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RAJYA SABHA —— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS Thursday, August 14, 2014 11 A.M. ——— QUESTIONS QUESTIONS entered in separate lists to be asked and answers given. ———— SHORT NOTICE QUESTION SHORT NOTICE QUESTION NO. 1 entered in separate list to be asked and answer given. ———— PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table entered in the separate list: — 1. SHRI RADHA MOHAN SINGH for Ministry of Agriculture; 2. GENERAL (RETD.) V. K. SINGH for Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; 3. RAO INDERJIT SINGH for Ministry of Planning; 4. SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR for Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change; 5. DR. JITENDRA SINGH for Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences; 6. SHRI KIREN RIJIJU for Ministry of Home Affairs; 7. DR. SANJEEV KUMAR BALYAN for Ministry of Agriculture; and 8. SHRI SUDARSHAN BHAGAT for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. ———— STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS 1. SHRI PIYUSH GOYAL to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Thirtieth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy on "Functioning of Central Electricity Regulatory Commission". 229 2. DR. JITENDRA SINGH to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Two Hundred and Fifty-first Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests on Action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Two Hundred and Forty-fourth Report of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2013-14) pertaining to the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research. ———— MOTION FOR ELECTION TO THE JOINT COMMITTEE ON OFFICES OF PROFIT SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD to move the following Motion:— "That this House concurs in the recommendation of the Lok Sabha that a Joint Committee on Offices of Profit be constituted for the purposes set out in the Motion adopted by the Lok Sabha at its sitting held on the 1st August, 2014 and communicated to this House, and resolves that this House do join in the said Joint Committee and proceed to elect, in accordance with the system of proportional representation by means of the single transferable vote, five Members from among the Members of the House to serve on the said Joint Committee.” ———— LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS Bills for consideration and passing The Constitution (One 1. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved Hundred and Twenty-first by Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad on the 13th of August, 2014:— Amendment) Bill, 2014. "That the Bill further to amend the Constitution of India, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration." SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD to move that the Bill be passed. The National Judicial 2. SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD to move that the Bill to Appointments Commission regulate the procedure to be followed by the National Judicial Appointments Bill, 2014. Commission for recommending persons for appointment as the Chief Justice of India and other Judges of the Supreme Court and Chief Justices and other Judges of High Courts and for their transfers and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration. ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. ———— 230 DISCUSSION ON THE WORKING OF THE MINISTRY OF WOMEN AND CHILD DEVELOPMENT REPLY to the discussion on the working of the Ministry of Women and Child Development, raised by Shri Satish Chandra Misra, on the 12th of August, 2014. ———— LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS Bill for consideration and passing 3. SHRI NARENDRA SINGH TOMAR to move that the Bill to The Labour Laws amend the Labour Laws (Exemption from Furnishing Returns and (Exemption from Maintaining Registers by certain Establishments) Act, 1988, be taken into Furnishing Returns consideration. and Maintaining Registers by Certain ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. Establishments) Amendment Bill, 2011. NEW DELHI; SHUMSHER K. SHERIFF, August 13, 2014. Secretary-General. 231 .
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