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22.11.2010 1 C O N T E N T S Fifteenth Series, Vol.XIII, Sixth Session, 2010/1932 (Saka) No.8, Monday, November 22, 2010/Agrahayana 1, 1932(Saka) S U B J E C T P A G E S OBITUARY REFERENCES 2-3 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Question Nos.161 to 180 5-80 Unstarred Question Nos.1841 to 2070 81-510 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 490-492 COMMITTEE ON ESTIMATES 493 7th to 9th Reports STATEMENT BY MINISTER Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 10th Report of Standing Committee on Labour on Demands for Grants (2010-2011), pertaining to the Ministry of Labour and Employment. Shri Mallikarjun Kharge 494 BUSINESS OF THE HOUSE 495 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 496-510 (i) Need to set up a National Sports University in Haryana Shri Deepender Singh Hooda 496 22.11.2010 2 (ii) Need to expedite the process of land acquisition by West Central Railways for construction of railway line between Ramganjmandi and Bhopal. Shri Narayan Singh Amlabe 497 (iii) Need to take necessary steps for expansion and modernization of Tuticorin Airport in Tamil Nadu Shri S.S. Ramasubbu 498 (iv) Need to construct an alternative broad gauge railway line from Chandranathpur via Lanka and Jagi Road to Guwahati in Assam Shri Lalit Mohan Suklabaidya 499 (v) Need to provide reservation to students of Anglo- Indian community in professional courses in Central Universities Shri Charles Dias 500 (vi) Need to treat village instead of Taluk as the criteria for giving compensation under National Crop Insurance Scheme Shri Ijyaraj Singh 501 (vii) Need to construct Railway over-bridges at manned railway crossings near Sadulpur and Ratangarh railway stations under North Western Railway Zone Shri Ram Singh Kaswan 502 (viii) Need to provide stoppage to Gujarat Express and Jamnagar Intercity Express at Palej Railway Station in Bharuch Parliamentary Constituency, Gujarat and also to undertake modernization and augmentation of railway facilities at the station Shri Mansukhbhai D. Vasava 503 22.11.2010 3 (ix) Need to provide electricity to villages surrounding NTPC Power Plant at Dibiyapur, district Auraiya, Uttar Pradesh Shri Premdas 504 (x) Need to make functional all four ticket counters at Khurja Junction in Gautam Budha Nagar Parliamentary Constituency, Uttar Pradesh and also to undertake modernization & augmentation of railway facilities at the Station Shri Surendra Singh Nagar 505 (xi) Need to provide stoppage to New Jalpaiguri Super Fast Express (train Nos. 2523/2524) at Hasanpur Road Railway Station in Bihar Shri Dinesh Chandra Yadav 506 (xii) Need to increase the amount of financial assistance for the development of Kerala Kalamandalam, a centre of Arts and Culture in Kerala Shri P.K. Biju 507 (xiii) Need to construct rail over-bridges at level crossings near Adhiyaman Kottai, Chinthalpadi and Buddireddipatti besides constructing a level crossing at Sivanalli in Dharmapuri Parliamentary Constituency, Tamil Nadu Shri R. Thamaraiselvan 508 (xiv) Need to create a Yamuna River Basin Authority to Monitor schemes meant for cleaning river Yamuna Shri Jayant Chaudhary 509 (xv) Need for redressal of grievances of employees of the Bureau of Indian Standards, Eastern Regional Office, Kolkata, West Bengal Dr. Tarun Mandal 510 22.11.2010 4 ANNEXURE – I Member-wise Index to Starred Questions 511 Member-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 512-517 ANNEXURE – II Ministry-wise Index to Starred Questions 518 Ministry-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 519 22.11.2010 5 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 Francisco Cosme Sardinha Shri Arjun Charan Sethi Dr. Raghuvansh Prasad Singh Dr. M. Thambidurai Shri Beni Prasad Verma Dr. Girija Vyas SECRETARY GENERAL Shri T.K. Viswanathan 22.11.2010 6 LOK SABHA DEBATES __________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________ LOK SABHA ---------- Monday, November 22, 2010/Agrahayana 1, 1932(Saka) The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock [MADAM SPEAKER in the Chair] 22.11.2010 7 OBITUARY REFERENCES MADAM SPEAKER: Hon. Members, I have to inform the House of the sad demise of two of our former colleagues, Dr. Vasant Pawar and Shri Amar Pal Singh. Dr. Vasant Pawar was a member of the Tenth Lok Sabha from 1991 to 1996, representing the Nasik Parliamentary Constituency of Maharashtra. Dr. Pawar was a member of the Committee on Human Resource Development during the Tenth Lok Sabha. A surgeon and an educationist, Dr. Pawar was associated with a number of educational and public health organizations. He also served as the Co-ordinator, Indira Gandhi Open University, Nasik Centre and as a member of the Executive Council, Poona University. A man of letters, Dr. Pawar has to his credit a number of articles on a plethora of subjects. Dr. Vasant Pawar passed away on 7 October, 2010 at Mumbai, Maharashtra at the age of 62. Shri Amar Pal Singh was a member of the Tenth, Eleventh and Twelfth Lok Sabhas from 1994 to 1999 representing the Meerut Parliamentary Constituency of Uttar Pradesh. Earlier, Shri Singh was a Member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from 1989 to 1991. Shri Singh was a member of the Committee on Commerce during the Eleventh Lok Sabha. He was a member of the Committee on Commerce and Committee on Private Members’ Bills and Resolutions during the Twelfth Lok Sabha. Shri Singh was actively associated with many educational institutions and also worked for the welfare of sugarcane farmers in his constituency. 22.11.2010 8 Shri Amar Pal Singh passed away on 15 November, 2010 at Meerut, Uttar Pradesh at the age of 64. We deeply mourn the loss of these friends and I am sure the House would join me in conveying our condolences to the bereaved families. Hon. Members, about seventy people are reported to have been killed and eighty-two others injured when a multi-storey residential building collapsed in Lalita Park of East Delhi’s Laxmi Nagar on 15th November, 2010. The House expresses its profound sorrow on this tragedy which has brought pain and suffering to the families of the bereaved and injured. The House may now stand in silence for a short while as a mark of respect to the memory of the departed. 11.02 hrs. The members then stood in silence for a short while 22.11.2010 9 MADAM SPEAKER: Now, Question Hour. Q. No.161—Shri Rayapati Sambasiva Rao. … (Interruptions) 11.03 hrs At this stage, Shri Dilipkumar Mansukhlal Gandhi and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table. … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Please go back to your seats. … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Please go back to your seats. … (Interruptions) MADAM SPEAKER: Nothing will go on record. (Interruptions) …∗ MADAM SPEAKER: The House stands adjourned to meet again at 1200 hours. 11.04 hrs The Lok Sabha then adjourned till Twelve of the Clock. ∗ Not recorded. 22.11.2010 10 12.00 hrs The Lok Sabha re-assembled at Twelve of the Clock. ( Mr. Deputy-Speaker in the Chair) … (Interruptions) 12.0 ¼ hrs At this stage, Shri Ganesh Singh, Shri Shailendra Kumar and some other hon. Members came and stood on the floor near the Table. … (Interruptions) 12.0½ hrs. PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE MR. DEPUTY-SPEAKER: Now we shall take up Papers to be laid on the Table. … (Interruptions) THE MINISTER OF SHIPPING (SHRI G.K. VASAN): I beg to lay on the Table a copy each of the following papers (Hindi and English versions) under sub- section (1) of Section 619A of the Companies Act, 1956:- (1) Review by the Government of the working of the Cochin Shipyard Limited, Cochin, for the year 2009-2010. (2) Annual Report of the Cochin Shipyard Limited, Cochin, for the year 2009- 2010, alongwith Audited Accounts and comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General thereon. (Placed in Library, See No. LT 3298/15/10) THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF COMMERCE AND INDUSTRY (SHRI JYOTIRADITYA M. SCINDIA): I beg to lay on the Table:- (1) A copy of the Electrical Wires, Cables, Appliances and Protection Devices and Accessories (Quality Control) Amendment Order, 2010 (Hindi and English versions) published in Notification No. S.O. 2604(E) in Gazette of India dated 21st October, 2010, Section 14 of the Bureau of Indian Standards Act, 1986. (Placed in Library, See No. LT 3299/15/10) 22.11.2010 11 (2) (i) A copy of the Annual Report (Hindi and English versions) of the Central Manufacturing Technology Institute, Bangalore, for the year 2009- 2010. (ii) Statement regarding Review (Hindi and English versions) by the Government of the working of the Central Manufacturing Technology Institute, Bangalore, for the year 2009-2010. (Placed in Library, See No. LT 3300/15/10) (3) (i) A copy of the Annual Report (Hindi and English versions) of the Spices Board, Cochin, for the year 2009-2010. (ii) A copy of the Annual Accounts (Hindi and English versions) of the Spices Board, Cochin, for the year 2009-2010, together with Audit Report thereon. (iii) A copy of the Review (Hindi and English versions) by the Government of the working of the Spices Board, Cochin, for the year 2009- 2010. (Placed in Library, See No. LT 3301/15/10) (4) (i) A copy of the Annual Report (Hindi and English versions) of the Coffee Board, Bangalore, for the year 2009-2010. (ii) A copy of the Annual Accounts (Hindi and English versions) of the Coffee Board, Bangalore, for the year 2009-2010, together with Audit Report thereon. (iii) A copy of the Review (Hindi and English versions) by the Government of the working of the Coffee Board, Bangalore, for the year 2009-2010.