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MONDAY, THE 3RD SEPTEMBER, 2012 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) @11-02 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-02 a.m. and re-assembled at 12-00 Noon) 1. Starred Questions Answers to Starred Question Nos. 301 to 320 were laid on the Table. 2. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 2326 to 2480 were laid on the Table. 12-00 Noon. 3. Short Notice Question Answer to Short Notice Question No. 4 was laid on the Table. 12-01 p.m. 4. Statement by Minister Correcting Answer to Question Shri K. C. Venugopal, Minister of State in the Ministry of Power, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) correcting the answer to Unstarred Question 2749 given in the Rajya Sabha on the 30th April, 2012 regarding ‘Eviction of tenants by BBMB’. 12-02 p.m. 5. Papers Laid on the Table Shri Vayalar Ravi (Minister of Overseas Indian Affairs) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Notification No. S.O. 581 (E), dated the 26th March, 2012, publishing the Public Procurement Policy for Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) Order, 2012, under Section 11 of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006. Shri Salman Khursheed (Minister of Minority Affairs and Minister of Law and Justice) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Minority Affairs) and the National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC), for the year 2012-13. @ From 11-00 a.m. to 11-02 a.m. some points were raised. 127 RAJYA SABHA Shri Pratik Prakashbapu Patil (Minister of State in the Ministry of Coal) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Coal) and the Coal India Limited (CIL), for the year 2012-13. Shri R.P.N. Singh (Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, under sub-section (3) of Section 63 of the Competition Act, 2002, along with delay statement:— (1) S.O. 480 (E), dated the 4th March, 2011, enhancing the value of assets and the value of turnover by fifty per cent for the purposes of Section 5 of the Competition Act, 2002. (2) S.O. 481 (E), dated the 4th March, 2011, exempting the ‘Group’ exercising less than fifty percent of voting rights in other enterprise from the provisions of Section 5 of the Competition Act, 2002 for a period of five years. (3) S.O. 482 (E), dated the 4th March, 2011, exempting an enterprise, whose control, shares, voting rights or assets are being acquired has assets of the value of not more than rupees 250 crores or turnover of not more than rupees 750 crores from the provisions of Section 5 of the Competition Act, 2002 for a period of five years. (4) S.O. 1218 (E), dated the 27th May, 2011, publishing corrigendum to Notification No G.S.R. 482 (E), dated the 4th March, 2011. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Notification No. G.S.R. 313 (E), dated the 23rd April, 2012, publishing the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms (Amendment) Rules, 2012, under sub-section (3) of Section 642 of the Companies Act, 1956. III. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs Notification F. No. 1- CA(7)/145/2012, dated the 1st August, 2012, publishing the Chartered Accountants (Amendment) Regulations, 2012, under Section 30B of the Chartered Accountants Act, 1949. 128 3RD SEPTEMBER, 2012 Shri K.C. Venugopal (Minister of State in the Ministry of Power) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Power, under sub-section (1) of Section 59 of the Energy Conservation Act, 2001:— (1) G.S.R. 510 (E), dated the 28th June, 2012, publishing the Appellate Tribunal for Energy Conservation (Procedure, Form, Fee and Record of Proceedings) Rules, 2012. (2) G.S.R. 269 (E), dated the 30th March, 2012, publishing the Energy Conservation (Energy Consumption Norms and Standards for Designated Consumers, Form, Time within which, and Manner of Preparation and Implementation of Scheme, Procedure for Issue of Energy Savings Certificate and Value of Per Metric Ton of Oil Equivalent of Energy Consumed) Rules, 2012. 12-03 p.m. 6. Report on Indian Parliamentary Participation at International Conference Secretary-General laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Report on the participation of the Indian Parliamentary Delegation at the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) held in Bern (Switzerland) from 16th to 19th October, 2011. 12-04 p.m. 7. Reports of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation Dr. Janardhan Waghmare presented the following Reports (in English and Hindi) of the Committee on Subordinate Legislation:— (i) One Hundred and Ninety-eighth Report on the Statutory Orders Laid on the Table of the Rajya Sabha during the 224th Session; (ii) One Hundred and Ninety-ninth Report on the Statutory Orders Laid on the Table of the Rajya Sabha during the 225th Session; and (iii) Two Hundredth Report on certain Rules/Regulations examined by the Committee. 129 RAJYA SABHA 12-05 p.m. 8. Motion for Election to the Joint Committee on Offices of Profit A motion for election of one member to the Joint Committee on Offices of Profit was moved and adopted. 12-06 p.m. 9. Statements by Ministers (i) Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal, Minister of Coal, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Fourth, Eighth, Thirteenth, Sixteenth and Twenty-first Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) pertaining to the Ministry of Coal. (ii) Shri Salman Khursheed, Minister of Law and Justice and Minister of Minority Affairs, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Twenty- sixth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants for the year 2012-13 pertaining to the Ministry of Minority Affairs. (iii) Prof. K. V. Thomas, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Sixteenth and Twenty-first Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution. &12-08 p.m. (The House adjourned at 12-08 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-00 p.m.) (Due to continued interruptions, the House was adjourned for the day.) %2-03 p.m. (The House adjourned at 2-03 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Tuesday, the 4th September, 2012) __________ & From 12-07 p.m. to 12-08 p.m. some points were raised. % From 2-00 p.m. to 2-03 p.m. some points were raised. 130 .