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 (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 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 (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 () 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 (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 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 (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 (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 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 of 2014: (Performance Audit) - Union Government (Railways) - Public Private Partnership Projects in Indian Railways; (iii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2013: No.5 of 2014: Union Government - Ministry of Finance, (Department of Financial Service) on Stressed Assets Stabilisation Fund (SASF); (iv) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2013: No.6 of 2014: Union Government - Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue (Indirect Taxes - Service Tax); (v) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2013: No.7 of 2014: Union Government - Department of Revenue - Direct Taxes, Performance Audit on Assessment of Firms; (vi) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2013: No.8 of 2014: Union Government - Department of Revenue (Indirect Taxes - Central Excise) (Compliance Audit); (vii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2013: No.9 of 2014: Union Government - Department of Revenue (Indirect Taxes - Customs), Performance Audit on Duty Entitlement Pass Book (DEPB) Scheme;

75 RAJYA SABHA (viii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2013: No.10 of 2014: Union Government - Department of Revenue - Direct Taxes; (ix) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2013: No.11 of 2014: Union Government - Department of Revenue (Indirect Taxes - Customs) on Indian Customs Electronic Data Interchange System (ICES 1.5); (x) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2013: No.14 of 2014: Union Government - Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas on Pricing Mechanism of Major Petroleum Products in Central Public Sector Oil Marketing Companies (Performance Audit); and (xi) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March 2013: No.15 of 2014: Union Government - Ministry of Civil Aviation on Implementation of Public Private Partnership project at Chhatrapati Shivaji International Airport, Mumbai (Performance Audit). 12-01 p.m. 5. Recommendations of the Business Advisory Committee The Deputy Chairman informed the Members that the Business Advisory Committee in its meeting held on the 17th July, 2014 has allotted time for Government Legislative Business, as follows:-

BUSINESS TIME ALLOTTED 1. Consideration and return of the following Bills after they are passed by :- To be discussed together with (a) The Appropriation Bill relating to Budget (General), Demands for Grants (General) for 2014- 2014-15, for which 15. twelve hours have (b) The Finance (No.2) Bill, 2014. already been allotted.

76 18TH JULY, 2014 2. Consideration and passing of the Scheduled Castes and Schduled Tribes (Prevention of Three hours Atrocities) Amendment Bill, 2014, after it is

passed by Lok Sabha.

The Committee also recommended that the House may sit up to 6.00 p.m. and beyond till 8.00 p.m. for the transaction of Government Legislative and other Business. 12-02 p.m. 6. Leave of Absence Shri R. K. Sinha (Bihar) was granted leave of absence from the sittings of the House, from 7th July to 14th August, 2014, during the current (232nd) Session of the Rajya Sabha. 12-03 p.m. 7. Statements by Minister Shri Manoj Sinha, Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways, laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Statements regarding:–– (i) Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Twenty-first Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways on "Major Railway Accidents during last five years - Causes and Remedial Measures." (ii) Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Twenty-fifth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways on "Ongoing and Pending Railway Projects, with special emphasis on Projects in North Eastern Region." 12-04 p.m. 8. Motion for election to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar A motion for election of one member to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), Bhubaneswar, was moved and adopted.

77 RAJYA SABHA 12-05 p.m. 9. The Budget (National Capital Territory of Delhi), 2014-15 Shri Prakash Javadekar (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministries of Information and Broadcasting and Environment, Forests and Climate Change and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) of the Estimated Receipts & Expenditure and Demands for Grants of National Capital Territory of Delhi, for the year 2014-2015. 12-06 p.m. 10. Statement regarding Government Business Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministries of Information and Broadcasting and Environment, Forests and Climate Change and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) regarding Government Business in the Rajya Sabha during the week commencing on Monday, the 21st of July, 2014. 12-07 p.m. 11. Statements by Ministers

(i) Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministries of Science and Technology and Earth Sciences, Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, and Departments of Atomic Energy and Space, laid on the Table, a Statement in (English and Hindi) on the issue of Civil Services Examination conducted by UPSC.

(ii) Shri Prakash Javadekar, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministries of Information and Broadcasting and Environment, Forests and Climate Change and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, laid on the Table, a Statement in (English and Hindi) on ratification of Nagoya Protocol during India's Presidency of the Conference of Parties (CoP) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD).

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12. Special Mentions

The following Special Mentions were made/laid on the Table of the House:—

1. Shri T.K. Rangarajan Demand to set up a regulatory mechanism to maintain quality of education and good service conditions for teachers in the private sector. 2. Shri Demand to take immediate steps to grant special category status to Andhra Pradesh. 3. Shri Pankaj Bora Demand to make effective security measures to check crimes against passengers, particularly women in North-East bound trains in the country. 4. Shri Bhupinder Singh Demand to provide good and quality education to children aimed to remove all social evils from the society. 5. Shri Sanjiv Kumar Demand to give recognition to Sidho and Kano, the great Santhal heroes by incorporating their contribution in school education and instituting awards in their names. 6. Shri Ambeth Rajan Demand to scale up sanitation coverage including toilet facility to all people in the country. 7. Shrimati Wansuk Demand to include the Khasi and Garo Syiem language in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution. 8. Shri K.R. Arjunan Demand for central assistance to set up transmission infrastructure in Tamil Nadu for evacuation of power generated from renewable energy sources.

79 RAJYA SABHA 9. Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz Demand to make a comprehensive plan to clean the rivers including the Ganga in the country. 10. Shri T. Rathinavel Demand to expedite the clearance of proposals for interlinking of rivers in Tamil Nadu. 11. Shri Rajeev Demand to conduct nation-wide audit Chandrasekhar of the Mid-Day-Meal Scheme. 12. Shri Demand to take comprehensive measures to resolve the problem of child labour in the country. 13. Shri S. Thangavelu Demand to take urgent steps to complete the railway projects in the southern part of Tamil Nadu. 14. Shri Paul Manoj Demand for introducing one additional Pandian express train connecting Tuticorin to and vice versa. 15. Shri A.K. Selvaraj Demand for financial assistance for Athikadavu-Avinash Flood Canal Scheme in Tamil Nadu. 16. Dr. V. Maitreyan Demand for issuance of digital addressable system license to the Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation Ltd. 17. Shri Tarun Vijay Demand for tabling the Second Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes Commission Report in Parliament. 18. Shri Vishambhar Demand to take action against the bank Prasad Nishad officials for committing irregularities in issuing Kisan Credit Cards in certain parts of U.P. 19. Shri K.N. Balagopal Demand to open food outlets at affordable prices in International Airports to low income group travelers.

80 18TH JULY, 2014 20. Shri Tiruchi Siva Concern over the alarming situation due to global warming and climate change. 21. Shri Avtar Singh Demand to take necessary steps to Karimpuri reduce the increasing difference in sex ratio in the country. 22. Shri Avinash Rai Demand to name a national highway Khanna after Swami Vivekananda on his 150th birth anniversary. 23. *Chaudhary Munavver Demand for action against police Saleem officials for lathicharge against the students demonstrating peacefully at the Embassy of Israel. 24. $Shri Parimal Demand for central assistance for Nathwani restoration of natural beauty and flow of the river Harmu in Ranchi in Jharkhand. 25. $Shri Narayan Lal Demand to take action with regard to Panchariya installation of high power communication towers by Pakistan near Indian border.

(The House adjourned at 12-10 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-30 p.m.) 2-30 p.m. 13. Private Members’ Resolutions —Withdrawn/Under Consideration (1) Further discussion on the following Resolution moved by Shri K.N. Balagopal on 21st February, 2014, continued:— "That this House expresses its concern over the recent protests and complaints in the country against the levying of huge and inflated bills and charges by Public Private Projects (PPP) and licensed service providers in different service sectors which warrant a serious relook into the functioning of Public Private Projects (PPP) and public services including sovereign functions delegated to private sector and resolves to:-

* Made at 4-56 p.m. $ Laid on the Table at 4-57 p.m. 81 RAJYA SABHA (i) expand the scope of the Government auditor to audit every project where sovereign functions and services like electricity, water supply, etc. are given to licensee with the power to charge from public; (ii) strict monitoring of the allotment of natural resources such as minerals, mines, spectrum and land to private players and its utilization by them; (iii) ensuring level-playing field in the sectors of power distribution and telecom to maintain affordable price for consumers; (iv) strengthening of regulatory mechanism in sectors such as highways, shipping, airports, power, telecom, banking, insurance, finance and controlling monopolistic practices in selling the products and pricing etc.; (v) parliamentary approval for all future Public Private Projects (PPP) or private involvement in key sectors such as defence, airports, ports and national highways; and (vi) bring Public Private Projects (PPP) and projects involving rare natural resources, sovereign functions and services, etc., under the purview of Lokpal."

The following Members took part in the discussion:— 2-49 p.m. 1. Shri Mani Shankar Aiyar 2-56 p.m. 2. Shri Anil Desai 3-07 p.m. 3. Dr. K. Keshava Rao 3-14 p.m. 4. !Dr. Anil Kumar Sahani 3-19 p.m. 5. *Chaudhary Munavver Saleem 3-26 p.m. 6. Shri P. Rajeeve 3-36 p.m. 7. Shri Bhupinder Singh 3-44 p.m. 8. Shri M.P. Achuthan 3-48 p.m. 9. !Shri K.C. Tyagi 3-56 p.m. 10. !Shri Vishambhar Prasad Nishad 4-01 p.m. 11. Shri , Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministries of Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy ______! Spoke in Hindi. * Spoke in Urdu. 82 18TH JULY, 2014

4-09 p.m. 12. , Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministries of Planning, Statistics and Programme Implementation and Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence 4-22 p.m. Shri K.N. Balagopal replied to the debate. 4-26 p.m. The Resolution was withdrawn by leave of the House. 4-27 p.m. (2) Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy moved the following Resolution:— "That this House expresses its deep concern over the continuous shortage of power and its adverse impact on the economic development of the country and urges upon the Government to take urgent measures, as under:-

(a) bring forward reforms in the power sector in order to provide electricity to the consumers at cheap rates; (b) increase the coal supply to meet the requirements of power producers in the country and address the issue of efficiently allocating the existing supplies across users; and (c) allow import of quality coal from abroad liberally, as a short-term measure, to meet the present shortage, for full capacity utilization by major power plants." 4-50 p.m. Dr. Anil Kumar Sahani spoke. The discussion was not concluded. (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 and willfully obstructed the proceedings of the House, the Chair adjourned the House at 12-05 P.M.:-

1. Shri V. Hanumantha Rao 2. Shri Mohd. Ali Khan 3. Shrimati Wansuk Syiem 83 RAJYA SABHA 4. Dr. K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao 5. Shri Pankaj Bora 6. Haji Abdul Salam 7. Dr. Sanjay Sinh 8. Shri Rajeev Gowda M.V. 9. Shri Praveen Rashtrapal 10. Shrimati Viplove Thakur 11. Shri Santiuse Kujur 12. Shri Ram Nath Thakur 13. Shri Gulam Rasool Balyawi 14. Shri Ritabrata Banerjee) @4-58 p.m. (The House adjourned at 4-58 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Monday, the 21st July, 2014)

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@ From 4-56 p.m. to 4-58 p.m., see items at Sl. No. 12 (24) to (26).

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