 11-07 a.m. to 11-12 a.m., some points were raised. ! Spoke in Hindi. 11 RAJYA SABHA !Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, responded. 11-23 a.m. 2. !Shrimati Rajani Patil raised a matter regarding brutal rape and murder of a ten year old girl in Ahmednagar, . !Shri Husain Dalwai also spoke. 11-26 a.m. 3. Shri Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu raised a matter regarding growing unrest among Scheduled Castes due to unequal distribution of resources. 11-29 a.m. 4. Shri K.K. Ragesh raised a matter regarding need to withdraw the decision regarding merger of SBI and SBT. Shri A. K. Antony, Shri Tapan Kumar Sen and Shri Jairam Ramesh also spoke. 11-35 a.m. 5. Shri Ripun Bora raised a matter regarding need to withdraw the decision to auction 12 oil fields in Assam. 11-38 a.m. 6. Shrimati Vijila Sathyananth raised a matter regarding need to take immediate steps for release of fishermen and their fishing boats apprehended on 15.07.2016. Shri Tiruchi Siva also spoke. 11-43 a.m. 7. Shri P. Bhattacharya raised a matter regarding pathetic condition of the National Library in Kolkata. 11-46 a.m. 8. !Shri Naresh Agrawal raised a matter regarding arbitrariness of doctors, hospitals and Nursing Homes. !Shri , Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, responded. ______! Spoke in Hindi. 12 19TH JULY, 2016 11-51 a.m. 9. Shri Derek O’ Brien raised a matter regarding neglect of Dr. Abdul Kalam’s Memorial. Shri Manohar Parrikar, Minister of Defence, responded. 12-00 Noon. 5. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No. 16 regarding Annual special grant to Tamil Nadu. Starred Question No. 17 regarding Discontinuation of resettlement courses for Jawans. Starred Question No. 18 regarding Ban on spitting in public places. Starred Question No. 19 regarding Misuse of in-flight public announcement system. Starred Question No. 20 regarding Action against wilful defaulters of PSBs. Starred Question No. 21 regarding 13th Finance Commission grants for the State of Tamil Nadu. Starred Question No. 22 regarding Super specialty medical services at Dr.R.P. Medical College, Tanda (H.P.). Starred Question No. 23 regarding Army Rallies in the country. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 24 to 30 were laid on the Table. 6. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 139 to 278 were laid on the Table. (The House adjourned at 1-00 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-02 p.m.)

 From 11-53 a.m. to 11-55 a.m. and From 11-56 a.m. to 11-57 a.m., some points were raised. 13 RAJYA SABHA 2-02 p.m. 7. Messages from - Reported (I) The Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016 (II) The Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Secretary-General, reported to the House the following messages received from the Lok Sabha, signed by the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha:- (I) "I am directed to inform you that Lok Sabha, at its sitting held on the 19th July, 2016, has adopted the following motion:- "That this House do recommend to Rajya Sabha that Rajya Sabha do agree to appoint three Members of Rajya Sabha to serve as members of the Joint Committee on the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016 vice Shri Praful Patel, Shri Satish Chandra Misra and Shri K.C. Tyagi retired from Rajya Sabha and do communicate to this House the names of the members so appointed by Rajya Sabha to the Joint Committee." 2. I am to request that the concurrence of Rajya Sabha in the same motion, and also the names of the Members of Rajya Sabha so nominated, maybe communicated to this House."

(II) "I am directed to inform you that Lok Sabha, at its sitting held on the 19th July, 2016, has adopted the following motion:- “That this House do appoint Dr. Kirit Somaiya to serve as member of the Joint Committee on the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016 vice Shri P. P. Chaudhary resigned from the Joint Committee on his appointment as Minister." 2-03 p.m. 8. Calling Attention to Matter of Urgent Public Importance Shri A. U. Singh Deo called the attention of the Minister of Home Affairs to the situation arising due to floods in the country, particularly in Odisha and preventive measures taken by the Government.

14 19TH JULY, 2016 Shri , Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, made a statement. Thereafter, some Members sought clarifications on the statement. 3-47 p.m. 9. Motion for Appointment of Members to the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013 Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, moved the following Motion:— “That this House do appoint Shri Dilipbhai Pandya, Shri Shamsher Singh Manhas, Shri Pramod Tiwari, Shri A. Navaneethakrishnan, Shri Praful Patel, Shri Harivansh, Shri Satish Chandra Misra and Shri Sanjay Raut to the Select Committee to examine the Prevention of Corruption (Amendment) Bill, 2013 in the vacancies caused by the retirements of Shri Anil Madhav Dave, Dr. Chandan Mitra, Shri Avinash Pande, Shri A. Navaneethakrishnan, Shri K.C. Tyagi, Shri Satish Chandra Misra, Shri Praful Patel and Shri Sanjay Raut. This House also do appoint Shri Swapan Dasgupta to the said Select Committee in place of Shri who has been inducted into the Union Council of Ministers". The Motion was adopted. 3-49 p.m. 10. Motion for Appointment of Members to the Joint Committee on the Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016

Shri , Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs, moved the following Motion:— “That this House concurs in the recommendation of the Lok Sabha that the Rajya Sabha do appoint three Members to the Joint Committee on Enforcement of Security Interest and Recovery of Debts Laws and Miscellaneous Provisions (Amendment) Bill, 2016 in the vacancies caused by the retirement of Shri Satish Chandra Misra, Shri Praful Patel and Shri K.C. Tyagi from the Rajya Sabha and communicate to the Lok Sabha the names of the Members so appointed by the Rajya Sabha to the Joint Committee and resolves that Shri Ramchandra Prasad Singh; Shri Satish Chandra Misra and Shri Praful Patel be appointed to the said Joint Committee to fill the vacancies.”

The Motion was adopted. 15 RAJYA SABHA 3-50 p.m. 11. Government Bill — Passed The Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Amendment Bill, 2012 Shri Bandaru Dattatreya (Minster of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment) moved:- “That the Bill further to amend the Child Labour (Prohibition and Regulation) Act, 1986, be taken into consideration.” The following Members took part in the discussion:—

3-51 p.m. 1. !Shri Shadi Lal Batra 4-03 p.m. 2. !Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya 4-12 p.m. 3. !Shri Ravi Prakash Verma 4-28 p.m. 4. Shri A. Navaneethakrishnan 4-38 p.m. 5. !Shri Vivek Gupta 4-45 p.m. 6. Shrimati Jharna Das Baidya 4-52 p.m. 7. !Shrimati Sarojini Hembram 5-04 p.m. 8. !Shri Rajaram 5-09 p.m. 9. Dr. Narendra Jadhav 5-15 p.m. 10. Shri D. Raja 5-23 p.m. 11. Shrimati Renuka Chowdhury 5-48 p.m. 12. Shri Rangasayee Ramakrishna 5-57 p.m. 13. Dr. K. Keshava Rao 6-07 p.m. 14. Shrimati Kanimozhi 6-19 p.m. 15. Shri Madhusudan Mistry 6-25 p.m.

Shri Bandaru Dattatreya replied to the debate. 6-49 p.m.

The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses 2 to 4 were adopted. Clause 5, as amended, was adopted. Clause 6, as amended, was adopted. Clause 7 was adopted. New Clause 7A was adopted. Clause 8, as amended, was adopted. ______! Spoke in Hindi. 16 19TH JULY, 2016 New Clauses 8A to 8H were adopted. Clause 9, as amended, was adopted. Clause 10, as amended, was adopted. Clause 11 was adopted. Clause 12, as amended, was adopted. Clause 13 was adopted. Clause 1, as amended, was adopted. The Enacting Formula, as amended, was adopted. The Title was adopted.

6-58 p.m. The motion moved by Shri Bandaru Dattatreya that the Bill, as amended, be passed was adopted and the Bill, as amended, was passed. 6-59 p.m. 12. Government Bill — Under consideration The Compensatory Afforestation Fund Bill, 2016, as passed by Lok Sabha Shri Anil Madhav Dave (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change) moved:- “That the Bill to provide for the establishment of funds under the public accounts of and the public accounts of each State and crediting thereto the monies received from the user agencies towards compensatory afforestation, additional compensatory afforestation, penal compensatory afforestation, net present value and all other amounts recovered from such agencies under the Forest (Conservation) Act, 1980; constitution of an authority at national level and at each of the State and Union territory Administration for administration of the funds and to utilise the monies so collected for undertaking artificial regeneration (plantations), assisted natural regeneration, protection of forests, forest related infrastructure development, Green India Programme, wildlife protection and other related activities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.” The discussion on the Bill had not commenced.

17 RAJYA SABHA 7-16 p.m. 13. Special Mentions

The following Special Mentions were laid on the Table of the House:— 1. Dr. Subramanian Demand to expedite the steps for early Swamy listing and disposal of the case relating to dispute for construction of Ram Temple at Ayodhya. 2. Shri Shantaram Naik Demand to adopt a balanced approach to address the issue of drug offences in the State of Goa. 3. Shri Husain Dalwai Demand for immediate discontinuation of pellet guns to disperse the crowds. 4. Shrimati Jharna Das Demand to take urgent steps to ensure Baidya availability of safe and clean toilets for women on Highways in the country. 5. Chaudhary Munvvar Demand to encourage farming of pulses Saleem by giving remunerative prices to the farmers in northern States particularly, Uttar Pradesh in the country. 6. Shrimati Wansuk Demand to take steps to provide better Syiem air-connectivity to the North-Eastern region of the country. 7. Shri Motilal Vora Demand to spread awareness among Jan-Dhan account holders about the terms and conditions of facilities being provided to them. 8. Shri P.L. Punia Demand to bring amendment in the SC/ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Act,

1989 to stop untouchability and harassment in educational institutions. (The House adjourned at 7-19 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Wednesday, the 20th July, 2016) ______

 From 7-00 p.m. to 7-16 p.m., some points were raised. 18