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VII 23 Frida DecemberF16F 77 Agrahanyana 25, 1899 (Saka) ThirdF)3=>7;9F VII 1 !% F*F*&+&,F $-F!F CONTENTS ( No. a j, Friday, December 16, 1977/Agrahayana 25, 18w (Saka) C o l u m n s Oral Answers to Questions: •Stiirred Questions Nos. 446, 452 to 454 and 456 I—30 Statement e. Seating Arrangements made at the Closing Ceremony of Agri-Evpo 7 7 ...................................................................................... 9 Written Answers to Questions: Starred Questions Nos. 447 to 451, 455 and 457 to 466 30—57 Unstarred Questions Nos. 4167 to 4212, 4214 to 4291, 4293 to 4320 and 4322 to 4366 58—254 Re. Hunger strike by General Secretary of Workers’ Union of Bharat Heavy Electricals, Hyderabad 255-56 Papers laid on the Table 256—62 Message from Rajya Sabha 262-63 Callinp Attention to Matter of Urgent Public Importance— Increase in the terrorist activities of Anand Marg during the last one year 263—70 Public Accounts Committee— Twentieth and Fifty-fourth Reports 271 C:>nmittee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes— First and Seventh Reports 271 Committee on Absence of Members from the Sittings of the House— Fourth Report 272 ■ Statement re. Government decisions on recommendations of Oil Prices Committee— Shri H. N. Bahuguna 272—76 •The sign 4-marked above the name of a Member indicates that the question was actually asked on the floor of the House by that Member. C o l u m n s Statement re. Take-over of managtmtnt of M«esrs. Bengal Chemical and Pharmaceutical Works Ltd., Calcutta Shri H.K. Bahuguna 276-77 Business of the House 278—89 Interest Bill— Introduced 289-90 Constitution (Forty-fourth Amendment) Bill—Introduced 290—313 Matters under Rule 377— (i) Boycott of \Vage Boards of working journalists and non- journalist employees by I.E.N.S. and Indian Languages Newspapers Association . 313-14 (ii) Non-availability of Streptomycin medicine 314 (iii) Strike at Atomic Power Station in Kota 315 (iv) Indefinite strike by Maharashtra Government employees 315— 17 Supreme Court (Number of Judges) Amendment Bill— Motion to consider— Shri Shanti Bhushan 317—21 Dr. V. A. Seyid Muhammad . 321—24 Shri Ganga Singh 324—29 Shri Somnath Chatterjee 3*9—33 Sbri O. V. Alagesan 333—39 Natio lal Holiday on Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose’s Birthday Bill— Motion to consider 339—91 Shri Samar Guha 339—67? 390-91 Shri Durga Chand 3^7—69 Dr. Ramji Singh 3<>9—72 Shri Laxmi Narain Nayak 372—74 Shri Sushil Kumar Dhara 374—7$ Shri C. K. Chandrappan 378—83 Shri Chitta Basu 383—85 Prof. P. G. Mavalankar 385—9° Half-an-hour Discussion— Nationalisation of Sugar Industry— Shri Jyotirmoy Bosu J9t—*4b0 Prof. P. G. Mavalankar 401—403 Shri Bhami Prarap Singh 401—410 LOK SA0HA DEBATER I 2 LOK SABHA (c) The deficit was covered by d^aw down of tbe op&ting cash balance. Friday, December 16, 1977/Agraha- SHRI R. VENKATARAMAN: The yana 25, 1899 (Saha) hon. Finance Minister has stated that the accounts are not finalized. Nor- mally, after ^he accounts are closed, The Lok Sabha rr\et at Eleven of how many mqnti* it takes for the ac- counts to be jQ0t^i2ed? Has there been the Clock any delay in -th g year 1976? If so, is [M r. Speaker in the Chair] the separation^? accounts from Audit responsible for the delay? SHRI H. M. PATEL: Well, I suppose/ ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS in a sense yo!f can say that the sepa- ration of accounts from Audit is res- Deficit anticipated in the revised esti- ponsible. The scheme of departmen- mates for 1976-77 talisation of accounts of civil depart- *446. SHRI R. V E N K A TA R A M A N : ments was introduced in stages in Will the Minister of FINANCE be 1976-77. While some Ministries were pleased to state: covered from 1st April itself, ’others., were covered from 1st July and 1st (a) the deficit anticipated in the re- October respectively. Hence, the ac- vised estimates for the year 1976-77 counts for the year continued to be and the actual deficit for the year end- compiled by the Accountant-General ed 1976-77; (Central Revenues) and these have not yet beeh finalized. Complete ac- vb) the reasons for the variations; counts as well ag the correct picture and would, therefore, be available* vffeen (c) the manner in which the deficit the final accounts and the report® was covered? thereon are "■submitted by tjie C eg ip - troller and ^uditor-GeneraL These THE MINISTER OF FINANCE AND are usually received only in Febru- REVENUE AND BANKING (SHRI H. ary-March of the following year. M. PATEL): (a) The Revised Esti- SHRI R., VENKATARAMAN: mates for 1076-77 anticipated a bud- The Finance Minister knows, because getary deficit of Rs. 425 crores. The he has presented the budget in that form, accounts for the year have not yet l^een finalised. However according to that in thie pafct the budget was pre- sented in four accounts—accounts for information available with the Reserve the year ended, the budget estimates, B;»nk, the budgetary deficit for that year may be considerably smaller. the revised estimates and the budget estimates fo r the com ing year. Dur«* (b) The variations can be analysed ing the last few years the presenta- ■■ fully only when the accounts for the tion of the budget is somewhat distort- year are finalised. However, the avail- ed. There is no statement of accounts able departmental figures indicate that for the year ended, and no explana*: the variation from the Revised Esti- tion is given for the variation between mates was mainly due to shortfalls in the revised estimates and the actual expenditure under a number of Grants. accounts. Will the hon. Finance Min- 3066— LS— 1 3 Oral Answers DECEMBER 16, 1977 Oral Answers ister restore the old practice and pre- aware of the news item referred to sent the accounts for the year ended IB the Question. also in his presentation of the budget for the year 1078-79? The points raised in the press report are not borne out by facts. The Agri- SHRI IL M. PATEL: I can only say Expo. 77 was conceived with the in- at this stage that I shall do my best tention of providing an integrated ex- to revert to whatever is the corrcct position of the developments of the practice. field of agriculture and its allied sec- tors. Its primary aim was to project MR. SPEAKER: He will examine the progress already attained, the pro- that. grammes in hand and tl»e projections into the future in the vital area of SHRI H. M. PATEL: The reason is agriculture. Tfce Exposition served that there has been this change in the the purpose of educating a large num- system. Therefore, until all these ber of people from the rural areas who things come back to normal, we can- visited the fair and also of acquainting not possibly, I cannot possibly give people of the urban sections of our any firm date. society with the achievements ia the rural areas and in increasing their “Afrierpo^-A massive non-event’ awareness of the vitally important role + of agriculture, to our economic well- •452. SH RI SH IV SA M P A T I R A M : being. As is common in all fairs, the SHRI D. G. GAW AI: number of daily visitors gradually increased after the inauguration of Will the Minister of COMMERCE the fair; from 18,000 per day to almost CIVIL SUPPLIES AND CO- AND 2 lakh per day towards the close of OPERATION be pleased to state: the fair. The fair’s popularity became (a) whether it is a fact that the evident by the persistent demand for Agriexpo fair in Delhi was inaugurat- its extension. This, however, was not ed on the 13th November, when it was found possible in view of the prior not complete and the construction was commitments of the Trade Fair Au- going on in several pavilions; thority of India and the fair ground. In all more than 16 lakh persons visi- (b) whether the attention of Gov- ted the fair including over 2 lakh fa r- ernment has been invited to a press mers and artisans for whom arrange- report in the Hindustan Times dated ments of free board and lodging were 21st N ovem ber, 1977 under the head- made. They were acquainted with ing “Agriexpo—a massive non-event”; the progress made in the development an d of high yielding variety of seeds, fer- tilisers, pesticides, plant protection (c) the reaction of Government thereto? equipment and the adoptation of mo- dem science and technology to agri- THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE culture. The fair was visited by more MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND than 75,000 students and a large num - CIVIL SUPPLIES AND COOPERA- ber of foreigners and visiting delega- TION (SHRI ARIF BEG): (a) to (c). tions. A statement is laid on the Table of th e House. fir * t r : w t Statement v>fV fJTT fiF JBfa’ *ttt £ sftr w t ura Except one or two pavilions which ?ptt% % ^ wwre receiving the final touches, all the pavilions were ready on the day of inauguration. 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