ParliamentaryRAJYA SABHA Bulletin

PART-II

Nos.61102-61112] MONDAY, AUGUST 9, 2021 No.61102 Table Office

Recommendations of the Business Advisory Committee The Vice-Chairman (Dr. Sasmit Patra) made the following announcement in the House today (09-08-2021):—

"I have to inform Members that the Business Advisory Committee in its meeting held on the 6th of August, 2021, has allotted time for Government Legislative Business, as follows:— BUSINESS TIME ALLOTTED

Consideration and passing/return of the following Bills, after they are passed by Lok Sabha:– (i) The National Commission for Homoeopathy One Hour (Amendment) Bill, 2021. (ii) The National Commission for Indian System of One Hour Medicine (Amendment) Bill, 2021.

(iii) The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2021. Three Hours

(iv) The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty Three Hours" Seventh) Amendment Bill, 2021. –––––––––––

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No.61103 Table Office

Final Result of the Division held on the Amendment moved by Shri Tiruchi Siva for reference of the Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2021, as passed by Lok Sabha, to a Select Committee

Members are informed that after the scrutiny of the Division Slips of the Division held on 9th August, 2021, on the Amendment moved by Shri Tiruchi Siva for reference of the Tribunals Reforms Bill, 2021, as passed by Lok Sabha, to a Select Committee of Rajya Sabha, it has been found that 123 Members took part in the Division. The final result of the Division is as follows:—

Ayes - 44 Noes - 79 ––––––––––– No.61104 Bill Office

Progress of Bills during the week ending Friday, the 6th August, 2021

Sl. Title of the Bill Minister-in-charge Progress No. Government Bills 1. The Inland Vessels Shri Sarbananda The Bill, as passed Bill, 2021 Sonowal by Lok Sabha, was considered and passed on 2nd August, 2021. 2. The Appropriation Shrimati Nirmala (No.4) Bill, 2021 Sitharaman Motions for (Motion for consideration of consideration was the Bills, as passed moved by Shri Pankaj by Lok Sabha, Chaowdhary) were moved on 2nd 3. The Appropriation Shrimati Nirmala August, 2021 but (No.3) Bill, 2021 Sitharaman the discussion remained (Motion for inconclusive. consideration was moved by Shri Pankaj Chaowdhary) 3 4. The General Shrimati Nirmala The Bill, as passed Insurance Business Sitharaman by Lok Sabha, was (Nationalisation) laid on the Table Amendment Bill, of the Rajya Sabha 2021 on 3rd August, 2021. 5. The Insolvency and Shrimati Nirmala The Bill, as passed Bankruptcy Code Sitharaman by Lok Sabha, was (Amendment) Bill, considered and 2021 passed by the Rajya Sabha on 3rd August, 2021. 6. The Tribunals Shrimati Nirmala The Bill, as passed Reforms Bill, 2021 Sitharaman by Lok Sabha, was laid on the Table of the Rajya Sabha on 4th August, 2021. 7. The Limited Liability Shrimati Nirmala The Bill, as Partnership Sitharaman introduced in the (Amendment) Bill, Rajya Sabha, was 2021 considered and passed by the Rajya Sabha on 4th August, 2021. 8. The Deposit Shrimati Nirmala The Bill, as Insurance and Credit Sitharaman introduced in the Guarantee Rajya Sabha, was Corporation considered and (Amendment) Bill, passed by the 2021 Rajya Sabha on 4th August, 2021. 9. The Airports Shri Jyotiraditya M. The Bill, as passed Economic Regulatory Scindia by Lok Sabha, was Authority of India considered and (Amendment) Bill, passed by the 2021 Rajya Sabha on 4th August, 2021.

4 10. The Constitution Shri Arjun Munda The Bill as (Scheduled Tribes) introduced in the Order (Amendment) Rajya Sabha on 2nd Bill, 2021 August, 2021 was considered and passed on 5th August, 2021. 11. The Commission for Shri Bhupender The Bill, as passed Air Quality Yadav by Lok Sabha, was Management in laid on the Table National Capital of the Rajya Sabha Region and on 4th August, Adjoining Areas Bill, 2021 and was 2021 considered and passed on 5th August, 2021. 12. The Essential Shri Rajnath Singh The Bill, as passed Defence Services (Motion for by Lok Sabha, was Bill, 2021 consideration was laid on the Table moved by Shri Ajay of the Rajya Sabha th Bhatt) on 4 August, 2021 and considered and passed on 5th August, 2021. ––––––––––– No.61105 Committee Co-ordination Section

Result of Election to the Committee on Public Accounts The number of candidates nominated for election to the Committee on Public Accounts being equal to the number of vacancies to be filled therein, Shri V. Vijayasai Reddy and Dr. Sudhanshu Trivedi, Members, Rajya Sabha, were declared duly elected to be members of the said Committee on the 9th August, 2021. –––––––––––

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No.61106 Committee Co-ordination Section

Election to the Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs)

Attention of the Members is invited to Para No. 61081 of Rajya Sabha Parliamentary Bulletin Part - II dated 2nd August, 2021, whereby the programme for election inter-alia to the Committee on Welfare of Other Backward Classes (OBCs) was notified. Since three candidates were left by the last date of withdrawal of candidature (viz. upto 3.00 p.m. on 9th August, 2021) against two vacancies to be filled therein, election becomes necessary. The following are the names of the contesting candidates:- 1. Shri Dineshchandra Jemalbhai Anavadiya 2. Shri Sakaldeep Rajbhar 3. Dr. V. Sivadasan 2. The election will be held on 12th August, 2021 in Committee Room No. 63, First Floor, Parliament House, New Delhi between 11.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m. The counting of votes will commence at 3.00 p.m. on the same day at the said venue. 3. The method of election will be by proportional representation by means of single transferable vote. ––––––––––– No.61107 M.A. Section

Exhibition on Aids and Assistive Devices Distributed to Divyangjan & Senior Citizens

Members are informed that an exhibition on Aids and Assistive Devices Distributed to Divyangjan & Senior Citizens under the ADIP Scheme (Assistance to Disabled Persons for Purchase/Fitting of Aids and Appliances Scheme) and ‘Rashtriya Vayoshri Yojana’ of Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment, Govt. of India will be organised on 12th and 13th August, 2021 in front of State Bank of India, Ground Floor, Parliament House Annexe by ALIMCO (Artificial Limbs Manufacturing Corporation of India), a PSU of Govt. of India. 2. Officers of ALIMCO would be present during the exhibition to provide detailed information about various devices and schemes to the Hon’ble Members of Parliament and would also clear any doubts and queries of MPs about devices and implementation of schemes. 3. The exhibition will be inaugurated by Hon’ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha at 10:00 AM on 12th August, 2021. 4. Hon’ble Members may visit the exhibition. –––––––––––– 6

No.61108 Committee Section (Subordinate Legislation)

Statutory Orders laid on the Table of the Rajya Sabha during the week ending July 23, 2021 (254th Session)

The following Statutory Rules and Orders made under the delegated powers of legislation and published in the Gazette were laid on the Table of the Rajya Sabha during the week ending July 23, 2021. The Orders will be laid on the Table for a period of 30 days, which may be comprised in one session or in two or more successive sessions. Members can move a motion for modification/annulment before the expiry of the session, immediately, following the session in which the laying period of 30 days is completed.

Sl. Number and date Brief Subject Date on Provision of No. of Rule/Order which laid the Statute under which laid 1 2 3 4 5 MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (DEPARTMENT FOR PROMOTION OF INDUSTRY AND INTERNAL TRADE)

1 G.S.R. 225 (E), The Copyright 23.07.2021 Section 78 (3) dated the 30th (Amendment) Rules, of the March, 2021. 2021 Copyright Act, 1957. –––––––––––

No.61109 Legislative Section

Detention and release of Shri Digvijaya Singh, Member, Rajya Sabha

The following communication dated the 6th August, 2021, addressed to Hon'ble Chairman, Rajya Sabha, has been received from the Office of Deputy Commissioner of Police, New Delhi District, New Delhi:-

7 "I have the honour to inform you that I have found it my duty in the exercise of my powers under section 65 of the Delhi Police Act, 1978 to direct that Shri Digvijaya Singh, Hon’ble Member of Parliament (Rajya Sabha) be detained for the maintenance of law & order and public peace in the area of New Delhi District. Accordingly, he was detained on 05.08.2021 from 5, Raisina Road in the area of Police Station Parliament Street, New Delhi at 02:00 P.M. and released at 03:00 P.M. on the same day i.e. on 05.08.2021 from Police Station Mandir Marg, New Delhi.” ––––––––––––

No.61110 Library and Reference Unit, LARRDIS

Deposit of archival/historical material in Parliament Museum & Archives. Books and Photographs are available in Parliament Museum & Archives for reference

The Parliament Museum & Archives undertakes acquisition, storage and preservation of precious records, historical documents and articles connected with the origin, growth and functioning of parliamentary institutions and the Constitution of India. These objects, which are part of our national heritage are collected, scientifically treated and preserved for the benefit of posterity. Hon’ble Members are requested to consider depositing material which they have in their possession like Private correspondence, Notes, Articles, records, Manuscripts, Speeches, Memoirs, Diaries, Relics, Art pieces, Mementos, Personal belongings and collections, Paintings, Photographs or any other material of archival/historical value connected with their career and activities as Parliamentarians and freedom fighters, in the Parliament Museum & Archives, FB-094, Parliament Library Building (Tel. Nos. 23034131, 23034226, Fax No. 23035326) for permanent preservation and display. The material will enrich the Parliament Museum & Archives and be useful for research work. If desired, the material received would be returned after making necessary copies. Any secretarial assistance in sorting out and listing the material will be made available to them. The Parliament Museum and Archives have 732 books on/by Hon’ble Members of Parliament. Hon’ble Members who are desirous of consulting these books may contact the PMA. The Photo Archives too has a collection of 19,979 photographs relating to Parliamentary events and passport size photographs of Hon’ble Members of Parliament from 1st to 17th Lok Sabha including two hundred photographs of Freedom Fighters lodged in Cellular Jail during freedom struggle received from 8 the Government of Andaman and Nicobar Island. All these Photographs have been digitized and can be retrieved with the click of a mouse through the software available in the branch. Kind cooperation of Hon’ble Members is solicited. ––––––––––– No.61111 Library and Reference Unit, LARRDIS

Parliament Digital Library

Hon’ble Members are informed that "Parliament Digital Library" has been developed which contains Debates from First Lok Sabha to Seventeenth Lok Sabha, that is, from 1952 to 2021. It also contains digital version of Parliamentary Committee Reports, Presidential Addresses, Budget Speeches, Resume of Work Done by Lok Sabha, Bulletin Part-I and other publications of Lok Sabha Scretariat (LSS). The rich debates of Provisional Parliament, Constituent Assembly, and other documents tracing the history of Indian Parliamentary institutions are also available in this website. The Parliament Digital Library is available at eparlib.nic.in and its link has also been given on the Lok Sabha Home page. The website is user friendly and acts as a search engine. For further assistance, Members may kindly contact at Tel. nos. 011-23034424, 011-23035333, 011-23034060 and 011-23035481. –––––––––––– No.61112 Library and Reference Unit, LARRDIS

Briefing Sessions for Members of Parliament

Briefing Sessions are being organised for Hon’ble Members of Parliament by Members’ Reference Service on 10 August, 2021 in Committee Room No. 62, Parliament House, New Delhi as per the following schedule:

Date Time Subject 10 August, 2021 01:00 pm -01:30 The National Commission for pm Homoeopathy (Amendment) Bill, 2021 01:30 pm -02:00 The National Commission for pm Indian System of Medicine (Amendment) Bill, 2021 Hon'ble Members are requested to kindly make it convenient to attend the Briefing Sessions. DESH DEEPAK VERMA Secretary-General