Rajya Sabha —— Revised List of Business

RAJYA SABHA —— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS

Wednesday, December 9, 2015

11 A.M. ——— PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE I. Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table entered in the separate list: — 1. SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN for Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; 2. SHRIMATI NIRMALA SITHARAMAN for Ministry of Commerce and Industry; 3. SHRI KIREN RIJIJU for Ministry of Home Affairs; 4. SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI for Ministry of Mines and Ministry of Steel; and 5. COL. RAJYAVARDHAN SINGH RATHORE for Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

II. SHRI DHARMENDRA PRADHAN to lay on the Table, under clause (1) of article 151 of the Constitution, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports:— (i) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Utilization of Rigs in Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Limited - Union Government (Commercial) - Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas - Report No.39 of 2015 (Performance Audit); and (ii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Hydrocarbon Exploration Efforts of Oil India Limited for the year ended March 2014 - Union Government (Commercial) - Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas - Report No.42 of 2015 (Performance Audit). ———— PETITION PRAYING FOR IMPROVEMENT AND STRENGTHENING OF NON-LAPSABLE CENTRAL POOL OF RESOURCES (NLCPR) SCHEMES IN THE NORTH-EASTERN REGION

SHRIMATI WANSUK SYIEM to present to the House, a petition signed by Shri Akshay Rajkhowa, a resident of Guwahati, Assam, praying for improvement and strengthening of Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) Schemes in the North-Eastern Region. ———— REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON ENERGY

SHRI PYARIMOHAN MOHAPATRA SHRIMATI VIPLOVE THAKUR to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy (2015-16):— (i) Ninth Report of the Committee on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations contained in the Forty-third Report

(Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject 'Development of Hydro Sector' relating to the Ministry of Power; (ii) Tenth Report of the Committee on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations contained in the Second Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on 'Demands for Grants (2014-15) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy; and (iii) Eleventh Report of the Committee on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations contained in the Fifth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on 'Demands for Grants (2015-16) of the Ministry of Power. ———— STATEMENT BY MINISTER

COL. RAJYAVARDHAN SINGH RATHORE to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Eighth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on the Demands for Grants (2015-16), pertaining to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting.

———— #QUESTIONS QUESTIONS entered in separate lists to be asked and answers given. ————

LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

Bills for consideration and passing

The Whistle Blowers 1. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by Protection Dr. Jitendra Singh on the 7th December, 2015 and the amendment moved (Amendment) Bill, thereto:— 2015. "That the Bill further to amend the Whistle Blowers Protection Act, 2011, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration."

DR. JITENDRA SINGH to move that the Bill be passed.

The Scheduled 2. SHRI THAAWAR CHAND GEHLOT to move that the Bill Castes and the further to amend the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Scheduled Tribes Atrocities) Act, 1989, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration. (Prevention of Atrocities) ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. Amendment Bill, 2015. ————

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SHORT DURATION DISCUSSION

SHRI NARESH AGRAWAL SHRI ALOK TIWARI SHRI ARVIND KUMAR SINGH SHRI PRAMOD TIWARI SHRI AVINASH PANDE SHRI P.L. PUNIA SHRI DEREK O' BRIEN SHRI MD. NADIMUL HAQUE SHRI AHAMED HASSAN to raise a discussion on the rise in the prices of essential commodities and food grains in the country.

NEW DELHI; SHUMSHER K. SHERIFF, December 8, 2015. Secretary-General.