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RAJYA SABHA TUESDAY, THE 7TH DECEMBER, 2010 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Starred Questions The following Starred Question was orally answered:- Starred Question No. 381 regarding Under five child mortality. *11-02 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-02 a.m. and re-assembled at 12-00 Noon) Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos.382 to 400 were laid on the Table. Answers to Starred Question Nos. 361 to 380 put down in the List of December 6, 2010 were also laid on the Table. 2. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 2946 to 3100 were laid on the Table. Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 2791 to 2945 put down in the List of December 6, 2010 were also laid on the Table. 12-00 Noon. 3. Papers Laid on the Table Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance) on behalf of Shri Pranab Mukherjee laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Statement regarding rejection of the award given by the Board of Arbitration (BoA) under the scheme for Joint Consultative Machinery (JCM) and Compulsory Arbitration for the Central Government Employees pertaining to grant of House Rent Allowance. Shri (Minister of Health and Family Welfare) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro Sciences, Bangalore, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute.

* From 11-01 a.m. to 11-02 a.m. some points were raised. 7TH DECEMBER, 2010 (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Pasteur Institute of , Coonoor, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. Shri G.K. Vasan (Minister of Shipping) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (2) of Section 103 of the Major Port Trusts Act, 1963:— (i) (a) Annual Accounts of the Cochin Port Trust, Cochin, for the year 2009-10 and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Review by Government of the Annual Accounts. (ii) (a) Annual Accounts of the Kandla Port Trust, Kandla, for the year 2009-10 and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Review by Government of the Annual Accounts. (iii) (a) Annual Accounts of the Chennai Port Trust, Chennai, for the year 2009-10 and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Review by Government of the Annual Accounts. (iv) (a) Annual Accounts of the Paradip Port Trust, Paradip, for the year 2009-10 and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Review by Government of the Annual Accounts. (v) (a) Annual Accounts of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Navi Mumbai, for the year 2009-10 and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Review by Government of the Annual Accounts. (vi) (a) Annual Accounts of the Mumbai Port Trust, Mumbai, for the year 2009-10 and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Review by Government of the Annual Accounts. (vii) (a) Annual Accounts of the Mormugao Port Trust, Goa, for the year 2009-10 and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Review by Government of the Annual Accounts. RAJYA SABHA (viii) (a) Annual Accounts of the New Mangalore Port Trust, Mangalore, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government of the Annual Accounts. (ix) (a) Thirty-first Annual Administration Report and Accounts of the Tuticorin Port Trust, Tuticorin, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Port Trust. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under Section 5(E) of the Dock Workers’ (Regulation of Employment) Act, 1948:— (a) Fifty-ninth Administration Report and Annual Accounts of the Erstwhile Bombay Dock Labour Board (BDLB), Mumbai, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor’s Report on the

Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Board. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Accounts of the Tariff Authority for Major Ports, Mumbai, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government of the Annual Accounts. (ii) (a) Annual Administration Report of the Chennai Port Trust, Chennai, for the year 2009-10. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Port Trust. (iii) (a) Annual Administration Report of the Jawaharlal Nehru Port Trust, Navi Mumbai, for the year 2009-10. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Port Trust. (iv) (a) Annual Administration Report of the Mormugao Port Trust, Goa, for the year 2009-10. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Port Trust. 7TH DECEMBER, 2010 (v) (a) Annual Administration Report of the New Mangalore Port Trust, Mangalore, for the year 2009-10. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Port Trust. (vi) (a) Annual Administrative Report of the Cochin Port Trust, Cochin, for the year 2009-10. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Port Trust. (vii) (a) Annual Administrative Report of the Kolkata Port Trust, Kolkata, for the year 2009-10. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Port Trust. (viii) (a) Annual Administrative Report of the Kandla Port Trust, Kandla, for the year 2009-10. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Port Trust. (ix) (a) Forty-fourth Annual Report of the Seamen’s Provident Fund Organisation (SPFO), Mumbai, for the year 2009-10. (b) Annual Accounts of the Seamen’s Provident Fund Organisation, (SPFO), Mumbai, for the year 2009-10 and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Organisation. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) on behalf of Shri laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (4) of Section 28 of the Airport Authority of India Act, 1994:— (a) Fifteenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Airports Authority of India, New Delhi, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. 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 Economic Affairs), under Section 31 of the Securities and Exchange Board of India Act, 1982. RAJYA SABHA (1) S.O. 2037 (E), dated the 1st August, 2009, publishing the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairman and Members) Amendment Rules, 2009, along with delay Statement. (2) S.O. 2448 (E), dated the 7th October, 2010, publishing the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Terms and Conditions of Service of Chairman and Members) Amendment Rules, 2010. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services) Notification No. 32, dated the 7th-13th August, 2010, publishing the United Bank of India (Shares and Meetings) Regulations, 2010, under sub-section (4) of Section 19 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertakings) Act, 1970. III. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services) Notification No. G.S.R. 638 (E), dated the 28th July, 2010, publishing the Acquisition of State Bank of Indore Order, 2010, under sub-section (4) of Section 50 of the State Bank of India Act, 1955. IV. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (a) Fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL), New Delhi, for the year 2009-10, 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. V. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (3) of Section 20 of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), Hyderabad, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Authority. 7TH DECEMBER, 2010 VI. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL), New Delhi, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Performance Report in respect of India Infrastructure Finance Company Limited (IIFCL), for the year 2009-10. VII. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Mid-Year Analysis of the Indian Economy, for the year 2010-11, under sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003. Shri S.S. Palanimanickam (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 Revenue), under sub-section (7) of Section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, along with Explanatory Memoranda on the Notifications:— th (1) G.S.R. 864 (E), dated the 28 October, 2010, seeking to provide provisional assessment subject to proper security, for the imports of Bus and Truck Radial Tyres, exported by M/s. Weifang Huadong Rubber Co. Ltd., The Peoples’ Republic of China (Producer), and M/s. Qingdao Autochem International Co. Ltd. (exporter), based on the Final findings of the Designated Authority. st (2) G.S.R. 872 (E), dated the 1 November, 2010, rescinding Notification No. G.S.R. 659 (E), dated the 18th September, 2008. st (3) G.S.R. 873 (E), dated the 1 November, 2010, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 139 (E), dated the 6th March, 2006, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), under Section 159 of the Customs Act, 1962, along with Explanatory Memoranda on the Notifications:- th (1) S.O. 2657 (E), dated the 27 October, 2010, regarding exchange rate of conversion of foreign currency into Indian currency or vice- versa for the purpose of assessment of imported and export goods. RAJYA SABHA th (2) S.O. 2568 (E), dated the 16 October, 2010, amending Notification No. S.O. 748 (E), dated the 3rd August, 2001, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. th (3) S.O. 2683 (E), dated the 29 October, 2010, amending Notification No. S.O. 748 (E), dated the 3rd August, 2001 and S.O. 2568 (E), dated the 16th October, 2010, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. st (4) G.S.R. 874 (E), dated the 1 November, 2010, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 944 (E), dated the 31st December, 2009, to insert certain entries in the original Notification. st (5) G.S.R. 875 (E), dated the 1 November, 2010, exempting Crude Petroleum Oils and Oils obtained from bituminous minerals falling under the tariff item 2709 00 00 of the First Schedule to the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, when imported into India from Brunei Darussalam. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Public Finance and Policy (NIPFP), New Delhi, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. Shri Jitin Prasada (Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) laid on the Table 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) Forty-fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the Limited (EIL), New Delhi, for the year 2009-10, 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 Company. (ii) (a) Fifty-eighth Annual Report and Accounts of the Corporation Limited (HPCL), Mumbai, for the year 2009-10, 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. 7TH DECEMBER, 2010 Shri Dinesh Trivedi (Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Notification No. S.O. 2038 (E), dated the 18th August, 2010, appointing the 18th August, 2010, as the date on which provisions of Section 22 of the Food safety and Standards Act, 2006, shall come into force, under Section 93 of the Food Safety and Standards Act, 2006. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), Bangalore, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, Panjab University, Chandigarh, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, Department of Statistics, Patna University, Bihar, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, Department of Economics, Lucknow University, Lucknow, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (v) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, Department of Statistics, Gauhati University, Assam, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. RAJYA SABHA (vi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, Gandhigram Institute of Rural Health and Family Welfare Trust, Dindigul, Tamil Nadu, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (vii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, JSS Institute of Economic Research, Dharwad, Karnataka, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (viii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, Utkal University, Bhubaneswar, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (ix) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, Institute of Economic Growth, Delhi, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (x) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, Gokhale Institute of Politics and Economics, Pune, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (xi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, Department of Economics, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre (xii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, for the year 2009- 10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. 7TH DECEMBER, 2010 (xiii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, Mohanlal Sukhadia University, Udaipur, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (xiv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, Andhra University, Visakhapatnam, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (xv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, Himachal Pradesh University, Shimla, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (xvi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, The Maharaja Sayajirao University of Baroda, Vadodara, 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (xvii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Population Research Centre, Centre for Research in Rural and Industrial Development, Chandigarh, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (xviii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), New Delhi, for the year 2008-09, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Authority. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (xix) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Lala Ram Sarup Institute of Tuberculosis and Respiratory Diseases, New Delhi, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. RAJYA SABHA (xx) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Board. Ms. (Minister of State in the Ministry of Rural Development) on behalf of Shri Sisir Adhikari laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report of the National Institute of Rural Development (NIRD), Hyderabad, for the year 2009-10.

(b) Annual Accounts of the National Institute of Rural Development

(NIRD), Hyderabad, for the year 2009-10, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. Shri Arun Yadav (Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises) laid on the Table 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) Twenty-sixth Annual Report and Accounts of the Tyre Corporation of India Limited (TCIL), Kolkata, for the year 2009-10, 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) Forty-sixth Annual Report and Accounts of the Cement Corporation of India Limited (CCI), New Delhi for the year 2009-10, 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. (iii) (a) Fifty-seventh Annual Report and Accounts of the HMT Limited, Bangalore, for the year 2009-10, 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. 7TH DECEMBER, 2010 12-01 p.m. 4. Report of the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010 Shri Ashwani Kumar presented the Report (in English and Hindi) of the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010. 5. Evidence Tendered Before the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010 Shri Ashwani Kumar laid on the Table, a copy of the Evidence tendered before the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on the Prevention of Torture Bill, 2010. 12-02 p.m. 6. Reports of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel Ms. Mabel Rebello laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee Coal and Steel (2010-11):— (i) Seventh Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in its Thirty-fifth Report (Fourteenth ) on the “Rehabilitation and Resettlement by Ltd.” relating to the ; (ii) Eighth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in its First Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the “Demands for Grants (2009-10)” of the Ministry of Coal; (iii) Ninth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/ recommendations contained in its Second Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the “Demands for Grants (2009-10)” of the Ministry of Mines; and (iv) Tenth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in its Third Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the “Demands for Grants (2009-10)” of the . RAJYA SABHA 12-03 p.m. 7. Reports of Committee on Public Undertakings Shri Birendra Prasad Baishya laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2010-11):— (i) Tenth Report on Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd.; and (ii) Eleventh Report on Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Ltd. 12-04 p.m. 8. Government Bill — Introduced The National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Bangalore Bill, 2010 Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad (Minister of Health and Family Welfare) moved for leave to introduce a Bill to declare the institution known as the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Bangalore, to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its incorporation and for matters connected therewith. 12-05 p.m. (Due to continued interruptions, the House was adjourned for the day.)

(The House adjourned at 12-05 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Wednesday, the 8th December, 2010)

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