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. (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), , 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, , , 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 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 (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. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under Section 19 and sub-section (4) of Section 17 of the Coir Industry Act, 1953:— (a) Fifty-eighth Annual Report of the Coir Board, Kochi, for the year 2011-12. (b) Annual Accounts of the Coir Board, Kochi, for the year 2011-12, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government accepting the above Board.

164 17TH DECEMBER, 2012 II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Tool Room (Indo German Tool Room), Aurangabad, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (ii) (a) Forty-second Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME- Technology Development Centre (Institute for Design of Electrical Measuring Instruments), Mumbai, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (iii) (a) Twentieth Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Tool Room (Indo-German Tool Room), Indore, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b ) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (iv) (a) Twenty-ninth Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Tool Room (Central Institute of Hand Tools), Jalandhar, 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 MSME-Technology Development Centre (Process and Product Development Centre), Agra, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (vi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Tool Room (Central Tool Room), , for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (vii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Tool Room (Central Tool Room and Training Centre), Kolkata, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report.

165 RAJYA SABHA (viii) (a) Twentieth Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Tool Room (Central Tool Room and Training Centre), Bhubaneswar, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (ix) (a) Forty-second Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Tool Room (Central Institute of Tool Design), Hyderabad, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (x) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Tool Room (Indo-Danish Tool Room), Jamshedpur, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xi) (a) Twentieth Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Tool Room (Indo-German Tool Room), Ahmedabad, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xii) (a) Eleventh Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Tool Room (Tool Room and Training Centre), Guwahati, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xiii) (a) Twenty-fifth Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Technology Development Centre (Electronics Service and Training Centre), Ramnagar, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xiv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Technology Development Centre (Process cum Product Development Centre), Meerut, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report.

166 17TH DECEMBER, 2012 (xv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Technology Development Centre (Central Footwear Training Institute), Agra, 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 and Accounts of the MSME-Technology Development Centre (Central for Development of Glass Industry), Firozabad, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xvii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the MSME-Technology Development Centre (Fragrance & Flavour Development Centre), Kannauj, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xviii) (a) Annual Report of the Khadi and Village Industries Commission (KVIC), Mumbai, for the year 2011-12. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xix) (a) Fiftieth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute for Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (ni-msme), Hyderabad, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xx) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Entrepreneurship (IIE), Guwahati, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (xxi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the National Institute for Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development (NIESBUD), NOIDA, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report.

167 RAJYA SABHA Shri (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, under sub-section (3) of Section 642 of the Companies Act , 1956:— (1) S.O. 1747 (E), dated the 7th August, 2012, constituting the Product or Activity Groups which all companies shall use in the Cost Audit Report and in Compliance Report to be filed with the Central Government. (2) G.S.R. 617 (E), dated the 7th August, 2012, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 501 (E), dated the 6th July, 1999, to insert certain entries in the original Notification. Shri Manish Tewari (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting, under Section 34 of the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Act, 1990:— (1) No. A-10/178/2012-PPC, dated the 22nd November, 2012, publishing the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India), Authorities for Disciplinary Proceedings Regulations, 2012. (2) G.S.R. 884 (E), dated the 7th December, 2012, publishing the Prasar Bharati (Broadcasting Corporation of India) Salaries, Allowances and other Conditions of Service of Chairman, Whole - time Members and Part-time Members (Second Amendment) Rules, 2012. II. 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) Thirty-seventh Annual Report and Accounts of the National Film Development Corporation (NFDC), Mumbai, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation.

168 17TH DECEMBER, 2012 (ii) (a) Seventeenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Broadcast Engineering Consultants India Limited (BECIL), NOIDA, 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. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Film and Television Institute of India (FTII), Pune, 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. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Satyajit Ray Film and Television Institute (SRFTI), 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. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Children‟s Film Society, India (CFSI), Mumbai, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor‟s Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:— (a) Eighteenth Annual Report and Accounts of the National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC), Delhi, for the year 2011-12, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation.

169 RAJYA SABHA II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Central Wakf Council, 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 Council. ^Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Statement on the review of the Economy and Budget for the Mid year of the financial year 2012-13 (Mid-Year Economic Analysis 2012-13), under sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003. 12-01 p.m.

4. Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice Shri Shantaram Naik presented the Fifty-fourth Report (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice on The Administrative Tribunals (Amendment) Bill, 2012. 12-02 p.m. 5. Reports of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers

Shri A.A. Jinnah laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers (2012-13):—

(i) Twenty-ninth Report on the subject 'National Pharmaceutical Pricing Authority (NPPA)' pertaining to the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Pharmaceuticals); (ii) Thirtieth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Twenty-fifth Report (Fifteenth ) on „Demands for Grants (2012- 13)‟ of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Fertilizers);

^ At 12-51 p.m. 170 17TH DECEMBER, 2012 (iii) Thirty-first Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Twenty-sixth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on „Demands for Grants (2012- 13)‟ of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals); and (iv) Thirty-second Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Twenty- seventh Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on „Demands for Grants (2012-13)‟ of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Pharmaceuticals). 12-03 p.m.

6. Reports of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel

Shri Jugul Kishore laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel (2012-13): — (i) Twenty-seventh Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Twenty- fourth Report of the Committee on „Demands for Grants (2012- 13)‟ of the ; (ii) Twenty-eighth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Twenty- fifth Report of the Committee on „Demands for Grants (2012- 13)‟ of the Ministry of Mines; and (iii) Twenty-ninth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Twenty- sixth Report of the Committee on „Demands for Grants (2012- 13)‟ of the . 12-04 p.m.

7. Statements by Ministers (i) Shri S. Jaipal Reddy, Minister of Science and Technology and Minister of Earth Sciences, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) on the Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Two Hundred and Twenty-eighth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Science and Technology, Environment and Forests on Demands for Grants, for the year 2012-13, of the Department of Biotechnology. 171 RAJYA SABHA (ii) Shri Shriprakash Jaiswal, Minister of Coal, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) on the Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Twenty-fourth Report of the Department- related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel pertaining to the Ministry of Coal. 12-05 p.m. (iii) Shri , Minister of Water Resources, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) on the Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Fourteenth Report of the Department- related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Water Resources. 12-06 p.m.

8. Matters raised with permission

1. !Shri raised a matter regarding death of more than 100 people after consuming spurious liquor in Bihar.

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2. !Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav raised a matter regarding need for a Constitution Amendment to give reservation to Backward Muslims, as recommended by the Sachar Committee.

12-13 p.m. 3. !Shri raised a matter regarding statements made by the Interior Minister of Pakistan during his recent visit to India. !Shri , Minister of State in the Ministry of Planning and in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs responded.

12-16 p.m.

4. !Shri Sanjiv Kumar raised a matter regarding problems being faced by the people of Dhanbad due to day and night transportation of Coal against the guidelines in Maithen Power Limited.

! Spoke in Hindi. # From 12-09 p.m. to 12-11 p.m., some points were raised. 172 17TH DECEMBER, 2012 12-18 p.m.

5. Dr. K.P. Ramalingam raised a matter regarding compensation for farmers and labourers in Tamil Nadu due to heavy power cuts in the State.

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6. !Shri Naresh Agrawal raised a matter regarding allocation of coal to power plants in Uttar Pradesh.

12-31 p.m.

7. !Shri Shanta Kumar raised a matter regarding huge shortage of officers and soldiers in the Army.

12-34 p.m.

8. Shri Prasanta Chatterjee raised a matter regarding millions spent by US entitites to enter Indian markets.

12-36 p.m.

9. !Shri Tarun Vijay raised a matter regarding National War Memorial at New Delhi in honour of Martyrs.

12-39 p.m.

10. Dr. V. Maitreyan raised a matter regarding issue of Digital Addressable System (DAS) Licence to Tamil Nadu Arasu Cable TV Corporation. Shri M. also spoke. 12-43 p.m. 11. Shri Shantaram Naik raised a matter regarding unemployment due to closure of mining operations in Goa.

$ From 12-21 p.m. to 12-28 p.m., some points were raised. ! Spoke in Hindi.a 173

RAJYA SABHA 12-48 p.m.

9. Special Mentions After taking sense of the House, the Deputy Chairman directed that the following Special Mentions may be treated as laid on the Table of the House:—

1. Dr. Gyan Prakash Pilania Concern over horrendous scenario of crimes against children in the country.

2. Shri Basawaraj Patil Demand to expedite the process of setting up the Golpalli Hydro- electric power project in Karnataka.

3. Dr. Ram Prakash Demand to take steps for purification of the water of River Yamuna and conserve the heritage sites along the course of the river.

4. Dr. Najma A. Heptulla Demand to set up District level Committees to monitor the mid- day-meal scheme for school children in the country.

5. Shri Avinash Rai Khanna Demand to take effective steps to protect the dignity of women in the country.

6. Shri Kumar Deepak Das Demand to set up an inquiry into the matter of exclusion of a Tableau to depict the Ahom General Sukhpa on the Republic Day parade.

7. Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz Need to bring rail line to Uri and Kupwara and development of Railways in J & K.

174 17TH DECEMBER, 2012 8. Shri Prabhat Jha Demand to make a concrete policy for urban development in the country.

9. Shri Ishwar Singh Concern over adverse impact of requirement of environmental clearance for sand mining on the development work in the country, particularly in Haryana.

10. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav Demand to open adequate number of procurement centres and storage facilities for paddy crop in Bihar.

@11. Shri Mahendra Singh Demand to resolve the problems Mahra being faced by a large number of villages due to the Askot Musk Deer Sanctuary in Uttarakhand.

12. Shri Balwinder Singh Demand to take concrete steps to Bhunder enhance the storage facility for foodgrains in the country.

**13. Shri Sanjiv Kumar Demand to include the people belonging to Maira community of Jharkhand in the Central list of Other Backward Category.

14. Shrimati Jharna Das Demand to take action against the Baidya culprits involved in sexual harassment and criminal intimidation of a woman theatre artist and playright in Karnataka.

 Made at 7- 29 p.m.  Made at 7- 32 p.m. @ Made at 7- 34 p.m.  Made at 7-37 p.m. ** Made at 7-39 p.m.  Made at 7-41 p.m. 175 RAJYA SABHA 15. Shri Piyush Goyal Concern over slow growth of Index of Industrial Production.

16. Shrimati Smriti Zubin Need for raising height of the Irani Sardar Sarovar Dam.

17. Shrimati Gundu Sudharani Demand to provide financial assistance to the State of Andhra Pradesh hit by Cyclone Nilam.

18. Shri Parshottam Demand to install electronic Khodabhai Rupala indicators in all passenger coaches of trains in the country.

19. Shri Mansukh L. Demand to frame a uniform Mandaviya education policy in the country.

.12-52 p.m.

10. Statement by Minister Shri , Minister of Home Affairs, made a statement on the Visit of the Interior Minister of Pakistan to India on 14th to 16th December, 2012. (The House adjourned at 1-11 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-10 p.m.)

 Made at 7-42 p.m.  Made at 7-43 p.m.  Made at 7-45 p.m.  Made at 7-47 p.m.  Made at 7-48 p.m. . From 12-51 p.m. to 12-52 p.m., see item at Sl. No. 3 (13). 176 17TH DECEMBER, 2012

*2-13 p.m. 11. Government Bills —Passed (1) The Prevention of Money-Laundering (Amendment) Bill, 2012, as passed by Lok Sabha

Shri P. Chidambaram (Minister of Finance) moved:- “That the bill further to amend the Prevention of Money-Laundering Act, 2002, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.” The following Members took part in the discussion:— !2-17 p.m. 1. Shri 2-40 p.m. 2. Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz 2-50 p.m. 3. Shri Satish Chandra Misra 2-57 p.m. 4. Shri K.N. Balagopal 3-05 p.m. 5. Shri N.K. Singh 3-11 p.m. 6. Shri D. Bandyopadhyay !3-17 p.m. 7. Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav 3-22 p.m. 8. Dr. K.P. Ramalingam 3-29 p.m. 9. Shri D.P. Tripathi 3-34 p.m. 10. Shri Rabinarayan Mohapatra 3-42 p.m. Shri P. Chidambaram replied to the debate. 3-54 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was adopted. Clauses 2 to 30 were adopted. Clause 1, the Enacting Formula and the Title were adopted.

3-55 p.m. The motion moved by Shri P. Chidambaram that the Bill be passed was adopted and the Bill was passed.

* From 2-10 p.m. to 2-13 p.m., some points were raised. ! Spoke in Hindi.  From 3-16 p.m. to 3-17 p.m., see item at Sl. No. 12. 177 RAJYA SABHA

(2) The Constitution (One Hundred Seventeenth Amendment) Bill, 2012 Further consideration of the motion moved by Shri V. Narayanasamy, Minister of State in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions and in the Prime Minister‟s Office on the 13th December, 2012, continued. The following Members took part in the discussion:—

!4-00 p.m. 1. Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot 4-15 p.m. 2. Shri Praveen Rashtrapal 4-30 p.m. 3. Shri Sukhendu Sekhar Roy !4-31 p.m. 4. Shri Naresh Agrawal !4-41 p.m. 5. Shri Mangla Kisan !4-52 p.m. 6. Shri Ram Vilas Paswan !5-08 p.m. 7. Shri Husain Dalwai !5-14 p.m. 8. Shri Bhupender Yadav !5-26 p.m. 9. Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav 5-33 p.m. 10. Shri D.P. Tripathi !5-39 p.m. 11. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav 5-50 p.m. 12. Shri Jesudasu Seelam !5-56 p.m. 13. Shri Satish Chandra Misra !6-04 p.m. 14. Shri Biswajit Daimary !6-07 p.m. 15. Shri Ahmad Saeed Malihabadi !6-08 p.m. 16. Shri Mohammed Adeeb 6-13 p.m. 17. Shri A.V. Swamy !6-18 p.m. 18. Shri Sanjiv Kumar !6-22 p.m. 19. Shri Ali Anwar Ansari 6-26 p.m. 20. Shri M. Rama Jois 6-34 p.m. Shri V. Narayanasamy replied to the debate.

! Spoke in Hindi.  From 3-56 p.m. to 4-00 p.m., some points were raised.  From 5-58 p.m. to 6-04 p.m., some points were raised. 178 17TH DECEMBER, 2012 6-57 p.m. The motion for consideration of the Bill was put to the House and the House divided — **Ayes — 206 **Noes — 10 The Motion was adopted by a majority of the total membership of the House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the Members of the House present and voting. 7-06 p.m. The question that Clause 2, as amended, which stands part of the Bill was put to the House and the House divided — **Ayes — 206 **Noes — 10 Clause 2, as amended, was adopted by a majority of the total membership of the House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the Members of the House present and voting. 7-08 p.m. The question that Clause 1, as amended, which stand part of the Bill was put to the House and the House divided — **Ayes — 206 **Noes — 10 Clause 1, as amended, was adopted by a majority of the total membership of the House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the Members of the House present and voting.

** Subject to correction.

179 RAJYA SABHA 7-22 p.m. The question that The Enacting Formula and the Title which stand part of the Bill were put to the House and the House divided — **Ayes — 206 **Noes — 10 The Enacting Formula and the Title, were adopted by a majority of the total membership of the House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the Members of the House present and voting. 7-25 p.m. The Motion moved by Shri V. Narayanasamy that the Bill, as amended, be passed was put to the House and the House divided — **Ayes — 206 **Noes — 10 The Motion was adopted by a majority of the total membership of the House and by a majority of not less than two-thirds of the Members of the House present and voting.

7-28 p.m. The Bill, as amended, was passed by the required majority.

12. Message from Lok Sabha reported The Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2012 Secretary-General, reported to the House the following message received from the Lok Sabha as 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 Appropriation (No.4), Bill, 2012, as passed by Lok Sabha at its sitting held on the 14th December, 2012. The Speaker has certified that this Bill is a Money Bill within the meaning of article 110 of the Constitution of India.”

** Subject to correction.  At 3-16 p.m. 180 17TH DECEMBER, 2012

13. Government Bill Laid on the Table Secretary-General, laid on the Table the Appropriation (No. 4) Bill, 2012 as passed by the Lok Sabha. 7-49 p.m.

(The House adjourned at 7-49 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Tuesday, the 18th December, 2012)

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 From 7-29 p.m. to 7-49 p.m., see items at Sl. No. 9 (9) to 9 (19). 181