SPECIAL MENTIONS

The following matters of Public Importance were raised/laid on the Table with the permission of the Chair during the Session: —

Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts.

*1. 06- Dr. Gyan Prakash Concern over 03- Pilania alarming scenario of 2007 anaemic infants and pregnant mothers.

2. -do- Shrimati Supriya Urgent need to Sule address power crisis in .

3. -do- Shri Sharad Demand to allow Anantrao Joshi farmers to sell wheat in open market.

4. -do- Shri Santosh Concern over crisis 0-02 Bagrodia in Nursery admissions.

5. -do- Shri Janardhana Demand for an all Poojary party meeting on final order of the Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal.

6. -do- Shri B.K. Hariprasad Need to undertake urgent repair of Bangalore- Mangalore highway.

7. -do- Shri Motilal Vora Concern over presence of arsenic Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. in ground water in some districts of Chhattisgarh.

8. 06- Shri Shreegopal Demand to appoint a 03- Vyas Committee to save 2007 the structure of Ram Sethu.

9. -do- Shrimati N.P. Durga Need for strict adherence of Supreme Court’s guidelines by school buses ferrying school children.

10. -do- Shri Saman Pathak Demand to check the exploitation of minor girls.

11. -do- Shri Moinul Hassan Concern over proposed change in funding pattern of Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan.

12. -do- Shrimati Sushma Demand for debate 0-02 Swaraj on introduction of sex education in school. Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts.

13. -do- Prof. Ram Deo Concern over Bhandary propagation of supernatural healing powers by quacks and Ojhas in the country. 14. -do- Shri Ali Anwar Concern over problems of Bidi workers.

15. -do- Shri Abu Asim Azmi Concern over crackdown over Islamic literature.

16. -do- Shrimati Prema Demand for Cariappa adequate national fund for the development of Bangalore International Airport.

17. 08- Ms. Pramila Bohidar Demand for revision 03- of rates of royalty on 2007 Coal.

Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts.

18. -do- Shri Harendra Singh Concern over Malik depletion in ground water in Western Uttar Pradesh and Haryana.

19. -do- Shri R. Concern over Shunmugasundaram injustice to Tamil Nadu by Cauvery Water Dispute Tribunal.

20. -do- Shri Su. Concern over attack Thirunavukkarasar on the Tamil fishermen by the Sri Lankan Navy.

21. -do- Shri B.S. Concern over Gnanadesikan publication of photographs of bank defaulters.

22. -do- Shri Keshubhai S. Concern over 0-03 Patel atrocities on women.

23. -do- Shri Rahul Bajaj Concern over pressure on at WTO negotiations.

24. -do- Shri K.P.K. Kumaran Demand for food security in the country.

25. -do- Shri Vijay J. Darda Concern over tardy progress in creating infrastructure facilities for Common Wealth Games, 2010.

26. -do- Shri Rudra Narayan Demand for setting Pany up an IIT in Orissa.

27. 08- Shri Datta Meghe Concern over 0-01 Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. 03- suicides by farmers 2007 in region of Maharashtra.

28. 09- Shri Shantaram Demand to amend 03- Laxman Naik the Anti Defection 2007 Law.

29. -do- Shri Karnendu Demand for Bhattacharjee legislation for social security and employment guarantee for the workers of unorganized sector.

30. -do- Shri Jayantilal Barot Need to restore the 0-03 allocated quota of power to Gujarat.

31. -do- Shri Ravula Chandra Concern over plight Sekar Reddy of Beedi workers in the country.

32. -do- Shri Jai Parkash Concern over the Aggarwal Chinese capability to destroy satellite by a ground based ballistic missile.

33. -do- Shri Nandi Yellaiah Demand for immediate implementation of special rehabilitation package for farmers Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. in the country.

34. 12- Dr. Gyan Prakash Demand for 0-01 03- Pilania empowerment of 2007 women.

35. -do- Shri B.K. Hariprasad Demand for 0-01 reclamation of water bodies in Karnataka.

36. 12- Shri Shreegopal Demand to protect 03- Vyas Jan Kalyan 2007 Pratisthan patronized by migrated Indians in Nepal.

37. -do- Shrimati Sushma Demand to start Swaraj Science Channel by Prasar Bharati.

38. -do- Shri Jayantilal Barot Demand for construction of missing rail link between Patan and Bhiladi.

39. -do- Shri Surendra Demand to reduce Motilal Patel excise duty on drugs.

40. -do- Shrimati Viplove Demand for 0-02 Thakur construction of new Bathu bridge in Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. Kangra, Himachal Pradesh.

41. -do- Shri Jai Parkash Demand for Aggarwal enactment of Commonwealth Games Management Act for early completion of projects in Delhi.

42. -do- Shri Kalraj Mishra Concern over illegal means employed by Banks and Finance Companies to recover loans. 43. -do- Shri Mahendra Demand to set up Mohan more old age homes for senior citizens.

44. 14- Shri Santosh Crime against 0-02 03- Bagrodia children. 2007

45. -do- Shri Datta Meghe Plight of children due 0-02 to malnutrition in the country.

46. 14- Shri Suresh Demand to ban the 0-02 03- Bhardwaj use of word ‘Kinnar’ 2007 in the context of eunuchs.

47. -do- Shri R. Demand for 0-02 Shunmugasundaram introduction of Tamil as court language in Madras High Court.

48. -do- Shri Pyarelal Discrimination 0-02 Khandelwal against Hindu community in Jammu and Kashmir.

49. -do- Shri Ravula Chandra Demand for 0-02 Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. Sekar Reddy upgradation of Airports at Tirupathi, Vijayawada and Rajahmundry in Andhra Pradesh.

50. -do- Shri Abu Asim Azmi Demand to handover 0-01 Mumbai train bomb blast probe to the CBI.

51. -do- Shri Lalit Kishore Demand for 0-02 Chaturvedi procurement of Mustard seeds at support price.

52. -do- Shri A. Demand for 0-03 Vijayaraghavan environmental clearance for Athirapally Hydro Electric Power Project.

53. -do- Shri Tarini Kanta Demand for 0-02 Roy declaring North Bengal as Tax Free Zone.

54. -do- Shri Shantaram Demand for 0-01 Laxman Naik expeditious framing of rules under the Scheduled Tribes and other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006.

55. 14- Dr. Prabha Thakur Demand for hassle 0-02 03- free medical 2007 assistance to the victims of road accidents. Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts.

56. -do- Shri M.V. Mysura Need to revise the 0-02 Reddy package for farmers and writing off bank loans taken by farmers in the country.

57. -do- Shrimati N.P. Durga Need for 0-02 comprehensive legislation on clinical trials in the country.

58. -do- Dr. Barun Demand to expedite 0-02 Mukherjee completion of Teesta Irrigation Project.

59. -do- Shri Rudra Narayan Demand for 0-03 Pany development of National Highways in Orissa.

60. -do- Shri Vijay J. Darda Demand for an 0-03 immediate relocation plan for existing habitation from Tiger Reserves.

61. -do- Shri Moinul Hassan Demand to continue 0-02 old EEE mode for all saving instruments.

Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts.

*62. 21- Shri Surendra Demand to expedite 03- Motilal Patel the President’s 2007 assent to the Gujarat Control of Organised Crime Bill, 2003.

63. -do- Shri Jayantilal Barot Demand for shifting of office of the Development Commissioner (SEZ) from Kandla to Gandhinagar.

64. -do- Shri Abu Asim Azmi Concern over pathetic condition of victims of the Gujarat riots.

65. -do- Shri P.R. Rajan Demand for 0-01 additional allocation of food grains for Kerala.

66. -do- Shri Praveen Concern over delay Rashtrapal in Delhi-Ahmedabad and Mumbai- Ahmedabad bound flights.

67. -do- Shri B.K. Hariprasad Demand for Central assistance to Mega Tourism projects in Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. Karnataka.

68. -do- Ms. Pramila Bohidar Need for advanced preparedness for disaster management.

69. -do- Shri Pyarelal Demand for Khandelwal compensation to farmers for the loss of crops due to heavy rains and hail storms.

70. 21- Shrimati Prema Demand for grant of 03- Cariappa adequate fund for 2007 the Bidar-Gulbarga broad gauge railway line project and upgradation of Byndoor railway station.

71. -do- Shri P.G. Narayanan Demand to demerge and de-link the Salem Unit from the Burn Standard Company Ltd. (BSCL).

72. -do- Shri Mahendra Concern over Mohan bringing the Cooperative Banks in the tax net. Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts.

73. -do- Dr. K. Malaisamy Demand for correction of certain 0-01 distorted historical facts regarding first war of independence.

74. -do- Shri Jai Parkash Demand to take Aggarwal immediate steps to notify the approved SEZs and distribution of compensation to the farmers for their land.

75. -do- Ms. Anusuiya Uikey Demand for more rail wagons for orange growers of Chhindwada in Madhya Pradesh.

76. -do- Shri K.P.K. Kumaran Concern over inaccessibility of bank loans for under privileged students.

77. -do- Shri Moinul Hassan Demand to remove inconvenience and suffering of people of Sunderban, South 24 Pargana, West Bengal. Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts.

78. 21- Shri Ram Narayan Concern over entry 03- Sahu of MNCs in retail 2007 sector.

79. -do- Prof. Ram Deo Demand for Bhandary conversion of Parsa- Basvari halt into full- fledged rail station.

80. -do- Shri Lalit Kishore Demand for Chaturvedi environmental clearance for Kota bypass. 81. -do- Shri Shantaram Demand for central Laxman Naik assistance to set up educational and cultural institutions relating the languages contained in the Eighth Schedule of the Constitution.

82. -do- Shrimati N.P. Durga Demand for 0-01 modifications in the proposed Seeds Bill to protect farmers’ Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. rights.

83. -do- Shri N.R. Concern over the Govindarajar pollution caused by industrial effluents in Mettur Dam.

84. -do- Shrimati Viplove Demand to introduce Thakur Indian Airlines’ Flights from Gagal Airport, Himachal Pradesh.

85. -do- Shri Keshubhai S. Concern over Patel poverty in the country.

86. -do- Shri B.S. Request for suitable Gnanadesikan methodology for identification of freedom fighters for grant of pensionary benefits.

87. 21- Shri Rudra Narayan Demand for 9.5% 03- Pany rate of interest on 2007 amount in EPF.

88. -do- Shri R. Concern about huge Shunmugasundaram pendency of cases in Courts. 89. -do- Shri C. Perumal Request to reduce 0-01 the rate of interest in Housing loans. 90. -do- Shri Syed Azeez Demand for more Pasha budget allocation for minorities’ welfare. Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts.

91. -do- Shri Ali Anwar Demand for doubling and electrification of Keul-Sheikhpura- Gaya rail line.

92. 27- Shri Mangani Lal Illegal transfer of 0-02 04- Mandal land allotted to 2007 South Eastern Coal Field Ltd. to a private company.

93. -do- Shri Santosh Need to declare 0-02 Bagrodia Vanarasi a world heritage site.

94. -do- Shri Prasanta Cancellation of 0-02 Chatterjee contracts of Special Phone Booths allotted to physically handicapped persons on railways platforms. -do- 95. Shri Moinul Hassan Withdrawal of tax 0-02 exemption under Section 80(P) of the Income Tax Act to Urban Co-operative Banks.

96. 27- Shri Mahendra World Wildlife Fund 0-02 04- Mohan report about fast 2007 dying of the Ganga and the Indus rivers.

97. -do- Shrimati N.P. Durga Need to overhaul 0-02 Microfinance Bill.

98. -do- Shrimati Supriya Need for approval of 0-02 Sule supply of additional natural gas to Maharashtra.

99. -do- Miss Anusuiya Uikey Shortage of LPG in 0-01 Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. Chhindwada and nearby districts in Madhya Pradesh.

100. -do- Shri Vijay J. Darda Need for recognition 0-03 of contribution made by Indian migrant workers.

101. -do- Shri Shreegopal Need to celebrate 0-01 Vyas new year from Chaitra Pratipada.

102. -do- Shri Matilal Sarkar Need to expand road 0-03 connectivity in North-Eastern States.

103. -do- Shri Urkhao Gwra Eviction notice 0-01 Brahma served to tribal people in Assam. -do- 104. Shri P.G. Narayanan Need to stop the 0-01 construction of the dam across the river Palar.

105. -do- Shri C. Perumal Need to declare 0-03 Krishnagiri, Dharmapuri, Thiruvannamalai and Vellore districts of Tamil Nadu as draught affected districts.

106. 27- Shri Jai Parkash Need to take steps 0-02 04- Aggarwal to ban excess 2007 emission of Green House Gases in Collaboration with developed nations.

107. 04- Shri Santosh Attacks on persons 0-02 05- Bagrodia of Indian origin. Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. 2007

108. -do- Shri Mangani Lal Tardy pace of 0-02 Mandal construction work on East-West Corridor in Bihar. 109. -do- Shri Motilal Vora Non-payment of 0-03 profit-share to tendu leave collectors in Chhattisgarh.

110. -do- Shri Ali Anwar Need to install a 0-01 statue of Sher Shah Suri at Chausa Ground in Bihar.

111. -do- Shri Vijay J. Darda Need to motivate 0-03 the UN and other international bodies for the uplift of more poor, including women, particularly in tribal belts in the country.

112. -do- Shri Mahendra Increase in 0-02 Mohan Caesarian Operations in private hospitals in the country.

113. -do- Shrimati Syeda Primary schools 0-02 Anwara Taimur without classroom and teachers in the country.

114. 04- Shri Jai Parkash Testing of Hatf 0-01 05- Aggarwal Missile by Pakistan. 2007

115. -do- Prof. Ram Deo Need to help poor 0-02 Bhandary children to get costly Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. treatment.

116. -do- Dr. Gyan Prakash Alarming scenario of 0-03 Pilania child malnutrition in the country.

117. -do- Shri Tapan Kumar Demands of bank 0-02 Sen employees in the country.

118. -do- Shri Gireesh Kumar Need to give 0-01 Sanghi employment incentives to employers. #119. -do- Shrimati Brinda Permission to Dow 0-01 Karat Chemicals for selling pesticides.

120. -do- Shrimati Maya Leaving of service 0-01 Singh by Army officers.

121. -do- Shrimati Prema Need to prevent 0-02 Cariappa trafficking of girls and drugs abuse while promoting tourism in the country.

122. -do- Shri Syed Azeez Need for relaxation 0-01 Pasha in Visa norms for Pakistani citizens.

123. -do- Ms Pramila Bohidar Need for timely 0-02 release of Backward Area Development Fund. #124. -do- Shri Keshubhai S. Stagnation in food 0-01 Patel grain production in the country.

125. -do- Shri Prasanta Sale of fake Kishan 0-01 Chatterjee Vikas Patra.

126. 04- Shrimati N.P. Durga Need to take 0-02 05- measures for 2007 effective Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. implementation of the National Rural Health Mission.

127. -do- Shri Bhagirathi Need for 0-02 Majhi rescheduling of train timings running between Baripada and Bhubaneswar.

128. -do- Shri K.P.K. Kumaran Need to rescue the 0-02 innocent Indian youth detained in Pakistani Jail.

129. Shri Praveen Need to pay more 0-02 Rashtrapal attention towards the welfare of SCs/STs.

130. -do- Shri Datta Meghe Problems being 0-01 faced by the cotton growers in Vidarbha region of Maharashtra.

131. -do- Shri T.S. Bajwa Acquisition of 0-03 residential land for expansion of Jammu Airport.

132. -do- Shri Rudra Narayan Need to honour the 0-03 Pany persons who participated in the JP Movement.

133. 09- Shri B.K. Hariprasad Need for release of 0-01 05- Central share for the 2007 ongoing SGSY projects in Karnataka.

134. -do- Shri Ramadhar Need for stoppage of 0-02 Kashyap Azad Hind Express and Hatiya Kurla Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. Express at Batapara in Chhattisgarh.

135. 09- Shrimati N.P. Durga Charging extra 0-02 05- money from 2007 passengers by railways in the name of ‘Tatkal’ reservation.

136. -do- Shri Datta Meghe Rising prices of food 0-01 items in the country.

137. -do- Shri Praveen Disposal of toxic 0-02 Rashtrapal wastes of Union Carbide at Indore in Madhya Pradesh and Ankleshwar in Gujarat.

138. -do- Dr. Barun Need for renaming 0-02 Mukherjee of Gomo Station in Jharkhand in the memory of Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

139. -do- Ms. Anusuiya Uikey Need for higher 0-02 minimum support price to farmers in the country.

140. -do- Dr. Gyan Prakash Grave scenario of 0-03 Pilania suicide and fragging in armed forces.

141. -do- Shrimati Prema Need to develop 0-02 Cariappa Tadri Port in North Karnataka as an all weather major port.

142. -do- Shri Ajay Maroo Poor performance by 0-02 India in International Games. Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts.

143. -do- Shri Ali Anwar Harassment of rail 0-02 passengers travelling in unreserved coaches.

144. -do- Shri C. Perumal Closure of Branch 0-02 Post Offices in rural areas of Tamil Nadu.

145. 09- Shrimati Supriya Approval of pending 0-01 05- Sule proposals of 2007 Maharashtra under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission.

146. -do- Shri Rajniti Prasad Need to give priority 0-02 to backward States with regard to budgetary allocation for education.

147. -do- Shri Brij Bhushan Bad condition of the 0-02 Tiwari BSNL mobile service in Kannauj, (Uttar Pradesh).

148. -do- Shri Shreegopal Need for the revival 0-02 Vyas of Saraswati river to combat water scarcity.

149. -do- Shrimati Maya Adverse effects of 0-02 Singh trans fat present in food items.

150. -do- Shri Jai Parkash Need to formulate a 0-02 Aggarwal suitable policy for price control of life saving drugs in the country.

151. 16- Shri Santosh Need to contain the 0-03 05- Bagrodia continuous climatic Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. 2007 changes.

152. -do- Shri Urkhao Gwra Need for separate 0-02 Brahma administrative set- up for Central Institute of Technology at Kokrajhar, Assam.

153. -do- Shri Surendra Lath Need for inclusion of 0-02 Sickle cell disease in National Health Policy.

154. -do- Shri Saman Pathak Need for repair of 0-02 National Highway Nos. 55, 31 and 31A.

155. 16- Shri Vijay J. Darda Need for 0-03 05- comprehensive 2007 insurance coverage for poor and marginal farmers and rural folk.

156. -do- Shri Motilal Vora Excess exploration 0-03 and export of iron ore.

157. -do- Dr. Gyan Prakash Need to bridge the 0-02 Pilania gap between rural and urban India.

158. -do- Shrimati Prema Need to construct 0-01 Cariappa railway line in Kushalnagar of Kodagu district, Karnataka.

159. -do- Shri Rajniti Prasad Need for more 0-02 promotional opportunities to the Doordarshan Correspondents. Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts.

160. -do- Shrimati Supriya Need for approval of 0-02 Sule setting up of 1000 MW Thermal Power Project at Mauda, district Nagpur.

161. -do- Ms Pramila Bohidar Need for setting up 0-02 of an IIT at Burla in Orissa.

162. -do- Ms. Anusuiya Uikey Need to include 0-02 Chhindwada District within the purview of the Backward Areas Development Fund.

163. -do- Shri Moinul Hassan Selling of spurious 0-02 drugs in the country.

164. -do- Shri Ramadhar Degradation of 0-02 Kashyap environment and forest.

165. -do- Shri Praveen Bogus Scheduled 0-02 Rashtrapal Caste certificates.

166. 16- Dr. K. Malaisamy Monkey menace in 0-02 05- South Avenue, New 2007 Delhi.

167. -do- Shri Su. Need to honour the 0-03 Thirunavukkarasar Kings and Queen of Tamil Nadu who fought against Britishers even before 1857.

168. -do- Shri Ali Anwar Need to include 0-03 Bhojpuri language in the Eighth Schedule to the Constitution.

169. -do- Shri B.S. Pathetic service 0-02 Gnanadesikan conditions of Police and Army Personnel. Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts.

170. -do- Dr. Barun Need for 0-02 Mukherjee declassification of Defence files pertaining to INA and Netaji Subhash Chandra Bose.

171. -do- Shri Satyavrat Need for 0-02 Chaturvedi construction of roads in the villages of Thangarh Valley of Pauri Garhwal under PMGSY.

172. -do- Shri R. Kamaraj Increasing electronic 0-02 wastes in the country.

173. -do- Shrimati Sushma Need to restore the 0-02 Swaraj prestige attached with jobs in armed forces.

174. -do- Shri Abu Asim Azmi Killing of innocent 0-02 people in fake encounters.

175. -do- Shri Rudra Narayan Need for a renowned 0-02 Pany Trade Unionist to be the President of Central Workers Education Board.

176. 16- Shri Janardhana Need to withdraw 0-02 05- Poojary printing of statutory 2007 warning of bone, skull and corpse on the beedi packets.

177. -do- Shri Abdul Wahab Need for summer 0-02 Peevee special trains for Kerala.

178. -do- Shri C. Perumal Problems being 0-01 faced by Tamil Nadu Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. fishermen.

179. -do- Shri Rajeev Shukla Encroachment on 0-02 land of Airport Authority of India. *180. 17- Shri Shatrughan 05- Sinha 2007

Concern over pathetic condition of under trials in the country.

181. -do- Shri Harish Rawat Demand for financial assistance to promote forest and water conservation.

182. -do- Shri B.K. Hariprasad Demand for total 0-01 eradication of manual scavenging system.

183. -do- Shrimati N.P. Durga Concern over extensive use of globally banned insecticides in Andhra Pradesh.

184. -do- Shri Lalit Kishore Concern over patent Chaturvedi of Yogasan and Yog Science in America. Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts.

185. 17- Shrimati Sushma Demand for separate 05- Swaraj State of . 2007

186. -do- Dr. Gyan Prakash Concern over Pilania increasing pendency of CBI cases awaiting trial.

187. -do- Shri Rajniti Prasad Concern over dilapidated condition of National Highways in Bihar.

188. -do- Ms. Anusuiya Uikey Demand to open a 0-01 medical college at Chhindwada district of Madhya Pradesh.

189. -do- Shri Ramadhar Demand for Kashyap allotment of land for the railways employees in scheduled quota in Bilaspur.

190. -do- Shri Motilal Vora Demand for implementation of Employment Guarantee Scheme in Chhattisgarh and other parts of the Sl.No. Date Name of the Subject Time Member taken Hrs.Mts. country.

191. -do- Shri Pyarelal Demand to Khandelwal propogate the medicinal effects of chanting of ‘OM’. ______Total: 3-50 ———

* Special Mentions from Sl. No. 1 to 43 were treated as laid on the Table of the House after taking sense of the House. * Special Mentions from Sl. No. 62 to 91 were treated as laid on the Table of the House after taking sense of the House. # Laid on the Table of the House with permission of the Chair. * Special Mentions from Sl. No. 180 to 191 were treated as laid on the Table of the House after taking sense of the House.