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Rajya Sabha —— Revised List of Business RAJYA SABHA —— 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 GHULAM NABI AZAD for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; 2. SHRI M. VEERAPPA MOILY for Ministry of Environment and Forests; 3. SHRI PRAFUL PATEL 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 SACHIN PILOT for Ministry of Corporate Affairs; 7. SHRIMATI PANABAKA LAKSHMI for Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; 8. SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA for Ministry of Finance; 9. SHRIMATI SANTOSH CHOWDHARY for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare; 10. SHRI JITIN PRASADA for Ministry of Human Resource Development; 11. DR. SHASHI THAROOR for Ministry of Human Resource Development; 12. SHRI CHARAN DAS MAHANT for Ministry of Agriculture and Ministry of Food Processing Industries; and 13. SHRI JESUDASU SEELAM for Ministry of Finance. 323 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. ———— 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. ———— 324 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 LOK SABHA 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; 325 (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. ———— REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES 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 Ministry of Steel; 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’. ———— 326 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). ———— 327 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.
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