THURSDAY, THE 11TH AUGUST, 2005 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Dispensing with Question Hour The Chairman announced that on receiving a request for suspension of the Question Hour to enable discussion on a Motion relating to the Nanavati Commission of Inquiry Report and Action Taken thereon by the Government and after consulting the Government, as well as leaders of other political parties and groups, he had agreed to the request and dispensed with the Question Hour. 2. Starred Questions Answers to Starred Question Nos. 261 to 280 were laid on the Table. 3. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 1884 to 2038 were laid on the Table. 11-02 a.m. 4. Motion — Negatived Shri Rajnath Singh moved the following Motion:— “That this House urges upon the Government to modify the Action Taken Report on the Justice Nanavati Commission of Inquiry and calls upon the Government to take action against the persons indicted by the aforesaid Commission.” The following Members took part in the discussion on the Motion:— 11-30 a.m. 1. Shri Ashwani Kumar 11-44 a.m. 2. Shri Nilotpal Basu 11-58 a.m. 3. Shri Janeshwar Mishra** 12-18 p.m. 4. Shri P.G. Narayanan$$ ** Spoke in Hindi. $$ From 12-06 p.m. to 12-18 p.m. some points were raised.

RAJYA SABHA 12-26 p.m. 5. Shri Ravula Chandra Sekar Reddy 12-35 p.m. 6. Shri S.S. Ahluwalia** 1-15 p.m. 7. Prof. Ram Deo Bhandary** ## 1-30 p.m. 8. Dr. Manmohan Singh, Prime Minister 2-02 p.m. 9. Kumari Nirmala Deshpande** 2-07 p.m. 10. Shri Rajeev Shukla** 2-15 p.m. 11. Shri Tariq Anwar** 2-22 p.m. 12. Shrimati Sukhbuns Kaur 2-26 p.m. 13. Shri Tarlochan Singh** 2-35 p.m. 14. Shri Digvijay Singh** 2-40 p.m. 15. Shri Raj Mohinder Singh Majitha** 2-48 p.m. 16. Shri Varinder Singh Bajwa** 2-58 p.m. 17. Dr. P.C. Alexander 3-11 p.m. 18. Shri Manoj Bhattacharya 3-22 p.m. 19. Shri Debabrata Biswas** 3-34 p.m. 20. Shri R. Shunmugasundaram 3-40 p.m. 21. Shri Abu Asim Azmi$$ 3-51 p.m. 22. Shri R.K. Anand 4-04 p.m. 23. Shri N. Jothi 4-11 p.m. 24. Shri Shivraj Vishwanath Patil, (Minister of Home Affairs) 5-00 p.m. Shri Rajnath Singh** replied to the debate. 5-21 p.m. The Motion was negatived. _** Spoke in Hindi. ## From 12-41 p.m. to 12-47 p.m. some points were raised. $$ Spoke in Urdu. 11TH AUGUST, 2005 5-22 p.m. 5. Papers Laid on the Table Shri Suresh Pachouri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances & Pensions and Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) on behalf of Shri Kapil Sibal laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, for the year 2003-2004, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. Dr. Dasari Narayan Rao (Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal and Mines) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Coal Mines Provident Fund Scheme, Coal Mines Family Pension Scheme (Ceased), Coal Mines Deposit Linked Insurance Scheme and Coal Mines Pension Scheme, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Schemes. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. Dr. Shakeel Ahmad (Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications & Information Technology) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Telecommunications) under section 37 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997: — (1) No.14-7/2005-FA. dated the 18th May, 2005, publishing the “TRAI Meetings for Transaction of Business (First Amendment) Regulation, 2005”. (2) No. 409-10/2005-FN. dated the 9th June, 2005, publishing the “Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Transit Charges for Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’s Cellone Terminating Traffic) Regulation, 2005”. RAJYA SABHA (3) No.305-2/2005(QoS.) Vol. II. dated the 8th July, 2005 publishing the ‘Regulation on Quality of Service of Basic and Cellular Mobile Telephone Services, 2005’. 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) Annual Report and Accounts of the Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL), New Delhi, for the year 2003-2004, 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)(a) above. III. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Department of Telecommunications) and the Telecommunications Consultants India Limited (TCIL), for the year 2005-2006. 5-23 p.m. 6. Report of the Committee on Petitions Shri Jana Krishnamurthy K. presented the One Hundred and Twenty-third Report (in English and Hindi) of the Committee on Petitions on the petition signed by Shri Pratap Ray of Jajpur in Orissa and 11 others and countersigned by Shri C. Apok Jamir, Member, Rajya Sabha praying for legislative and other measures to check adulteration of Petrol/Diesel and other malpractices at the retail outlets and action on some other related matters. 7. Report of Committee on Empowerment of Women Shrimati Chandra Kala Pandey laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Third Report of the Committee on Empowerment of Women (2004-2005) on “Economic Upliftment of Scheduled Caste Women through National Scheduled Castes Finance and Development Corporation”. 5-24 p.m. 8. Motion for Election to the Committee on Official Language A motion for election of one member to the Committee on Official Language was moved and adopted. 11TH AUGUST, 2005 9. Motion for Election to the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) A motion for election of one member to the Agricultural and Processed Food Products Export Development Authority (APEDA) was moved and adopted. 5-25 p.m. 10. Statements by Ministers (1) Shri K. Chandra Sekhar Rao, Minister of Labour and Employment, laid on the Table a statement (in English and Hindi) regarding ‘Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the First and Third Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour’. (2) Shri M.V. Rajasekharan, Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning, laid on the Table a statement (in English and Hindi) regarding ‘Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the Third Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance on Demands for Grants (2004-05) of the Ministry of Planning’. (3) Shri M.V. Rajasekharan, Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning, laid on the Table a statement (in English and Hindi) regarding ‘Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the Second Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs on Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Overseas Affairs’. 5-26 p.m. 11. Leave of Absence Dr. (Shrimati) Najma A. Heptulla (Rajasthan) was granted leave of absence from 25th July to 18th August, 2005 during the current session of the Rajya Sabha and Dr. K. Malaisamy (Tamil Nadu) was granted leave of absence from 8th August, 2005 till the end of the current session of the Rajya Sabha. (The House adjourned at 5-27 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Friday, the 12th August, 2005)