RAJYA SABHA —— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS

Wednesday, April 29, 2015

11 A.M. ——— PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table entered in the separate list: — 1. SHRI for Ministry of Home Affairs; 2. SHRI JUAL ORAM for Ministry of Tribal Affairs; 3. SHRI for Ministry of Labour and Employment; 4. SHRI for Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; 5. SHRI for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; 6. SHRIMATI for Ministry of Commerce and Industry; 7. DR. for Ministry of Culture; 8. SHRI HARIBHAI PARTHIBHAI CHAUDHARY for Ministry of Home Affairs; 9. SHRI for Ministry of Home Affairs; and 10. SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI for Ministry of Mines and . ———— REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE

SHRI SATISH CHANDRA MISRA SHRI JAIRAM RAMESH DR. BHUSHAN LAL JANGDE to present the Eighty-fifth Report (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Health and Family Welfare on the Human Immunodeficiency Virus and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (Prevention and Control) Bill, 2014. ———— REPORT OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE

SHRI VINAY KATIYAR SHRI MOHD. ALI KHAN to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Twelfth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture (2014-15) on Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations contained in the Sixtieth Report (Fifteenth ) on the subject 'Pricing of Agricultural Produce' pertaining to the Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture and Cooperation). ————

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STATEMENTS OF THE DEPARTMENT RELATED PARLIAMENTARY STANDING COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

SHRI MEGHRAJ JAIN SHRI SALIM ANSARI to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Statements of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology (2014-15):— (i) Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter-I and final replies included in Chapter-V of the Fifty-first Action Taken Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the recommendations of the Committee contained in Forty-third Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2013-14)’ of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Telecommunications); (ii) Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter-I and final replies included in Chapter-V of the Forty- eighth Action Taken Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the recommendations of the Committee contained in Forty-fourth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2013-14)’ of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Electronics and Information Technology); (iii) Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter-I and final replies included in Chapter-V of the Fiftieth Action Taken Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the recommendations of the Committee contained in Forty-fifth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2013-14)’ of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Posts); and (iv) Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter-I and final replies included in Chapter-V of the Forty- ninth Action Taken Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the recommendations of the Committee contained in Forty-sixth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Demands for Grants (2013-14)’ of the Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. ———— REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN

SHRIMATI KAHKASHAN PERWEEN SHRIMATI WANSUK SYIEM to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Third Report of the Committee on Empowerment of Women (2014-15) on the subject ‘Working Conditions of Women in Railways and Amenities for Women Passengers’. ———— REPORTS OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE

SHRI SHANTARAM NAIK SHRI SUKHENDU SEKHAR ROY to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Public Accounts Committee (2014-15):— (i) Seventeenth Report on the subject 'Ultra Mega Power Projects Under Special Purpose Vehicles' based on C&AG Report No. 6 of 2012-13 relating to the Ministry of Power;

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(ii) Eighteenth Report on the subject 'Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission' based on C&AG Report No. 15 of 2012-13 relating to the Ministry of Urban Development and the Ministry of Housing and Urban Poverty Alleviation; (iii) Nineteenth Report on the subject 'Excesses Over Voted Grants and Charged Appropriations (2012-13); and (iv) Twentieth Report on the subject 'Non-Compliance by Ministries/Departments in Timely Submission of Action Taken Notes on the Non-Selected Audit Paragraphs (Civil and Other Ministries)' relating to the Ministry of Finance (Department of Expenditure). ———— CORRIGENDUM TO THE REPORT OF THE PUBLIC ACCOUNTS COMMITTEE

SHRI SHANTARAM NAIK SHRI SUKHENDU SEKHAR ROY to lay on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Corrigendum to the *Eighth Report of the Public Accounts Committee (2014-15) on the subject 'Water Pollution in India. ———— STATEMENTS OF THE COMMITTEE ON WELFARE OF OTHER BACKWARD CLASSES

SHRI V. HANUMANTHA RAO SHRI RAM NATH THAKUR to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Statements of the Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (2014-15):— (i) Statement showing further action taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in the Second Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in their First Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Measures for strengthening and giving Constitutional Status to the National Commission for Backward Classes (NCBC)’ pertaining to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment; and (ii) Statement showing further action taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in the Fifth Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in their Third Report (Fifteenth Lok Sabha) on ‘Review of Welfare Measures for the Other Backward Classes and Grant of Constitutional Status to National Commission of Backward Classes (NCBC)’ pertaining to the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. ———— STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS

1. DR. MAHESH SHARMA to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Two Hundred and Twelfth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture on the "Development of Tourism in North-Eastern Region".

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2. SHRI VISHNU DEO SAI to make a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Third Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel on Demands for Grants (2014-15) pertaining to the Ministry of Steel.

———— #QUESTIONS QUESTIONS entered in separate lists to be asked and answers given. ———— LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS

Bill for introduction

The Commercial 1. SHRI D.V. SADANANDA GOWDA to move for leave to introduce Courts, a Bill to provide for the constitution of Commercial Courts, Commercial Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division in the High Courts for Division and adjudicating commercial disputes and for matters connected therewith or Commercial incidental thereto. Appellate Division of High Courts Bill, ALSO to introduce the Bill. 2015.

Bill for consideration and passing

The Real Estate 2. SHRI M. VENKAIAH NAIDU to move that the Bill to establish the (Regulation and Real Estate Regulatory Authority for regulation and promotion of the real estate Development) Bill, sector and to ensure sale of plot, apartment or building, as the case may be, in 2013. an efficient and transparent manner and to protect the interest of consumers in the real estate sector and establish the Appellate Tribunal to hear appeals from the decisions, directions or orders of the Authority and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, be taken into consideration.

ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. ———— DISCUSSION ON THE WORKING OF THE MINISTRY OF LAW AND JUSTICE

DR. E.M. SUDARSANA NATCHIAPPAN to raise a discussion on the working of the Ministry of Law and Justice. ———— DISCUSSION ON THE WORKING OF THE MINISTRY OF SOCIAL JUSTICE AND EMPOWERMENT

NEW DELHI; SHUMSHER K. SHERIFF, April 28, 2015. Secretary-General.

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