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1 Uncorrected/ Not for Publication-25.07.2019 YSR-NKR/11.00/1A The House met at eleven of the clock, MR. CHAIRMAN in the Chair --- MEMBERS SWORN Shri N. Chandrasegharan (Tamil Nadu) Shri Muhammathjohn (Tamil Nadu) Shri M. Shanmugam (Tamil Nadu) Shri Vaiko (Tamil Nadu) Shri P. Wilson (Tamil Nadu) (Ends) (Followed by VKK/1B) VKK-VNK/1B/11.05 PAPERS LAID ON TABLE SHRI RAVI SHANKAR PRASAD: Sir, I lay on the Table— I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Law and Justice (Department of Legal Affairs), issued under sub-rule (1) of Rule 4 of the Notaries Rules, 1956:— (1) S.O. 1622 (E), dated the 22nd April, 2019, designating Shri Praveen Srivastava, Deputy Legal Adviser and Shri Mohd. Muqeem, Deputy 2 Uncorrected/ Not for Publication-25.07.2019 Legal Adviser in the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice as competent authority, for the purposes of the Notaries Rules, 1956, in relation to notaries to be appointed by Central Government, for a period upto 15th day of June, 2019. (2) S.O. 2444 (E), dated the 9th July, 2019, designating Shri Jay Prakash U., Under Secretary in the Department of Legal Affairs, Ministry of Law and Justice as competent authority, for the purposes of the Notaries Rules, 1956, in relation to notaries to be appointed by Central Government. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Law and Justice (Legislative Department), under sub-section (3) of Section 169 of the Representation of the People Act, 1951:— (1) S.O. 1022 (E), dated the 26th February, 2019, publishing the Conduct of Assembly Elections (Sikkim) Amendment Rules, 2019. (2) S.O. 1023 (E), dated the 26th February, 2019, publishing the Conduct of Elections (Amendment) Rules, 2019. SHRIMATI SMRITI ZUBIN IRANI: Sir, I lay on the Table–– (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) Ninety-seventh Annual Report and Accounts of the British India Corporation Limited (BIC), Kanpur, along with that of its subsidiary Companies, for the year 2016-17, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the 3 Uncorrected/ Not for Publication-25.07.2019 Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company and its subsidiary companies. (ii) (a) Sixtieth Annual Report and Accounts of the Handicrafts and Handlooms Exports Corporation of India Limited (HHEC), New Delhi, for the year 2017-18, 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) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) (i) above. SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR: Sir, I lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers: — (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Children‖s Film Society, India (CFSI), Mumbai, for the year 2016-17, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Society. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Children‖s Film Society, India (CFSI), Mumbai, for the year 2017-18, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Society. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers 4 Uncorrected/ Not for Publication-25.07.2019 mentioned at (ii) (a) above. (iii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) and the Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL), New Delhi, for the year 2019-20. SHRI SHRIPAD YESSO NAIK: Sir, I lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence) and the Bharat Dynamics Limited (BDL), for the year 2019-20. (ii) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Department of Defence Production, Ministry of Defence) and the Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders Limited, for the year 2019-20. DR. JITENDRA SINGH: Sir, I rise to lay on the Table— I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions (Department of Personnel and Training), Notification No. G.S.R. 472 (E), dated the 4th July, 2018, publishing the Union Public Service Commission (Exemption from Consultation), Second Amendment, Regulations, 2019, under clause (5) of Article 320 of the Constitution of India. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Fifty-fifth Annual Report of the Central Vigilance Commission (CVC), New Delhi, for the year 2018, under sub-section (3) of Section 14 of the Central Vigilance Commission Act, 2003. (Ends) 5 Uncorrected/ Not for Publication-25.07.2019 MESSAGE FROM LOK SABHA THE BANNING OF UNREGULATED DEPOSIT SCHEMES BILL, 2019 SECRETARY-GENERAL: Sir, I have to report to the House the following message received from the Lok Sabha, signed by the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha: "In accordance with the provisions of rule 96 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, I am directed to enclose the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Bill, 2019, as passed by Lok Sabha at its sitting held on the 24th July, 2019." Sir, I lay a copy of the Bill on the Table. (Ends) MATTERS RAISED WITH PERMISSION OF CHAIR CONCERN OVER INADEQUATE RAINFALL IN COUNTRY SHRI C.M. RAMESH (ANDHRA PRADESH): Sir, I wish to draw the attention of the House to a very important matter. Even though monsoon has covered almost all the States of the country, deficient rains in Southern parts of the country continue to push several States into drought-like conditions. There is also acute shortage of drinking water. According to the Indian Meteorological Department, rain deficit in Southern Peninsula has 6 Uncorrected/ Not for Publication-25.07.2019 risen to around 28 per cent, which is the highest among all four sub- divisions in the country. As many as seven sub-divisions in the South including Rayalaseema, Andhra Pradesh, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Marathwada and Vidarbha are facing rain deficit. The rains are extremely crucial for the rain-fed kharif crop planted during this time. Farmers are finding it difficult to irrigate land as they have to start the process of cultivation of kharif crop. If the sowing is delayed, the entire season could be wiped out and it will have an adverse impact on the economy of the country. As per the South Asia Drought Monitor, maintained by the Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar, at present, more than 44 per cent area of the country is facing drought-like conditions, of which over 17 per cent is facing 'severe dry' conditions. Several of these areas are facing successive droughts and may not recover after a normal monsoon this year. Some experts have pointed out that the drought has turned acute not only because of the poor monsoon rainfall last year, but also due to the mindless extraction and mismanagement of the ground water. Sir, the NITI Aayog, in 2018, in one of its reports, pointed out that groundwater, the source of the country's water needs, is depleting at an 7 Uncorrected/ Not for Publication-25.07.2019 unsustainable rate in India. India is the world's largest groundwater extractor, accounting for 12 per cent of the global extraction. (Contd. by BHS/1C) -VKK/BHS-RK/1C/11.10 SHRI C.M. RAMESH (CONTD.): The Central Water Commission has stated that water storage in most reservoirs in West and South has dipped to less than average, at least, in the last ten years indicating a worsening water crisis. Every year, we have noticed that the North-Eastern States, Bihar and sometimes in Kerala, during monsoon season, due to excessive rains, floods take place in those States. MR. CHAIRMAN: What is your suggestion or demand? The time is running out. SHRI C.M. RAMESH: Sir, my suggestion is this. There is sufficient water. From Godavari, every year 3,000 TMC of water is going to sea. In Andhra Pradesh, Polavaram is going to come up in another one or two years. From there, you can make a river linking Tamil Nadu and Karnataka. There is 3,000 TMC. If you take 5,000 TMC to Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra 8 Uncorrected/ Not for Publication-25.07.2019 Pradesh, South India's water problem will be over. I urge the Government of India to kindly look into the river linking of Godavari, Cauvery and Krishna. (Ends) SHRI A. VIJAYAKUMAR (TAMIL NADU): Sir, I associate myself with the matter raised by the hon. Member. SHRI MUHAMMATHJOHN (TAMIL NADU): Sir, I too associate myself with the matter raised by the hon. Member. SHRIMATI VIJILA SATHYANANTH (TAMIL NADU): Sir, I too associate myself with the matter raised by the hon. Member. SHRI A.K. SELVARAJ (TAMIL NADU): Sir, I too associate myself with the matter raised by the hon. Member. SHRI R. VAITHILINGAM (TAMIL NADU): Sir, I too associate myself with the matter raised by the hon. Member. SHRI S. MUTHUKARUPPAN (TAMIL NADU): Sir, I too associate myself with the matter raised by the hon. Member. SHRI RITABRATA BANERJEE (WEST BENGAL): Sir, I too associate myself with the matter raised by the hon.