Departmentally Related Standing Committees

LOK SABHA

DEPARTMENTALLY RELATED STANDING COMMITTEES

SUMMARY OF WORK SEVENTEENTH LOK SABHA (2019-20)

LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT, NEW DELHI

October, 2020/Kartika, 1942 (Saka)

LOK SABHA

DEPARTMENTALLY RELATED STANDING COMMITTEES

SUMMARY OF WORK

(SEVENTEENTH LOK SABHA)

(2019-20)

LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI

October, 2020/Kartika, 1942 (Saka)

Cte. Coord. Br. No. 62

Published under Rule 382 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha.

PREFACE

This Brochure attempts to present in concise form information about the activities of the 16 Departmentally Related Standing Committees (DRSCs) during the year 2019-20 serviced by the Lok Sabha Secretariat. The main functions of DRSCs are to consider the Demands for Grants of the concerned Ministries/Departments, to examine such Bills pertaining to the concerned Ministries/Departments as are referred to the Committee, to consider any aspect of the annual reports of Ministries/Departments and to consider National Basic Long Term Policy Documents presented to the Houses and referred to the Committee. The Committees make report to the Houses on each of the matter referred to them.

2. For the sake of convenience, a Statement namely At A Glance showing sittings held, reports presented (DFG, Original, Bills, ATR) has also been prepared.

New Delhi; SNEHLATA SHRIVASTAVA 23 rd October, 2020 Secretary-General 1 Kartika, 1942 (Saka)

CONTENTS PAGE

At a Glance 6

CHAPTERS Name of DRSC

ONE Committee on Agriculture 7

TWO Committee on Information Technology 19

THREE Committee on Defence 28

FOUR Committee on Energy 36

FIVE Committee on External Affairs 48

SIX Committee on Finance 57

SEVEN Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution 69

EIGHT Committee on Labour 79

NINE Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas 92

TEN Committee on Railways 98

ELEVEN Committee on Urban Development 105

TWELVE Committee on Water Resources 113

THIRTEEN Committee on Chemicals & Fertilizers 121

FOURTEEN Committee on Rural Development 129

FIFTEEN Committee on Coal and Steel 135

SIXTEEN Committee on Social Justice & Empowerment 142

AT A GLANCE – DRSCs – 2019-20

S.No Name of Sittings Reports presented DRSC held DFG * Original Bills ATR Total 1. Agriculture 26 10 1 - 2 13 2. Information 23 8 - 1 3 12 Technology 3. Defence 12 8 - - - 8 4. Energy 15 4 - - 1 5 5. External 26 2 - 1 1 4 Affairs 6. Finance 16 10 1 1 11 23 7. Food, 10 4 - - - 4 Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution 8. Labour 33 6 - 3 - 9 9. Petroleum & 15 2 - - - 2 Natural Gas 10. Railways 11 2 - - 1 3 11. Urban 14 2 - - 2 4 Development 12. Water 12 4 - - 1 5 Resources 13. Chemicals & 12 6 1 - 1 8 Fertilizers 14. Rural 12 6 - - - 6 Development 15. Coal and 15 6 - - 9 15 Steel 16. Social Justice 17 8 - - 5 13 & Empowerment Total 269 88 3 6 37 134 * DRSCs presented two DFGs i.e. 2019-20 and 2020-21. Thus every Committee presented two DFGs. 6

CHAPTER – ONE

COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

I. Composition of Committee

1.1 The Committee on Agriculture for the year 2019-20 was constituted on 13.09.2019 and continued in Office till 12.09.2020. 1.2 The Committee consisted of 31 Members – 21 Members of Lok Sabha and 10 Members of Rajya Sabha nominated by the Speaker, Lok Sabha and the Chairman, Rajya Sabha, respectively. Shri Parvatagouda Chandanagouda Gaddigoudar, M.P. was appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee. The Composition of the Committee is given below: 1. Shri P.C. Gaddigoudar - Chairperson Member s Lok Sabha 2. Shri Afzal Ansari 3. Shri Horen Singh Bey 4. Shri Devendra Singh 'Bhole' 5. Shri A. Ganeshamurthi 6. Shri Kanakamal Katara 7. Shri Abu Taher Khan 8. Shri Bhagwanth Khuba 9. Dr. Amol Ramsing Kolhe 10. Shri Mohan Mandavi 11. Shri Devji M. Patel 12. Smt. Shardaben Anil Bhai Patel 13. Shri Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil 14. Smt. Navneet Ravi Rana 15. Shri Vinayak Bhaurao Raut 16. Shri Pocha Brahmananda Reddy 17. Shri Mohammad Sadique 18. Shri Virendra Singh 19. Shri V. K. Sreekandan 20. Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav 21. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav

Rajya Sabha 22. Shri Partap Singh Bajwa 23. Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa *24. Shri Harivansh 25. Shri Narayan Rane 26. Shri Kailash Soni 27. Shri Vaiko 28. Shri R. Vaithilingam 29. Smt. Chhaya Verma 30. Dr. Chandrapal Singh Yadav 31. Shri Harnath Singh Yadav *Shri Ram Nath Thakur ceased to be the Member w.e.f 09.04.2020 due to retirement. Shri Harivansh nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 22.07.2020.

II . Subjects selected for examination

1.3 The Committee selected the following Subjects for examination during the year:

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare)

S.No Subjects 1. Production and Availability of Certified Seeds in the Country 2. Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKSY) - A Review 3. Functioning of Agricultural Credit System in the Country 4. Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage - A Performance Review 5. Multidimensional Contribution of Krishi Vigyan Kendra and Agricultural Technology Management Agency for Training, Extension and Experimentation 6. Role of Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS) in Comprehensive Development of Agriculture in the Country - An Evaluation 7. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana - An Evaluation 8. Production and Availability of Oil seeds and Pulses in the country 9. Functioning of Co-operative Marketing in India- An analysis 10. National Horticulture Board - Performance Review 11. National Bamboo Mission - A Review 12. Scope for Organic Farming in India - Review of Policy and Schemes

Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agricultural Research and Education) 13. ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan- A Performance Review 14. ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, Andaman Islands- A 8

Performance Review 15. ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa- A Performance Review 16. Contribution of ICAR Institutes in Development of High Yielding Varieties of Rice - A Performance Review Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying) 17. Role of National Dairy Development Board for Protection and Development of Indigenous Cattle Breeds 18. Status of Veterinary Services and Availability of Animal Vaccine in the Country 19. Ensuring Quality of Milk and Consumer Grievance Redressal Mechanism in Dairy Sector 20. Performance and Evaluation of Livestock Insurance Schemes Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Fisheries) 21, Implementation of National Scheme on Welfare of Fishermen - An Evaluation 22. Safeguarding Deep Sea Fisheries from External Exploitation 23. Policies for insurance in Fisheries sector in the Country- A Review 24. Employment Generation and Revenue Earning Potential of Fisheries Sector Food Processing Industry 25. Research and Development Initiatives and Achievements in Food Processing Sector 26. Scheme for Creation/Expansion of Food Processing Preservation Capacities - An Evaluation Agriculture and Farmers Welfare 27. Locust Attacks in the Country and steps taken to deal with this menace.

III. Constitution of Sub-Committees of the Committee, if applicable

1.4 No Sub-Committee of the Committee was constituted.

IV. Sittings of the Committee

1.5 During the period under review, the Committee held 26 sittings lasting for 38 hours and 04 minutes. A statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed therein is as follows:

Date of Duration Number of Subjects Discussed Sitting Members present Hrs. Mins. 30.09.2019 00 35 19 Consideration of Memorandum No. 1 regarding Selection of Subjects for Examination during 2019-20. 23.10.2019 02 30 22 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare) on the Schemes being 9

implemented by the Department. 23.10.2019 01 00 22 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries on the Schemes being implemented by the Ministry. 23.10.2019 01 50 22 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying (DAHD) and Department of Fisheries (DoF) on the Schemes being implemented by the Departments. 23.10.2019 01 50 22 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agricultural Research and Education) on the Schemes being implemented by the Department. 06.11.2019 01 30 22 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture Cooperation and Farmers Welfare) in connection with examination of Demands for Grants (2019-20) 06.11.2019 01 30 11 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agricultural Research and Education) in connection with examination of Demands for Grants (2019-20). 07.11.2019 01 24 12 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying) in connection with examination of Demands for Grants (2019-20). 07.11.2019 00 44 13 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Fisheries) in connection with examination of Demands for Grants (2019-20). 07.11.2019 01 01 13 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries in connection with examination of Demands for Grants (2019- 20) 19.11.2019 01 20 12 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries in connection with – examination of 'The National Institutes of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2019.' 29.11.2019 00 50 17 Consideration and Adoption of following Draft Report:- (i) 'The National Institutes of Food Technology Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2019' pertaining to the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. (ii) Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the 64th Report (16th Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Agriculture (2018-19) 10

on the Subject 'National Dairy Research Institute - A Performance Review' of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agricultural Research and Education); (iii) 'Demands for Grants (2019-20) pertaining to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture Research and Education); and (iv) 'Demands for Grants (2019-20)' pertaining to the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying). 09.12.2019 00 30 13 Consideration and Adoption of following Draft Reports:- (i) Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/Recommendations contained in the 62nd Report (16th Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Agriculture (2018-19) on the subject "Agriculture Marketing and Role of Weekly Gramin Haats" of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare); (ii) 'Demands for Grants (2019-20)' pertaining to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare); (iii) 'Demands for Grants (2019-20)' pertaining to the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Fisheries); and (iv) 'Demands for Grants (2019- 20)' pertaining to the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. 23.12.2019 02 40 16 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare in connection and Farmers Welfare in connection with the examination of the Subject 'Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana - An Evaluation'. 08.01.2020 01 30 18 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Fisheries) in connection with the examination of the Subject "Implementation of National Scheme on Welfare of Fishermen - An Evaluation". 18.02.2020 02 20 13 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare) in connection with examination of "Demands for Grants (2020- 21)".

18.02.2020 01 20 14 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry 11

of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying) in connection with examination of "Demands for Grants (2020-21)". 19.02.2020 02 10 10 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agricultural Research and Education) in connection with examination of "Demands for Grants (2020-21)". 19.02.2020 00 55 14 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Fisheries) in connection with examination of "Demands for Grants (2020- 21)". 19.02.2020 01 00 14 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries in connection with examination of "Demands for Grants (2020-21)". 02.03.2020 00 40 16 Consideration and Adoption of Draft Reports on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare and Department of Agricultural Research and Education). 12.03.2020 00 45 16 Consideration and Adoption of the following Draft Reports: 1. Draft Report on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying); 2. Draft Report on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Fisheries); and 3. Draft Report on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries. 21.07.2020 01 50 10 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare) on the subject "Locust attacks in the Country and Steps Taken to deal with this menace". 22.07.2020 01 50 10 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Fisheries) on the subject "Implementation of National Scheme on Welfare of Fishermen - An Evaluation ". 11.08.2020 02 10 09 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying) on the subject "Ensuring Quality of Milk and Consumer Grievance Redressal Mechanism in Dairy Sector". 25.08.2020 02 20 11 Briefing by the Representatives of the Ministry 12

of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Co-Operation and Farmers Welfare) on the subject "Production and Availability of Certified Seeds in the Country". Total 38 04

VI. Details of number of Sittings attended by each Member

1.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given as follows:

S.No. Number of Sittings attended by Member 1. Shri P.C. Gaddigoudar-Chairperson 26 Member s Lok Sabha 2. Shri Afzal Ansari 20 3. Shri Horen Singh Bey 12 4. Shri Devendra Singh 'Bhole' 14 5. Shri A. Ganeshamurthi 18 6. Shri Kanakamal Katara 14 7. Shri Abu Taher Khan 08 8. Shri Bhagwanth Khuba 12 9. Dr. Amol Ramsing Kolhe 03 10. Shri Mohan Mandavi 09 11. Shri Devji M. Patel 23 12. Smt. Shardaben Anil Bhai Patel 16 13. Shri Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil 24 14. Smt. Navneet Ravi Rana 05 15. Shri Vinayak Bhaurao Raut 14 16. Shri Pocha Brahmananda Reddy 14 17. Shri Mohammad Sadique 09 18. Shri Virendra Singh 04 19. Shri V. K. Sreekandan 06 20. Shri Mulayam Singh Yadav 00 21. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav 13 Rajya Sabha

22. Shri Partap Singh Bajwa 17 23. Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 10 24. Shri Narayan Rane 01 25. Shri Kailash Soni 11 *26. Shri Ram Nath Thakur 16 27. Shri Vaiko 07 28. Shri R. Vaithilingam 09 29. Smt. Chhaya Verma 25 30. Dr. Chandrapal Singh Yadav 14 31. Shri Harnath Singh Yadav 13 * Ceased to be member of the Committee w.e.f. 09.04.2020 due to retirement. # Shri Harivansh Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 22.07.2020.

VII. Government Bills/Policies referred to the Committee

1.7 During the above-said period no Bills/Policies were referred to the Standing Committee on Agriculture Branch.

VIII. Material and Memoranda received

1.8 The Subject-wise details of the materials furnished by the concerned Ministry/Departments to the Committee are as follows:

S.No Subjects No. of typed/printed pages 1. Production and Availability of Certified Seeds in the Country 10 2. Implementation of Pradhan Mantri Krishi Sinchayi Yojana (PMKSY) - A Review 3. Functioning of Agricultural Credit System in the Country 04 4. Directorate of Plant Protection, Quarantine and Storage - A 23 Performance Review 5. Multidimensional Contribution of Krishi Vigyan Kendra and 08 Agricultural Technology Management Agency for Training, Extension and Experimentation 6. Role of Primary Agriculture Cooperative Societies (PACS) in 24 Comprehensive Development of Agriculture in the Country - An Evaluation 7. Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana - An Evaluation 12 8. Production and Availability of Oil seeds and Pulses in the country 14 14

9. Functioning of Co-operative Marketing in India- An analysis 19 10. National Horticulture Board - Performance Review 13 11. National Bamboo Mission - A Review 16 12. Scope for Organic Farming in India - Review of Policy and 23 Schemes 13. ICAR-Central Arid Zone Research Institute, Jodhpur, Rajasthan- 14 A Performance Review 14. ICAR-Central Island Agricultural Research Institute, Port Blair, 17 Andaman Islands- A Performance Review 15. ICAR-Central Coastal Agricultural Research Institute, Goa- A 19 Performance Review 16. Contribution of ICAR Institutes in Development of High Yielding 13 Varieties of Rice - A Performance Review 17. Role of National Dairy Development Board for Protection and 12 Development of Indigenous Cattle Breeds 18. Status of Veterinary Services and Availability of Animal Vaccine 41 in the Country 19. Ensuring Quality of Milk and Consumer Grievance Redressal 21 Mechanism in Dairy Sector 20. Performance and Evaluation of Livestock Insurance Schemes 07 21, Implementation of National Scheme on Welfare of Fishermen - 12 An Evaluation 22. Safeguarding Deep Sea Fisheries from External Exploitation 05 23. Policies for insurance in Fisheries sector in the Country- A 06 Review 24. Employment Generation and Revenue Earning Potential of 11 Fisheries Sector 25. Research and Development Initiatives and Achievements in 42 Food Processing Sector 26. Scheme for Creation/Expansion of Food Processing 79 Preservation Capacities - An Evaluation 27. Locust Attacks in the Country and steps taken to deal with this 15 menace.

The number of Memoranda received from non-officials on different subjects: S. No Subjects No. of Memoranda Received 1. 'Pradhan Mantri Fasal Bima Yojana - An 16 Evaluation'

IX. Study Visits undertaken

1.9 The Committee on Agriculture undertook only one Study Visit during the period under review. A Statement showing the composition, duration and places visited by the Committee is as under: S. Number of Duration of Places visited Names of Members attended the visit No. study visits visit undertaken 1. 1 21.01.2020 Udaipur, Ahmedabad 1) Shri P.C. Gaddigoudar, to and Nagpur, Banas 2) Shri Afzal Ansari, 24.01.2020 Dairy, Palanpur, 3) Shri A. Ganeshamurthi, Gujarat, Cheese 4) Shri Kanakmal Katara, Processing Centre, 5) Shri Bhagwanth Khuba, Banas Dairy Plant, 6) Shri Devji Mansigram Patel, Amul Dairy Plant, 7) Smt. Shardaben Anilbhai Patell Anand Butter 8) Shri Bheemrao Baswanthrao Patil, Processing Centre and 9) Smt. Navneet Ravi Rana, Milk Processing Centra 10) Shri Vinayak Bhaurao Raut, at Amul Dairy, Anand 11) Shri Ram Kripal Yadav, ICAR-Directorate of 12) Shri Kailash Soni, Medicinal and Aromatic 13) Smt. Chhaya Verma Plants Research, Anand ICAR-National Bureao of Soil Survey and Land Use Planning, Nagpur ICAR-Central Citrus Research Institute, Nagpur ICAR-Central Institute for Cotton Research, Nagpur.

X. Original Reports

1.10 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following Original Reports:- S. Report Subject Date of No No. Presentation 1. 1st First Report on "The National Institutes of Food Technology, 03.12.2019 Entrepreneurship and Management Bill, 2019" pertaining to

the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

2. 3rd Third Report on Demands for Grants (2019-20) pertaining to 03.12.2019 Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of

Agricultural Research and Education).

3. 4th Fourth Report on Demands for Grants (2019-20) pertaining to 03.12.2019 Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying) 4 5th Fifth Report on Demands for Grants (2019-20) pertaining to 12.12.2019 Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying 16

(Department of Fisheries) 5 6th Sixth Report on Demands for Grants (2019-20) pertaining to 12.12.2019 Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare) 6 7th Seventh Report on Demands for Grants (2019-20) pertaining to 12.12.2019 Ministry of Food Processing Industries 7 9th Ninth Report on Demands for Grants (2020-21) pertaining to 12.12.2019 Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare) 8 10 th Tenth Report on Demands for Grants (2020-21) pertaining to 03.03.2020 Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agricultural Research and Education) 9 11 th Eleventh Report on Demands for Grants (2020-21) pertaining 13.03.2020 to Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Animal Husbandry and Dairying) 10 12 th Twelfth Report on Demands for Grants (2020-21) pertaining to 13.03.2020 Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying (Department of Fisheries) 11 13 th Thirteenth Report on Demands for Grants (2020-21) pertaining 13.03.2020 to Ministry of Food Processing Industries

XI. Action Taken Reports

1.11 The following Action Taken Reports were presented during the period under review:-

S.No Report Subject Date of Presentation No. 1. 2nd Second Report on Action Taken by the Government 03.12.2019 on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Sixty Fourth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on the Subject "ICAR-National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal - A Performance Review" pertaining to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agricultural Research and Education) 2 8th Eighth Report on Action Taken by the Government 12.12.2019 on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Sixty Second Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on the Subject "Agriculture Marketing and Role of Weekly Gramin Haats" pertaining to the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare)

XII. Action Taken Statements Laid

1.12 Statements showing further Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations contained in Chapter I and Chapter V of the following Reports of the Committee were laid on the Table of the House:-

S.No Report Subject Date of Laying No. 1. 31 st 31st Report on action taken by the Government 03.12.2019 on the observations/recommendations contained in the 23rd Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on 'Demands for Grants (2016-17)' of the Ministry of Food Processing Industries.

XII. Statement made under Direction 73A

1.13 No Statements were made under Direction 73A during the period under review. ---

C H A P T E R - T W O

COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

I. Composition of Committee

2.1 The Committee on Information Technology for the year 2019-20 was constituted on 13.09.2019 and continued in office till 12.09.2020. 2.2 The Committee consisted of 31 members - 21 members of Lok Sabha and 10 members of Rajya Sabha nominated by Speaker, Lok Sabha, and the Chairman, Rajya Sabha respectively. Dr. Shashi Tharoor, M.P. was appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given as under: 1. Dr. Shashi Tharoor - Chairperson Members Lok Sabha 2. Smt. Locket Chatterjee 3. Shri Karti P. Chidambaram 4. Shri Sunny Deol 5. Dr. Nishikant Dubey 6. Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey 7. Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser 8. Smt. Raksha Nikhil Khadse 9. Dr. Sukanta Majumdar 10. Shri Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane 11. Ms. Mahua Moitra 12. Shri P. R. Natarajan 13. Shri Santosh Pandey 14. Shri Nisith Pramanik 15. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 16. Dr. Gaddam Ranjith Reddy 17. Shri MVV Satyanarayana 18. Shri Sanjay Seth 19. Shri L.S. Tejasvi Surya 20. Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi Thangapandian 21. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma

Rajya Sabha 22. Dr. Anil Aggarwal 23. Dr. Subhash Chandra 24. Sh. Y. S. Chowdary 25. Sh. Suresh Gopi 26. Md. Nadimul Haque 27. Sh. Syed Nasir Hussain 28. Dr. Narendra Jadhav 29 Shri Shaktisinh Gohil @ 30. Shri Parimal Nathwani @ 31. VACANT # Retired RS M embers 1. Sh. D. Kupendra Reddy* 2. Shri Ronald Sapa Tlau $ @ Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 22nd July , 2020 vide Para No.1370 Bulletin Part-II dated 24 July, 2020 # Shri Beni Prasad Verma, MP, Rajya Sabha, expired on 27th March, 2020, consequently, one seat in the Committee remains vacant. *Consequent upon his retirement from Rajya Sabha on 25 June, 2020, Shri D. Kupendra Reddy ceased to be a Member of the Committee. $ Consequent upon his retirement from Rajya Sabha on 18 July, 2020, Shri Ronald Sapa Tlau ceased to be a Member of the Committee.

II. Subjects Selected for Examination 2.3 The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during the year: Ministry of Information and Broadcasting (i) Review of functioning of Prasar Bharati Organization (ii) Ethical standards in media coverage (iii) Film Industry: Problems and Challenges (iv) Review of functioning of Central Board of Film Certification (CBFC) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology

(i) Citizens’ data security and privacy (ii) Digital Payment and Online Security measures for data protection (iii) Review of functioning of Unique Identification Authority of India (UIDAI) (iv) Safeguarding citizens’ rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space (v) Promotion of Electronics/IT Hardware Manufacturing Sector and measures for reduction of imports (vi) Policy issues in Information Technology including cross border data flows, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT), etc. Ministry of Communications (Department of Posts) (i) Real Estate Management in the Department of Posts

Ministry of Communications (Department of Telecommunications) (i) Review of functioning of BSNL and MTNL and plan for enhancing their performance (ii) Review of functioning of TRAI (iii) Review of the performance of schemes under Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) with special emphasis on North East and LWE affected areas (iv) India’s preparedness for 5G (v) Suspension of Telecom Services/Internet and its impact III. Constitution of Sub-Committees of the Committee 2.4 No Sub- Committees were constituted.

IV. Sittings of the Committee 2.5 During its term, the Committee held 23 sittings lasting for 40 hours and 27 minutes. Statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee held during the period under review, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed therein is given as under: Date of Duration Number of Subjects Discussed Sitting Members present Hrs. Mins. 01.10.2019 00 55 13 Consideration of Memorandum No. 1 regarding selection of subjects for examination by the Committee during the year 2019-20. 11.10.2019 02 35 16 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Communications (Department of Telecommunications) on Demands for Grants (2019-20) 11.10.2019 01 15 16 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Communications (Department of Posts) on Demands for Grants (2019-20) 25.10.2019 01 40 16 Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on the subject Safeguarding citizens’ rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space. 25.10.2019 01 45 16 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Demands for Grants (2019- 20) 25.10.2019 01 15 17 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Demands for Grants (2019-20) 30.10.2019 02 25 13 1.Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on 'The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2019' and 2.Oral evidence of some of the Stakeholders on 'The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 21

2019' 20.11.2019 04 07 24 Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology, Ministry of Home Affairs and Department of Atomic Energy on the subject 'Citizens’ data security and privacy' 27.11.2019 01 20 19 Consideration and adoption of three Draft Reports on Demands for Grants (2019-20) 04.12.2019 02 35 21 Consideration and adoption of Draft Report on Demands for Grants (2019-20) relating to the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology and briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Communications (Department of Telecommunications)/BSNL/MTNL on the subject Review of functioning of BSNL and MTNL and plan for enhancing their performance 13.12.2019 03 10 14 (i)To hear the views of cyber security experts on the subject 'Citizens’ data security and privacy' (ii)To hear the views of non-official witnesses and India representatives of WhatsApp on the subject 'Citizens’ data security and privacy' (iii)To hear the views of representatives of Ministry of Communications (Department of Telecommunications), Ministry of Home Affairs and Chief Secretary, Govt. of NCT of Delhi on the subject 'Citizens’ data security and privacy' 31.01.2020 01 35 18 Briefing by the representatives of Department of Telecommunications on the subject Review of Functioning of Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) 06.02.2020 01 00 15 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2019 10.02.2020 01 45 18 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology on Demands for Grants (2020- 21) 10.02.2020 01 00 21 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Communications (Department of Posts) on Demands for Grants (2020-21) 25.02.2020 01 30 08 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on Demands for Grants (2020-21) 25.02.2020 01 45 08 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Communications (Department of Telecommunications) on Demands for Grants (2020-21) 11.03.2020 01 00 18 Consideration and adoption of four Draft 22

Reports on Demands for Grants (2020-21) 13.03.2020 00 30 14 Consideration and adoption of Draft Report on 'The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2019' 18.03.2020 00 40 19 (i) Consideration and adoption of three draft Action Taken Reports (ii) Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Information and Broadcasting on the subject 'Ethical standards in media coverage' 11.08.2020 02 45 11 Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Communications (Department of Telecommunications) on the subjects 'Suspension of Telecom Services/Internet and its impact' & 'India's preparedness for 5G' and to hear the views of the representatives of Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) and Telecom Equipment Manufacturers Association of India (TEMA) on the subject 'India's preparedness for 5G' 01.09.2020 00 20 16 Meeting adjourned after passing a Resolution on the sad demise of former President Dr. Pranab Mukherjee. No formal agenda was taken up during the sitting. 02.09.2020 03 35 17 (i) To hear the views of Shri Nikhil Pahwa and Shri Paranjoy Guha Thakurta on the subject 'Safeguarding citizens’ rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space' (ii) To hear the views of the representatives of Facebook on the subject 'Safeguarding citizens’ rights and prevention of misuse of social/online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space' Total 40 27

V. Details of number of Sittings attended by each Member

2.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given as follows: Sl. No. No. o f sittings attended by Member 1. Dr. Shashi Tharoor, Chairperson 23 Members Lok Sabha 2. Smt. Locket Chatterjee 20 3. Shri Karti P. Chidambaram 16

4. Shri Sunny Deol 4 5. Dr. Nishikant Dubey 22 6. Shri Vijay Kumar Dubey 1 7. Choudhary Mehboob Ali Kaiser 10 8. Smt. Raksha Nikhil Khadse 10 9. Dr. Sukanta Majumdar 14 10. Shri Dhairyasheel Sambhajirao Mane 6 11. Ms. Mahua Moitra 14 12. Shri P. R. Natarajan 18 13. Shri Santosh Pandey 18 14. Shri Nisith Pramanik 10 15. Col. Rajyavardhan Singh Rathore 10 16. Dr. Gaddam Ranjith Reddy 11 17. Shri MVV Satyanarayana 8 18. Shri Sanjay Seth 9 19. Shri L.S. Tejasvi Surya 16 20. Dr. T. Sumathy (a) Thamizhachi 12 Thangapandian 21. Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma 17 Rajya Sabha 22. Dr. Anil Aggarwal 15 23. Dr. Subhash Chandra 2 24. Sh. Y. S. Chowdary 11 25. Sh. Suresh Gopi 6 26. Md. Nadimul Haque 14 27. Sh. Syed Nasir Hussain 20 28. Dr. Narendra Jadhav 8 29. Shri Shaktisinh Gohil @ 3 30. Shri Parimal Nathwani @ 0 31. VACANT # - MPs (RS) who have ceased to be Members of the Committee 1. Sh. D. Kupendra Reddy* 8 2. Shri Ronald Sapa Tlau $ 12

@ Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 22nd July , 2020 vide Para No.1370 Bulletin Part-II dated 24 July, 2020. Shri Parimal Nathwani took oath on 9 September, 2020. # Shri Beni Prasad Verma, MP, Rajya Sabha, expired on 27th March, 2020, consequently, one seat in the Committee remains vacant. Consequent upon his retirement from Rajya Sabha on 25 June, 2020, Shri D. Kupendra Reddy ceased to be a Member of the Committee. $ Consequent upon his retirement from Rajya Sabha on 18 July, 2020, Shri Ronald Sapa Tlau ceased to be a Member of the Committee.

VI. Government Bills/Policies referred to the Committee 2.7 During the term of the Committee (2019-20), The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2019 was referred to the Committee by the Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha for examination and report thereon. The Ninth Report of the Standing Committee on Information Technology (2019-20) on the Bill was presented to/laid in the Houses on 16-3-2020.

VII. Material and Memoranda furnished to the Committee 2.8 The subject-wise details of the materials furnished by the concerned Ministry/Departments to the Committee are as follows: Sl. Name of the Subject No. of typed/printed pages No. Ministry of Information and Broadcasting 1. Review of functioning of Prasar Bharati 50 approx. Organization 2. Ethical standards in media coverage 105 approx. 3. Film Industry: Problems and Challenges 50 approx. 4. Review of functioning of Central Board of Film 50 approx. Certification (CBFC) Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology 5. Citizens’ data security and privacy 100 approx. 6. Digital Payment and Online Security measures for NIL data protection 7. Review of functioning of Unique Identification NIL Authority of India (UIDAI) 8. Safeguarding citizens’ rights and prevention of 110 approx. misuse of social/online news media platforms including special emphasis on women security in the digital space 9. Promotion of Electronics/IT Hardware NIL Manufacturing Sector and measures for reduction of imports 10. Policy issues in Information Technology including NIL cross border data flows, Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Internet of Things (IoT), etc. Ministry of Communications (Department of Telecommunications) 11. Review of functioning of BSNL and MTNL and plan 78 approx. for enhancing their performance 12. Review of functioning of TRAI 33 approx. 13. Review of the performance of schemes under 50 approx. Universal Service Obligation Fund (USOF) with 25

special emphasis on North East and LWE affected areas 14. India’s preparedness for 5G 75 approx. 15. Suspension of Telecom Services/Internet and its 131 approx. impact Ministry of Communications (Department of Posts) 16. Real Estate Management in the Department of 90 approx. Posts The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2019 17. Memoranda received in response to Press 300 approx. Communique

VIII. Study Visits Undertaken 2.9 The Committee on Information Technology did not undertake any study visit during the period under review. IX. Original Reports 2.10 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following original reports to the House : Report Subject Date of No. Presentation 1st Demands For Grants (2019-20) of Ministry of Communications 10.12.2019 (Department of Telecommunications) 2nd Demands for Grants (2019-20) of Ministry of Information and 10.12.2019 Broadcasting 3rd Demand for Grants (2019-20) of Ministry of Communications 10.12.2019 (Department of Posts) 4th Demands for Grants (2019-20) of Ministry of Electronics and 10.12.2019 Information Technology 5th 5th Report on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of Ministry of 13.03.2020 Electronics and Information Technology 6th 6th Report on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of Ministry of 13.03.2020 Communications (Department of Telecommunications) 7th 7th Report on Demand for Grants (2020-21) of Ministry of 13.03.2020 Communications (Department of Posts) 8th 8th Report on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of Ministry of 13.03.2020 Information and Broadcasting 9th 9th Report on 'The Cinematograph (Amendment) Bill, 2019' 16.03.2020 relating to the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting

XI. Action Taken Reports

2.11 The following action taken reports were presented to the House during the period under review : Report Subject Date of No. Presentation 10 th Tenth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the 20.03.2020

Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Fiftieth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Progress of Implementation of BharatNet’ .

11 th Eleventh Report on Action Taken by the Government on the 20.03.2020 Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Fifty-ninth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Review of National Digital Literacy Mission (NDLM) – Problems and Challenges' 12 th Twelfth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the 20.03.2020 Observations/Recommendations of the Committee contained in their Sixtieth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Setting up of Post Bank of India as a Payments Bank-Scope, Objectives and Framework'

XII. Action Taken Statement Laid 2.12 Statements showing further action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter I and Chapter V of the following Action Taken Reports of the Committee were laid on the Table of the House :- Report Subject Date of laying No. 55 th Final Action Taken Statement on Fifty-fifth Action Taken L.S.23.03.2020 Report (16th Lok Sabha) on the recommendations of the R.S.23.03.2020 Committee contained in their Forty-seventh Report (16th Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2018-19)’ of the Ministry of Communications (Department of Telecommunications). 56 th Final Action Taken Statement on Fifty-Sixth Action Taken L.S.23.03.2020 Reports (16h Lok Sabha) on the recommendations of the R.S.23.03.2020 Committee contained in their Forty-Fourth Report (16th Lok Sabha) on 'Status of Cable TV Digitization ad Interoperability of Set Top Boxes' of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. 57 th Final Action Taken Statement on Fifty-seventh Action Taken L.S.23.03.2020 Report (16th Lok Sabha) on the recommendations of the R.S.23.03.2020 Committee contained in their Forty-sixth Report (16th Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2018-19) of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology 58 th Final Action Taken Statement on Fifty-eighth Action Taken L.S.23.03.2020 Report (16th Lok Sabha) on the recommendations of the R.S.23.03.2020 Committee contained in their Fifty-third Report (16th Lok Sabha) on 'Expansion of Rural BPOs and Challenges faced by them' of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology.

XIII. Statements made under Direction 73A

2.13 During the period under review, the Hon'ble Ministers for Information Technology made Statements under 'Direction 73A of Directions by the Speaker' in the context of the following Original Reports of the Committee:

Report number on which Date of making the Statement is made Statement 60th LS- 4-12-2019 RS- 5-12-2019 ---

CHAPTER – THREE

COMMITTEE ON DEFENCE

I. Composition of Committee

3.1 The Committee on Defence for the year 2019-20 was constituted on the 13.09.2019 and continued in office till 12.09.2020. 3.2 The Committee consisted of 31 members - 21 Members of Lok Sabha and 10 Members of Rajya Sabha nominated by the Speaker, Lok Sabha and Chairman, Rajya Sabha respectively. Shri Jual Oram, M.P. Lok Sabha was appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given as under: 1 Shri Jual Oram - Chairperson Member s Lok Sabha 2 Shri Deepak (Dev) Adhikari 3 Shri Hanuman Beniwal 4 Shri Ajay Bhatt 5 Shri Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan 6 Shri Nitesh Ganga Deb 7 Shri Rahul Gandhi 8 Shri Annasaheb Shankar Jolle 9 Prof. (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria 10 (Dr.) Smt. Rajashree Mallick 11 Shri Pashupati Kumar Paras 12 Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil 13 Shri Anumula Revanth Reddy 14 Shri Jugal Kishore Sharma 15 Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde 16 Shri Prathap Simha 17 Shri Brijendra Singh 18 Shri Mahabali Singh 19 Shri Kotagiri Sridhar 20 Shri Durga Das Uikey 21 Dr. Kalanidhi Veeraswamy

Rajya Sabha 22 Dr. Ashok Bajpai 23 Shri Prem Chand Gupta* 24 Shri Sharad Pawar** 25 Shri V. Lakshmikantha Rao 26 Shri Sanjay Raut 27 Shri Rajeev Satav** 28 Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi 29 Shri Kamakhya Prasad Tasa 30 Dr. Sudhanshu Trivedi*** 31 Dr. D. P. Vats MPs (RS) who have ceased to be Members of Committee w.e.f. 09.4.2020 and 02.04.2020 respectively. 1 Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy 2 Smt Vijila Sathyananth,

*Ceased to be member w.e.f. 02.04.20 and renominated w.e.f. 22.07.2020 **Nominated w.e.f. 22.07.2020 *** Nominated w.e.f. 04.02.2020

II. Subjects selected for examination by the Committee 3.3 The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during the year: - Ministry of Defence S.No Subjects 1 Grievance Redressal Mechanism in Defence Services. 2 Provision and Monitoring of quality of Ration and Livery items to the Defence Forces, especially in border areas. 3 Assessment of the major Research & Development initiatives including by way of private participation leading to innovation and Import substitution during the last ten years. 4 Accidents involving Defence Assets- A Critical Review. 5 Eco-Task Force System – Measures to strengthen including raising of additional Territorial Army Battalions. 6 New Unified Structure pertaining to Cyber Space, Space and Special Operations. 7 Make in India with special reference to Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). 8 Critical Review of National Cadet Corps. 9 Challenges in Defence Manufacturing. 10 Modernisation of Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs). 11 Coastal Security- A Review.

12 An assessment of Defence Procurement Policy. 13 Review of working of Ordnance Factories. 14 Review of working of Cantonment Boards. 15 Review of management of Defence Lands. 16 Review of selection procedure of Officers for induction into Armed Forces.

III. Constitution of Sub-Committees of the Committee, if applicable

3.4 No sub-Committees were constituted.

IV. Sittings of the Committee 3.5 During the period under review, the Committee held 12 sittings lasting for 41 hours and 20 minutes. A statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of members present and the subjects discussed therein is as under: Date of Duration Number Subjects discu ssed Sitting of Members present Hrs. Mins. 27.09.2019 01 20 20 (i) To consider draft Memorandum No. 1 regarding selection of subjects for examination by the Committee during the year 2019-20; and (ii) Future programme of the Committee. 14.11.2029 06 30 13 DFG sitting-oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Defence on General Defence Budget, Procurement Policy and Capital Outlay on Defence Services, Army, Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA), National Cadet Corps (NCC), Sainik Schools and Air Force. 15.11.2019 07 30 11 DFG sitting-oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Defence on Defence Research and Development, Navy, Joint Staff, Coast Guard Organization, Ministry of Defence Civil, Directorate General Defence Estate (DGDE), Military Engineer Services (MES), Married Accommodation Project (MAP), Canteen Stores Department (CSD) and Border Roads Organization (BRO). 18.11.2019 03 30 17 DFG sitting-oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Defence on Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs), Ordnance Factories (OFs), Ex-Servicemen Welfare and Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS). 09.12.2019 00 30 15 Consideration and adoption of the following Draft Reports in connection with examination of Demands for Grants (2019-20): 1) ‘General

Defence Budget, Border Roads Organisation, Indian Coast Guard, Military Engineer Services, Directorate General Defence Estates, Defence Public Sector Undertakings, Canteen Stores Department, Welfare of ExServicemen, Ex- Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme, Defence Pensions and Sainik Schools (Demand No. 18 and 21)’; 2) ‘Army, Navy, Air Force and Joint Staff (Demand No. 19 and 20)’; 3) ‘Capital Outlay on Defence Services, Procurement Policy, Defence Planning and Married Accommodation Project (Demand No. 20)’; and 4) ‘Ordnance Factories, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Directorate General of Quality Assurance, and National Cadet Corps (Demand No. 19 and 20)’. 17.02.2020 04 00 12 DFG sitting-oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Defence on General Defence Budget and Ministry of Defence (Civil) (i) Directorate General Defence Estates (DGDE); (ii) Ex-Servicemen Welfare; (iii) Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme (ECHS); and Coast Guard Organisation. 18.02.2020 04 00 17 DFG sitting-oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Defence on Army, Border Roads Organization (BRO), (i) Military Engineer Services (MES); (ii) Directorate General of Quality Assurance (DGQA); (iii) National Cadet Corps (NCC); and (iv) Sainik Schools. 19.02.2020 03 00 14 DFG sitting-oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Defence on Navy, Joint Staff, Air Force and Canteen Stores Departments (CSD). 20.02.2020 02 30 14 DFG sitting-oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Defence on Capital Outlay on Defence Services and Married Accommodation Project (MAP), Procurement Policy and Ministry of Defence (Pension) includes all Services and Departments. 21.02.2020 06 00 14 DFG sitting-oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Defence on Defence Public Sector Undertakings (DPSUs): (1) Hindustan Aeronautics Limited; (2) Bharat Electronics Limited; (3) Mazagon Dock Limited; (4) Garden Reach Shipbuilders and Engineers Limited; (5) Goa Shipyard Limited; (6) Bharat Dynamics Limited; (7) Mishra Dhatu Nigam Limited; (8) Bharat Earth Movers Limited; (9) 32

Hindustan Shipyard Limited and Ordnance Factories (OFs) and Defence Research and Development 12.03.2020 00 30 17 Consideration and adoption of Four Draft Reports on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Defence. 11.09.2020 02 00 20 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Defence on the subject “Provision and Monitoring of quality of Ration and Livery items to the Defence Forces, especially in border areas”. Total 41 20

V. Details of number of Sittings attended by each Member 3.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given as follows: S.No. Number of Sittings attended by Member 1 Shri Jual Oram, Chairperson 12 Member s Lok Sabha 2 Shri Deepak (Dev) Adhikari nil 3 Shri Hanuman Beniwal 4 4 Shri Ajay Bhatt 9 5 Shri Devusinh Jesingbhai Chauhan 4 6 Shri Nitesh Ganga Deb 8 7 Shri Rahul Gandhi 1 8 Shri Annasaheb Shankar Jolle 9 9 Dr. V. Kalanidhi 8 10 Prof. (Dr.) Ram Shankar Katheria 2 11 (Dr.) Smt. Rajashree Mallick 2 12 Shri Pashupati Kumar Paras 4 13 Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil 10 14 Shri Anumula Revanth Reddy 6 15 Shri Jugal Kishore Sharma 7 16 Dr. Shrikant Eknath Shinde 5 17 Shri Prathap Simha nil 18 Shri Brijendra Singh 12 19 Shri Mahabali Singh 6 20 Shri Kotagiri Sridhar 8

21 Shri Durga Das Uikey 6 Rajya Sabha 22 Dr. Ashok Bajpai 11 23 Shri Prem Chand Gupta* 7 24 Shri Sharad Pawar** 1 25 Shri V. Lakshmikantha Rao 9 26 Shri Sanjay Raut 6 27 Shri Rajeev Satav** 1 28 Dr. Abhishek Manu Singhvi nil 29 Shri Kamakhya Prasad Tasa 5 30 Dr. Sudhanshu Trivedi*** 5 31 Dr. D. P. Vats 11 MPs (RS) who have ceased to be Members of Committee 1 Dr. T. Subbarami Reddy$ 1 2 Smt Vijila Sathyananth$$ 4

$ w.e.f. 09.4.2020 $$ w.e.f. 02.04.2020

*Ceased to be member w.e.f. 02.04.20 and renominated w.e.f. 22.07.2020 **Nominated w.e.f. 22.07.2020 *** Nominated w.e.f. 04.02.2020

VI. Government Bills/Policies referred to the Committee

3.7 During the above said period no Government Bills/Policies were referred to the Standing Committee on Defence Branch. VII. Material and Memoranda received 3.8 The Subject-wise details of the materials furnished by the concerned Ministry/Departments to the Committee are as follows: Sl. Subject No. of typed/printed No. pages 1. Grievance Redressal Mechanism in Defence 47 Services. 2. Provision and Monitoring of quality of Ration 13 and Livery items to the Defence Forces, especially in border areas. 3. Assessment of the major Research & 10 Development initiatives including by way of private participation leading to innovation and Import substitution during the last ten years. 4. Accidents involving Defence Assets - A Critical 05 Review. 34

5. Eco-Task Force System – Measures to 05 strengthen including raising of additional Territorial Army Battalions. 6. New Unified Structure pertaining to Cyber 08 Space, Space and Special Operations. 7. Make in India with special reference to Micro, 03 Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs). 8. Critical Review of National Cadet Corps. 05 9. Challenges in Defence Manufacturing. 05 10. Modernization of Defence Public Sector 15 Undertakings (DPSUs). 11. Coastal Security - A Review. 26 12. An assessment of Defence Procurement 10 Policy. 13. Review of working of Ordnance Factories. 12 14. Review of working of Cantonment Boards. 17 15. Review of management of Defence Lands. 11 16. Review of selection procedure of Officers for 10 induction into Armed Forces.

VIII. Study Visits undertaken

3.9 The Committee on Defence undertook one study visit during the period under review. A Statement showing the composition, duration and places visited by the Committee is given as under: S.No. Duration of visit Places visited Names of Members attended the visit 1 04.11.2019 Gangtok, Nathu La Pass, (1) Shri Jual Oram, to Guwahati, Tawang, Shillong and (2) Shri Deepak (Dev) Adhikari, 09.11.2019 Kolkata: (i) Nathu La Pass (ii) (3) Shri Hanuman Beniwal, 17, Mountain Division (iii) 51, (4) Shri Nitesh Ganga Deb, Sub Area, Army (iv) National (5) Shri Kapil Moreshwar Patil, Cadet Corps(NCC) (v) Dawki (6) Shri Prathap Simha, (Indo-Bangla Border) (vi) Border (7) Shri Durga Das Uikey, Roads Organisation(BRO) (vii) (8) Dr. V. Kalanidhi, Headquarter Eastern Air (9) Dr. Ashok Bajpai, Command (viii) Cantonment (10)Shri Kamakhya Prasad Tasa, Board, Shillong (ix) (11)Lt. Gen. Dr. D. P. Vats Headquarter, 101 Area (x) Headquarter, Eastern Command, Army (xi) Canteen Stores Department (CSD) (xii) Gun and Shell Factory, Cossipore.

IX. Original Reports

3.10 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following Original Reports to the House:-

S.No Report Subject Date of No. Presentation 1 1st First Report of the Standing Committee on Defence (17th Lok LS 31.01.2020 Sabha) on 'Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Defence for RS 13.12.2019 the year 2019-20 on General Defence Budget, Border Roads Presented to Organisation, Indian Coast Guard, Military Engineer Services, HS, LS on Directorate General Defence Estates, Defence Public Sector 20.12.2019 Undertakings, Canteen Stores Department, Welfare of Ex- Servicemen, Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme, Defence Pensions and Sainik Schools(Demand No. 18 and 21).' 2 2nd Second Report of the Standing Committee on Defence (17th LS 31.01.2020 Lok Sabha) on ''Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Defence RS 13.12.2019 for the year 2019-20 on Army, Navy, Air Force and Joint Staff Presented to HS, LS on (Demand No.19 & 20)''. 20.12.2019 3 3rd Third Report of the Standing Committee on Defence(17th Lok LS 31.01.2020 Sabha) on ‘Capital Outlay on Defence Services, Procurement RS 13.12.2019 Policy, Defence Planning and Married Accommodation Project Presented to HS, LS on (Demand No. 20)’. 20.12.2019 4 4th Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Defence(17th Lok LS 31.01.2020 Sabha) on ''Demands for Grants of the Ministry of Defence for RS 13.12.2019 the year 2019-20 on Ordnance Factories, Defence Research Presented to HS, LS on and Development Organisation, Directorate General of Quality 20.12.2019 Assurance and National Cadet Corps.(Demand No. 19 and 20)''. 5 5th Fifth Report of the Standing Committee on Defence (17th Lok 13.03.2020 Sabha) ‘General Defence Budget, Border Roads Organisation, Indian Coast Guard, Military Engineer Services, Directorate General Defence Estates, Defence Public Sector Undertakings, Canteen Stores Department, Welfare of Ex- Servicemen, Ex-Servicemen Contributory Health Scheme, Defence Pensions and Sainik Schools (Demand No. 18, 19, 20 and 21)’. 6 6th Sixth Report of the Standing Committee on Defence (17th Lok 13.03.2020 Sabha)on ‘Army, Navy, Air Force and Joint Staff (Demand No. 19 and 20)’. 7 7th Seventh Report of the Standing Committee on Defence (17th 13.03.2020 Lok Sabha) on ‘Capital Outlay on Defence Services,

Procurement Policy, Defence Planning and Married Accommodation Project (Demand No. 20)’. 8 8th Eighth Report of the Standing Committee on Defence (17th 13.03.2020 Lok Sabha) on 'Ordnance Factories, Defence Research and Development Organisation, Directorate General of Quality Assurance and National Cadet Corps (Demand Nos. 19 and 20)'.

X. Action Taken Reports

3.11 No Action Taken Reports were presented during the period under review. XI. Action Taken Statement Laid

3.12 No Action Taken Statements were laid during the period under review.

XII. Statement made under Direction 73A

3.13 During the period under review, the Hon’ble Ministers for Defence made Statements under Direction 73A of ‘Directions by the Speaker’ in the context of the following Original Reports of the Committee: Report Number on which Date of Making the Statement Statement is made 28 th 11.12.2019 43 rd 11.12.2019 50 th 11.12.2019

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CHAPTER – FOUR COMMITTEE ON ENERGY I. Composition of Committee

4.1 The Committee on Energy for the year 2019-20 was constituted on 13.09.2019 and continued in Office till 12.09.2020. 4.2 The Committee consisted of 30 members – 21 members of Lok Sabha and 9 members of Rajya Sabha nominated by the Speaker, Lok Sabha and the Chairman, Rajya Sabha, respectively. Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh, M.P. was the Chairperson of the Committee. The Composition of the Committee is given below:

1 Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh – Chairperson Members Lok Sabha 2 Smt. Sajda Ahmed 3 Shri Gurjeet Singh Aujla 4 Shri Chandra Sekhar Bellana 5 Shri Thomas Chazhikadan 6 Dr. A. Chellakumar 7 Shri Harish Dwivedi 8 Shri S. Gnanathiraviam 9 Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav 10 Shri Jai Prakash 11 Shri Kishan Kapoor 12 Km. Shobha Karandlaje 13 Shri Ramesh Chander Kaushik 14 Shri Ashok Mahadeorao Nete 15 Shri Praveen Kumar Nishad 16 Shri Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel 17 Smt. Anupriya Patel 18 Shri Uttam Kumar Nalamada Reddy 19 Shri Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania 20 Shri Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi 21 Shri Akhilesh Yadav

Rajya Sabha

22 Shri Ajit Kumar Bhuyan* 23 Shri T. K. S. Elangovan 24 Shri Javed Ali Khan 25 Shri Muzibulla Khan* 26 Shri Jugalsinh Mathurji Lokhandwala* 27 Shri Surendra Singh Nagar# 28 Shri Nabam Rebia* 29 Dr. Sudhanshu Trivedi* 30 Shri K.T.S. Tulsi* 31 Vacant

#Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 04.02.2020 *Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 22.07.2020 i) Shri Vijay Goel resigned from membership of the Committee w.e.f. 21.11.2019. ii) Shri S. Muthukaruppan retired from Rajya Sabha on 02.04.2020. iii) Smt. Viplove Thakur retired from Rajya Sabha on 09.04.2020. iv) Dr. C.P. Thakur retired from Rajya Sabha on 09.04.2020. v) Shri B.K. Hariprasad retired from Rajya Sabha on 25.06.2020. vi) Dr. Prabhakar Kore retired from Rajya Sabha on 25.06.2020.

II . Subjects selected for examination 4.3 The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during the year: Ministry of Power S.No. Subject 1 Role of Regulators in Electricity sector – An Evaluation 2 Energy Audit – An Evaluation 3 Integrated Power Development Scheme – An Evaluation 4 Functioning of POSOCO in Grid management 5 Development of Power Sector 6 Evaluation of Power Transmission System - Performance Efficiency in Matching Evacuation Demands 7 Review of Power Tariff Policy – Need for uniformity in tariff structure across the country 8 Contribution of Central Electricity Authority in the balanced development of Electricity Sector 9 Operations of Load Dispatch Centres and Power Exchanges 10 Performance of Power Plants of Thermal and Hydro Sectors 11 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti Yojana (DDUGJY) 12 Saubhagya - Pradhan Mantri Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana 13 Role and Significance of UDAY in financial turnaround of Discoms

14 Carbon footprints of Power Generation in India 15 Delay in execution/completion of Power Projects by power sector companies 16 Development of Coal Blocks allocated to Power Sector companies Ministry of New and Renewable Energy 1. Role of PSUs/Institutions under MNRE in Development of Renewable Energy 2. Grid connectivity – Grid connection for Renewable Energy including Captive Renewable Power Plants 3. Action Plan for achievement of 175 GW Renewable Energy Target 4. Measures to make distribution/marketing of Renewable Energy affordable and effective 5. Need for long term Renewable Energy Policy and Legal Reforms 6. Research, Design and Development in Renewable Energy Sector 7. Tidal Power Development in India 8. Renewable Energy- Potential and Harnessing 9. Evaluation of the Role of Renewable Energy in Electricity Sector 10. Reasons for lack of manufacturing base for Renewable Components/Equipment 11. Financial constraints in Renewable Energy Sector 12. Evaluation of Wind Energy in India

III. Constitution of Sub-Committees of the Committee, if applicable

4.4 No Sub-Committees / Study Groups were constituted. IV. Sittings of the Committee 4.5 During the period under review, the Committee held 15 sittings lasting for 25 hours and 55 minutes. A statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of members present and the subjects discussed therein is as under: Date of Duration Number Subjects Discussed Sitting of Members present Hrs. Mins. 27.09.2019 01 00 18 Consideration and adoption of Memorandum No. 1 regarding Selection of subjects for examination during the year 2019-20 and to chalk out future programme of the Committee. 25.10.2019 02 30 18 Examination of Demands for Grants (2019- 20) of the Ministry of Power 25.10.2019 02 00 18 Examination of Demands for Grants (2019- 20) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. 40

06.11.2019 02 00 16 Briefing by representatives of the Ministry of Power on the subject- Review of Power Tariff Policy - Need for uniformity in tariff structure across the country. 13.11.2019 02 15 13 Briefing by representatives of the Ministry of Power on the subject - Delay in execution/completion of power projects by power sector companies. 27.11.2019 01 00 14 Briefing by representatives of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy on the subject - Action Plan for achievement of 175 GW Renewable Energy Target 03.12.2019 00 15 16 Consideration and adoption of the Reports on Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Power. 06.01.2020 02 40 15 Discussion with representatives of the Ministry of Power, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy, CERC and the Electricity Regulators of the States on the subject - Review of Power Tariff Policy - Need for uniformity in tariff structure across the country 06.01.2020 01 30 15 Discussion with representatives of the Ministry of Power, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and the State Governments on the subject - Review of Power Tariff Policy - Need for uniformity in tariff structure across the country 16.01.2020 01 45 12 Discussion with the representatives of the Ministry of Power, Ministry of New and Renewable Energy and Independent Power Producers on the subject - Review of Power Tariff Policy - Need for uniformity in tariff structure across the country. 18.02.2020 02 00 21 Examination of Demands for Grants (2020- 21) of the Ministry of Power 18.02.2020 02 00 21 Examination of Demands for Grants (2020- 21) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy. 27.02.2020 01 00 10 Consideration and adoption of three draft Reports- i) Demands for Grants (2020-21) of Ministry of Power ii) Demands for Grants (2020-21) of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy iii) Action Taken Report on the recommendations contained in the 39th Report of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2018-19) of Ministry of New and Renewable Energy 18.08.2020 02 00 14 Evidence of representatives of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy on the subject - 'Action Plan for achievement of 175 GW Renewable Energy Target'. 41

03.09.2020 02 00 16 Discussion with representatives of the Power generating CPSUs on the subject - Review of Power Tariff Policy - Need for Uniformity in Tariff Structure across the Country. Total 25 55 -

V. Details of number of Sittings attended by each Member

4.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given as follows: Number of Sittings attended S.No. by Member

1 Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias Lalan Singh – 15 Chairperson Members Lok Sabha 2 Smt. Sajda Ahmed 5 3 Shri Gurjeet Singh Aujla 7 4 Shri Chandra Sekhar Bellana 10 5 Shri Thomas Chazhikadan 11 6 Dr. A. Chellakumar 10 7 Shri Harish Dwivedi 10 8 Shri S. Gnanathiraviam 3 9 Shri Sanjay Haribhau Jadhav 3 10 Shri Jai Prakash 11 11 Shri Kishan Kapoor 9 12 Km. Shobha Karandlaje 5 13 Shri Ramesh Chander Kaushik 15 14 Shri Ashok Mahadeorao Nete 4 15 Shri Praveen Kumar Nishad 9 16 Shri Parbatbhai Savabhai Patel 3 17 Smt. Anupriya Patel 12 18 Shri Uttam Kumar Nalamada Reddy 9 19 Shri Naba (Hira) Kumar Sarania 7 20 Shri Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi 12 21 Shri Akhilesh Yadav 0

Rajya Sabha 00 22 Shri Ajit Kumar Bhuyan* Did not take Oath till completion of term of the Committee 23 Shri T.K.S. Elangovan 12 24 Shri Javed Ali Khan 13

25 Shri Muzibulla Khan* 2 26 Shri Jugalsinh Mathurji Lokhandwala* 2 27 Shri Surendra Singh Nagar# 0 28 Shri Nabam Rebia* 2 29 Dr. Sudhanshu Trivedi* 2 30 Shri K.T.S. Tulsi* 1

31 Shri Vijay Goel @ 2 Retired RS Members 1 Shri S. Muthukaruppan$ 3 2 Smt. Viplove Thakur^ 7 3 Dr. C.P. Thakur^ 8 4 Shri B.K. Hariprasad& 11 5 Dr. Prabhakar Kore& 3

#Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 04.02.2020 *Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 22.07.2020 @Resigned from membership of the Committee w.e.f. 21.11.2019. $Retired from Rajya Sabha on 02.04.2020. ^Retired from Rajya Sabha on 09.04.2020. &Retired from Rajya Sabha on 25.06.2020.

VI. Government Bills/Policies referred to the Committee

4.7 During the above said period no Bill/Policy was referred to the Standing Committee on Energy.

VII. Material and memoranda received

4.8 The subject-wise details of the materials furnished by the concerned Ministry/Departments to the Committee are as follows:

S.No Subject No. of Typed/printed pages (approx.) 1 Role of Regulators in Electricity sector – An 35 Evaluation 2 Energy Audit- An Evaluation 11 43

3 Integrated Power Development Scheme-An 15 Evaluation 4 Functioning of Power System Operation Ltd. 21 Corporation (POSOCO) in Grid Management 5 Development of Power Sector 63 6 Evaluation of Power Transmission System – 15 Performance Efficiecy in Matching Evacuation Demands 7 Review of Power Tariff Policy – Need for uniformity 900 in tariff structure across the country 8 Contribution of Central Electricity Authority in the 25 balanced development of Electricity Sector 9 Operations of Load Dispatch Centres and Power 15 Exchanges 10 Performane of Power Plants of Thermal and Hydro 30 Sectors 11 Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Gram Jyoti 20 Yojana(DDUGJY) Saubhagya – Pradhan Manti Sahaj Bijli Har Ghar Yojana 12 Role and Significance of UDAY in financial 80 turnaround of DISCOMS 14 Carbon footprints of Power Generation in India 20 15 Delay in execution/completion of power projects by 51 power sector companies 16 Development of Coal Blocks allocated to Power 15 Sector companies 17 Role of PSUs/Institutions under MNRE in 2 Development of Renewable Energy Schemes 18 Grid connectivity – Grid connection for Renewable 2 Energy including Captive Renewable Power Plants 19 Action Plan for achievement of 175 GW Renewable 375 Energy Target 20 Measures to make distribution/marketing of 2 Renewable Energy affordable and effective 21 Need for long term Renewable Energy Policy and 2 Legal Reforms 22 Research, Design and Development in Renewable 2 Energy Sector 23 Tidal Power Development in India 0 24 Renewable Energy- Potential and harnessing 2 25 Evaluation of the role of Renewable Energy in 2 Electricity Sector 26 Reasons for lack of manufacturing base for 2 Renewable Components/Equipment 27 Financial constraints in Renewable Energy Sector 2 28 Evaluation of Wind Energy in India 2 29 Background Note and replies to List of Points 400 regarding Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Power 30 Background Note and replies to List of Points 350 regarding Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the 44

Ministry of New &Renewable Energy 31 Annual Report (2019-20) of the Ministry of Power 246 32 Annual Report (2019-20) of the Ministry of New 185 &Renewable Energy 33 Background Note and replies to List of Points 400 regarding Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Power 34 Background Note and replies to List of Points 350 regarding Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of New &Renewable Energy 35 Background Notes and Replies to List of Points 350 regarding two study visits of the Committee.

VIII. Study Visits undertaken 4.9 During the period under review, the Committee on Energy undertook two study visits. A Statement showing the composition, duration and places visited by the Committee is given as under: S.No. Duration of visit Places visited Names of Members attended the visit 1. 20th to 24th Patna - EESL, NTPC and State (1) Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias January, 2020 Government of Bihar/Discoms. Lalan Singh, Bhubaneswar - BBMB, DVC, (2) Shri Chandra Sekhar NEEPCO and IREDA. Chennai - Bellana, PFC, NHPC and REC (3) Shri Thomas Chazhikadan, (4) Dr. A. Chella Kumar, (5) Shri Harish Dwivedi, (6) Shri S. Gnanathiraviam, (7) Km. Shobha Karandlaje, (8) Shri Ramesh Chander Kaushik, (9) Shri Praveen Kumar Nishad, (10) Smt. Anupriya Patel, (11)Shri Jai Prakash, (12)Shri Naba Kumar Sarania, (13)Shri Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi, (14)Shri T.K.S. Elangovan, (15)Shri B.K. Hariprasad, (16)Shri Javed Ali Khan, (17)Shri S. Muthukaruppan 2 19th to 23rd Hyderabad - NHPC, REC, (1) Shri Rajiv Ranjan Singh alias December, 2019 SJVNL and IREDA Lalan Singh, Thiruvananthapuram - PFC, (2) Shri Chandra Sekhar THDC, NIWE and NTPC Bellana, (3) Shri Thomas Chazhikadan, (4) Shri Harish Dwivedi, (5) Km. Shobha Karandlaje, (6) Shri Ramesh Chander Kaushik, 45

(7) Shri Praveen Kumar Nishad, (8) Smt. Anupriya Patel, (9) Shri Jai Prakash, (10)Shri N. Uttam Kumar Reddy, (11)Shri Naba Kumar Sarania, (12)Shri Shivkumar Chanabasappa Udasi, (13)Shri T.K.S. Elangovan, (14)Shri B.K. Hariprasad, (15)Shri Javed Ali Khan, (16)Shri S. Muthukaruppan

IX. Original Reports 4.10 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following Original Reports to the House:- S.No Report Subject Date of No. Presentation 1. 1st Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of New and 06.12.2019 Renewable Energy 2. 2nd Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Power 06.12.2019 3. 3rd Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of New and 12.03.2020 Renewable Energy 4 4th Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Power 12.03.2020

X. Action Taken Reports 4.11 The following action taken reports were presented to the House during the period under review:-

S.No Report Subject Date of No. Presentation 1. 5th Action Taken on the recommendations contained in the 12.03.2020 Thirty-Ninth Report (16th Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants (2018-19) of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy.

XI. Action Taken Statements Laid 4.12 Statements showing further action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter I and Chapter V of the following Reports of the Committee were laid on the Table of the House:- S.No Report Subject Date of Laying No. 1. 32 nd Action Taken on the recommendations contained in the 12.03.2020 Twenty-Seventh Report (16th Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for the year 2017-18 2 35 th Action Taken on the recommendations contained in the 12.03.2020 Sixteenth Report (16th Lok Sabha) on Demands for 46

Grants of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy for the year 2016-17

XII. Statement made under Direction 73A

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CHAPTER - FIVE

COMMITTEE ON EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

I. Composition of Committee

5.1 The Committee on External Affairs for the year 2019-20 was constituted on 13.09.2019 and continued in Office till 12.09.2020. 5.2 The Committee consisted of 31 members – 21 members of Lok Sabha and 10 members of Rajya Sabha nominated by the Speaker, Lok Sabha and the Chairman, Rajya Sabha, respectively. Shri P.P. Chaudhary M.P. was appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee. The Composition of the Committee is given at as under:

1 Shri P.P. Chaudhary - Chairperson

Members Lok Sabha 2 Shri Abhishek Banerjee 3 Shri Margani Bharat 4 Shri Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta 5 Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel 6 Shri Jayadev Galla 7 Shri Dileshwar Kamait 8 Smt. Preneet Kaur 9 Shri Pakauri Lal Kol 10 Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi 11 Shri P. C. Mohan 12 Shri Ritesh Pandey 13 Dr. K. C. Patel 14 Shri N.K. Premachandran 15 Shri Soyam Babu Rao 16 Shri Achyutananda Samanta 17 Shri Ram Swaroop Sharma 18 Shri Ravindra Shyamnarayan alias Ravi Kishan Shukla 19 Shri Manoj Kumar Tiwari

20 Shri Rebati Tripura 21 Smt. Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao Rajya Sabha 22 Shri Abdul Wahab 23 Shri K.J. Alphons 24 Smt. Jaya Bachchan 25 Smt. Misha Bharti 26 Shri P. Chidambaram 27 Shri Swapan Dasgupta 28 Shri Ranjan Gogoi 29 Shri Shamsher Singh Manhas 30 Shri Kapil Sibal 31 Vacant*

1. Shri Chunibhai Kanjibhai Gohel Retired as Member, Rajya Sabha w.e.f. 9 April, 2020. 2. Shri Sharad Pawar retired as Member, Rajya Sabha w.e.f. 9 April, 2020.

II . Subjects selected for examination

5.3 The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during the year: Ministry of External Affairs S.No. Subject

1 India-USA Relations – a critical review. 2 Performance of Passport Issuance System including issuance of e-passports. 3 India’s Extended Neighbourhood: From Look East to Act East. 4 India and International Law, including its Extradition Treaties with foreign countries, asylum issues, international cyber-security and issues of financial crimes. 5 India’s Neighbourhood First Policy 6 India’s position in the ongoing Climate Change Negotiations. 7 India’s engagement with the African countries. 8 The European countries and India – India & EU. 9 India’s soft power and Cultural Diplomacy: Prospects & Limitations. 10 Potential for developing relations with Latin America

11 Welfare of Indian Diaspora. 12 India and Bilateral Investment Treaties. 13 Functioning of Missions abroad including Critical Evaluation of Political/Economic/ Commercial/Cultural and Consular Works responsibilities. 14 The Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indian Bill, 2019 15 Examination of the Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill, 2019

III. Constitution of Sub-Committees /Study Groups 5.4 No Sub-Committees /Study Groups were constituted.

IV. Sittings of the Committee

5.5 During the period under review, the Committee held 26 sittings lasting for 54 hrs and 40 minutes. A statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of members present and the subjects discussed therein is as under: Date of Duration Number of Subjects Discussed Sitting Members present Hrs. Mins. 10.10.2019 01 30 18 To consider Memorandum No. 1 regarding selection of subjects for examination during the year 2019-20 04.11.2019 04 10 14 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs on the Demands for Grants of the Ministry for the year 2019 20 18.11.2019 01 45 18 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs on ‘Examination of the Registration of Marriage of Non Resident Indian Bill 2019 Referred to the Committee on External Affairs for examination and report 25.11.2019 01 10 14 To meet and interact with the Parliamentary delegation from New Zealand – South and South East Asia Parliamentary Friendship Group to India. 02.12.2019 02 00 16 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs, the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Law and Justice (Department of Legal Affairs and 50

Legislative Department) on ‘Examination of the Registration of Marriage of Non- Resident Indian Bill, 2019’ (Referred to the Committee on External Affairs for examination and report) 09.12.2019 01 00 17 To meet and interact with visiting Parliamentary Delegation from Maldives. 10.12.2019 01 40 13 Consideration and adoption of draft Report on Demands for Grants of the Ministry of External Affairs for the year 2019-20 20.12.2019 02 00 13 Briefing by the Representatives of Ministry of External Affairs on the subject India s soft power and Cultural Diplomacy Prospects and Limitations 07.01.2020 02 05 11 Oral evidence by the Representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Culture, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Ministry of Tourism and Ministry of AYUSH on the Subject India s soft power and Cultural Deplomacy Prospects and Limitations 16.01.2020 02 00 10 Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Law and Justice (Department of Legal Affairs and Legislative Department) on the ‘Anti- Maritime Piracy Bill 2019’. 27.01.2020 02 35 10 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs, the Ministry of Women and Child Development, the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Law and Justice (Department of Legal Affairs and Legislative Department) on ‘Examination of the Registration of Marriage of Non- Resident Indian Bill, 2019’. 03.02.2020 01 20 11 To meet and interact with visiting Parliamentary Delegation from Estonia. 13.02.2020 04 50 13 To meet and interact with visiting Germany-India Parliament (Friendship) Group. 27.02.2020 00 50 11 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs on the Demands for Grants of the Ministry for the year 2020-21. 02.03.2020 01 15 17 Consideration and adoption of draft Report on Demands for Grants of the Ministry of External Affairs for the year 2020-21. 03.03.2020 00 50 18 To meet and interact with Foreign Policy 51

committee of Danish Parliament. 12.03.2020 02 05 11 Consideration and adoption of draft Report on ‘The Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indian Bill, 2019.’ 18.03.2020 02 05 15 Oral evidence by the representatives of Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Shipping and Ministry of Law and Justice (Department of Legal Affairs and Legislative Department) on the ‘Anti- Maritime Piracy Bill 2019’. 29.07.2020 01 15 10 Oral evidence by the representatives of the Ministries of External Affairs, Defence, Home Affairs, Shipping and Law and Justice (Department of Legal Affairs and Legislative Department) on the ‘Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill 2019.’ 29.07.2020 02 05 10 Briefing by the representatives of Ministries of External Affairs, Home Affairs, Health and Family Welfare, Commerce and Industry, Finance and Civil Aviation on 'COVID 19 Pandemic - Global Response, India's Contribution and the Way Forward.' 11.08.2020 02 40 10 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs, on the subject ‘India and International Law, including its Extradition Treaties with foreign countries, asylum issues, international cyber-security and issues of financial crimes’. 11.08.2020 02 00 10 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs, Ministry of Education, Ministry of Women & Child Development, Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution, Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship, Ministry of Labour on the subject ‘COVID-19 Pandemic – Global Response, India’s Contribution and the way forward’. 26.08.2020 02 40 11 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministries of External Affairs, Education, Commerce and Industry, Information & Broadcasting and NITI Aayog on the subject ‘India’s soft power and Cultural Diplomacy: Prospects & Limitations.’ 27.08.2020 03 05 11 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministries of External Affairs, Home Affairs, Finance (Department of Revenue), Electronics & Information 52

Technology and Law and Justice (Department of Legal Affairs and Legislative Department) on the subject ‘India and International Law, including its Extradition Treaties with foreign countries, asylum issues, international cyber-security and issues of financial crimes 07.09.20220 02 30 10 Briefing by representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs and Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) on the subject ‘India and Bilateral Investment Treaties’. 08.09.2020 02 30 10 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of External Affairs on the subject India’s Neighbourhood First Policy’. Total 54 40

VI. Details of number of Sittings attended by each Member

5.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given as follows: Number of Sittings S.No. attended by Member 1 Shri P.P. Chaudhary - Chairperson 26 Members Lok Sabha 2 Shri Abhishek Banerjee 00 3 Shri Margani Bharat 09 4 Shri Venkatesh Netha Borlakunta 04 5 Kunwar Pushpendra Singh Chandel 03 6 Shri Jayadev Galla 09 7 Shri Dileshwar Kamait 12 8 Smt. Preneet Kaur 07 9 Shri Pakauri Lal 04 10 Smt. Meenakashi Lekhi 20 11 Shri P. C. Mohan 15 12 Shri Ritesh Pandey 04 13 Dr. K. C. Patel 13 14 Shri N.K. Premachandran 20

15 Shri Soyam Babu Rao 02 16 Shri Achyutananda Samanta 11 17 Shri Ram Swaroop Sharma 11 Shri Ravindra Shyamnarayan alias Ravi Kishan 11 18 Shukla 19 Shri Manoj Kumar Tiwari 18 20 Shri Rebati Tripura 12 21 Smt. Poonam (Mahajan) Vajendla Rao 08 Rajya Sabha 22 Shri Abdul Wahab 10 23 Shri K.J. Alphons 25 24 Smt. Jaya Bachchan 07 25 Smt. Misha Bharti 02 26 Shri P. Chidambaram 02 27 Shri Swapan Dasgupta 22 28 Shri Ranjan Gogoi 06 29 Shri Shamsher Singh Manhas 07 30 Shri Kapil Sibal 00 31 Vacant*

1. Shri Chunibhai Kanjibhai Gohel Retired as Member, Rajya Sabha w.e.f. 9 April, 2020. 2. Shri Sharad Pawar retired as Member, Rajya Sabha w.e.f. 9 April, 2020.

VII. Government Bills/Policies referred to the Committee

5.7 During the above said period No Bills were referred to the Standing Committee on External Affairs Branch. VIII. Material and memoranda received 5.8 The Subject-wise details of the materials furnished by the concerned Ministry/Departments to the Committee are as follows: S.No Subject No. of Typed/printed pages (approx.) 1. Background material on Selection of Subjects 200

2. Background material on DFG 2019-20 300 3. Background material on ‘Examination of the 300 Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indian Bill, 2019’. 4. Background material on ‘Anti-Maritime Piracy Bill 300 2019’. 4. Background material on DFG 2020-21 300 Total 1400

IX. Study Visits undertaken

5.9 The Committee on External Affairs undertook NIL study visits during the period under review. X. Original Reports

5.10 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following original reports to the House:-

S.No Report Subject Date of No. Presentation 1. 1st Demands for Grants of the Ministry of External Affairs for the year 12.12.2019

2019-20.

2. 2nd Demands for Grants of the Ministry of External Affairs for the year 03.03.2020

(2020-21)

3. 3rd Third Report of the Committee on External Affairs on ‘The 13.03.2020 Registration of Marriage of Non-Resident Indian Bill, 2019’ 4. 4th Action Taken by the Government on the Presented to Observations/Recommendations contained in the Twenty-Third Hon’ble Report (16th Lok Sabha) on the subject ‘Issues relating to migrant Speaker, Lok workers including appropriate legislative framework and skill Sabha on development initiatives for prospective emigrants’. 09.09.2020.

XI. Action Taken Reports

5.12 One action taken report was presented to the Hon’ble Speaker, Lok Sabha on 09.09.2020.

XII. Action Taken Statement Laid

5.13 No Action Taken Statements were laid during the period under review.

XII. Statement made under Direction 73A

5.14 During the period under review, the Hon'ble Ministers for External Affairs made Statements under Direction 73A of ‘Directions by the Speaker' in the context of the following Original Reports of the Committee: S.No Report Number on which Date of making the Statement statement is made 1 13 th 12.12.2019

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CHAPTER – SIX COMMITTEE ON FINANCE I. Composition of Committee

6.1 The Committee on Finance for the year 2019-20 was constituted on 13.09.2019 and continued in Office till 12.09.2020. 6.2 The Committee consisted of 31 members – 21 members of Lok Sabha and 10 members of Rajya Sabha nominated by the Speaker, Lok Sabha and the Chairman, Rajya Sabha, respectively. Shri Jayant Sinha, M.P. was appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee. The Composition of the Committee is given as under:

Shri Jayant Sinha – Chairperson 1 Members Lok Sabha 2 Shri S.S. Ahluwalia 3 Shri Subhash Chandra Baheria 4 Shri Shrirang Appa Barne 5 Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre 6 Smt. Sunita Duggal 7 Shri Gaurav Gogoi 8 Shri Sudheer Gupta 9 Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh 10 Shri Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak 11 Shri Pinaki Misra 12 Prof. Sougata Ray 13 Shri Midhun Reddy 14 Shri Gopal Chinayya Shetty 15 Shri Parvesh Sahib Singh 16 Dr. (Prof.) Kirit Premjibhai Solanki 17 Shri Manish Tewari 18 Shri Vallabbhaneni Balashowry 19 Shri P. Velusamy 20 Shri Rajesh Verma

21 Shri Giridhari Yadav Rajya Sabha 22 Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar 23 Shri Bikash Ranjan* 24 Shri A. Navaneethakrishnan 25 Shri Praful Patel 26 Shri Amar Patnaik 27 Shri Mahesh Poddar 28 Shri C.M. Ramesh 29 Shri G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 30 Dr. Manmohan Singh** 31 Smt. Ambika Soni

*Nominated w.e.f 05.08.2020 to the Committee on Finance in place of Shri Elamaram Kareem (Shri Elamaram Kareem was nominated to Committee on Finance in place of Shri T.K.Rangarajan who retired on 02.04.2019) **Nominated w.e.f 06.11.2019 to the Committee on Finance in place of Shri Digvijaya Singh

II . Subjects selected for examination

6.3 The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during the year: S. No. Ministry/Department Subjects selected 1. Ministry of Finance State of Indian Economy (Department of Economic Affairs) 2. Ministry of Finance Quality of supervision and oversight of Financial Institutions (Departments of Economic Affairs and Financial Services) 3. Ministry of Finance Inflation targeting guidelines and monetary transmission. (Department of Economic Affairs) 4. Ministry of Finance Strengthening credit flows across the economy- performance (Department of appraisal of the banking system Financial Services) 5. Ministry of Finance Efficacy of overall taxation framework including direct and (Department of indirect taxes Revenue) 6. Ministry of Finance Financing infrastructure requirements including long-term (Departments of corporate debt. Economic Affairs and Financial Services) 7. Ministry of Finance Financing the innovation ecosystem. 58

(Departments of Economic Affairs and Revenue) 8. Ministry of Finance Financing rural development including appraisal of NABARD’s (Department of role. Financial Services) 9. Ministry of Finance Analysis of disinvestment program. (Department of Investment & Public Asset Management) 10. Ministry of Finance Performance and regulation of insurance and pension sectors. (Department of Financial Services) 11. Ministry of Finance Performance and regulation of capital markets. (Department of Economic Affairs) 12. Ministry of Finance Strengthening the Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) (Department of sector. Financial Services) 13. Ministry of Corporate Implementation of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code. Affairs 14. Ministry of Finance Role of regulators, auditors, rating agencies and other (Department of stakeholders in achieving world-class corporate governance. Economic Affairs and Financial Services) Ministry of Corporate Affairs 15. Ministry of Finance Achieving $ 10 Trillion GDP – Long-term prospects for the (Department of Indian Economy. Economic Affairs)

III. Constitution of Sub-Committees /Study Groups 6.4 No sub-Committee/Study Groups were constituted.

IV. Sittings of the Committee 6.5 During the period under review, the Committee held 16 sittings lasting for 41 hrs and 10 minutes. A statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of members present and the subjects discussed therein is as under:

S.No Date of Duration Number of Subjects discussed Sitting Members present Hrs. Mins. 1 10.10.2019 01 45 21 Consideration and adoption of Memorandum No 1 regarding selection of subjects for examination during the year 2019-20.

2 24.10.2019 02 30 18 Views of Experts on the subject Achieving $10 Trillion Economy Longterm prospects for the Indian Economy 3 08.11.2019 06 30 20 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Finance (Departments of Economic Affairs, Expenditure, Financial Services, Investment and Public Asset Management and Revenue) and Ministry of Corporate Affairs on the subjects (i) State of Indian Economy and (ii) Issues relating to Demands for Grants (2019-20) Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and NITI Aayog on the subjects (i) State of Indian Economy and (ii) Issues relating to Demands for Grants (2019-20) 4 04.12.2019 00 45 21 Consideration and adoption of Draft Reports 5 03.01.2020 01 45 13 Hearing of views of representatives of ‘Indian Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (IVCA)’ on the subject 'Performance and Regulation of Capital Markets - Private Equity in India’. 6 15.01.2020 01 45 13 Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India IBBI on the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (second Amendment) Bill 2019 7 04.02.2020 01 15 16 Meeting with the delegation of Members of Parliament of Estonia, led by Mr. Sven Sester, Leader of the Estonia – India Parliamentary Friendship Group. 8 11.02.2020 01 30 20 Oral Evidence of the representatives of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) and Experts on the ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (second Amendment) Bill, 2019’ 9 24.02.2020 04 15 20 Oral evidence of the representatives of Forum of People's Collective Efforts (FPCE)on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (second Amendment) Bill 2019 Oral evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Corporate Affairs & Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) on ‘Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (second Amendment) Bill 2019’. Oral evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Corporate Affairs on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of Ministry of Corporate Affairs. Continuation of Oral evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Corporate Affairs on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of Ministry of Corporate Affairs 10 25.02.2020 06 15 13 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Finance (Departments of Financial Services, Expenditure, Revenue and Department of Investment and Public Asset Management) on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of Ministry of 60

Finance. Oral evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation on Demands for Grants (2020-21). 10. 11 03.03.2020 01 30 25 Oral evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Planning (NITI Aayog) on Demands for Grants (2020-21). (i) Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs) on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of Ministry of Finance. (ii) Consideration and adoption of draft Report on 'Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (second Amendment) Bill 2019'. 11. 12 06.03.2020 00 45 15 Consideration and adoption of draft Reports on Demands for Grants (2020-21). 12. 13 28.07.2020 02 30 19 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Finance (Departments of Revenue and Economic Affairs) and Ministry of Commerce (Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade) on the subject ‘Financing the innovation ecosystem and India’s growth companies’. 13. 14 11.08.2020 03 30 15 (i) Oral evidence of the representatives of the State Bank of India (SBI), NABARD and SIDBI on the subject ‘Strengthening credit flows across the economy’. (ii) Oral evidence of the Finance Secretary, and Secretary, Department of Financial Services on the subject ‘Strengthening credit flows across the economy’. 14. 15 25.08.2020 03 40 19 (Oral evidence of Legal Experts on the subject ‘Implementation of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code’. Oral evidence of the representatives of Indian Banks’ Association (IBA) on the subject ‘Implementation of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code’. Oral evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Insolvency and Bankruptcy Board of India (IBBI) on the subject ‘Implementation of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code’. 15. 16 08.09.2020 01 00 11 Oral evidence of the representatives of Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority of India (IRDA), Pension Fund Regulatory and Development Authority (PFRDA) and Life Insurance Corporation of India (LIC) on the subject ‘Financing the Startup Ecosystem’. (ii) Consideration and adoption of draft Report(s). Total 41 10 hrs mins

VI. Details of number of Sittings attended by each Member

6.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given as follows:

S.No. Number of Sittings attended by Member 1 Shri Jayant Sinha – Chairperson 16 Members Lok Sabha 2 Shri S.S. Ahluwalia 9 3 Shri Subhash Chandra Baheria 10 4 Shri Balashowry Vallabbhaneni 4 5 Shri Shrirang Appa Barne 8 6 Dr. Subhash Ramrao Bhamre 10 7 Smt. Sunita Duggal 13 8 Shri Gaurav Gogoi 12 9 Shri Sudheer Gupta 7 10 Smt. Darshana Vikram Jardosh 8 11 Shri Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak 16 12 Shri Pinaki Misra 12 13 Prof. Sougata Ray 6 14 Shri Midhun Reddy 3 15 Shri Gopal Chinayya Shetty 16 16 Shri Parvesh Sahib Singh 5 17 Dr. (Prof.) Kirit Premjibhai Solanki 8 18 Shri Manish Tewari 14 19 Shri P. Velusamy 9 20 Shri Rajesh Verma 12 21 Shri Giridhari Yadav 6

Rajya Sabha 22 Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar 12 23 Shri Elamaram Kareem @ 0 24 Shri A. Navaneethakrishnan 11 25 Shri Praful Patel 8 26 Shri Amar Patnaik 11

27 Shri Mahesh Poddar 8 28 Shri C.M. Ramesh 6 29 Shri G.V.L. Narasimha Rao 13 30 Dr. Manmohan Singh* 6 31. Smt. Ambika Soni 10 Members who have Retired/Ceased to be a Member/Nominated to another Committee 1 Shri T.K.Rangarajan^ 7 2 Shri Digvijaya Singh^^ 1 0 3 Shri Bikash Ranjan**

@ Resigned from Committee on Finance on 30.07.2020 (nominated to the Committee on 22.07.2020) *Nominated w.e.f 06.11.2019 to the Committee on Finance in place of Shri Digvijaya Singh ^Retired from Rajya Sabha w.e.f 02.04.2020 ^^ Ceased to be member of the Committee on Finance from 06.11.2019. **Nominated w.e.f 05.08.2020 to the Committee on Finance in place of Shri Elamaram Kareem

VII. Government Bills/Policies referred to the Committee

6.7 During the said period one Bill was referred to the Standing Committee on Finance Branch.

Sl. Name of the Bill Date when referred to the Committee No. 1. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Second 23 December, 2019 Amendment) Bill, 2019 (Report presented to the House on 4 March 2020)

VIII. Material and memoranda received 6.8 The Subject-wise details of the materials furnished by the concerned Ministry/Departments to the Committee are as follows: Sl. No. Subject No. of typed / printed pages (Approx) 1 2 3 Ministry of Finance (Departments o f Economic Affairs, Financial Services, Expenditure) 1. State of Indian Economy 55 2. Quality of supervision and oversight of Financial Institutions 25

3. Inflation targeting guidelines and monetary transmission 11 4. Strengthening credit flows across the economy- performance appraisal of the 27 banking system 5. Financing infrastructure requirements including long-term corporate debt. 33 6. Financing the innovation ecosystem. 45 7. Financing rural development including appraisal of NABARD’s role. 25 8. Analysis of disinvestment program 48 9. Performance and regulation of insurance and pension sectors. 22 10. Performance and regulation of capital markets. 16 11. Strengthening the Non-Banking Financial Company (NBFC) sector. 15 12. Role of regulators, auditors, rating agencies and other stakeholders in achieving 21 world-class corporate governance. 13. Achieving $ 10 Trillion GDP – Long-term prospects for the Indian Economy 32 Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) 14. Efficacy of overall taxation framework including direct and indirect taxes 24 Ministry of Corporate Affairs 15. Implementation of Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code 65 Bills 16. The Insolvency and Bankruptcy (Second Amendment) Bill, 2019 120 Demands for Grants 17. Demands For Grants (2019-20) Ministry of Finance (Departments Of Economic 345 Affairs, Expenditure, Financial Services and Investment & Public Asset Management) 18.. Demands For Grants (2019-20) Ministry of Finance (Department Of Revenue) 280 19. Demands For Grants (2019-20) Ministry of Corporate Affairs 235 20. Demands For Grants (2019-20) Ministry of Planning 215 21. Demands For Grants (2019-20) Ministry of Statistics And Programme 285 Implementation 22. Demands For Grants (2020-21) Ministry of Finance (Departments Of Economic 320 Affairs, Expenditure, Financial Services and Investment & Public Asset Management) 23. Demands For Grants (2020-21) Ministry of Finance (Department Of Revenue) 210 24. Demands For Grants (2020-21) Ministry of Corporate Affairs 185 25. Demands For Grants (2020-21) Ministry of Planning 165 26. Demands For Grants (2020-21) Ministry of Statistics And Programme 215 Implementation

Action Taken Report 25. Action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in First 52 Report of the Standing Committee on Finance on ‘Demands for Grants (2019-20) of Ministry of Finance (Departments Of Economic Affairs, Expenditure, Financial Services and Investment & Public Asset Management) 26. Action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in second 46 Report of the Standing Committee on Finance on ‘Demands for Grants (2019-20) of Ministry of Finance (Department Of Revenue) 27. Action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Third 51 Report of the Standing Committee on Finance on ‘Demands for Grants (2019-20) of Ministry of Corporate Affairs 28. Action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Fourth 54 Report of the Standing Committee on Finance on ‘Demands for Grants (2019-20) of Ministry of Planning 29. Action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Fifth 44 Report of the Standing Committee on Finance on ‘Demands for Grants (2017-18) of Ministry of Statistics And Programme Implementation 30. Action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Seventh 38 Report of the Standing Committee on Finance on 'Demands for Grants (2020-21)' of Ministry of Finance (Departments Of Economic Affairs, Expenditure, Financial Services and Investment & Public Asset Management) 31. Action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Eighth 41 Report of the Standing Committee on Finance on ‘Demands for Grants (2020-21) Ministry of Finance (Department Of Revenue) 32. Action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Ninth 47 Report of the Standing Committee on Finance on ‘Demands for Grants (2020-21)] of Ministry of Corporate Affairs 33. Action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Tenth 35 Report of the Standing Committee on Finance on 'Demands for Grants (2020-21)' of Ministry of Planning 34. Action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Eleventh 23 Report of the Standing Committee on Finance on 'Demands for Grants (2020-21)' of Ministry of Statistics And Programme Implementation 35. Action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Fiftieth 36 Report (16th Lok Sabha) on the subject ‘'Review of NSSO and CSO and Streamlining Of Statistics Collection Machinery in the Country, including Management Information System for Project Monitoring/Appraisal'

IX. Study Visits undertaken

6.9 The Committee on Finance undertook one study visit during the period under review. A Statement showing the composition, duration and places visited by the Committee is given as under: 65

S.No. Duration of Places visited Names of Members attended the visit visit 1. 16 – 21 Mumbai and Bengaluru (1) Shri Jayant Sinha, Chairperson January 2020 National Bank for Agriculture and (2) Shri Subhash Chandra Baheria Rural Development (NABARD (3) Shri Shrirang Appa Barne SIDBI & MUDRA Bank Reserve (4) Smt. Sunita Duggal Bank of India (RBI) State Bank of (5) Shri Manoj Kishorbhai Kotak India Union Bank of India, Bank (6) Shri Vallabhaneni Balashowry of Baroda and Bank of India (7) Prof. Saugata Roy Securities and Exchange Board (8) Shri Gopal Chinayya Shetty of India (SEBI) Life Insurance (9) Shri Manish Tewari Corporation of India (LIC) Income (10)Shri P. Velusamy Tax, Bengaluru Zone Central (11)Ms. Darshana Jardosh Excise and Customs, Bengaluru (12)Shri Rajesh Verma Zone Canara Bank, Syndicate (13)Shri Giridhari Yadav Bank and Indian Bank (14)Shri Sudheer Gupta (15)Shri Rajeev Chandrasekhar (16)Shri A. Navaneethakrishnan (17)Shri T.K. Rangarajan (18)Shri Praful Patel (19)Shri Amar Patnaik (20)Shri G.V.L. Narasimha Rao (21)Smt. Ambika Soni (22)Shri C.M. Ramesh (23)Shri Mahesh Poddar

X. Original Reports 6.10 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following original reports to the House:- S.No Report Subject Date of No. Presentation 1. 1st 1st Report on Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Finance10.12.2019 (Departments of Economic Affairs, Expenditure, Financial Services, and

Investment and Public Asset Management).

2. 2nd 2nd Report on Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of 10.12.2019

Finance (Department of Revenue).

3. 3rd 3rd Report on Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of 10.12.2019 Corporate Affairs 4 4th 4th Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants 10.12.2019 (2019-20) of the Ministry of Planning 5 5th 5th Report on Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of 10.12.2019 Statistics and Programme Implementation.

6 6th 6th Report on Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second 04.03.2020

Amendment) Bill, 2019

7 7th 7th Report on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of 12.03.2020 Finance (Department of Economic Affairs, Expenditure, Financial Services and Investment and Public Asset Management) 8 8th 8th Report on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of 12.03.2020 Finance (Department of Revenue) 9 9th 9th Report on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of 12.03.2020 Corporate Affairs. 10 10 th 10th Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) on Demands for Grants 12.03.2020 (2020-21) of the Ministry of Planning NITI 11 11 th 11th Report on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of 12.03.2020 Statistics and Programme Implementation. 12 12 th 12th Report on 'Financing the Startup Ecosystem' 09.09.2020 (Presented to HS)

XI. Action Taken Reports 6.12 The following action taken reports were presented to the House during the period under review:- S.No Report Subject Date of No. Presentation

1. 13 th 13th Action Taken Report on 1st DFG 2019-20 Ministry of 09.09.2020 Finance (Presented to HS) 2. 14 th 14th Action Taken Report on 2nd DFG 2019-20 Ministry of -do- Finance (Dept of Revenue)

3. 15 th 15th Action Taken Report on DFG 2019-20 Ministry of -do- Corporate Affairs

4. 16 th 16th Action Taken Report on DFG 2019-20 Ministry of Planning -do-

5. 17 th 17th Action Taken Report on DFG 2019-20 Ministry of Statistics -do- and Programme Implementation

6. 18 th 18th Action Taken Report on DFG 2020-21 Ministry of Finance -do-

7. 19 th 19th Action Taken Report on DFG 2020-21 Ministry of Finance -do-

(Dept of Revenue)

8 20 th 20th Action Taken Report on DFG 2020-21 Ministry of -do- Corporate Affairs

9 21 st 21st Action Taken Report on DFG 2020-21 Ministry of Planning -do-

10 22 nd 22nd Action Taken Report on DFG 2020-21 Ministry of -do- Statistics and Programme Implementation

11 23 rd 23rd Action Taken Report on the recommendations contained in -do- 50th Report (16th Lok Sabha) on the subject "Review of NSSO and CSO and streamlining of Statistics Collection Mahinery in the country, including Management Information System for Project Monitoring/Appraisal"

XII. Action Taken Statement Laid 6.13 Statements showing further action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter I and Chapter V of the following Reports of the Committee were laid on the Table of the House:- S.No Report Subject Date of Laying No. NIL

XII. Statement made under Direction 73A 6.14 No statements were made under Direction 73A during the period under review.

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CHAPTER – SEVEN COMMITTEE ON FOOD, CONSUMER AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC DISTRIBUTION

I. Composition of Committee

7.1 The Committee on FCA&PD for the year 2019-2020 was constituted on 13.09.2019 and continued in Office till 12.09.2020. 7.2 The Committee consisted of 31 members – 21 members of Lok Sabha and 10 members of Rajya Sabha nominated by the Speaker, Lok Sabha and the Chairman, Rajya Sabha, respectively. Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay, M.P. was appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee. The Composition of the Committee is given as under: 1 Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay - Chairperson

Members Lok Sabha 2 Shri C.N. Annadurai 3 Shri Girish Bhalchandra Bapat 4 Shri G.S. Basavaraj 5 Ms. Pratima Bhoumik 6 Smt. Pramila Bisoyi 7 Shri Anil Firojiya 8 Shri Rajendra Dhedya Gavit 9 Shri Sanganna Amarappa Karadi 10 Shri Bhagwant Mann 11 Shri Ajay Misra Teni 12 Shri Khagen Murmu 13 Shri Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel 14 Shri Subrat Pathak 15 Shri Manne Srinivas Reddy 16 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singari 17 Smt. Himadri Singh 18 Smt. Kavita Singh 19 Shri Saptagiri Ulaka

20 Shri Rajmohan Unnithan

21 Shri Ve. Vaithilingam Rajya Sabha

22 Smt. Shanta Chhetri 23 Shri Satish Chandra Dubey@ 24 Smt. Roopa Ganguly $ 25 Shri K.G. Kenye 26 Dr.(Smt.) Fauzia Tahseen Ahmed Khan $ 27 Smt. M.C. Mary Kom 28 Shri Rajmani Patel 29 Shri Sakaldeep Rajbhar 30 Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss 31 Shri Veer Singh @Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 04.02.2020 #Shri KTS Tulsi and Shri Amar Shankar Sable ceased to be a member of the Committee consequent upon their retirement from Rajya Sabha w.e.f. 24.02.2020 and 02.04.2020, respectively. $Smt. Roopa Ganguly and Dr. (Smt.) Fauzia Tahseen Ahmed Khan nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 23.07.2020.

II . Subjects selected for examination

7.3 The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during the year:

I. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution)

1 Procurement, storage and distribution of foodgrains – Adoption of latest technology and training the manpower 2 Payment of sugarcane arrears to sugarcane farmers 3 Functioning of Warehousing Development and Regulatory Authority (WDRA) 4 Quality Control Cells (QCCs) 5 Construction of Godowns by FCI 6 Food subsidy and its utilization 7 Development/Promotion of Sugar Industry 8 Edible Oils

9 Strengthening of Public Distribution System – Augmenting use of technological means and Implementation of 'One Nation, One Ration Card' Scheme

II. Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs) 1 Programmes for Consumer Protection 2 Regulation of Packaged Commodities 3 Problem of supply and distribution of adulterated milk and measure taken to check it 4 Mechanism of Price Monitoring System 5 Price rise of Essential Commodities – Causes & Effects 6 BIS- Hallmarking & Jewellery 7 Initiatives in the North-East in the field of Consumer Rights Protection 8 Regulation of Weights and Measures 9 Awareness of Rights and Ensuring Justice to Consumers with particular reference to consumers in rural areas.

III. Constitution of Sub-Committees /Study Groups

7.4 No Sub-Committees /Study Groups were constituted.

IV. Sittings of the Committee

7.5 During the period under review, the Committee held 10 sittings lasting for 14 hrs and 5 minutes. A statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of members present and the subjects discussed therein is as under:

S.No Duration Number of Subjects discussed Date of Sitting Hrs. Mins. Members present 16. 26.09.2019 01 15 17 Consideration of Memorandum No. I regarding selection of subjects for examination by the Committee during the year 2019-2020. 17. 22.10.2019 02 00 13 To take oral evidence of the

representatives of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food & Public Distribution (Department of Food & Public Distribution) on Demands for Grants (2019-20) 18. 04.11.2019 02 00 15 To take oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs) on Demands for Grants (2019-20) 19. 05.12.2019 01 00 15 (i) Consideration and adoption of Draft Reports on Demands for Grants (2019-20) pertaining to the Department of Food & Public Distribution and Department of Consumer Affairs. (ii) To have briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs) on the subject “Price rise of Essential Commodities – Causes & Effects”. 20. 19.12.2019 01 45 11 To take oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs) on the subject “Price rise of Essential Commodities – Causes & Effects”. 21. 17.01.2020 01 35 12 To have briefing by the representatives of the Department of Food and Public Distribution on

the subject Strengthening of Public Distribution System - Augmenting use of technological means and Implementation of 'One Nation, One Ration Card' Scheme. 22. 25.02.2020 02 00 12 To take oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food & Public Distribution) on Demands for Grants (2020-21). 23. 26.02.2020 01 30 11 To take oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs) on Demands for Grants (2020-21). 24. 11.03.2020 00 30 12 To consider and adopt draft Reports on Demands for Grants (2020-21) pertaining to the (i) Department of Food & Public Distribution and (ii) Department of Consumer Affairs. 25. 09.09.2020 00 30 4 Consideration and adoption of Draft Reports on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in 1st and 2nd Reports of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2019-20) pertaining to Department of Consumer Affairs and Department of Food and Public Distribution respectively and a Draft Report on the subject 'Price Rise of

Essential Commodities - Causes and Effects' pertaining to Department of Consumer Affairs. However, the sitting was adjourned due to lack of quorum in terms of Rule 259(2) of Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha. Total 14 05

VI. Details of number of Sittings attended by each Member

7.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given as follows: No. of Sittings attended by S.No. Member 1 Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay-Chairperson 8 Members Lok Sabha 2 Shri C.N. Annadurai 2 3 Shri Girish Bhalchandra Bapat 2 4 Shri G. S. Basavaraj - 5 Ms. Pratima Bhoumik 7 6 Smt. Pramila Bisoyi 6 7 Shri Anil Firojiya 2 8 Shri Rajendra Dhedya Gavit 3 9 Shri Sanganna Amarappa Karadi 2 10 Shri Bhagwant Mann 2 11 Shri Ajay Misra Teni 6 12 Shri Khagen Murmu 7 13 Shri Mitesh Rameshbhai (Bakabhai) Patel 8 14 Shri Subrat Pathak 3 15 Shri Manne Srinivas Reddy 3 16 Dr. Sanjeev Kumar Singari 4

17 Smt. Himadri Singh 2 18 Smt. Kavita Singh 5 19 Shri Saptagiri Ulaka 9 20 Shri Rajmohan Unnithan 7 21 Shri Ve. Vaithilingam 4 Rajya Sabha 22 Smt. Shanta Chhetri@ 5 23 Shri Satish Chandra Dubey 1 24 Smt. Roopa Ganguly$ - 25 Shri K.G. Kenye 2 26 Dr.(Smt.) Fauzia Tahseen Ahmed Khan$ - 27 Smt. M.C. Mary Kom - 28 Shri Rajmani Patel 5 29 Shri Sakaldeep Rajbhar 8 30 Dr. Anbumani Ramadoss - 31 Shri Veer Singh 7

Retired RS Members 1 Shri K. T. S. Tulsi# 1

2. Shri Amar Shankar Sable# 2

@Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 04.02.2020 #Shri KTS Tulsi and Shri Amar Shankar Sable ceased to be a member of the Committee consequent upon their retirement from Rajya Sabha w.e.f. 24.02.2020 and 02.04.2020, respectively. $Smt. Roopa Ganguly and Dr. (Smt.) Fauzia Tahseen Ahmed Khan nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 23.07.2020.

VII. Government Bills/Policies referred to the Committee

7.7 During the above said period no Bill was referred to the Standing Committee on FCA&PD Branch. VIII. Material and memoranda received 7.8 The Subject-wise details of the materials furnished by the concerned Ministry/Departments to the Committee are as follows: S.No Subject No. of Typed/printed pages (approx.) 1. Procurement, storage and distribution of foodgrains 12

– Adoption of latest technology and training the manpower 2. Payment of sugarcane arrears to sugarcane farmers 2 3. Functioning of Warehousing Development and 1 Regulatory Authority (WDRA) 4. Quality Control Cells (QCCs) 2 5. Construction of Godowns by FCI 2 6. Food subsidy and its utilization 20 7. Development/Promotion of Sugar Industry 3

8. Edible Oils 2 9. Strengthening of Public Distribution System – 1 Augmenting use of technological means and Implementation of 'One Nation, One Ration Card' Scheme 10. Programmes for Consumer Protection 3 11. Regulation of Packaged Commodities 5 12. Problem of supply and distribution of adulterated 13 milk and measure taken to check it 13. Mechanism of Price Monitoring System 11 14. Price rise of Essential Commodities – Causes & 10 Effects 15. BIS- Hallmarking & Jewellery 3 16. Initiatives in the North-East in the field of Consumer 1 Rights Protection 17. Regulation of Weights and Measures 7 18. Awareness of Rights and Ensuring Justice to 1 Consumers with particular reference to consumers in rural areas.

IX. Study Visits undertaken

7.9 The Committee on FCA&PD undertook one study visit during the period under review. A statement showing the composition, duration and places visited by the Committee is given as under:

S.No. Duration of visit Places visited Names of Members attended the visit 1. 20-24 January Diu - FCI, CWC, UT (1) Shri Sudip Bandyopadhyay- 2020 Administration of Daman & Chairperson, Diu and BIS. Rajkot - FCI, (2) Shri Saptagiri Ulaka, CWC, State Government of (3) Shri Khagen Murmu, Gujarat and BIS. Mumbai - (4) Shri Rajendra Dhedya Gavit, FCI, CWC, State (5) Smt. Himadri Singh, Government of Maharashtra, (6) Ms. Pratima Bhoumik, BIS, IOCL, HPCL and BPCL. (7) Shri Girish Bhalchandra Bapat, (8) Shri Rajmani Patel

X. Original Reports 7.10 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following Original Reports to the House:- S. Report Subject Date of No No. Presentation 1. 1st First Report of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2019- 10.12.2019 20) in respect of Department of Consumer Affairs (Ministry of

Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution)

2. 2nd Second Report of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2019- 10.12.2019 20) in respect of Department of Food and Public Distribution

(Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution)

3. 3rd Third Report of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2020- 13.03.2020 21) in respect of Department of Food and Public Distribution (Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution) 4 4th Fourth Report of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2020- 13.03.2020 21) in respect of Department of Consumer Affairs (Ministry of

Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution)

XI. Action Taken Reports 7.11 The following Action Taken Reports were presented to the House during the period under review:- S.No Report No. Subject Date of Presentation 77

1. - NIL -

XII. Action Taken Statement Laid 7.12 Statements showing further action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter I and Chapter V of the following Reports of the Committee were laid on the Table of the House:- S.No Report Subject Date of Laying No. 1. - NIL -

XII. Statement made under Direction 73A

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CHAPTER – EIGHT

COMMITTEE ON LABOUR

I. Composition of Committee

8.1 The Committee on Labour for the year 2019-20 was constituted on 13.09.2020 and continued in Office till 12.09.2020.

8.2 The Committee consisted of 31 members – 21 members of Lok Sabha and 10 members of

Rajya Sabha nominated by the Speaker, Lok Sabha and the Chairman, Rajya Sabha, respectively.

Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, M.P. was appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee. The

Composition of the Committee is given at as under:

Members Lok Sabha 1 Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab - Chairperson 2 Shri Bache Gowda B.N 3 Shri Subhash Chandra Baheria 4 Shri John Barla 5 Shri Raju Bista 6 Shri Pallab Lochan Das 7 Shri Feroze Varun Gandhi 8 Shri Satish Kumar Gautam 9 Dr. Umesh G. Jadhav 10 Shri Kani K. Navas 11 Shri Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap 12 Dr. Virendra Kumar 13 Adv. Dean Kuriakose 14 Shri Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik 15 Shri Dayakar Pasunoori 16 Shri Khalilur Rahaman 17 Shri D. Ravikumar 18 Shri Bhola Singh 19 Shri Ganesh Singh 20 Shri Nayab Singh 21 Shri K. Subbarayan Rajya Sabha 22 Dr. Banda Prakash 23 Shri Neeraj Dangi 24 Shri Oscar Fernandes 25 Shri Dushyant Gautam 26 Shri Elamaram Kareem 79

27 Dr. Raghunath Mohapatra 28 Shri Rajaram 29 Ms. Dola Sen 30 Shri M. Shanmugam 31 Shri Vivek Thakur 1. Shri Husain Dalwai retired from Rajya Sabha w.e.f. 2nd April, 2020. 2. Shri Ram Narain Dudi retired from Rajya Sabha w.e.f. 9th April, 2020.

II . Subjects selected for examination

8.3 The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during the year:

I. Ministry of Labour and Employment

1. Measures for implementing the ILO Conventions binding on India – An appraisal. 2. Working conditions and welfare of Mine workers, and assessment of working of Directorate General of Mines Safety (DGMS). 3. Deployment of Contract/Casual/Sanitation workers for jobs of perennial nature in Government/PSU offices/Establishments. 4. Status of and Welfare measures for workers deployed by Outsourced Agencies/Companies. 5. Welfare of Plantation Workers 6. Functioning of the Employees Provident Fund Organisation. 7. The Employees State Insurance Corporation - Applicability of ESI Scheme, benefits provided under the Scheme, with special emphasis on their improvement, financing and administrative responsibility, including management of Corpus Fund. 8. Functioning of Central Board for Workers Education. 9. Implementation of Centrally Sponsored Schemes. 10. National Policy on Child Labour – An assessment 11. Identification and Rehabilitation of Bonded Labour. 12. Assessment of present categories of Scheduled Employment. 13. Effective Implementation of Labour Laws concerning the welfare of contract/casual labour. 14. Status of implementation of Social security measures for workers in IT and Telecommunication Sectors like BPOs/Call Centres. 15. Implementation of prescribed minimum Wages in Scheduled Employment Sector.

16. Implementation of Social Security and Welfare/Protection Schemes for Contract and Casual Workers deployed by CPWD in Various Divisions. 17. Social Security and Welfare Measures for Inter -State Migrant Workers .. 18. Safeguards and measures for protecting the interest of overseas workers, particularly in the Middle East Region.

II. Ministry of Textiles

1. Development and Promotion of Jute Industry. 2. Skill Development vis-à-vis Manufacturing and Upgradation in Textiles 80

Sector. 3. Welfare Schemes of the Ministry of Textiles – An appraisal. 4. Challenges/Opportunities - Indian Textile Industry. 5. Development of Cotton Sector. 6. Schemes/Programmes of Central Silk Board for Development and Promotion of Silk Industry – An appraisal. 7. Status/Performance of Handloom Sector. 8. Status and Reforming of Powerloom Sector. 9. Performance of Marketing Agencies of Handlooms and Handicrafts 10. Functioning of National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT).

II. Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship

1. Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana. 2. National Skills Qualifications Framework – Assessment of impact. 3. Functioning of Directorate General of Training. 4. Functioning of National Skill Development Corporation (NSDC). 5. Implementation of National Apprenticeship Promotion Scheme (NAPS). 6. Implementation of Skill Acquisition and Knowledge Awareness for Livelihood Promotion (SANKALP) Project.

III. Constitution of Sub-Committees /Study Groups 8.4 No Sub-Committees /Study Groups were constituted.

IV. Sittings of the Committee 8.5 During the period under review, the Committee held 33 sittings lasting for 71 hrs and 35 minutes. A statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee held, the duration of the sittings, the number of members present and the subjects discussed therein is as under:

S.No Date of Duration Number of Subjects discussed Sitting Members present Hrs. Mins. 1. 20.09.2019 02 00 21 Consideration of Memorandum No. 1 regarding selection of subjects by the Standing Committee on Labour for examination during the year 2019-20 2. 27.09.2019 02 00 21 Examination of Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. 3. 27.09.2019 01 15 21 Examination of Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Textiles.

4. 27.09.2019 02 20 21 Examination of Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment.

5. 03.10.2019 02 00 15 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship on the Subject Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana. 6. 09.10.2019 02 00 12 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Textiles on the Subject 'Status/ Performance of Handloom Sector'. 7. 15.10.2019 01 30 11 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Employment on the Subject 'Measures for Implementing the ILO Conventions binding on India; An Appraisal'. 8. 25.10.2019 01 30 15 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Employment on 'The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2019'. 9. 11.11.2019 02 20 16 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Labour & Employment alongwith representatives of ESIC on the Subject The Employees' State Insurance Corporation- Applicability of ESI Scheme, Benefits Provided under the Scheme, with special emphasis on their Improvement, Financing and Administrative Responsibility including management of Corpus Fund. 10. 27.11.2019 01 00 19 Consideration and Adoption of the following Draft Reports on : i) Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment; ii) Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Textiles; and iii) Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. 11. 05.12.2019 00 45 18 Chalking out future programme for completion of the examination of 'Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2019'.

12. 19.12.2019 02 30 18 Oral evidence of the following Trade Unions on the Subject `The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2019`: (i) Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh 82

(BMS), (ii) Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), (iii) All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), (iv) Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), (v) Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), (vi) All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), (vii) Trade Union Coordination Centre (TUCC), (viii) Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA), (ix) All India Central Council of Trade Union (AICCTU), (x) Labour Progressive Federation (LPF), (xi) United Trades Union Congress (UTUC), and (xii) National Front of Indian Trade Unions (NFITU). 13. 19.12.2019 02 00 18 Oral evidence of the following Organisations/Unions on the Subject `The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2019`: (i) National Union of Journalists (NUJ), (ii) The All India Federation of PTI Employees' Unions, Delhi, (iii) All India Newspaper Employees Federation, Delhi, and (iv) Indian Federation of Working Journalists (IFWJ). 14. 20.12.2019 02 30 16 Oral evidence of the following Organisations/Unions on the Subject `The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2019`: (i) Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI), (ii) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), (iii) Joint Forum of Plantation Workers Unions, (iv) Darjeeling Planters Association, and (v) Tea Association of India. 15. 20.12.2019 02 00 16 Oral evidence of the following Organisations/Unions on the Subject `The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2019`: (i) Indian Film and TV Producers Council, Mumbai, (ii) Producers Guild of India, Mumbai, (iii) ICMR National Institute of Occupational Health (NIOH), Ahmedabad, (iv) Federation of Medical and Sales Representatives' Associations of India, and (v) Action Aid 83

Association (vi) National Labour Law Association (vii) Aide et Action 16. 27.12.2019 02 30 10 Oral evidence of the representatives of the State Governments of Andhra Pradesh, Kerala, Punjab, Rajasthan And Odisha On the subject `The Occupational Safety, Health And Working Conditions Code, 2019`. 17. 03.01.2020 04 00 10 Examination of 'The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2019'. 18. 09.01.2020 03 30 12 Further oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Employment on the Subject The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2019. 19. 07.02.2020 01 00 14 Consideration and Adoption of draft Report on 'The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 2019' 20. 19.02.2020 03 00 18 Examination of Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship. 21. 19.02.2020 03 00 18 Examination of Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment. 22. 20.02.2020 03 00 13 Examination of Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Textiles. 23. 27.02.2020 04 50 14 1100 hrs onwards- Oral evidence of the following Trade Unions on the Subject 'The Industrial Relations Code, 2019': (i) Bharatiya Mazdoor Sangh (BMS), (ii) Indian National Trade Union Congress (INTUC), (iii) All India Trade Union Congress (AITUC), (iv) Hind Mazdoor Sabha (HMS), (v) Centre of Indian Trade Unions (CITU), (vi) All India United Trade Union Centre (AIUTUC), (vii) Trade Union Coordination Centre (TUCC), (viii) Self Employed Women's Association (SEWA), (ix) All India Central Council of Trade Union (AICCTU), (x) Labour Progressive Federation (LPF), (xi) United Trades Union Congress (UTUC), and (xii) National Front of Indian 84

Trade Unions (NFITU). 1430 hrs onwards- Oral evidence of the following Organisations/Unions on the same Subject: (i) All India Railwaymen's Federation, (ii) All India Defence Employees Federation, (iii) Builders Association of India, (iv) PRS Legislative Research, and (v) Tea Association of India. 24. 02.03.2020 00 50 16 Oral evidence of the following Associations/Organisations on the Subject 'The Industrial Relations Code, 2019': (i) Association of Industrial and Commercial Establishment, (ii) Cochin Chamber of Commerce and Industry, and (iii) Confederation of Industrial and Trade Organisation. 25. 03.03.2020 01 30 16 Oral evidence of the following Individual and representatives of the State Governments on the same subject:- (i) Dr.K.R. Shyam Sundar, Prof. (HRM), XLRI, Xavier School of Management, Jamshedpur (ii) State Government of Himachal Pradesh (iii) State Government of Punjab (iv) State Government of Telangana, and (v) State Government of West Bengal 26. 04.03.2020 01 45 15 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Employment on the subject 'The Industrial Relations Code, 2019'. 27. 12.03.2020 00 30 13 Consideration and Adoption of the following Draft Reports on: i) Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment; ii) Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship; and iii) Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Textiles. 28. 20.07.2020 02 30 10 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Labour and Employment on; 1.Changes in Labour Laws effected by State Governments during Lockdown (since last week of March, 2020); and 2. Issues relating to migrant 85

labour force during Covid-19 Pandemic in India. 29. 29.07.2020 01 00 15 Consideration and Adoption of Draft Reports on the followings: i. The Code on Social Security, 2019; ii. Action Taken on Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Labour & Employment; iii. Action Taken on Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Textiles; and iv. Action Taken on Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship. 30. 07.08.2020 02 30 13 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Skill Development & Entrepreneurship and Ministry of Rural Development on the Subject Social Security and Welfare Measures for Inter-State Migrant Workers . 31. 17.08.2020 03 00 12 1100 hrs- Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution) on the SUbject Social Security and Welfare Measures for Inter-State Migrant Workers .'. 1200 hrs- Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on the SUbject Social Security and Welfare Measures for Inter-State Migrant Workers . 32. 31.08.2020 03 00 12 1100 hrs - Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on the Subject Social Security and Welfare Measures for Inter-State Migrant Workers .. 1230 hrs - Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs) on the Subject Social Security and Welfare Measures for Inter- State Migrant Workers . 33. 07.09.2020 02 30 11 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Textiles on the Subject 'Challenges and Opportunities - Indian Textile Industry'. 86

Total 71 35

VI. Details of number of Sittings attended by each Member

8.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each Member is given as follows: No. of Sittings attended by S.No. Member

1 Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab-Chairperson 33 Members Lok Sabha 2 Shri Bache Gowda B.N 06 3 Shri Subhash Chandra Baheria 24 4 Shri John Barla 21 5 Shri Raju Bista 27 6 Shri Pallab Lochan Das 15 7 Shri Feroze Varun Gandhi 09 8 Shri Satish Kumar Gautam 24 9 Dr. Umesh G. Jadhav 27 10 Shri Kani K. Navas 09 11 Shri Dharmendra Kumar Kashyap 27 12 Dr. Virendra Kumar 20 13 Adv. Dean Kuriakose 10 14 Shri Sanjay Sadashivrao Mandlik 06 15 Shri Dayakar Pasunoori 10 16 Shri Khalilur Rahaman 06 17 Shri D. Ravikumar 03 18 Shri Bhola Singh 30 19 Shri Ganesh Singh 12 20 Shri Nayab Singh 25 21 Shri K. Subbarayan 08 Rajya Sabha 22 Dr. Banda Prakash 21 23 Shri Neeraj Dangi 03 24 Shri Oscar Fernandes 13 25 Shri Dushyant Gautam 05 26 Shri Elamaram Kareem 14 27 Dr. Raghunath Mohapatra 05 28 Shri Rajaram 20 29 Ms. Dola Sen 09 30 Shri M. Shanmugam 23 31 Shri Vivek Thakur 3 1. Shri Husain Dalwai retired from Rajya Sabha w.e.f. 2nd April, 2020. 2. Shri Ram Narain Dudi retired from Rajya Sabha w.e.f. 9th April, 2020.

VII. Government Bills/Policies referred to the Committee

8.7 During the said period following Bills were referred to the Standing Committee on Labour Branch: S.No. Name of the Bill Ministry/Department Date when Referred 1 The Industrial Relations Code, 2019 Labour and 23.12.2019 Employment 2 The Code on Social Security, 2019. -do- 23.12.2019 3 The Occupational Safety, Health and -do- 07.10.2019 Working Conditions Code, 2019.

VIII. Material and memoranda received

8.8 The Subject-wise details of the materials furnished by the concerned Ministry/Departments to the Committee are as follows: Sl. No. Subject No.of typed/printed pages

1. Brief notes on the subjects selected (2019-20) for 3000 consideration by the Committee-Ministry of Labour and Employment.

2. Brief notes on the subjects selected (2019-20) for 1500 consideration by the Committee-Ministry of Textiles.

3. Brief notes on the subjects selected (2019-20) for 1000 consideration by the Committee-Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

4. Demands for Grants (2019-20) ) & (2020-21) of the Ministry 1200 of Labour and Employment.

5. Demands for Grants ((2019-20)) & (2020-21) of the Ministry 1100 of Textiles.

6. Demands for Grants (2019-20) & (2020-21) of the Ministry of 700 Skill Development and Entrepreneurship.

7. Material received from various organization examined during 1100 study tours in form of background notes on the functioning of organization concerned, replies to the list of points, representations/written memoranda etc.

IX. Study Visits undertaken

8.9 The Committee on Labour undertook two study visits during the period under review. A statement showing the composition, duration and places visited by the Committee is given as under:

S.No. Duration of visit Places visited Names of Members attended the visit 1. 1 – 5 November, Chennai-Chennai Port Trust, (1) Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, 2019 Southern Railway, Indian (2) Shri Subhash Chandra Overseas Bank. Mumbai- Baheria, National Skill Development (3) Shri John Barla, Corporation, Jawaharlal (4) Shri Dayakar Pasunoori, Nehru Port Trust, Life (5) Dr. Umesh Jadhav Insurance Corporation of (6) Shri G Kashyap, India, Industrial Development (7) Shri Dharmendra Kumar, Bank of India, Employees (8) Shri D Ravikumar, State Insurance Corporation, (9) Shri Nayab Singh, Employees Provident Fund (10)Shri Bhola Singh, Organisation, Central (11)Shri Satish Kumar Railway, Hindustan Gautam, Petroleum Corporation Ltd. (12)Shri Husain Dalwai, Ahmedabad-Western (13)Shri Ram Dudi Narain, Railway, Oil and Natural Gas (14)Dr Banda Prakash, Corporation Ltd., Bank of (15)Ms. Dola Sen, Baroda, Deendayal Port (16)Shri M. Shanmugam, Trust. 2. 17 - 20 January KOCHI-Cochin Shipyard Ltd., (1) Shri Bhartruhari Mahtab, 2020 Cochin Port Trust, Ministry of (2) Shri Subhash Chandra Textiles alongwith the Baheria, officials of State Government (3) Shri John Barla, of Kerala,National Skill (4) Shri Dayakar Pasunoori, Development Corporation (5) Shri Satish Kumar (NSDC) alongwith Gautam, representatives of the (6) Dr. Umesh G. Jadhav, Ministry of Skill Development (7) Shri Dharmendra Kumar and Entrepreneurship and Kashyap, officials of State Government (8) Adv. Dean Kuriakose, of Kerala on the Subject (9) Shri Sanjay Sadashivrao , Functioning of National Skill (10)Shri Nayab Singh, Development Corporation (11)Shri Bhola Singh, (NSDC) in the State of (12)Shri K. Subbarayan, Kerala,Plantation Workers, (13)Shri Husain Dalwai, ESI Hospitals, Syndicate (14)Shri M. Shanmugam Bank and Kochi Refineries. GOA-Employees Provident Fund Organisation,Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Yojana,

Goa Shipyard Ltd., Bank of India and Mormugao Port Trust.

X. Original Reports

8.10 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following Original Reports to the House:-

S.No Report Subject Date of No. Presentation st 1. 1 Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Labour and 29.11.2019

Employment

2. 2 Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Textiles. 29.11.2019

3. 3rd Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Skill 29.11.2019 Development and Entrepreneurship. 4 4th The Occupational Safety, Health and Working Conditions Code, 13.03.2020

2019.

5 5th Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Labour & 13.03.2020

Employment

6 6th Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Textiles 13.03.2020

7 7th Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Skill 13.03.2020 Development & Entrepreneurship.

8 8th Eighth Report on ''The Industrial Relations Code, 2019'' relating to 23.04.2020 the Ministry of Labour and Employment. (Presented to HS)& laid on Table by S.G on 15.09.2020 9 9th The Code on Social Security, 2019. 31.07.2020 (Presented to HS) & laid on Table by S.G on 15.09.2020

XI. Action Taken Reports

8.12 No Action Taken Reports were presented to the House during the period under review.

XII. Action Taken Statement Laid

8.13 Nil Statements were laid on the Table of the House during the period under review. XII. Statement made under Direction 73A

8.14 During the period under review, the Hon'ble Ministers for Labour made Statements under Direction 73A of ‘Directions by the Speaker' in the context of the following Original Reports of the Committee:

S.No Report No. on which the Statement is made Date of making the Statement 1 2nd Report 23.09.2020 2. 6th Report 23.09.2020

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CHAPTER – NINE COMMITTEE ON PETROLEUM & NATURAL GAS

I. Composition of Committee

9.1 The Committee on Petroleum & Natural Gas for the year 2019-20 was constituted on 13.09.2019 and continued in office till 12.09.2020. 9.2 The Committee consisted of 31 Members – 21 Members of Lok Sabha and 10 Members of Rajya Sabha nominated by the Speaker, Lok Sabha and the Chairman, Rajya Sabha, respectively. Shri Ramesh Bidhuri, M.P. (Lok Sabha), was appointed the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition is given as under:

1. Shri Ramesh Bidhuri- Chairperson Members Lok Sabha 2 Shri Dibyendu Adhikari 3 Smt. Chinta Anuradha 4 Shri Ramesh Chand Bind 5 Shri Pradyut Bordoloi 6 Shri Girish Chandra 7 Shri Topon Kumar Gogoi 8 Shri Naranbhai Kachhadiya 9 Shri Santosh Kumar 10 Shri Rodmal Nagar 11 Shri Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil 12 Shri Gautham Sigamani Pon 13 Shri M.K. Raghavan 14 Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu 15 Shri Dilip Saikia 16 Dr. Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal 17 Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal 18 Shri Lallu Singh 19 Shri Vinod Kumar Sonkar 20 Shri Ajay Tamta 21 Shri Rajan Baburao Vichare Rajya Sabha 22 Shri Ripun Bora 23 Shri Narain Dass Gupta 24 Smt. Kanta Kardam 25 Shri Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar 26 Shri Om Prakash Mathur 27 Shri Ahmed Patel 28 Shri K.K. Ragesh 29 Shri A. Vijayakumar 30 Ch. Sukhram Singh Yadav

31 Dr. Bhagwat Karad* MP (RS) who had retired w.e.f. 09.04.2020 Shri Narayan Lal Panchariya * * Dr. Bhagwat Karad MP (RS) nominated w.e.f. 22.07.2020

II. Subjects Selected for Examination

9.3. The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during 2019-20:-

Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

Sl. Subject No. 1. Allotment of Retail Outlets and LPG Distributorships. 2. Pricing, Marketing and Supply of Petroleum Products including Natural Gas. 3. Litigations involving Oil PSUs. 4. Contract Management and Transparency in Procurement Procedures in Oil PSUs. 5. Energy Security with specific reference to Hydrocarbon Resources and Electric Vehicles. 6. Oil Refineries - A Review. 7. CSR activities of oil PSUs. 8. A Review of Performance of Petroleum Sector related Installations and Organisations under the jurisdiction of MoPNG. 9. National Gas Grid. 10. Review of performance of Oil PSUs with specific reference to financial performance and investments in other sectors. 11. Human Resource Policy of Oil PSUs. 12. Disinvestment, Mergers and Acquisitions in Petroleum Sector. 13. International Cooperation in Petroleum Sector. 14. Review of Progress in Production of Bio-Fuels. 15. Review of LNG Infrastructure.

III. Constitution of Sub-Committees of the Committee, if applicable

9.4 No sub-Committees were constituted.

IV. Sittings of the Committee

9.5 During the period under report, the Committee held 15 sittings lasting 32 hours 30 Minutes. Statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is as follows:

Sl. No. Date of Duration (in Number of Subject s Discussed Sitting hours and members minutes) present

Hrs. Mins. 93

1. 18/10/2019 00 45 20 To consider Memorandum No.1 regarding the selection of subjects for examination by the Committee during the current term (2019-20).

2 05/11/2019 03 15 21 To take oral evidence of representatives of the Ministry/PSUs on Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas 3 09/12/2019 00 30 23 Consideration and adoption of the draft report on 'Demands for Grants (2019-20)' of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

4 12/12/2019 02 30 20 To have a briefing by representatives of the Ministry of PNG PSUs on the subject Allotment of Retail Outlets and LPG Distributorships.

5 30/12/2019 02 15 16 To take oral evidence of representatives of the Ministry of PNG PSUs on the subject Allotment of Retail Outlets and LPG Distributorships.

6 16/01/2020 01 30 16 To have a briefing by representatives of the Ministry of PNG PSUs on ‘Exploration & Production Activities in the Country’ in connection with examination of the subject “Energy Security with specific reference to Hydrocarbon Resources and Electric Vehicles”. 7 17/02/2020 03 20 22 To take oral evidence of representatives of the Ministry/PSUs on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

8 05/03/2020 00 45 21 Consideration and adoption of the draft report on 'Demands for Grants (2020-21)' of the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas.

9 17/03/2020 02 00 25 To have a briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of P&NG/PSUs on the subject "Oil Refineries - A Review".

10 07/07/2020 02 00 12 (i) Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of P&NG/PSUs on the subject ‘National Gas Grid’ and (ii) Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of P&NG/PSUs on the subject ‘Review of Performance of OMCs’. 11 22/07/2020 03 30 13 I) Briefing by representatives of the Ministry of P&NG/PSUs on the subject "Review of Performance of Upstream Oil PSUs". (II) Briefing by representatives of the Ministry of P&NG/PSUs on the subject "Review of Progress in Production of Bio-fuels". 12 06/08/2020 03 00 13 i) Briefing by representatives of the Ministry of P&NG/PSU on the subject ‘Review of Performance of GAIL’. (ii) Briefing by representatives of the Ministry of P&NG/PSU on 94

the subject ‘Review of Performance of EIL’. 13 20/08/2020 02 40 18 To have briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of P&NG/PSUs on the subject "Pricing, Marketing and Supply of Petroleum Products by OMCs". 14 02/09/2020 02 00 17 To have a briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of P&NG/PSUs on the subject "International Cooperation in Petroleum Sector with specific reference to ONGC, OVL & GAIL". 15 11.09.2020 02 30 12 To take oral evidence by representatives of the Ministry of P&NG/IOCL/ Ministry of Finance (Deptt. of Financial Services)/SBI/PNB on the subject "Review of Progress in Production of Bio-Fuels”. Total 32 30

V. Details of Number of Sittings attended by each Member 9.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is as follows:

S. No. Number of Sittings attended by each Member 1 Shri Ramesh Bidhuri- Chairperson 15 Member s Lok Sabha 2 Shri Dibyendu Adhikari 05 3 Smt. Chinta Anuradha 05 4 Dr. Ramesh Chand Bind 07 5 Shri Pradyut Bordoloi 04 6 Shri Girish Chandra 12 7 Shri Topon Kumar Gogoi 03 8 Shri Naranbhai Kachhadiya 10 9 Shri Santosh Kumar 10 10 Shri Rodmal Nagar 13 11 Shri Unmesh Bhaiyyasaheb Patil 11 12 Shri Gautham Sigamani Pon 04 13 Shri M.K. Raghavan 06 14 Shri Chandra Sekhar Sahu 04 15 Shri Dilip Saikia 05 16 Dr. Bharatiben Dhirubhai Shyal 07 17 Shri Janardan Singh Sigriwal 15 18 Shri Lallu Singh 13 19 Shri Vinod Kumar Sonkar 09 20 Shri Ajay Tamta 10 21 Shri Rajan Baburao Vichare 12 Rajya Sabha 22 Shri Ripun Bora 04

23 Shri Narain Dass Gupta 15 24 Smt. Kanta Kardam 10 25 Shri Kanakamedala Ravindra Kumar 12 26 Shri Om Prakash Mathur 05 27 Shri Ahmed Patel 00 28 Shri K.K. Ragesh 07 29 Shri A. Vijayakumar 14 30 Ch. Sukhram Singh Yadav 12 31 Dr. Bhagwat Karad** 04 MP (RS) who had retired w.e.f. 09.04.2020 1 Shri Narayan Lal Panchariya* 06 * Shri Narayan Lal Panchariya MP (RS) retired w.e.f. 09.04.2020. ** Dr. Bhagwat Karad MP (RS) nominated w.e.f. 22.07.2020

VI. Government Bills/Policies referred to the Committees

9.7 During the above said period no bill was referred to the Standing Committee on Petroleum and Natural Gas.

VII. Material and memoranda received.

9.8 The Subject-wise details of the materials furnished by the concerned Ministry/Departments to the Committee are as follows:

SI. No. Subject No. of Typed/printed pages (approx.) 1. Demands for grants (2019-20). 450 2. Allotment of Retail Outlets and LPG Distributorships. 650 3. Energy Security with specific reference to Hydrocarbon 250 Resources and Electric Vehicles. 4. Demands for Grants (2020-21) 500 5. Oil Refineries - A Review. 200 6. National Gas Grid 100 7. Review of Performance of OMCs. 100 8. Review of Performance of Upstream Oil PSUs 120 9. Review of Performance of GAIL. 80 10. Review of Performance of EIL. 80 11. Pricing, Marketing and Supply of Petroleum Products by 120 OMCs. 12. International Cooperation in Petroleum Sector with specific 100 reference to ONGC, OVL & GAIL. 13. Review of Progress in Production of Bio-Fuels 230

VIII. Study Visits Undertaken

9.9 No study visits were undertaken by the Committee during the period under review.

IX. Original Reports 9.10 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following Original Reports to the House:- Sl. Report Subject of the Report Date of No. No. Presentation 1 1st Demands for Grants for the year (2019-20) of the 11.12.2019 Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas 2 2nd Demands for Grants for the year (2019-20) of the 06.03.2020 Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas

X. Action Taken Reports 9.11 No Action Taken Reports were presented to the House during the period under review.

XI. Action Taken Statement Laid 9.12 No Statements showing further action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter I and Chapter V of the Reports of the Committee were laid on the Table of the House

XII Statements Made under Direction 73A 9.13 No Statements were made under Direction 73A during the period under review. ---

CHAPTER – TEN STANDING COMMITTEE ON RAILWAYS

I. Composition of Committee 10.1. The Standing Committee on Railways for the year 2019-20 was constituted on 13.09.2019 and continued in office till 12.09.2020. 10.2. The Committee consisted of 31 members – 21 members of Lok Sabha and 10 members of Rajya Sabha nominated by the Speaker, Lok Sabha, and the Chairman, Rajya Sabha, respectively. Shri Radha Mohan, MP, was appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given as under: Sl. No. Member s 1 Shri Radha Mohan Singh - Chairperson

Lok Sabha 2 Dr. FarooqAbdullah

3 Shri ThalikkottaiRajuthevarBaalu 4 Smt. RanjanbenDhananjayBhatt 5 Shri Abu Hasem KhanChoudhury 6 Shri PankajChowdhary 7 Shri SureshKodikunnil 8 Shri KaushalendraKumar 9 Ms. DiyaKumari 10 Smt. JaskaurMeena 11 Shri AnubhavMohanty 12 Shri Sunil KumarMondal 13 Shri GariReddeppaNallakonda 14 Smt. QueenOja 15 Smt. Keshari DeviPatel 16 Shri MukeshRajput 17 Shri SumedhanandSaraswati 18 Shri ArvindGanpatSawant 19 Shri Gopal Jee Thakur, 20 Smt. SangeetaKumariSinghDeo 21 SadhviPragya SinghThakur Rajya Sabha 22 Shri Narhari Amin

23 Shri Ashok Siddharth, 24 Shri Chh. Udayanraje Bhonsle 25 Shri H.D. Devegowda 26 Shri N. Gokulakrishnan 27 Prof. Manoj Kumar Jha 28 Shri Santosh Kumar, Joginipally 29 Smt. Phulo Devi Netam 30 Ms. Saroj Pandey 31 Shri BashisthaNarain Singh

1. Shri ArvindSawant was nominated vice Shri HemantTukaramGodse vide Lok Sabha Bulletin Part II no. 1170 dated 25.02.2020. 2. Shri Mohd. Ali Khan retired w.e.f. 09.04.2020 vide RS Bulletin Part II No. 59527 dated 02.01.2020. 3. Shri Garikapati Mohan Rao retired w.e.f. 09.04.2020 vide RS Bulletin Part II No. 59527 dated 02.01.2020. 4. MahantShambhuprasadjiTundiya retired w.e.f. 09.04.2020 vide RS Bulletin Part II No. 59527 dated 02.01.2020. 5. Shri MotilalVora retired w.e.f. 09.04.2020 vide RS Bulletin Part II No. 59527 dated 02.01.2020.

II. Subjects selected for examination

10.3. The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during 2019-20:-

Ministry of Railways

Sl. No. Subject 1 Passenger Amenities including Modernisation of Railway Stations 2 National Projects and Strategic Lines of Indian Railways 3 Expansion of Rail Network 4 Last Mile Port Connectivity with Indian Railways 5 Introduction of High Speed Trains 6 Dedicated Freight Corridor Projects of Indian Railways 7 Passenger Reservation System of Indian Railways 8 Digitalization in Indian Railways 9 Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) related activities of PSUs of Indian Railways 10 Sub-urban Train Services of Indian Railways 11 National Rail VikasYojna – A Review 12 Performance of Production Units of Indian Railways 13 Protection and Usage of Surplus Railway Land 14 Safety measures in Railway Operations 15 Reconstitution and Restructuring of Railway Zones 16 Modernization and capacity utilization of workshops in Indian Railways 17 Rashtriya Rail SanrakshaKosh (RRSK) 18 Recruitment in Indian Railways 19 Requirement, procurement and utilization of wagons by Indian Railways 20 Staff Welfare measures in Rail PSUs

III. Constitution of Sub-Committees/Study Groups

10.4 No Sub-Committees/Study Groups were constituted.

IV. Sittings of the Committee

10.5 During the period under report, the Committee held 11 sittings lasting 14 Hours.Statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is as follows:

Sl. No. Date of Duration (in Number of Subject s Discussed Sitting hours and members minutes) present

Hrs. Mins. 1. 26/09/2019 01 00 24 Consideration of Memorandum No. 1 and to chalk out future programme of the Committee. 2 23/10/2019 02 15 23 Evidence by the representatives of the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) on “Demands for Grants (2019-20)” pertaining to the Ministry of Railways. 3 07/11/2019 02 30 21 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) on the subject “Passenger Amenities including Modernisation of Railway Stations”. 4 28/11/2019 00 30 15 Consideration for adoption of draft Report on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations of the Committee contained in their 23rd Report on "Maintenance of Bridges in Indian Railways : A Review" 5 11/12/2019 00 40 15 Consideration for adoption of draft Report on ‘Demands for Grants (2019-20) of Ministry of Railways“ 6 20/12/2019 02 10 18 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) and CMD, IRCTC on the subject ‘Passenger Amenities including Modernisation of Railway Stations’. 7 20/01/2020 01 00 18 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) on the subject ‘Expansion of Rail Network’. 8 17/02/2020 02 15 23 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) on ‘Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Railways’. 9 28/02/2020 00 30 11 Consideration for adoption of draft Report on “Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Railways”. 10 13/03/2020 01 10 12 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) along with Chairman & Managing Director -Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation(IRCTC) and Managing 100

Director - Centre for Railway Information Systems (CRIS) on the subject ‘Passenger Reservation System of Indian Railways’. 11 13/08/2020 02 10 16 (i) Consideration and adoption of draft Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations of the Committee contained in their 2nd Report on “Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Railways”. (ii) Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Railways (Railway Board) on the subject “Expansion of Rail Network. Total 16 10

V. Details of Number of Sittings attended by each Member

10.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is as follows: Sl. Number of Sittings No. attended by Member 1 Shri Radha Mohan Singh-Chairperson 10

Member Lok Sabha 2 Dr. FarooqAbdullah --

3 Shri Thalikkottai RajuthevarBaalu 9 4 Smt. Ranjanben DhananjayBhatt 6 5 Shri Abu Hasem KhanChoudhury 5 6 Shri PankajChowdhary 9 7 Shri SureshKodikunnil 8 8 Shri KaushalendraKumar 7 9 Ms. DiyaKumari 6 10 Smt. JaskaurMeena 5 11 Shri AnubhavMohanty 4 12 Shri Sunil KumarMondal 8 13 Shri Gari ReddeppaNallakonda 7 14 Smt. QueenOja 6 15 Smt. Keshari DeviPatel 6 16 Shri MukeshRajput 11 17 Shri SumedhanandSaraswati 8 18 Shri Arvind GanpatSawant 2 19 Shri Gopal Jee Thakur, 10

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20 Smt. Sangeeta KumariSinghDeo 8 21 Sadhvi Pragya SinghThakur 3 Rajya Sabha 1 Shri Narhari Amin 1 2 Shri Ashok Siddharth, 9 3 Shri Chh. Udayanraje Bhonsle -- 4 Shri H.D. Devegowda -- 5 Shri N. Gokulakrishnan 7 6 Prof. Manoj Kumar Jha 7 7 Shri Santosh Kumar, Joginipally 4 8 Smt. Phulo Devi Netam -- 9 Ms. Saroj Pandey 6 10 Shri Bashistha Narain Singh 2 RS Retired Members* 1 Shri Mohd. Ali Khan 7 2 Shri Garikapati Mohan Rao 4 3 Mahant Shambhuprasadji Tundiya 2 4 Shri Motilal Vora 6 *Retired w.e.f. 09.04.2020 vide Rajya Sabha Bulletin Part-II No. 59527 dated 02.01.2020.

VI. Government Bills/Policies referred to the Committee

10.7 During the above said period no Bills/Policies were referred to the Committee.

VII. Material and Memoranda received

10.8 The Subject-wise details of the materials furnished by the concerned Ministry/Departments to the Committee are as follows:: Sl. Subject No. of No. typed/printed pages 1. Passenger amenities including modernisation of Railway 400 Stations 2. National Projects and Strategic Lines of Indian Railways 8 3. Expansion of Rail Network 150 4. Last Mile Port Connectivity with Indian Railways 6 5. Introduction of High Speed Trains 50 6. Dedicated Freight Corridor Projects of Indian Railways 8 7. Passenger Reservation System of Indian Railways 75 8. Digitalization in Indian Railways 30 9. Corporate Social Responsibilities (CSR) related activities of 6

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PSUs of Indian Railways 10. Sub-urban Train Services of Indian Railways 20 11. National Rail VikasYojana 9 12. Performance of Production Units of Indian Railways 8 13. Protection and Usage of Surplus Railway Land 20 14. Safety measures in Railway Operations 25 15. Reconstitution and Restructuring of Railway Zones 6 16. Modernization and capacity utilization of Workshops in India in 8 Indian Railways 17. Rashtriya Rail SanrakshaKosh (RRSK) 75 18. Requirement, Procurement and Utilization of Wagons by Indian 75 Railways 19. Staff Welfare Measures in Rail PSU 8 20. Demands for Grants (2019-20) of Indian Railways 150 21. Demands for Grants (2020-21) of Indian Railways 100

VIII. Study Visits undertaken

10.9 The Committee on Railways undertook one on-the-spot study visits during the period under review. A Statement showing the composition, duration and the places visited by the Committee is given as under: S.No. Duration of visit Places visited Names of Members attended the visit 1 03.01.0220 to Hyderabad (1) Shri Radha Mohan Singh, 08.01.2020 Chairperson (2) Smt. Ranjanben Bhatt, (3) Shri Pankaj Choudhary, Shri HemantTukaramGodse, (4) Shri Suresh Kudikunnil, (5) Shri Kaushlendra Kumar, (6) Shri Sunil Kumar Mondal, (7) Smt. Queen Oja, (8) Shri Mukesh Rajput, (9) Shri N. Reddeppa, (10)Shri SumedhanandSarawati, (11)Shri Gopal Jee Thakur, (12)Shri N. Gokulkrishnan, (13)Prof. Manoj Kumar Jha, (14)Shri Mohd. Ali Khan, (15)Shri J. Santosh Kumar, (16)Shri Garikapati Mohan Rao, (17)Shri Ashok Siddharth

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IX. Original Reports

10.10 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following Original Reports to the House:- S.No Report Subject Date of No. Presentation 1 2nd Demand for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of 12.12.2019 Railways 2 3rd Demand for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of 02.03.2020 Railways

X. Action Taken Reports 10.11 The following Taken Reports were presented to the House during the period under review: Sl. Report Subject Date of No. No. Presentation 1. 1st Action taken by the Government on the 03.12.2019 recommendation/observations contained in the 23 rd Report of the Standing Committee on Railways (16 th Lok Sabha) on “Maintenance of Bridges in Indian Railways A Review”.

XI. Action Taken Statement Laid

10.12 No Action taken Statements were laid on the Table of the House.

XI Statements made under Direction 73A

10.13 During the period under review, the Hon’ble Minister for Railways made Statements under Direction 73A of ‘Directions by the Speaker’ in the context of the following Original Reports of the Committee:

Report Number on which Statement is Date of Making the Statement made 2nd 18.03.2020 (LS) 20.03.2020 (RS)

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CHAPTER – ELEVEN

COMMITTEE ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT

I. Composition of Committee

11.1 The Committee on Urban Development for the year 2019-20 was constituted on 13.09.2019 and continued in office till 12.09.2020

11.2 The Committee consisted of 31 Members - 21 Members of Lok Sabha and 10 Members of Rajya Sabha nominated by Speaker, Lok Sabha, and the Chairman Rajya Sabha respectively. Shri Jagdambika Pal, M.P. was appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given as under:

1. Shri Jagdambika Pal - Chairperson

Members

Lok Sabha

2. Adv. A. M. Ariff 3. Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel 4. Shri Sanjay Kumar Bandi 5. Shri Kalyan Banerjee 6. Shri Benny Behanan 7. Shri Ramcharan Bohra 8. Shri Hibi Eden 9. Shri Gautam Gambhir 10. Shri Syed Imtiaz Jaleel 11. Shri Shankar Lalwani 12. Smt Hema Malini 13. Shri Hasnain Masoodi 14. Shri P.C. Mohan 15. Shri C.R. Patil 16. Shri Sunil Kumar Pintu 17. Shri Adala Prabhakara Reddy 18. Smt. Aparajita Sarangi 19. Shri Rahul Ramesh Shewale 20. Shri Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre 21. Shri Sunil Kumar Soni Rajya Sabha

22. Shri M. J Akbar 23. Shri Y. S. Chowdary 24. Shri Kumar Ketkar 25. Shri Sanjay Singh 26. Sh Ayodhya Rami Reddy Alla* 105

27. Sh Ram Chander Jangra* 28. Sh Digvijaya Singh # 29. Dr. Sumer Singh Solanki* 30. Shri Subrata Bakshi*# 31. Vacant RS Retired Members 1. Dr Tazeem Fatma 2. Sh Vijay Goel @ 3. Sh Ahamed Hassan & 4. Sh Sanjay Dattatraya Kadade & 5. Sh R K Sinha % * Members Nominated on 22 July, 2020. # Member nominated on 06 Nov 2019 and retired on 09 Apr 20 and re-nominated on 22 July 20. *# Member nominated on 22 Jul 2020 but Oath not taken. @ Member nominated on 27 Nov 2019 and retired on 09 Apr 2020. & Members nominated on 13 Sep 2019 and retired on 02 Apr 2020. % Member nominated on13 Sep 2019 and retired on 09 Apr 2020.

II. Subjects selected for examination 11.3. The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during 2019-20:-

Sl. Subject No. 1. Role of Municipal Corporations of Delhi, DDA, NDMC, CPWD and NBCC in reducing air pollution in Delhi. 2. Solid Waste Management. 3. Smart Cities Mission: An Evaluation. 4. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY-U) : Housing for All by 2022 and related issues. 5. Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT). 6. Water Supply, Sewerage, Sanitation, Green Space and other Urban amenities in cities across India. 7. Fall in Water Table index of Cities: The Solutions. 8. Implementation of various Metro Projects and related issue. 9. Decongestion of cities for Smooth Flow of Traffic especially in metropolitan cities. 10. Need for formulating Master Plan for every city in the country for holistic development. 11. Need for De-Concretization of Cities. 12. Removal of Encroachments and related issues. 13. Slums in Metropolitan cities: need for improvement and resettlement of slum dwellers. 14. Monitoring of implementation of on-going projects by CPWD and NBCC. 15. Evaluation of the Policy on Acquisition of Land, Land Pooling and Land Use Change along with Redevelopment Norms in tune with current times. 16. People Centric Training and Capacity Building of functionaries of the Urban Local Bodies (ULBs)/Municipal Bodies.

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III. Constitution of Sub-Committees/Study Groups

11.4 No Sub-Committees/Study Groups were constituted.

IV. Sittings of the Committee

11.5 During the period under report, the Committee held 14 sittings lasting 44 hours 17 Minutes.

Statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee, the duration of the sittings, the number of

Members present and the subjects discussed is as follows:

Sl. Date of Duration (in Number of Subject s Discussed No. Sitting hours and members minutes) present

Hrs. Mins. 1. 30/09/2019 01 45 13 Consideration and Adoption of Memorandum No. 1 for selection of subjects for examination during 2019-20 and deciding future course of action of the Committee. 2 10/10/2019 02 55 12 Briefing on Demand for Grants (2019-20) by Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. 3 06/11/2019 04 45 17 Evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Demands for Grants (2019-20) Evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs on Demands for Grants (2019- 20). 4 20/11/2019 02 30 24 Briefing by representatives of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs, Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change and Central Pollution Control Board on the subject Role of Municipal Corporations of Delhi, DDA, NDMC, CPWD and NBCC in Reducing Air Pollution in Delhi. 5 05/12/2019 02 00 18 Role of Municipal Corporations of Delhi, DDA, NDMC, CPWD and NBCC in reducing air pollution in Delhi. 6 11/12/2019 01 00 16 Consideration and Adoption of Draft Report of Standing Committee on Urban Development on "Demands for Grants (2019-20)" of Ministry of Housing and Urban Development. 7 23/12/2019 03 30 12 Smart Cities Mission: An Evaluation , 8 10/01/2020 03 00 13 Smart Cities Mission: An Evaluation , 9 17/02/2020 06 30 20 Demands for Grants (2020-21) of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

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10 28/02/2020 02 45 10 Consideration and Adoption of Draft Report of Urban Development Committee on Demand for Grants (2020-21) of Ministry of Housing and Urban Development and of Smart Cities Mission: An Evaluation with reference to Smart Cities of Kochi and Agra. 11 17/03/2020 02 30 23 Situation arising out of Corona virus in Delhi and NCR. 12 23/07/2020 02 45 10 Smart Cities Mission: An Evaluation. 13 18/08/2020 04 30 13 Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation (AMRUT) and 'Water Supply, Sewerage, Sanitation, Green Spaces and other urban amenities across India' with special emphasis on finding permanent solution to water logging problem in Delhi. 14 27/08/2020 03 52 14 Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana - Urban (PMAY- U) : Housing for All by 2022 and related issues , Water Supply, sewerage, sanitation, green space and other urban amenities in cities across India with special emphasis on finding a permanent solution to the problem of water logging in Jaipur and Gurugram and Adoption of Draft Action Taken Report on Demands for Grants (2019-20) and (2020-21) of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs. Total 44 17

V. Details of Number of Sittings attended by each Member

11.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is as follows:

Sl. No. Number of Sittings attended by each Member 1 Shri Jagdambika Pal-Chairperson 14 Members Lok Sabha 2 Adv. A. M. Ariff 5 3 Prof. S. P. Singh Baghel 8 4 Shri Sanjay Kumar Bandi 7 5 Shri Kalyan Banerjee 6 6 Shri Benny Behanan 6 7 Shri Ramcharan Bohra 12 108

8 Shri Hibi Eden 8 9 Shri Gautam Gambhir 9 10 Shri Syed Imtiaz Jaleel 6 11 Shri Shankar Lalwani 9 12 Smt Hema Malini 4 13 Shri Hasnain Masoodi 4 14 Shri P.C. Mohan 9 15 Shri C.R. Patil 12 16 Shri Sunil Kumar Pintu 7 17 Shri Adala Prabhakara Reddy 5 18 Smt. Aparajita Sarangi 9 19 Shri Rahul Ramesh Shewale 11 20 Shri Sudhakar Tukaram Shrangre 3 21 Shri Sunil Kumar Soni 8 Rajya Sabha 22 Shri M. J Akbar 7 23 Shri Y. S. Chowdary 4 24 Shri Kumar Ketkar 10 25 Shri Sanjay Singh 13 26 Sh Ayodhya Rami Reddy Alla* 2 27 Sh Ram Chander Jangra* 1 28 Sh Digvijaya Singh# 3 29 Dr. Sumer Singh Solanki* 0 30 Shri Subrata Bakshi* # 0 31 Vacant Retired RS Members 1. Dr Tazeem Fatma 0 2. Sh Vijay Goel@ 3 3. Sh Ahamed Hassan& 6 4. Sh Sanjay Dattatraya Kakade& 0 5. Sh R K Sinha% 3 * Members Nominated on 22 July, 2020. # Member nominated on 06 Nov 2019 and retired on09 Apr 2020 and re-nominated on 22 July 2020. *# Member nominated on 22 Jul 2020 but Oath not taken. @ Member nominated on 27 Nov 2019 and retired on 09 Apr 2020. & Members nominated on 13 Sep 2019 and retired on 02 Apr 2020. % Member nominated on13 Sep 2019 and retired on 09 Apr 2020.

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VI. Government Bills/Policies referred to the Committee

11.7 During the above said perido no Bills/Policieswere referred to the Standing Committee on Urban Development.

VII. Material and Memoranda received

11.8 The Subject-wise details of the materials furnished by the concerned Ministry/Departments to the Committee are as follows:

Sl. Subject No. of typed/ No. printed pages 1. Demands for Grants (2019-20) 200 2. Role of Municipal Corporation of Delhi, DDA, NDMC, 150 CPWD and NBCC in reducing Air Pollution in Delhi 3. Demands for Grants (2020-21) 200 4. Smart Cities Mission: An Evaluation 300 5. Situation arising out of Corona virus in Delhi and NCR 50 6. Atal Mission for Rejuvenation and Urban Transformation 75 (AMRUT) 7. Water Supply, Sewerage, Sanitation , Green Spaces and 100 other urban amenities across India 8. Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana- Urban (PMAY-U) 75

VIII. Study Visits undertaken

11.9 During the period the Committee undertook one on the spot Study Tour. The composition of

various groups which undertook the study tours, the places visited and date of visits is given as

under:

S.No. Duration of visit Places visited Names of Members attended the visit 1. 15.1.2020 Indore, Mumbai, (1) Shri Jagdambika Pal, To Bhuvneshwar, (2) Shri Ramcharan Bohra, 20.1.2020 Kolkata (3) Shri Sunil Kumar Soni, (4) Shri Shankar Lalwani, (5) Shri Kalyan Banerjee, (6) Shri Syed Imtiaz Jaleel (7) Shri Hibi Eden, (8) Shri Sunil Kumar Pintu, (9) Shri Ariff, (10)Adv. Abdul Majeed (11)Shri Rahul Ramesh Shewale, (12)Prof. S.P. Singh Baghel, (13)Smt. Aparajita Sarangi, (14)Shri Ahamed Hassan, (15)Shri Digvijaya Singh, 110

(16)Shri Hasnain Masoodi, (17)Shri Kumar Ketkar, (18)Shri M. J. Akbar,

IX. Original Reports

11.10 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following Original Reports to the House:-

S. Report Subject Date of No No. Presentation

1 1st First Report of the Standing Committee on Urban Development 11.12.2019 (2019-20) on Demand for Grants (2019-20) of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

2 2nd Second Report of the Standing Committee on Urban 03.03.2020 Development (2019-20) on Demand for Grants (2020-21) of Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs

X. Action Taken Reports

11.11 The following Action Taken Reports were presented to the Hon'ble Speaker under Direction 71 (1) of 'Directions by the Speaker' during the period under review:-

S. Report Subject Date of No No. Presentation

1. 3rd Third Action Taken Report on 11.09.2020 Recommendations/observations contained in First Report (17th Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Urban Development on Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

2. 4th Fourth Action Taken Report on -do- Recommendations/observations contained in Second Report (17 th Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Urban Development on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Affairs.

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XI. Action Taken Statement Laid

11.12 No Action taken Statements were laid on the Table of the House.

XII. Statement made under Direction 73A

11.13 During the period under review, the Hon'ble Ministers for Urban Development made Statements under Direction 73A of ‘Directions by the Speaker' in the context of the following Original Reports of the Committee:

Report Number on which Date of making the Statement Statement is made

25 th Report (16 th Lok Sabha) 31.01.2020

1st Report 21.09.2020

(17 th Lok Sabha)

2nd Report (17 th Lok Sabha) 23.09.2020

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CHAPTER – TWELVE

STANDING COMMITTEE ON WATER RESOURCES

I. Composition of Committee

12.1 The Standing Committee on Water Resources for the term 2019-20 was constituted on 13.09.2019 and continued in office till 12.09.2020.

12.2 The Committee consisted of 31 Members - 21 Members of Lok Sabha and 10 Members of Rajya Sabha - nominated by Speaker, Lok Sabha and the Chairman, Rajya Sabha, respectively. Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal, M.P. was appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given as under: 1. Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal - Chairperson Members Lok Sabha

2. Shri Vijay Baghel 3. Shri Bhagirath Chaudhary 4. Shri Nandkumar Singh Chauhan 5. Shri Nihal Chand Chauhan 6. Shri Chandra Prakash Choudhary 7. Shri Guman Singh Damor 8. Dr. Heena Vijaykumar Gavit 9. Dr. K. Jayakumar 10. Shri Kaushal Kishore 11. Shri P. Raveendranath Kumar 12. Shri Kuruva Gorantla Madhav 13. Shri Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel 14. Shri Sanjay Kaka Patil 15. Shri S. Ramalingam 16. Shri Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod 17. Shri Prajwal Revanna 18. Ms. Nusrat Jahan Ruhi 19. Ms. Agatha K. Sangma 20. Shri D. K. Suresh 21. Shri A. Narayana Swamy

Rajya Sabha 22. Sardar Balwinder Singh Bhunder 23. Shri Harshvardhan Singh Dungarpur 24. Mir Mohammad Fayaz 25. Dr. Kirodi Lal Meena 26. Shri Arun Singh # 27. A. Mohammedjan 28. Shri Subhash Chandra Singh* 29. Shri Rewati Raman Singh 30. Shri Pradeep Tamta 31. Shri N. R. Elango** 113

# Nominated w.e.f. 22.07.2020 vice Shri Madhusudan Mistry who retired on 09.4.2020 *Nominated w.e.f. 22.07.2020 vice Shri K. Bhabananda Singh who retired on 09.4.2020 ** Nominated w.e.f. 22.07.2020 vice Shri Narendra Kumar Swain who retired on 02.4.2020. However he did not take oath as Member of Parliament and hence could not participate/attend Sittings of the Committee.

II. Subjects selected for examination

12.3 The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during 2019-20:- Ministry of Jal Shakti

Sl. Subject No. 1. Conservation, Development, Management and Abatement of pollution in river Ganga and its tributaries and rejuvenation of river Cauvery. 2. Water Management: Problems and Challenges in India and measures taken with reference to Water Policy in Meghalaya. 3. Groundwater: A Valuable but Diminishing Resource 4. Flood Management in the Country and evolving a Decision Support System for release of Water from the Dams 5. Rivers as composite assets of the country – Measures taken/being taken for maintaining their purity and sustainability including the Inter-State Disputes. 6. Review of Inter-Linking of Rivers. 7. Rain Water Harvesting in India. 8. Encroachment of Water Bodies with special reference to various streams in Himalayan Ecosystem. 9. Micro Irrigation – New approach towards conservation and management of Water with special emphasis on Drip Irrigation/Sprinklers. 10. Review of major and medium Irrigation Projects in India. 11. Protection of river banks, flood plains and initiatives for control of soil erosion. 12. Dams and Barrages: their present status, safety and security. 13. Status and Progress of Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) and Water Users Associations (WUAs). 14. Maintenance and Creation of Water Bodies - Role of the (i) Government and Local Bodies; and (ii) Industries under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). 15. Review of the role and working of WAPCOS Limited. 16. Review of performance of Swachh Bharat Mission - Quality and sustainability of sanitation infrastructure created under Swachh Bharat Mission. 17 Performance of National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP). 18 Availability of Safe Drinking Water in Rural India – Issues and Approaches. 19 Quality of Drinking Water in India - Review of measures taken and achievements.

III. Constitution of Sub-Committees/Study Groups

12.4 No Sub-Committee/Study Group was constituted.

IV. Sittings of the Committee

12.5 During the period under report, the Committee held 12 sittings lasting 18 hours 55 Minutes. Statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is as follows: 114

Sl. No. Date of Duration (in Number Subject s Discussed Sitting hours and of minutes) members present Hrs. Mins.

1. 30/09/2019 01 00 21 Consideration of Memorandum No. 1 regarding Selection of Subjects by the Committee for examination during the year 2019-20. 2 23/10/2019 02 15 22 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Jal Shakti – (i) Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation; and (ii) Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation in connection with the examination of the Demands for Grants (2019-2020). 3 11/11/2019 01 45 18 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Jal Shakti – Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation on the subject “Conservation, Development, Management and Abatement of pollution in river Ganga and its tributaries and rejuvenation of river Cauvery”. 4 29/11/2019 00 35 17 Consideration and adoption of Draft Report on Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Jal Shakti – (a) Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation; (b) Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation. 5 23/12/2019 01 20 14 Further Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Jal Shakti – Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation on the subject “Conservation, Development, Management and Abatement of pollution in river Ganga and its tributaries and rejuvenation of river Cauvery”. 6 21/01/2020 02 00 14 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Jal Shakti – Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation on the subject “Groundwater: A Valuable but Diminishing Resource”. 7 06/02/2020 00 40 21 Internal deliberations for deciding future course of action on Demands for Grants (2020-21) in respect of Ministry of Jal Shakti – (i) Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation. (ii) Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation. 8 24/02/2020 02 35 19 Oral evidence of the representatives of the 115

Ministry of Jal Shakti – Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation in connection with the examination of the Demands for Grants (2020-2021). 9 25/02/2020 02 15 17 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Jal Shakti – Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation in connection with the examination of the Demands for Grants (2020-2021). 10 03/03/2020 00 30 13 Consideration and adoption of Draft Reports on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Jal Shakti – (i) Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation; (ii) Department of Drinking Water & Sanitation; and (iii) Draft Report on Action Taken by the Government on the observations / recommendations contained in Twenty Third Report (16th Lok Sabha) on the Subject ‘Socio-economic impact of commercial exploitation of water by Industries’. 11 06/08/2020 01 45 12 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Jal Shakti on the subject "Flood Management in the Country and evolving a Decision Support System for release of Water from the Dams" 12 17/08/2020 02 15 14 (i) Evidence of the representatives of the: (a) Ministry of Jal Shakti (Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation); and (b) Officials of the concerned Departments of the State Governments of Assam, Bihar and Kerala - on the subject “Flood Management in the Country and evolving a decision support system for release of water from the Dams with special reference to measures taken for flood control in the States of, Assam, Bihar and Kerala". (ii) Consideration and adoption of draft Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the First Report of the Committee(17thLokSabha) on “Demands for Grants (2019-20)” of the Ministry of Jal Shakti (Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation) Total 18 55 --

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V. Details of Number of Sittings attended by each Member

12.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is as follows:

Sl. No. Number of Sittings attended by Member 1 Dr. Sanjay Jaiswal - Chairperson 11 Member Lok Sabha 2 Shri Vijay Baghel 09

3 Shri Bhagirath Chaudhary 10

4 Shri Nandkumar Singh Chauhan 05

5 Shri Nihal Chand Chauhan 05

6 Shri Chandra Prakash Choudhary 06

7 Shri Guman Singh Damor 08

8 Dr. Heena Vijaykumar Gavit 09 9 Dr. K. Jayakumar 09

10 Shri Kaushal Kishore 09

11 Shri P. Raveendranath Kumar 04

12 Shri Kuruva Gorantla Madhav 05 13 Shri Hasmukhbhai Somabhai Patel 09

14 Shri Sanjay Kaka Patil 03

15 Shri S. Ramalingam 06

16 Shri Dipsinh Shankarsinh Rathod 10

17 Shri Prajwal Revanna 06

18 Ms. Nusrat Jahan Ruhi 01

19 Ms. Agatha K. Sangma 06

20 Shri D. K. Suresh 02

21 Shri A. Narayana Swamy 06

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Rajya Sabha

22 Sardar Balwinder Singh Bhunder 06 23 Shri Harshvardhan Singh Dungarpur 03 24 Mir Mohammad Fayaz 06 25 Dr. Kirodi Lal Meena 09 26 Shri A. Mohammedjan 05 27 Shri Rewati Raman Singh 02 28 Shri Pradeep Tamta 10 29 Shri Arun Singh # 02 30 Shri Subhash Chandra Singh ## 02 31 Shri N. R. Elango*** - Retired RS Members 1 Shri Madhusudan Mistry* 07 2 Shri K. Bhabananda Singh** 07 3 Shri Narendra Kumar Swain $ 04

* Shri Madhusudan Mistry retired on 09.4.2020. ** Shri K. Bhabananda Singh retired on 09.4.2020 *** Nominated w.e.f. 22.07.2020 vice Shri Narendra Kumar Swain who retired on 02.4.2020. H owever he did not take oath as Member of Parliament and hence could not participate/attend Sittings of the Committee. $ Shri Narendra Kumar Swain retired on 02.4.2020. # Shri Arun Singh was nominated w.e.f. 22.07.2020 ## Shri Shri Subhash Chandra Singh was nominated w.e.f. 22.07.2020

VI. Government Bills/Policies referred to the Committee

12.7 During the above said period no Government Bill/Policy was referred to the Standing Committee on Water Resources.

VII. Material and Memoranda received

12.8 The Subject-wise details of the materials furnished by the concerned Ministry/Departments to the Committee are as follows::

Sl. No. Subject No. of Typed/Printe d pages (approx)

1. Preliminary Material, Replies to List of Points, Supplementary List of 500 Points and Post Evidence List of Points in connection with examination of Demands for Grants (2019-20) and (2020-21) of the Ministry of Jal Shakti – (i) Department of Water Resources, River Development & Ganga Rejuvenation; and (ii) Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation. 2. Conservation, Development, Management and Abatement of 250 pollution in river Ganga and its tributaries and rejuvenation of river

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Cauvery. 3. Groundwater: A Valuable but Diminishing Resource. 250 4. Flood Management in the Country and evolving a Decision Support 500 System for release of Water from the Dams 5. Review of performance of Swachh Bharat Mission - Quality and 200 sustainability of sanitation infrastructure created under Swachh Bharat Mission.

6. Water Management: Problems and Challenges in India and 03 measures taken with reference to Water Policy in Meghalaya. 7. Rivers as composite assets of the country – Measures taken/being 02 taken for maintaining their purity and sustainability including the Inter-State Disputes. 8. Review of Inter-Linking of Rivers. 10 9. Rain Water Harvesting in India. 12 10. Encroachment of Water Bodies with special reference to various 02 streams in Himalayan Ecosystem. 11. Micro Irrigation – New approach towards conservation and 03 management of Water with special emphasis on Drip Irrigation/Sprinklers. 12. Review of major and medium Irrigation Projects in India. 04 13. Protection of river banks, flood plains and initiatives for control of 03 soil erosion. 14. Dams and Barrages : their present status, safety and security. 02 15. Status and Progress of Participatory Irrigation Management (PIM) 02 and Water Users Associations (WUAs). 16. Maintenance and Creation of Water Bodies - Role of the (i) 03 Government and Local Bodies; and (ii) Industries under Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). 17. Review of the role and working of WAPCOS Limited. 03 18. Performance of National Rural Drinking Water Programme 05 (NRDWP). 19. Availability of Safe Drinking Water in Rural India – Issues and 06 Approaches. 20. Quality of Drinking Water in India - Review of measures taken and 04 achievements.

VIII. Study Visits undertaken

12.9 During the period the Committee undertook nil on- the -spot Study Tours.

IX. Original Reports presented

12.10 The following original reports were presented to the House during the period under review:-

Sl, No. Report No. Subject Date of Presentation 1 1st First Report on Demand for Grants (2019-20)of the 05.12.2019 Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. 119

2 2nd Second Report on Demand for Grants (2019-20)of the 05.12.2019 Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation. 3 3rd Third Report on Demand for Grants (2020-21) of the 05.03.2020 Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. 4 4th Fourth Report on Demand for Grants (2020-21) of the 05.03.2020 Ministry of Jal Shakti, Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation.

X. Action Taken Reports

12.11 The following action taken reports were presented to the House during the period under review:- Sl. Report Subject Date of No. No. Presentation

1 5th Fifth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the 5.3.2020 recommendation /Observation contained in the Twenty Third Report(16 th Lok Sabha) on the subject “Socio –economic impact of commercial exploitation of water by Industries”

XI. Action Taken Statement Laid

12.12 Statements showing further action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter I and Chapter V of the following Reports of the Committee were laid on the Table of the House:- Report Subject Date of No. laying the Statement 21 st Statement showing Further Action Taken by the 10.02.2019 Government on the Observations / Recommendations contained in the Twenty First Report on Action Taken on Observations / Recommendations contained in the Fourteenth Report on the subject "Review of Accelerated Irrigation Benefits Programme (AIBP)".

XII. Statements made under Direction 73A

12.13 No Statements were made under Direction 73A during the period under review.

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CHAPTER – THIRTEEN

COMMITTEE ON CHEMICALS AND FERTILIZERS

I. Composition of the Committee

13.1. The Committee on Chemicals & Fertilizers for the year 2019-20 was constituted on 13.09.2019 and continued in office till 12.09.2020. 13.2 The Committee consisted of 31 Members - 21 Members of Lok Sabha and 10 Members of Rajya Sabha nominated by Speaker, Lok Sabha, and the Chairman Rajya Sabha, respectively Smt. Kanimozhi Karunanidhi, MP was appointed as Chairperson of the Committee w.e.f 13 th September, 2019. The composition of the Committee is given as under: 1 Smt Kanimozhi Karunanidhi - Chairperson Member s Lok Sabha 2 Maulana Badruddin Ajmal 3 Shri Deepak Baij* 4 Shri Ramakant Bhargava 5 Shri Prataprao Govindrao Patil Chikhalikar 6 Shri Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama 7 Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi 8 Shri Kripanath Mallah 9 Shri Satyadev Pachauri 10 Shri Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil~ 11 Smt. Aparupa Poddar 12 Dr. Manoj Rajoria^ 13 Shri Arun Kumar Sagar 14 Shri M. Selvaraj 15 Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh 16 Shri Uday Pratap Singh 17 Shri Nandigam Suresh 18 Shri Bishweswar Tudu 19 Shri H. Vasanthakumar@ 20 Shri Prabhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava 21 Dr. M.K. Vishnu Prasad Rajya Sabha 22 Shri G.C. Chandrashekhar 23 Dr. Anil Jain 24 Shri Ahmad Ashfaque Karim 25 Shri Amar Singh@@ 26 Shri P. Selvarasu+ 27 Shri A. D. Singh+ 28 Shri Arun Singh$ 29 Shri Vijay Pal Singh Tomar

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30 Shri K. Vanlalvena+ * Shri Deepak Baij has been nominated as a Member of the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers w.e.f. 23.09.2019 ^ Dr Manoj Rajoria has been nominated as a Member of the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers w.e.f. 4.11.2019 # Nomination of Shri N. K. Premachandran, MP has been changed from Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers to Committee on External Affairs wef 14.11.2019 $Shri Arun Singh has been nominated as a Member of the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers w.e.f. 4.02.2020. ~Shri Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil has been nominated as a Member of the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers w.e.f. 05.03.2020 %Shri Ranjib Biswal retired from Rajya Sabha on 02.04.2020. +Nominated to the Committee from 22.07.2020. @Shri H. Vasantha Kumar(MP, Lok Sabha) expired on 28.08.2020. @@Shri Amar Singh (MP, Rajya Sabha) expired on 01.08.2020.

II. Subjects selected for examination

13.3. The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during 2019-20:-

Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers

Subject s I. Department of Fertilizers

1. Import of fertilizers and the issue of self dependence. 2. Study of system of fertilizer subsidy. 3. Administration of Fertilizers (Movement Control) Order, 1973. 4. Revival of closed and sick Fertilizers Units.

II. Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals

5. Demand and Availability of Petrochemicals including imports and exports. 6. Insecticides - Promotion and development including its safe usage.

III. Department of Pharmaceuticals

7. Promotion of Medical Devices Industry. 8. Review of Pradhan Mantri Bharitya Janaushadhi Pariyojana (PMBJP).

III. Constitution of Sub-Committees/Study Groups

13.4 No Sub-Committees/Study Groups were constituted.

IV. Sittings of the Committee

13.5 During the period under report, the Committee held 12 sittings lasting 20 hours 45 Minutes. Statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is as follows:

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Sl. No. Date of Duration (in Number Subject s Discussed Sitting hours and of minutes) members present

Hrs. Mins. 1. 30/09/2019 00 45 11 Consideration of Memoranda No. 1 regarding selection of subjects for detailed examination by the Committee during the 2019-20. 2 22/10/2019 02 00 15 Oral Evidence of representatives of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals) on Demands for Grants 2019- 20. 3 22/10/2019 02 00 12 Oral Evidence of representatives of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Pharmaceuticals) on Demands for Grants 2019-20. 4 23/10/2019 02 00 12 Oral Evidence of representatives of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Fertilizers) on Demands for Grants 2019-20. 5 13/11/2019 02 00 09 (i) Consideration and Adoption of Draft ATR on subject Pricing of Drugs with Special Reference to Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013 (Department of Pharmaceuticals) (ii) Oral Evidence of representatives of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Fertilizers) on subject ‘Study of system of fertilizer subsidy’. 6 04/12/2019 01 15 12 Briefing by the representatives of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals) on subject Demand and Availability of Petrochemicals including imports and exports. 7 10/12/2019 00 30 15 Consideration and Adoption of three draft reports on Demands for Grants 2019-20 pertains to all the three Department of the Ministry of chemicals and Fertilizers. 8 28/02/2020 02 00 10 Oral evidence of representatives of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Pharmaceuticals) on Demands for Grants 2020-21.

9 04/03/2020 02 00 15 Oral evidence of representatives of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Fertilizers) on Demands for Grants 2020-21. 10 05/03/2020 02 00 17 Oral evidence of representatives of Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals) on Demands for Grants 2020- 21 11 18/03/2020 00 45 17 Sitting of the Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers to consider and adopt draft Reports on Demand for Grants 2020 21 pertaining to Department of Fertilizers Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals and Department of 123

Pharmaceuticals 12 11/08/2020 03 30 10 (i) Consideration and Adoption of three Draft Action Taken Reports on Demands for Grants 2019-20 pertains to all the three Departments of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers viz Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals, Department of Fertilizers and Department of Pharmaceuticals (ii) Oral Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Fertilizers) on the subject ‘Revival of Closed and sick fertilizers Units’ (iii) Oral Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Pharmaceuticals) on the subject ‘Review of Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadi Pariyojana (PMBJP).’ Total 20 45

V. Details of Number of Sittings attended by each Member

13.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is as follows: Sl. Number of Sittings No. attended by Member 1 Smt Kanimozhi Karunanidhi – Chairperson 12 Member s Lok Sabha 2 Maulana Badruddin Ajmal 0 3 Shri Deepak Baij* 3 4 Shri Ramakant Bhargava 5 5 Shri Prataprao Govindrao Patil Chikhalikar 7 6 Shri Rajeshbhai Naranbhai Chudasama 3 7 Shri Ramesh Chandappa Jigajinagi 1 8 Shri Kripanath Mallah 0 9 Shri Satyadev Pachauri 10 10 Shri Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil~ 2 out of 3 11 Smt. Aparupa Poddar 2 12 Dr. Manoj Rajoria^ 8 out of 8 13 Shri Arun Kumar Sagar 9 14 Shri M. Selvaraj 10 15 Shri Pradeep Kumar Singh 8 16 Shri Uday Pratap Singh 9 17 Shri Nandigam Suresh 0 18 Shri Bishweswar Tudu 3 19 Shri H. Vasanthakumar@ 4 20 Shri Prabhubhai Nagarbhai Vasava 9 21 Dr. M.K. Vishnu Prasad 8 Rajya Sabha 22 Shri G.C. Chandrashekhar 11 23 Dr. Anil Jain 6 124

24 Shri Ahmad Ashfaque Karim 9 25 Shri Amar Singh@@ 0 26 Shri P. Selvarasu++ 0 out of 1 27 Shri A. D. Singh+ 1 out of 1 28 Shri Arun Singh$ 3 out of 5 29 Shri Vijay Pal Singh Tomar 10 30 Shri K. Vanlalvena+ 0 out of 1 * Shri Deepak Baij has been nominated as a Member of the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers w.e.f. 23.09.2019 ^ Dr Manoj Rajoria has been nominated as a Member of the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers w.e.f. 4.11.2019 # Nomination of Shri N. K. Premachandran, MP has been changed from Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers to Committee on External Affairs wef 14.11.2019 $Shri Arun Singh has been nominated as a Member of the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers w.e.f. 4.02.2020. ~Shri Shriniwas Dadasaheb Patil has been nominated as a Member of the Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers w.e.f. 05.03.2020 %Shri Ranjib Biswal retired from Rajya Sabha on 02.04.2020. +Nominated to the Committee from 22.07.2020. ++Shri P. Selvarasu took oath as a member on 11.08.2020 @Shri H. Vasantha Kumar(MP, Lok Sabha) expired on 28.08.2020. @@ Shri Amar Singh (MP, Rajya Sabha) expired on 01.08.2020.

VI. Government Bills/Policies referred

13.7 During the above said period no Government Bills/Policies were referred to the Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers.

VII. Material and Memoranda received

13 .8 The subject-wise details of the materials furnished by the concerned Ministry/Departments to the Committee are as follows: Sl. Subject No. of No. typed/ printed pages 1 Material for the examination of Demand for Grants (2019-20) pertaining 225 to Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals 2 Material for the examination of Demand for Grants (2019-20) pertaining 285 to Department of Fertilizers 3 Material for the examination of Demand for Grants (2019-20) pertaining 240 to Department of Pharmaceuticals 4 Material for the examination of Demand for Grants (2020-21) pertaining 220 to Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals 5 Material for the examination of Demand for Grants (2020-21) pertaining 240 to Department of Fertilizers 6 Material for the examination of Demand for Grants (2020-21) pertaining 250 to Department of Pharmaceuticals 3 Material on the subject, “Study of System of Fertilizers Subsidy”. 117

4 Material on the subject, “Revival of closed and sick Fertilizers Units”. 95

5 Material on the subject, “Demand and Availability of Petrochemicals 88 including Imports and Exports”.

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8 Material on the subject, “Pradhan Mantri Bhartiya Janaushadhi 90 Pariyojana (PMBJP)”.

VIII. Study Visits undertaken

13.9 During the period under review the Committee undertook one on the spot Study Tour. The composition of the Committee which undertook the study tour, the places visited and date of visit is given as under:

S.No. Duration Places visited Names of Members of visit attended the visit 1 21.01.2020 Fertilizers and Chemicals Travancore Limited (1) Smt. Kanimozhi to FACT Kochi. HIL India Limited Kochi Madras Karunanidhi, Chairperson 24.01.2020 Fertilizers Limited Chennai. Central Institute (2) Shri Prataprao Patil of Plastics Engineering and Technology Chikhalikar, (CIPET) Chennai Alamelu Mangapuram (3) Shri Satyadev Pachauri, village Vellore District Tamil Nadu (4) Shri M. Selvaraj, Department of Pharmaceuticals and (5) Shri Pradeep Kumar Karnataka Antibiotics & Pharmaceuticals Singh, Limited Bengaluru (5) Shri H. Vasanthakumar, (6) Er. Bishweswar Tudu, (7) Dr. M.K. Vishnu Prasad, (8) Dr. Manoj Rajoria, (9) Shri Ahmad Ashfaque Karim, (10) Shri G.C. Chandrashekhar, (11) Shri Vijay Pal Singh Tomar

IX. Original Reports presented 13.10 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following Original Reports to the House:- Sl. Report Subject Date of No. No. presentation 1 2nd 2nd Report on Demands for Grants 2019-20 of the Ministry of 12.12.2019 Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals). 2 3rd 3rd Report on Demands for Grants 2019-20 of the Ministry of -do- Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Fertilizers) 3 4th 4th Report on Demands for Grants 2019-20 of the Ministry of -do- Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Pharmaceuticals) 4 5th 5th Report on the subject ‘Study of System of Fertilizer 17.03.2020 Subsidy’ of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Fertilizers). 5 6th 6th Report on Demands for Grants 2020-21 of the Ministry of 20.03.2020 126

Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals). 6 7th 7th Report on Demands for Grants 2020-21 of the Ministry of -do- Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Fertilizers) 7 8th 8th Report on Demands for Grants 2020-21 of the Ministry of -do- Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Pharmaceuticals)

X. Action Taken Reports

13.11 The following action taken reports were presented to the House during the period under review:- Sl. Report Subject Date of No No. Presentation 1 1st Action Taken by the Government on the 05.12.2019 Observations/Recommendations contained in the Fifty Fourth Report of the Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject 'Pricing of Drugs with Special Reference to Drugs (Prices Control) Order, 2013' (Department of Pharmaceuticals).

XI. Action Taken Statements Laid

13.12 Statements showing further action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter I and Chapter V of the following Reports of the Committee were laid on the Table of the House:- Report Subject Date of Laying No. the Statement 52 nd Final Action Statement on the Fifty-Second Action Taken Report 04.12.2019 (16th Lok Sabha) on the observations/recommendations contained in the Forty Fourth Report (16th Lok Sabha) on the subject Demand for Grants 2018-19 of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals).

53 rd Final Action Statement on the Fifty-Third Action Taken Report -do- (16th Lok Sabha) on the observations/recommendations contained in the Forty Ninth Report (16th Lok Sabha) on the subject “Assam Gas Cracker Project” of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Chemicals and Petrochemicals). 55 th Final Action Statement on the Fifty-Fifth Action Taken Report -do- (16th Lok Sabha) on the observations/recommendations contained in the Forty Sixth Report (16th Lok Sabha) on the subject “Promotion and Coordination of Basic, and Other Research in Areas Related to the Pharmaceuticals Sector” of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Pharmaceuticals).

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XII. Statements made under Direction 73A 13.13 No Statements were made under Direction 73A during the period under review.

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CHAPTER – FOURTEEN

COMMITTEE ON RURAL DEVELOPMENT

I. Composition of Committee

14.1 The Committee on Rural Development for the year 2019-20 was constituted on 13.09.2019 and continued in office till 12.09.2020. 14.2 The Committee consisted of 31 Members - 21 Members of Lok Sabha and 10 Members of Rajya Sabha nominated by Speaker, Lok Sabha, and the Chairman, Rajya Sabha respectively. Shri Prataprao Jadhav, M.P. was appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given as under:

1 Shri Prataprao Jadhav - Chairperson Member s Lok Sabha 2 Shri Sisir Kumar Adhikari 3 Shri A.K.P. Chinraj 4 Shri Rajveer Diler 5 Shri Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria 6 Dr. Mohammad Jawed 7 Prof. Rita Bahuguna Joshi 8 Shri Nalin Kumar Kateel 9 Shri Mohammad Azam Khan 10 Shri Narendra Kumar 11 Shri Janardan Mishra 12 Shri B. Y. Raghavendra 13 Shri Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu 14 Shri Talari Rangaiah 15 Smt. Gitaben Vajesingbhai Rathva 16 Smt. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah 17 Shri Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar 18 Shri Indra Hangngh Subba 19 Shri Brijbhushan Sharan Singh 20 Shri Kumbakudi Sudhakaran Rajya Sabha 21 Shri Manas Ranjan Bhunia 22 Shri Shamsher Singh Dullo 23 Shri Iranna Kadadi 24 Shri Wanweiroy Kharlukhi 25 Shri Sujeet Kumar 26 Shri Nazir Ahmed Laway 27 Shri K.P. Munusamy 28 Shri Ram Shakal, 29 Rathwa, Shri Naranbhai J. 129

30 Singh, Shri Ajay Pratap 1. Vacancy created due to sad demise of Shri Baidyanath Prasad Mahto on 28.02.2020.

II. Subjects selected for examination

14.3 The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during 2019-20:-

Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Rural Development)

Sl. Subject No. 1. Critical evaluation of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). 2. Pradhan Mantri Gram Sadak Yojana (PMGSY). 3. Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) - PMAY(G). 4. Deendayal Antyodaya Yojana - National Rural Livelihoods Mission (DAY- NRLM). 5. Realization of the vision Make in India under Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Grameen Kaushalya Yojana (DDU-GKY). 6. Role of Banks in the financial inclusion of rural population. 7. Impact of National Social Assistance Programme (NSAP) on the poor and destitute in the villages. 8. Creation of Adarsh Grams under Saansad Adarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY). 9. Status & Utilization of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) fund among PSUs in the area of Rural Development.

Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Rural Development)

1. Implementation of Digital India Land Records Modernization Programme (DILRMP).

Ministry of Panchayati Raj 1. Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan (RGSA).

III. Constitution of Sub-Committees/Study Groups

14.4 No Sub-Committees/Study Groups were constituted.

IV . Sittings of the Committee

14.5 During the period under report, the Committee held 12 sittings lasting 18 hours 20 Minutes.

Statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee, the duration of the sittings, the number of

Members present and the subjects discussed is as follows:

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Sl. No. Date of Duration (in Number of Subject s Discussed Sitting hours and members minutes) present

Hrs. Mins. 1. 23/10/2019 01 00 19 To consider Memorandum No. 1 regarding Selection of Subjects for examination by the Committee during the year 2019-20

2 05/11/2019 03 00 18 Evidence of the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Rural Development) regarding Demands for Grants (2019-20)

3 06/11/2019 02 00 20 Evidence of the Ministry of Panchayati Raj regarding Demands for Grants (2019-20) 4 06/11/2019 01 00 21 Evidence of the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Land Resources) regarding Demands for Grants (2019-20) 5 27/11/2019 00 20 16 Consideration and adoption of Three Draft Reports: (i) Demands for Grants (2019-20) pertaining to Department of Rural Development (Ministry of Rural Development) (ii)Demands for Grants (2019-20) pertaining to Department of Land Resources (Ministry of Rural Development and (iii) Demands for Grants (2019-20) of Ministry of Panchayati Raj. 6 09/01/2020 02 20 22 Briefing of representatives of the Department of Rural Development (Ministry of Rural Development) Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana (Gramin) - PMAY(G) 7 11/02/2020 02 10 18 Evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Panchayati Raj regarding Demands for Grants (2020-21) 8 12/02/2020 02 45 19 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Rural Development) regarding Demands for Grants (2020-21) 9 12/02/2020 00 25 20 Evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Rural Development (Department of Land Resources) regarding Demands for Grants (2020-21) 10 27/02/2020 00 30 10 Consideration and adoption of Draft Reports on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Department of Rural Development and Land Resources (Ministry of Rural Development ) & Ministry of Panchayati Raj 11 02/03/2020 00 20 14 Consideration and adoption of Draft Reports on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Department of Rural Development and Land Resources (Ministry of Rural Development ) & 131

Ministry of Panchayati Raj 12 21/08/2020 02 30 18 To consider and adopt 3 draft Action Taken Reports and take evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Rural Development on PMAY-G. Total 18 20

V. Details of Number of Sittings attended by each Member

14.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is as follows: Sl.No. Number of Sittings attended by each Member 1. Shri Prataprao Jadhav-Chairperson 10 Member s Lok Sabha 2. Shri Sisir Kumar Adhikari 2 3. Shri A.K.P. Chinraj 6 4. Shri Rajveer Diler 9 5. Shri Sukhbir Singh Jaunapuria 9 6. Dr. Mohammad Jawed 10 7. Prof. Rita Bahuguna Joshi 9 8. Shri Nalin Kuma Kateel 3 9. Shri Mohammad Azam Khan 0 10. Shri Narendra Kumar 9 11. Shri Baidyanath Prasad Mahto* 4* 12. Shri Janardan Mishra 8 13. Shri B. Y.Raghavendra 4 14. Shri Kinjarapu Ram Mohan Naidu 2 15. Shri Talari Rangaiah 10 16. Smt. Gitaben VajesingbhaiRathva 10 17. Smt. Mala Rajya Laxmi Shah 4 18. Shri Vivek Narayan Shejwalkar 10 19. Shri Brijbhushan Sharan Singh 7 20. Shri Indra Hang Subba 6 21. Shri Kumbakudi Sudhakaran 4 Rajya Sabha 22 Shri Ritabrata Banerjee ^ 2^

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23 Shri Manas Ranjan Bhunia 4 24 Shri Shamsher Singh Dullo 7 25 Shri IrannaKadadi # 1# 26 Shri Nazir Ahmed Laway 10 27 Shri Naranbhai J. Rathwa 12 28 Shri A.K. Selvaraj $ 6$ 29 Shri Ram Shakal 6 30 Shri Ajay Pratap Singh 12 31 Shri Lal Sinh Vadodia @ 10 @ MPs (RS) who have nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 22.07.2020 1 Shri Wanweiroy Kharlukhi % 0% 2 Shri Sujeet Kumar~ 1~ 3 Shri K. P. Munusamy # 0# Note: * Vacancy created due to sad demise of Shri Baidyanath Prasad Mahto on 28.02.2020. ^ Vacancy created due to term expiration of MP (RS), Shri Ritabrata Banerjee w.e.f. 2.04.2020. $ Vacancy created due to term expiration of MP (RS), A.K. Selvaraj w.e.f. 02.04.2020. @ Vacancy created due to term expiration of MP (RS), Shri Lal Sinh Vadodia w.e.f. 09.04.2020. # Shri Iranna Kadadi Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 22.07.2020 % Shri Wanweiroy Kharlukhi Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 22.07.2020. ~ Shri Sujeet Kumar Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 22.07.2020. # Shri K. P. Munusamy Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 22.07.2020.

VI. Government Bills/Policies referred to the Committee

14.7 During the above said period no Government Bills/Policies were referred to the Standing Committee on Rural Development Branch. VII. Material and Memoranda received

14.8 The subject-wise details of the materials furnished by the concerned Ministry/Departments to the Committee are as follows: Sl. No. Subject No. of typed/ printed pages

1. Brief material on Pradhan Mantri Awaas Yojana 100 (Gramin) - PMAY(G)Scheme

Background Material for sitting of the Committee 400 2. for Demands for Grants of Department of Rural Development and Land Resources (Ministry of Rural Development ) & Ministry of Panchayati Raj 300

3. Action Taken Replies from Department of Rural Development and Land Resources (Ministry of Rural Development ) & Ministry of Panchayati Raj 100

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4. Brief Material on PMGSY 200 5. MGNREGA

VIII. Study Visits undertaken

14.9 No study visit was undertaken by the Committee on Rural Development during the period under review. IX. Original Reports presented 14.10 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following Original Reports to the House:- Sl. Report Subject Date of No. No. Presentation 1 1st Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Department of 05.12.2019 Rural Development (Ministry of Rural Development) 2 2nd Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of -do- Panchayati Raj 3 3rd Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Department of -do- Land Resources (Ministry of Rural Development) 4 4th Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Department of 03.03.2020 Rural Development (Ministry of Rural Development) 5 5th Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Department of -do- Land Resources (Ministry of Rural Development) 6 6th Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of -do- Panchayati Raj

X. Action Taken Reports 14.11 No* action taken reports were presented to the House during the period under review. * 3 Action Taken Reports were adopted by the Committee in it's sitting held on 21.08.2020 but could not be presented on the Table of the House due to the end of Committee's term on 12.09.2020.

XI. Action Taken Statement Laid

14.12 No Action taken Statements were laid on the Table of the House.

XII. Statements made under Direction 73A

14.13 During the period under review, the Hon'ble Ministers for Rural Development made Statements under Direction 73A of ‘Directions by the Speaker' in the context of the following Original Reports of the Committee: Report Number on which Statement is made Date of Making the Statement 26 th (16 th LS) 03.12.2019 25 th (16 th LS) 10.12.2019 36 th (16 th LS) 10.12.2019

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CHAPTER – FIFTEEN

STANDING COMMITTEE ON COAL & STEEL

I. Composition of Committee

15.1. The Committee on Coal and Steel for the year 2019-20 was constituted on 13.09.2019 and continued in office till 12.09.2020. 15.2 The Committee consisted of 31 Members, however, at the time of constitution of the Committee, 21 Members were nominated from Lok Sabha and 7 Members were nominated from Rajya Sabha. respectively. Shri Rakesh Singh, M.P. was appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee. Other Members from Rajya Sabha were nominated to the Committee subsequently. The composition of the Committee is given as under: 1 Shri Rakesh Singh-Chairperson Member Lok Sabha 2 Shri Balubhau Dhanorkar (Alias Suresh Narayan) 3 Shri Vijay Kumar Hansdak 4 Shri Kunar Hembram 5 Shri Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru 6 Shri C. Lalrosanga 7 Shri S. Muniswamy 8 Shri Ajay Nishad 9 Shri Basanta Kumar Panda 10 Smt. Riti Pathak 11 Shri Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy 12 Shri Chunni Lal Sahu 13 Shri Arun Sao 14 Dr. Beesetti Venkata Satyavathi 15 Shri Sushil Kumar Singh 16 Shri Pashupati Nath Singh 17 Shri Sunil Kumar Singh 18 Dr. Alok Kumar Suman 19 Dr. Thirumaa Valavan Thol 20 Shri Shyam Yadav Singh 21 Shri Tokheho Yepthomi Rajya Sabha 22 Dr. Vikas Mahatme 23 Shri Prashanta Nanda 24 Shri Ram Vichar Netam 25 Shri Samir Oraon 26 Shri Dhiraj Prasad Sahu 27 Shri Prabhakar Reddy Vemireddy 28 ^Shri B. Lingaiah Yadav 29 #Shri Anil Desai 30 @Shri Venkataramana Rao Mopidevi 31 Shri Shibu Soren ^Nominated w.e.f. 23.07.2020 135

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II. Subjects selected for examination

15.3 The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during 2019-20:- I. Ministry of Coal

Sl. Subject No. 1. (i)Land Acquisition and issues of Rehabilitation & Resettlement in Coal/Lignite Mining Areas.(ii)Coal conservation and development of Infrastructure for Transportation of Coal Across the Country.(iii)R&D in Coal Sector(iv)Future of Coal in Indias Energy Mix (v)Review of Coal Mines workers welfare programme(vi)Safety in Coal Mines (vii)Production of Lignite - Projection and Planning(viii)Skill development in Coal Sector (ix)Performance of Coal Controllers Office(x)Implementation of Information Technology and vigilance activities to curb illegal Coal Mining and theft of coal in the country.(xi)Compliance of Environmental Norms by Coal/Lignite Companies.(xii)Non- utilization of allocated/leased out coal/lignite blocks by Public/Private Sector Companies.(xiii)Import of Coal – Trends and Issue of Self Reliance.(xiv)Coal Handling Infrastructure at Ports. II. Ministry of Mines

2. (i) New Auction Mechanism and Self Reliance in Minerals and Mineral based products. (ii) Mineral Exploration Activities in North Eastern States and its overall impact on development of the region. (iii) Development of Aluminium & Copper Industries in India. (iv) Measures to curb Illegal Mining of Iron Ore, Manganese and Bauxite in the Country. (v) Organizational Structure and Performance of Geological Survey of India (GSI) – A Review. (vi) Organizational Structure and Performance of Indian Bureau of Mines (IBM) – A Review. III. Ministry of Steel

3 (i) Development of Leased Out Iron Ore Mines and optimum capacity utilization. (ii) Review of Steel Policy and its Impact on Development of Steel Sector. (iii) Major Policy changes assisting Secondary Steel Sector. (iv) Management of Energy efficiency by Steel Plants and Environmental Issues related to Iron Ore Mining. (v) Safety Management & Practices in Steel PSUs. (vi) Development of Manganese Ore Industry in India. (vii) Skill Development in Steel Sector. (viii) Promotion of Steel Usage. (ix) Status of Greenfield and Brownfield projects of NMDC Ltd.

III. Constitution of Sub-Committees/Study Groups

15.4 No Sub-Committees/Study Groups were constituted.

IV. Sittings of the Committee

15.5 During the period under report, the Committee held 15 sittings lasting 24 hours 45 Minutes. Statement showing the dates of sittings of the Committee, the duration of the sittings, the number of Members present and the subjects discussed is as follows: 136

Sl. No. Date of Duration (in Number of Subject s Discussed Sitting hours and members minutes) present Hrs. Mins. 1. 26.09.2019 01 00 21 Consideration of Memorandum No. 1 regarding selection of subjects for examination during the year 2019-20 and to decide the future programme of work of the Committee. 2 11.11.2019 02 00 19 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Steel on Demands for Grants (2019-20). 3 11.11.2019 01 45 19 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Coal on Demands for Grants (2019-20). 4 11.11.2019 01 00 19 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Mines on Demands for Grants (2019-20). 5 02.12.2019 00 30 15 Consideration and adoption of the following Draft Action Taken Reports on: (i) Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Forty Eighth Report (16th Lok Sabha) on "CSR Activities in Steel PSUs" pertaining to the Ministry of Steel; and (ii) Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the Forty Ninth Report (16th Lok Sabha)on "CSR Activities by PSUs" under Ministry of Mines. 6 04.12.2019 00 30 15 Consideration and adoption of the following Draft Reports on: (i) "Demands for Grants (2019-20)" pertaining to the Ministry of Coal; (ii) "Demands for Grants (2019-20)" pertaining to the Ministry of Mines; and (iii) "Demands for Grants (2019-20)" pertaining to the Ministry of Steel; 7 06.01.2020 02 30 18 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Coal and Ministry of Railways in connection with examination of the subject, "Coal Conservation and Development of Infrastructure for Transportation of Coal across the Country". 8 18.02.2020 02 30 18 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Mines on Demands for Grants (2020-21). 9 19.02.2020 01 30 17 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Steel on Demands for Grants 137

(2020-21). 10 19.02.2020 02 00 16 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Coal on Demands for Grants (2020-21). 11 11.03.2020 00 30 19 Consideration and adoption of three draft Reports on Demands for Grants (2020-21) pertaining to the Ministries of Coal, Mines and Steel. 12 05.08.2020 02 00 11 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Coal on the subject "Import of Coal-Trends and Issue of Self Reliance" with specific reference to performance of Northern Coalfields Ltd. (NCL) and South Eastern Coalfields Ltd. (SECL) in achieving self-reliance in production of coal. 13 14.08.2020 02 30 12 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Steel on the subject "Development of Leased Out Iron Ore Mines and optimum capacity utilization". 14 20.08.2020 02 00 12 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Mines on the subject "Development of Aluminium & Copper Industries in India". 15 02.09.2020 02 30 11 Consideration and adoption of the following Draft Action Taken Reports on: (i) (i) Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the 3rd, 4th and 5th Report on Demands for Grants (2019-20) pertaining to the Ministries of Coal, Mines and Steel; (ii) Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the 6th, 7th and 8th Report on Demands for Grants (2020-21) pertaining to the Ministries of Coal, Mines and Steel; (iii) Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Recommendations contained in the 47th Report on “Implementation of District Mineral Foundation and Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana” pertaining to the Ministry of Mines; and (iv) Briefing with the representatives of the Ministries of Mines and Environment, Forest and Climate Change on the subject "Expediting and Simplifying the Environment and Forest Clearance Process for Mining Projects". Total 24 45

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V. Details of Number of Sittings attended by each Member

15.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is as follows:

Sl.No. Number of Sittings attended by each Member 1 Shri Rakesh Singh-Chairperson 15 Member s Lok Sabha 2 Shri Balubhau Dhanorkar (Alias Suresh Narayan) 9 3 Shri Vijay Kumar Hansdak 7 4 Shri Kunar Hembram 11 5 Shri Raghu Ramakrishna Raju Kanumuru 11 6 Shri C. Lalrosanga 4 7 Shri S. Muniswamy 4 8 Shri Ajay Nishad 11 9 Shri Basanta Kumar Panda 3 10 Smt. Riti Pathak 10 11 Shri Komati Reddy Venkat Reddy 9 12 Shri Chunni Lal Sahu 4 13 Shri Arun Sao 15 14 Dr. Beesetti Venkata Satyavathi 11 15 Shri Sushil Kumar Singh 11 16 Shri Pashupati Nath Singh 9 17 Shri Sunil Kumar Singh 11 18 Dr. Alok Kumar Suman 12 19 Dr. Thirumaa Valavan Thol 8 20 Shri Shyam Singh Yadav 13 21 Shri Tokheho Yepthomi 2 Rajya Sabha 22 Dr. Vikas Mahatme 14 23 *Shri Mukut Mithi 7 24 Shri Prashanta Nanda 11 25 Shri Ram Vichar Netam 0 26 Shri Samir Oraon 6 27 Shri Dhiraj Prasad Sahu 4 28 Shri Prabhakar Reddy Vemireddy 2 29 ^Shri B. Lingaiah Yadav 4 30 #Shri Anil Desai 3 31 @Shri Venkataramana Rao Mopidevi 1 *Retired w.e.f. 23.06.2020 ^Nominated w.e.f. 23.07.2020 #Nominated w.e.f. 03.12.2019 @Nominated w.e.f. 21.12.2019

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VI. Government Bills/Policies referred to the Committee

15.7 During the above said period no Government Bills/Policy were referred to the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel Branch.

VII. Material and Memoranda received

15.8 The Subject-wise details of the materials furnished by the concerned Ministry/Departments to the Committee are as follows: Sl. Name of the Subjects No. of No. Ministry typed/printed Pages 1 Ministry of Coal Annual Reports, Detailed Demands for 2300 2 Ministry of Mines Grants, Background Notes, Replies to the 2000 3 Ministry of Steel List of Points and Action Taken Notes on 2200 Demands for Grants and subjects selected by the Committee (Both English and Hindi Versions)

VIII. Study Visits undertaken

15.9 No study visit was undertaken by the Committee during the period under review.

IX. Original Reports presented 15.10 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following Original Reports to the House:- Sl. Report Subject Date of No. No. Presentation 1 3rd Demands for Grants (2019-20) pertaining to the 06.12.2019 Ministry of Coal 2 4th Demands for Grants (2019-20) relating to the 06.12.2019 Ministry of Mines 3 5th Demands for Grants (2019-20) pertaining to the 06.12.2019 Ministry of Steel 4 6th Demands for Grants (2020-21) pertaining to the 12.03.2020 Ministry of Coal. 5 7th Demands for Grants (2020-21) pertaining to the 12.03.2020 Ministry of Mines. 6 8th Demands for Grants (2020-21) pertaining to the 12.03.2020 Ministry of Steel

X. Action Taken Reports 15.11 The following Action Taken Reports were presented to the House during the period under review:- Sl. Report Subject Date of No No. Presentation 1 1st Action Taken by the Government on the 04.12.2019 observations/recommendations contained in the Forty-Eighth 140

Report (16th LS) of the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel on "CSR Activities in Steel PSUs" relating to the Ministry of Steel. 2 2nd Action Taken Report on 49 Report (16th LS) on “CSR Activities 04.12.2019 by PSUs under Ministry of Mines”. 3 9th Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Presented to H.S. Recommendations contained in the 47th Report (16th LS) on on 09.09.2020 “Implementation of District Mineral Foundation and Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana” pertaining to the Ministry of Mines; 4 10 th Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Presented to Recommendations contained in the 3rd Report(17th LS) on H.S.on 09.09.2020 Demands for Grants (2019-20) pertaining to the Ministry of Coal. 5 11 th Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Presented to Recommendations contained in the 4th Report (17th LS) on H.S.on 09.09.2020 Demands for Grants (2019-20) pertaining to the Ministry of Mines. 6 12 th Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Presented to Recommendations contained in the 5th Report(17th LS) on H.S. on 09.09.2020 Demands for Grants (2019-20) pertaining to the Ministry of Steel 7 13 th Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Presented to Recommendations contained in the 6th, Report(17th LS) on H.S. on 09.09.2020 Demands for Grants (2020-21) pertaining to the Ministry of Coal 8 14 th Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Presented to Recommendations contained in the 7th Report (17th LS) on H.S. on 09.09.2020 Demands for Grants (2020-21) pertaining to the Ministry of Mines 9 15 th Action Taken by the Government on the Observations/ Presented to Recommendations contained in the 8th Report (17th LS) on H.S.on 09.09.2020 Demands for Grants (2020-21) pertaining to the Ministry of Steel

XI. Action Taken Statement Laid

15.12 No Statement showing further action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter I and Chapter V of the Reports of the Committee was laid on the Table of the House.

XII. Statements made under Direction 73A

15.13 No Statements were made under Direction 73A during the period under review.

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CHAPTER – SIXTEEN

COMMITTEE ON SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

I. Composition of Committee

16.1 The Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment for the year 2019-20 was constituted on 13.09.2019 and continued till 12.09.2020. 16.2 The Committee consisted of 31 Members – 21 Members from Lok Sabha and 10 Members from Rajya Sabha nominated by Speaker, Lok Sabha and the Chairman, Rajya Sabha respectively. Smt. Rama Devi, MP was appointed as the Chairperson of the Committee. The composition of the Committee is given as under:

1. Smt. Rama Devi - Chairperson Member s Lok Sabha 2. Smt. Sangeeta Azad 3. Shri Durga Prasad Rao Balli 4. Shri Shafiqur Rahman Barq 5. Shri Bholanath(B.P. Saroj) 6. Shri Chhatar Singh Darbar 7. Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi 8. Shri Hans Raj Hans 9. Shri Abdul Khaleque 10. Smt. Ranjeeta Koli 11. Smt. Geeta Kora 12. Shri Dhanush M Kumar 13. Shri Vijay Kumar 14. Shri Akshaibar Lal 15. Dr. Lorho S. Pfoze 16. Shri V. Srinivas Prasad 17. #Shri Prince Raj 18. Shri Arjun Singh 19. Smt. Supriya Sadanand Sule 20. Smt. Rekha Arun Verma 21. Shri Y Devendrappa

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Rajya Sabha 22 Smt. Jharna Das Baidya 23 *Smt. Ramilaben Bara 24 Shri Abir Ranjan Biswas 25 Shri N. Chandrasegharan 26 * Shri Biswajit Daimary 27 * Shri Ashok Gasti 28 * Smt. Mamata Mohanta 29 Shri, P.L. Punia 30 *Shri Ram Nath Thakur 31 Shri Ramkumar Verma

# Nominated to the Committee w.ef. 09.12.2019 * Nominated to the Committee w.ef. 22.07.2020

II. Subjects selected for examination

16.3. The Committee selected the following subjects for examination during 2019-20:-

M/o Social Justice and Empowerment (Deptt. of Social Justice and Empowerment)

Sl. Subject No. 1 Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojana for SC boys and girls. 2 Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for the Children of those engaged in occupations

involving cleaning and prone to health hazards.

3 Central Sector Scheme of Integrated Programme for Senior Citizens (IPSrC). 4 Schemes/programmes implemented for the welfare of SCs/OBCs under Corporate social responsibility (CSR). 5 Free coaching Scheme for Scheduled Castes and Other Backward Classes.

M/o Social Justice and Empowerment (Deptt. of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities)

6 Review/functioning of Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI). 7 Assessment of Scheme for Implementation of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (SIPDA). 8 Review of the functioning of National Institutes established for different types of disabilities. 9 Schemes/programmes implemented for the welfare of Divyangjan under Corporate social responsibility (CSR).

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M/o Tribal Affairs

10 Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups (PVTGs). 11 Implementation of Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 vis-à-vis displacement of tribals. 12 Review of the functioning of the National Scheduled Tribes Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC). 13 Schemes/programmes implemented for the welfare of Tribals under Corporate social responsibility (CSR). 14 Hostel facilities for Tribal Students. M/o Minority Affairs

15 Review of the functioning of the National Minorities Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC). 16 Implementation of Prime Minister's New 15-Point Programme for the Welfare of Minorities. 17 Promotion of Education amongst the Weaker Sections of Minorities by Minority Educational Institutions with particular reference to Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF). 18 Schemes/programmes implemented for the welfare of Minorities under Corporate social responsibility (CSR). M/o Social Justice and Empowerment (D/o Social Justice and Empowerment, D/o Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities), M/o Tribal Affairs and M/o Minority Affairs

19 Priority Sector lending by Banks to SCs, STs, OBCs, differently abled persons and the Minorities. 20 Grants-in-aid to NGOs working for social welfare and evaluation of their functioning.

III. Constitution of Sub-Committees/Study Groups

16.4 No Sub-Committees/Study Groups were constituted during the period under review.

IV. Sittings of the Committee

16.5 During the period under report, the Committee held 17 sittings lasting 32 hours 32 Minutes.

Statement showing the dates and durations of the of sittings of the Committee, number of Members

present and the subjects discussed is as follows:

Sl. Date of Duration (in Number Subject s Discussed No. Sitting hours and of minutes) members present Hrs. Mins.

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Empowerment for examination during the year 2019-20. 2 05.11.2019 02 30 17 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment) on Demands for Grants (2019- 20). 3 05.11.2019 02 10 08 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Empowerment of persons with Disabilities) on Demands for Grants (2019-20). 4 06.11.2019 02 47 16 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs on Demands for Grants (2019-20)

5 06.11.2019 01 50 12 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Minority Affairs on Demands for Grants (2019-20).

6 10.12.2019 00 50 18 Consideration and adoption of Draft 1 st , 2 nd , 3 rd and 4 th Reports of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2019-20) and one Action Taken Report on observations/recommendations contained in the Sixty-third Report of the Committee (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on "Assessment of the working of Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP)" of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. 7 07.01.2020 02 15 15 Briefing by the Representatives of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Empowerment of PwDs) on Assessment of Scheme for Implementation of Rights of Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (SIPDA). 8 06.02.2020 01 10 11 Briefing by the representatives of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment) on "The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens ) Amendment Bill, 2019". 9 18.02.2020 02 15 13 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment) on Demands for Grants (2020- 21). 10 18.02.2020 02 30 12 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities) on Demands for Grants (2020-21). 11 19.02.2020 02 00 13 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Minority Affairs on Demands for Grants (2020-21).

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12 19.02.2020 01 30 12 Oral evidence of the representatives of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs on Demands for Grants (2020-21). 13 02.03.2020 00 45 12 Consideration and adoption of Draft 6 th and 7 th Reports of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment and Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities). 14 13.03.2020 00 45 15 Consideration and adoption of Draft 8 th and 9 th Reports of the Committee on Demands for Grants (2020-21) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs and the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. 15 06.08.2020 02 00 10 (i) Consideration and adoption of Draft 10th, 11th, 12th and 13th Reports of the Committee on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th Reports of the Committee and (ii) Taking oral evidence of the representatives of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment) on "The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019". 16 19.08.2020 02 50 13 To hear the views of NGOs/Stakeholders on "The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019".

17 03.09.2020 03 30 10 To hear the views of the NGOs/Stakeholders on "The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019" and oral evidence of the representatives of the Department of Social Justice and Empowerment on the said Bill. Total 32 32

V. Details of Number of Sittings attended by each Member

16.6 Statement showing the number of sittings of the Committee attended by each member is as follows: Sl. No. Number of sittings attended by each Member 1 Smt. Rama Devi-Chairperson 17 Member s Lok Sabha 2 Smt. Sangeeta Azad 5

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3 Shri Durga Prasad Rao Balli 6 4 Shri Shafiqur Rahman Barq 10 5 Shri Bholanath (B.P. Saroj) 6 6 Shri Chhatar Singh Darbar 3 7 Smt. Maneka Sanjay Gandhi 3 8 Shri Hans Raj Hans 2 9 Shri Abdul Khaleque 13 10 Smt. Ranjeeta Koli 12 11 Smt. Geeta Kora 3 12 Shri Dhanush M Kumar 4 13 Shri Vijay Kumar 10 14 Shri Akshaibar Lal 6 15 Dr. Lorho S. Pfoze 9 16 Shri V. Srinivas Prasad 1 17 Shri Prince Raj # 9 18 Shri Arjun Singh 5 19 Smt. Supriya Sadanand Sule 7 20 Smt. Rekha Arun Verma 16 21 Shri Y. Devendrappa 17 Rajya Sabha 22 Smt. Jharna Das Baidya 3 23 Smt. Ramilaben Bara* 3 24 Shri Abir Ranjan Biswas 5 25 Shri N. Chandrasegharan 8 26 Shri Biswajit Daimary* 6 27 Shri Ashok Gasti* 2 28 Smt. Mamata Mohanta* 0 29 Shri, P.L. Punia 13 30 Shri Ram Nath Thakur* 2 31 Shri Ramkumar Verma 16 # Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 09.12.2019. * Nominated to the Committee w.e.f. 22.07.2020.

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VI. Government Bills/Policies referred to the Committee

16.7 The Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (Amendment) Bill, 2019 has been referred to the Committee by Hon’ble Speaker on 23.12.2019 for examination and report.

VII. Material and Memoranda received

16.8 The Subject-wise details of the materials furnished by the concerned Ministry/Departments to the Committee are as follows:

Sl. Subject No. of typed/ No. printed pages (Approx.) Material received from Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment) 1. Babu Jagjivan Ram Chhatrawas Yojana for SC boys and girls. 390 2. Pre-Matric Scholarship Scheme for the Children of those 48 engaged in occupations involving cleaning and prone to health hazards. 3. Central Sector Scheme of Integrated Programme for Senior 49 Citizens (IPSrC). 4. Schemes/programmes implemented for the welfare of 36 SCs/OBCs under Corporate social responsibility (CSR). 5. Free coaching Scheme for Scheduled Castes and Other 32 Backward Classes. Material received from Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities) 6. Review/functioning of Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI). 151 7. Assessment of Scheme for Implementation of Rights of 112 Persons with Disabilities Act, 2016 (SIPDA). 8. Review of the functioning of National Institutes established for 72 different types of disabilities. 9. Schemes/programmes implemented for the welfare of 49 Divyangjan under Corporate social responsibility (CSR). Material received from Ministry of Tribal Affairs 10. Development of Particularly Vulnerable Tribal Groups 280 (PVTGs). 11. Implementation of Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional 395 Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006 vis- à-vis displacement of tribals. 12. Review of the functioning of the National Scheduled Tribes 602 Finance and Development Corporation (NSTFDC). 13. Schemes/programmes implemented for the welfare of Tribals 42 under Corporate social responsibility (CSR). 14. Hostel facilities for Tribal Students. 52 148

Material received from Ministry of Minority Affairs 15. Review of the functioning of the National Minorities 177 Development and Finance Corporation (NMDFC).

16. Implementation of Prime Minister's New 15-Point Programme 592 for the Welfare of Minorities. 17. Promotion of Education amongst the Weaker Sections of 72 Minorities by Minority Educational Institutions with particular reference to Maulana Azad Education Foundation (MAEF). 18. Schemes/programmes implemented for the welfare of 45 Minorities under Corporate social responsibility (CSR). Material received from Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment and Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities), Ministry of Tribal Affairs and Ministry of Minority Affairs 19. Priority Sector lending by Banks to SCs, STs, OBCs, Persons 362 with Disabilities and the Minorities 20. Grants-in-aid to NGOs working for social welfare and 285 evaluation of their functioning

VIII. Study Visits undertaken

16.9 During the period the Committee undertook one on the spot Study Tour. The composition of various groups which undertook the study tour, the places visited and date of visits are given as under:

S.No. Duration Places visited Names of Members attended of visit the visit 1 20.01.2020 (Bengaluru, Chennai (1) Smt. Rama Devi, to and Puducherry) (2) Shri Vijay Kumar, 23.01.2020 Organizations visited: (3) Shri Y Devendrappa, National Institute for (4) Shri Durga Prasad Rao Balli, Empowerment of (5) Shri Prince Raj, Persons with Multiple (6) Smt. Sangeeta Azad, Disabilities (NIEPMD), (7) Smt. Ranjeeta Koli, Chennai and Sharon (8) Dr. Lorho S. Pfoze, Society of Pondicherry (9) Smt. Geeta Kora, (Puducherry) (10)Shri Dhanush M Kumar, (11)Smt. Jharna Das Baidya, (12)Smt. Sarojini embram, (13)Shri Abir Ranjan Biswas, (14)Smt. Wansuk Syiem, (15)Shri Ramkumar Verma, (16)Shri P.L. Punia.

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IX. Original Reports presented

16.10 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following original reports to the House:-

Sl. Report No. Subject Date of No. Presentation 1 1st 1st Report on Demands for Grants 2019-20 12.12.2019 pertaining to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment). 2 2nd 2nd Report on Demands for Grants 2019-20 12.12.2019 pertaining to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities). 3 3rd 3rd Report on Demands for Grants 2019-20 12.12.2019 pertaining to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs 4 4th 4th Report on Demands for Grants 2019-20 12.12.2019 pertaining to the Ministry of Minority Affairs 5 6th 6th Report on Demands for Grants 2020-21 03.03.2020 pertaining to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment). 6 7th 7th Report on Demands for Grants 2020-21 03.03.2020 pertaining to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities). 7 8th 8th Report on Demands for Grants 2020-21 16.03.2020 pertaining to the Ministry of Minority Affairs. 8 9th 9th Report on Demands for Grants 2020-21 16.03.2020 pertaining to the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

X. Action Taken Reports

16.11 During the period under review, the Committee presented the following action taken reports to the the House: Sl. Report Subject Date of No. No. Presentation

1 5th 5th Report on the action taken by the Government on the 12.12.2019 observations/recommendations contained in the 63 rd Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment on Assessment of the working of Tribal Sub-Plan (TSP) of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. 2. 10 th 10 th Report on action taken by the Government on the Presented to observations/ recommendations contained in 1 st Report Hon’ble (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Social Speaker on 150

Justice and Empowerment) on 'Demands for Grants (2019-20)' 10.09.2020 of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Social Justice and Empowerment). 3. 11 th 11 th Report on action taken by the Government on the -do- observations/ recommendations contained in 2 nd Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment) on 'Demands for Grants (2019-20)' of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment (Department of Empowerment of Persons with Disabilities). 4. 12 th 12 th Report on action taken by the Government on the -do- observations/ recommendations contained in 3 rd Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment on Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs.

5. 13 th 13 th Report on action taken by the Government on the -do- observations/ recommendations contained in 4 th Report (Seventeenth Lok Sabha) of the Standing Committee on Social Justice and Empowerment on Demands for Grants (2019-20) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs.

XI. Action Taken Statement Laid

16.12 No Action Taken Statements were laid during the period under review.

XII. Statements made under Direction 73A

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