FRIDAY, THE 6TH MAY, 2016 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-07 a.m. 1. Papers Laid on the Table Shri D.V. Sadananda Gowda (Minister of Law and Justice) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Judicial Academy, Bhopal, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Performance Report of the above Academy, for the year 2014-15. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) and Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) on behalf of Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Reports and Accounts of the Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (National Population Stabilisation Fund), New Delhi, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Pharmacopoeia Commission, Ghaziabad, , for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Commission. (c) Chronological Statement showing the sequence of events for laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above.

 From 11-00 a.m. to 11-07 a.m., some points were raised. 118 6TH MAY, 2016 (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI), New Delhi, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Authority. (c) Chronological Statement showing the sequence of events for laying the papers mentioned at (iii) (a) above. (iv) (a) Annual Report of the Central Medical Services Society (CMSS), New Delhi, for the year 2014-15. (b) Annual Accounts of the Central Medical Services Society (CMSS), New Delhi, for the year 2014-15, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Society. (d) Chronological Statement showing the sequence of events for laying the papers mentioned at (iv) (a) above. Shri Radha Mohan Singh (Minister of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agricultural Research and Education) Notification No. 136, dated the 19th April, 2016, publishing the Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University Academic Regulations - 2015, under sub-section (2) of Section 44 of the Rani Lakshmi Bai Central Agricultural University Act, 2014. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR), New Delhi, for the year 2014-15. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Council. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Textiles) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:—

119 RAJYA SABHA (a) Fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Jute Board (NJB), Kolkata, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Board. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. Shri Shripad Yesso Naik (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Ayurveda, Yoga and Naturopathy, Unani, Siddha and Homoeopathy (AYUSH) and Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Naturopathy, Pune, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir (Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Fertilizers) Notification No. S.O. 3439 (E), dated the 17th December, 2015, indicating the supplies of urea produced by domestic manufacturers to States and Union Territories during the Rabi season, mentioned in the table therein, 2015-16, commencing from the date of publication of this notification to the 31st day of March, 2016, under sub-section (6) of Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget, for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan (Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare) Notification No. S.O. 680 (E), dated the 7th March, 2016, publishing the Plant Quarantine (Regulation of Import into India) (Second Amendment) Order, 2016, under sub-section (2) of Section 4D of the Destructive Insects and Pests Act, 1914.

120 6TH MAY, 2016 Sadhvi Niranjan Jyoti (Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget, for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

11-09 a.m. 2. Report of the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016 Shri Bhupender presented the Report (in English and Hindi) of the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016. 3. Evidence Tendered Before the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016 Shri Bhupender Yadav laid on the Table, a copy of the evidence tendered before the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha on the Enemy Property (Amendment and Validation) Bill, 2016.

11-10 a.m. 4. Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture Dr. Kanwar Deep Singh presented the Two Hundred Thirty Fifth Report (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture on Demands for Grants (2016-17) of Ministry of Shipping. 5. Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy Shri Javed Ali Khan laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Seventeenth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy (2015-16) on the subject 'Hydro-power, a sustainable, clean and green alternative' relating to the Ministry of Power.

6. Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas Shri Prabhat Jha laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Thirteenth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas (2015-16) on the subject 'Functioning of Directorate General of Hydrocarbons (DGH)' relating to the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas. 121 RAJYA SABHA

11-11 a.m. 7. Statements by Ministers (i) Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of Communications and Information Technology, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) regarding Status of implementation of recommendations/observations contained in the Eleventh Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on "Business Development and Marketing Strategy in the Department of Posts" pertaining to the Department of Posts. (ii) Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Textiles, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) regarding Status of Action Taken by the Government on the observations/ recommendations contained in the Ninth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour on Review of Urban Haats pertaining to the Ministry of Textiles. (iii) Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) regarding Status of implementation of recommendations/ observations contained in the Eleventh Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture and Farmers Welfare on Demands for Grants (2015-16) pertaining to the Department of Animal Husbandry, Dairying and Fisheries. 11-12 a.m. 8. Statement regarding Government Business Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs and in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs made a statement regarding Government Business in the Rajya Sabha during the week commencing Monday, the 9th of May, 2016.  11-33 a.m. 9. Matters raised with permission 1. !Shri Prabhat Jha raised a matter regarding death of a dalit man due to hunger in Banda, UP.

 From 11-13 a.m. to 11-33 a.m., some points were raised. ! Spoke in Hindi. 122 6TH MAY, 2016 !Km. Mayawati also spoke. !Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs and in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, responded. !Shri Ramvilas Paswan, Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, also responded. 11-39 a.m. 2. Shri D. Raja raised a matter regarding situation due to deteriorating health of some JNU students participating in the indefinite fast. !Shri Sharad Yadav also spoke. 11-44 a.m. 3. !Shri Ram Kumar Kashyap raised a matter regarding harmful effects on vegetation and increase in pollution due to burning of stubbles in fields. 11-46 a.m. 4. !Shrimati Kahkashan Perween raised a matter regarding incidents of eve-teasing of students in Haryana. 11-52 a.m. 5. Shrimati Jharna Das Baidya raised a matter regarding declining allocation for MGNREGA in the budget.

11-55 a.m. 10. Message from reported The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 Secretary-General, reported to the House, the following message received from the Lok Sabha as signed by the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha:- “In accordance with the provisions of rule 96 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, I am directed to enclose the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, as passed by Lok Sabha at its sitting held on the 5th May, 2016.”

! Spoke in Hindi.  From 11-36 a.m. to 11-37 a.m., some points were raised.  From 11-49 a.m. to 11-52 a.m., some points were raised. 123 RAJYA SABHA 11. Government Bill Laid on the Table Secretary-General, laid on the Table, a copy of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, as passed by Lok Sabha. (The House adjourned at 11-56 a.m. and re-assembled at 12-00 noon) 12-05 p.m. 12. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No. 136 regarding Reservation of SCs/STs/OBCs etc. in judicial service. (The House adjourned at 12-06 p.m. and re-assembled at 12-21 p.m.) 12-21 p.m. Starred Question Nos. 137 regarding Decreasing land area under cultivation. Starred Question Nos. 138 regarding Ongoing/pending railway projects in Maharashtra. Starred Question Nos. 139 regarding Health hazard from mobile towers. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 140 to 150 were laid on the Table. 13. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 1441 to 1482, 1484 to 1508, 1510 to 1575 and 1577 to 1600 were laid on the Table. (The House adjourned at 1-00 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-34 p.m.) 2-37 p.m. 14. Discussion on the Working of the Ministry of Human Resource Development Shrimati Smriti Zubin Irani, Minister of Human Resource Development, replied to the discussion on the working of the Ministry of Human Resource Development, raised by Shri Naresh Agrawal, on the 5th of May, 2016.

 From 12-00 noon. to 12-05 p.m., some points were raised.  From 2-34 p.m. to 2-37 p.m., some points were raised. 124 6TH MAY, 2016 3-43 p.m. 15. Private Members’ Resolutions — Withdrawn/Under Consideration (1) Shrimati Rajani Patil moved the following Resolution:— “Having regard to the fact that:—

(i) the women in our country are still not economically independent and those who brave to venture out of their homes to work in the fields, establishments, shops and Government departments and establishments are sexually harassed despite several laws have been enacted to prevent this menace ; (ii) girls and women are also subjected to teasing, molestation, disrobing and sometimes paraded naked in full public view and also branded as witches and ultimately killed as such; and (iii) the condition of widows, infirm and destitute old women is more precarious who are not supported by their kins or who have no one to take care of them and who are forced to survive on begging and working as maids in houses and remain exploited throughout their lives, this House urges upon the Government to — (a) make stringent provisions of capital punishment for rape on girls and women and also for commercial sexual exploitation of girl child and for incestuous rape on girls and women by suitably amending the provisions of the Indian Penal Code and other related laws; (b) amend the existing social laws so that a women should inherit half of the movable and immovable property of her husband after her marriage as a measure of social security to her;

(c) reserve posts for women in all public employment so that they become economically independent; and (d) introduce welfare measures, subsistence allowance, old age allowance, medical care, old age and caring homes for the destitute widows, infirm and old women so that they too lead a honourable life in the society."

 From 3-40 p.m. to 3-43 p.m., some points were raised. 125 RAJYA SABHA

The following Members took part in the discussion:— 3-57 p.m. 1. Shri Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu 4-08 p.m. 2. !Shri Basawaraj Patil 4-17 p.m. 3. Shri Ripun Bora 4-28 p.m. 4. Shrimati Maneka Sanjay Gandhi, Minister of Women and Child Development 4-55 p.m. !Shrimati Rajani Patil replied to the debate. 4-56 p.m. The Resolution was withdrawn by leave of the House. 4-57 p.m. (2) Shri D. Raja moved the following Resolution:— “Having regard to the fact that:— (i) snatching away somebody's life for crimes committed is not in consonance with evolving jurisprudence which embraces in its scope measures to reform the person and transform psychology in tune with the values of compassion and humanism; (ii) commission of the crime by somebody does not contract the scope to reform him or her, rather an approach to address the hidden faculties for realizing human worth is now accepted proposition in criminal jurisprudence and this is true for all human beings including those who have been convicted for heinous crimes; (iii) committing a crime is more a sociological than a legal problem; (iv) research demonstrates the disproportionate use of death penalty against disadvantaged groups, as a study by students of National Law University, Delhi has shown that there are caste and religious biases in the imposition of death penalty in India, indicating that 94% of the persons given death sentences for terror related cases belonged to Dalit caste or religious minorities; ______! Spoke in Hindi.

126 6TH MAY, 2016 (v) the former President of India, late Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam had supported abolition of death penalty saying that as President, he felt pain in deciding mercy petitions of death row convicts since most of them had social and economic bias; (vi) the Supreme Court of· India itself has admitted to errors and miscarriage of justice due to the arbitrary application of death penalty; (vii) the Law Commission Chairman, Justice AP.Shah has also said that there is a serious need to re-examine the issue of death penalty since there are several inconsistencies in the system, which led to arbitrariness and discrimination in the imposition of death penalty; and (viii) the majority of the members of United Nations have voted in support of the U.N. General Assembly resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty and India is among the minority of the Member countries still voting against the resolution seeking to ban the death penalty, this House urges upon the Government- (a) to reconsider its stand and make necessary amendments to various laws which have provisions for the death penalty so as to abolish capital punishment in the country; and (b) to declare a moratorium on all death sentence executions till the abolition of death penalty." The following Members took part in the discussion:— 5-29 p.m. 1. Dr. E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan 5-49 p.m. 2. Dr. Subramanian Swamy 5-54 p.m. 3. !Shri Meghraj Jain 6-01 p.m. 4. Shri Majeed Memon 6-06 p.m. 5. Shri Shantaram Naik 6-13 p.m. The Vice-Chairman (Shri V. P. Singh Badnore), after taking sense of the House, announced that further discussion on the Resolution would be taken up as the first item on the first day allotted to Private Members’ Resolutions in the next Session.

! Spoke in Hindi.  From 5-57 p.m. to 6-01 p.m., some points were raised. 127 RAJYA SABHA 6-14 p.m. 16. Special Mentions 1. Shri Bhupinder Singh raised a matter regarding need to increase allocation of food grains, particularly rice to Odisha to counter the effects of severe drought. 6-16 p.m. 2. *Chaudhary Munvvar Saleem raised a matter regarding need to provide potable water to every citizen of India. (Due to gross disorderly conduct in violation of rules and etiquette of Rajya Sabha by the following Members, who entered the ‘Well’ of the House, shouted slogans and persistently and willfully obstructed the proceedings of the House, the Chair adjourned the House twice:–– 1. Shri Neeraj Shekhar 2. Chaudhary Munvvar Saleem 3. Shri Ravi Prakash Verma 4. Shri Vishambhar Prasad Nishad 5. Shrimati Kanak Lata Singh 6. Dr. Chandrapal Singh Yadav 7. Shri Javed Ali Khan 8. Shri Alok Tiwari 9. Kumari Selja 10. Dr. Vijaylaxmi Sadho 11. Shri Mohd. Ali Khan 12. Shri Palvai Govardhan Reddy 13. Dr. Sanjay Sinh 14. Shri P. Bhattacharya 15. Shri Ashk Ali Tak 16. Shrimati Rajani Patil 17. Shri Partap Singh Bajwa 18. Dr. K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao 19. Shri Shadi Lal Batra 20. Dr. E. M. Sudarsana Natchiappan 21. Shri Dhiraj Prasad Sahu 22. Dr. Pradeep Kumar Balmuchu (The House adjourned at 6-20 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Monday, the 9th May, 2016) ______

______* Spoke in Urdu. 128