TUESDAY, THE 19TH MARCH, 2013

(The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) @11-01 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-01 a.m. and re-assembled at 11-16 a.m.) #11-17 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-17 a.m. and re-assembled at 12-00 Noon)

1. Starred Questions Answers to Starred Question Nos. 301 to 320 were laid on the Table. 2. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 2326 to 2480 were laid on the Table. 12-00 Noon. 3. Papers Laid on the Table Shri (Minister of Health and Family Welfare) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above.

@ From 11-00 a.m. to 11-01 a.m., some points were raised. # From 11-16 a.m. to 11-17 a.m., some points were raised. 175 RAJYA SABHA Shri (Minister of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises) laid on the Table:- I.(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) Forty-eighth Annual Report and Accounts of the Instrumentation Limited (IL), Kota, for the year 2011-12, 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) Sixty-fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the Nepa Limited, Nepanagar, Madhya Pradesh, for the year 2011-12, 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. (2) Statements (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Fluid Control Research Institute (FCRI), Palakkad, Kerala, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. (ii) Outcome Budget, for the year 2013-14, in respect of the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. Shrimati Panabaka Lakshmi (Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of State in the ) on behalf of Shrimati laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests Notification No. S.O. 2039 (E), dated the 5th September, 2012, amending Notification No. S.O. 1174 (E), dated the 18th July, 2007, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification, under Section 26 of the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. 176 19TH MARCH, 2013 Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Power) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Power Notification No. L-7/145(160)/2012-CERC, dated the 1st January, 2013, publishing the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (Terms and Conditions of Tariff) (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2012, under Section 179 of the Electricity Act, 2003. II. (1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (5) of Section 45 of the Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948:— (a) Annual Report and Annual Accounts of the Damodar Valley Corporation, Kolkata, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) 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 Petroleum and Natural Gas Notification No. G.S.R. 49 (E), dated the 29th January, 2013, publishing the Oil Industry Development Board Staff Provident Fund Rules, 2013, under sub-section (3) of Section 31 of the Oil Industry (Development) Act, 1974. 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:— (a) Eighth Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Strategic Petroleum Reserves Limited (ISPRL), New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, 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. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above.

177 RAJYA SABHA III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:- (i) Outcome Budget, for the year 2013-14, in respect of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and (ii) Outcome Budget, for the year 2013-14, in respect of the Ministry of Textiles. Shri (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, 1992:— (1) No. LAD-NRO/GN/2012-13/22/5429, dated the 19th November, 2012, publishing the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Employees' Service) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2012. (2) No. LAD-NRO/GN/2012-13/25/5455, dated the 11th December, 2012, publishing the Securities and Exchange Board of India (Prohibition of Fraudulent and Unfair Trade Practices relating to Securities Market) (Amendment) Regulations, 2012. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs), under Section 48 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999:— (1) G.S.R. 38 (E), dated the 22nd January, 2013, publishing the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person Resident Outside India) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2013. (2) G.S.R. 125 (E), dated the 26th February, 2013, publishing the Foreign Exchange Management (Borrowing or Lending in Foreign Exchange) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services), under sub-section (2) of Section 30 of the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976, along with delay statement:— (1) No. 209, dated the 20th August, 2010, publishing the Andhra Pragathi Grameena Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulations, 2010.

178 19TH MARCH, 2013 (2) No. 294, dated the 6th November, 2010, publishing the Assam Gramin Vikash Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulations, 2010. (3) F. No. H.O./2011/10/PRS/1086, dated the 5th November, 2011, publishing the Ballia - Etawah Gramin Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulations, 2010. (4) Ref. No. PD/GEN/509/2010, dated the 17th August, 2010, publishing the Gurgaon Gramin Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulations, 2010. (5) No. 218, dated the 30th August, 2010, publishing the Karnataka Vikas Grameena Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulations, 2010. (6) No. 5122/F-93 PAIRD/2010, dated the 13th September, 2010, publishing the North Malabar Gramin Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulations, 2010. (7) No. 210, dated the 20th August, 2010, publishing the Purvanchal Gramin Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulations, 2010. IV.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (5) of Section 30 of the Small Industries Development Bank of India, Act, 1989:— (a) Twenty-second Annual Report and Accounts of the Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI), Lucknow, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Bank. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above.

179 RAJYA SABHA V. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (a) Seventh Annual Report and Accounts of the Security Printing and Minting Corporation of India Limited (SPMCIL), New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, 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. VI. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Annual Accounts of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), Hyderabad, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon, under sub-section (3) of Section 20 of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999. Shri Namo Narain Meena (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance) on behalf of Shri S.S. Palanimanickam 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 Section 159 of the Customs Act, 1962, along with Explanatory Memoranda:— th (1) G.S.R. 79 (E), dated the 13 February, 2013, amending Notification Nos. G.S.R. 666 (E), G.S.R. 667 (E), G.S.R. 668 (E) and G.S.R. 669 (E), dated the 11th September, 2009, to insert certain entries in the original Notification. th (2) G.S.R. 86 (E), dated the 14 February, 2013, including Visakhapatnam Airport in the list of ports from where imports and exports are permitted. th (3) G.S.R. 99 (E), dated the 18 February, 2013, providing for usage of the Post Export EPCG Duty Creit Scrips granted under the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14. th (4) G.S.R. 100 (E), dated the 18 February, 2013, seeking to exempt goods when imported into India against a Post Export EPCG Duty Creit Scrips granted under the Foreign Trade Policy 2009-14.

180 19TH MARCH, 2013 th (5) G.S.R. 106 (E), dated the 19 February, 2013, amending Notification Nos. G.S.R. 99 (E), and G.S.R. 100 (E), dated the 18th February, 2013, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. th (6) G.S.R. 114 (E), dated the 20 February, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 291 (E), dated the 23rd July, 1996, to insert 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 sub-section (2) of Section 38 of the Central Excise Act, 1944, along with Explanatory Memoranda:— (1) G.S.R. 101 (E), dated the 18th February, 2013, seeking to exempt the goods specified in the First Schedule and the Second Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985. (2) G.S.R. 102 (E), dated the 18th February, 2013, seeking to exempt the goods specified in the First Schedule and the Second Schedule to the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985. (3) G.S.R. 113 (E), dated the 20th February, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 256 (E), dated the 16th March, 1995, to insert certain entries in the original Notification. (4) G.S.R. 161 (E), dated the 6th March, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 182 (E), dated the 8th March, 2002, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad (Minister of Health and Family Welfare) on behalf of Shri S. Gandhiselvan laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of AYUSH), under Section 38 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940:— (1) G.S.R. 844 (E), dated the 26th November, 2012, publishing the Drugs and Cosmetics (5th Amendment) Rules, 2012, along with delay statement. (2) G.S.R. 105 (E), dated the 19th February, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 844 (E), dated the 26th November, 2012, to omit certain entries in the original Notification.

181 RAJYA SABHA II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy, New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Council. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget, for the year 2013-14, in respect of the Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agricultural Research and Education). 12-01 p.m. 4. Reports of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare Shri H. K. Dua presented the following Reports (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare: - (i) 61st Report on Action Taken by Government on the Recommendations/Observations contained in the Fifty-fifth Report of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2012-2013) of the Department of AYUSH; (ii) 62nd Report on Action Taken by Government on the Recommendations/Observations contained in the Fifty-seventh Report of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2012-2013) of the Department of AIDS Control; (iii) 63rd Report on Action Taken by Government on the Recommendations/Observations contained in the Fifty-sixth Report of the Committee on Demand for Grants (2012-2013) of the Department of Health Research; (iv) 64th Report on Action Taken by Government on the Recommendations/Observations contained in the Fifty-fourth Report of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2012-13) of the Department of Health and Family Welfare; and (v) 65th Report of the Committee on the proposal to introduce the Bachelor of Science (Community Health) course.

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5. Statements of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture Shri Shivanand Tiwari laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the Statements showing further action taken by the Government on the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture (2012-13):- (i) Thirty-ninth Report on action taken by the Government on the Recommendations contained in the Twenty-first Report on ‘Infrastructural Facilities for Development of Food Processing Industries – An Evaluation’ of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and (ii) Fortieth Report on action taken by the Government on the Recommendations contained in the Thirty-second Report on ‘Demands for Grants (2012-13)’ of the Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agricultural Research and Education). 12-02 p.m. 6. Report of the Committee on Empowerment of Women Dr. Prabha Thakur laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Eighteenth Report of the Committee on Empowerment of Women on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Fourteenth Report on the subject ‘Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) and Empowerment of Women in Rural Areas’. 7. Statements of the Committee on Empowerment of Women Dr. Prabha Thakur laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Final Action Taken Statements of the Committee on Empowerment of Women:- (i) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Seventh Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on Empowerment of Women (2010-11) on action taken on the Third Report of the Committee on the subject ‘Empowerment of Women Through Panchayati Raj Institutions’;

183 RAJYA SABHA (ii) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Ninth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on Empowerment of Women (2010-11) on action taken on the Sixth Report of the Committee on the subject ‘Women in Paramilitary Forces’; and (iii) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Sixteenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on Empowerment of Women (2011-12) on action taken on the Eighth Report of the Committee on the subject ‘Working Conditions of Anganwadi Workers’. 12-03 p.m. 8. Statement by Minister Shri Namo Narain Meena, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Fifty-first Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) (2012-13) pertaining to the Ministry of Finance. 12-04 p.m. 9. Government Bill — Introduced The Indian Medical Council (Amendment) Bill, 2013 Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad (Minister of Health and Family Welfare) moved for leave to introduce a Bill further to amend the Indian Medical Council Act, 1956. $12-06 p.m. (The House adjourned at 12-06 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-00 p.m.) (Due to continued interruptions, the House was adjourned for the day.)

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(The House adjourned at 2-04 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Wednesday, the 20th March, 2013) ______

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