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—— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

11 A.M. ———

QUESTIONS QUESTIONS entered in separate lists to be asked and answers given. ———— PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE I. Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table entered in the separate list: — 1. SHRI for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; 2. SHRI M. for Ministry of Environment and Forests; 3. SHRI for Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises; 4. SHRI JYOTIRADITYA MADHAVRAO SCINDIA for Ministry of Power; 5. SHRI K. H. MUNIYAPPA for Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises; 6. SHRI for Ministry of Corporate Affairs; 7. SHRIMATI for Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; 8. SHRI for Ministry of Finance; 9. SHRIMATI SANTOSH CHOWDHARY for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; 10. SHRI for Ministry of Human Resource Development; 11. DR. for Ministry of Human Resource Development; 12. SHRI for Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and 13. SHRI JESUDASU SEELAM for Ministry of Finance.

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II. SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA to lay on the Table, under clause (1) of article 151 of the Constitution, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports:— (i) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2013: No.28 of 2013: (Performance Audit on Administration of Penalty and Prosecution) – Union Government – Department of Revenue – Direct Taxes.

(ii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2012: No.29 of 2013: Union Government, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research on Network Projects of Council of Scientific and Industrial Research for Tenth Five Year Plan.

(iii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2012: No.30 of 2013: Union Government, (Defence Services) Army and Ordnance Factories.

(iv) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2013: No.31 of 2013: (Performance Audit) – Union Government, Defence Service (Navy) on Planning and Management of Refits of Indian Naval Ships.

(v) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2012: No.32 of 2013: (Performance Audit) – Union Government (Civil) (Autonomous Bodies), Performance Audit of Employee’ Provident Fund Organisation (Ministry of Labour and Employment). ———— REPORTS ON INDIAN PARLIAMENTARY PARTICIPATION AT INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES

SECRETARY-GENERAL to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the Reports on the participation of the Indian Parliamentary Delegations in the (i) 128th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) held in Quito (Ecuador) from 22nd to 27th March, 2013 and (ii) 129th Assembly of the IPU held in Geneva (Switzerland) from 7-9 October, 2013.

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REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE

SHRI D. P. TRIPATHI DR. VIJAYLAXMI SADHO DR. BARUN MUKHERJI to present the Hundred Forty Fifth Report (in English and Hindi) of the Committee on Papers Laid on the Table regarding laying of Annual Reports and Audited Accounts of the Lakshadweep Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, State Mission Authority, Lakshadweep and Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), New Delhi, on the Table of Rajya Sabha. ————

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REPORTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS

SHRI JANARDAN DWIVEDI SHRI ANIL DESAI to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2013-14): —

(i) Thirty-second Report on action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Twenty-fourth Report on the subject ‘Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited’; and (ii) Thirty-third Report on action taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the Twenty-third Report on Export of Gold Jewellery by MSTC Limited based on Audit Para No. 17.2 of Report No. 3 of 2011-12 of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India. ————

PROCEDURAL MINUTES OF THE SITTINGS OF THE COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS HELD DURING THE FIFTEENTH

SHRI JANARDAN DWIVEDI SHRI NARESH GUJRAL to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Procedural Minutes of the Sittings of the Committee on Public Undertakings held during the Fifteenth Lok Sabha:-

(i) Minutes of the First Sitting of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2009-2010) held on 18 August 2009;

(ii) Minutes of the First Sitting of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2010-2011) held on 7 May 2010;

(iii) Minutes of the Fourth Sitting of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2010-2011) held on 8 July 2010;

(iv) Minutes of the Seventh Sitting of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2010-2011) held on 18 August 2010;

(v) Minutes of the Fifteenth Sitting of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2010-2011) held on 6 December 2010;

(vi) Minutes of the First Sitting of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2011-2012) held on 25 May 2011;

(vii) Minutes of the Fifth Sitting of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2011-2012) held on 10 October 2011;

(viii) Minutes of the Seventh Sitting of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2011-2012) held on 21 October 2011;

(ix) Minutes of the First Sitting of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2012-2013) held on 5 June 2012;

(x) Minutes of the Fourth Sitting of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2012-2013) held on 18 July 2012;

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(xi) Minutes of the Ninth Sitting of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2012-2013) held on 21 September 2012;

(xii) Minutes of the Twenty-fifth Sitting of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2012-2013) held on 25 April 2013; and

(xiii) Minutes of the First Sitting of the Committee on Public Undertakings (2013-2014) held on 5 June 2013.

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SHRIMATI WANSUK SYIEM SHRI LALHMING LIANA to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Thirty-fifth Report of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes on the subject ‘Reservation for and Employment of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes in National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC)’ relating to the Ministry of Power. ———— REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON COAL AND STEEL

SHRI JUGUL KISHORE SHRI SANJAY RAUT to lay 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 (2013-14): —

(i) Fifty-second Report on the subject, ‘Marketing and Transportation of Steel by Public Sector Steel Companies’ relating to the ; and (ii) Fifty-third Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations / recommendations contained in the Thirty-eighth Report of the Committee on the subject ‘Review of Export of Iron Ore Policy’ relating to the Ministry of Steel. ———— REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON DEFENCE

SHRI PRAKASH JAVADEKAR SHRI MUKUT MITHI to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Twenty-second Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Defence (2013-14) on the subject ‘Threat perception and preparedness of the Forces including incursion on borders, coordination mechanism with the Central Armed Police Forces and border connectivity through Road, Air and Rail’. ————

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STATEMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

DR. NAJMA A. HEPTULLA SHRI H.K. DUA to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Statements of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on External Affairs (2013-14): (i) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter-I and Chapter-V of the Eighteenth Action Taken Report on the recommendations contained in the Thirteenth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on ‘Demands for Grants (2012-13)’ of the Ministry of Overseas Indian Affairs; and (ii) Statement showing action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter-I and Chapter-V of the Twenty- second Action Taken Report on the recommendations contained in the Twentieth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) of the Committee on ‘Demands for Grants (2013-14)’ of the Ministry of External Affairs. ———— REPORTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON RAILWAYS

SHRI NANDI YELLAIAH DR. BARUN MUKHERJI to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways (2013-14): — (i) Twenty-fourth Report on action taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in the Nineteenth Report of the Committee on the subject ‘Passenger Amenities and Passenger Safety in Indian Railways’; and (ii) Twenty-fifth Report on the subject ‘Ongoing and Pending Railway Projects, with special emphasis on Projects in the North-East Region’. ———— STATEMENT OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT

PROF. SAIF-UD-DIN SOZ SHRI MAHENDRA SINGH MAHRA to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Statement of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Rural Development (2013-14) on the recommendations contained in Chapter-I and final replies included in Chapter-V of the Forty-third Action Taken Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject ‘Computerization of Land Records’ relating to the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Land Resources). ————

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REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

PROF. MRINAL MIRI SHRI MOHAMMAD SHAFI to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Forty-fourth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment (2013-14) on the subject ‘Working of Ashram Schools in Tribal Areas’ relating to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. ———— STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS

1. SHRIMATI PANABAKA LAKSHMI to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Eighteenth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas on "Long Term Purchase Policy and strategic storage of crude oil" 2. SHRIMATI to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Twenty-fourth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Urban Development on the Demands for Grants (2013-14) pertaining to the Ministry of Urban Development. ————

LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

Bills for introduction

The Waqf Properties 1. SHRI K. RAHMAN KHAN to move for leave to introduce a Bill to (Eviction of provide for the eviction of unauthorised occupants from waqf properties and for Unauthorised matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. Occupants) Bill, 2014. ALSO to introduce the Bill.

The Delhi Hotels 2. SHRI to move for leave to introduce a Bill to repeal (Control of the Delhi Hotels (Control of Accommodation) Act, 1949. Accommodation) Repeal Bill, 2014. ALSO to introduce the Bill.

The Tribunals, 3. SHRI to move for leave to introduce a Bill to provide Appellate Tribunals for uniform conditions of service of the Chairman and Members, by whatever and Other name called, of certain Tribunals, Appellate Tribunals and other authorities and Authorities for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto. (Conditions of Service) Bill, 2014. ALSO to introduce the Bill.

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Bills for consideration and passing

4. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by The Street Vendors Dr. on the 11th February, 2014:–– (Protection of Livelihood and “That the Bill to protect the rights of urban street vendors and to regulate Regulation of Street street vending activities and for matters connected therewith or Vending) Bill, 2013. incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.”

DR. GIRIJA VYAS to move that the Bill be passed.

5. SHRI to move that the Bill to provide for the The Rani Lakshmi establishment and incorporation of a University for the Bundelkhand region for Bai Central the development of agriculture and for the furtherance of the advancement of Agricultural learning and prosecution of research in agriculture and allied sciences in that University Bill, 2012. region, be taken into consideration.

ALSO to move that the Bill be passed.

6. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by The Governors Shri R.P.N. Singh on the 12th December, 2013:–– (Emoluments, Allowances and “That the Bill further to amend the Governors (Emoluments, Allowances Privileges) and Privileges) Act, 1982, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into Amendment Bill, consideration.” 2013. SHRI to move that the Bill be passed.

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SHRI to move the following Resolution:—

“That this House approves the recommendations contained in Paras 76, 77, 80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85 and 86 of the Sixth Report of the Railway Convention Committee (2009), appointed to review the rate of dividend payable by the Railway Undertaking to General Revenues etc., which was laid on the Table of the Rajya Sabha on the 8th May, 2013”.

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* THE INTERIM BUDGET (RAILWAYS) 2014-15

General Discussion

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LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

Bills for consideration and passing

The National Institutes 7. SHRI M.M. PALLAM RAJU to move that the Bill further to amend the of Technology, Science National Institutes of Technology, Science Education and Research Act, 2007, as Education and passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration. Research (Amendment) Bill, 2013. ALSO to move that the Bill be passed.

The Constitution 8. SHRI MALLIKARJUN KHARGE to move that the Bill further to (Scheduled Castes) amend the Constitution (Scheduled Castes) Order, 1950 and the Constitution Orders (Amendment) (Sikkim) Scheduled Castes Order, 1978, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into Bill, 2013. consideration.

ALSO to move that the Bill be passed.

The Whistle Blowers 9. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by Protection Bill, 2011. Shri V. Narayanasamy on the 29th March, 2012:––

“That the Bill to establish a mechanism to receive complaints relating to disclosure on any allegation of corruption or wilful misuse of power or wilful misuse of discretion against any public servant and to inquire or cause an inquiry into such disclosure and to provide adequate safeguards against victimization of the person making such complaint and for matters connected therewith and incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.”

SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY to move that the Bill be passed.

The Judicial 10. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill to lay down judicial Standards and standards and provide for accountability of Judges, and, establish credible and Accountability Bill, expedient mechanism for investigating into individual complaints for 2012. misbehaviour or incapacity of a Judge of the Supreme Court or of a High Court and to regulate the procedure for such investigation; and for the presentation of an address by Parliament to the President in relation to proceedings for removal of a Judge and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.

ALSO to move that the Bill be passed.

The Delhi Rent 11. SHRI KAMAL NATH to move that the Bill to repeal the Delhi Rent (Repeal) Bill, 2013. Act, 1995, be taken into consideration.

ALSO to move that the Bill be passed.

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12. SHRI to move that the Bill to provide for the The National establishment of the National Identification Authority of India for the purpose of Identification issuing identification numbers to individuals residing in India and to certain other Authority of India classes of individuals and manner of authentication of such individuals to Bill, 2010. facilitate access to benefits and services to such individuals to which they are entitled and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, be taken into consideration.

ALSO to move that the Bill be passed.

NEW DELHI; SHUMSHER K. SHERIFF, February 17, 2014. Secretary-General.

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