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Home , Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Debendra Pradhan, Dilip Ray, Kashiram Rana, Mamata Banerjee, Murli Manohar Joshi

TUESDAY, THE 26TH OCTOBER, 1999

(The met in the Parliament House at 11.00 a.m.)

1. Introduction of Prime Minister

The Chairman introduced Shri , Prime Minister of to the House.

11-01 a.m.

2. Introduction of Ministers by the Prime Minister

Shri Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Prime Minister introduced the following Ministers:-

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(Cabinet Ministers)

1. Shri Lal Krishna Advani – Home Affairs 2. Shri – Culture, Youth Affairs and Sports 3. Shri T.R. Baalu – Environment and Forests 4. Ms. – Railways 5. Shri – Urban Development 6. Dr. Satya Narayan Jatiya – Urban Employment and Poverty Alleviation 7. Shri Manohar – Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises 8. Dr. Murli – Human Resources Development and Science

and Technology

9. Shri P.R. Kumaramangalam – Power 10. Shri – Parliamentary Affairs and Water Resources 11. Shri – Petroleum and Natural Gas 12. Shri – Surface Transport 13. Shri – Tribal Affairs 14. Shri – Communications 15. Shri – Mines and Minerals 16. Shri Suresh Prabhakar Prabhu– Chemicals and Fertilizers 17. Shri – Textiles 18. Shri – Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution 19. Shri – External Affairs 20. Shri Sharad Yadav – Civil Aviation (Minister of State (Independent Charge) 1. Ms. – Social Justice and Empowerment 2. Shri M. Kannappan – Non-Conventional Energy Sources 3. Shri – Steel with additional charge of Parliamentary Affairs 4. Shri N.T. Shanmugam – Health and Family Welfare Minister of State 1. Shri – Chemicals and Fertilizers 2. Ms. – Water Resources 3. Shri Shriram Chauhan – Parliamentary Affairs 4. Shri Jaisingrao Gaikwad – Human Resources Development 5. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar – Science and Technology with additional

Charge of Parliamentary Affairs

6. Prof. Chaman Lal – Civil Aviation 7. Dr. Vallabhbhai Kothari – Heavy Industries & Public Enterprises 8. Shri Faggan Singh Kuleste – Parliamentary Affairs

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9. Shri Venur Dhananjaya Kumar – Finance 10. Shri Muni Lall – Labour and Employment 11. Shri – Commerce and Industry 12. Shri – Defence 13. Dr. – Surface Transport 14. Shri E. Ponnuswamy – Petroleum 15. Shri A. Raja – Rural Development 16. Shri O. Rajagopal – Law, Justice & Company Affairs 17. Dr. Raman – Commerce & Industry 18. Shri Gingee N. Ramachandran – Textile 19. Shri Chennamaneni Vidyasagar Rao – Home Affairs 20. Shri Th. Chaoba Singh – Culture, Youth Affairs & Sports 21. Dr. (Smt.) Rita Verma – Mines and Minerals 22. Shri EV alias Balasaheb Vikhe Patil – Finance 23. Shri Humumdeo Narayan Yadav- Agriculture 11-07 a.m.

3. Papers laid on the Table

Shri N.T. Shanmugam (Minister of State (Independent charge) in the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare) laid on the Table-

1. A copy each (in English and ) of the following papers: — a. Thirty-first Annual Report of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, for the year 1997-

8, under section 19 of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Act, 1966.

b. Annual Accounts of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, for the year 1997-98, and the Audit Report thereon, under sub-section (4) of section 18 of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, Act, 1966. (d) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (f) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers

mentioned at (a) and (b) above.

Shri Shriram Chauhan** (Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) laid on the Table-

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**Spoken in Hindi

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2. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Ordinances under sub-clause (a) of clause (2) of article 123 of the Constitution: —

(i) The Income-Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 1999 (No.7 of 1999), promulgated by the President on the 1st July, 1999.

(ii) The Representation of the People (Amendment) Ordinance, 1999 (No. 8 of 1999), promulgated by the President on the 21st July, 1999.

(iii) The Contingency Fund of India (Amendment) Ordinance, 1999 (No. 9 of 1999), promulgated by the President on the 28th July, 1999.

11-08 a.m.

4. Report of the Committee on Government Assurances

Shri Solipeta Ramachandra Reddy presented the Forty-seventh Report (in English and Hindi) of the Committee on Government Assurances on dropping of assurances on the request of Ministries.

11-09 a.m.

5. Reports of the Public Accounts Committee Secretary-General laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Public Accounts Committee (1998-99) which were presented by the Chairman of the Committee to the Speaker of the Twelfth before its dissolution on 26th April, 1999: —

i. Tenth Report on the Action Taken by Government on the

recommendations contained in Fourteenth Report (Eleventh Lok

Sabha) on "Union Excise Duties- Provisional Assessments". ii. Eleventh Report on the Action Taken by Government on the recommendations contained in Forty-fifth Report (Tenth Lok Sabha) on 'Avoidable extra expenditure on import of sugar". 6. Reports of the Committee on Public Undertakings

Secretary-General laid on the table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Committee on Public Undertakings (1998-99) which were presented by the Chairman of the Committee to the Speaker of the Twelfth Lok Sabha before its dissolution on 26th April, 1999: —

i. Third Report on Action Taken by Government on the recommendations contained in the Twelfth Report (Eleventh Lok Sabha) on Oil and Natural Gas Corporation Ltd.-Setting up of Single Buoy Mooring Project.

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ii. Fourth Report on Senior Level posts in Public Undertakings-Appointment and related matters. iii. Fifth Report on Pyrites, Phosphates and Chemicals Ltd. -Dehradun Unit. iv. Sixth Report on Action Taken by Government on the recommendations contained in Tenth Report (Eleventh Lok Sabha) on ITI Ltd. 11-10 a.m.

7. Recommendations of the Business Advisory Committee

The Chairman informed the House that the Business Advisory Committee at its meeting held on Monday, the 25th October, 1999, allotted time for Government Legislative and other business as follows:-

Business Time Allowed 1. Discussion on the Motion of Thanks on 8 hours the President’s Address 2.Consideration and passing of the 1 hour Representation of the People (Amendment) Bill, 1999 3.Consideration and passing of the 1 following Bills after they have been passed Lokha Sabha (a) The Income-Tax (Amendment) Bill , 1 1999 (b) The Contigency Fund of 1 India(Amendment) Bill,1999 1 (c) The Constitution Eighty Fourth (Amendment) Bill, 1999

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8. Motion of Thanks on the President's Address

Shri moved that an Address be presented to the President in the following terms: —

"That the Members of the Rajya Sabha assembled in this Session are deeply grateful to the President for the Address which he has been pleased to deliver to both Houses of Parliament assembled together on October 25, 1999."

(The House adjourned for lunch at 1.00 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-04 p.m.)

Shri S. Viduthalai Virumbi seconded the motion.

2-39 p.m.

Amendments were moved by —

Shri N. Thalavai Sundaram

Shri S. Ramachandran Pillai

Shri R. Margabandu

Shri Khagen Das

Shri Sanatan Bisi

Shri Dipankar Mukherjee

Shri O.S. Manian

Shri Nilotpal Basu

Shri Vayalar Ravi

Shri

2-43 p.m.

The following Members took part in the discussion on the Motion and the amendments moved thereto: —

2.43 p.m. 1. Dr.

3-36 p.m. 2. Shri E. Balanandan

4-02 p.m. 3. Shri 4-09 p.m. 4. Shri C. Ramachandraiah

4-20 p.m. 5. Shri K.R. Malkani

4-32 p.m. 6. Shri Sanatan Bisi

4-41 p.m. 7. Shri Eduardo Faleiro

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The discussion was not concluded.

4-58 p.m.

9. Statement by Minister**

Dr. (Minister of Human Resource Development and Science and Technology) made a statement on the "Award of Swarnajayanti Fellowships for the year 1999-2000."

(The House adjourned at 5.23 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Wednesday, the 27thOctober,1999.)