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RAJYA SABHA COMMITTEES – A PROFILE (2012) (Standing Committees and Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees) SUMMARY OF WORK DONE RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI May, 2013/Vaisakha, 1935 (Saka) Hindi version of this publication is also available. RAJYA SABHA COMMITTEES – A PROFILE (2012) (Standing Committees and Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees) SUMMARY OF WORK DONE (1st January to 31st December, 2012) RAJYA SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI May, 2013/Vaisakha, 1935 (Saka) Committee Co-ordination Section Price: ` 150.00 Website:http://www.rajyasabha.nic.in E-mail : [email protected] PREFACE This publication attempts to present, in a concise form, information about the activities of five Standing Committees as well as eight Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committees being administered by the Rajya Sabha Secretariat, for the period from 1st January to 31st December, 2012. 2. For the sake of better understanding, the material has been divided into thirteen chapters dealing with one Committee at a time. Each chapter gives information regarding composition of the Committee, subjects selected for examination, review of work done, Reports presented, etc. 3. After every chapter, Annexures containing details of the sittings of Committees and Sub-Committees, etc. have been appended. NEW DELHI; Shumsher K. Sheriff, May, 2013 Secretary-General. CONTENTS Chapter No. Name of the Committees Pages Chapter I Committee on Subordinate Legislation 1—16 Chapter II Committee on Petitions 17—22 Chapter III Committee on Government Assurances 23—53 Chapter IV Committee on Papers Laid on the Table 54—60 Chapter V Committee on Ethics 61—63 Chapter VI Committee on Commerce 64—92 Chapter VII Committee on Health and Family Welfare 93—148 Chapter VIII Committee on Home Affairs 149—181 Chapter IX Committee on Human Resource Development 182—215 Chapter X Committee on Industry 216—235 Chapter XI Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice 236—265 Chapter XII Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests 266—292 Chapter XIII Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture 293—323 CHAPTER-I COMMITTEE ON SUBORDINATE LEGISLATION I. Composition of the Committee 1. 1 The Committee was constituted on 29th September, 2010 and is continuing since then with the following composition: *1. Shrimati Maya Singh — Chairperson 2. Shri Jesudasu Seelam 3. Shri Vijay Jawaharlal Darda 4. Shri P. Kannan 5. Shri Prakash Javadekar 6. Shri Narendra Kashyap 7. Dr. K. P. Ramalingam 8. Dr. Janardhan Waghmare 9. Dr. Bharatkumar Raut 10. Shri Ahmad Saeed Malihabadi **11. Shri Shantaram Naik **12. Shri Bhupender Yadav #13. Shri Ali Anwar Ansari **14. Shri D. Bandyopadhyay **15. Shri Rabinarayan Mohapatra * Nominated as Chairperson in place of Shri Kalraj Misra w.e.f. 28th March, 2012 against vacancy arising from his resignation as Member, Rajya Sabha w.e.f. 21st March, 2012. ** Nominated w.e.f. 9th May, 2012 against vacancies arising on retirement of Ms. Sushila Tiriya, Shri Syed Azeez Pasha and Shri M.V. Mysura Reddy w.e.f. 2nd April, 2012. # Retirement w.e.f. 2nd April, 2012 and re-nominated w.e.f. 9th May, 2012. 2 II. Subjects selected for examination 1.2 The Committee had identified the following subjects for detailed examination:— Sl. Ministry/Department Subject Date of No. Identification 1. Department of Atomic The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage 13.03.2012 Energy Rules, 2011 2. Ministry of Civil Aviation Aircraft (Security) Rules, 2011 14.09.2012 3. Ministry of Commerce and The Ammonium Nitrate Rules, 2012 12.12.2012 Industry (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion) 4. Ministry of Communications (i) The Telecom Consumers Complaint 14.09.2012 and Information Technology Redressal Regulations, 2012 (Department of Telecommunications) (ii) The Telecom Consumers Protection 14.09.2012 Regulations, 2012 (iii) The Reporting System on Accounting 12.12.2012 Separation Regulations, 2012 (iv) The Mobile Banking (Quality of Service) 12.12.2012 Regulations, 2012 (v) The Consumers Complaint Redressal 12.12.2012 (Digital Addressable Cable TV Systems) Regulations, 2012 (vi) The Standards of Quality of Service 12.12.2012 (Duration of Advertisements in Television Channels) Regulations, 2012 5. Ministry of Corporate Affairs (i) The Cost Accounting Records (Telecommuni- 14.09.2012 cation Industry) Rules, 2011 (ii) The Cost Accounting Records (Petroleum 14.09.2012 Industry) Rules, 2011 (iii) The Cost Accounting Records (Electricity 14.09.2012 Industry) Rules, 2011 (iv) The Cost Accounting Records (Fertilizer 14.09.2012 Industry) Rules, 2011 (v) The Cost Accounting Records (Pharmaceutical 14.09.2012 Industry) Rules, 2011 6. Ministry of Finance The Securities and Exchange Board of India 13.03.2012 (Department of Economic (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Affairs) Takeovers) Regulations, 2011 7. Ministry of Finance (i) The IRDA (Issuance of Capital by Life 14.09.2012 (Department of Financial Insurance Companies) Regulations, 2011 Services) (ii) The Securitisation and Reconstruction of 12.12.2012 Financial Assets and Enforcement of Security Interest (Central Registry) Rules, 2011 8. Ministry of Health and Family (i) The Establishment of New Medical College 14.09.2012 Welfare (Department of AYUSH) (Opening of New or Higher Course of Study or Training and Increase of Admission Capacity by a Medical College) Regulations, 2011 3 Sl. Ministry/Department Subject Date of No. Identification (ii) The Indian Medicine Central Council 12.12.2012 (Minimum Standard Requirements of Ayurveda Colleges and attached Hospitals) Regulations, 2012 9. Ministry of Health and (i) The Food Safety and Standards (Contaminants, 13.03.2012 Family Welfare (Department Toxins and Residues) Regulations, 2011 of Health and Family Welfare) (ii) The Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition 13.03.2012 and Restrictions on Sales) Regulations, 2011 (iii) The Food Safety and Standards (Laboratory 13.03.2012 and Sample Analysis) Regulations, 2011 (iv) The Food Safety and Standards (Packaging 13.03.2012 and Labelling) Regulations, 2011 (v) The Food Safety and Standards (Licensing 13.03.2012 and Registration of Food Businesses) Regulations, 2011 (vi) The Food Safety and Standards (Food Products 13.03.2012 Standards and Food Additives) Regulations, 2011 (vii) The Food Safety and Standards Authority of 13.03.2012 India (Procedure for Transaction of Business of the Central Advisory Committee) Regulations, 2010 (viii) The Food Safety and Standards Authority 13.03.2012 of India (Transaction of Business at its Meetings) Regulations, 2010 (ix) The Food Safety and Standards Authority 13.03.2012 of India (Procedure of Scientific Committee and Scientific Panel) Regulations, 2010 (x) The Clinical Establishments (Central 12.12.2012 Government) Rules, 2012 10. Ministry of Human Resource (i) The All India Council for Technical Education 12.12.2012 Development (Department of (Establishment of Mechanism for Grievance Higher Education) Redressal) Regulations, 2012 (ii) The All India Council for Technical Education 12.12.2012 (Information for Maintenance of Standards and Conduct of Inspection of Technical Entities of Universities) Regulations, 2012 11. Ministry of Law and Justice The National Legal Services Authority (Legal Aid 13.03.2012 Clinics) Regulations, 2011 12. Ministry of Power (i) The Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission 13.03.2012 (Distribution Code) Regulations, 2011. (ii) Central Electricity Regulatory Commission 14.09.2012 (Payment of Fees) Regulations, 2012 (iii) The Energy Conservation (Energy Consumption 12.12.2012 Norms and Standards for Designated Consumers, Form, Time within which, and Manner of Preparation and Implementation of Scheme, Procedure for Issue of Energy Savings Certificate and Value of Per Metric Ton of Oil Equivalent of Energy Consumed) Rules, 2012 4 Sl. Ministry/Department Subject Date of No. Identification 13. Ministry of Shipping The Merchant Shipping (Regulation of Entry 14.09.2012 of Ships into Ports, Anchorages and Offshore Facilities) Rules, 2012 14. Ministry of Textiles (i) The National Institute of Fashion Technology 14.09.2012 for the Post Graduate Degree, Under Graduate Degree, Diploma and Certificate Programme Ordinances, 2007 (ii) The National Institute of Fashion Technology 14.09.2012 Academic Programmes Ordinances, 2012 (iii) The First Statutes of National Institute of Fashion 14.09.2012 Technology, 2012 (iv) The National Jute Board Regulations, 2012 12.12.2012 15. Ministry of Urban Development The Bangalore Metro Railway (General) Rules, 2011 13.03.2012 III. Review of work done (a) Sittings of the Committee 1.3 During the year, the Committee held 8 sittings for 11 hours and 41 minutes. A statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee held during the year 2012, the duration of the sittings and the subjects discussed is given in Annexure-I. (b) Study Visits 1.4 The Committee undertook three study visits during the year to have on-the-spot study of the issues/subjects under its examination as per the details given below:- Sl. Dates Places visited Rules / Regulations Considered No. 1. 23.02.2012 Kolkata, Port Blair and 1. Regional Rural Bank (Appointment and Promotion to Chennai of Officers and Employees) Rules, 2012 29.02.2012 2. Colliery Control Rules, 2004 3. Insurance Surveyors and Loss Assessors (Licensing, Professional Requirements and Code of Conduct) Regulations, 2000 4. IRDA (Obligations of Insurers to Rural or Social Sectors) Regulations, 2002 5. Electricity Rules, 2005 6. Coastal Regulation Zone Notification, 2011