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RAJYA SABHA —— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS

Tuesday, December 20, 2011

11 A.M. ———

QUESTIONS QUESTIONS entered in separate lists to be asked and answers given. ————

PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE I. Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table entered in the separate list: — 1. SHRI for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; 2. SHRI for Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises; 3. SHRI for Ministry of Rural Development; 4. SHRIMATI for Ministry of Environment and Forests; 5. SHRI for Ministry of Finance; 6. SHRI S.S. PALANIMANICKAM for Ministry of Finance; 7. SHRI R.P.N.SINGH for Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and 8. SHRI SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

II. SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA to lay on the Table, under clause (1) of article 151 of the Constitution, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports:— (i) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of for the year ended March, 2011: No.22 of 2011-12: Union Government (Indirect Taxes - Customs) - Performance Audit on Export Promotion Capital Goods Scheme; (ii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2010: No.24 of 2011-12: Union Government (Defence Services) – Army and Ordnance Factories; and (iii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2011: No.25 of 2011-12: Union Government (Indirect Taxes – Central Excise and Service Tax) – Performance Audit on Working of Commissionerates, Divisions and Ranges. ————

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REPORT ON INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY PARTICIPATION AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

SECRETARY-GENERAL to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Report on the participation of Indian Parliamentary Delegation at the 124th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) held in Panama City (Panama) from 15th to 20th April, 2011. ————

REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SHRI P. RAJEEVE SHRI JESUDASU SEELAM to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Twenty-sixth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (2011-12) on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Fifteenth Report (Fifteenth ) on ‘Modernisation of Post Offices’ relating to the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Posts).

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REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON LABOUR

SHRI G.N. RATANPURI SHRI MOHD. ALI KHAN to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour:— (i) ‘The Labour Laws (Exemption from furnishing returns and maintaining registers by certain establishments) Amendment Bill, 2011’; (ii) ‘The Mines (Amendment) Bill, 2011’; and (iii) The Inter-State Migrant Workmen (Regulation of Employment and Conditions of Service) Amendment Bill, 2011'.

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MOTION FOR ELECTION TO THE CENTRAL SUPERVISORY BOARD CONSTITUTED UNDER SECTION 7(1) OF THE PRE-CONCEPTION AND PRE-NATAL DIAGNOSTIC TECHNIQUES (PROHIBITION OF SEX SELECTION) ACT, 1994

SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD to move the following Motion:— “That in pursuance of clause (f) of sub-section (2) of Section 7 read with clause (a) sub-section (1) of Section 8 of the Pre-Conception and Pre-Natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994, this House do proceed to elect, in such manner as the Chairman may direct, one woman Member from amongst the Members of the House to be a member of the Central Supervisory Board subject to the provision of Section 15 of the Act, which stipulates, inter alia, that no member other than an ex-officio member shall be appointed for more than two consecutive terms.” ————

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STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS 1. SHRI PRAFUL PATEL to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the One Hundred and Ninety-eighth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Industry on Action Taken Report on Professionalization of Boards of CPSEs pertaining to Ministry of Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises (Department of Public Enterprises). 2. SHRI V. KISHORE CHANDRA DEO to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Tenth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment on implementation of Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006-Rules made thereunder. ———— LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

Bills for consideration and passing 1. SHRI to move that the Bill further to amend the Copyright The Copyright Act, 1957, be taken into consideration. (Amendment) Bill, 2010. ALSO to move that the Bill be passed.

2. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by The Architects Shri Kapil Sibal on the 14th December, 2011:–– (Amendment) Bill, 2010. “That the Bill further to amend the Architects Act, 1972, be taken into consideration.”

SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill be passed.

3. SHRI GHULAM NABI AZAD to move that the Bill to declare the The National Institution known as the National Institute of Mental Health and Neuro-Sciences, Institute of Bangalore, to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its Mental Health incorporation and for matters connected therewith, be taken into consideration. and Neuro- Sciences, ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. Bangalore Bill, 2010.

4. SHRI S. to move that the Bill further to amend the The Petroleum Petroleum and Minerals Pipelines (Acquisition of Right of User in Land) Act, and Minerals 1962, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration. Pipelines (Acquisition of ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. Right of User in Land) Amendment, Bill, 2011.

5. SHRI VILASRAO DAGADOJIRAO DESHMUKH to move that the Bill The Academy of to establish an Academy for furtherance of the advancement of learning and Scientific and prosecution of research in the field of science and technology in association with Innovative Council of Scientific and Industrial Research and to declare the institution known Research as the Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, to be an institution of Bill, 2011. national importance to provide for its incorporation and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.

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#The Institutes of 6. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill further to amend the Institutes Technology of Technology Act, 1961, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration. (Amendment) Bill, 2011. ALSO to move that the Bill be passed.

#The National 7. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill to amend the National Institutes Institutes of of Technology Act, 2007, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration. Technology (Amendment) ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. Bill, 2011.

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♦STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS

1. SHRI to make a statement on the comprehensive package for the Handloom Sector. 2. SHRIMATI JAYANTHI NATARAJAN to make a Statement on "United Nation’s Climate Change Conference at Durban held from 28th November to 11th December, 2011.”

NEW DELHI; V.K. AGNIHOTRI, December 19, 2011. Secretary-General.

# To be discussed together. ♦To be made before the House rises for the day. 188