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106 RAJYA SABHA WEDNESDAY, the 18TH DECEMBER, 2013 (The RAJYA SABHA WEDNESDAY, THE 18TH DECEMBER, 2013 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) @11-02 a.m. (The House adjourned at11-02 a.m. and re-assembled at 11-17 a.m.) 11-17 a.m. 1. Matter raised with permission Shri Arun Jaitley, Leader of the Opposition, raised a matter regarding public humiliation of Indian Deputy Consul General in New York. The following Members also spoke:- 1. Shri Anand Sharma, Minister of Commerce and Industry 2. !Km. Mayawati 3. Shri Sitaram Yechury 4. Shri Derek O‘ Brien 5. !Shri Shivanand Tiwari 6. !Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav 7. Dr. V. Maitreyan 8. Shrimati Kanimozhi 9. Shri Shashi Bhusan Behera 10. Shri D.P.Tripathi 11. Shri Devender Goud T. 12. Shri Anil Desai 13. Shri Naresh Gujral 14. Shri M. P. Achuthan 15. !Shri Prem Chand Gupta 16. !Shri Mohammad Shafi 17. Shri Birendra Prasad Baishya 18. !Shri Ram Vilas Paswan 19. Shri H.K. Dua 20. !Shri Janardan Dwivedi 12-20 p.m. Shri Salman Khurshid, Minister of External Affairs, responded. @ From 11-00 a.m. to 11-02 a.m., some points were raised. ! Spoke in Hindi. 106 18TH DECEMBER, 2013 2. Starred Questions Answers to Starred Question Nos. 181 to 200 were laid on the Table. 3. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 1396 to 1550 were laid on the Table. 12-36 p.m. 4. Papers Laid on the Table Dr. Farooq Abdullah (Minister of New and Renewable Energy) 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:— (i) (a) Twenty-sixth Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Limited (IREDA), New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, 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 Agency. (ii) (a) Second Annual Report and Accounts of the Solar Energy Corporation of India, New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, 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. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Centre for Wind Energy Technology (C-WET), Chennai, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (ii) (a) Fifteenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Sardar Swaran Singh-National Institute of Renewable Energy (SSS-NIRE), Kapurthala, Punjab, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. 107 RAJYA SABHA Shrimati Chandresh Kumari Katoch (Minister of Culture) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Culture Notification No G.S.R. 37 (E), dated the 20th January, 2012 publishing the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains (Amendment) Rules, 2011, under sub-section (4) of Section 38 of the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Sites and Remains Act, 1958, along with delay statement. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (4) of the Section 31 and sub-section (3) of the Section 30 of the Central Universities Act, 2009:–– (a) Annual Report of the Central University of Tibetan Studies (CUTS), Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, for the year 2012-13. (b) Annual Accounts of the Central University of Tibetan Studies (CUTS), Sarnath, Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh, for the year 2012-13, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above University. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Centre for Cultural Resources and Training, New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, 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 Kalakshetra Foundation, Chennai, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Foundation. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the West Zone Cultural Centre (WZCC), Udaipur, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. 108 18TH DECEMBER, 2013 Shri Jitendra Singh (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports) 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:— (i) (a) Forty-ninth Annual Report and Accounts of the Bharat Earth Movers Limited (BEML), Bangalore, for the year 2012-13, 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) Annual Report and Accounts of the Mazagon Dock Limited (MDL), Mumbai, for the year 2012-13, 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) Thirty-ninth Annual Report and Accounts of the Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited, (MIDHANI) Hyderabad, for the year 2012-13, 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) Annual Report of the Organising Committee, Commonwealth Games 2010, Delhi, for the year 2011-12. (b) Separate Audit Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on the Accounts of the Organising Committee, Commonwealth Games 2010, Delhi, for the year 2011-12. (c) Statement by Government accepting the above Reports. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) and (b) above. 109 RAJYA SABHA (ii) (a) Twenty-eighth Annual Report and Accounts of the Aeronautical Development Agency (ADA), Bangalore, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (iii) (a) Annual Administration Report of the Cantonment Boards, for the year 2012-13. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, for the year 2012- 13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. Shri Manish Tewari (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) 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) Eighteenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL), NOIDA (U.P.), for the year 2012-13, 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 copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under Section 20 of the Press Council Act, 1978:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Press Council of India, New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. Shri Mullappally Ramachandran (Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Home Affairs, under sub-section (2) of Section 148 of the Delhi Police Act, 1978:— (1) No. F. 16/7/2013/HP-I/Estt./2106-2108, dated the 10th July, 2013, publishing the Delhi Police (Appointment and Recruitment) (Amendment) Rules, 2013. 110 18TH DECEMBER, 2013 (2) No. F. 13/14/2003/HP-I/Estt/2009-2111, dated the 10th July, 2013, publishing the Delhi Police (Appointment and Recruitment) (Amendment) Rules, 2013. (3) No. F. 16/06/2013/HP-I/Estt/2112-2114, dated the 10th July, 2013, publishing the Delhi Police (Appointment and Recruitment) (Amendment) Rules, 2013. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) Annual Report of the National Disaster Management Authority, New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, under sub-section (1) of Section 70 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005. (ii) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) above. 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:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Textiles Notification No G.S.R. 758 (E), dated the 28th November, 2013 publishing the Ministry of Textiles, Central Silk Board, Scientist Group ‗A‘ Post, Recruitment Rules, 2013, under sub-section (3) of Section 13 of the Central Silk Board Act, 1948. II.(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) Ninety-second Annual Report and Accounts of the British India Corporation Limited (BIC), Kanpur, along with that of it‘s subsidiaries, Elgin Mills Company Limited; Cawnpore Textile Limited and M/S.
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