SATURDAY, THE 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2013 (The met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Messages from reported (I) The Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University Bill, 2013 (II) The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2013 (III) The Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill, 2013 (IV) The Representation of the People (Amendment and Validation) 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 Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University Bill, 2013, as passed by Lok Sabha at its sitting held on the 6th September, 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 Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2013, as passed by Lok Sabha at its sitting held on the 6th September, 2013.” (III) “In accordance with the provisions of rule 120 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, I am directed to inform you that Lok Sabha, at its sitting held on the 6th September, 2013, agreed without any amendment to the Parliament (Prevention of Disqualification) Amendment Bill, 2013, which was passed by Rajya Sabha at its sitting held on the 22nd August, 2013.”

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(IV) “In accordance with the provisions of rule 120 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, I am directed to inform you that Lok Sabha, at its sitting held on the 6th September, 2013, agreed without any amendment to The Representation of the People (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2013, which was passed by Rajya Sabha at its sitting held on the 27th August, 2013.” 2. Government Bills laid on the Table Secretary-General, laid on the Table the following Bills as passed by the Lok Sabha (I) The Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University Bill, 2013 (II) The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2013 * 11-13 a.m.

(The House adjourned at 11-13 a.m. and re-assembled at 11-29 a.m.) &11-33 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-33 a.m. and re-assembled at 12-03 p.m.) %12-20 p.m. 3. (A) Government Bills — Returned/Passed (B) Short Duration Discussion

#(A)(I) The Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2013, as passed by Lok Sabha

Shri P. Chidambaram (Minister of Finance) moved:- “That the Bill to authorize payment and appropriation of certain further sums from and out of the Consolidated Fund of for the services of the financial year 2013-14, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.”

* From 11-02 a.m. to 11-13 a.m. some points were raised. & From 11-29 a.m. to 11-33 a.m. some points were raised. % From 12-03 p.m. to 12-20 p.m. some points were raised. # Discussed together. 318 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2013 # (B) Short Duration Discussion Further discussion on the abnormal rise in the prices of onion and other essential commodities, raised by Shri Naresh Agrawal on the 27th August, 2013, continued. The following Members took part in the discussion on the Bill and the Short Duration Discussion:— @12-30 p.m. 1. !Shri 12-47 p.m. 2. !Dr. Prabha Thakur 1-02 p.m. 3. Shri Prasanta Chatterjee 1-08 p.m. 4. Shri Sukhendu Sekhar Roy (The House adjourned at 1-18 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-02 p.m.) 2-02 p.m. 5. Shri N.K. Singh 2-08 p.m. 6. %Shri T. Rathinavel 2-17 p.m. 7. Shri Shashi Bhusan Behera 2-24 p.m. 8. Shri Birendra Prasad Baishya 2-30 p.m. 9. !Shri 2-37 p.m. 10. Shri P. Rajeeve 2-44 p.m. 11. !Shri Sabir Ali 2-54 p.m. 12. Shri D. Raja 3-02 p.m. 13. Shri V.P. Singh Badnore 3-09 p.m. 14. Shri Naresh Gujral $ 3-17 p.m. 15. !Shrimati Bimla Kashyap Sood 3-20 p.m. 16. !Shri 3-27 p.m. 17. !Shri Ram Kripal 3-34 p.m. 18. ^Shri Mohammed Adeeb 3-39 p.m. 19. !Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya 3-45 p.m. 20. Dr. Janardhan Waghmare .3-51 p.m. 21. !Shri Naresh Agrawal

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3-57 p.m. Prof. K.V. Thomas, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution replied to the Short Duration Discussion. The discussion was concluded. 4-13 p.m.

Shri P. Chidambaram replied to the discussion on the Bill.

4-41 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clause 2, 3 and the Schedule were adopted. Clause 1, the Enacting Formula and the Title were adopted. 4-43 p.m. The motion moved by Shri P. Chidambaram that the Bill be returned was adopted and the Bill was returned. 4-44 p.m. (A)(II) The Rajiv Gandhi National Aviation University Bill, 2013, as passed by Lok Sabha

Shri K.C. Venugopal (Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation) moved:- “That the Bill to establish and incorporate a national aviation University to facilitate and promote aviation studies and research to achieve excellence in areas of aviation management, policy, science and technology, aviation environment, training in governing fields of safety and security regulations on aviation and other related fields to produce quality human resources to cater to the needs of the aviation sector and to provide for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.” 4-45 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses 2 to 48 were adopted. Clause 1, the Enacting Formula and the Title were adopted.

320 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2013 4-46 p.m. The motion moved by Shri K.C. Venugopal that the Bill be passed was adopted and the Bill was passed. 4-47 p.m. (A)(III) The Prohibition of Employment as Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Bill, 2013, as passed by Lok Sabha

Kumari Selja (Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment) moved:- “That the Bill to provide for the prohibition of employment as manual scavengers, rehabilitation of manual scavengers and their families, and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.” The following Members took part in the discussion:—

4-49 p.m. 1. !Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot 4-55 p.m. 2. !Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel 4-58 p.m. 3. Dr. T.N. Seema 5-00 p.m. 4. Shri D. Bandyopadhyay 5-03 p.m. 5. !Shri Shivanand Tiwari 5-06 p.m. 6. Shrimati Vasanthi Stanley 5-12 p.m. 7. !Shri Ram Kripal Yadav 5-15 p.m. 8. Shri D. Raja 5-19 p.m. 9. !Shri Ram Vilas Paswan 5-23 p.m. 10. Dr. Janardhan Waghmare 5-25 p.m. 11. Shri Shashi Bhusan Behera 5-27 p.m. 12. !Shri 5-28 p.m.

!Kumari Selja replied to the debate. 5-39 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses 2 to 39 were adopted. Clause 1, the Enacting Formula, the Preamble and the Title were adopted.

! Spoke in Hindi.  From 5-09 p.m. to 5-11 p.m. some points were raised. 321 RAJYA SABHA 5-51 p.m. The motion moved by Kumari Selja that the Bill be passed was adopted and the Bill was passed.

4. Special Mentions

(1) Chaudhary Munavver Saleem raised a matter regarding need to review foreign policy of the country and improve relations with Iran and Syria. 5-56 p.m. (2) Shrimati Wansuk Syiem raised a matter regarding need to augment broadband spectrum capacity in the North-Eastern region of the country. 5-57 p.m. (3) !Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel raised a matter regarding need to set up a bench of the Allahabad High Court in Western Uttar Pradesh. 5-59 p.m. (4) Shri Palvai Govardhan Reddy raised a matter regarding need to cancel the tenders for Kanthanapally Irrigation Project in Warangal District of Andhra Pradesh and prepare new design for the project. 6-00 p.m. (5) !Shri Ram Vilas Paswan raised a matter regarding need to take urgent relief work in the flood affected areas of . 6-01 p.m. (6) !Shrimati Bimla Kashyap Sood raised a matter regarding need to compensate and rehabilitate people affected due to cloud burst in Kinnaur District of Himachal Pradesh.

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6-02 p.m. 5. Valedictory Remarks The Chairman made valedictory remarks on the conclusion of the Session. 6-05 p.m. 6. National Song National Song (Vande Mataram) was played.

(The House adjourned sine die at 6-06 p.m.)

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