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LOK SABHA ___LIST of BUSINESS Friday, January 29 LOK SABHA ____ LIST OF BUSINESS Friday, January 29, 2021 / Magha 9, 1942 (Saka) ______ (HALF-AN-HOUR AFTER THE PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS) ______ OATH OR AFFIRMATION 1. SHRI SUNIL KUMAR (Valmiki Nagar Parliamentary Constituency, Bihar) to take oath or make the affirmation, sign the Roll of Members and take his seat in the House. ______ LAYING OF A COPY OF PRESIDENT’S ADDRESS 2. SECRETARY GENERAL to lay on the Table a copy of the President’s Address to both Houses of Parliament assembled together on the 29th January, 2021. ______ OBITUARY REFERENCES 3. OBITUARY REFERENCES to the passing away of:- (1) Shri Suresh C. Angadi (Sitting Member and Member, Fourteenth, Fifteenth and Sixteenth Lok Sabhas); (2) Shri Ram Vilas Paswan (Sitting Member, Rajya Sabha and Member, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Sixteenth Lok Sabhas); (3) Shri Ramkrishna Baba Patil (Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha); (4) Dr. Hari Singh (Member, Eleventh Lok Sabha); 2 (5) Shri Liladharbhai Khodaji Vaghela (Member, Sixteenth Lok Sabha); (6) Dr. A. Kalanidhi (Member, Seventh and Eighth Lok Sabhas); (7) Shri Jaswant Singh (Member, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Fifteenth Lok Sabhas); (8) Shri Rasheed Masood (Member, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth, Tenth and Fourteenth Lok Sabhas); (9) Dr. Kartikeswar Patra (Member, Tenth Lok Sabha); (10) Shri C. M. Chang (Member, Fifteenth Lok Sabha); (11) Shri Mahesh Kumar Kanodia (Member, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Fourteenth Lok Sabhas); (12) Shri Abu Ayes Mondal (Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha); (13) Dr. Mahadeepak Singh Shakya (Member, Fifth, Sixth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Lok Sabhas); (14) Smt. Chandravati (Member, Sixth Lok Sabha); (15) Sardar Mohinder Singh Gill (Member, Fifth Lok Sabha); (16) Shri Tarun Gogoi (Member, Fifth, Sixth, Seventh, Tenth, Twelfth and Thirteenth Lok Sabhas); (17) Shri Ahmed M. Patel (Member, Sixth, Seventh and Eighth Lok Sabhas); (18) Smt. Kiran Maheshwari (Member, Fourteenth Lok Sabha); (19) Shri Prithvi Raj (Member, Third Lok Sabha); (20) Shri Ramlal Rahi (Member, Sixth, Seventh, Ninth and Tenth Lok Sabhas); (21) Shri Radhika Ranjan Pramanik (Member, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth and Thirteenth Lok Sabhas); (22) Shri Satya Deo Singh (Member, Sixth, Tenth and Eleventh Lok Sabhas); (23) Shri Mohan Rawale (Member, Tenth, Eleventh, Twelfth, Thirteenth and Fourteenth Lok Sabhas); 3 (24) Shri Motilal Vora (Member, Twelfth Lok Sabha); (25) Shri Madan Lal Sharma (Member, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Lok Sabhas); (26) Shri Jamal Khwaja (Member, Second Lok Sabha); and (27) Sardar Buta Singh (Member, Third, Fourth, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, Tenth, Twelfth and Thirteenth Lok Sabhas). ______ PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table:- 4. SHRIMATI NIRMALA SITHARAMAN for Ministry of Finance; and 5. SHRI ARJUN RAM MEGHWAL for Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs. (Printed on a Separate list) ______ REPORTS OF COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS 6. SHRIMATI MEENAKASHI LEKHI SHRIMATI POONAMBEN HEMATBHAI MAADAM to present the following seven Reports (Hindi and English versions) of the Committee on Public Undertakings:- (1) First Report of the Committee (17th Lok Sabha) on 'Airports Authority of India (AAI)'. (2) Second Report of the Committee (17th Lok Sabha) on 'Central Coalfields Limited (CCL)'. (3) Third Report of the Committee (17th Lok Sabha) on 'Food Corporation of India (FCI)'. 4 (4) Fourth Report of the Committee (17th Lok Sabha) on 'Hindustan Antibiotics Limited (HAL)'. (5) Fifth Report of the Committee (17th Lok Sabha) on 'NBCC (India) Limited'. (6) Sixth Report of the Committee (17th Lok Sabha) on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Twenty-second Report (16th Lok Sabha) of the Committee on Public Undertakings on 'Financing of Renewable Energy Projects by Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency (based on Performance Audit No. 12 of 2015)'. (7) Seventh Report of the Committee (17th Lok Sabha) on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Twenty-fourth Report (16th Lok Sabha) of the Committee on Public Undertakings on 'Review of Loss Making CPSUs'. ______ REPORT OF STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT 7. SHRIMATI RAMA DEVI SHRIMATI SANGEETA AZAD to present the Fourteenth Report (Hindi and English versions) of the Committee on ‘The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019’. NEW DELHI; UTPAL KUMAR SINGH January 28, 2021 Secretary General Magha 8, 1942 (Saka) .
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