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Rajya Sabha Matters Raised with Permission of the Chair RAJYA SABHA _________ ∗SYNOPSIS OF DEBATE _________ (Proceedings other than Questions and Answers) _________ Monday, December 3, 2007/ Agrahayana 12, 1929 (Saka) _________ MATTERS RAISED WITH PERMISSION OF THE CHAIR I. Protests against setting up of steel plant at Jagatsinghpur, Orissa SHRI D. RAJA: I wish this House takes note of what is happening in the Jagatsinghpur district of Orissa. There is a very strong resistance to the steel plant proposed to be set up by Posco there. If that plant is set up, they will be displaced and the fertile agricultural land will be taken over by the Posco Steel Plant. This will also lead to a very serious drinking water crisis for the city of Cuttack and other places on the banks of river Mahanadi because a large quantity of water from the river will be used by the plant. This will also adversely affect the functions of the Paradip Port. This plant is going to seriously affect the forests and environment in that area. If the Union ___________________________________________________ ∗ This Synopsis is not an authoritative record of the proceedings of the Rajya Sabha. 277 Government does not intervene at this point of time, the situation will get out of control and anything may happen there. II. Report of possible terror attack on Tirupati SHRI SHREEGOPAL VYAS: Informations have been received regarding possible attach on the Tiruputi mandir. Tirupati mandir is a place of devotion of crore of Hindus. Such events will have a very bad effect on the country. Therefore, I request the Government to enquire into the mater and prevent such incidents to occur. (Shri Ajay Maroo associated.) III. Demands of disabled persons SHRIMATI N.P.DURGA: I would like to draw the attention of the House to some of the demands of disabled persons. The UN observe every December 3rd as the World Day of Disabled. But, till now, their demands are not fully considered. They are demanding for paying an amount of Rs. 1500 as pension. They should be given reservation of 9 per cent in employment, education, promotions and also in judiciary. I request the Government of India to sympathetically consider their demands so that they can move ahead in the society with dignity. (Dr. V. Maitreyan and Shri Tiruchi Siva associated.) IV. Exemption on transportation of animals during Bakreed SHRI ABU ASIM AZMI: There is a law in the country preventing cruelty against animal. But at the same time slaughter is also allowed in this country. On special occasion 278 like 26th January and 15th August given to the people. Same type of exemption should be given to the transporters transporting animals at the occasion of Bakreed, as some NGO's harass the traders with the help of police in the name of protection of animals. _________ SPECIAL MENTIONS I. Demand for immediate steps to extend benefits to all the people included in the BPL in Rajasthan SHRI LALIT KISHORE CHATURVEDI: The Government of India limited the number of people living below poverty line to 17.36 lakh in Rajasthan. Consequentially the State Government published the list of 17.36 lakh rural BPL family. People filed appeals against it, and the number was raised to 21.58 Lakh. I, therefore, urge upon the Government to include all the 21.58 lakh selected people in the BPL list. II. Demand to probe embezzlement of funds meant for construction of Schools under the Sarva Siksha Abhiyan in Chattisgarh SHRI RAMADHAR KASHYAP: Crores of rupees have been embezzled in the Construction of school buildings in Chhatisgarh under Sarva Siksha Abhiyan Out of 8947 school buildings, 5048 buildings have either not been built up or are not completed. I, therefore, request that the Hon'ble Minister should enquire into it and punish the guilty people. 279 III. Request for conversion of 100, Lodhi Estate into Choudhary Devi Lal Trust SHRI TARLOCHAN SINGH: I have been pleading for long time that Central Government should allow facilities to the trust formed by late Choudhary Devi Lal, former Deputy Prime Miniser for the poor people. His schemes for rural upliftment has benefited large population in the villages. He lived in House No. 100, Lodhi Estate. The trust has requested to allot the same house for its headquarters to carry on the work of rural uplifement as envisaged by Choudhary Devi Lal. The Government should accept this simple request. IV. Demand for clearance of irrigation projects of Maharashtra SHRIMATI SUPRIYA SULE: The Central Government is giving financial assistance under Accelerated Irrigation Benefit Programmes (AIBP) to the irrigation projects, (dams, canals, etc.) For this it is necessary to obtain clearance of Central Water Commission to irrigation projects in the State. Maharashtra Government had submitted about 13 proposals in this regard. These proposals are pending for approval for a long time. I, therefore, urge upon the Government to accord sanction to these projects, so that these are implemented, for the benefit of the people of Maharashtra. V. Request to review the decision to shift Burda Research Centre in Orissa SHRI SURENDRA LATH: Burla Research Centre in Orissa was set up at Hirakund Dam in 1963 for developing the fisheries. The displayed persons from Hirakund Dam earn their 280 livelibood by fishing with the help of this centre. An order has been passed by the Government to close this centre and shift it to Kerala. I urge upon the Government not to shift this centre from Orissa so that the Centre may be more helpful in the field of fisher development. VI. India's drop by 2 points to the 128th rank according to the Human Development report released by the United Nations on 26th November in Delhi DR. P.C. ALEXANDER: The UN report for 2007 based on Human Development Index released in New Delhi on 27 November 2007 shows that India has not made any significant progress in its achievement, and that its rank based on HDI has dropped by 2 points, putting India at the 128the position. One of the reasons for the poor ranking of India is that the growth has not been inclusive and the poor sections of people continue to remain poor. Urgent corrective action should be taken in this regard. VII. Minimum Support Price for paddy SHRI SU. THIRUNAVUKKARASAR: The majority of the country's population depends on agriculture. But the agriculture sector contributes only about 18% of the total GDP. There is a large disparity between the per capita income in the farm sector and the non-farm sector. The cost of the essential inputs such as seeds, fertilizers have put the farmers into debt. In the past 6 years nearly 2 lacs farmers have committed suicide. Most of the paddy producers are losing interest in farming. The farmers are agitating in all the paddy growing States every day. I 281 insist the Central Government to fix the minimum support price of paddy at par with wheat as Rs. 1000 per quintal. _________ THE PAYMENT OF BONUS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2007 THE MINISTER OF OVERSEAS INDIAN AFFAIRS (SHRI VAYALAR RAVI): I move: "That the Bill to amend the Payment of Bonus Act, 1965, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration." SHRI AJAY MAROO: It is a very important Bill. I express my thanks to the Government for enhancing the ceiling of bonus to Rs. 10,000. It is a very good decision to include the labourers working in the construction work on contract basis. Some procedure has to be followed to maintain the account of such contractual labourers as they don’t work with any fixed contractor continuously and they change their working place frequently. It is my suggestion to the Government to consider about bringing the large number of unorganized workers under the ambit of the Bill. They need our support and sympathy. SHRI G. SANJEEVA REDDY: I support this Bonus Amendment Bill. I welcome the enhancement of the amount of Bonus to the workers. By doing so the Government have not done any favour to them. It is their right. A struggle and demand is going on for the last so many years that the workers must be given share in the profit of the industry or factory. Smt. Indira Gandhi had constituted a Bonus 282 commission which recommended that the workers should be given 13 month salary for working 12 months. That basic principle is working behind payment of bonus to them. Here I would like to mention that the ceiling of Rs. 10,000 is superfluous. A ceiling may be justified for the loss making concerns but there should not be any kind of ceiling for profit making industries. Todays the Industry is earning huge profits in crores. The owners and shareholders are enjoying all the profits whereas the workers who work hard are given this meager amount. In case of contract workers the amount of bonus must be calculated on weekly basis. The payment of bonus must be implemented properly in their case. The proper payment of bonus is conducive for industrial growth, industrial peace and social justice. The production bonus being paid to the government employees is not adequate. They must be paid bonus in proper proportion. SHRI K. CHANDRAN PILLAI: The right as well as the aspirations of the working class in this country in terms of bonus issue must be respected. A comprehensive amendment to the Bonus Act is needed. The bonus is coming as a charity from the Government or from the industry runners. This perception is not acceptable. Prescribing Rs. 10,000 as maximum ceiling of the bonus is not a valid criterion. This ceiling was prescribed on a suo motu basis.
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