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LOK SABHA DEBATES ELEVENTH SERIES (Vol. III.No. 6) JULY, 17, 1996 SECOND SESSION ELEVENTH LOK SABHA LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI CONTENTS [Eleventh Series, Vol. Ill Second Session l996/19 18 (Saka)] No. 6,Wednesday, July 17, 1996/Asadha 26, 19 18 (Saka) ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS : 'Starred Questions Nos. 102-104 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS : Starred Questions Nos. 101 and 105-120 Unstarred Questions Nos. 804-902 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 (i) Need to reopen Farenda Ganesh Sugar Mill in Maharajganj district, U.P. Shri Pankaj Chowdhary (ii) Need for lifting of ban on setting up of industries in Dahanu Taluka district Thane, Maharashtra Shri Chintaman Wanaga (iii) Need to open heavy industry in Rajasthan Shri Bheru Lal Meena (iv) Need to abolish existing contractual system of recruiting scientists in Council of Scientific and Industrial Research Shri S.D. N.R. Wadiyar (v) Need lor early clearance of the proposal of Karnataka Government for construction of 'Yatrika' at Sogalu in Belgaum district Shri Shivananda H. Koujalgi (vi) Need to frame guidlines for laying the alignment route of fences alongwith Indo- Bangladesh border to minimise lossed damages to the affected people Shri Chitta Basu (vii) Need to release the remaining fifty per cent grnat to the minority school in Kerala Shri E. Ahamed (viii) Need to issue No Objection Certificate for providing civic amenities to slum dwellers on land belonging to Central Government in Mumbai Shri Ram Naik STATUTORY RESOLUTION RE: DISAPPROVAL OF THE SUPREME COURT AND HlGH COURT JUDGES (CONDITION OF SERVICE) AMENDMENT THIRD ORDINANCE, 1996 AND THE SUPREME COURT AND HlGH COURT JUDGES (CONDITIONS OF SERIVCE) AMENDMENT BILL Motion to consider Shri Satya Pal Jain Shri P.R. Dasmunsi Shri C. Narayana Swamy Shr~Balai Chandra Ray Shri Suresh Prabhu Shri George Fernandes Shri Pramothes Mukherjee Shri Girdhari Lal Bhargava The Sign + marked above the name of a Member indlccrtes that the question vves actually asked on the noor of the H- by that Member. STATEMENT BY MINISTER Incidents of Death of Pilgrims at Ujjain and I'ardwar Shri Mohd. Maqbool Oar DISCUSSION UNDER RULE 193 Flood Situation and Natural Calamities in different Parts of the Country Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra Shri V. Dhananjaya Kumar Shri Nurul Islam Shri V.V. Raghavan Shri Uddhab Barman Shri Suresh Prabhu Shri Bhakta Charan Das Shri Ganga Charan Rajput Shri V.M. Sudheeran Prot. Jitendra Nath Das Dr. Jayanta Rongpi Shri Rajiv Pratap Rudy Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy Shri Anil Kumar Yadav Dr. Arun Kumar Sarma Shri N.K. Premachandran Shri Girdhari Lal Bhargava Shri Kalpnath Rai Shri Ramesh Chennithala Shri Ram Kripal Yadav Shri T. Govindan Shri Ramashray Prasad Singh Shri Prabhu Dayal Katheria Shri Anant Gangaram Geete LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA is not present? (Int#nuptions) Is Shri Parasram Bhardwaj present?... (Interruptions) Wednesday, July 17, 1996/Asadha 26, [English] 1918 (Saka) SHRl SANAT MEHTA : Sir, where is the hon. (The Lok Sabha met at 4 Eleven of the Clock) Minister? You have called the name of Shri Shantilal Patel. But who is answering the question? [MR. DEPUTYSPEAKER in the Chalr] . (Interruptions) MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER : Where is the hon. Minister? [Translation] (Interruptions) MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER : Question No. 101, Shri Parasram Bhardwaj is not present. SHRl PRAMOD MAHAJAN : Sir, I request you to adjourn the House till the hon. Minister comes here SHRl KRISHAN LAL SHARMA (Outer Delhi) :Today ...(Interruptions). Where is the hon. is Prime Minister's day and he is not present in the House. Please give some information about [Translation] him ...(lnterruptions). He has to come only one day. MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER : Any of you may please reply. [English] I, SHRl PRAMOD MAHAJAN (Mumbai North East) : [English] Today is the Prime Minister's day. He must be present SHRl PRAMOD MAHAJAN : Sir, the Prime Minister here, Where is the Prime Minister? ...(Interruptions) is absent and the Minister concerned is also THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (SHRI RAM VlLAS absent...(Interruptions) PASWAN) : He is coming. Why are you worried? MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER : Please sit down. I am on my legs. [Transla tion] (lnterrupiotns) It seems that you have very much affection for the MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER : Please sit down first. hon. Prime Minister ...(lnterruptions) (Interruptions) [English] [Translation] MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER : Question No. 101. Shri THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF Parasram Bhardwaj is absent. POWER AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY (Interruptions) OF NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES (DR. S. VENUGOPALACHARI) : I beg your pardon for coming , MR DEPUTY-SPEAKER : Question No. 102. Shri late. Shantilal Parostamdas Patel. (Interruptions) [English] SHRl SHANTILAL PARSOTAMDAS PATEL (Godhra): MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER : The Minister has expressed his regrets. That is all. Question No. 102 ...(lnterruptions) SHRl PRAMOD MAHAJAN : He must read the reply. SHRl SANAT MEHTA (Surendra Nagar) : Sir, who is replying?. .(Interruptions) ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI T.R. BAALU): [Translation] Sil, \ have to answer the lirst Question, i.e. Question No101 ...(Interruptions) Agreements with Entrepreneurs MR DEPUTY-SPEAKER . But the Member is not '102. SHRl SHANTILAL PARSOTAMDAS PATEL : present Will the PRIME MINISTER be pleased to Stale (Interruptions) (a) the number of agreements made by the Government with privavte entrepreneurs in power sector [Translat~on] in the country during the Eighth Five Year Plan perlod: and MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER : The I ember who asked the question is not present ...(lnterruptions). He wants to (b) the power projects undertaken and completed know whether the Member who asked question No. 101 in Gujarat during the perlod? J Oral Answers JULY 17, 1996 ON/ Answers 4 [English] DR, S. VENUGOPALACHARI : Jegurupadu Power THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF Project in Andhra Pradesh Is with a capaclty of 216 MW POWER AND MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY and promoted by GVK; Godavari Power Project is also OF NON-CONVENTIONAL ENERGY SOURCES (DR. In Andhra Pradesh with a capaclty of 208 MW, promoted S. VENUGOPALACHARI) : (a) and (b). A Statement Is by Spectrum Technology; Dabhol Is a Maharashtra with iald on the Table of the House. a capaclty of 715 MW, by Enron; Baspa HEP Is in Hlmachal Pradesh with a capaclty of 300 MW, by JP ' Industries; Hazlra in Gujarat wlth a capaclty of 515 MW, STATEMENT by Essar; Paguthan Is also in Gujarat wlth a capacity of (a) From the time of the formulation of the private 655 MW, by Torrent; Maheshwar HEP is in MP wlth a power policy of the Government of lndia in 1991, upto capacity of 400 MW, by S. Kumars; Tawa HEP is also 18th February, 1995, State Governments entered Into In MP wlth a capacity of 12 MW, by HEG; Jojobera Is Memoranda of Understanding wlth, or issued Letters of in Blhar wlth a capaclty of 200 MW by Jamshedpur intent to, private entrepreneurs for settlng up power Power Company;. - generating stations. As on date, Government of lndia Is GIPCL, Baroda In Gujarat with a capaclty of 160 monltoring 94 projects, costing more than Rs.100 crores each, that are proposed to be set up through this route. MW; Shivpur HEP in Karnataka wlth a capaclty of 18 Power projects costing loss than Rs. 100 crores each MW by Bhoruka Power Company, Maniyar HEP In Kerala which do not require the approval of the Central with 8 of 12 MW by Carborundum Universal; Electricity Authorlty (CEA) are monltored by the State Adamtilla In a Of MW by DLF and Governments. Further, according to information Bansakandi Is also In Assam with a capacity of l5.5 available, as on date, 23 private entrepreneurs have MW by DLFQSoo the total hlawatt Comes to 3435. signed power purchase agrkments with state Eiectrlclty These are the Power Projects that are under Boards for sale of power generated by thelr stations. consideratlon. (b) in Gujarat, the 515 MW comblned cycle power It la a project-wise statement. plant at Hazlra has been undertaken and completed by Mls. Essar Power Limited in the prlvate sector. SHRl SANAT MEHTA : Has the Government any benchmark tor the cost of production per megawatt and [Translation] cost per unit? Or is it to be agreed by the States? I SHRI SHANTILAL PARSOTAMDAS PATEL : Mr. would like to know about It. Deputy Speaker, Sir, there Is acute shortage of electricity DR. S. VENUGOPALACHARI : So far as power in Gujarat as well as in many other parts of the country. projects are concerned, the cost is roughly Rs. 4 crore Even new industries and farmers do not get proper for one megawatt. it depends on the State to complete supply of electricity. I, through you, would like to know It. The State has to complete the negotiations about the form the Union Government as to how many companies project. They are to submit It to the CEA wlth PPA. which had made agreement in Eighth Five Year Plan, executed the work? I would also like to know the extent SHRl SANAT MEHTA : Regarding Gujarat, Is It a of work executed by these companies in every State fact that allegations had been made that originally the and specially in Gujarat. Essar company had indicated very low cost and afterwards the cost was increased? Is the Government [English] aware of it? DR. S. VENUGOPALACHARI : Mr. Deputy Speaker, DR. S. VENUGOPALACHARI : After seeing all the Sir, six out of the 11 power projects are presently under reports from the State Governments, the CEA has bidding. cleared the Gujarat-Essar Company. First, it started with Shall I read them out one by one or is It enough if 200 MW. Later It became 250 MW.