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Eleventh Series, Vol. XVI No. 17 Thursday, August 14.5W7 Shntvana 23. l<m (Satia'j LOK SABHA DEBATES (English Version) Fifth Session (Eleventh LokSabha) (Vol. XVI contains No. // to 17) LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI Price : Rx SO. 00 EDITORIAL BOARD Shri S. Gopalan Secretary-General Lok Sabha Shri Surandra Mishra Additional Secretary Lok Sabha Secretariat Shri PC. Bhatt Chief Editor Lok Sabha Secretariat Shri A.R Chakravarti Senior Editor | O r i « i English Prock^ings included m E n&usb Version and Hindi included; in Hindi Vensrow wittse treated AS AUTHORITATIVE AND NOT THfc TRANSLATION -THE’WEOF'.] :o r ;T E N T s CONTENTS [Eleventh Series, Vol. XVI, Fifth Session, 1997/1919 (Saka)] No. 17, Thursday, August 14,1997/Shravana 23,1919 (Saka) Sl,BJfcCT C o l u m n s l-COME TO THE RT. HON’BLE MS. BETTY BOOTHROYD, AKER OF THE HOUSE OF COMMONS.......................................................................................................................... .. rUARY REFERENCES ...................................................................................................................................................... ... \L ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS : 'Starred Questions Nos. 321 - 325............................................................................................................................... 2-26 ilTTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS : j Starred Questions Nos. 326 - 340 ................................................................................................................................26-39 Unstarred Questions Nos. 3527 - 3756 .................................................................................................................... 40-225 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE........................................................................................................................................225-237 LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM THE SITTINGS OF THE HOUSE................................................................................... 237-238 COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE MEMBERS’ BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS Minutes — Laid ................................................................................................................................................................................... 238 ESTIMATES COMMITTEE Eighth Report — Presented............................................................................................................................................. 238 PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE Fifteenth Report — Presented......................................................................................................................................... 238 SELECT COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED TRIBES) ORDER (AMENDMENT) BILL Report — Presented............................................................................................................. ....................................... 238 SELECT COMMITTEE ON CONSTITUTION (SCHEDULED TRIBES) ORDER (AMENDMENT) BILL — Laid ........................................................................................................................ 239 STANDING COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORT AND TOURISM Thirtieth Report — Laid ...................................................................................................................................................239 MOTION RE : SIXTEENTH REPORT OF THE BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE...........................................................239 * 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 S ubject C olumns STATEMENT BY MINISTER RE : ABDUCTION OF SANJOY GHOSH — A SOCIAL WORKER IN ASSAM Shri Indrajit Gupta.............................................................................................................................. 240-243 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377........................................................................................................................................ 281-286 (I) Need to check environmental pollution caused by bone and leather mills at Unnao, U.R Shri Devi Bux Singh........................................................................................................................... 281-282 (ii) Need to take steps to make units of Cement Corporation of India at Naya Gaon, Madhya Pradesh viable Dr. Laxminarayan Pandey............................................................................................................................ 282 (iii) Need to increase the quantity of foodgrains provided to the people living below poverty line under Public Distribution System Shri Narendra Budania...................................................................................................................... 282-283 (iv)Need to supply adequate liquid natural gas to Koyamkulam Thermal Power Project, Kerala to meet the power crisis in the State Shri V.M. Sudheeran.................................................................................................................................... 283 (v) Need to provide more telecommunication facilities in Erode, Tamil Nadu Shri V.P. Shanmuga Sundaram..........................................................................................................283-284 (vi)Need to look into the implementation of Centrally sponsored schemes in Balia district, U.R Shri Harivansh Sahai...................................................................................................................................284 (vii) Need to ensure payment of statutory price to sugarcane growers in Maharashtra Shri Madhukar Sarpotdar.............................................................................................................................284 (viii)Need for early commissioning of sugar mills issued licences particularly in Meerut, U.R Shri Amar Pal Singh.................................................................................................................................... 285 (ix)Need to connect Kodagu district in Karnataka by Rail Shri V. Dhanjaya Kumar.................................................................................................................................................285 (x) Need to look into the alleged irregularities in disbursement of loan to the farmers by Bihar State Land Development Bank Shri Rambahadur Singh....................................................................................................................... 285-286 (xi)Need to declare Chandigarh-Bhatinda, Chandigarh-Ludhiana roads as National Highways Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra.................................................................................................................. 286 STEPS FOR ERADICATION OF CORRUPTION............................................................................................................ 286-322 Prof. Rasa Singh Rawat....................................................................................................................... 287-290 Shri Ramesh Chennithala.................................................................................................................... 291-295 Shri Subrata Mukherjee....................................................................................................................... 297-300 Shri Girdhari Lai Bhargava.................................................................................................................. 301-304 S ubject C olumn Shri Anadi Charan Sahu..................................................................................................................... 304-309 Shri Anand Mohan...............................................................................................................................309-311 Shri Sukdeo Paswan........................................................................................................................... 311-313 Shri Nitish Kumar................................................................................................................................ 313-320 Shri V.V. Raghavan...............................................................................................................................320-322 BILLS — Introduced Legislative Councils Bill....................................................................................................................................................322 Electricity Regulatory Commissions Bill.................................................................................................................323-324 (no LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA 11.03 hrs. Thursday, August 14, 1997/Shravana 23, 1919 (Saka) OBITUARY REFERENCES The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock [English] MR. SPEAKER : Hon. Members, I have to inform The [M r . S p e a k e r in the Chaii] House of the sad demise of one of our former colleagues, Shri C. Ramasamy Mudaliar. [English] Shri C. Ramasamy Mudaliar was a Member of the SHRI NIRMAL KANTI CHATTERJEE (Dumdum) : Sir, First Lok Sabha representing Kumbakonan Parliamentary before going into the Question Hour, I want to say something constituency of erstwhile Madras State. about an item which has been listed. Earlier, he was Vice-Chairman, Municipal Council, MR. SPEAKER : Just a moment. We are not going to take Kumbakonan during 1939-47. up Questions just now. A businessman by profession, Shri Mudaliar was an SHRI NIRMAL KANTI CHATTERJEE : I am just drawing active social worker. He worked relentlessly for the upliftment your attention. of the downtrodden.