MONDAY, THE 26TH AUGUST, 2013 (The met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Oath or Affirmation Shri B.K. Hariprasad (Karnataka) made and subscribed affirmation and took his seat in the House. 11-01 a.m. 2. Felicitations to Indian Sportspersons The Chairman, on behalf of the House and on his behalf, offered felicitations to the Indian Women‟s Recurve Team for winning the Gold medal at the World Cup Archery (Stage IV) held in Poland and the India Under-23 Cricket Team for winning the Asian Cricket Council Emerging Teams Cup in Singapore on the 25th of August, 2013. *11-04 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-04 a.m. and re-assembled at 11-19 a.m.)

@11-21 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-21 a.m. and re-assembled at 12-00 Noon) 3. Starred Questions Answers to Starred Question Nos. 221 to 240 were laid on the Table. 4. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 1706 to 1860 were laid on the Table. 5. Short Notice Question Answer to Short Notice Question No. 2 was laid on the Table.

* From 11-02 a.m. to 11-04 a.m., some points were raised. @ From 11-19 a.m. to 11-21 a.m., some points were raised. 157 RAJYA SABHA

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6. Statement by Minister Correcting Answer to Question Shri M.M. Pallam Raju, Minister of Human Resource Development, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) correcting the reply to Starred Question 442 given in the Rajya Sabha on 26th April, 2013 regarding „Upgradation of infrastructure in schools‟. 12-02 p.m.

7. Papers Laid on the Table Shri S. Jaipal (Minister of Earth Sciences and Minister of Science and Technology) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i)(a) Fifteenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Technology Development Board, New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts.

(b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report.

(c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Centre for Soft Matter Research (formerly Centre for Liquid Crystal Research), Bengaluru, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. Shri (Minister of Water Resources) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 15 of the Betwa River Board Act, 1976:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Betwa River Board (BRB), Jhansi, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts.

$ From 12-00 Noon to 12-01 p.m., some points were raised. 158 26TH AUGUST, 2013 (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Board. (c) 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. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i)(a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii)(a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Narmada Control Authority, Indore, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by the Government on the working of the above Authority. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i)(a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Mizoram Education Mission Society implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Mizoram, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii)(a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rajya Madhyamik Shiksha Mission implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Chhattisgarh, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts.

159 RAJYA SABHA (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. (iii)(a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Arunachal Pradesh, for the year 2011- 12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iii) (a) above. (iv)(a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Maharashtra Prathamik Shiksha Parishad implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA) Maharashtra, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iv) (a) above. (v)(a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Central Institute of Classical Tamil (CICT), Chennai, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (v) (a) above. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning) on behalf of Dr. laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (4) of Section 22 of the National Institutes of Technology Act, 2007:— (i)(a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Technology, Calicut, Kerala, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute.

160 26TH AUGUST, 2013 (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Technology, Jamshedpur, Jharkhand, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Technology, Agartala, Tripura, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (2) Statement each (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Indore, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ranchi, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Kashipur, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iii) (a) above. (iv) (a) Annual Report of the Indian Institute of Technology Madras (IITM), Chennai, for the year 2011-12. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute.

161 RAJYA SABHA (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iv) (a) above. (v) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Raipur, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (v) (a) above. (vi) Memorandum of Understanding between the (Ministry of Human Resource Development, Department of Higher Education) and the Educational Consultants India Limited [EdCIL (India) Ltd.], for the year 2013-14. Shri Porika Balram Naik (Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyaya Institute for the Physically Handicapped (IPH), New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Twenty-eighth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute for the Mentally Handicapped (NIMH), Secunderabad, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. (iii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment) and the Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India (ALIMCO), for the year 2013-14.

162 26TH AUGUST, 2013 12-03 p.m. 8. Messages from reported (I) The Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Amendment Bill 2013 (II) The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2013 (III) The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2013 Secretary-General, reported to the House the following messages received from the Lok Sabha as signed by the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha:- (I) "In accordance with the provisions of rule 96 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, I am directed to enclose the Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Amendment Bill, 2013, as passed by Lok Sabha at its sitting held on the 24th August, 2013." (II) "In accordance with the provisions of rule 96 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, I am directed to enclose the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2013, as passed by Lok Sabha at its sitting held on the 24th August, 2013." (III) "In accordance with the provisions of rule 96 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, I am directed to enclose the Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2013, as passed by Lok Sabha at its sitting held on the 24th August, 2013." 9. Government Bills Laid on the Table Secretary-General, laid on the Table the following Bills as passed by the Lok Sabha:- (I) The Governors (Emoluments, Allowances and Privileges) Amendment Bill 2013 (II) The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2013 (III) The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Order (Amendment) Bill, 2013

163 RAJYA SABHA 12-04 p.m. 10. Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce Shri Shanta Kumar presented the One Hundred and Eleventh Report (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Commerce on „The National Institute of Design Bill, 2013‟. 11. Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Shri Shantaram Naik presented the Sixty-first Report (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice on “Electoral Reforms - Code of Conduct for Political Parties and Anti- Defection Law.” 12. Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs Dr. Najma A. Heptulla laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Twenty-second Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Twentieth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on „Demands for Grants (2013-14)‟ of the Ministry of External Affairs. 12-05 p.m. 13. Statements by Ministers (1) Shri S. , Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Two Hundred and Fortieth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests on the Demands for Grants (2013-14) pertaining to the Ministry of Science and Technology. (2) Kumari Selja, Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Twenty-fourth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment on the Demands for Grants (2012-13) pertaining to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment.

164 26TH AUGUST, 2013 (3) Shri Rajeev Shukla, Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning and in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Thirty-second Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development pertaining to the Council for Advancement of People's Action and Rural Technology (CAPART). (4) Shrimati , Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of State in the , laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Thirty-sixth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour on the Demands for Grants, for the year 2013-14, pertaining to the Ministry of Textiles. (5) Shri , Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Sixty-fourth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance on the Demands for Grants (2012-13) pertaining to the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. (The House adjourned at 12-06 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-00 p.m. 2-04 p.m. 14. Submissions by Members (i) !Shri Vinay Katiyar made a submission regarding ban on 84 Kose Parikrama and reported arrest of 1700 Hindu saints in Ayodhya. The following Members also spoke:— 1. !Shri Naresh Agrawal 2. !Km. Mayawati 3. !Shri Shivanand Tiwari 4. !Shri Sitaram Yechury 5. !Shri Satyavrat Chaturvedi .(ii) Shri Y.S. Chowdary made a submission regarding the situation in Andhra Pradesh over the issue of creation of separate Telengana State.

 From 2-00 p.m. to 2-04 p.m., some points were raised. ! Spoke in Hindi.  From 2-09 p.m. to 2-10 p.m., some points were raised. . At 2-44 p.m. 165 RAJYA SABHA 2-41 p.m. 15. Government Bills — Introduced (I) The Nalanda University (Amendment) Bill, 2013 Shri (Minister of External Affairs) moved for leave to introduce a Bill further to amend the Nalanda University Act, 2010. Shri Salman Khurshid introduced the Bill. 2-42 p.m. (II) The Representation of the People (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2013 Shri (Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Minister of Law and Justice) moved for leave to introduce a Bill further to amend the Representation of the People Act, 1951. Shri Kapil Sibal introduced the Bill. 2-55 p.m. 16. Withdrawal of Members The Deputy Chairman, under Rule 255, directed the following Members to withdraw immediately from the House:- (i) Shri Y.S. Chowdary; and (ii) Shri C.M. Ramesh Thereafter, the Members withdrew from the House. (The House adjourned at 2-56 p.m. and re-assembled at 3-26 p.m.)

 From 2-31 p.m. to 2-34 p.m., some points were raised.  From 2-43 p.m. to 2-44 p.m., some points were raised; From 2-44 p.m. to 2-50 p.m., see item at Sl. No. 13 (ii); and From 2-50 p.m. to 2-55 p.m., some points were raised. 166 26TH AUGUST, 2013 3-26 p.m. 17. Government Bill — Passed The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010 Further consideration of the motion moved by Shri Salman Khurshid on the 30th April, 2012, continued. The following Members took part in the discussion:—

3-26 p.m. 1. !Dr. Najma A. Heptulla 3-41 p.m. 2. !Dr. Ram Prakash 3-51 p.m. 3. 1Shri Narendra Kumar Kashyap 3-58 p.m. 4. Shrimati Jharna Das Baidya 4-02 p.m. 5. Shri Derek O‟ Brien 4-04 p.m. 6. !Shri Arvind Kumar Singh 4-08 p.m. 7. Shrimati Kanimozhi 4-13 p.m. 8. Shrimati Renubala Pradhan 4-16 p.m. 9. Shrimati Vandana Chavan 4-20 p.m. 10. Dr. Bharatkumar Raut 4-25 p.m. 11. Dr. Gyan Prakash Pilania 4-28 p.m. 12. Shri Pyarimohan Mohapatra 4-32 p.m. 13. !Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot 4-37 p.m. 14. Shrimati Gundu Sudharani 4-42 p.m. 15. Shri Rangasayee Ramakrishna 4-44 p.m. 16. Shri M.P. Achuthan 4-48 p.m. 17. *Shri Mohammed Adeeb 4-52 p.m. 18. !Shri Balwinder Singh Bhunder 4-55 p.m. Shri Kapil Sibal, Minister of Communications and Information Technology and Minister of Law and Justice, replied to the debate. 5-07 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clause 2, as amended, was adopted. Clause 3, as amended, was adopted. Clauses 4 and 5 were adopted. Clause 6, as amended, was adopted. ______! Spoke in Hindi. * Spoke in Urdu.

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Clause 7, as amended, was adopted. Clause 8 was adopted. Clause 1, as amended, was adopted. The Enacting Formula, as amended, was adopted. The Title was adopted. 5-15 p.m. On the motion moved by Shri Kapil Sibal, that the Bill, as amended, be passed, Shri spoke. Shri Kapil Sibal responded. 5-17 p.m. Thereafter, the motion that the Bill, as amended, be passed was adopted and the Bill, as amended, was passed. 5-18 p.m. 18. Statement by Minister Shri R.P.N. Singh, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) on Mumbai Gangrape Case. Thereafter, some Members sought clarifications on the statement. 6-45 p.m. 19. Special Mentions

The following Special Mentions were made/laid on the Table of the House:—

1. Shri Tarun Vijay Demand to take steps for proper representation of SCs/STs in media, film making and corporate world.

2. Dr. Gyan Prakash Pilania Demand to take necessary steps to control increasing air pollution in cities of the country.

 From 5-19 p.m. to 5-22 p.m., some points were raised.  Made at 6-45 p.m. 168 26TH AUGUST, 2013 3. Shri Vivek Gupta Demand to take steps for revival of sick MSMEs in West Bengal.

4. Shri Ambeth Rajan Demand to take immediate steps to make the country self-reliant in production of defence equipments.

5. .Shri Avinash Rai Demand to give adequate Khanna compensation to people affected by cloud bursts and earthquake in Kargil and Bhadravah (J&K).

6. Shri T. Rathinavel Demand for inclusion of dalit Christians in the Scheduled Castes category.

7. Shri K.N. Balagopal Demand to withdraw the circular issued by NABARD to ensure the independent functioning of the Primary Agriculture Credit Societies.

8. Shrimati Gundu Demand for Government‟s intervention Sudharani to ensure proper supply of fertilizers to farmers in Andhra Pradesh.

9. Dr. R. Lakshmanan Demand to drop the proposal to file review petition in Supreme Court to restore National Eligibility-cum- Entrance Test (NEET). (The House adjourned at 6-55 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Tuesday, the 27th August, 2013)

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