170 Rajya Sabha Tuesday, the 27Th August, 2013
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RAJYA SABHA TUESDAY, THE 27TH AUGUST, 2013 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No. 241 regarding Villages electrified under RGGVY. Starred Question No. 242 regarding Inadequate facilities provided by CGHS. Starred Question No. 243 regarding Exchange rate of Indian Rupee. Starred Question No. 244 regarding Loan waiver to farmers under various schemes. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 245 to 260 were laid on the Table. 2. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 1861 to 2015 were laid on the Table. 12-00 Noon. 3. Statement by Minister Correcting Answer to Question Shrimati Panabaka Lakshmi, Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and in the Ministry of Textiles, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) correcting the answer to Unstarred Question 293 given in the Rajya Sabha on the 6th August, 2013 regarding ‗Audit of KG-D6 Block by CAG‘. 12-01 p.m. 4. Papers Laid on the Table Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad (Minister of Health and Family Welfare) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, under Section 93 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006:— (1) F. No. 4/15015/30/2011, dated the 8th February, 2013, publishing the Food Safety and Standards (Prohibition and Restrictions on sales) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013. 170 27TH AUGUST, 2013 (2) F. No. 4/15015/30/2011, dated the 10th June, 2013, publishing the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2013. (3) F. No. 4/15015/30/2011, dated the 10th June, 2013, publishing the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Amendment Regulations, 2013. (4) F. No. 4/15015/30/2011, dated the 8th February, 2013, publishing the Food Safety and Standards (Laboratory and Sample Analysis) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013. (5) F. No. P. 15014/1/2011-PFA/FSSAI, dated the 27th June, 2013, publishing the Food Safety and Standards (Food Products Standards and Food Additives) Amendment Regulations, 2013. (6) F. No. P. 15014/1/2011-PFA/FSSAI, dated the 27th June, 2013, publishing the Food Safety and Standards (Packaging and Labelling) Amendment Regulations, 2013. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Notification No. DE-130-2013, dated the 24th June, 2013, publishing the Dental Council of India Revised BDS Course (6th Amendment) Regulations, 2013, under sub-section (4) of Section 20 of the Dentists Act, 1948. III. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of AYUSH) Notification No. 28-15/2013- Ay.(Minimum Standards), dated the 23rd April, 2013, publishing the Indian Medicine Central Council (Minimum Standard Requirements of Ayurveda Colleges and attached Hospitals) Amendment Regulations, 2013, under sub- section (2) of Section 36 of the Indian Medicine Central Council Act, 1970, along with delay statement. IV. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report of the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, for the year 2011-12. (b) Annual Accounts of the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Council. 171 RAJYA SABHA (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) and (b) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report of the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, for the year 2011-12. (b) Annual Accounts of the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) and (b) above. (iii) (a) Eighty-second Annual Report of the Indian Red Cross Society, New Delhi, for the year 2011-12. (b) Annual Accounts of the Indian Red Cross Society, New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iii) (a) and (b) above. (iv) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) and M/s. HLL Lifecare Limited, Thiruvananthapuram, for the year 2013-14. Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Power) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Power, under Section 179 of the Electricity Act, 2003, along with delay statement:— (1) No. L-1/(3)/2009-CERC, dated the 26th March, 2013, publishing the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Grant of Connectivity, Long-term Access and Medium term -Open Access in inter-State Transmission and related matters) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2013. (2) No. 2/2(2)/2011- Estt./CERC dated the 3rd April, 2013, publishing the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Recruitment, Control and Service Conditions of Staff) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2013. 172 27TH AUGUST, 2013 (3) No. JERC -3/2009, dated the 5th April, 2013, publishing the Joint Electricity Regulatory Commission for Goa and UTs (Appointment and Functioning of Ombudsman) first amendment Regulations, 2013. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Power) and the National Thermal Power Corporation Limited (NTPC), for the year 2013-14. Shri K.H. Muniyappa (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) and the National Small Industries Corporation Limited (NSIC), for the year 2013-14. Shri Jitendra Singh (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Defence, Department of Defence Production) and the Mazagon Dock Limited, for the year 2013-14. (ii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Defence, Department of Defence Production) and the Bharat Electronics Limited (BEL), for the year 2013-14. Shrimati Panabaka Lakshmi (Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of State in the Ministry of Textiles) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) and the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), for the year 2013-14. (ii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) and the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), for the year 2013-14. (iii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) and the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), for the year 2013-14. 173 RAJYA SABHA Shri Namo Narain Meena (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services), under sub- section (3) of Section 36 of the Recovery of Debts Due to Banks and Financial Institutions Act, 1993:— (1) G.S.R. 163 (E), dated the 8th March, 2013, specifying the reorganization of the jurisdiction of Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunals. (2) G.S.R. 239 (E), dated the 12th April, 2013, publishing corrigendum to Hindi version of Notification No. G.S.R. 163 (E), dated the 6th March, 2013. (3) G.S.R. 409 (E), dated the 26th June, 2013, publishing the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal, Allahabad, Groups 'A' and 'B' (Gazetted) and Group 'B' (Non-Gazetted) posts Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2013. (4) G.S.R. 410 (E), dated the 26th June, 2013, publishing the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal, Chennai, Group 'A' and 'B' (Gazetted) and Group 'B' (Non-Gazetted) posts Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2013. (5) G.S.R. 411 (E), dated the 26th June, 2013, publishing the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal, Kolkata, Groups 'A' and 'B' (Gazetted) and Groups 'B' (Non-Gazetted) posts Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2013. (6) G.S.R. 412 (E), dated the 26th June, 2013, publishing the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal, Delhi, Group 'A' and 'B' (Gazetted) and Group 'B' (Non-Gazetted) posts Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2013. (7) G.S.R. 413 (E), dated the 26th June, 2013, publishing the Debts Recovery Appellate Tribunal, Mumbai, Group 'A' and 'B' (Gazetted) and Group 'B' (Non-Gazetted) posts Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2013. 174 27TH AUGUST, 2013 (8) G.S.R. 414 (E), dated the 26th June, 2013, publishing the Debts Recovery Tribunal No. 2, Delhi, Group 'A' and 'B' (Gazetted) and Group 'B' (Non-Gazetted) posts Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2013. (9) G.S.R. 415 (E), dated the 26th June, 2013, publishing the Debts Recovery Tribunal No. 1, Delhi, Group 'A' and 'B' (Gazetted) and Group 'B' (Non-Gazetted) posts Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2013. (10) G.S.R. 416 (E), dated the 26th June, 2013, publishing the Debts Recovery Tribunal No. 1, Kolkata, Groups 'A' and 'B' (Gazetted) and Group 'B' (Non-Gazetted) posts Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2013. (11) G.S.R. 417 (E), dated the 26th June, 2013, publishing the Debts Recovery Tribunal No. 2, Kolkata, Group 'A' and 'B' (Gazetted) and Group 'B' (Non-Gazetted) posts Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2013.