The Rajya Sabha Met in the Parliament House at 1-30 Pm

MONDAY, THE 19TH MARCH, 2012 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 1-30 p.m.) 11-00 a.m.

1. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No. 61 regarding Requirement of foodgrains for the Food Guarantee Scheme. Starred Question No. 62 regarding Committee on sugar sector. Starred Question No. 63 regarding Iron-ore mines in Chhattisgarh. Starred Question No. 64 regarding Decline in power generation due to short supply of coal. Starred Question No. 65 regarding Release of water to Rajasthan. Starred Question No. 66 regarding Distribution of rotten wheat. Starred Question No. 67 regarding Paid news. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 68 to 80 were laid on the Table. 2. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 466 to 620 were laid on the Table.

12-00 Noon. 3. Statement by Minister Correcting Answer to Question Shri Salman Khursheed, Minister of Law and Justice and Minister of Minority Affairs, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) correcting the answer to Unstarred Question 846 given in the Rajya Sabha on the 8th August, 2011 regarding "SC/ST representation in the Ministry".

39 RAJYA SABHA 12-01 p.m. 4. Papers Laid on the Table

Shri Virbhadra Singh (Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) 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:— (a) Nineteenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Omnibus Industrial Development Corporation of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli Limited (OIDC), Nani Daman, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor‟s Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers: — (i) (a) Forty-ninth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ni-msme), Hyderabad, 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 Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati, 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 (ii) (a) above. Prof. K.V. Thomas (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under Section 23 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Bureau of Indian Standards, New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor‟s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Bureau.

40 19TH MARCH, 2012 Shri Choudhury Mohan Jatua (Minister of State in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication (IIMC), New Delhi, 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 (a) above. Shri Ashwani Kumar (Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning, Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences and Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology) laid on the Table :- I.(1) 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) Thirty-seventh Annual Report and Accounts of the Central Electronics Limited (CEL), New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor‟s Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (ii) (a) Fifty-seventh Annual Report and Accounts of the National Research Development Corporation (NRDC), New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, 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. (2) Statements (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. Shri K.C. Venugopal (Minister of State in the Ministry of Power) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report of the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission, for the State of Goa and Union Territories, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor‟s Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above.

41 RAJYA SABHA 12-02 p.m. 5. Supplementary Demands For Grants (General), 2011-12 Shri Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) showing the Supplementary Demands for Grants (General), for the year 2011-12.

12-03 p.m.

6. Statement by Minister Shri Ashwani Kumar, Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning, Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry 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 Thirteenth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment & Forests on the Demands for Grants (2010-11) of the Ministry of Earth Sciences.

12-04 p.m. 7. Recommendations of the Business Advisory Committee The Vice-Chairman (Prof. P. J. Kurien) informed Members that the Business Advisory Committee in its meeting held on the 15th March, 2012, has allotted time for Government Legislative and other Business as follows:—

BUSINESS TIME ALLOTTED 1. General Discussion on Budget (Railways) for 2012-13. 2. Consideration and return of the Appropriation Bills relating to the following Demands for Grants, after they are passed

by Lok Sabha:- Twelve Hours (a) Demands for Grants on Account (To be discussed (Railways) for 2012-13; together) (b) Supplementary Demands for Grants

(Railways) for 2011-12; and

42 19TH MARCH, 2012 3. General Discussion on Budget (General) for 2012-13. 4. Consideration and return of the Appropriation Bills relating to the following Demands for Grants, after they are passed Twelve Hours by Lok Sabha:- (To be discussed (a) Demands for Grants on Account together) (General) for the year 2012-13; (b) Third Supplementary Demands for Grants (General) for the year 2011- 12; and (c) Demands for Excess Grants (General) for the year 2009-10. 12-06 p.m.

8. Matters raised with permission

1. ^Shri Tariq Anwar raised a matter regarding declining sex ratio. ^Shrimati Maya Singh also spoke.

12-12 p.m. 2. ^Shri Avinash Rai Khanna raised a matter regarding taking away of two children out of the custody of their NRI parents in Norway. 12-15 p.m. 3. Shri Piyush Goyal raised a matter regarding decision to audit less numbers of Public Sector Bank branches from current year. 12-18 p.m. 4. ^Shri Ram Vilas Paswan raised a matter regarding less registration of Muslim and Dalit children in nursery classes. 12-29 p.m. 5. ^Shri Tarun Vijay raised a matter regarding 100th century by Sachin Tendulkar.

^ Spoke in Hindi.  From 12-23 p.m. to 12-29 p.m. some points were raised.

43 RAJYA SABHA 12-33 p.m. 6. ^Shri Parshottam Khodabhai Rupala raised a matter regarding International political situation arising out of alleged nuclear programme of Iran. 12-36 p.m.

7. Shri Tapan Kumar Sen raised a matter regarding reduction in the interest rate on Employees Provident Fund.

12-39 p.m. 9. Motion of Thanks on the President's Address Further discussion on the following Motion moved by Shri Satyavrat Chaturvedi on the 14th March, 2012 and the amendments moved thereto— “That an Address be presented to the President in the following terms— „That the Members of the Rajya Sabha assembled in this Session are deeply grateful to the President for the Address which she has been pleased to deliver to both Houses of Parliament assembled together on March 12, 2012.‟ ” The following Members took part in the discussion:— 12-39 p.m. 1. Shri Y. S. Chowdary ^12-46 p.m. 2. Shri Prakash Javadekar . 1-02 p.m. (The House adjourned at 1-02 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-02 p.m.) ^2-02 p.m. 3. Shri Narendra Kumar Kashyap ^2-14 p.m. 4. Shri Saman Pathak 2-22 p.m. 5. Shrimati Vasanthi Stanley 2-35 p.m. 6. Shri Baishnab Parida ^2-44 p.m. 7. Shri Biwajit Daimary 2-51 p.m. 8. Dr. Chandan Mitra !3-06 p.m. 9. Shri Ahmad Saeed Malihabadi 3-11 p.m. 10. Shri Kumar Deepak Das ^3-21 p.m. 11. Shri Nand Kumar Sai 3-36 p.m. 12. Prof. P. J. Kurien

^ Spoke in Hindi. . From 12-50 p.m. to 12-53 p.m. some points were raised. ! Spoke in Urdu. 44 19TH MARCH, 2012

4-28 p.m. 13. Dr. Barun Mukherji ^4-39 p.m. 14. Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Singh 4-50 p.m. 15. Shri Sitaram Yechury ^5-29 p.m. 16. Shri Sanjay Raut ^5-36 p.m. 17. Shri Tarun Vijay ^5-49 p.m. 18. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav 6-05 p.m. 19. Shri M. Rama Jois !6-18 p.m. 20. Shri Mohammed Adeeb 6-28 p.m. 21. Shri G. N. Ratanpuri ^6-39 p.m. 22. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan

The Vice-Chairman (Prof. P. J. Kurien) announced that the discussion was concluded and the reply would be on Tuesday, the 20th March, 2012. (The House adjourned at 6-55 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Tuesday, the th 20 March, 2012)

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^ Spoke in Hindi.  From 4-36 p.m. to 4-38 p.m. some points were raised. ! Spoke in Urdu.