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Klvveutli Scries. Vol. XIV No. 3 Monday, May 5, 1*W \V akha 15, I4>19 (Saka) LOK SABHA DEBATES (Englisn Version) Fourth Session (Part-lV) (Eleventh Lolt Sabha) (Vol. XIV contains No, I to 12) LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI Pi icc . Rs 50 00 EDITORIAL BOARD Shri S. Gopalan Secretary General Lok Sabha Shri Surendra Mishra Additional Secretary Lok Sabha Secretariat Shri P.C. Bhatt Chief Editor Lok Sabha Secretariat Shn Y K. Abrol Senior Editor Shri Balram Sun Assistant Editor [Original English Proceedings included in English Version and Original Hindi proceedings included in Hindi Version will be treated as authoritative and not ihe translation thcieof] CORRIGENDA TO LCK SABHA DEBATES ( Englidtt Version) Monday, May 5, 1997/Vaisakha 15, 1919 (Saka) C o l ./l i n e For Read 1/15 SHRI K.S.RAYADU SHRI K.S.RAYUDU 16/3(from below) SHRI DATTA MAGHE SHRI DATTA MEGHE 17/34 no more a react no more a s e c r e t 72/4 226/34 I DR.SATYANARAYAN JATIYA DR.SATYANARAYAN JATIA 100/12#13 SHRI SALEEM I.SHERVANI SHRI SALEEM IQBAL 234/8,9 SHRI SALEEM ICEAL SHARVANI SHERVANI 144/16 SHRI KUNWAR SARVARAJ SINGH KUNWAR SARVARAJ SINGH 161/18 SHRI SIRBALLAV PANIGRAHI SHRI SRIBALLAV PANIGRAHI 186/6 SHRI SATYAJIT SIN3H SHRI SATYAJITS INH DULIPSINH GAEKWAD DULIPSINH GAEKWAD 202/6(from below) JUSTICE GUMAL LAL LODHA JUSTICE GUMAN MAL LODHA 203/9,10 (SHRI JENESHWAR MISHRA) (SHRI JANESHWAR MISHRA 266/25,26 SHRI GEORGE FERNANDEZ SHRI GEORGE FERNANDES 267/1 285/6 SHRI P.R.DASMUNI SHRI P.R.DASMUNSI 364/7 SHRI PUNNALAL MOHLE SHRI PUNNU LAL MOHLE 336/2 (fran below) (Gonda) (Godda) CONTENTS _________ (Eleventh Series. Vol. XIV , Fourth Session (Part-IV). 1997/1919 (Saka)J *\o» 3. Monday, May 5, 1997/ Vaisakha 15, 1919 (Saka) S ubject Columns INTRODUCTION OF MINISTER ..................................................................................................... i n R M ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS : 'Starred Question Nos. 401 to 404 ................................................................................. 1-24 *TEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS : Starred Question Nos. 405 to 420 ................................................................................. 24-58 Unstirred Question Nos. 4468 to 4697 ........................................................................ 59-250 PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE .....................................................................................................' 250-260 STANDING COMMITTEE ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, ENVIRONMENT AND FORESTS - Laid r • )rty-eight, Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Reports ............................................................. 260 MOTION RE. TWELFTH REPORT OF BUSINESS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ...................... 260-261 RE: SUBMISSIONS ON ADMISSIBILITY OF ADJOURNMENT MOTION IN RELATION TO BIHAR........................................................................................................................ 261-283 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 (i) Need for construction of an airport at Ajmer. Rajasthan Prof. Rasa Singh Rawat ....................................................................... 283 (ii ) Need for early clearance of the proposal for setting up a university in East Delhi Shri Jai Prakash Agarwal .............................................................................. 284 (in) Noed to release adequate funds for solving acute drinking water scarcity in Howrah, West Bengal Shri P.R. Dasmunsi ........................................................................................ 285 (iv) Need to set up a high powered commission to determine and recommend the realistic ratio between the price of sugarcane and sugar Shri Harivansh S a h a i........................................................................................ 285—286 * The sign + marked above the name of a Member indicates that the question was actually asked on the floor of the House by that Member. Sub iecT t C olumns (v) Need to look into the problems of telephone consumers in Jahanabad, Bihar Shri Ramashray Prasad Singh .................................................... 286 (vi) Need to release special grant for atround development of Shahabad. U.P. Shri Iliyas A z m i.................................................................................. 287 (vii) Need to release more funds for over all development of Bareilly, counter magnet city under National Capital Territory * Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar .................................................... 287 GENERAL BUDGET 1997*98 — DEMANDS FOR GRANTS Ministry of Human Resource Development .................................................... 288 Shrimnti Sumitra Mahajan ................................................................................. 289-296 CUT MOTIONS Shri P. Upendra ..................................................................................................... 298 Shri Sukdeo Paswan ........................................................................................... 308 Shri Samik Lahiri ..................................................................................................... 313 Shri Suresh Prabhu ........................................................................................... 318 Shri Ajay Chakraborty ........................................................................................... 329 Prof. Rasa Singh Rawat........................................................................................... 335 Prof. PJ. Kurien ..................................................................................................... 342 Shri SK. Karvendhan ........................................................................................... 353 Shri Iliyas Azmi ..................................................................................................... 357 Shri Ranen Barman ........................................................................................... 360 Shrimali Hedwig Machael Rego ....................................................................... 361 Shri Punnu Lai Mohle ........................................................................................... 304 Shri Anadi Charan Sahu .................................................................... ..................... 365 Shri Bhagwan Shankar R aw at ................................ ................................ 367 Shri K.P. Singh Deo ........................................................................................... 369 Shri S R b o m m a i.................................................................................................... 373-388 LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA to provisional data compiled by the Central Bureau of Health Intelligence, the number of persons infected and Monday, May 5, 1997/Vaisakha 15, 1919 (Saka) died due to Viral Hepatitis (all types) during the last three years is given below The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock. Year No. of persons No of persons infected died [Mr. S peaker in the Chaii) 1994 98880 1183 INTRODUCTION OF MINISTER 1995 94780 701 THE PRIME MINISTER (SHRI I.K. GUJRAL) : Sir, with your permission, may I introduce to you a familiar face, 1996 93258 550 of course in the House, Shri S.R. Bommai, Minister of Human Resource Development ? (c) and (d) Central Government has not allocated funds specifically for the control of Hepatitis-B ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS However, expenditure is incurred on screening of blood for 11.01 hrs Hepatitis-B, preventive measures including Hoaltii Educa tion and immunisation of Hospital workers During the last Hepatitis-B meeting of the Central Council of Health & Family Welfare, [English] held from 9-11th January, 1997, where all State Health Ministers are Members, it was interalia resolved as a part ♦ of the measures for infection control and waste •401 DR ARUN KUMAR SARMA : management that hospital workers may be immunized SHRI KS RAYADU : especially against Hepatitis-B. The cost of immunizing 2.5 crore infants each year would exceed Rs. 500 crores and Will the Minister of HEALTH AND FAMILY WELFARE be pleased to state: hence it has not been feasible to include vaccination against Hepatitis-B in the immunisation programme. The Govern (a) the number of persons infected with Hepatitis- ment is however encouraging indigenous manufacture of B in the country during the last three years; cost effective Hepatitis-B vaccine to bring down costs. In addition, the following measures have been taken (b) the number of persons died of this disease during the last three years. 1. It is mandatory to screen all blood donations for Hepatitis-B virus before transfusion (c) the total allocation of funds made for control of this disease; and 2. States and Union Territories have been advised (d) the measures taken by the Government to to the preventive measures and immunize prevent the disease7 hospital workers [Translation] 3 Efforts are being made to promote safe sex behaviour under the National AIDS Control THE MINISTER OF WATER RESOURCES (SHRI Programme The routes of transmission for both JANESHWAR MISHRA) : (a) to (d) A statement is laid on diseases are the same the table of the Lok Sabha 4. Provision of separate syringe and separate Statement needle for each vaccination under the Universal (a) and (b) According to WHO estimates, India falls Immunisation Programme in the intermediate prevalence zone for Hepatitis-B among 5. It has been decided to immunize hospital countries of the world. Countries have been classified into workers of Central Government Hospitals against three prevalence zones viz. High, Intermediate and Low. Hepatitis-B.