Oral Answers to Questions : C o lu m n s •Starred Questions^Nos. 329, 333, 334 and 337 . . . 1—31
^ Short Notice Question No. 1 1 ...... 31—34
Wrinen Answers to Questions : *
Starred Questions Nos. 128, 324 to 328, 330 to 332, 335, 336 and 339 to 342...... 35—5° * Unstarred Questions Nos. 2527 to 2631 . 50— 144
Paper laid on the Table ...... 144 Statement re Reported taking over of power by Army in Pakistan—
Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee...... 145—46
Demands for Grants, 1977-78—
Ministry of D e f e n c e ...... 147—64
Shri Jagjivan R a m ...... 147— Ministry of Education and Social Welfare and Department of C u ltu re ...... 163—298
Shri Hitendra D e sa i...... 165—75 Prof. Shibban Lai Saksena...... 185—190
Shri Om Prakash Tyagi ...... i9 l —200 Shri O. V. Alagesan ...... 200—207
Shrimati Mrinal Gore...... 20®— Shn Bhagat Ram ( ...... 2i9 -225
Shri Janeshwar M i s h r a...... 225—236
I •The sign + marked above the name of a Member indicates that the question ; was actually asked on the floor of the House by that Member. *■ (U)
C o l u m n s $ Shri V. Arunachalam...... 236—242
Shri Manohar L a i ...... 242—248
Shri A. E. T. Barrow # ...... *•*'«*• *48 — 254 Shri Kalyan J a i n ] ...... 254—261
Shri Gev M. A v a r i ...... 261—266
Shri Ram Prakash Tripathi . 266-^-271
Shri Nathu S i n g h ...... 271—278 s
Shri D.G. G a w a i ...... 278—282 Shri Dhirendranath Basu ...... 283—284
Shri R. Mohananmgam ...... 284—288 Shri Raje Vishveshvar Rao ...... 288—292
Shri Shambhu Nath Chaturvedi ...... 292—297
Shri D.B. Patil ...... 297—298 LOK SABHA DEBATES
LOK SABHA Kms. of new line is estimated to cost Rs. 39.17 crores yielding a financial return of 4.2 per cent by D.C.F. Tuesday, July 5, 1977 /Asadha 14, 1899 (Saka) JTo wtj : ir^rer ' he Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the JT? 3ft cTfT % C’ock. «PT ^ ^ * cfta mferT ^— ^srqr- i h Sis [Mr. Speaklr in the Chair] rft¥-tfr cftTT *TgTORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS t| | *hi6*ist *r GTWT % ir
tt Conversion of Parbhani-Mudkhed- Atlilabad-Ghugus Line into Broad | firtr ^ *tt^ t Gauge Line ir T O ITT ^Tfr?TT | ^ft
•329. DR. BAPU KALDATY: Will g g frp i H ft f ^ r the Minister of RAILWAYS be plea [ smVPftfl | I sed to state: It will expose the entire area to ia) whether Maharashtra Govern economic and industrial development. ment was carrying the work of sur Considering this fact, does the hon. vey for metre gauge to broad gauge Minister intend to take up that line line along the route Parbhani-Mud- in the near future? khcd-Adilabad-Ghugus; * (b) whether Maharashtra Govern ^nrvr^t ft ^ ^TFT^rft ment completed the survey; and tt* tft $ rftr ? f r (c) what are its findings? smf^TVrTT STIT^T ^t f t 3TOT I *ft fiPTT ft I i WfrH w tipt as a prospective proposition? Has that been taken into consideration, 7 W W 5T*ft fH I 3^1 I while working out the percentage of return on investment? * t jjj TT o WI^ f miifl : 3ft f<4l *1T he has referred to is not merely a CTCT *THT -jtim f<T ^rt SHRI SONU SINGH PATIL: Will WTT t rfT ^ WTT^ T ward areas which are inhabited pre « i ¥*f w t ? dominantly by adivasis and harijans are concerned? Sts W ? n ^ ! *llll"li( TOPT % PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE: T p r | ^ r ?it ^ f r Ttz$ 9?mr Sometime back I had made a refer ence that our norms will not be ortho STRi ? ^t *? fjfdfaildT IVeii dox norms. I hope that the hon. t i v\x ^ t t Member will expect me to be not p r r | t t f r w ^ h m i ^ *r r r t i$ an orthodox person but a modern man! And therefore, our norms will *r*«? Hfr t^ tt | I rfr r Tr»r t^ t i always try to assess our return.
SHRI VASANT SATHE: Sir, I PROF. R. K. AMIN: Mr. Speaker, would like to know from the hon. Sir, this is not a question whether Minister whether he is aware that the norms are orthodox or modern. in the Chandrapur area, which is rich In our country, because of the multi in coal, lime and forest resources in gauge system, It is uneconomical to stead of their being transported via transport the goods from one place this metre-gauge, at present, a circui to another. That is why a uniform tous route is adopted which is to-day gauge i8 required and it should be 150 miles, it will cut down the dis judged from that point of view. And tance to 48 miles. If this metre- if there is a new line that is to be gauge route is, used. la id ....
Will that not be an economic factor MR. SPEAKER: No, you are now that should be taken into consideration explaining the position fully. Oral Answers ASADHA 14, 1809 (SAKA) Oral Answers 6
PROF. R. K. AMIN: Sir, my point this particular area, then I have no is this. Your norms are necessary objection. when the new lines are to be laid and not when the metre-gauge is to be SHRI KRISHNA CHANDRA HAL- converted into a broad-gauge line. DER: Sir, the Minister has already That is not the norm that should be replied the questions. applied. Here it should be only from the point of view of general develop MR. SPEAKER: By experience 1 say ment. that this question hour should not be utilised for discussing about po MR. SPEAKER: The Minister has licy matters. noted it down. SHRI KRISHNA CHANDRA HAL- PROF. R. K. AMIN: May I know DER: The Minister has replied the from the hon. Minister from that supplementary question. I only want point of view whether he has any to know from him whether he is general policy of converting the en aware that Bankura is a backward tire metre-gauge line into a broad- district and whether he will take up gauge line? the railway line Bankura-Damodar railway. At present there is a nar PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE. Sir, row guage line. I want to know whe do you permit me to transform this ther he will convert that into a broad- question in to .... gauge line because of the backward ness. MR. SPEAKER: No, no. MR. SPEAKER: This has nothing to SHRI R. K. MHALGI: Sir, may I do with the main question. know from the hon. Minister as to what is the criterion for constructing the railway line? Rctrcncnxnent of Apprentices from Railway Workshops and Offices PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE: As I indiacted earlier, there are two as •333. SHRIMATI AHILYA P. pects. As far as the conversion of RANGNEKAR: Will the Minister of the gauge is concerned, priority num RAILWAYS be pleased to state: ber one is that those areas which have the prospects of being develop (a) whether Government are con ed or those areas which are already sidering to stop retrenchment of ap prentices from various railway work developed areas but for want of ade shops and offices; and quate facilities of transport, probably, the production is suffering in that case, (b) the steps taken to absorb we will give priority to them. As them? far as backward area is concerned, T have already laid down a norm THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS n the budget. (PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE) : (a) In terms of the provisions of the MR. SPEAKER: It is all a question Apprentices Act 1961, the statutory of a particular route about which we obligation is to engage Apprentices are discussing. We are here dis according to the prescribed ratio in cussing the general policy also. I won’t certain trades, and give them train allow that question unless it pertains ing only. There is no obligation to to a particular area. We have al give employment to these apprentices ready discussed the general issues in when they have completed training. the Budget discussion. Now, if you Accordingly, at the end of their have anything to ask with regard to training, their apprenticeship with 7 Oral Answers JULY 5, 1977 Oral Answers 8
the Railways stands terminated, and therefore, the question of their re qfwnv mm t jh ?t*pt faaft trenchment does not arise. sftrfcra arfw 3*rft ft. ^rfafr r (b ) As a special case, the Minis try of Railways have decided that fa»d*i stPfct *At irfir frarjhfnr Apprentices in clerical categories who VT wtzj $TT ftm it f^farCTT^ farOT JPTT ^ I Wl «?*> «[fWTm : ft % it? JOT ^ pfr WW ftRT% gfafacT «rft?T
tf*o W **¥*?* : f^ifr VT « • jpT-NWifd^T v *ftx vfe fVrw^r % ^rnnn f*f«fPTT *tot $ \ ^pf- VT vteT ^TT *f^D ^ *Wl ^ 5 VT*rf*TVvTT ifFvfhr t o w % ?*ft, ?ft % vrarr «r ti^ t r fa n ^ rftt i iptr ^ ^rrsr f*F*r ^ frrmr n*rr $ i th it srto inj : tr> qro to *fifd ^ grt ^ ft: mfari -&FFT *tt ftwr i ^T^rrfrat ki n3nfdftf€ % ft nrf^ft ^ i sqfw^T ffsm % I ?r fw ft KMhV^T Tnr«nrV srmft : ?T ft^rFTT I J ^ srfifiSTvr-srrfT fV n ^ cpnTfeftnr f[, f* H ift f^jrer^ ?rm %t ^ ^ntrfwerT tft w?m f w | ? wtr Pwr *r^rr ^ vrfvm 4 i‘^ j rfto iffj n i f i : TRT *rr Holding of Special Class Railway If more candidates are required and Apprentices Examination selected through this particular schomc, we would absorbe them. + |334. SHRI A. BALA PAJANOR: SHRI RAM DHARI SHASTRI: Hallo SHRI S. D. SOMASUNDA- Sir. RAM: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be MR. SPEAKER: You must be noticed pleased to state: by the Speaker; you should not shout like this. (a) the objective of holding special class Railway Apprentices Examina SHRI RAM DHARI SHASTRI: I did tion; not shout.
(b) whether the number of candi MR. SPEAKER: This is not a market dates Anally selected on the basis of place. You should catch the eye of the Examination held in 1976 was the Speaker, not this "Hallo Sir**. meagre as compared to those selected in earlier years; and vqvm : : mvfhi (c) if so, the reasons therefor? "aft, 5 vpt% *TTf£nr ft
THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS fa % ^ft*TT WT (PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE): (a) ftrsnr ^t srr% % ft The Special Class Railway Apprentices Scheme is intended to recruit teen-age boys for intensive practical training at Railway Workshops and theoretical training at the Indian Railways Insti tute of Mechanical and Electrical En f^T5T«r ^ x& n gineering, Jamalpur. The training thus given is specially tailored to suit the « t SrS xfw z £ ? requirements of Railways.
(b) The number of candidates tfto *nj ^ vt selected on the basis of 1976 Exami nation was less than the previous 2 v w t fv faita ft % fm. years. f^TT ipTT fc, (c) Recruitment is made in accord v t r irsrfhrfftir ance with the number of vacancies as TT ( I 1966 ft 1976PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE: As 1971 10 far as the number is concerned in 1976, the special class apprentices were 10 1972 10 and graduates were 10. That seems to be tho general proportion. 1973 17 u urai ATuucri
the procedure and says that the pre 1974 x . 17 sent procedure is outmoted. This issue 1975 . 23 will have to be discussed with the con cerned organisations. 1976 . . 10 SHRI HARIKESH BAHADUR: 3ft *ft«T fr^PT %■ TT UTCt Z, What is the use of training many ■d*1+1 TT% Tt TlfaTOT T7% persons as apprentices if they could not be absorbed? There are many per f l sons who have been trained as ap prentices but they are not being vf\ ffffTT VTT iTRsfto *rtft absorbed by the Indian Railways and 3ft Tt fTTT T*«T f r ^ t in the Northeastern Railway 1 know many cases. f*r^,f?rf5r «t, ^r*r f t r r % fax, gfnpff T f%rr ^pr grfem PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE: On the basis of our experience we have «r ? already recommended to the Labour Ministry that the examination con tfto »T*T 4Ir f*wnff *r *r »ft (a) whether it is a fact that there is a great disparity in the number of fswtnmr tt^> Ppn ^t aft ^ fe r m ir *nr ksvt* Assembly constituencies in the coun try; * ft, «TTOT T^*T ? (b) if so. what steps or* being ato *t* firir taken by Government to have uniform 'fifcw f e n antj i pattern in regard to the number of voters in various constituencies; •ft 3 q?>H : ^ Ir qsrf^r rfm (c) whether it is a fact that the irn: |, mxr ^ Lok Sabha and the Assembly consti tuencies in hilly areas are spread out ^ i iiitm< ire *ft «r^ widely; and fa^rr t t 75 | % wnr Ir qs f e q (d) whether it is prop9sed to put fPnr JT arm i 3jt ^ *m^r t o i Lok Sabha and Assembly constituen PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE: As SHRI DURGA CHAND: I would 1 pointed out there are two sources like to know from the hon. Minister from which these engineers and technl- the criteria and norms for delimiting cians are taken up and they are again a certain constituency. to be accomodated against the vacan cies that exist and it is being done like that. Because they are drawn from a SHRI SHANTI BHUSHAN: The Con- particular technical and engineering stitution itself provides that the num category, special type of an arrange ber of parliamentary constituencies ment for special training is done and which shall be allotted to a State will then they are appointed. be in proportion to the population of that State. Here I should make it clear that the population of a Slate Disparity in the Number of Voters in does not merely consist of voters but various Lok Sabha and Assembly Con consists of people who are not voters, stituencies who are not of age. But since the distribution of the parliamentary con •337. SHRI DURGA CHAND; Will stituencies has to be made on the the Minister of LAW, JUSTICE AND basis of the total population of the COMPANY AFFAIRS be pleased to State, it sometimes happens that the state: number of voters In a State may not 17 Oral Answers ASADHA 14, 1899 ( SAKA) Oral Answers K 18 b e in the same proportion. Therefore TWT T O ij«*r : Ttffteq ^ it happens that since a particular num ber of parliamentary constituencies *T»ft T^T f r TT^fc TT have to be in a State, the total number ?>rr I ^ frr *r=ft t ? t* t t* srnm t of voters has to be divided among that number of constituencies with the fa ^ t f t ir ifta perfect in this country both for Parlia : V* fJT WTTTT flrTT- mentary as well as Assembly elec- tions? * * T|ft $ 33% ?T *PTT* *T T tfeC T - rr*fr* fft ?TT* TTtT TT 3T? TT SHRI SHANTI BHUSHAN: Full ^TTTT m fT T«T> T>TT?T I ^T% lfT care will be taken to see that the pro cess of enumeration is as best as pos n «TT «ft5TT JT those suggestions will be considered pnd the imperfections will be removed. ?TT ft JWT TTjft I 19 Oral Answers JULY 5, 1977 Oral Answers * 20
^ 0 vt tsTlci vrr f^rr i *T ft? 10 *?t HTflR W *T?T% *T? JfTT Pf* ^ VT fir i TWt 3TRft I , 6 5TW % 3FTT ^N 1 VT f^HTT if ftT5T *RTT fftT 6 0 f*TT TT W 10 TTW? ^t JWT, j p t t y iretei»«ii | «ft 5TTfvT ¥**1 : ir 5TVfirfH?VM «T***TT ¥V *i^ $ SHRI SHYAMNANDAN MISHRA- It % sm io 'nfiwT- appears that the present position is not in accordance with the provisions % to ^ tt ^ft *?z H ftr^m of the Constitution. Article 81(2) of ^ftrP rr^ R ?>, ^ r ^ % i o *reF*rf the Constitution lays down that the number of seats and the population fcnrcft *fhpT gfnftHg ^ tft will bear a certain ratio which will be vnfmr iff %t\T inFw^ft % uniform throughout the country. That *fV f^PT^ ^ *T^ft*T7 vilf^»i is the constitutional position. In some constituency at the present moment if 5t «rtr sr? *ilnl | I it is three, i.e., three times the voters* strength. How does the hon. Minister PROF. P.G. MAVALANKAR: The think that this position can continue Minister did admit that there has a in accordance with the provisions of great disparity between the Lok Sab ha the Constitution? May I know whether and Assembly constituencies as regards there is any idea to come forward with the number of voters. Even among the proposals so that this disparity is re Lok Sabha constituencies there is a moved? tremendous gap between one consti- tuency and another in terms of voters. For example, in my own constituency SHRI SHAN’T! BHUSHAN: As I of Gandhinagar in Gujarat *nin« is the said, so far as the large States are con largest with nearly 620,000 voters and cerned, the constitutional provision to in others the number was near about which reference has been made by the five-and-a-half lakhs. So the margin hon. Member is that that depends on was 70.000 voters. Then, about 25000 the total population of the State and voters were not enlisted because of not the number of voters in the State. population changes. Will the Minister There can be a difference, namely, that look into the question by asking the a higher percentage of population in Election Commission to have an effec one State may be voters and a lower tive, regular, periodic check of voters percentage of population in another so that these anomalies or disparities State may be voters so that that counts are brought to the minimum? for some difference in the number of voters between one State and another. There is a special provision so far as *nf*er : anffanr Union Territories etc. are concerned *PTT cTT$ * t r*i«T.l^n ?>ft because there a provision has to be made. If a single Union Territory is ohrr ft? vppfhr ft> 6 0, very small with very small population, 7 0 11 VT *T^W ^ even then one parliamentary consti- 21 Oral Answers ASADHA 14( 1899 (SAKA) Oral Answers 22 tuency has to be provided with the TT ft*^T «rraT «IT, result that it may have a very little voters' strength. sra t o srar tt «igcr ft?T «RT fTOT TOT ^ I ftsft HffKJJ SHRI VINODBHAI B. SHETH: ft 3R7«r f e n t fa #rf5rrfifdVM Tftft Thousands of voters from the middle class families had not been enlisted. ft *ftr *htt P t o r wm % ft«n: Was it not the result of the conserted ^ ^fa*T ft sft ^ i q faTT, move by the previous Government? Is HMI I ft* Um the overnment thinking of simplifying the procedure so that the voters could srer ft 8 P t o r t sra |f tfrr get their names included?. ^ ft *t toV *it TO I «R[T SHRI VINODBHAI B. SHETH: ft TT v*Tld^l ^TRTT before an election a noli ft cation is | I TOT ftcft ft Tt published for making any corrections T tf Tt | fa 3tT ?T needed in the voters' list, so that any person who feels that his name has rot vftK «nir T t f ^ f t ^ been included, etc. can make an application; and that application is dealt with. If there are a large number sft snfaf **«! : ft of omissions on account of people Ttf wrra tt tpt ft, having gone over etc., if they make applications, they are dealt with ac SHRI V. KISIIORE CHANDRA S. T^TT I ftfa*T Tt$ T R DEO: At present, polling booths are *T*T ^ f^t, W % pTO HTTOHt installed on the basis of population SfT^^ft I and the number of voters in an area. But in certain hilly areas which are sparsely populated, the distance bet «ft : f^wrn ft ^ ween the polling booths and residences ft SnTTrTW TT ^F*T gSTT ^ iftT is too much, and the people have to ft | SHRI P. RAJAGOPAL NALDU: Is' tt wemw gin fa * *ft Tt< government aware that voters belong ing to one booth are attached to ^rr ifir st rteir fire another booth in an area? If so, will if *mr fpsr s>n i wt wtttt * T»T 5T iff ? «ft TT* fa j^ W T TTW : *JTfT^Tf*T«fT % trfw Tt ?IT fr«TT «ft suPfl : ft ^ff *PT5PTr % flTTTFT l i f w ^ Tt TT fa *fft t*t ft jfpft i %fa*r «ptt f?TT »nn wtr ?*rfira wrfirvrSnff ^ w 3HT ? t *r| iff 5*r?r Tt fWTT jVTCT ^t *rf $ I l*Tfai r»i *i t* *>*tt i Wt ’ jfirf ?TT fr3I®f
«ft fiw inw : sftr »r*rr *ftS*T TT *f#U ft, t fft rifaapT wfr srr *t ^ r f e r {f i ^ siff if 86 % 85 fft »rf t* l *r»WTT fa 7*T T WiJ*TR ?ftf
•sft h r f m r w m rt : ftnr *t?t- Tflft »r# f I ITOT JfTT 6TPT zm m f % *Tnr jft% tf b i $ WTTfa'T fajJT 41^11 fa T^t >PT?ft % f?PT JI? JTTTOR fa*TT *PTT ^ *TT WPT f^VT f a t qft?T%1FT 5 tfVT % JTTHTT jTT^TT I qT % THT 3 ^ jft ^PPT I ‘ efa f , a^ f T tf tot f^’TT ®rfar M*t TWWTW Tl^t : 5W *t lf%p snft ftor 11 ^?i7T°r % Jrt 5!^f it fa frtHTfaT *«T tt aft Wt»T tfa if vw s w £ *ftr »PT ^ UT# f *PWTm if «R *f 3jT If T tf qfTfir«T ffft t I ir «rg?ff % tt*t *nft fWt f fcra j »T^t if TT?t £ i f* n ^ when the proposal for electoral re *rr 5»rf4«r ^ fa farnn % wtm forms is gone into. At that time all the parties would be consultei, and JTTT *Tcrerax * h n i a*4K V t >»ii f a ^TlT ^TT?T iTtflwft fa iptt *TrRT?n g r jj i ? r ^ ij^ t ir * t f «FKft T f 3fW, JTT Ht»ft ^THT ^ Ijft faf? Tt^RT v jtpt »T ^ *rnr, «rt 3ft * u u + i(t w*ti | i m ^rrar * 3*t if? f*w ^Trenft ft, sh *? sprr^nft *ft ^r*r qr ir i farro vntft «rf ? Tr*n?r ^Hiq if t*fr*n it sftr him Pt*pth
«ft 5Ttf»n w « i : ^rr^r wtot«t «rni srnft | i *r^ ?t wir ^nt ^rnr ^ ft *?t «r* »r wttct T u m ft %rtr fa^T fa ^ft *f< m ®Tf *nmm |, 3* fft gwnr *r *tt ^ Vifft ^ qtT ‘3^1+f *i i M M VT VT*T V7 ST I WT7 fa*ft f o n 3rm %ft* ^ft ^ m* v trr V>Nt7> *t «fe« *r fa*ft *T JTHT T? ^nr '3*tvt f ^ i tp t ? wrsr 3TT$, %ftr HHH $ fa V^NtrI WT ^t?TT ^ fa SplTT ^ ^ft =T "3TT*T *lfT TT *1 ^rl t>N ff^TT ^ t % 5Tm ?ft t h ^rra«r % \ ^3“*T % f^TT?) TT^VW ^mr ir ^r, i ?p(ft ^'iHo ir *Tf^f nPT? f i *irr i ?ft ?*rvt Tt? st^«n SHRI L. K. DOLEY: It has bicn our flsft i experience that the size of the con stituencies is in accordance with the pattern of the population. its density H; *rn*i faHPT) and some of the areas are also in accessible. In that case, enormous qr?TT I ?ft ^PFt TCTT TT V efforts have to be made so far as ?mr ^ n rr ^ i Jjfir st*«r z T R it- finance is concerned. So, in view of. the TT 5TTHTT T5TT %>» variation in the size of the constituen cies. is Government ready to consider ^?ft *r I ?fr JTf *TW? 5Tff T^*ft I some relaxation in the matter of the WT f?T fiww SHRI SHANTI BHUSHAN: The question of financial1 aspect of the tlons can be considered at the time ?ft ^^r%rc f t f a »r? 27 Oral Answers JULY 5, 1977 Oral Answers 28
*TT^ 1^7 57T% T^T phically compact unit and if there is any geographical area in which tribals ^ ^ 1*1 ^ ir *iiid constitute a majority, then , of course, T5 *T, ff TT q5t^t TPTT felT *TOT t 3*ft SHRI CHARAN NARZARY: Nor- »*t snfaf : «TR4hr *t*wt tt mally the Scheduled Tribes people live io compact areas. But what we have IJ5TR I ^fT»T seen for the last thirty years is that 3TfT v*ftr ffr Tt f r the Scheduled Tribes constituencies are f;H *F? f t 3TTT»TT W T*T *JHT* delimited in such a manner that non- tribals in the tribal reserved con q r fr^n ^tt h t ^tt Jt i ?tfr^ stituencies are made into a majority *nft ?ft p t q r wunrr and that is the reason why, proper re presentation has not been ensured fsm rr shtt^ nft^r
wrfcw : sw rt wtrr specifls question in detail about the matter, it will be examined. fw?r arr^r $ s*r fa* fa *t fatft wt ww *r w i ?rt wt^ ? i % T«fr *ft w?r t fSTVTTTnr®! : fl’ s*T*Hi *wswnn % ftaft ttt w t ?i ^ *ft fefVn snsre % w *sit* fff wt^ ? 1 *w% W t T tf ^rgt ^T1T ^ *7T% % fiftT w j f t m WT*WTT3T w$r ft fa *jtfwr Tfe€te$t*ff f t TTcft % ittT t t v m r ^ t *f i Tr a«T ^ra 1 stYt 3ft T^TFr-*rrnFi ^ # t 4»i^d^u*flv4 gmY g ftnrtr ^stt% ir f<5T**d f{ldt 6RTT ITPT ^»ilq STTP^t
f>s^ $wtt nYwsr : w»rw *T 53TT % f%tT ^ftf ^TT ^TT- XTfTCH TtfHffr^VH t t rtww $ T *t*t fo m ^ * f i ? tw wth w 5TTf^ieft' Hf?l<5-T 3"PTt Tt wrk vDt w r r ^ tt ^ rft pjtw w T’Scf |tt Ttf^rfwrsR t t Trwt n m ^ fr i TT^ WT^f »t $»T ?t 3IT*— ijwt Ttf Ttfftqi TTW Tt T tfaw T^W ? MR. SPEAKER: Now we shall take up SNQ No. II.
*ft snf*w : tffcifadw* *t SHRI SAUGATA ROY : On a point SW WTW MW?I 5? i»*ft ?PT $ I of order. We have already seen the reply of the Minister to this question. 1973 >t *tf*fw:I'»riT TT TPJW W^TT He said that the Son-in-law of Shri tw t srr? Trfsrfweww wnftn ** war Gokhale was not present. Now I wtr TrT«rr^t t t * itfaFwjiR Tr would like to draw you attention to Rule 54(2). It says, “ If the Minister TfW TT f^OT I *M wfaOTT it tjWT concerned agrees to reply, such ques »t»frspT st *m $ f r 2000 t wrc tion shall be answered on a day to bo WWW T *TraiT
Question was also allowed. Sir, here (c) if so, the details thereof? the question is that it is a trivial matter. The Minister should have THE MINISTER OF l AW, JUS told you that this could not be treated TICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS as a Short Notice Question. (SHRI SHANTI BHUSHAN) : (a) Yes, Sir. MR. SPEAKER: He may consider (b) Five sittings of the Company it as a very trivial matter but the Law Board Bench were held in Bom Member considers it as a very impor bay in January, 1977 and five sittings tant matter. Therefore, we should not in February, 1977. impose our opinion on anybody. Now the Member has ask^d a question, the None of the sons-in-law of the Ex- hon. Minister will have to answer it. Minister of Law, Justice and Compa Kindly hear him. ny Affairs, Shri H. R. Gokhale, ap peared in any of these cases heard in {Interruptions) these sittings. SHRI C. K. CHANDRAPPAN : We (c) Does not arise. are sending notices regarding these questions, but they do not admit them. PROF R. K. AMIN : This is exactly SHRI SHANT1 BHUSHAN : May I the case in which there is something say, with your permission, a few fishy. Generally, the Company Law words about it. You have said that Board's meetings are never held out when the hon. Member attaches im side Delhi; they are held in Delhi. portance to a question, that question Generally, they are not in a position is sent to the Minister to And out to hold five sittings in a month. More whether he is in a position to answer over these meetings were held soon that question. If he is in a position to afer the Lok Sabha was dissolved answer that question, whatever may after 17th of January. Only during be the reply, it becomes the duty of those two months, major decisions the Minister to say that he is in a were taken by the Company Law position to answer that question. Board. When it was a caretaker Gov ernment, can it take such important (Interruptions) decisions and so soon and so rapidly MR. SPEAKER: Do not convert during those two months. I would Question Hour into a point of law. put these facts with the other facts, Now Short Notice Question. the Law Minister was contesting the election...... Short Notice Question MR SPEAKER: That is ‘ not part Meetings of Company Law Board at of the Question. Bombay PROF. R. K. AMIN : These facts SNQ U. PROF. R. K. AMIN: Will go together. When he knew that he the Minister of LAW, JUSTICE AND was to spend a considerable amount COMPANY AFFAIRS be pleased to of money in the elections. . . . state: (a) whether the Company Law MR. SPEAKER : No., please. Ask Board held its meetings in Bombay your question. « during the months of January and PROF. R. K. AMIN: 1 want to know February, 1977; whether it is a practice to hold so (b) if so, how many sittings were many meetings of the Company Law held and whether the son-in-law of Board during one month; secondly, the Ex-Minister of Law, Mr. Gokhale whether it is so very necessary to appeared as Counapl for several com hold them outside Delhi and whether panies; and this has been <1one before; and thirdly 33 Oral Answers ASADHA 14v 1899 (SAKA) Oral Answers 34
why so many major decisions have SHRI K. SURYANARAYANA: I been taken only during those two want to know whether there is any months soon after dissolution of the rule that the meetings should not bo Lok Sabha? held at places other than Delhi, whe ther the previous Government had m* right to hold such meetings in Bom SHRI SHANTI BHUSHAN: For bay or elsewhere. hearing cases in the western region, the Board constituted two double member benches aiyl one single SHRI SHANTI BHUSHAN: No, Sir. member bench. The double-member The meetings could be held in Bom benches were constituted with effect bay by the Company Law Board from 28th December, 1970; the single Benches. member bench consisted of Shri Raja- gopalan and was constituted with effect from 6th January, 1977. This «ft :] 3T* fafw *rat single-member bench disposed of ten cases in the month of January, 1977, and eight cases in the month of Feb 5I w* *r ’rrra *i, ruary, 1977. The double-member Bench disposed of 15 cases in the rijirn] jn%*r wre month of January, 1977 and eight cases in the month of February, 1977.
«#t wrfai w r : 3ft ^ PROF. R K. AMIN : When I have asked about the son-}n-law appearing K sprft JTsitif as a counsel for certain companies, the idea was not about the official * *rort*it iff** f r ffcft payment; the reference is to the fees which have been paid by SHRI SHANTI BHUSHAN: SHRI SHYAMNANDAN MISHRA: I have no information that, in those May we know what is the average cases in which they did not appear number of meetings held every month they were paid any fees. But may I and what was the number of meet say one thing, namely, in one of the ings held particularly in the month' of •cases of Arvo Industries, not the son- February and what were the import in-law but the wife of the son-in-law, ant items transacted by the Board dur namely, the daughter of Shri Gokhale, ing the month of February? Mrs. Sunanda Bhandare, had filed a vakalathnama. This case was filed in New Delhi in September, 1975, but was transferred to Bombay because o f the constitution of the bench at Bombay. However, she did not appear at Bombay. • 1178 LS —Z 35 Written Answers %i(JLY 5, 1977 Written Answers 3$
WRITTEN ANSWERS TO Economic Services Ltd. (in short QUESTIONS) RITES), with its headquarter, regis tered at New Delhi, is a public sector TT*TJT % T O ifh n r (T^EJT ST%W) undertaking under the administrative WT¥*T«T control of the Ministry of Railways. The present authorised share capital of the Company is Rs. 1 crore and ♦ l 28. TT o Wftfl : the subscribed share capital of the WT *?sft ^TR PIT V^T Company is Rs. 10 lakhs. The Com f% : pany is managed by a full time Managing Director and two full time functional Directors. The Chairman, (* ) w t 1974 cf^rrftn t o r Railway Board is part time Chairman *refr ^ < w y . % TnOTtTR ( ^ tt sr^ir) of the Company and there are three n r inr % f^nrW % firo more part time Directors on the Com pany’s Board of Management. filWFVRr f w «rr ; 2 This Company was set up in 1974 to cater to the considerable demand '« ) life ?t, cfr w VR line of the Philippine National Rail THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS way system. (Asian Development (PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE): Bank Bided project). (a) and (b). A Preliminary Engineer- ing-cixm-Traffic Survey has been (iii) Provision of consultancy on carried out for the rail link from the setting up of training facilities Kuttipuram to Trichur via Guruva- and for improvement in the main yoor. The 'proposed line will be 60 tenance of rolling stock and diesel Kms. long and is estimated to cost locomotives on the Ghana Railway. about Rs. 11 crores yielding a financial (iv) Provision of consultancy for return of 1.4 per cent. A decision study of the existing net-work for regarding construction of the line will formulation of short and long term be taken after the examination of the solution in reference to gauge con reports is completed and would depend version and/or construction of new upon the availability of resources. lines in Standard Gauge for the Nigerian Railway Corporation. Looting of Passengers of Triveni 5. The Company is also handling Express the following assignments within the country: — •326. SHRI SUKHDEO PRASAD VERM A: Will the Minister of RAIL (i) Survey for a road-bridge WAYS be pleased to state: across the river Brahmputra. (a) whether Government’s atten (ii) Optimisation of transport of tion has been drawn to the reported fertilisers and raw-materials there looting of passengers of Triveni Ex for. press near Atrampur Station on 8th June. 1977; (iii) Consultancy for close loop railway service for a Super Thermal (b) if so, the details thereof; and Power Plant in East India. (c) the measures Government pro (iv) Consultancy regarding rail pose to take in future to step up way facilities for a major Steel Plant security of travelling passengers? in South India. THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (v) Consultancy for Inland Water (PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE): Transport in the North-Eastern Re gion of India. (a) and (b). Yes. An armed robbery took place in 70 Dn. Lucknow-Chopan 6. A dividend of 12 per cent was express on 8-6-77. While it was passing declared by the Company lor Its between Railway Stations Lai Gopal- operation in 1976. It is expected to ganj and Ram Chaura Road, three _pnake a sizeable profit this year also. miscreants looted six passengers and threw two boxes, one attache ase and a brief case from second class coach No. 9068. When resisted by passengers, High Priority for Guruvayoor- Kuttipuram Railway Line they injured two passengers with knife while another passenger was shot at with a countrymade pistol injuring ■h. ’ 3*2/' • SHRI K- A' r AJAN: Will ■the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased him in the arm. The miscreants loose |to state: ned the hosepipe stopper and managed to jump out when the train slowed & fa) whether Government propose down due to drop in vacuum. Two of no give high priority for construction the injured were admitted into hospital. Of Guruvayoor-Kuttipuram Railway Clues collected were follewed up and in Kerala State; and two accused persons (1) Mukter (b) if not, the reasons therefor? Ahmed, s/o Shahzad Hussain, (2) Abul Hussain, s|o. Bashir Ahmed, both 39 Written Answers JULY 5# 1977 t’ Written Answers T 40
'residents of Kasba Lai Gopalganj, Statement P.S. ^Nawabganj, District Allahabad were arrested. They admitted this For foreign tourists as well as * crime Bnd 40 sarees and some clothes Indians residing abroad, a scheme of w ere recovered. Another person Indrail Pass tickets has been intro Mohiuddin alios Altu, resident of Lai duced w.e.f. 1-6-77 permitting un 'Gopalganj was subsequently arrested limited travel on Indian Railways and a looted wrist watch and a coun within the period of validity. These try made pistol were recovered from tickets are issued for validity periods him. The total value of property ranging from 7 days to 90 days and stolen is about Rs. 15,000/- out of which the fares are as follows property worth about Rs. 4,627/- and one wrist watch has already been Fare* (1a U .S.D > Uars) recovered. A case has been registered by GRP, Allahabad under Section Period o f Air- First Second 394/412 I PC. The case is still under Validity. c w di- Class/ Claia investigation. All the three accused tioned A.C. class Chair have been sent to jail Car
(c) Maintenance of law and order 7 days 70 35 12 being a State subject, protection of 1 5 days . 100 50 17 passengers nnd their personal belong ings is the responsibility of the State 21 davs . 125 63 21 Government. The Railway Ministry have requested the State Governments 30 day . 150 75 25
to intensify patrolling and they have ^ 0 dry- . 220 n o 37 taken necessary steps to control such crime by escorting important trains go day* . 260 130 45 at night, posting of regular patrols at station platforms and waiting halls and Childcren between 3-12 years pay half keeping surveillance over criminals. thr fare rounded off to the nearest dollar. 2. These tickets are being sold only to foreign nationals as well as Indians Special Section for Tourists residing abroad holding valid pass ports. Payment has to be made in foreign exchange. The tickets are •327. SHRI SARAT KAR: Will available for sale at the following the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleas places:— ed to state: (1) Railway Tourist Guide, Wes tern Railway, Churchgate, Bombay, , (a) whether there is any proposal in his Ministry to open a special sec (2) Railway Tourist Guide, Cen tion for tourists and make Indian tral Railway, Bombay V.T. railways tourist-oriented; and (3)) Railway Tourist Guide, Eastern Railway, Fairlie Place, (b) what steps have been initiated Calcutta. to attract foreign tourists? (4) Central Reservation Office, South Eastern Railway, Esplanade THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS Mansions, Calcutta. (PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE): (5) Central Reservation Office, (a) No, Sir. Southern Railway, Madras Central, Madras. (b) A Statement showing the steps (6) Railway Tourist Guide, taken to attract foreign tourists *• Northern Railway, Baroda House, laid on the table o f the Sabha. New Delhi. Written Answers ASADHA 14, 1899 (SAKA) Written Answers * 41 42
Besides, they can also be sold by 6. Apart from using railway chan recognised Railway Travel Agents nels, recognised tourist agents of Rail holding restricted money changer's ways have the option of sending reply, licence from Reserve Bank of India. paid telegrams direct to the concerned Reservation Offices upto one year in advance for reservation of foresgp 3. “ INDRAIL PASS’* entitles the tourists groups. Only the total num holder to travel within the period of ber of berths/seats required and the validity for all trains, including Raj- ticket numbers need be given in ibis dhani Express trains, as and when he telegram, which must be replied by likes. No separate charge is payable reservation offices within 48 hours of for meals on Rajdhani Express trains the receipt. Details of the names, as Rajdhani fare is inclusive of meal nationality, etc. of the individual tou charges. Besides, no sleeper sur rists can be advised upto 10 days be charge, supplementary charge for fore commencement of the journey. travel by Superfast trains or reser vation fees payable by holders of India Tobacco Company Limited ‘ INDRAIL PASS". The period of validity is reckoned from the date of •328. SHRI JYOTIRMOY BOSU: commencement of first journey and Will the Minister of LAW, JUSTICE upto the mid-night of the date on AND COMPANY AFFAIRS be pleased which the validity expires. No re to state: fund of fares on partially used ‘'IND RAIL PASS" or for travel in lower (a) whether he is aware of the fact that India Tobacco Co. Ltd. (for class of accommodation is permis merly known as Imperial Tobacco Co. sible. Ltd.—a British controlled company) have control through backdoor finan 4. Payment in railway offices for ces in the following companies: — purpose of Indrail Pass is accepted in U.S. Dollars or Pound Sterling only (i) Mimec India Private Limited For other foreign currencies, the tou (ii) CPA (iii) Sumit Investment In rist has to encash the requisite amount dia (iv) Delhi Enterprises (v) Card into rupees with an authorised dealer Board Container Making Co. (vi) Ni- and then pay in rupees alongwith laxnbur Plant and Trollers Co. and "Encashment Certificate” . (vii) Summit, Filins; and (b) whether the erstwhile Prim© 5. Foreign tourists are permitted to Minister reversed her own findings make advance reservation upto one relating to registration of all inter year before the date of departure of connected companies owned/control the train as against six months per led by India Tobacco Co. Ltd. and mitted to other passengers. Quotas Wazir Sultan Co. Ltd.? have been earmarked for foreign tou rists at important stations on sc'ccted THE MINISTER OF LAW, JUSTICE trains. Railway Tourist Guides have AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (SHRI been posted at Bombay V.T., Church- SHANTI BHUSHAN) : (a) (i) Nil- gate (Bombay), Fairlie Place (Cal ambur Plant and Trollers Co. and cutta), Baroda House (New Delhi) and Summit Films named in part (a) Kathgodam station for giving guidance of the question do not appear to be to tourists. Besides, instructions have joint stock companies under the Com been given for accommodating foreign panies Act and no information is tourists against unutilised H.O.R. available about these two concerns. quota, wherever feasible. The afore- # said facilities are also extended to non- (ii) I.T.C. Ltd. (formerly India |esident Indians paying in foreign ex Tobacco Co Ltd.) holds 17,500 shares change. out of a total of 105,000 ordinary 43 Written Answers JULY 5, 1977 Written Answers
shares of Rs. 10/- each of Mimec India item published in ‘Financial Express9 Private Ltd. There are no common °t lBth May, 1977 under caption directors on the Board of the two com Anti-social elements again active in panies. The undertakings are not, Railways; and therefore, interconnected with each other in terms of Section 2(g) of the (b) if so, the*reaction of Govern MRTP Act from the poirit of view ment thereon7 of control over equity or management. The companies are also not under the same management within the pur THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS view of Section 370(IB) of the Com (PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE): panies Act, 1956. (a) and (b ). It is true that the inci dents mentioned have occurred. All (iii) CPA referred to in the question the cases have been registered by the is presumed to be the same as CPA Police and they are under their in Consultancy Services Private Ltd. vestigation. Police Vigilance has been This company was appointed as Re tightened. gistrars and Share Transfer Agents of I.T.C. Ltd. in April 1976 for a period of 5 years. The two companies are Customer-Oriented Scheme for neither interconnected nor under the Booking of Goods same management. (iv) The remaining three companies •331. SHRI D. B. CHANDRA whose correct names appear to be (i) GOWDA: Will the Minister of RAIL Delhi Enterprises Private Ltd., (ii) WAYS be pleased to state: Summit Investment Private Ltd. and (iii) Cardboard Containers Ltd. are (a) whether Northern Railway has also not found to be either Intercon introduced a new customer-oriented nected or under the same manage scheme under which easier booking ment. and elimination of delays in the move (v) Loans given to bodies corporate ment of goods have been made which are not under the same manage possible; and ment in terms of Section 370(IB ) of the Companies Act,- 1956 are not (b) if so, the details thereof? required to be disclosed in the balance sheets. As such information in this THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS regard is not available. * (PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE): (b) It is presumed that the refe (a) Yes, Sir. rence to registration made in part (b) of the question relates to Section 26 (b) In October, 1976 the Northern of the MRTP Act. No finding was Railway introduced a new rationalised given by the erstwhile Prime Minister scheme for clearance of “smalls” tra in this matter in respect of the com inee (less than a wagon load) from panies mentioned in the question and 12 selected stations (since increased hence there was no occasion for re to IB) to 74 selected stations on Indian versal of findings. Railways (now increased to 80 sta tions). Under the scheme, sealed vans Anti-Social Elements Active In are made from all these 18 stations Railways directly on the day the goods are ac cepted to any of the other 79 stations, •330. SHRI M. RAM GOPAL RED irrespective of the minimum weight DY: Will the Minister of RAIL condition prescribed for formation of WAYS be pleased to state: through sealed vans. Such vans are (a) whether Government's atten despatched by nominated super ex tion has been drawn to the news press goods trains. Written Answers ASADHA 14. 1899 (SAKA) Written Answers
Selection Committee (or 111 and IV conversion of Rupsa-Talband narrow Grade Posts in North-Eastern gauge line to broad gauge was com Railway pleted in 1972-73.
•332. SHRIMATI RENUKA DEVI (c) The Government of Orissa have BARKATAKI: Will the Minister of been requested to furnish details of RAILWAYS be pleased to state: the industries proposed to be set up by them and other development schemes (a) whether there is a Selection for exploitation of forest and mineral Committee to select persons for III resources in the area served by the snd IV grade posts in North-Eastern line. A decision regarding further in Railway; and vestments on the line will be taken (b) if so. the composition of the after these details are furnished by Committee? them, and a fresh assessment of the project is made. THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE): Selection of Apprentices through (a) Appointment to Class III on the Special Class Railway Apprentices N.E. Railway is through Railway Ser Examination vice Commission, Muzaffarpur. Class IV vacancies are normally filled by •336. SHRI P. THLAGARAJAN: screening serving Casual Labour by a Will the Minister of RAILWAYS committee of officers. be pleased to state: (b) The Railway Service Commis (a) the number of apprentices sion consists of a Chairman and a selected every year from 1974 to 1977 Member Secretary. The latter post is On the basis of the special class Rail vacant at present. way Apprentices examination; and (b) the number who completed the Conversion of Rupsa-Talband Narrow courses successfully from each batch of Gauge Line into Broad Gauge Line recruits from 1974 to date? THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS ♦335. SHRI S. KUNDU: Will the (PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE): Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to l^a) The number of Special Class Ap state: prentices recruited on the basic of the (a) whether any fresh survey has Examinations held during 1974 to 1977 been undertaken to convert into is as under: — broad gauge the Rupsa-Talband (1) 1974 .... 17 narrow gauge line in the South- Eastern Railway; (2) 1975 . 23 % (b) if so, when and when will the (3) *976 .... 10 survey be completed; and CO 1977 . • % Selections have no (c) whether any steps have beoa b*en com taken in the recent past for improv plete4 by ing the condition of running of goods * t fc e U P K . and passenger trains in this line, if It Is in tended to so, details thereof? take io candidates. THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE): (b) None of the above mentioned (b) if so, whether Government Practice of obtaining Signatures or have copducted any enquiry into the Thumb Impression of Voters in allegation made by the FCI Em Elections ployees’ Union, Durgapur?
*339. SHRIMATI PARVATHI KRI- THE MINISTER OF PETROLEUM SHNAN: Will the Minister of LAW, AND CHEMICALS AND FERTILI JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS ZERS (SHRI H. N. BAHUGUNA): be pleased to state: (a) There is no evidence to suggest that the management of Durgapur (a) whether Government are exa ]Unit is indulging in excesses for curb mining the proposal for re-introducing ing trade union rights of the working the practice of obtaining the signature class. •r thumb impression of the voter on the counterfoil of the ballot paper; (b) Does not arise.
(b ) if so, the details thereof; and Steps to improve Working of Oil Companies (c) what other measures are being •ontemplated in order to make the •lection absolutely free and fair? •341. SHRI K. LAKKAPPA: Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be THE MINISTER OF LAW, JUS pleased to state: TICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (SHRI SHANT1 BHUSHAN): (a) (a) whether his Ministry is taking and (b ). The Question has come up any steps to improve efficiency and for consideration before Government. to effect economy in the working of No decision has yet been taken in oil companies; and the matter. (b) if so, the facts thereof? (c) Steps required for improving the election machinery will be exa- ^ THE MINISTER OF PETROLEUM mined by Government as part of the AND CHEMICALS AND FERTILI Electoral Reforms under considera ZERS (SHRI H. N. BAHUGUNA): tion. * (a) and Accommodations taken on Rent by readily available at the appropriate certain Undertakings time in DDA complexes, or because the accommodation at present occu pied by them—is cheaper, or because •342. SHRI K. SURYANARAYANA: some of them have only small liaison Will the Minister of PETROLEUM offices in Delhi. AND CHEMICALS AND FERTILI ZERS be pleased to state: (d) Does not arise. (a) whether any guidelines have been laid down by his Ministry for Inter Ministerial Committee on* taking accommodation on rent for Utilisation of Bombay High •fficc and godown purposes by the Public Undertakings under hi* Min 2527. SHRI K. MALLANNA: Will istry in the capital, if so, what; the Minister of PETROLEUM AND CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be (b) whether some of the Under pleased to state: takings like I.D.P.L. and National Fertilizers Limited have taken accom (a) whether there is any proposal modation on exorbitant rent, if so, under the consideration of Govern the manner in which the rent was ment for getting up of Inter-Ministe- negotiated and at what level; the rial Committee to prepare a plan for period of lease and advance rent paid transportation and utilisation of large lor each flat or flats; quantities of additional natural gas that would be produced in the Bom (c) the difficulties which lay in the bay High Offshore areas and other way of these undertakings taking ac- regions; and tommodation in the D.D.A. Commer (b) if sa the main features thereof? cial Complex in Nehru place or other D.D.A. Complexes in the capital; and THE MINISTER OF PETROLEUM. CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (d) the action being taken now to (SHRI H. N. BAHUGUNA): (a) and get the rent rationalised and explore (b). The question of the optimal uti the possibility of getting D.D.A. ac lisation of the crude oil and associated commodation at cheaper rates? gas of the Bombay High field has been under Government's consideration THE MINISTER OF PEROLEUM right from the time the discovery was AND CHEMICALS AND FERTILI known to be of commercial signifi ZERS (SHRI H. N. BAHUGUNA) : cance. In February. 1975, Govern (a) No, Sir. ment appointed a Working Group consisting of experts and representa (b) No, Sir. The rents being paid tives of the industry to recommend by the public sector undertakings measures for the optimal utilisation under this Ministry for their accom of the Bombay High oil and gas. While modation in Delhi are not considered the recommendations of the Working exorbitent. Group were under examination, re presentations were received from the (c) Two public sector undertakings Government of Maharashtra and Gov linder this Ministry viz., Fertilizer ernment of Gujarat concerning certain Corporation of India and National aspects of the ^utilisation of the asso Fertilizers Ltd., are already in DDA- ciated gas from Bombay High. The sanctioned commercial complexes. entire matter has been discussed at a Others had taken accommodation in series of inter-ministerial meetings as jtfrther areas and are continuing in also with the Chief Ministers of Guja Flhose premises either because suitable rat and Maharashtra and a decision *»d adequate accommodation was not taken thereafter on techno-economic 51 Written Answers JULY 5, 1977 Written Answers considerations that pipelines should be (*r) f^rr laid for the transport of oil and asso ciated gas from the Bombay High field irfa+ifVA' % farw w * aq: vnhrr^t q?V to Trombay via Uran, where a shore arrqqt tot ^rnnft ? terminal would be established. The associated gas would be frac q* rtfvnnr, tutto wVt tionated and the liquified petroleum ga$ extracted from it and supplied to (vfi fsrmft wf^rr) :(qr)A(q). the consumers. The heavier fractions 18-1 9 1976 q?t pfr- would be mixed with crude stream EPmrm # to ? i tftar- and the lighter fractions used for fer tilizer manufacture. The possibility VfThI ^TR feqfO $ Q^lcfcr qpft of utilising the lighter fractions in the qrr % qr^fr short run for power generation until new fertilizer units are commissioned VT 3»^T ?rR % T 1 fnffm r q^f is also under consideration. tt w r i Frnrr^n^TT # v qft^m W W TPfT % q*rT STTTJ *T qTHT 2. To monitor the sanction and plementation of the new projects aris mf toJ qtft kGm ing out of the utilisation of the Bom *rpt\ »r, f s f w t bay High associated gas, a Special it *rfia*r qqT *rtr f^?r% qfr^rrq- Inter Ministerial Committee has been constituted. The Special Committee PTW vffa^PFTHII qrt 19 would consist of Secretaries of the 1976 % *** qRqr q*r i trqrftrcr Ministry of Petroleum, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. Ministry of qnft qrr fro rm in rr^ i qrtr E n ergy, Department of Expenditure, ir i4t f f *ftexr qrr srtm tot Planning Commission and others. y iqwHfruyiK q# i 5® ^Tprt q?r *fr 3. The Government have also decid ed that feasibility studies should be fqrqT TOT «TT I T^TT^T qq’: 15 feft initiated for transporting free gas % WTT WRViT fVTT ^T HTt flT I from the South Bassein field to Guja rat through an appropriate pipeline 2. »fl!HtrWI % ^ ft wm ^ system. qr<^ri ^ i * q qr*% *mqrr wm qrq*?t stPwt ir tfr qtft f t sTrrcff s rtw v i t w r c i jV n *nyT ir jtt qR fen tot qr fftr 2 5 28. eft VWTTH : qqT qjtftfTO T O f J 2. 9 *fr« 3»f % vtqr^f ft %mn wttr iftirm fn «fft 3WT TflUM v ji* * *Toft * * 1976-77 ^ tfVrr^r 2 . 882 ftrftf- fPTT q»^q I TO ^To qrr qiwfilV JVT (q>) WT m i 1 5 qift? fffr jtPt g f ; VIin I fft lifhftVT imtftPT vr fTTqi qR% q»t Jrf^wr srt jrrfq*in TOT if TOT «TT f w r r qreifqq; HgftfBRT qrp^t qi*ft Cjqifild fft TOT *TT faffr tt o. 83 fq ^ - % v r ^ ^t^t ^ Prvrerr *tv
faspl srfirssnff Tt it T Trrft it WIT- T®% T T TTTT HIT TT vRrfxi^ fr«ft STIT Tt 5T% 2530. «ft wtsmra : ttt (b) if so, when; and 2531. «ft mwft WT % (c) whether the Central Govern •let 1 <4? M Tt fftlT " ment have accepted the Maharashtra Government’s request? ( t ) w r ft sfhr TT *TRT (farm tftTT. ’ T W Iif) THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS ft wtrc+maM TtTw 5=nf5T nt*vT ft TTJT TT f^TT £ TTT^T TTT^rTT VPT 5°T ^ ^PTT (b) Since 1960. I;
(c) Surveys have been carried out (w ) qfe it, ?ft * r a r e *r for the conversion of Miraj-Pandhar- ?|WI w t % ? pur-Kurduwadi-Latur Narrow Gauge line into Broad Gauge. It has, how ^ inwt (Rto *nj w ^ ): ( t ) ever, not been possible to take up the project on account of paucity of funds. «ftT («r) i •ftW TT «rPTT ft fllft-4 55 Written Answers JULY 5, 1977 Written Answers 56
T* fa^TT VT?T WW 2. Sholapur-Osmanabad-Bccd-Paithan- Aurangahad-Chalisgaon and Dhulia to *t)d< ^TT^T Nardhana. WTS^T fw fd tr* w * f rer ^ftfrRr % f t % \ 6. Mi raj-Pan dhar pur-Barsi-La tur Sec tion Coversion from Narrow Gauge to- Setting up of Traction Equipment Broad Gauge. Plant by Railways at Nasik 2532. SHRI VASANT SATHE: Will 7- Larur-Parli-Vaijanath via Nomina ted. the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleas ed to state: 8. Adilabad-Chanda via Ghugus. (a) whether there is a proposal to 9. Kolhapur-Rainagiri. establish traction equipment plant by the Railways at Nasik in Maharashtra 10. Karad-Ghaplun. State; xi. Darwha-Pusad. (b) if so, details of the proposal and the time schedule for execution; 12. Badncra-Amravni-Narkhed.
(c) whether the Maharashtra State 13. Khamgaon-Jalna via Chikhli. have made proposals for construction of new lines/improvement of existing 14. Chimur-Umrcr. lines in the States; and 15. Gangakhed to Bodhan and Nandcd (d) if so, the details of the pro to Latur Railway line. posals and reaction of Government thereto? 16. Maamad-Malegaon-Dhulia Nar dhana. THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE): 17. Kurduwadi-Karmala-Nagar-Kar- raala-Aurangabad and Kurduwadi- Shift* (a) It has been decided to set up a napur Railway line. •Traction Motor Rewinding/Heavy Re pair Workshop for Electric Rolling 18. Ghugus to Sindola Railway line* Stock* at Nasik Road in Maharashtra; 19. Kolhapur-Nagpur Riiway ,line. (b ) The Project, which is estimated to cost about Rs. 3.87 crores, is ex 20. Bhimkund via Chonaka Bori and pected to be completed by 1980. The connect it either to Wani or Ghugus. workshop will employ about 500 men 21. Diva-Basaein Rail way line (Tarapur and shall rewind|repair 30 traction Vangaon to Diva). motors per month. 22. Bombay-Ahmednagar-Parli (Darya- (c) and (d). The new railway lines ghat Railway line). recommended by the Government of Maharashtra from time to time are: 23. Pune-Nasik Railway line.
I. Apta-Khaipada-Disgaon-Goa. 24. Nagpur-Raxntek-Katanji. '5 7 Written Answers ASADHA 14, 1809 (SAKA) Written Answers 5*
25. Nagpur-Ramtek-Jabalpur. 7. Extension of a 33 Km. BG rail link from Latur to Latur Road at an 26. Amravati-Achalpur-Dharni-Khand- | wa. estimated cost of Rs. 5 crores. The survey reports indicated the Project p 27. Pandharpur to Lonand. to be unremunerative. Hence, it has not been taken up. In view of financial constraints, only the following proposals are, at present, under construction/considera taw mfw vr finrfir tion:
1. The construction of 42 Km. 2 533. sft WTTO : long rail link between Diva and Bassein at the estimated cost of Rs. *PT[ t a Wf «FTR *?t f*TT 12.75 crores is in progress and is fc : expected to be completed by March 1980; ( t ) taw *tiCh ^rr t t 2. The construction of 76 Km. f*PTW TTTiv f^ t a long new BG line from Chanaka to I ; Wani at an estimated cost of Rs. 5.3 crores is in progress. Target for (w) r* Tf?w Hwsm t * fa m «completion has yet been Axed; « *PTT *n ; 3. Construction of a 900 Km. long new BG line from Apta to Manga (n) vr fW »r lore at an estimated cost of about Rs. 250 crores. A final location sur TUT ?TT ^*,l ? vey and a traffic survey for Apta- Dasgaon section have been comple ted and a final location survey from unft ( ito m v roft ) .* Dasgaon to Ratnagiri with spot (t) *r (*r). Tnrijr *r wnrn checks on earlier surveys from Ratnagiri to Mangalore is in pro t t ^rrf'T fara T tf gress; «T«r fT«TT »PTT jt WVT PiiT-t 4. Construction of a 40 Km. long ®T^* TT*T TT fTW^TW Ttf * line from Roha to Murud (Janjira) i i on Apta-Dasgaon Route at an esti mated cost of Rs. 5 crores. The sur-» vey showed that the Project is un- Revenne from Goa, Daman and Pin in remunerative and as such ha8 not respect of Petrol Base been taken up;
5. Construction of an 80 Km. long 2534. SHRI EDUARDO FALE1RO: new BG line from Ward ha to Katol Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND at an estimated cost of Rs. 12 crores. CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be The survey has been completed and pleased to state the annual income to the report is under examination; the Central Exchequer separately froni Goa. Daman and Diu in respect of 6. Construction of a 90 Km. long petrol tax? new BG line from Adilabad to Ghugus at an estimated cost of Rs. THE MINISTER OF PETROLEUM, 15 crores. The survey has been CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS completed end the report is under (SHRI H. N. BAHUGUNA): During ^consideration; the year 1976-77 the total duty realisa- JULY 5, 1977 Written Answers 6o 59 Written Answers
lion on sale of petrol in Goa, Daman (b) if so, whether Shivpuri- and Diu is given below; Gwalior narrow-gauge line is one of them which was then declared as un" economic line; and (Rupees Lakhs) (Apprux.) (c) if not. whether Government propose to restore the Shjvpuri- Gwalior railway line by converting Got 207-36 it into broad gauge in view of the Daman . 3-61 heavy inflow of passenger traffic on this line? Diu (Negligible) .THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS Total 210-97 (PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE): (a) to (c). It is not proposed to review the Report of the Uneconomic Branch Special Trains ran at the time of Lines Committee, 1969 as such, but the Visit of R.S.S. Leader performance and functioning of uneco nomic railway lines are subjected to 2535. SHRI VAYALAR RAVI: Will review from time to time. Gwalior- the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased Shivpuri line which is one cf the branch lines declared as uneconomic, to state: has been closed for traffic with effect (a) whether two special trains were from 1-8 1975. There is no proposal at run to Emakulam in Olavakkot Divi present either to restore this line or to sion (Kerala) during the visit of convert it into Broad-gauge. R.S.S. leader Mr. Deoras in May; and (b|) if sov the condition8 laid down V fafTJ to run the special trains and the amount remitted by the concerned people? 2 537. *W T : WT Shivpnri-Gwalior Line declared as ( ^ ) WT *fT^7T it? Uneconomic Line % t o ft far ^r<4 2536. SHRI MADHAVRAO SCIN- fr o i efhsrt % DIA: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS vtferT tstoT % ihrrr tt- be pleased to state:
(a) whether Government propose to review the report of the Comr.iit- (*T) wm TOT fftr rur^H tee appointed by Government same % eforf ir y rriaT* vfar* fa decades ago for declaring a particular railway line as un-economic; vh1*tsV qr i^^iT fwnrr 6i Written Answers ASADHA 14, 1899 (SAKA) Written Answers 62
m w % % TOTT absorbed in the R.P.F. and G.&.P. Cadres separately; irnft *rrar $r q r? *pt S ? (b) whether there is any proposal qftfirmr, Ttrnr* itix v i x * ***\ under Government's consideration to absorb more Emergency Commis (%h ihmft 5F^r wpmr) : (*) sioned Officers in R.P.F, and G R P. St (*0 ^ 1 ^ ?T*T*T JM ^t 2539. SHRI A. K. ROY: Will the Minister of PETROLEUM AND CHE tffarcm , ^ r ^ f ^ r sfi MICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleas, fRw % f t «rtr tr^r ed to state: *rn fanr fif^ftfft-yrfaf: w=nft ffr ■o (a) whether the representation dated w h *r 7m arrrr fr i wfafrw t ^t t the 16th April, 1977 by Shri Hari Ram ei*im h"Y^RT 4HI^ *ihv Upadhayay, the representative of the Fertilizers Corporation Kamgar Union fTOHNft Wlftrr «T?T*P(ff*9 v f W R ir regarding rampant corruption by the T^% ^ r tot 5T%WT Wtr TUffqPT it officers causing loss of lakhs of rupees *nW,rt **TFRT fft in the matter of Sindri Modernisation Project has been received; and q r euft fan ^ntnn i (b) if so. the action taken by the Absorption of Emergency Commission Government or proposed to be lakm ed Officers In R.P.F. and G.K.P. to eliminate these social evils? 2538. SHRI K. PRADHANI: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to THE MINISTER OF PETROLEUM. state: CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI H. N. BAHUGUNA): (a) and (a) the number of Emergency Com (b). A representation dated 2-4-1977 missioned Officers who have been (and not 16-4-1977) was received from 63 Written Answers JULY S. 1977 Written Answers 64
Shri Hari Ram Upadhayay. The repre ftrftfTT % fwa sft w* m wrzr wt sentation contained general allegations of corruption against Officers of Slndri 3% *rr TT^fr *r?. fim *ptt f Unit of FCI but there were no specific allegations. Facts are being verified ( * ) rnm fa n * to the extent possible. % ft^TT *PTT | ? •
Sanction of Gas Connections in Delki vvft (tfto n n i ) : ( * ) 2540. SHRI RAM KANWAR BERWA; Will the Minister o f ’ PETROLEUM xfo ( * ) mar smnpr % 1- 6 - 7 7 AND CHEMICALS AND FERTILI ZERS be pleased to state: H filfeiTT TT 6 W ^ (a) the number of persons register t t % 3 ^ ed for cooking gas connections vtith fern $ w f v wi various Indane Gas Agencies in Delhi during the year 1972-1973; qrj iqifHT T^T ifT I TOT ^
(b) the number out of them who t w r *rt ^ f f 0 *2 »h t t have since been provided with the gas connections; and pfrk m xm rf fft w r ittw*
(c) the date by which the persons v r t %ftr *rfe JT on the waiting list will be provided wri 1 with gas connections?
THE MINISTER OF PETROLEUM. CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI H. N. BAHUGUNA): (a) OurinR t t j T f T f fTTWTSfT W lftl! W l the year 1972-73, the total number of persons who registered for cooking gas w fmj tiiiw ^ connections with various Indane Gas Agencies in Delhi was 30.433. 2542. y m r : * n (b) Out of the above number, only 414 persons are still on the waiting ?IWI THiHW ittT flrfl Mst. p r r v t v f * : (c) New Gas connection can be re leased to those on the waiting list only ( * ) (*l) HTVCTVrTTin % WT
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___*rw % wter ^ fsre«?iT, *ftforElection to Parliament and Legislative (b) The Government while review- Assemblies ing the tenure of the Committees de cided to dissolve them. 2543. SHRI DHARAM VIR VASISHT; Will the Minister of LAW, JUSTICE (c) The work done by these Commit AND COMPANY AFFAIRS be pleased tees was mostly a mere duplication of to state the number of sets contested the work done by different departments by each all India recognised political of the railways. party in (i) the Parliamentary poll (d) A statement is laid on the Table held in March, 1977 (ii) State Assem of the House. [Placed in Library. See blies polls held in June, 1977 and (iii) No. LT-620/ 77]. the polls in the Centrally administered areas held in June. 1977, together with the percentage of valid votes polled by each all India recognised party and wnr |^i«t h ttt% ?r*n mium regional parties recognised in States?
THE MINISTER OF LAW, JUSTICE AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (SHRI 2 54 5* TOW fa? : WIT SHANTI BHUSHAN); The information ^ ^iiH i I is being collected from the Election Commission and will be laid on the ( * ) VTT IPVJ* ^ Table of the House.
% ?n*r-qm ir i t ^mr Abolition of Standing Voluntary help ?twt vfq qnrn Committee and Committee for Social % jjxpf f=nft WlfcfilUl fft 5% Reforms fen $r ; 2544. PROF. P. G. MAVALANKAR: Will the Minister of RAILWAYS be (^ ) WT VFZ qr iff pleased to state: ^rt 5tt ft <41 t o «n (a) whether Government have re cently dissolved the Standing VoJun- fTT T^T $ ; tary Help Committee and the Commit tee for Social Reforms on the Rail (*t) vttpt farfo % ?.h ways; wtr ioo (b) if so, the reasons therefor; qr *%wr^r qr *tptr (c) whether any useful and con % ftfTT fo r crete work was done by the said two 7 Committees during their existence and if so, main indications thereof; and (w) wt ymFR ft wt r z (d) the total duration of the said t fl< Committees, their personnel, the ex ^ f^ftr *ttt qw xnvfen penses incurred by both the Comndt- tees during their existence and the «r»lL f^ T T ^ ^ special privileges, if .any enjoyed by the members of these two so-called white elephants in the Railways?" (rfto *w |rawft) : ( * ) «KT r ^ fTRTOT THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS % VtT4
nfj-rnp fcTR TT %TT wnjfetT of the Oilfields (Regulation and Deve lopment) Act, 1948 the rate of royalty fr m »nn *rr 1 «rfr^r fr*ftt can be enhanced only once in four Tt swtw if T*r% *rsrt years. The next revision upwards can % wspftw it Jrsfr »%*rc qr not therefore be before 8-9-1980. % *ih *ftr arc ^ tt Reinstatement off Workers of I960 ^ HT TT 5TT WT^ferf Strike in Secunderabad Division frrn «nn *rr 1 itttt* t» t*t STrT Tf 2547. SHRI DINESH CHANDRA 3fTSfrr#V *5ff fr f r d **rfrr (c) whether there is any scope lor been subsidising the Railways. The setting up not only more fertilizer price payable to the Steel Plants, is plants but also petro-chemical units; approved by the Government on the and basis of proposals submitted by the (d) if so, the details thereof? Deptt. of Steel to the Cabinet. * (b) The question does not arilt. THE MINISTER OF PETROLEUM, CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI H. N. BAHUGUNA); (a) and (b). The quantity of the associated Non-Payment of Pay and Allowances gas expected to be available from the to Khalasis In Guntakal fields of Bombay High and North Bas- sein at an optimum level of production 2550. DR. SARADISH ROY: WiU the is likelj to be of the order of about 4 Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to million cubic metres per day. It is state: proposed to set up additional fertilizer capacity based on Bombay High Gas whether Government are aware taking into account the fact that the that in spite of the judgement of the most profitable utilisation of gas is in Andhra Pradesh High Court in favour the manufacture of nitrogenous ferti of Khalasis of Carriage and wagon lizers. Department, Traffic Department Diesel Mechanical and Electrical Diesel (c) and (d). Yes, Sir. Consultants Loco Shed in Guntakal, the Kbalasis have been appointed to study the have not yet been paid, pay and allow feasibility an^ the desirability of set ances in full for the period of termi ting up a new petrochemical complex nation of their services; based on the appropriate fractions of the offshore associated gas. A decision regarding the establishment of a petro (b) whether Government h&ve in chemical complex can be taken after structed the concerned authorities to the consultant's report is received and pay their dues; and studied. (c) if so, when?
Wheel sets supplied at Subsidized THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS Rates by Durjrapur Steel Plant (PROF MADHU DANDAVATE)- (a) The Andhra Pradesh High Court in 2549. SHRI ROBIN SEN; Will the their judgement had not referred to Minister of RAILWAYS be pleased to payment of wages for the period the state; petitioners were out of employment.
(a) whether Government are aware (b) and (c). Do not arise. that while Jhe Railways have been importing about 26,000 wfieel sets every year at a cost of about Rs. 7 Supply of Bombay High Gas to crore, the Durgapur Steel Plant has Gujarat State been subsidising the railways every year on the supplies by over Rs. 10 2551. SHRI PRASANNBHAI MEH crore; and TA; Will the Minister of PETROLEUM (b) if so. the reaction 0f Govern AND CHEMICALS AND FERTILI- ment thereto? ZERS be pleased to state: THE MINISTER OF RAILWAYS (a) whether the Central Government (PROF. MADHU DANDAVATE); (a) have decided to give a share of Bom No. Durgapur Steel Plant has not bay High Gas to Gujarat State; Written Answers ASADHA 14, 1899 (SAKA) Written Answers 74
(b) if so, the total amount of share manufacture. The possibility of utilis to be given to the State of Gujarat ing the lighter fractions in the short from the Bombay High Gas; run for power generation until new fertilizer units are commissioned is also under consideration. (c) whether Government had taken a decision to set up a pipeline to 2. To monitor the sanction and im carry some of the gas from Bombay plementation of the new projects aris High to Gujarat to meet the require ing out of the utilisation of the Bom ments of the State; bay High associated gas, a special 1 Inter-Ministerial Committee has been constituted. The Special Committee (d) if so, when the pipeline ia would consist of Secretaries of the likely to be laid; and Ministry of Petroleum, Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers, Ministry of (e) the expenditure involved there Energy, Department of Expenditure, on? Planning Commission and otheru.
3. The Government have also decid THE MINISTER OF PETROLEUM, ed that feasibility studies should be CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS initiated for transporting free ^as from (SHRI H. N- BAHUGUNA): (a) to the South Bassein field to Gujarat (e). The question of the optimal utili through an appropriate pipeline sys sation of the crude oil and associated tem. gas of the Bombay High field has been under Government's consideration right from the time the discovery was known Inuuence of Money in Election to be of commercial significance. In February, 1975, Government appointed a Working Group consisting of experts 2552. SHRI M. N. GOVINDAN and representatives of the industry to NAIR: recommend measures for the optimal SHRI M. KALYANASUNDA- utilisation of the Bombay High oil and RAM: gas. While the recommendations of the Working Group were under exami Will the Minister of LAW, JUSTICE nation, representations were received AND COMPANY AFFAIRS be pleased from the Government of Maharashtra to state: and Government of Gujarat concern ing certain aspects of the utilisation of the associated gas from Bombay High. (a) whether Government have given The entire matter has been discussed any thought to the problem of money at a series of inter-ministerial meetings power in elections; and as also with the Chief Ministers of Gujarat and Maharashtra and a deci * (b) if so, what concrete steps are sion taken thereafter on techno-econo proposed to be t&ken to minimise the mic considerations that pipelines should influence of money in elections? be laid for the transport of oil and ■associated gas from the Bombay High Ifleld to Trombay via Uran, where a THE MINISTER OF LAW, JUSTICE shore terminal would be established. AND COMPANY AFFAIRS (SHRI The associated gas would be fraction- SHANTI BHUSHAN); (a) and (b)\ iated and the liquified petroleum gas The question of reducing election ex* [extracted from it and supplied to the penses will inter alia be examined as Consumers. The heavier fractions part of the proposals for the reform would be mixed with crude stream and of the electoral law under considera fthe Tighter fractions used for fertililer tion. 75 Written Awipers JULY 5, 1977 Written Answers 76 HR srcw aitajT ?rv Marathe Committee Reports on Ferti WfTUT 3IPTT liser Prices
2555. SHRI R. V. SWAMINATHAN: 2 5 5 3 . «rt h t s“w tw Will the Minister of PETROLEUM, TOt 1T5 9RTTT vt f»rr +<«l fe : CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state: (*>) ^TT V^ITTT fTt (a) whether the Marathe Com- j|Vi4< *jtt ^r% £ ; mittee on 'ertilizer prices has submit ted its report to Government; «ftr (b) if so, it8 main recommendations; (^ ) sfe $1, cfT T* fV I lf^ fr^TT jfT^m ? (c> how far these recommenda tions have been aci»pted; anti fc* iT'Tft (5rt® ** ^ ) : (d) whether they have recommend { * ) I ed a system of retention prices of various fertilizers? (^ ) sr^r 5t?t ^set at that is under the consideration of Cmera- particular period of time. ment. -77 Written Answers ASADHA 14, 1899j (SAKA) Written Answers 78
Re-Instalment of Temporary work qftfwm 3*qrvli *ft wrouTm men in Guntakal Division \ 2556. SHRI P, RAJAGOPAL ■ 51 - , NAIDU; Will the Minister of RAIL '*2557. Wlf TCW : WT WAYS be pleased to state: inn t o t r wVt w t ? (a) whether about one thousand ^ i(*) fawfafiid |
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(*T) flTO f^TT which would increase the production capacity from 196JHI5*T (iv) Expansion of tie Antibiotics f e n TOT ^ :— Plant, Rishikesh, involving an invest ment of Rs. 15.31 ?rores tpj snffa^far mvhr ; *it o Government have l«o approved TO 3750 ftto ; ^TUTTrT 3d 'or ir vestment of Rs. 89.17 lakhs *n a company set up by the Punjab State Industrial Deve Assistance Sought by ID PL to In lopment Corporation for the manufac crease Production of Drugs ture of Dextrose, Starch, Glucose etc. 2558. SHRI RAMANAND TIWARY: Will he Minister of PETROLEUM, to tf to! ft nfroni wv ft ftrr fro^i CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS be pleased to state: fvft nft yqum ftgi
* (a) whether the Indian Drugs and 2 5 59. TTo RMft JTPTinT *ltTO : Pharmaceuticals Limited has sought assistance of Government to increase W7T fiffa, yum %fh frwrft fmf ftsfV the production of drugs in the country; TO «HM fft f^fT ¥7^ fw : and ( t ) t o 5*t v f f ft PffiH *mr- (b) if so, the decision of Govern ment thereon? ston fft srfrori’ to ft ftwT fro?r fann to t ; xftx
THE MINISTER OF PETROLEUM, («ff) 3TOft p r STfTT ft ftfT- CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS (SHRI H. N. BAHCGUNA): (a) and ta n frrft % tot fnr^r $f ; tot (b). For increasing the production of «TTfrR *TT fftsiTT JTHTPft TT i|tT; Drugs in the country I.D.? L. had sub fenr frrft ff f? mitted the following e:?pansicn schemes and these have been approved by ihe Government:— fftfft, nnn wVt fr o . sfwV («ft snfar ijt o ) : (fr) (* ). (i) Expansion of the Synthetic sron* muTMu m gro Drugs Plants. Hyderabad, involving an investment of Rs. 21.73 crores fft v f o n i (hrfroftt* gl WfMen Answers ASADHA 14, 1809 (SAKA) Written Answers 82
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