RAJYA SABHA —— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS

Thursday, December 8, 2016

11 A.M. ———— PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table entered in the separate list: — 1. SHRIMATI for Ministry of External Affairs; 2. SHRI M. for Ministry of Urban Development; 3. SHRI THAAWAR CHAND GEHLOT for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment; 4. for Ministry of Urban Development, Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation and Niti Aayog; 5. DR. JITENDRA SINGH for Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, Department of Atomic Energy and ; 6. GENERAL (RETD.) V.K. SINGH for Ministry of External Affairs; 7. SHRI for Ministry of Human Resource Development; 8. SHRI KRISHAN PAL for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment; 9. SHRI Y.S. CHOWDARY for Ministry of Science and Technology and Ministry of Earth Sciences; 10. SHRI for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment; and 11. DR. for Ministry of Human Resource Development. ————

REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON PERSONNEL, PUBLIC GRIEVANCES, LAW AND JUSTICE

SHRI ANAND SHARMA SHRI DILIPBHAI PANDYA SHRIMATI RAJANI PATIL to present the Eighty-seventh Report (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice on the subject “Inordinate Delay in Filling up the Vacancies in the Supreme Court and High Courts”. ————

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REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON DEFENCE

DR. SUBRAMANIAN SWAMY SHRI to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Twenty-third Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence on the subject 'Proxy and Postal Voting by Defence Services Personnel in General Elections - An evaluation' relating to the Ministry of Defence. ————

REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON LABOUR

SHRI AMAR SHANKAR SABLE SHRI RAM NARAIN DUDI to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Twentieth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour contained in their Seventeenth Report (Sixteenth ) on 'Demands for Grants (2016-17)' of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. ———— REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES

SHRI ANANDA BHASKAR RAPOLU SHRI A. V. SWAMY to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources (2016-17):— (i) Eleventh Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations / Recommendations contained in the Fifth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject “Review of Ground Water Scenario, need for a comprehensive policy and measures to address problems in the country with particular reference to (i) Dark Blocks; and (ii) Contamination of underground water by certain industries” relating to the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation; and (ii) Twelfth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations / Recommendations contained in the Ninth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on ‘Demands for Grants (2016-17)’ of Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. ————

STATEMENT BY MINISTER

SHRI Y.S. CHOWDARY to make a statement regarding status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Two Hundred and Eighty- fourth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests on Demands for Grants (2016-17) pertaining to the Ministry of Earth Sciences. ————

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MOTION FOR ELECTION TO THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF TECHNOLOGY, SCIENCE EDUCATION AND RESEARCH (NITSER) COUNCIL SHRI to move the following Motion:— "That in pursuance of clause (j) of sub-section (2) of Section 30, read with sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 31 of the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007 (No. 29 of 2007), this House do proceed to elect, in such manner as the Chairman may direct, one Member from amongst the Members of the House, to be a member of the National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research (NITSER) Council.” ———— #QUESTIONS QUESTIONS entered in separate lists to be asked and answers given.

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DISCUSSION ON DEMONETISATION OF CURRENCY

FURTHER DISCUSSION on Demonetisation of Currency, raised by Shri Anand Sharma on the 16th November, 2016.

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LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

Bill for consideration and passing

1. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by The Rights of Persons Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot on the 5th of December, 2016:— with Disabilities Bill, 2014. "That the Bill to give effect to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, be taken into consideration.

SHRI THAAWAR CHAND GEHLOT to move that the Bill be passed.

Bill for consideration and return

2. SHRI to move that the Bill further to amend the The Taxation Laws Income-tax Act, 1961 and the Finance Act, 2016, as passed by Lok Sabha, be (Second Amendment) taken into consideration. Bill, 2016.

ALSO to move that the Bill be returned.

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Bills for consideration and passing

The Human 3. SHRI JAGAT PRAKASH NADDA to move that the Bill to provide Immunodeficiency for the prevention and control of the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus Virus and Acquired and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and for the protection of human Immune Deficiency rights of persons affected by the said virus and syndrome and for matters Syndrome connected therewith or incidental thereto, be taken into consideration. (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014. ALSO to move that the Bill be passed.

The Employee's 4. SHRI to move that the Bill further to Compensation amend the Employee's Compensation Act, 1923, as passed by Lok Sabha, be (Amendment) Bill, taken into consideration. 2016. ALSO to move that the Bill be passed.

NEW DELHI; SHUMSHER K. SHERIFF, December 7, 2016. Secretary-General.

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