Friday, February 24, 1978 Phalguna 5, 1899 (Saka) CONTENTS
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Friday, February 24, 1978 Phalguna 5, 1899 (Saka) CONTENTS Nto. 5, Friday 24, igrj^lPhalgtma 5, 1899 {Saka). C o l u m n s Oral Answers to Questions : •Starred Questions Nos. 62 to 67 . i — 29 Written Answers to Questions : Starred Q^estions Nos. 6i and 68 to 80 . 29— ^43 Unstarred Questions Nos. 551 to 638 and 640 to 750 . 43—^250 Papers laid on the Table . 252— ^258 Statement by Prime Minister re. his participation in the Commonwealth Heads of Government Regional Meeting held at Sydney— Shri Morarji Desai . , 258—260 Announcement re. Reporting of Proceedings of the House by A.I.R.. 261—^262 Calling Attention to Matter of Urgent Public Importance— Reported fall in prices o f gur, sugarcane,' cotton and mustard and breach of agreement by the sugar mill owners— 262—282 Shri Kanwar Lai Gupta ..... __262, 266— ^270 Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh ^ 28f— 282 Shri Ugrasen . V . 73— 274, 275 Shri Rajendra Kumar S h a i ^ j . 275—278 Shrimati Chandravati 1. *. • ^79— Business of the House— I Date — - ............. ” Shri Ravindra Varma . ^ . 283 Statement re. Correction o f Answer to S.Q. No. 255 dated 2nd Decem ber, 1977 re. Fish Catch from Coastal Areas o f Tamil Nadu and Kerala— • Shri Krishna Kumar Goyal .. 283—^284 Statement re. Correction o f Answer to S. Q. N o. 533 dated 23rd December I 977 « Visit of Chinese Delegation to India— Shri Krishna Kumar Goyal ..... 284—^285 Election to Committee— . Rubber Board . ....... 285— ^286 Matters under Rule 377— 286— ^293 (x) Reported Dismissal of Workers in Banmaur Cement Factory in Morena District . ' . 286—288 («■) Reported Huge Advances by the Central Bank of India to Kohinoor Mills Limited ...... 288— 290 (tit) Restriaions on Inter-State Trade ..... 291—^292 (tv) Reported Taking off of an Airbus from Bombay Airport in violation of Security Regulations .... 2<>2—^293 Motion of Thanks on the President’s Address— 293— 317 Shri Gauri Shankar Rai . .......................................... 295— 317 Dr. Sushila Nayar .......................................................................... 317 •The sign + marked above the name o f a Member indicates that the ques tion was actually asked on the floor o f the House by that Member. (ii) C olumns Cbmmittee^n Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions— Eleventh Report adopted ....... 317— 318 Bills Introduced— 318— 320 (1) Protection of Prisoners from Third-Degree Methods Bills by Shri Saugata Roy ....... 318 (2) Hindu Marriage (Amendment) Bill (Amendment of section 13) by Shri O. P. T y a g i ..................................................... .......... 318 (3) Constitution (Amendment) Bill (Amendment of article 217) by Shri O. P. Tyagi ....... 318— 319 (4) Constitution (Amendment) Bill (Amendment of article 19) by Shri Ugrasen ........ 319 (5) Constitution (Amendment) Bill (Insertion o f new articles 23A, 23B, etc.) by Shri Sharad Yadav . 319 (6) Constitution (Amendment) Bill (Amendment o f articles 124 and 217) by Shri O. P. Tyagi ..... 319— 320 (7) Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill (Amend ment of section 2) by Dr. Laxminarayan Pandeya . 320 (8) Mines (Amendment) Bill (Amendment of section 3) by Dr. Vasant Kumar Pandit ...... 320 National Holiday on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s Birthday Bill— Withdrawn .......... 321— 362 Motion to consider — ^ Shri Pabitra Mohan Pradhan . 3 2 1—325 Shri Manoranjan Bhakta ....... 325— 326 Shri P. K. Deo ........ 326— 327 Shri Dhirendranath Basu ...... 327— 329 Shri Raj Krishna Dawn ....... 329— 332 Shri S. K. Sarkar ........ 334— 336 Shri Syed Kazim Ali Meerza ...... 336— 337 Shri Hari Vishnu Kamath ....... 337— 341 Shri Ramji Lai Suman ....... 341— 343 Shri Charan Singh ........ 343— 348 Shri Samar Guha . 348— 362 Andaman and Nicobar Islands (Alteration o f Name) Bill— "^iihdraion. Motion to consider— 362— ^366 Shri Samar Guha ..... 362, 363, 364, 365, 366 Shri Charan Singh ...... 362, 365—366 Motion Re. Constitution (Amendment) Bill (Amendment of article 352)— .......... 366— ^367 ^ ’ ' Shri Hari Vishnu Kamath ...... 366— 367 Constitution (Amendment) Bill (Amendment of article 352)— Motion to consider— 367— 376 Shii Hari Vishnu Kamath .... 369— 372, 375, 376 Shri Shanti Bhilshan ....... 369— yj6 LOK SABHA D-EBATES LOK SABHA‘^ counted income to tax. Penal pto- ceedings _wiU also.be initiated where ver w-arrl^ted. Friday.^ February. 24, 1978/P ha Iflwtna 5, 1899(.5aka) (c> The impact of the measure of de monetisation of high “denomination The'Lok Sabha. met at Eleven of the notes on the ecnomy of the country, is being studied. Clock SHRI O. V. ALAGESAN: Sir, there are several questions on this subject. [Mn. S p eak er in the C h a ir] If you take all of them together, It would be better. ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS MR. SPEAKSR: No, no. It will give opportuiiity i tor........... (Interruptions) Examination > of declarations I thougiit of it. But> then' there->will derers of Hisli Currency Notes be some di£&culty. SHRI S. D. SOMASUNDARAM:-In + the written reply, it is stated that evi •62. SHRI S. D. SOMASUN- dence gathered so far indicates subs DARAM; tantial evasion of tax in a number of SITRI C. K. CHANDRAPPAN: cases. But I want to know the quan tum of tax evasion and nlso the num Will the Minister of FINANCE be ber of such cases. Will the hon. pleased to state: Minister be pleased to give a few (a) the first results of the examina names and also_^ the approximate tion. of the declarations of persons amount of evasion?" who tendered high currency notes as SHRI H. M. PATEL: Sir, this is a result of demonetisation; still under investigation and -it would not be proper to my mind to mention (b) the number of declarations names. which prima facie have shown un accounted money and the action takeii SHRI S. D. SOMASUNDARAM: The thereon; and hon.. Minister could give ^ few names. (c) the positive evidence of salutary MR.' SPEAKER: He cannot give the effect of demonetisation on the econo names now because it is already under my.,of the country? investigation. THE MINISTER OF FINANCE SHRI H. M. PATEL: A t teast quite (SHRI H. M. PATEL): (a) and (b). a few cases are there in which we The scrutiny of the decimations is have thought it necessary to go into. still in progress. Evidence gathered so Inrmaediately it cannot be said that, the' far indicates substantial evasion of tax case agaii^t them has been establish in a number of cases. Further en ed; it is a matter of suspicion that quiries are beini^ made. Appropriate these are cases where there might have action will be taken to bring unac- 'been evasion. It ts not as if the fact 3648 L » — 1. Oral Answers FEBRUARY 24, 1978 Oral Answers has been established. 1 would urge SHRI H. M. PATEL,; From this we that at this stage to make me say crtainly cannot know what quantum who are the persons whose things you of black money there would be in the are suspecting would not be proper. country. SHRI CHITTA BASU; May I know SHRI S. d ; SOMASUNDARAM: The from the h o n . Minister whether i t i3 matter has been leaked out sufficiently not a fact that t h e income-tax depart in advance according to some news- m e n t was involved in t h e matter of ^ paper reports that 'some rich persons investigating into t h e bona fides of had transferred their thousand rupee persons who had deposited high value notes and five thousand rupee notes denomination currency notes and whe into hundred rupee notes and nobody t h e r t h e income-tax departm ent was from the Government had aenied the also directed to complete its investiga veracity of those reports. Secondly, tion within a sePecified time limit of have Government any proposal to de three months? In this context may value 100 rupee notes? I know whether the income-tax depart ment made any s u c h investigation and MR. SPEAKER: Even if they have, if So the number of investigations and will they tell you now? the results thereof? SHRI H. M. PATEL: The answer to SHRI H. M. PATEL: These investi the second part is definitely that the gations will take time, no time-limit government have no such proposal. As can be given in such matters, we can regards the first part, there has been only say: do it as speedily as possible no leakage of information about this, .... (Interruptions) copies of these as far as I know. I do not think that declarations go to the income-tax peo it was known; as far as I can say, in ple and they look at them and they deed I am fairly certain about it that will do this if it appears to them that there has been no leakage of informa the information is such as needs follow tion at alL It came completely as a ing up further. surprise, that is our information. If you say that there has been leakage The precise number of cnses in then I should very much like to know which they would be following up, we what your information is and I shall may not know. follow it up. MR. SPEAKER: One may be done MR. SPEAKER: A number of notes quickly, another may take time. have passed hands and changed into lower denominations, somehow it had sft ^ % been managed, that is his question. tmr sPT | ^ SHRI H. M. PATEL: i do not see how high denomination notes can be passed over or change hands. ^•1 WTsnx % •trt ^ % TRT mnftiPT : SPTT 53TR 'TN' 'Ti^ fSTR % ^ Id ^ >»i l«i«M O’ ^ »fld) % ^ 'dH ^ 'M’HV r1+ ^ nV 5 t^ WT WTT sFT % ^ 5r ^ Sr | ; q f? \d«1 *1*141 w I ^ ^ V*! ^ if srN' ^ ^rr ^ I ? ^ t f Oral Answers PHALGUNA 5, 1899 (SAKA) Oral Answers ^ «r»ft ^ »mT ft; sfn^rr MR.