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, No. 20 Wednesday, December IS, |«w. Agrahayana 27, IV I8 (Saka, LOK SABHA DEBATES (English Version) Third Session (Eleventh Lok Sabha) (Vol. VI1 contains Nos. 11 to 20) LOK SABHA SECRETARIAT NEW DELHI EDITORIAL BOARD Shri S. Gopalan Secretary-General Lok Sabha Shri Surendra Mishra Additional Secretary Lok Sabha Secretariat Shrimati Reva Nayyar Joint Secretary Lok Sabha Secretariat Shri P.C. Bhatt Chief Editor Lok Sabha Secretariat Shri A.P Chakravarti Senior Editor Shrimati Kamla Sharma Shri P.K. Sharma Editor Editor Shri P.L. Bamrara Shri J.B.S. Rawat Shrimati Laltta Arora Assistant Editor Assistant Editor Assistant Editor [Original E noush proceedings included in E nglish Version and Original H indi procbkmnos included in Hindi Version will be treated as authoritative and not the translation therbof] Corrigenda to Lok Sabha Debates ( English Version) Wednesday December 18,1996/Agrahatyana27, 1918 (Saka) Col/Line For Read (ii)/20 Lt. Gen (Retd) Prakasn Wani Lt. Gen. Shri Prakash Tripathi Mani Tripathi 196/4 1994 1991 197/11(from below) Prot. 0m Pal Singh Nidar PROF. OMPAL SINGH 'NIDAR' 219/13 4589 4539 289/18 Shri Shivanand Hemappa Kougalgi Shri Shivanand Hemappa Kou jalgi 290/15 (from below) Shri Prem Singh Chandumajra Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra 306/12 4,13,74,000 4,13,71,000 390/11 (from below) Avilability Availability CONTENTS [Eleventh Series, Vol. VII, Third Session 1996/1918 (Saka)] No. 20, Wednesday, December 18, 1996/Agrahayana 27, 1918 (Saka) S u b j e c t C o l u m n s ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS : 'Starred Questions Nos. 383 - 385 1—22 WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS : Starred Questions Nos. 381, 382 and 386 - 400 23—42 Unstarred Questions Nos. 3748 - 3977 43—263 I^PERS LAID ON THE TABLE 263—275 Co m m it t e e o n private m e m b e r ’s b ills an d resolutions Fourth Report — Presented 275 COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC UNDERTAKINGS First, Second and Third Reports — Presented 275—276 COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENT ASSURANCES First Report — Presented 276 UTTAR PRADESH STATE LEGISLATURE (DELEGATION OF POWERS) BILL, —Introduced 276—284 MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 297—301 (i) Need to protect the interests of workers of Mica Trading Corporation Limited since merged with M.M.T.C. Shri R.L.P. Verma 297 (ii) Need to lay Mannad — Indore via Seghawa broac^auge railway line Shri Rameshwar Patidar 297—298 (iii) Need to construct railway line between Ranchi and Korba Shri Nand Kumar Sai 298—299 (iv) Need to take up gauge conversion work between Kolar and Chikkaballapura, in Karnataka Shri K.H Muniyappa 299 (v) Need to set up an Educational Development Bank for financing higher education Shri Prithviraj D. Chavan 300 (vi) Need to provide Financial Assistance for opening Residential Schools in rural areas of Bihar for SCs and STs Shri Sukdeo Paswan 300 (vii) Need for construction of a Bye-Pass near Mumbra in Thane District on Mumbai-Pune National Highway Shri Prakash Vishwanath Paranjpe 300—301 (viii) Need to improve the Telecommunication facilities in Jahanabad District, Bihar Shri Ramashray Prasad Singh 301 The Sign + marked above the name of a Member indicates that the question was actuaily asked on the floor of the House by that Member. S ubject C o lu m n s UTTAR PRADESH BUDGET - GENERAL DISCUSSION AND DEMANDS FOR GRANTS (UTTAR PRADESH) FOR 1996-97 302- -365 Shri Satya Deo Singh 311- -320 Cut Motions moved 320- -330 Shri B.K. Gadhvi 331- -335 Shri S.R Jaiswal 335- -337 Shri Ramashray Prasad Singh 337- -339 Shri Sontosh Mohan Dev 339- -340 Shri Prabhu Dayal Katheria 340- -343 Shri Harivansh Sahai 343- -344 Shri G.M. Banatwalla 344- -346 Shri Bhagwan Shankar Rawat 346- -349 Shri Chitta Basu 349- -350 Shri Iliyas Azmi 350- -352 Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar 352- -354 Shri Syed Masudal Hossain 354- -357 Shri Bachl Singh Rawat ‘Bachda’ 357- -358 Lt. Gen. (Retd) Prakash Marsi Tirpathi 358- -359 Shri Amar Pal Singh 359- -360 Dr. Ramesh Chand Tomar 360- -361 Shri P Chidambaram 361- -364 Cut Motions Negatived 365 Demands Voted 365 UTTAR PRADESH APPROPRIATION (NO. 2) BILL, 1996 — Passed 365- -366 Motion to Pass HALF-AN-HOUR DISCUSSION 370 Sugar Development Council Shri Ram Naik 370—374 Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar 374—375 Shri Amar Pal Singh 375—376 Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya 376—377 Shri Annasahib M.K. Patti 377—378 Shri Devendra Prasad Yadav 379—382 NDS FOR SUPPLEMENTARY GRANTS (RAILWAYS) FOR 1996-97 366 Shri V. Dhananjaya Kumar 367, 386—389 Smt. Lakshmi Panabaka 389—391 Shri Sur«ri^Pnbhu 391—394 Shri Virendri Kumar Singh 394—396 Shri Kashi Ram Rana 396—400. Dr. Asim Bala 400—402 Shri Anadi Chatan Sahu 402—405 Shri George Fernandes 405—410 Shri V.V. Raghavan 411—414 Shri P.C. Thomas 416—420 IBJECT C o l u m n s Prof. Prem Singh Chandumajra 420—422 Shri Tiruchi Siva 422—425 Shri Bhakta Charan Das 425—427 Dr. Ramkrishna Kusmaria 427—430 Shri Sriballav Panigrahi 430—436 Shri Baju Ban Riyan 436—438 Shri E. Ahmed 438—440 Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya 440—444 Shri Anandrao Vithoba Adsul 444—445 Shri Iswar Prasanna Hazarika 445—450 Shri N.K. Premchandran 450—452 Shri Ram Tahal Choudhary 452—454 Shri Brahma Nand Mandal 454—456 Shri Yellaiah Nandi 456—459 Shri Syed Masudal Hossain 460—461 Shri P. Shanmugam 461—462 Shri Shatrughan Prasad Singh 462—464 Prof. Rasa Singh Rawat 464—468 Shri Dileep Singh Bhuria 468—469 Shri Veerabhadram Thammineni 469—471 Dr. Ram Chandra Dome 471—475 Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar 475—477 Shri Ram Vilas Paswan 477—486 PPROPRIATION (RAILWAYS) NO 4 BILL —Passed 486 Motion to consider Clauses Motion to Pass LOK SABHA DEBATES LOK SABHA coast, where some oil fields have been identified, and if so, what the results are. Wednesday, December 18, 1996/Agrahayana 27, Lastly, I would like to know as to what the 1918 (Saka) contribution of the private sector is because after the (The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock) liberalisation, we are allowing the private sector also to go into oil exploration. How many private sector [M r. Deputy Speaker in the Chair] companies are operating? What is their contribution'? SHRI T.R. BALLU : Sir, the crude output in 1989-90 ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS was of the order of 34.09 million metric tonnes. In 1992- 93 it declined to 26.95 million metric tonnes. But, at the [English] same time, during 1995-96 it was 35.185 million metric tonnes. As far as this year is concerned, there is some Oil Exploration decline. *383. PROF. P.J. KURIEN : Will the PRIME The anticipated target was 38 million metric tonnes. MINISTER be pleased to state : The target was 38.09 million metric tonnes. The anticipated production is at the rate of 33.62 million (a) the total amount spent on oil exploration during metric tonnes. the Eighth Five Year Plan; The hon. Member has asked about the physical (b) whether the results are commensurate with the work carried out I would like to say that as far as ONGC amount spent; and is concerned, the survey has been made. A survey of (c) if so, the details thereof and if not, the reasons 3,58,222 line kilometres has been carried out. As far as therefor? Oil India Ltd is concerned, a survey of 17,418 line kilometres has been carried out The ONGC has found THE MINISTER OF STATE IN THE MINISTRY OF 51 new structures. These structures have been found PETROLEUM AND NATURAL GAS (SHRI T.R. BAALU) : by the ONGC Out of the 51 hydrocarbon discoveries, (a) The total anticipated Plan outlay on oil exploration there were 24 gas structures and 27 oil structures. (surveys and exploratory drilling) by ONGC and OIL for the Eighth Five Year Plan period is around Rs. 7185.61 PROF P.J. KURIEN : Is it regarding Kerala-Konkan crores. region? (b) and (c). The results of Exploration activities are SHRI T.R BAALU : No. You wanted to know what probabalistic in nature and there is no direct relationship the total result was. As far as Oil India Limited is between input and output. However, physical concerned, it has found 12 hydrocarbon discoveries. achievements have been by and large commensurate There was one gas bearing structure and 11 oil bearing with the investments made. structures were there. Altogether, about 63 structures have been found in the Eighth Plan. PROF. P.J. KURIEN : Sir, the Minister has said that more than seven thousand crores of rupees had been The hon. Member wanted to know about the Kerala- spent for oil exploration but he also said that the results Konkan region. Sir, in the Kerala-Konkan region, we are probabilistic, perhaps an admission of failure. Our have conducted seismic survey to the extent of 1,11,507 oil consumption is increasing every year. The import line kilometres. In addition, a geo-survey has been bills are mounting. The oil pool deficits are on the conducted to the extent of 4000 square kilometres. Nine increase. This is a vicious circle. But the production is exploratory wells have been drilled. These wells h^ve not correspondingly increasing in spite of the fact that been drilled in shallow waters, i.e. up to 200 metres we had spent such a huge amount for oil exploration. Sir, in the Ninth Plan, ONGC is planning to carry My worry is that while there is an increase in the oil out deep water exploration in frontier areas also.