Rajya Sabha —— Revised List of Business

RAJYA SABHA —— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS

Friday, March 30, 2012

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11 A.M. ———

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

SHORT NOTICE QUESTION SHORT NOTICE QUESTION NO. 3 entered in separate list to be asked and answer given. ————

PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE I. Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table entered in the separate list: — 1. SHRI SHARAD PAWAR for Ministry of Agriculture; 2. SHRI AJIT SINGH for Ministry of Civil Aviation; 3. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL for Ministry of Human Resource Development; 4. SHRI SALMAN KHURSHEED for Ministry of Law and Justice; 5. SHRI AJAY MAKEN for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; 6. SHRI SRIKANT JENA for Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers and Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation; 7. SHRI E. AHAMED for Ministry of External Affairs; 8. SHRIMATI D. PURANDESWARI for Ministry of Human Resource Development; 9. SHRI HARISH RAWAT for Ministry of Agriculture; 10. SHRI BHARATSINH SOLANKI for Ministry of Railways; 11. DR. S. JAGATHRAKSHAKAN for Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; 12. SHRI SACHIN PILOT for Ministry of Communications and Information Technology; 13. SHRI PRADEEP JAIN for Ministry of Rural Development; 14. SHRI ASHWANI KUMAR for Ministry of Science and Technology; 15. SHRI CHARAN DAS MAHANT for Ministry of Agriculture; and 16. SHRI MILIND DEORA for Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

II. SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA 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 for the year ended March, 2011: No.28 of 2011-12: Union Government – Department of Revenue (Indirect Taxes – Central Excise – Compliance Audit); and (iii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2011: No.29 of 2011-12: Union Government – Department of Revenue (Indirect Taxes – Service Tax – Compliance Audit). ———— REPORTS OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE

SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR PROF. SAIF-UD-DIN SOZ to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Public Accounts Committee (2011-12):— (i) Fifty-second Report on 'Training of Pilots in the Indian Air Force' relating to the Ministry of Defence; (ii) Fifty-third Report on 'Abnormal Delay in Execution of Ordnance Factory Project NALANDA' relating to the Ministry of Defence; (iii) Fifty-fourth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Twenty-third Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on 'Assistance to States for Developing Export Infrastructure and Allied Activities (ASIDE) Scheme' relating to the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Commerce); and (iv) Fifty-fifth Report on 'Member of Parliament Local Area Development Scheme' relating to the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation.

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STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS

1. SHRI SHARAD PAWAR to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Twenty-second Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture on Demands for Grants (2011-12), relating to Department of Agriculture & Cooperation.

2. SHRI SACHIN PILOT to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Twenty-fourth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Demands for Grants (2011-12), relating to Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology.

3. SHRI MILIND DEORA to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Twenty-first Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Demands for Grants (2011-12), relating to Department of Telecommunications.

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MOTION FOR ELECTION TO THE COURT OF THE ALIGARH MUSLIM UNIVERSITY

SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move the following Motion:— “That in pursuance of item (xxiv) of clause (1) read with clause (2) of Statute 14 of the Statutes of the Aligarh Muslim University appended to the Aligarh Muslim University (Amendment) Act, 1981, in terms of Section 28 thereof, this House do proceed to elect, in such manner as the Chairman may direct, two Members from amongst the Members of the House to be members of the Court of the Aligarh Muslim University in the vacancies caused due to the expiry of term of Shrimati Kusum Rai therein and the retirement of Shri Moinul Hassan from the membership of Rajya Sabha due on 2nd April, 2012.” ————

MOTION FOR ELECTION TO THE POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (PGIMER), CHANDIGARH

SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD to move the following Motion:— “That in pursuance of clause (g) of section 5 read with sub-section (4) of Section 6 of the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh Act, 1966 (51 of 1966), this House do proceed to elect, in such manner as the Chairman may direct, one Member from amongst the Members of the House to be a member of the Post-Graduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, in the vacancy to be caused due to the retirement of Shrimati Viplove Thakur from the membership of Rajya Sabha on 2nd April, 2012.” ————

(FROM 2.30 P.M. TO 5.00 P.M.) PRIVATE MEMBERS' BUSINESS (RESOLUTIONS)

1. SHRI SHIVANAND TIWARI to move the following Resolution: -

"Having regard to the fact that-

(i) the Constitution of India under article 340 provides for appointment of a Commission to investigate the conditions of backward classes by the President of India; (ii) as per this provision of the Constitution, the first Commission for Backward Classes was set up by the President's Order on 29th January, 1953 under the Chairmanship of Kaka Kalelkar which submitted its report to the President on 30th March, 1955 and identified as many as 2,399 castes in the entire country as backward classes; (iii) among the castes identified as backward classes in the Commission's Report, 837 castes were marked out as most backward classes living under the sub-human conditions; (iv) the Commission made recommendation for reservation for the backward classes in the Government jobs and Government undertakings as well as in the academic institutions and suggested sweeping reforms in the rural economy, together with land reforms; 88

(v) the Commission recommended to carry out the forthcoming census to be kicked off in 1961 on the basis of caste; but the then Government rejected the report of the Commission on the ground that the reservations will eclipse the merit and thus affect the efficiency in the administration; (vi) the government also claimed that the developmental efforts initiated through the First Five Year Plan would result in establishing a social order based on socialism and removing caste disparities; (vii) even the releasing of list of backward castes in the country at the Central level was stopped; (viii) the Second National Commission for Backward Classes was constituted on 20th December, 1978 under the Chairmanship of Shri B.P. Mandal, according to which the other Backward Classes constitute 52% of the total population of the country; (ix) the Commission recommended reservation for backward classes in the educational institutions also besides giving them reservation in jobs in the Government offices and the public undertakings; (x) the Commission also recommended other comprehensive reforms including land reforms for improving the condition of backward classes; (xi) the Commission further stressed the need for a caste based census; (xii) the lone Scheduled Castes Member in the Commission, Shri L.R. Nayak submitted a separate recommendation to the Commission recommending a separate provision for reservation for extremely backward classes within the reservation quota meant for the backward classes; (xiii) according to Shri Nayak, the condition of the extremely backward classes is the same as that of Scheduled Tribes and Scheduled Castes and, if the provision of a separate reservation within the system of reservation is not made for them, they would be deprived of the benefits of reservation and there would be no improvement in their condition and accordingly, recommended for a separate provision for 15 per cent reservation for extremely backward classes; (xiv) the Commission, however, did not include Shri Nayak's conclusion in its recommendations, citing technical impediment, in its implementation; (xv) a demand is being raised by the most backward communities across the country from the very beginning to make a separate provision for reservation within the reservation quota meant for the other backward classes; (xvi) the extremely backward classes constitute the largest group amongst the other backward classes but their social, educational and economic condition remains pitiable due to non access to the benefits of the reservation owing to their weaker condition; and (xvii) making a separate provision for reservation for them among the backward classes quota is very urgently required so that the system of reservation can help in improving the conditions of such a vast group,

this House urges upon the Government to amend the quota of reservation for the Other Backward Classes in the jobs of the Central Government, public undertakings and educational institutions in order to introduce a provision for 15 per cent reservation for the extremely backward classes as identified by the earlier Commissions.”

2. SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR to move the following Resolution:-

“Having regard to the fact that—

(i) the State of Andhra Pradesh was formed in the year 1956 after amalgamating Telugu speaking areas, however, first State Re- organisation Committee had recognized Telengana as a potential separate state and the first Prime Minister Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru had even assured the Telengana while inaugurating the new state; (ii) despite all these assurances, due to the lop-sided policies of the governments in the State, some areas have remained neglected in the fields of education, employment, irrigation, development, etc., and this neglect and backwardness have led to an acute feeling of alienation among the people of Telengana region, who have been demanding a separate state since 1969; (iii) Telangana consists of ten districts of Andhra Pradesh, namely - Hyderabad, Rangareddy, Mahboobnagar, Medak, Nalgongda, Khammam, Warrangel, Karimnagar, Adilabad and Nizamabad and nine out of these ten districts are recognized by the Government of India as backward, despite availability of many natural resources, the benefits have failed to reach its people; (iv) the experience of creation of smaller states has been good as it makes administration smoother and efficient coupled with higher development of the areas that have been neglected and from the people's perspective, this gives them more access to the government and reduces disparity level between the developed and non-developed areas; (v) there is merit in the demand for a separate state of Telengana as it serves the cause of geographical continuity, economic viability as well as administrative convenience; and (vi) the Central Government had announced on 9th December, 2009 that the process of formation of separate State of Telengana has begun but now the Government is backtracking and has taken a complete U-turn on this promise, which has resulted in continuous agitation in the region, this House urges upon the Government to create a separate State of Telengana with a separate Legislature, Executive and Judiciary in accordance with the Constitution of India."

3. SHRI RAJIV PRATAP RUDY to move the following Resolution:-

"Having regard to the facts that:

(i) the Indian Constitution draws its framework from the Government of India Act, 1935, as passed by the British Parliament; (ii) the Constitution of India was adopted on 26th January, 1950;

(iii) the Constitution of India adopted the Westminster Parliamentary form of Democracy; (iv) the present democratic system has adopted the majoritarian Parliamentary form of Government; (v) various Governments at the Centre have moved to amend the Constitution 115 times and have amended the Constitution 97 times; (vi) the Constitution of India believes in the federal polity where it has envisaged the separation of powers between the legislature, judiciary and the executive; (vii) we claim to have the largest democracy in the world but have failed to achieve the basic objectives enshrined in the Constitution; (viii) there is a growing mistrust in the functioning of the Indian democracy thus giving rise to social movements with strong propositions against Government and for anti-graft mechanisms; (ix) several movements in rural and urban areas are in the form of civil society movements involving the middle class and growing violent forms of naxalism in several rural areas; (x) there is growing distrust among the citizens of the country giving rise to several debates on honesty and integrity of polity and strict anti- graft laws; (xi) the participation of unsocial elements in the democratic process has raised several eye-brows and has led to witness several cases of corruption in the States and at the Centre; (xii) provision of whips on legislators, filing affidavits of having no criminal record and regarding assets and liabilities to contest elections, imposition of anti-defection laws, curbs on election expenditure have all been legislated to establish the credibility of elected representative or to restrain selection of such people indulging in them, making the very basics of electability a suspect; (xiii) there is an urgent need to look into the existing Parliamentary form of Government vis-à-vis its achievement in the last 63years; (xiv) there is a need to relook the democratic process and consider delinking the executive from elected political representatives, both in the States and at the Centre; (xv) elected representatives should be left to undertake the process of legislation and should be away from the executive; (xvi) any elected representatives should not occupy or be nominated to the posts of executive for need of better accountability; and (xvii) there is a need to look into the pattern of the democratic process and for looking into the process of direct elections for Chief Executive at the Centre and States; therefore, this House urges upon the Government to create provisions in the Constitution of India for ensuring separation of Executive from Legislature and that the elected representatives of a majority party do not hold executive or ministerial positions."

4. SHRI N.K. SINGH to move the following Resolution:-

"This House resolves that a legislation be introduced in Parliament which provides for universal health benefits, free access to health services along with compulsory health check up of children from the age of six to fourteen to prevent the high incidence of malnutrition and malnourishment, along with an early warning detection system."

NEW DELHI; V.K. AGNIHOTRI, March 29, 2012. Secretary-General.