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EUfcth Sertw. Vol. XLI1I, INo. 3 Friday. November 4,1988 Kartika 13, 1910 (Smka) LOK SABHA DEBATES (English Version) Twelfth Session (Eighth Lok Sahha) ( Vol. X lill contains Nos. I to 10) LOK SABHA SCCRETAMAf NEW HK1HI /'net : fy. ,6W CONTENTS [Eighth Series, Volume XUII, Twelfth Session 1988/1910 (Sakaft No. 3, Friday, November 4,1988/ Kartika 13,1910 (Saka) COLUMNS Oral Answers to Questions: 1-32 •Starred Questions Nos. 41 and 43 to 46 Written Answers to Questions: 33-330 ‘Starred Questions Nos. 42 and 47 to 60 33-46 Unstarred Questions Nos. 234 to 244, 246 to 441, 46-326 443 to 447, 449 and 450. Papers laid on the Table 330-359 Committee on Public Undertakings — 359 Forty-eighth Report — Presented Election to Committee — 360 Marine Products Export Development Authority National Highways Authority of India 360-362 Bill — Introduced Matters Under Rule 377 — 362-366 (i) Need to expand communication and transport 362 facilities in Mirzapur district — Shri Ram Pyare Panika (ii) Need to take step3 to improve the financial 363 position of handloom weavers — Dr. Chandra Shekhar Tripathi ‘The Sign | marked above the name of a Member indicates that the question was actually asked on the floor of the House by that Member. COLUMNS (iii) Need to declare the birthday of Maharishi 363-364 Valmiki as a National Holiday — Shri Harish Rawat (iv) Need to modernise Sindri Fertiliser Factory and 364 to set up a big factory in that area — Shri Shankar Dayal Singh (v) Need to review the implementation of Urban 364-365 Land (Ceiling) Act and to make suitable amendments in the Act — Shri E. Ayyapu Reddy (vi) Need to issue directions to sugar mills in Bihar 365-366 to start crushing cane immediately in the interest of workers and cane growers — Shri Kali Prasad Pandey (viii) Need to take measures to check the population 366 growth in the country — Shri Raj Kumar Rai Salary, Allowances and Pension of Members 366-386 of Parliament (Amendment) Bill — Motion to consider — Shri H.K.L. Bhagat 367-369 Shri Ananda Pathak 370 Prof. Saifuddin Soz 375-378 Dr. G.S. Dhilton 378-379 Shri Indrajit Gupta 379-380 Clause 2 to 10 and 1 382-385 Motion to pass — Shri H.K.L. Bhagat 380-382 Statement Re: Recent Developments in Maldives — 370-375 Shri Rajiv Gandhi (iii) COLUMNS Discussion Under Rule 193 — 386-421 Demands of Farmers and Agricultural Labour - Prof. Madhu Dandavate 386-398 Shri Balkavi Bairagi 398-409 Dr. Chandra Shekhar Tripathi 409-414 Shri V. Sobhanadreeswara Rao 414-421 Bills Introduced 422-430 (1) Constitution (Amendment) Bill (Amendment of article 16) 422 (By Prof. P.J. Kurien) (2) Scheduled Caste Converts (Reservation of Posts and other Benefits) Bill 422 (By Prof. P.J. Kurien) (3) Married Women (Protection of Rights) Bill 423 (By Shrimati Basavarajeswari) (4) Banning of Sex Determination Tests Bill 423 (By Shrimati Basavarajeswari) (5) Constitution (Amendment) Bill (Amendment of article 155) 424 (By Shri S.M. Guraddi) (6) Constitution (Amendment) Bill (Substitution of new article for article 263) 424 (By Shri S.M. Guraddi) (7) Right to work Bill 425 (By Shri Haroobhai Mehta) (iv) COLUMNS (8) High Court of Orissa (Establishment of a Permanent Bench at Berhampur) Bill 425 (By Shri Somnath Rath) (9) Constitution (Amendment) Bill 426 (Amendment of article 141) (By Shri Shantaram Naik) (10) Constitution (Amendment) Bill 426 (Amendment of article 344 etc.) (By Shri Shantaram Naik) (11) Constitution (Amendment) Bill 427 (Amendment of the Preamble) (BY Shri Shantaram Naik) (12) Constitution (Amendment) Bill 427 (Amendment of article 143) (By Shri Shantaram Naik) (13) Foreign Visits by the President and Members of the Council of Ministers Bill 428 (By Shri Syed Shahabuddin) (14) Official Languages (Amendment) Bill 428 (Amendment of Section 3) (By Shri Syed Shahabuddin) (15) Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order (Amendment) Bill 429 (By Shri Syed Shahabuddin) (16) Commissions of Inquiry (Amendment) Bill (Amendment of Section 3) 429 (By Prof. Madhu Dandavate; (V) COLUMNS (17) Indian Telegraph (Amendment) Bill 430 (Amendment of Section 5) (By Shri Syed Shahbuddin) Constitution (Amendment) Bill — 430-480 (Amendment of Article 311) (By Shri Shahabuddin) Motion to Consider — Shri Suresh Kurup 431-436 Shri Vijay N. Patil 436-440 Shri Thampan Thomas 440-448 Shri Shantaram Naik 448-453 Dr. G.S. Rajhans 453-457 Shri N. Tombi Singh 457-461 Shri Ramashray Prasad Singh 461-464 Shri Yogeshwar Prasad Yogesh 465-468 Shri Harish Rawat 468-470 Kumari Mamata Banerjee 470-471 Shri P. Chidambaram 471-480 LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA advised to exercise economy in expenditure on travel, office oxpenses, publicity, semi Friday, November 4, 1988/Kartika 13, nars/conferences etc. Additional expendi 1910 (Saka) ture on dearness allowance, bonus is to be absorbed by the Departments within the existing allocations as far as possible. Sup The Lok Sabha met at plementary Grants are allowed only where Eleven of the Clock inescapable. Strict control on creation of posts has been enforced. Cabinet Commit [MR. DEPUTY SPEAKER in the Chaii\ tee on Expenditure has been constituted to ensure strict control on expenditure through ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS suitable measures. Ministries have been asked to review their programmes and ac [English] tivities adopting Zero Base Budgeting ap proach for more effective use of resources Steps to Curb Expenditure In Central on high priority areas. In addition to this, to Ministries begin with, it is proposed to undertake an indepth review of the selected sectors like *41. SHRI SRIBALLAV PANI- agriculture, education, health, social welfare GRAHIf: etc. to identify the schemes on which expen SHRI VIRDHICHANDER JAIN: diture can be contained. Will the Minister of FINANCE be SHRI SRIBALLAV PANIGRAHI : Sir, pleased to state : the answer as revealed from this Statement which is laid on the Table of the House is of (a) whether Government have recently a very general nature. In fact it does not taken up the question of curtailing expendi reflect the seriousness which this important ture in the major Central Ministries; question of curtailing non-developmental expenditure deserves. (b) if so, the specific measures pro posed to be adopted therefor; As you know, in the current year’s Budget, there is a huge gap which is about (c) whether the areas for curtailing ex Rs 7,000 crores.When an anxiety was ex penditure have been identified; and pressed, a categorical assurance was given on the floor of the House by the hon. Finance (d) if so, the details thereof ? Minister that no effort would be spared to curtail the non-developmental expenditure THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE and to run the economy properly from the DEPARTMENT OF EXPENDITURE IN THE point of economy, many steps are to be MINISTRY OF FINANCE (SHRI B.K. taken; there should be no cause for anxiety GADHVI): (a) to (d). given below. about inflation, etc. STATEMENT I would like to know in that background, what specific measures have been taken It is the continuous endeavour of the and what is the result thereof. There is a Government to contain non-devebpmental mention in the Statement that a Cabinet expenditure tothe minimum necessary level. Sub-Committee has been constituted. All Government Departments have been When was it constituted? How many times it 3 Oral Answers NOVEMBER 4,1988 Oral Answers 4 has it met? What are the recommendations second supplementary is this: No doubt the or decisions taken? How have they been Government are taking some good meas implemented? What are the results thereof ? ures, but I wanted to know the details. Any way, they can provide them later on also. But Further, I would like to know whether at inspite of all these things, the Prime Minister the time of presentation of the Budget there has expressed, while addressing the Con was any assessment about the percentage gress Parliamentary Party only the day be of non-developmental expenditure. Was fore yesterday, his anxiety. It has come out there any target fixed, to indicate the level to in the papers also. I will read — only a few which it would be brought dbwn; and what is lines: the present position today, when we are half way through the financial year? “Mr. Gandhi regretted that almost 85 per cent of the outlay on pro SHRI B. K. GADHVI : It is incorrect to grammes was absorbed by the say that the statement does not indicate the system, leaving only 15% to be specific measures which Government has spent on the schemes. Wastage initiated, to contain the expenditure-non- would have to be stopped, and Plan and non-developmental. Various proc efficiency increased, to attain the esses are on. There is a Cabinet Committee growth rate.” on Expenditure which meets from time to time, to contain the expenditure, to contain At the same time, the President of India also the deficit and also to review the overall has expressed his anxiety, and has laid economy. Internally also, there is a commit stress on proper utilization of every rupee, tee headed by the Cabinet Secretary, which through monitoring to see whether proper also looks into this. The Departments have expenditure is there. In this background, I been asked to prioritise their schemes, and would also like to know the percentage. I had also to adopt the zero-based budgeting put this question, viz. whether there is any system. Presently, to give the information assessment done, and what further steps specifically, i.e. as to what is the achieve they are going to take, while monitoring ment because of these efforts, is not pos these things in respect of wasteful expendi sible. But as the hon.