RAJYA SABHA TUESDAY, THE 11TH FEBRUARY, 2014 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) @11-01 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-01 a.m. and re-assembled at 11-11 a.m.) 11-12 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-12 a.m. and re-assembled at 12-00 Noon) 1. Starred Questions Answers to Starred Question Nos. 281 to 300 were laid on the Table. 2. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 2022 to 2176 were laid on the Table. 12-00 Noon. 3. Papers Laid on the Table Shri (Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Water Resources) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under Section 21 of the Brahmaputra Board Act, 1980:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Brahmaputra Board, Guwahati, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Board. (c) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Brahmaputra Board, Guwahati, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Board. (c) Statement by Government accepting the above Report.

@ From 11-00 a.m. to 11-01 a.m., some points were raised.  From 11-11 a.m. to 11-12 a.m., some points were raised. 218 11TH FEBRUARY, 2014 (2) Statements (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. II.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (i) (a) Fifty-sixth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Projects Construction Corporation Limited (NPCC), New Delhi, 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) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the WAPCOS Limited, New Delhi, 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) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (2) Statements (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. III.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 15 of the Betwa River Board Act, 1976:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Betwa River Board (BRB), Jhansi, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Board. (c) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. IV. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Narmada Control Authority (NCA), Indore, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by the Government on the working of the above Authority. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above.

219 RAJYA SABHA (ii) (a) Twenty-third Annual Report and Accounts of the North Eastern Indira Gandhi Regional Institute of Health and Medical Sciences (NEIGRIHMS) Shillong, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (iii) (a) Annual Report of the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, for the year 2012-13. (b) Annual Accounts of the Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Council. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Regional Institute of Paramedical and Nursing Sciences (RIPANS), Aizawl, Mizoram for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (v) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the New Delhi Tuberculosis Centre (NDTB), New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (vi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of Central Council for Research in Unani Medicine, New Delhi for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Council. (vii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), Imphal, Manipur, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by the Government on the working of the above Institute. (viii) (a) Annual Report of the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, for the year 2012-13. (b) Annual Accounts of the Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute, Kolkata, for the year 2012-13, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (viii) (a) and (b) above.

220 11TH FEBRUARY, 2014 (ix) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Academy of Medical Sciences (India), New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, 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 (ix) (a) above. (x) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Jansankhya Sthirata Kosh (National Population Stabilisation Fund), New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by the Government on the working of the above Fund. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (x) (a) above. (xi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing (AIISH), Mysore, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (xii) (a) Annual Report of the Dental Council of India, New Delhi, for the year 2012-13. (b) Annual Accounts of the Dental Council of India, New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Council. (xiii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Jawaharlal Institute of Post- Graduate Medical Education and Research (JIPMER), Puducherry, for the year 2012-13, 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 (xiii) (a) above.

221 RAJYA SABHA (xiv) (a) Annual Work Report of the National Academy of National Health System Resource Centre (NHSRC), New Delhi, for the year 2008-09. (b) Annual Accounts of the National Academy of National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), New Delhi, for the year 2008-09, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Academy. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xiv) (a) and (b) above. (xv) (a) Work Report of the National Academy of National Health System Resource Centre (NHSRC), New Delhi, for the years 2009-11. (b) Annual Accounts of the National Academy of National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), New Delhi, for the year 2009-10, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Annual Accounts of the National Academy of National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), New Delhi, for the year 2010-11, and the Audit Report thereon. (d) Reviews by Government on the working of the above Academy. (e) Statements giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xv) (a) to (c) above. (xvi) (a) Annual Work Report of the National Academy of National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), New Delhi, for the year 2011-12. (b) Annual Accounts of the National Academy of National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Academy. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xvi) (a) and (b) above.

222 11TH FEBRUARY, 2014 (xvii) (a) Annual Work Report of the National Academy of National Health System Resource Centre (NHSRC), New Delhi, for the year 2012-13. (b) Annual Accounts of the National Academy of National Health Systems Resource Centre (NHSRC), New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Academy. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xvii) (a) and (b) above. (xviii) (a) Annual Report of the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, for the year 2012-13. (b) Annual Accounts of the National Institute of Health and Family Welfare, New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xviii) (a) and (b) above. (xix) (a) Annual Report of the Pasteur Institute of India, Coonoor, for the year 2012-13. (b) Annual Accounts of the Pasteur Institute of India, Coonoor, for the year 2012-13, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xix) (a) and (b) above. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning) on behalf of Shri laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (i) (a) Sixty-first Annual Report and Accounts of the Hindustan Cables Limited (HCL), Kolkata, 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) Statement by Government accepting the above Report.

223 RAJYA SABHA (ii) (a) Forty-third Annual Report and Accounts of the Engineering Project (I) Limited (EPI), New Delhi, 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) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement by Government on the Annual Accounts of the above Company. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) above. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Fluid Control Research Institute (FCRI), Palakkad, Kerala, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Forty-ninth Annual Report and Accounts of the Instrumentation Limited (ILK), Kota, Rajasthan, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. Shri V. (Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Tribal Affairs) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956: — (a) Twelfth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC), New Delhi, 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 Corporation. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above.

224 11TH FEBRUARY, 2014 Shri Jyotiraditya Madhavrao Scindia (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Power) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Power Notification No S.O. 2496 (E), dated the 19th August, 2013, publishing the 19th day of August, 2013 as the date on which the Damodar Valley Corporation (Amendment) Act, 2011 shall come into force, under sub-section (2) of Section 1 of the Damodar Valley Corporation(Amendment) Act, 2011. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Power Notification No G.S.R.802 (E), dated the 28th December, 2013, publishing the Damodar Valley Corporation (Salaries, Allowances and other Conditions of Service of the Chairman, Members and Member-Secretary of the Corporation) Rules, 2013, framed under sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 59 of the Damodar Valley Corporation Act, 1948. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (a) Twenty-seventh Annual Report and Accounts of the Power Finance Corporation Limited (PFC), New Delhi, alongwith the Annual Report and Accounts of its subsidiary companies, 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 Corporation. IV. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Central Power Research Institute (CPRI), Bangalore, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. Shri K.H. Muniyappa (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Mahatma Gandhi Institute for Rural Industrialization (MGIRI), Wardha, , for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report.

225 RAJYA SABHA (ii) (a) Annual Report of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Mumbai, for the year 2012-13. (b) Annual Accounts of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Mumbai, for the year 2012-13, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Statements by Government accepting the above Reports. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Technology Development Centre (Process cum Product Development Centre), Meerut, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Technology Development Centre (Central Footwear Training Institute), Agra, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. Shrimati (Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of State in the ) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Petroleum & Natural Gas Notification No G.S.R. 781 (E), dated the 18th December, 2013, publishing the Liquefied Petroleum Gas (Regulation of Supply and Distribution) Amendment Order, 2013, under sub-section (6) of Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (4) of Section 26 of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Act, 2007:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology (RGIPT), Rae Bareli, Uttar Pradesh, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute.

226 11TH FEBRUARY, 2014 III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (i) (a) Forty-eighth Annual Report and Accounts of the Engineers India Limited (EIL), New Delhi, alongwith the Annual Report and Accounts of its subsidiary companies, Certification Engineering International Limited and EIL Asia Pacific Sdn.Bhd, 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. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the GAIL (India) Limited, New Delhi, 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. IV. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-sections (1) and (2) of Section 41 of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board Act, 2006:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Petroleum and Natural Gas Regulatory Board (PNGRB), New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Board. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance):- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services), under sub- section (2) of Section 30 of the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976:— (1) No. HO/PAD/Board/01/2012 , dated the January 12 – January 18, 2013 (weekly Gazette), publishing the Bihar Gramin Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulations, 2010. (2) F.NO.PER/1611 , dated the 28th January, 2013, publishing the Utkal Grameen Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulations, 2012.

227 RAJYA SABHA (3) Gazette No. 10, dated March 9 – March 15, 2013 (weekly Gazette), publishing the Mewar Aanchalik Gramin Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulations, 2010. (4) No. 27 , dated the July 6 – July 12, 2013 (weekly Gazette), publishing the Baroda Rajasthan Kshetriya Gramin Bank (Officers and Employees) Service Regulations, 2010. (5) No.HGB/HRD/2013/3195 , dated the 29th July, 2013, publishing the Haryana Gramin Bank Service (Amendment) Regulations, 2013. (6) No. HO: HRD/2013/3874, dated the 6th September, 2013, publishing the Punjab Gramin Bank Service (Amendment) Regulations, 2013. (7) No. 305 -T/13, dated the 17th September, 2013, publishing the Sarva U.P. Gramin Bank Service (Amendment) Regulations, 2013. th (8) Gazette No.247, dated the 24 September, 2013, publishing the Bihar Gramin Bank Service (Amendment) Regulations, 2013. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services), under sub- section (4) of Section 23A of the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976:— (1) S.O. 2592 (E), dated the 23rd August, 2013, regarding amalgamation of Pragathi Gramin Bank and Krishna Grameena Bank as Pragathi Krishna Gramin Bank. (2) S.O. 2657 (E), dated the 2nd September, 2013, regarding amalgamation of Chhattisgarh Gramin Bank, Surguja Kshetriya Gramin Bank and Durg Rajnandgaon Gramin Bank as Chhattisgarh Rajya Gramin Bank. (3) S.O. 2690 (E), dated the 6th September, 2013, regarding Dissolution of North Malabar Gramin Bank and South Malabar Gramin Bank by reason of amalgamation.

228 11TH FEBRUARY, 2014 III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services), under sub- section (4) of Section 19 of the Banking Companies (Acquisition and Transfer of Undertaking) Act, 1970 and 1980:— (1) No. IR/AMEND/02/2013, dated the 14th November, 2013, publishing the Dena Bank Officer Employees‘ (Acceptance of Jobs in Private Sector Concerns after Retirement) Amendment Regulations, 2013. (2) No. PSB/PEN/AMEND/1/2013, dated the 10th December, 2013, publishing the Punjab & Sind Bank (Employees‘) Pension (Amendment) Regulations, 2013. (3) No. IR/AMEND/01/2013, dated the 16th December, 2013, publishing the Dena Bank (Employees‘) Pension (Amendment) Regulations, 2013. (4) No. PAD/PEN/001/2013, dated the September 21-September 27, 2013, publishing the Indian Overseas Bank (Employees‘) Pension (Amendment) Regulations, 2013, along with delay statement. IV. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services), under Section 27 of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999:- (1) F. No. IRDA/Reg./23/81/2013, dated the 29th October, 2013, publishing the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (Meetings) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2013. (2) F. No. IRDA/Reg./24/82/2013, dated the 29th October, 2013, publishing the Insurance Advisory committee (Meetings) (Second Amendment) Regulations, 2013. V. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs), under Section 48 of the Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999:- (1) G.S.R. 818 (E), dated the 31st December, 2013, publishing the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by A Person Resident Outside India) (Fifteenth Amendment) Regulations, 2013.

229 RAJYA SABHA (2) G.S.R. 805 (E), dated the 30th December, 2013, publishing the Foreign Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by A Person Resident Outside India) (Seventeenth Amendment) Regulations, 2013. (3) G.S.R. 767 (E), dated the 6th December, 2013, publishing the Foreign Exchange Management (Establishment in India of Branch or Office or other Place of Business) (Amendment) Regulations, 2013. (4) G.S.R. 741 (E), dated the 19th November, 2013, publishing Corrigendum to Notification No. G.S.R 645(E), dated 20th September, 2013, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. VI. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the Annual Report and Accounts of the following Regional Rural Banks, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor‘s Report on the Accounts, under Section 20 of the Regional Rural Banks Act, 1976:— 1. J&K Grameen Bank, Jammu & Kashmir; 2. Ellaquai Dehati Bank, Srinagar, Kashmir; 3. Marudhara Gramin Bank, Jodhpur, Rajasthan; 4. Shreyas Gramin Bank, Aligarh, Uttar Pradesh; 5. North Malabar Gramin Bank, Kannur, Kerala; 6. Paschim Banga Gramin Bank, West Bengal; 7. Uttarakhand Gramin Bank, Dehradun, Uttarakhand; 8. Utkal Grameen Bank, Bolangir, Odisha; 9. Baroda Rajasthan Kshetriya Gramin Bank, Ajmer, Rajasthan; 10. Aryavart Kshetriya Gramin Bank, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh; 11. Andhra Pradesh Grameena Vikas Bank, Warangal District, Andhra Pradesh; 12. Mewar Aanchalik Gramin Bank, Udaipur, Rajasthan; 13. Puduvai Bharathiar Grama Bank, Puducherry; 14. Mizoram Rural Bank, Aizawl, Mizoram; 230 11TH FEBRUARY, 2014 15. Deccan Grameena Bank, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh; 16. South Malabar Gramin Bank, Malappuram, Kerala; 17. Saptagiri Grameena Bank, Chittoor, Andhra Pradesh; 18. Meghalaya Rural Bank, Shillong, Meghalaya; 19. Bangiya Gramin Vikash Bank, Murshidabad, West Bengal; 20. Madhya Bihar Gramin Bank, Patna, Bihar; 21. Bihar Gramin Bank, Begusarai, Bihar; 22. Baroda Uttar Pradesh Gramin Bank, Raebareli, Uttar Pradesh; 23. Sutlej Gramin Bank, Bathinda, Punjab; 24. Dena Gujarat Gramin Bank, Gandhinagar, Gujarat; 25. Malwa Gramin Bank, Sangrur, Punjab; 26. Pandyan Grama Bank, Virudhunagar, Tamil Nadu; 27. Gurgaon Gramin Bank, Haryana; 28. Himachal Pradesh Gramin Bank, Mandi, Himachal Pradesh; 29. Odisha Gramya Bank, Bhubaneswar, Odisha; 30. Chhattisgarh Gramin Bank,Raipur, Chhattisgarh; 31. Manipur Rural Bank, Imphal, Manipur; 32. Krishna Grameena Bank, Gulbarga, Karnataka; 33. Uttarbanga Kshetriya Gramin Bank, Cooch Behar, West Bengal; and 34. Tripura Gramin Bank, Agartala, Tripura. VII. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Review by Government on the working of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority (IRDA), Hyderabad, for the year 2012-13, under sub-section (3) of Section 20 of the Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority Act, 1999.

231 RAJYA SABHA VIII. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:- (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Irrigation and Water Resources Finance Corporation Limited, New Delhi, 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 Corporation. IX. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) Consolidated Review of the Performance of Regional Rural Banks (RRBs), for the year ended 31st March, 2013. (ii) Consolidated Report on the Working of the Public Sector Banks (PSBs), for the year ended 31st March, 2013. (iii) (a) Liquidator‘s Report of Industrial Investment Bank of India (IIBI) Limited, for the period from 1st April, 2013 to 30th September, 2013, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the Voluntary Winding up Process of the above Bank. Shrimati Santosh Chowdhary (Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (a) Thirty-fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Medicines Pharmaceutical Corporation Limited, (IMPCL), Mohan, Uttarakhand, 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 Corporation. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above.

232 11TH FEBRUARY, 2014 II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Twenty-second Annual Report and Accounts of the Rashtriya Ayurveda Vidyapeeth (RAV), New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Vidyapeeth. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy , New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Council. (iii) (a) Annual Report of the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic Sciences, New Delhi, for the year 2012-13. (b) Annual Accounts of the Central Council for Research in Ayurvedic, New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Council. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iii) (a) and (b) above. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Unani Medicine (NIUM), Bangalore, for the year 2012-13, 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 (iv) (a) above. (v) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Homoeopathy (NIH), Kolkata, for the year 2012-13, 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 (v) (a) above.

233 RAJYA SABHA Shri K.C. Venugopal (Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (4) of section 28 of the Airport Authority of India Act, 1994:— (a) Eighteenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Airports Authority of India (AAI), New Delhi, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. Shri A.H. Khan Chowdhury (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 International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, for the year 2012-13, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. Shri Namo Narain Meena (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance) on behalf of Shri Jesudasu Seelam laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), under sub-section (2) of Section 38 of the Central Excise Act, 1944, along with Explanatory Memoranda :— (1) G.S.R. 793 (E), dated the 26th December, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R.542 (E) dated the 9th July, 2012, to insert certain entries in the original Notification. (2) G.S.R. 763 (E), dated the 29th November, 2013, seeking to exempt specified goods procured under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme funded by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria from the whole of the duty of excise leviable thereon.

234 11TH FEBRUARY, 2014 (3) G.S.R. 795 (E), dated the 26th December, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 163(E) dated the 17th March, 2012, to insert certain entries in the original Notification. (4) G.S.R. 813 (E), dated the 31st December, 2013, seeking to fix tariff value under section 3(2) of the Central Excise Act, 1944 in respect of goods falling under tariff heading 3304 of the Central Excise Tariff Act, 1985. (5) G.S.R. 36 (E), dated the 20th January, 2014, publishing the CENVAT Credit (Second Amendment) Rules, 2014. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), under sub-section (4) of Section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994, along with Explanatory Memoranda:— (1) G.S.R. 71 (E), dated the 30th January, 2014, amending Notification No. G.S.R.467 (E) dated the 20th June, 2012, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. (2) G.S.R. 15 (E), dated the 10th January, 2014, amending Notification No. G.S.R.467 (E) dated the 20th June, 2012, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. (3) G.S.R. 792 (E), dated the 26th December, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 254(E), dated the 18th April, 2013, to insert certain entries in the original Notification. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), under sub-section (7) of Section 9A of the Customs Tariff Act, 1975, along with Explanatory Memoranda:— (1) G.S.R. 764 (E), dated the 3rd December, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R.919 (E), dated the 19th November, 2010, to omit certain entries in the original Notification. (2) G.S.R. 811 (E), dated the 31st December, 2013, seeking to levy definitive anti-dumping Duty on imports of Phosphoric acid, Technical grade and Food grade including industrial grade, originating in, or exported from People‘s Republic of China. (3) G.S.R. 812 (E), dated the 31st December, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 783(E), dated the, 28th September, 2010, to insert/substitute certain entries in the original Notification.

235 RAJYA SABHA (4) G.S.R. 3 (E), dated the 3rd January, 2014, amending Notification No. G.S.R.792(E), dated the, 30th October, 2009, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. (5) G.S.R. 4 (E), dated the 3rd January, 2014, amending Notification No. G.S.R.360 (E), dated the, 26th May, 2009, to insert certain entries in the original Notification. (6) G.S.R. 23 (E), dated the 16th January, 2014, amending Notification No. G.S.R.889 (E), dated the 26th December, 2008, to insert certain entries in the original Notification. (7) G.S.R. 24 (E), dated the 16th January, 2014, amending Notification No. G.S.R.739 (E), dated the 3rd October, 2011, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. (8) G.S.R. 25 (E), dated the 16th January, 2014, seeking to levy definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of Nonyl Phenol, originating in, or exported from Chinese Taipei for a further period of five years. (9) G.S.R. 48 (E), dated the 23rd January, 2014, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 5 (E), dated the 2nd January, 2009, to insert certain entries in the original Notification. (10) G.S.R. 49 (E), dated the 23rd January, 2014, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 14 (E), dated 6th January, 2009, to insert certain entries in the original Notification. (11) G.S.R. 50 (E), dated the 23rd January, 2014, seeking to levy anti-dumping duty on imports of ‗Hexamine‘, originating in, or exported from, Saudi Arabia and Russia. (12) G.S.R. 51 (E), dated the 23rd January, 2014, seeking to levy definitive anti-dumping duty on imports of ‗4, 4 Diamino Stibene 2, 2 Disulphonic Acid (DASDA)‘, originating in, or exported from, the People‘s Republic of China, for a period of five years pursuant to the final findings of investigations conducted by the Directorate General of Anti-dumping and Allied duties.

236 11TH FEBRUARY, 2014 IV. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), under Section 159 of the Customs Act, 1962, along with Explanatory Memoranda:— (1) G.S.R. 28 (E), dated the 17th January, 2014, seeking to exempt the customs duty on material imported into India against an Advance Authorization meant for export of an item otherwise prohibited for export, subject to specified conditions from the whole of duty leviable thereon. (2) G.S.R. 791 (E), dated the 26th December, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 659 (E), dated the 11th September, 2009, to insert certain entries in the original Notification.. (3) G.S.R. 35 (E), dated the 20th January, 2014, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 185 (E), dated the 17th March, 2012, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. (4) G.S.R. 762 (E), dated the 29th November, 2013, seeking to exempt specified goods imported under the Revised National Tuberculosis Control Programme funded by the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria from the whole of the duty of customs and additional duty of customs leviable thereon. (5) G.S.R. 779 (E), dated the 16th December, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 33 (E), dated the 15th January, 2008, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. (6) G.S.R. 787 (E), dated the 20th December, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 185 (E), dated the 17th March, 2012, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. (7) G.S.R. 794 (E), dated the 26th December, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 185 (E), dated the 17th March, 2012, to insert certain entries in the original Notification. (8) G.S.R. 814 (E), dated the 31st December, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 943 (E), dated the 31st December, 2009, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. (9) G.S.R. 815 (E), dated the 31st December, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 593 (E), dated the 29th July, 2011, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification.

237 RAJYA SABHA (10) G.S.R. 816 (E), dated the 31st December, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 499 (E), dated the 1st July, 2011, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. (11) G.S.R. 817 (E), dated the 31st December, 2013, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 423 (E), dated the 1st June, 2011, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. V. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Notification No. G.S.R. 43 (E), dated the 21st January, 2014, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 632 (E), dated 14th September, 2013, to substitute/omit/insert certain entries in the original Notification, under Section 159 of the Customs Act, 1962, sub-section (2) of Section 38 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 and sub-section (4) of Section 94 of the Finance Act, 1994, along with Explanatory Memoranda. Shri Namo Narain Meena (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance) 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.25 of 2013: (Compliance Audit Report) Volume-II – Union Government (Railways). (ii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India: No.27 of 2013: (Performance Audit) – Union Government, Ministry of Power on Rajiv Gandhi Grameen Vidutikaran Yojana (RGGVY). 12-02 p.m. 4. Reports of the Committee on Public Undertakings Shri Janardan Dwivedi laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2013-14):— (i) Twenty-ninth Report on Food Corporation of India partially based on C&AG Report No. 7 of 2013 (Performance Audit) on storage management and movement of food grains in Food Corporation of India;

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(ii) Thirtieth Report on Airports Authority of India Limited regarding unauthorised withdrawal from the Escrow Account held in a fiduciary capacity on behalf of the Government of India by Mumbai International Airport Limited based on Audit Para No. 2.5 of Report No. 3 of 2011-12 of Comptroller and Auditor General of India; and

(iii) Thirty-first Report on action taken by the Government on the Observations / Recommendations contained in the Twenty-fifth Report on Pawan Hans Limited. 12-03 p.m. 5. Reports of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes Shri Lalhming Liana laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (2013-14):— (i) Thirty-third Report on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Twenty-first Report (Fifteenth ) on the subject ‗Reservation for and Employment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in National Aviation Company of India Limited (NACIL)‘ relating to the Ministry of Civil Aviation; and (ii) Thirty-fourth Report on the subject ‗Reservation for and Employment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in United Bank of India and credit facilities provided by the Bank to them‘ relating to the Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services). 12-04 p.m. 6. Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture Shrimati Mohsina Kidwai laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Fifty-seventh Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture (2013-14) on the subject ‗National Institute of Food Technology, Entrepreneurship and Management‘ relating to the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

239 RAJYA SABHA 12-05 p.m. 7. Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri Dilipbhai Pandya laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Forty-fourth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers (2013-14) on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Thirty-ninth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject ‗Pricing of Fertilizers‘ relating to the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Fertilizers). 12-06 p.m. 8. Motion for Election to the Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry A motion for election of one Member to the Jawaharlal Institute of Post-Graduate Medical Education and Research, Puducherry was moved and adopted. 12-07 p.m. 9. Government Bills — Introduced (I) The Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014 Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad (Minister of Health and Family Welfare and Minister of Water Resources) moved for leave to introduce a Bill to provide for the prevention and control of the spread of Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad introduced the Bill. 12-08 p.m. (II) The Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Orders (Amendment) Bill, 2014 Shri Manikrao Hodlya Gavit (Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment) moved for leave to introduce a Bill further to amend the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 to modify the list of Scheduled Castes in the States of Haryana, Karnataka and Odisha and the Constitution (Dadra and Nagar Haveli) Scheduled Castes Order, 1962. Shri Manikrao Hodlya Gavit introduced the Bill. (The House adjourned at 12-09 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-00 p.m.)

240 11TH FEBRUARY, 2014 2-00 p.m. 10. Government Bill — Under Consideration The Street Vendors (Protection of Livelihood and Regulation of Street Vending) Bill, 2013 Dr. (Minister of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation) moved:- ―That the Bill to protect the rights of urban street vendors and to regulate street vending activities and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.‖

(Due to gross disorderly conduct in violation of rules and etiquette of Rajya Sabha by the following Members who, from time to time, entered the ‘Well’ of the House and persistently and willfully obstructed the proceedings of the House, the Chair repeatedly adjourned the House during the course of the day:-

1. Dr. K. V. P. Ramachandra Rao 2. Shri Y. S. Chowdary 3. Shri C.M. Ramesh 4. Dr. V. Maitreyan 5. Shri A. W. Rabi Bernard 6. Dr. R. Lakshmanan 7. Shrimati Kanimozhi 8. Shri T. M. Selvaganapathi 9. Shri S. Thangavelu 10. Shri A. A. Jinnah 11. Shrimati Vasanthi Stanley )

# 2-03 p.m. (The House adjourned at 2-03 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Wednesday, the 12th February, 2014)

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