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11.12.2013 1 C O N T E N T S Fifteenth Series, Vol. XXXVI, Fifteenth Session, 2013/1935 (Saka) No.5, Wednesday, December 11, 2013/Agrahayana 20, 1935 (Saka) S U B J E C T P A G E S REFERENCE BY THE SPEAKER 2-3 Loss of lives of about 60 persons including several children due to severe cold in Muzaffarnagar, district of Uttar Pradesh ORAL ANSWER TO QUESTION Starred Question No.81 4-10 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Question Nos.82 to 100 11-79 Unstarred Question Nos.921 to 1150 84-602 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 604-614 RESIGNATION BY MEMBER 615 COMMITTEE ON PRIVATE MEMBERS’ 615 BILLS AND RESOLUTIONS 37th Report 11.12.2013 2 STATEMENT BY MINISTER Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 45th Report of the Standing Committee on Information Technology on Demands for Grants (2013-14), pertaining to the Department of Posts, Ministry of Communications and Information Technology Shri Milind Deora 616 DEMANDS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY GRANTS (GENERAL), 2013-14 Shri P. Chidambaram 617 ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER 617-618 Notices of No-confidence Motion MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 619-637 (i) Need to open a Defence Pension Disbursement Office at Kannur, Kerala Shri K. Sudhakaran 619-620 (ii) Need to provide all necessary help and cooperation for the establishment of eco-tourism project by Kudremukh Iron Ore Company Limited at Kudremukh, Karnataka Shri K. Jayaprakash Hegde 621 (iii) Need to provide a direct rail link between Pushkar and Merta city in Rajasthan Shri Gopal Singh Shekhawat 622 (iv) Need to open a Mini Passport Seva Kendra at Karimnagar in Andhra Pradesh Shri Ponnam Prabhakar 623 11.12.2013 3 (v) Need to ensure the extension of benefits to all the eligible LPG customers under Direct Cash Transfer Scheme in Wardha Parliamentary Constituency, Maharashtra Shri Datta Meghe 624 (vi) Need to develop slum clusters in the country and implement Rajiv Awas Yojana for providing houses to people living in the slum areas particularly in North East Delhi Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal 625 (vii) Need to create a separate Ministry of Fishing Shri S.S. Ramasubbu 626-627 (viii) Need to expedite approval to the Kundaliya Irrigation Project and Mohanpura Irrigation Project in Rajgarh district of Madhya Pradesh Shri Narayan Singh Amlabe 627 (ix) Need to provide pay, allowances and other service benefits to employees of Unit Run Canteens at par with employees of CSD Shri Ram Singh Kaswan 628 (x) Need to undertake immediate repair of National Highway Nos. 7 and 75 passing through Satna Parliamentary constituency in Madhya Pradesh Shri Ganesh Singh 629 (xi) Need to undertake repair of dilapidated post office buildings and fill up the vacant posts in the Postal department in the country particularly at Surat in Gujarat Shrimati Darshana Jardosh 630 11.12.2013 4 (xii) Need to monitor the process of procurement of agricultural produce in order to ensure full and timely procurement of such produce at Government rates from farmers Shri Arjun Ram Meghwal 631 (xiii) Need to address the issue of mobility/portability of pension Scheme and counting of past services of employees recruited in new Central Universities established after 01.01.2004 Shri Anurag Singh Thakur 632 (xiv) Need to provide adequate financial assistance to people in Sant Kabir Nagar District, Uttar Pradesh distressed due to heavy rains in the State Shri Bhism Shankar alias Kushal Tiwari 633 (xv) Need to construct a bridge over river Punpun on Jamuhar-Punpun road in Karakat Parliamentary Constituency, Bihar Shri Mahabali Singh 633 (xvi) Need to undertake necessary measures to tackle the menace of Tuberculosis in the country Dr. Ratna De 634 (xvii) Need to construct a subway on National Highway No. 46 at Sathuvachari town in Vellore, Tamil Nadu to facilitate movement of pedestrians Shri Abdul Rahman 635 (xviii) Need to include Salem city in Tamil Nadu in the phase II project of Jawahar Lal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission Shri. S. Semmalai 636 11.12.2013 5 (xix) Need to review the decision to increase the height of Almatti dam in Karnataka Shri Raju Shetti 637 ANNEXURE – I Member-wise Index to Starred Questions 638 Member-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 639-644 ANNEXURE – II Ministry-wise Index to Starred Questions 645 Ministry-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 646-647 11.12.2013 6 OFFICERS OF LOK SABHA THE SPEAKER Shrimati Meira Kumar THE DEPUTY SPEAKER Shri Karia Munda PANEL OF CHAIRMEN Shri Basu Deb Acharia Shri P.C. Chacko Shrimati Sumitra Mahajan Shri Inder Singh Namdhari Shri Franciso Cosme Sardinha Shri Arjun Charan Sethi Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Dr. M. Thambidurai Shri Satpal Maharaj Shri Jagdambika Pal SECRETARY GENERAL Shri S. Bal Shekar 11.12.2013 7 LOK SABHA DEBATES __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ LOK SABHA ---------- Wednesday, December 11, 2013/Agrahayana 20, 1935 (Saka) The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock [MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair] 11.12.2013 8 REFERENCE BY THE SPEAKER Loss of lives of about 60 persons including several children due to severe cold in Muzaffarnagar, district of Uttar Pradesh MADAM SPEAKER: Hon. Members, about sixty persons including several children are reported to have lost their lives due to severe cold in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh. The House expresses its condolences to the bereaved families. … (Interruptions) 11.01 hrs At this stage, Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat, Shri Shailendra Kumar and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table. … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: The House may now stand in silence for a short while as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed. …(´ªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) +ÉvªÉFÉ àÉcÉänªÉÉ: +ÉÉ{É ãÉÉäMÉ VÉÉ<ªÉä xÉ* VÉÉ<ªÉä, +É{ÉxÉÉÒ ºÉÉÒ] {É® Jɽä cÉä<ªÉä* We are doing Obituary Reference. … (Interruptions) +ÉvªÉFÉ àÉcÉänªÉÉ: VÉÉBÉE® Jɽä cÉä<ªÉä* +ÉÉ{É ãÉÉäMÉ BÉDªÉÉ BÉE® ®cä cé? …(´ªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) gÉÉÒ ÉÊ´ÉVÉªÉ ¤ÉcÉnÖ® É˺Éc (càÉÉÒ®{ÉÖ®): ´ÉcÉÓ {É® Jɽä cÉä VÉɪÉå* ...(BªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) +ÉvªÉFÉ àÉcÉänªÉÉ: xÉcÉÓ, ´ÉcÉÓ BÉEèºÉä Jɽä cÉä VÉɪÉå, +É{ÉxÉÉÒ ºÉÉÒ] {É® VÉÉ<ªÉä* Go fast to your seats. It is Obituary Reference. Do not talk. 11.02 hrs At this stage, Shri Ashok Kumar Rawat, Shri Shailendra Kumar and some other hon. Members went back to their seats. 11.12.2013 9 MADAM SPEAKER: The House may now stand in silence for a short while as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed. 11.02 ½ hrs. The Members then stood in silence for a short while. MADAM SPEAKER: Now, Question Hour. Q. No.81—Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal. … (Interruptions) 11.03 hrs At this stage, Shri Kadir Rana, Shri Shailendra Kumar, Shrimati J. Helen Davidson, Shri Subhash Bapurao Wankhede and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table. … (Interruptions) 11.12.2013 10 11.03hrs MADAM SPEAKER: Q. No.81—Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal. (Q. 81) gÉÉÒ VÉªÉ |ÉBÉEÉ¶É +ÉOÉ´ÉÉãÉ : àÉcÉänªÉÉ, àÉé ªÉc VÉÉxÉxÉÉ SÉÉciÉÉ cÚÆ ÉÊBÉE VÉÉä càÉÉ®ÉÒ Aà¤ÉäºÉÉÒWÉ ¤ÉÉc®ÉÒ àÉÖãBÉEÉå àÉå cé, <xÉBÉEÉä BÉDªÉÉ BÉEÉàÉ BÉE®xÉä BÉEä ÉÊãÉA ÉÊàÉãÉÉ cè? BÉDªÉÉ ÉʺÉ{ÉEÇ ´ÉÉÒWÉÉ näxÉä BÉEÉ BÉEÉàÉ =xÉBÉEä {ÉÉºÉ cè?...(BªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) VÉÉä càÉÉ®ÉÒ BÉEàªÉÖÉÊxÉ]ÉÒ BÉEä ãÉÉäMÉ ´ÉcÉÆ ®ciÉä cé, càÉÉ®ä nä¶É BÉEä ãÉÉäMÉ ´ÉcÉÆ ®ciÉä cé, ´Éä ¤ÉÖ®ä cÉãÉÉiÉ àÉå cé, =xÉBÉEÉÒ {É®ä¶ÉÉÉÊxɪÉÉÆ cé, =xÉBÉEÉÒ {É®ä¶ÉÉÉÊxɪÉÉÆ BÉDªÉÉ àÉÆjÉÉãÉªÉ BÉEä {ÉÉºÉ +ÉÉiÉÉÒ cé?...(BªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) +ÉMÉ® +ÉÉiÉÉÒ cé iÉÉä ÉÊBÉEºÉ iÉ®c BÉEÉÒ {É®ä¶ÉÉÉÊxɪÉÉÆ cé +ÉÉè® àÉÆjÉÉãÉªÉ xÉä BÉDªÉÉ BÉEnàÉ =ºÉBÉEä ÉÊãÉA =~ɪÉä cé?...(BªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) MADAM SPEAKER: I cannot hear. … (Interruptions) SHRI SALMAN KHURSHEED: Madam, may I answer this question?… (Interruptions) Madam, may I answer? … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Nothing is going on record. (Interruptions) …∗ MADAM SPEAKER: Please sit down. I cannot hear. The House stands adjourned to meet again at 1200 Noon. 11.04 hrs The Lok Sabha then adjourned till Twelve of the Clock. ∗ Not recorded. 11.12.2013 11 12.00 hrs. The Lok Sabha reassembled at Twelve of the Clock (Madam Speaker in the Chair) …(´ªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) 12.0 ¼ hrs. At this stage, Dr. Baliram, Shri Shailendra Kumar and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table. …(´ªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) gÉÉÒ nÉ®É É˺Éc SÉÉècÉxÉ (PÉÉäºÉÉÒ): +ÉvªÉFÉ àÉcÉänªÉÉ, àÉÖVÉ{ÉD{ÉE®xÉMÉ® BÉEä ºÉÉlÉ +ÉxªÉÉªÉ cÖ+ÉÉ cè* ...(BªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) ªÉc àÉÖVÉ{ÉD{ÉE®xÉMÉ® BÉEÉÒ PÉ]xÉÉ cè* ...(BªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) MADAM SPEAKER: Please go back to your seats. … (Interruptions) gÉÉÒ nÉ®É É˺Éc SÉÉècÉxÉ : +ÉvªÉFÉ àÉcÉänªÉÉ, àÉÖVÉ{ÉD{ÉE®xÉMÉ® BÉEÉÒ PÉ]xÉÉ {É® SÉSÉÉÇ BÉEä ÉÊãÉA càÉxÉä xÉÉäÉÊ]ºÉ ÉÊnªÉÉ cè* ...(BªÉ´ÉvÉÉxÉ) 12.01 hrs At this stage, Shrimati J. Helen Davidson, Shri M. Venugopala Reddy and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table. … (Interruptions) 11.12.2013 12 12.01 ½ hrs PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE MADAM SPEAKER: Now, papers be laid on the Table. THE MINISTER OF COMMUNICATIONS AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY AND MINISTER OF LAW AND JUSTICE (SHRI KAPIL SIBAL): I beg to lay on the Table a copy of the Registration of the Electors (Amendment) Rules, 2013 (Hindi and English versions) published in Notification No. S.O.3242(E) in Gazette of India dated 24th October, 2013 under sub-section (3) of Section 28 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950. (Placed in Library, See No. LT 9829/15/13) THE MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AFFAIRS (SHRI SALMAN KHURSHEED): I beg to lay on the Table a copy each of the following Notifications (Hindi and English versions) under sub-section (3) of Section 24 of the Passports Act, 1967:- (1) The Passports (Amendment) Rules, 2012 published in Notification No.