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RAJYA SABHA —— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS Thursday, March 22, 2012 11 A.M. ——— QUESTIONS QUESTIONS entered in separate lists to be asked and answers given. ———— SHORT NOTICE QUESTION SHORT NOTICE QUESTION NO. 1 entered in separate list to be asked and answer given. ———— PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table entered in the separate list: — 1. SHRI G.K. VASAN for the Ministry of Shipping; 2. SHRI MUKUL WASNIK for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment; 3. SHRI PRAFUL PATEL for Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises; 4. SHRI V. KISHORE CHANDRA DEO for Ministry of Tribal Affairs; 5. SHRI SULTAN AHMED for Ministry of Tourism; and 6. SHRI D. NAPOLEON for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. ———— REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT MISS ANUSUIYA UIKEY DR. RAM PRAKASH to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development (2011-12):- (i) Twenty-third Report on action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Nineteenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2011-12)’ of the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation; (ii) Twenty-fourth Report on action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Twentieth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2011-12)’ of the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Rural Development); 44 (iii) Twenty-fifth Report on action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Twenty-first Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2011-12)’ of the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Land Resources); and (iv) Twenty-sixth Report on action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Twenty-second Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2011-12)’ of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj. ———— THE BUDGET (RAILWAYS) 2012-13 Further Discussion ———— THE BUDGET (GENERAL) 2012-13 General Discussion NEW DELHI; V.K. AGNIHOTRI, March 21, 2012. Secretary-General. 45 .

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