FRIDAY, THE 12TH DECEMBER, 2003 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Reference by Chair The Chairman made a reference regarding the Second Anniversary of terrorist attack on the Parliament Building on the 13th December, 2001.
The House observed silence, all Members standing, as a mark of respect to the memory of those who lost their lives in the tragedy. 11-03 a.m. 2. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No.163 regarding Animal welfare schemes. Starred Question No.164 regarding History textbooks for class XII. Starred Question No.165 regarding Food for work programme in drought affected areas. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 161, 162 and 166 to 180 were laid on the Table. 3. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 1092 to 1232 were laid on the Table. 12 Noon 4. Papers Laid on the Table Dr. Murli Manohar Joshi (Minister of Human Resource Development, Minister of Science & Technology and Minister of Ocean Development) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services, Hyderabad, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre.
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Shri Nitish Kumar (Minister of Railways) laid on the Table 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 Mumbai Railway Vikas Corporation Limited, Mumbai, for the year 2002-2003, 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. Shri Braj Kishore Tripathy (Minister of State (Independent charge) of the Ministry of Steel) laid on the Table 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-first Annual Report and Accounts of the Rashtriya Ispat Nigam Limited, Visakhapatnam, for the year 2002-2003, 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. Dr. Vallabhbhai Ramjibhai Kathiria (Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Accounts of the Tezpur University, Tezpur, for the year 2001- 2002 and the Audit Report thereon, under sub-section (4) of section 31 of the Tezpur University Act, 1993. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Educational Planning and Administration, New Delhi, for the year 2001-2002, 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 (a) above. (iii)(a) First Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Management, Indore, for the year 2001-2002, 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 (a) above. (iv)(a) Annual Accounts of the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, for the year 2001-2002, and the Audit Report thereon. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above.
(v) (a) Twenty-ninth Annual Report of the North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong, for the year 2002-2003. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above University. (vi)(a) Forty-first Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Management, Ahmedabad, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (vii)(a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Primary Education Development Society of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram, for the year 2001-2002, 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 (a) above. (viii) (a) Annual Report of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi, for the year 2001-2002. (b) Annual Accounts of the Rashtriya Sanskrit Sansthan, New Delhi, for the year 2001-2002 and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Sansthan.
RAJYA SABHA (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) and (b) above.
Dr. Sanjay Paswan (Minister of State in the Ministry of Human Resource Development) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Axom Sarba Siksha Abhijan Mission, Guwahati, for the year 2001-2002, 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 (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Bihar Shiksha Pariyojana Parishad, Patna, for the year 2001-2002, 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 (a) above. Shri Bachi Singh Rawat (Minister of State in the Department of Science & Technology in the Ministry of Science & Technology) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism, Mumbai, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Vigyan Prasar, New Delhi, for the year 2002-2003, 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 Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, Lucknow, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (v) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Tropical Meteorology, Pune, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (vi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Academy of Sciences, Bangalore, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (vii)(a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (viii)(a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (ix)(a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (x) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories, New Delhi, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Satyendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. Shri Chhattrapal Singh (Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers) laid on the Table:- I. 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) Twenty-fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the Rashtriya Chemicals and Fertilizers Limited, Mumbai, for the year 2002-2003, 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) Twenty-ninth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Fertilizers Limited, New Delhi, for the year 2002-2003, 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. (iii) (a) Thirty-seventh Annual Report and Accounts of the Madras Fertilizers Limited, Chennai, for the year 2002-2003, 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) Forty-seventh Annual Report and Accounts of the Farmer’s Fertiliser Corporation of India Limited, New Delhi, for the year 2002-2003, 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. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Thirty-fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Farmers Fertiliser Cooperative Limited (IFFCO), New Delhi, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Cooperative. (ii) (a) Twenty-third Annual Report and Accounts of the Krishak Bharati Cooperative Limited (KRIBHCO), New Delhi, for the year 2002-2003, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Cooperative. (iii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers) and the Hindustan Organic Chemicals Limited for the year 2003-2004. Shri Hukumdeo Narayan Yadav (Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture and Cooperation) Notification S.O. 1318 (E) dated the 18th November, 2003, publishing the Coconut Development Board Employees (Conditions of Service) Regulations, 2003, under section 21 of the Coconut Development Board Act, 1979. II. 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-fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the Karnataka Cashew Development Corporation Limited, Mangalore, for the year 2002-2003, 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. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report of the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad, for the year 2002-2003. (b) Annual Accounts of the National Institute of Agricultural Extension Management, Hyderabad, for the year 2002-2003, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. 12-02 p.m. 5. Message from Lok Sabha The Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Repeal Bill, 2003 Secretary-General reported to the House the following message received from Lok Sabha, signed by the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha:- “In accordance with the provisions of rule 96 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, I am directed to enclose the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Repeal Bill, 2003, as passed by Lok Sabha at its sitting held on the 11th December, 2003.” 6. Bill Laid on the Table Secretary-General laid on the Table a copy of the Sick Industrial Companies (Special Provisions) Repeal Bill, 2003, as passed by Lok Sabha. 12-03 p.m. 7. Report of the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs
Shri Pranab Mukherjee presented the One Hundred and seventh Report (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2003. 8. Evidence tendered before the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs
Shri Pranab Mukherjee laid on the Table a copy of the Evidence tendered before the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs on the Citizenship (Amendment) Bill, 2003.
9. Reports of the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development
Shri Arjun Singh presented the Hundred-Forty-second, Hundred- Forty-third, Hundred Forty-fourth, Hundred Forty-fifth, Hundred Forty-sixth and Hundred Forty-seventh Action Taken Reports (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Human Resource Development on Action Taken by the Departments of Family Welfare, Indian Systems of Medicine and Homoeopathy, Elementary Education and Literacy, Secondary and Higher Education, Women and Child Development and Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports on the recommendations/observations contained in the Hundred Thirty- sixth, Hundred Thirty-seventh, Hundred Thirty-eight, Hundred Thirty-ninth, Hundred Fortieth and Hundred Forty-first Reports on Demands for Grants (2003-2004) of the Committee.
10. Statements of the Department-Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals Shri Balkavi Bairagi laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Statements of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals (Thirteenth Lok Sabha): — (i) Statement on action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Seventeenth Report (Thirteenth Lok Sabha) of the Department- related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals on action taken by Government on the recommendations contained in the Eleventh Report (Thirteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on ‘Demand, Availability and Import of Potash / Potassic Fertilizers’; (i) Statement on action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Nineteenth Report (Thirteenth Lok Sabha) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals on action taken by Government on the recommendations contained in the Fortieth Report (Thirteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on ‘Demands for Grants 2001-02 of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Fertilizers)'. (iii) Statement on action taken by Government on the recommendations contained in the Twentieth Report (Thirteenth Lok Sabha) of the Department- related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals on action taken by Government on the recommendations contained in the Twelfth Report (Thirteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on ‘Demands for Grants 2001-02 of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas’. (iv) Statement on action taken by Government on the recommendations contained in the Thirty-fourth Report (Thirteenth Lok Sabha) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals on action taken by Government on the recommendations contained in the Twenty-sixth Report (Thirteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on ‘Demands for Grants 2002-03 of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Fertilizers)'. (v) Statement on action taken by Government on the recommendations contained in the Fiftieth Report (Thirteenth Lok Sabha) of the Department- related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Chemicals on action taken by Government on the recommendations contained in the Thirty- ninth Report (Thirteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on ‘Demands for Grants 2003-04 of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas’. 12-05 p.m. 11. Statement regarding Government Business Shri O. Rajagopal, Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs made a statement regarding Government Business in the Rajya Sabha during the week commencing Monday, the 15th December, 2003. 12-07 p.m. 12. Matters raised with permission 12-07 p.m. (i) Dr. Manmohan Singh, Leader of the Opposition raised a matter regarding certain remarks made by Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad, Minister of State of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting against top leadership of the Congress Party. 12TH DECEMBER, 2003 12-17 p.m.$ (ii) Shri Harendra Singh Malik raised a matter regarding plight of sugarcane growers in the country in general and in the State of Uttar Pradesh in particular. # (iii) Shrimati N.P. Durga raised a matter regarding abduction of two innocent Indians by the Taliban regime in Afghanistan on the charges of being intelligence agents. Shri O. Rajagopal, Minister of State in the Ministry of Defence and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs responded. 12-19 p.m. 13. Special Mentions 12-19 p.m. 1. Shri Rama Shanker Kaushik** raised a matter regarding adverse effect on the paddy and sugarcane growers due to non fixation of price. 12-22 p.m. 2. Shri C. Perumal raised a matter regarding need to bring a legislation for harnessing river water in national interest.
12-34 p.m.@ (The House adjourned at 12-34 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-32 p.m.) 3-38 p.m.% (The House adjourned at 3-38 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Monday, the 15th December, 2003) ______
______$ From 12-09 p.m. to 12-17 p.m. some points were raised. # At 12-24 p.m. ** Spoke in Hindi. @ From 12-24 p.m. to 12-34 p.m. see item No. 12 (iii) % From 2-32 p.m. to 3-38 p.m. some points were raised.