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Eleventh Scric», Vol X No. IS Thundey, March 13,1997 Phalgunt 22,1918 (Sake) LOK SABHA DEBATES (English Version) Fourth Session (Part-I) (Eleventh Lok Sabha) (Vol. X contains Nos. I I to 20) LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI Price: Rt. 50.00 EDITORIAL BOARD Shri S. Gopalan Secretary-General Lok Sabha Shri Surendra Mishra Additional Secretary Lok Sabha Secretariat Shri P. C. Bhatt Chief Editor Lok Sabha Secretariat Shri Y. K. Abrol Senior Editor Shrimati Kamla Sharma Editor Shri Bairam Suri Shri S. C. Kate Assistant Editor Assistant Editor [ Original English Proceedings included In English Versions and Original Hindi Proceedings included in Hindi Versions will ba treated as authoritative and not the translation thereof.] C o rrig end a to Lok Sabha Debates (English Version) Thursday, March 13, 1997/Phalguna 22, 1918(Saka) C o l./1i ne For Read ( i i i ,) / 9 & 12 Shri Indarjit GuptaShri Indrajit Gupta G u ^frv 64/18 DR. RAMESH CHAND DR. RAMESH CHAND ( f rorn fce 1 owKUMAR ) TOMAR 6 7/16 GHRI JANG BAHADUR GHRI JANG BAHADUR SHING PATEL SINGH PATEL SHRIMATI BHAVNABEN SHRIMATI BHAVNA DEVRAJ BHAI CHAKMALIA BEN DEVRAJ BHAI CHI KHALIA 140/3 SHRI NAVAL KISHORE GHRI NAWAL OATr A AA Jl KI CHORE RAI SHRI GEORGE PCRNANDES SHRI GEORGE Ftfl.Nf'N i 186/9 SHRI SATYAJITSINH SHRI SATYAJIT DILIPSINH GAEKWAD SINH DULIP SINli GAEKWAD 275/6 SHRI SYED MASUDAL SHRI SYED MACUDAi. (from below) HUSSAIN HOSSAIN 318/11 SHRI INDRIJIT GUPTA SHRI INDRAJ1 "i (from below) GUPTA CONTENTS (Eleventh Series, Vol. X, Fourth Session, Part-1, 1997/1918 (Saka) No. 15, Thursday, March 13,1997/Phalguna 22,1918 (Saka) Subject Columns ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS : 'Starred Question Nos. 261 - 26 6 ...................................................................................................................1-25 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS : Starred Question Nos. 267 - 280 ..................................................................................................................25-39 Unstarred Question Nos. 2875 - 3104.............................................................................................. ......39-220 STATEMENTS CORRECTING THE REPLY TO USQ NO. 1942 DATED 5th DECEMBER, 1996 REGARDING FLIGHT FROM DELHI TO RAJKOT AND AHMEDABAD AND STARRED QUESTION NOS. 34 DATED 21st NOVEMBER, 1996 REGARDING LONG RANGE AIRCRAFT............................................................................................................220-221 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE .......................................................................................................................... 221-224 MESSAGE FROM RAJYA SABHA..................................................... ......................................................................... 224 COMMITTEE ON ABSENCE OF MEMBERS FROM THE SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE.........................................224 Second Report STANDING COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS..................... 225 Fortieth, Forty-First and Forty-Second Reports MOTION RE : ELEVENTH REPORT OF THE BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE....................................226-235 Motion to Consider - Adopted BILLS INTRODUCED : (i) Electricity Laws (Amendment) B ill...................... ....................................................................................... 248 (ii) Income-Tax (Amendment) Bill....................................................................................................................249 STATEMENT RE : ELECTRICITY LAWS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE - Laid...............................................................249 STATEMENT RE : INCOME TAX (SECOND AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE - L a id.................................................249 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 (i) Need to restore access of inhabitants of Uttaranchal, U.P. to the nearby forest for domestic use....................................................................................................................250 Shri Bachi Singh Rawat "Bachda" ' 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. Subject Columns (ii) Need for early completion of work on bypass at Varanasi, Uttar Pradesh....................................250-251 Shri Manoj Kumar Sinha (iii) Need to take up the issue of sharing the Sindhu river water with Pakistan ............................................ 251 Shri P. S. Gadhavi (iv) Need to allocate adequate LPG to Mavelikara in Kerela to clear the backlog.......................................251 Prof. P. J. Kurien (v) Need to set up rubber based industries in backward district of Kanyakumari, Tamil N a d u ...... 251-252 Shri N. Dennis (vi) Need to provide financial assistance to State Government of Maharashtra for rehabilitation and Improvement of slums in Mumbai............................................................................. 252 Shri Narayan Athawalay (vii) Need to stop the proposed sale of land belonging to Azam Zahi Mills at Warangal, Andhra Pradesh............................................................................................................. 252-253 Shri A. Chandulal RAILWAY BUDGET - GENERAL DISCUSSION - 1997-98...............................................................................253-287 DEMANDS FOR GRANTS ON ACCOUNT (RAILWAYS) 1997-98 DEMANDS FOR EXCESS GRANTS - (RAILWAYS) 1994-95 SUPPLEMENTARY DEMANDS FOR GRANTS - (RAILWAYS) 1996-97 - Contd. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan................................................................................................................ 253-267 Demands for Grants on Account (Railways) Demands for Excess Grants (Railways) Demands for Supplementary Grants (Railways) APPROPRIATION (RAILWAYS) VOTE ON ACCOUNT BILL -Introduced Motion to Consider .................................................................................................................................... 287 Shri Ram Vilas Paswan........................................................................................................................ 287 Shri Nitish Kumar...........................................................................................................................288-289 Clauses 2, 3 and 1 .....................................................................................................................................289 Motion to pass .................................................................................................................................... 289 APPROPRIATION (RAILWAYS) BILL -Introduced Motion to Consider .................................................................................................................................... 290 Shri Ram Vilas Paswan........................................................................................................................290 Motion to Pass .....................................................................................................................................291 (ii) S ubject C olumns APPROPRIATION (RAILWAYS) No. 2 BILL -Introduced Motion to Consider ........................................................................................................ ......................... 291 Shri Ram Vilas Paswan ..................................................................................................................... 291 Clauses 2, 3 and 1 .................................................................................................................................292 Motion to Pass .................................... ....................... .................................................................292 STATEMENT BY MINISTER Incidents/Issues relating to Uttar Pradesh...........................................................................................293-295 Shri Indarjit Gupta STATUTORY RESOLUTION RE : APPROVAL OF CONTINUANCE IN FORCE OF PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDENT IN RESPECT OF THE STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH.......................... 295-318 Shri Indarjit Gupta (iii) LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA (e) the names of the districts in Karnataka and other States where special schools for child labourers have so Thursday, March 13, 1997/ Phalguna 22, 1918 (Saka) far been sanctioned; and The Lok Sabha met one minute past Eleven of the (f) total number of child labourers proposed to be Clock admitted in these special schools? THE MINISTER OF LABOUR (SHRI M. [ M r Speaker in the Chair] ARUNACHALAM) : (a) to (f) A Statement is laid on the Table of the House. [Translation] Statement SHRI S.P. JAISWAL (Varanasi) : Mr Speaker, Sir today, in front of the police station, Chhatra Sangathan The census figures show that the number of working Sangharsh Morcha ....... (Interruptions) children has come down from 13.64 million in 1981 to 11.28 million in 1991. Government is committed to the goal of MR. SPEAKER : You may raise it after Question Hour. eradication of child labour in all its forms and making free Raise this matfer in Zero Hour. You will get a chance during andcompulsory elementary education af undamental right. that hour. However, priority is being given to eradication of child SHRI S.P. JAISWAL : Three students have been labour in hazardous occupations for which 76 National killed in the election of Kashi Hindu Vishwavidyalaya Child Labour Projects have been sanctioned so far. ..... (Interruptions) Minimum wages for working children are fixed as per provisions of Section 3(3) of the Minimum Wages Act., MR. SPEAKER : will get a chance during Zero 1948. The names of the