RAJYA SABHA FRIDAY, THE 29TH JULY, 2016 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Obituary Reference The Chairman made a reference to the passing away of Shrimati Mahasweta Devi. The House observed silence, all Members standing, as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed. 11-04 a.m. 2. Papers Laid on the Table Shri Manoj Sinha (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Minisry of Communications and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Communications (Department of Posts) Notification No. G.S.R. 80, dated the May 22 - May, 28, 2016, (weekly Gazette) publishing the Indian Post Office (Amendment) Rules, 2016, under sub-section (4) of Section 74 of the Indian Post Office Act, 1898. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare) Order No. S.O. 2162 (E), dated the 21st June, 2016, notifying the specifications in respect of certain fertilizers mentioned there on to be manufactured for conducting commercial trials for a period up to 31 March, 2017, from the date of publication of the said order, under sub-section (6) of Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. II.(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) Forty-fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the Madhya Pradesh State Agro Industries Development Corporation Limited, Bhopal, for the year 2013-14, 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. 96 29TH JULY, 2016 (ii) (a) Forty-fourth Annual Report and Accounts of the Kerala Agro Industries Corporation Limited, Thriuvananthapuram, for the year 2011-12, 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) Forty-ninth Annual Report and Accounts of the Punjab Agro Industries Corporation Limited, Chandigarh, for the year 2014-15, 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) Fifty-second Annual Report and Accounts of the Odisha Agro Industries Corporation Limited, Bhubaneswar, for the year 2013-14, 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) Statements (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare) Notification No. G.S.R. 427 (E), dated the 19th April, 2016, publishing the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers‟ Rights (Amendment) Rules, 2016, under Section 97 of the Protection of Plant Varieties and Farmers‟ Rights Act, 2001. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare), under sub-section (6) of Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955:— 97 RAJYA SABHA (1) S.O.1466 (E), dated the 21st April, 2016, notifying the specifications of some customized fertilizers for a period of four years from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette. (2) S.O.2161 (E), dated the 21st June, 2016, notifying the specifications of some customized fertilizers for a period upto 31st March, 2017 from the date of publication of this order in the Official Gazette. Shri Manusukh L. Mandaviya (Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, Minister of State in the Ministry of Shipping and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Pharmaceuticals) Notification No. S.O. 1192 (E), dated the 22nd March, 2016, amending Notification No. S.O. 1221 (E), dated the 15th May, 2013, to insert certain entries in the original Notification, under sub-section (6) of Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. 11-05 a.m. 3. Statement by Minister Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Eleventh Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance on Demands for Grants (2015-16) pertaining to the Department of Revenue. 11-06 a.m. 4. Statement regarding Government Business Shri , Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs 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 1st of August, 2016.  11-19 a.m. 5. Matters raised with permission 1. Shri K. K. Ragesh raised a matter regarding need to withdraw the decision of SBI to handover the default education loans to Reliance Asset Reconstruction Company.

From 11-08 a.m. to 11-19 a.m., some points were raised. 98 29TH JULY, 2016 11-22 a.m. 2. !Shri Sharad Yadav raised a matter regarding concern over increasing unemployment in the country. Shri Sitaram Yechury and !Shri Anand Sharma also spoke. !Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, responded.  11-37 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-37 a.m. and re-assembled at 12-00 noon) 12-02 p.m. 6. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No. 136 regarding Doubling farmers’ income by 2022. Starred Question No. 137 regarding Losses incurred by Mumbai local trains. Starred Question No. 138 regarding Setting up of Greenfield and Brownfield urea projects. Starred Question No. 139 regarding Policy to increase prices of urea by a fixed percentage. Starred Question No. 140 regarding Strength of judges and availability rooms in Subordinate Courts. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 141 to 150 were laid on the Table. 7. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 1342 to 1501 were laid on the Table. 1-00 p.m. 8. Statement by Minister Correcting Answer to Question Shri Sudarshan Bhagat, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) correcting the answer to Unstarred Question 1010 given in the Rajya Sabha on the 4th March, 2016, regarding „Adoption of low carbon agriculture techniques‟.

! Spoke in Hindi.  From 11-28 a.m. to 11-37 a.m., some points were raised.  From 12-00 noon to 12-02 p.m., some points were raised. 99 RAJYA SABHA (The House adjourned at 1-01 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-31 p.m.) 2-31 p.m. 9. Messages from - Reported (I) The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Second Bill, 2015 (II)The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Second Bill, 2015. Secretary-General reported to the House the following messages received from the Lok Sabha, signed by the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha:— (I) I am directed to inform you that Lok Sabha, at its sitting held on the 29th July, 2016, has adopted the following motion:- “That this House do recommend to the Rajya Sabha that Rajya Sabha do agree to appoint three Members of Rajya Sabha to serve as Members of the Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Second Bill, 2015 vice Shri Jairam Ramesh, Shri Sharad Yadav and Shri Rajpal Singh Saini, who retired from the Rajya Sabha and communicate to the Lok Sabha the names of Members so appointed by the Rajya Sabha to the Joint Committee.” 2. I am to request that the concurrence of Rajya Sabha in the said motion, and also the names of the Members of Rajya Sabha so appointed, may be communicated to this House. (II) I am directed to inform you that Lok Sabha, at its sitting held on the 29th July, 2016, has adopted the following motion:- “That this House do appoint Shri Sanjay Dhotre, Shri Pankaj Chaudhary and Shrimati Santosh Ahlawat to serve as Members of the Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Second Bill, 2015 vice Shri S. S. Ahluwalia, Shri P. P. Chaudhary and Shrimati , who resigned from the Joint Committee on their appointment as Ministers.” 100 29TH JULY, 2016 .2-35 p.m. 10. Short Duration Discussion Further discussion on the status of implementation of the Andhra Pradesh Reorganization Act, 2014 and the assurances given by the then Government to the House on the 20th February, 2014 with regard to the State of Andhra Pradesh, raised by Shri Jairam Ramesh, on the 28th of July, 2016, continued.

The following Members took part in the discussion:— 2-35 p.m. 1. Shri Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu 2-40 p.m. 2. ^Shrimati Thota Seetharama Lakshmi 2-45 p.m. 3. Shri Naresh Gujral 2-50 p.m. 4. Shri Y. S. Chowdary, Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology and Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences 3-06 p.m. 5. *Shri Mohd. Ali Khan 3-08 p.m. Shri , Minister of Finance and Minister of Corporate Affairs, replied to the discussion. The discussion was concluded. 4-30 p.m. 11. Private Members’ Resolutions —Negatived/Under Consideration (1) Further discussion on the following Resolution moved by Shri D. Raja on the 6th May, 2016, continued:— “Having regard to the fact that:— (i) snatching away somebody's life for crimes committed is not in consonance with evolving jurisprudence which embraces in its scope measures to reform the person and transform psychology in tune with the values of compassion and humanism;

. From 2-32 p.m. to 2-35 p.m., some points were raised. ^ Spoke in Telugu. * Spoke in Urdu.  From 3-36 p.m. to 3-40 p.m.; and From 3-43 p.m. to 3-48 p.m., some points were raised. 101 RAJYA SABHA (ii) commission of the crime by somebody does not contract the scope to reform him or her, rather an approach to address the hidden faculties for realizing human worth is now accepted proposition in criminal jurisprudence and this is true for all human beings including those who have been convicted for heinous crimes; (iii) committing a crime is more a sociological than a legal problem; (iv) research demonstrates the disproportionate use of death penalty against disadvantaged groups, as a study by students of National Law University, Delhi has shown that there are caste and religious biases in the imposition of death penalty in India, indicating that 94% of the persons given death sentences for terror related cases belonged to Dalit caste or religious minorities; (v) the former , late Dr. A.P.J. Abdul Kalam had supported abolition of death penalty saying that as President, he felt pain in deciding mercy petitions of death row convicts since most of them had social and economic bias; (vi) the Supreme Court of·India itself has admitted to errors and miscarriage of justice due to the arbitrary application of death penalty; (vii) the Law Commission Chairman, Justice AP.Shah has also said that there is a serious need to re-examine the issue of death penalty since there are several inconsistencies in the system, which led to arbitrariness and discrimination in the imposition of death penalty; and (viii) the majority of the members of United Nations have voted in support of the U.N. General Assembly resolution calling for a moratorium on the death penalty and India is among the minority of the Member countries still voting against the resolution seeking to ban the death penalty, this House urges upon the Government— (a) to reconsider its stand and make necessary amendments to various laws which have provisions for the death penalty so as to abolish capital punishment in the country; and (b) to declare a moratorium on all death sentence executions till the abolition of death penalty." 102 29TH JULY, 2016 The following Members took part in the discussion:— 4-30 p.m. 1. !Shri Basawaraj Patil 4-37 p.m. 2. !Shri Vishambhar Prasad Nishad .5-13 p.m. 3. Shri Sukhendu Sekhar Roy 5-16 p.m. 4. !Dr. Anil Kumar Sahani 5-21 p.m. 5. Shri T. K. Rangarajan 5-33 p.m. 6. Shri Tiruchi Siva 5-39 p.m. 7. Shri T.K.S. Elangovan 5-43 p.m. 8. Shri A. Navaneethakrishnan 5-47 p.m. 9. Shri Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu 5-50 p.m. 10. *Chaudhary Munvvar Saleem 5-53 p.m. 11. Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya 5-56 p.m. 12. Shri , Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs 6-09 p.m. Shri D. Raja replied to the debate. 6-21 p.m. The Resolution was negatived. 6-22 p.m. (2) Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy moved the following Resolution:— “Having regard to the fact that:— (i) India requires speedy economic development and higher growth rate to make it among the few large economies in the world with propitious economic outlook; (ii) infrastructure development is one of the key components for industrial development and engine of growth; (iii) road network is one of the essential parameters for economic development and communication;

! Spoke in Hindi. . From 4-50 p.m. to 5-13 p.m., see item at Sl. No.12.  From 5-24 p.m. to 5-33 p.m., some points were raised. * Spoke in Urdu. 103 RAJYA SABHA (iv) economic downturn seen in the last few years caused reduction in the growth of traffic and lower revenue realization for Build, Operate and Transfer (BOT) road projects; and (v) reduced revenue realization has adversely affected debt service concessionaires and caused widespread default in debt accounts;

this House urges upon the Government- (a) to take immediate and concrete steps to remove all bottlenecks in the awarding of road projects under BOT and EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction); (b) to initiate measures to restore market confidence and to ensure that project execution does not suffer owing to cash flow constraints, rescheduling of premium payment under BOT projects; (c) to initiate early settlement of disputes and find amicable solutions since heavy amount is involved and the road projects are virtually stalled; and (d) to extend re-finance/soft loan to the operators in the road sector, at lower rate of interest, to revive the infrastructure industry.” Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy had not concluded his speech while moving the Resolution. The discussion was not concluded. 12. Clarifications on the Statement by Minister The following Members sought clarifications on the statement made by Shri Manohar Parrikar, Minister of Defence, on the 28th of July, 2016, regarding “missing Indian Air Force operated AN-32 courier aircraft bound for nd Port Blair from Chennai, on 22 July, 2016”:— 1. Shri Tiruchi Siva 2. Shri A. Navaneethakrishnan 3. Shri T. K. Rangarajan 4-58 p.m.

Shri Manohar Parrikar replied to the clarifications.

At 4-50 p.m. 104 29TH JULY, 2016 (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, shouted slogans and persistently and willfully obstructed the proceedings of the House, the Chair adjourned the House at 11-37 a.m.:–– 1. Shri Mohd. Ali Khan 2. Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy 3. Shri Ripun Bora 4. Shri Parvez Hashmi 5. Shri Pradeep Tamta 6. Shri Mahendra Singh Mahra 7. Dr. K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao 8. Shri B. K. Hariprasad 9. Prof. M. V. Rajeev Gowda 10. Shri Partap Singh Bajwa 11. Shrimati Wansuk Syiem 12. Shri Shadi Lal Batra 13. Shri Husain Dalwai 14. Shri Santiuse Kujur 15. Shrimati Chhaya Verma 16. Shrimati Viplove Thakur 17. Shri Palvai Govardhan Reddy 18. Shri Shamsher Singh Dullo 19. Shri P. Bhattacharya 20. Shri Ram Nath Thakur 21. Shrimati Kahkashan Perween 22. Shri Ali Anwar Ansari 23. Shri Vishambhar Prasad Nishad 24. Ch. Sukhram Singh Yadav )

(The House adjourned at 6-26 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Monday, the 1st August, 2016)

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