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70 RAJYA SABHA FRIDAY, the 18TH JULY, 2014 (The Rajya RAJYA SABHA FRIDAY, THE 18TH JULY, 2014 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Reference to the Victims of Malaysian Plane Crash The Deputy Chairman made a reference to the crash of a Malaysian passenger aircraft while flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on the 17th of July, 2014, in which all the 298 passengers including the crew were reportedly killed. The House observed silence, all Members standing, as a mark of respect to the memory of those, who lost their lives in this tragedy. @11-11 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-11 a.m. and re-assembled at 11-26 a.m.) 11-26 a.m. 2. Starred Questions Starred Question No. 161 regarding Pendency of cases in High Courts was orally answered. $11-28 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-28 a.m. and re-assembled at 12-00 Noon) Answers to remaining Starred Questions Nos.162 to 180 were laid on the Table. 3. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 1056 to 1210 were laid on the Table. 12-00 Noon. 4. Papers Laid on the Table Shri Ananth Kumar (Minister of Chemicals and Fertilizers) laid on the Table:- 1.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) (b) of Section 394 of the Companies Act, 2013:— @ From 11-02 a.m. to 11-11 a.m., some points were raised. $ From 11-27 a.m. to 11-28 a.m., some points were raised. 70 18TH JULY, 2014 (a) Fiftieth Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL), Gurgaon, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad (Minister of Communications and Information Technology; and Minister of Law and Justice) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department) Notification No. S.O. 477 (E), dated the 19th February, 2014, publishing the Delimitation of Council Constituencies (Uttar Pradesh) Amendment Order, 2014, under Section 13 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department) Notification No. S.O. 603 (E), dated the 28th February, 2014, publishing the Conduct of Elections (Amendment) Rules, 2014, under sub-section (3) of Section 169 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951. III. 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 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Academy. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. Shri Prakash Javadekar (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) on behalf of Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar laid on the Table:- 71 RAJYA SABHA I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Textiles Notification No. S.O. 294 (E), dated the 31st January, 2014, stipulating that a minimum of 90% of the production of foodgrains and 20% of sugar would be packed in jute packaging material during jute year 2013-14, under sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the Jute Packaging Materials (Compulsory Use in Packing Commodities) Act, 1987. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Textiles) and the Jute Corporation of India (JCI) Limited, for the year 2014-15. (ii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Textiles) and the National Textile Corporation (NTC) Limited, for the year 2014-15. Shri Manoj Sinha (Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Railways, under Section 39 of Prohibition of Employment of Manual Scavengers and their Rehabilitation Act, 2013:— (1) G.S.R. 376 (E), dated the 4th June, 2014, notifying the apparatus to be provided to any person engaged to clean water flush sanitary latrines in railway passenger coaches or station area or railway tracks in station area. (2) G.S.R. 377 (E), dated the 4th June, 2014, notifying authorities covered under the title ‘railway authority’. (3) G.S.R. 378 (E), dated the 4th June, 2014, appointing the Health or Commercial Inspectors, wherever assigned the duties of monitoring cleanliness, thereby vesting them with the powers, within their jurisdiction, which shall be decided by the Officer nominated by the Additional Divisional Railway Manager in the Division and the Senior Administrative Grade or Junior Administrative Grade Officer of the Department maintaining the sanitation for the jurisdiction of respective Production Units or Research Designs and Standards Organization respectively. 72 18TH JULY, 2014 II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rail Land Development Authority (RLDA), New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Authority. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Report on the Progress made in the intake of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes against vacancies reserved for them in Recruitment and Promotion Categories on the Railways, for the year ending 31st March, 2013. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the paper mentioned at (ii) (a) above. Shri Nihal Chand (Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) (b) of Section 394 of the Companies Act, 2013:— (i) (a) Thirtieth Annual Report and Accounts of the Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Limited (BCPL), Kolkata, for the year 2010- 11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. (ii) (a) Fifty-ninth Annual Report and Accounts of the Hindustan Antibiotics Limited (HAL), Pune, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. (2) Statement each (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. 73 RAJYA SABHA II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Pharmaceuticals) and Hindustan Antibiotics Limited (HAL), for the year 2014-15. (ii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Pharmaceuticals) and Karnataka Antibiotics and Pharmaceuticals Limited (KAPL), for the year 2014-15. (iii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Department of Pharmaceuticals) and the Bengal Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals Limited (BCPL), for the year 2014-15. (iv) Outcome Budget, for the year 2014-15, in respect of the Department of Pharmaceuticals, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Balyan (Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture and Cooperation), under sub-section (3) of Section 36 of the Insecticides Act, 1968:— (1) S.O. 910 (E), dated the 27th March, 2014, publishing the Banning of Mirex Order, 2014. (2) S.O. 911 (E), dated the 27th March, 2014, publishing the Banning of Hexachlorobenzene Order, 2014. Shri Raosaheb Dadarao Danve (Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution) Notification No. S.O. 1108 (E), dated the 21st April, 2014, making amendment to Schedule IV of the National Food Security Act, 2013, to substitute certain entries therein, under sub-section (2) of Section 37 of National Food Security Act, 2013. 74 18TH JULY, 2014 Shri Prakash Javadekar (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting; Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) on behalf of Shrimati Nirmala Sitharaman laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports, under clause (1) of article 151 of the Constitution:— (i) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2012: No.4 of 2014: (Compliance Audit) - Union Government (Defence Service) - Air Force and Navy; (ii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended 31 March 2013: No.3
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