159 MONDAY, the 17TH DECEMBER, 2012 (The Rajya Sabha Met in the Parliament House at 11-00 A.M.) @11-03 A.M. (The House Adjourne
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MONDAY, THE 17TH DECEMBER, 2012 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) @11-03 a.m. (The House adjourned at 11-03 a.m. and re-assembled at 11-32 a.m.) 11-33 a.m. 1. Starred Questions The Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No. 321 regrarding Cancellation of contracts awarded under JNNSM. Starred Question No. 322 regrarding Projects under NRDWP. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 323 to 340 were laid on the Table. 2. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 2481 to 2635 were laid on the Table. 12-00 Noon 3. Papers Laid on the Table Shri S. Jaipal Reddy (Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Brain Research Centre (NBRC), Manesar, Haryana, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Annual Accounts of the Institute for Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine (inStem), Bangalore, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. @ From 11-00 a.m. to 11-03 a.m., some points were raised. From 11-32 a.m. to 11-33 a.m., some points were raised. 159 RAJYA SABHA (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Regional Centre for Biotechnology (RCB), Gurgaon, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Translational Health Science & Technology Institute (thsti), Gurgaon, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (v) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG), Dehradun, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (vi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Aryabhatta Research Institute of Observational Sciences, Nainital, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor‟s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (vii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Innovation Foundation, Ahmedabad, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Foundation. (viii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian National Academy of Engineering (INAE), New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Academy. (ix) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute of Plant Genome Research (NIPGR), New Dehi, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. 160 17TH DECEMBER, 2012 (x) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Institute of Bioresources and Sustainable Development (IBSD), Imphal, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Centre for DNA Fingerprinting and Diagnostics (CDFD), Hyderabad, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xii) (a) Annual Report of the National Agri-food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab, for the year 2011-12. (b) Annual Accounts of the National Agri-food Biotechnology Institute, Mohali, Punjab, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xiii) (a) Annual Report of the National Institute of Animal Biotechnology (NIAB), Hyderabad, for the year 2011-12. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xiv) (a) Annual Report of the Rajiv Gandhi Centre for Biotechnology, Thiruvananthapuram, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Centre for Cell Science (NCCS), Pune, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xvi) (a) Annual Report of the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, for the year 2011-12. (b) Annual Accounts of the Institute of Life Sciences (ILS), Bhubaneswar, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. 161 RAJYA SABHA (xvii) (a) Twenty-sixth Annual Report and Accounts of the Consultancy Development Centre (CDC), New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor‟s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (xviii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Vigyan Prasar, NOIDA, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institution. (xix) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Accreditation Board for Testing and Calibration Laboratories, New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Board. (xx) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian National Science Academy, New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Academy. (xxi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Science Congress Association, Kolkata, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Association. (xxii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Kolkata, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Association. (xxiii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Geomagnetism (IIG), Navi Mumbai, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. 162 17TH DECEMBER, 2012 (xxiv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the International Advanced Research Centre for Powder Metallurgy and New Materials (ARCI), Hyderabad, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (xxv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Bose Institute, Kolkata, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor‟s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (xxvi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Sree Chitra Tirunal Institute for Medical Sciences and Technology, Thiruvananthapuram, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor‟s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (xxvii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Satyendra Nath Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Kolkata, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor‟s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Centre. (xxviii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Academy of Sciences (IAS), Bangalore, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor‟s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Academy. Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal (Minister of Coal) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts (Volume I and II) of the Coal India Limited (CIL), Kolkata, 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 Company. 163 RAJYA SABHA (ii) (a) Ninety-first Annual Report and Accounts of the Singareni Collieries Company Limited (SCCL), Khammam, Andhra Pradesh, along with the Thirty-fifth Annual Report and Accounts of its subsidiary company, the Andhra Pradesh Heavy Machinery and Engineering Limited, Kondapalli, Andhra Pradesh, 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 Company. Shri Jairam Ramesh (Minister of Rural Development) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Rural Roads Development Agency (NRRDA), New Delhi, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. Prof. K.V. Thomas (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs) Notification No. S.O. 2320 (E), dated the 27th September, 2012, publishing the Removal of (Licensing requirements, Stock limits and Movement Restrictions) on Specified Foodstuffs (Amendment) Order, 2012, under sub-section (6) of Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. Shri K.H. Muniappa (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) laid on the Table:- I.