FRIDAY THE 7TH APRIL, 2017 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Papers Laid on the Table Shri Manoj Sinha (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Communication; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Communications (Department of Telecommunications), under Section 37 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997:— (1) F. No.21-4/2016-B&CS, dated the 3rd March, 2017, publishing the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Interconnection (Addressable Systems) Regulations, 2017. (2) F. No.21-5/2016-B&CS, dated the 3rd March, 2017, publishing the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable) Services Standards of Quality of Service and Consumer Protection (Addressable Systems) Regulations, 2017. II. (1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) (b) of Section 394 of the Companies Act, 2013:— (i) (a) Sixteenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), New Delhi, for the year 2015-16, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Performance Review of the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), for the year 2015-16. (ii) (a) Fourth Annual Report and Accounts of the Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), New Delhi, for the year 2015-16, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Performance Review of the Bharat Broadband Network Limited (BBNL), for the year 2015-16. (2) Statements (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above.

355 RAJYA SABHA Shri (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Minority Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Statements showing action taken by Government on the various assurances, promises and undertakings given during the Session shown against each:— 1 Statement No. XXXVI Two Hundred and Fifth Session, 2005 2. Statement No. XXVII Two Hundred and Seventeenth Session, 2009 3. Statement No. XXIV Two Hundred and Nineteenth Session, 2010 4. Statement No. XXII Two Hundred and Twenty-third Session, 2011 5. Statement No. XX Two Hundred and Twenty-fourth Session, 2011 6. Statement No. XIX Two Hundred and Twenty-fifth Session, 2012 7. Statement No. XVI Two Hundred and Twenty-eighth Session, 2013 8. Statement No. XIV Two Hundred and Twenty-ninth Session, 2013 9. Statement No. XIII Two Hundred and Thirtieth Session, 2013-14 10. Statement No. XI Two Hundred and Thirty-second Session, 2014 11. Statement No. X Two Hundred and Thirty-third Session, 2014 12. Statement No. IX Two Hundred and Thirty-fourth Session, 2015 13. Statement No. VIII Two Hundred and Thirty-fifth Session, 2015 14. Statement No. VII Two Hundred and Thirty-sixth Session, 2015 15. Statement No. VI Two Hundred and Thirty-seventh Session, 2015 16. Statement No. V Two Hundred and Thirty-eighth Session, 2016 17. Statement No. IV Two Hundred and Thirty-ninth Session, 2016 18. Statement No. III Two Hundred and Fortieth Session, 2016 19. Statement No. II Two Hundred and Forty-first Session, 2016 Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare; and Minister of State in the Ministry of Panchayati Raj) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare), under sub-section (2) of Section 3 of the Agriculture Produce (Grading and Making) Act, 1937:— (1) G.S.R. 126 (E), dated the 14th February, 2017, publishing the Mango Seed Kernel Grading and Marking Rules, 2017. (2) G.S.R.231 (E), dated the 10th March, 2017, publishing the Safed Musli Grading and Marking Rules, 2017.

356 7TH APRIL, 2017 II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare), Notification No. S.O. 799 (E), dated the 10th March, 2017, amending Notification No. S.O. 2486 (E), dated the 24th September, 2014, to omit certain entries in the original Notification, under sub-section (3) of Section 36 of the Insecticides Act, 1968. III. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare (Department of Agriculture, Cooperation and Farmers Welfare), Notification No. S.O. 895 (E), dated the 21st March, 2017, publishing the Fertiliser (Control) Second Amendment Order, 2017, under sub-section (6) of Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. IV. (1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) (b) of Section 394 of the Companies Act, 2013:— (i) (a) Forty-seventh Annual Report and Accounts of the Haryana Agro Industries Corporation Limited, Panchkula, for the year 2013-14, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (ii) (a) Forty-ninth Annual Report and Accounts of the Maharashtra Agro Industries Corporation Limited, Mumbai, along with the Thirty-first Annual Report and Accounts of its subsidiary company M/S Maharashtra Insecticides Limited, Akola, Mumbai, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (2) Statements (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare) laid on the Table:- (1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub- section (1) (b) of Section 394 of the Companies Act, 2013:—

357 RAJYA SABHA (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Agrinnovate India Limited, New Delhi, for the year 2015-16, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Textile) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the () and the Jute Corporation of India (JCI) Limited, for the year 2016-17. Shri C.R. Chaudhary (Minister of State in the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution, Department of Food and Public Distribution) and the Food Corporation of India (FCI), for the year 2016-17. 11-01 a.m. 2. Report of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour Shri Ravi Prakash Verma, laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Twenty-sixth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Labour (2016-17) on 'Exempted Organisations/ Trusts/ Establishments from EPFO: Performance, Issues and Challenges' relating to the Ministry of Labour and Employment. 11-02 a.m. 3. Statements of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers Shri K. Parasaran, laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Final Action Taken Statements of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Chemicals and Fertilizers (2016-17):—

358 7TH APRIL, 2017 (i) Final Action Taken Replies of the Government on the recommendations contained in the Twenty-ninth Report (Sixteenth ) of the Committee regarding Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Twenty-third Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on 'Demands for Grants 2016-17' of the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Pharmaceuticals); and (ii) Final Action Taken Replies of the Government on the recommendations contained in the Thirtieth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) of Committee regarding Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the Twenty- fourth Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject "Cluster Development Programme for Pharma Sector (CDP-PS) relating to the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers (Department of Pharmaceuticals). 11-03 a.m. 4. Statement by Minister Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar, Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance, made a statement regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Thirtieth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance on Demands for Grants (2016-17) pertaining to the Ministry of Finance. 11-37 a.m. 5. Matters raised with Permission 1. Shri T.K. Rangarajan raised a matter regarding move to amend the RTI rules. 11-41 a.m. 2. !Shri Shwait Malik raised a matter regarding the delay in the progress of highway projects in Punjab.

 From 11-04 a.m. to 11-37 a.m., some points were raised.  From 11-40 a.m. to 11-41 a.m., some points were raised. ! Spoke in Hindi. 359 RAJYA SABHA 11-44 a.m. 3. !Shri Rewati raised a matter regarding waiver of loans to farmers in the country. 11-46 a.m. 4. Shrimati Jharna Das Baidya raised a matter regarding need for repatriation of tribals sheltered in Tripura to Mizoram. 11-49 a.m. 5. Shri Ritabrata Banerjee raised a matter regarding misuse of Unlawful Activities Prevention Act on women, religious minorities and tribals. 11-52 a.m. 6. Shri Vivek Gupta raised a matter regarding lack of efficient service in Passport Seva Kendras. 11-54 a.m. 7. Shri Ahamed Hassan raised a matter regarding assistance to West Bengal to fight against the wheat blast disease. 11-56 a.m. 8. !Shri Ali Anwar Ansari raised a matter regarding meagre payment of salary to the teachers in Coal India Limited. 12-00 Noon 6. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No. 376 regarding Import Duty on Wheat. Starred Question No. 377 regarding Strengthening cold storage and warehousing infrastructure in Andhra Pradesh. Starred Question No. 378 regarding Passenger services on newly constructed broad gauge lines. Starred Question No. 379 regarding Funds for upliftment of farmers in Punjab. ______! Spoke in Hindi.

360 7TH APRIL, 2017 Starred Question No. 380 regarding Revenue generation in Railways. Starred Question No. 381 regarding Assistance drought affected Karnataka. Starred Question No. 382 regarding Job creation in food processing sector. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 383 to 390 were laid on the Table. 7. Unstarred Questions

Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 3997 to 4156 were laid on the Table. (The House adjourned at 1-00 p.m.and re-assembled at 2-34 p.m.) 2-34 p.m. 8. Message from Lok Sabha — Reported The Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Second Bill, 2015 Secretary-General reported to the the House that the following message received from the Lok Sabha, signed by the Secretary-General of Lok Sabha:- “I am directed to inform you that Lok Sabha, at its sitting held on the 7th April, 2017, has adopted the following motion further extending the time for presentation of the Report of the Joint Committee of the Houses on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Second Bill, 2015:- MOTION “That this House do extend time for presentation of the Report of the Joint Committee on the Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement (Amendment) Second Bill, 2015 upto the last day of the first week of Winter Session, 2017.” 2-35 p.m.

9. Private Members’ Bills — Introduced 1. The Arsenic Contamination (Prevention) Bill, 2017 was introduced by Shri Neeraj Shekhar. 361 RAJYA SABHA 2-36 p.m. 2. The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2017 (Amendment of articles 83 and 172) was introduced by Shri Narayan Lal Panchariya. 2-37 p.m. 3. The Domestic Workers (Regulation of Work and Social Security) Bill, 2017 was introduced by Shri Oscar Fernandes.

^4. The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2017 (Insertion of new articles 330A, 330B, 332A and 332B) was introduced by Shri V. Vijayasai Reddy. 2-38 p.m. 10. Government Bill — Withdrawn The Seamen's Provident Fund (Amendment) Bill, 2007 was withdrawn by Shri Mansukh L. Mandaviya, Minister of State in the Ministry of Road Transport and Highways, in the Ministry of Shipping and in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers. 2-39 p.m. 11. Private Members' Bills — Withdrawn/Under Consideration (1) The Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Amendment) Bill, 2016. Further consideration of the following motion moved by Dr. Subramanian Swamy, on the 24th March, 2017, continued:— "That the Bill further to amend the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, be taken into consideration." The following Members took part in the discussion:— 2-48 p.m. 1. Shri Ananda Bhaskar Rapolu 2-59 p.m. 2. !Shri Basawaraj Patil 3-02 p.m. 3. !Shrimati Chhaya Verma 3-11 p.m. 4. !Shri Ramkumar Verma 3-19 p.m. 5. !Shrimati Viplove Thakur

^ At 5-03 p.m.  From 3-09 p.m. to 3-10 p.m., some points were raised. ! Spoke in Hindi. 362 7TH APRIL, 2017 3-24 p.m. 6. !Shri Mahesh Poddar 3-30 p.m. 7. !Dr. Vikas Mahatme §3-34 p.m. 8. !Shrimati , Minister of State in the Ministry of Women and Child Development 3-46 p.m. Dr. Subramanian Swamy replied to the debate. 3-50 p.m. The Bill was withdrawn by leave of the House. 3-51 p.m. (2) The Constitution (Amendment) Bill, 2016 (amendment of the Eighth Schedule). Shri B. K. Hariprasad moved motion for consideration of the bill. The following Members took part in the discussion:— 4-23 p.m. 1. !Shri Basawaraj Patil 4-32 p.m. 2. Shri Oscar Fernandes 4-43 p.m. 3. !Shri Narayan Lal Panchariya &4-52 p.m. 4. !Shrimati Chhaya Verma 4-55 p.m. 5. !Shri The discussion was not concluded. 5-04 p.m. 12. Special Mentions The following Special Mentions were laid on the Table of the House:— 1. Shri Basawaraj Demand to take effective measures to Patil remove stagnation in the programme cadres of All India Radio and Doordarshan throughout the country.

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2. Shri Ram Kumar Demand to issue a circular containing Kashyap guidelines to deal with women visitors with dignity in the Central Government offices.

3. Shri K.K. Ragesh Demand to set up an enquiry into the irregularities in appointments and awarding contracts at Kasargod Central University.

(The following Members indulged in gross disorderly conduct in violation of the rules and etiquette of the Rajya Sabha by entering the ‘Well’ of the House, shouting slogans and willfully obstructing the proceedings of the House:- 1. Shri Mohd, Ali Khan 2. Shri Satyavrat Chaturvedi 3. Shri Pramod Tiwari 4. Shri B.K. Hariprasad 5. Shrimati Rajani Patil 6. Shri Pradeep Tamta 7. Dr. K.V.P. Ramachandra Rao 8. Shri Parvez Hashmi 9. Shrimati Chhaya Verma 10. Shri P.L. Punia 11. Shri Santiuse Kujur 12. Shri P. Bhattacharya 13. Shri Husain Dalwai 14. Shri K.C. Ramamurthy 15. Dr. Sanjay Sinh 16. Shri Oscar Fernandes

(The House adjourned at 5-07 p.m till 11-00 a.m. on Monday, the 10th April, 2017).

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