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C O N T E N T S
Sixteenth Series, Vol. XXXII, Fifteenth Session, 2018/1940 (Saka) No. 4, Monday, July 23, 2018/Shravana 01, 1940 (Saka)
S U B J E C T P A G E S
ORAL ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Question Nos. 61 to 66 15-77
WRITTEN ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS Starred Question Nos. 67 to 80 78-132 Unstarred Question Nos. 691 to 920 133-701
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.
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PAPERS LAID ON THE TABLE 703-719
COMMITTEE ON MEMBERS OF PARLIAMENT LOCAL AREA DEVELOPMENT SCHEME Statements 720-721
STANDING COMMITTEE ON URBAN DEVELOPMENT 23rd report 721
STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS
(i) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 140th Report of the Standing Committee on Commerce on Demands for Grants (2018-19) (Demand No.11), pertaining to the Department of Commerce, Ministry of Commerce and Industry
Shri C.R. Chaudhary 722
(ii) (a) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 37th Report of the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel on 'Physical and Financial Performance of Steel Authority of India Limited and Mecon Limited', pertaining to the Ministry of Steel 723
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(b) Status of implementation of the recommendations contained in the 38th Report of the Standing Committee on Coal and Steel on Demands for Grants (2018-19), pertaining to the Ministry of Steel
Shri Vishnu Deo Sai 723
(iii) Regarding mob lynching incidents in different parts of the country
Shri Rajnath Singh 971
ELECTION TO COMMITTEE Tobacco Board 724
NATIONAL SPORTS UNIVERSITY BILL, 2017 725-726
MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES DEVELOPMENT (AMENDMENT)BILL, 2015 727
GOVERNMENT BILLS - INTRODUCED 728-742 (i) National Sports University Bill, 2018 728-729
(ii) Micro Small and Medium Enterprises Development (Amendment) Bill, 2018 730-731
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(iii) Homoeopathy Central Council (Amendment) Bill, 2018 732 (iv) Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (Second Amendment) Bill, 2018 733-739
(v) Criminal Law (Amendment) Bill, 2018 741
(vi) Commercial Courts, Commercial Division and Commercial Appellate Division of High Courts (Amendment) Bill, 2018 742
STATEMENT RE : HOMOEOPATHY CENTRAL COUNCIL (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2018 732-733
STATEMENT RE :INSOLVENCY AND BANKRUPTCY CODE (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2018 740
STATEMENT RE :CRIMINAL LAW (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2018 741
STATEMENT RE :COMMERCIAL COURTS, COMMERCIAL DIVISION AND COMMERCIAL APPELLATE DIVISION OF HIGH COURTS (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE, 2018 743
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SUBMISSION BY MEMBER Re: Immediate intervention on developmental issues in Kerala along with unprecedented flood situation in various parts of the State 745-750
MATTERS UNDER RULE 377 778-810
(i) Need to provide stoppage of train no. 22531/32 at Mairwa station in Siwan Parliamentary Constituency, Bihar
Shri Om Prakash Yadav 779 (ii) Need to establish Pradhan Mantri Kaushal Vikas Kendra in Chitrakoot district of Uttar Pradesh
Shri Bhairon Prasad Mishra 780 (iii) Need to ban use of plastic
Shrimati Jayshreeben Patel 780A (iv) Need to run a train between Bhind and Bhopal, and Etawah and Itarsi
Dr. Bhagirath Prasad 781 (v) Regarding social media vis-à-vis fight against extremists
Shri Nishikant Dubey 782-783
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(vi) Need to run a new train from Dhanbad to Surat and Surat to Malda weekly train on daily basis Dr. Ravindra Kumar Ray 784 (vii) Need to provide funds for construction of houses in rural areas at par with urban areas under Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana
Shri Ramdas C. Tadas 785 (viii) Need to ensure extension of government sponsored welfare schemes to all the villages in Chhattisgarh
Shri Lakhan Lal Sahu 786 (ix) Need to enhance the pension of retired bank employees Dr. Kirit P. Solanki 787 (x) Need to establish a National Tribal University in Karauli district in Rajasthan Dr. Manoj Rajoria 788 (xi) Need to start Radio FM station in Amreli district, Gujarat Shri Naranbhai Kachhadia 789
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(xii) Need to expedite doubling of Jhansi-Kanpur railway line Shri Bhanu Pratap Singh Verma 790 (xiii) Regarding alleged propaganda against Arecanut Shri S. P. Muddahanume Gowda 791 (xiv) Regarding bringing back dead bodies of those who die abroad
Shri M. I. Shanavas 792 (xv) Regarding financial assistance to Karnataka for drought under NDRF
Shri B.N. Chandrappa 793-794 (xvi) Regarding construction of flyovers in Tamil Nadu Shri J.J. T. Natterjee 795-796 (xvii) Need to provide stoppage of various trains at Tiruverumbur Railway station in Tamil Nadu
Shri P. Kumar 797-798 (xviii) Regarding problems faced by dentists in the country Dr. Ratna De (Nag) 799
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(xix) Regarding wage settlement of IDBI Bank employees Dr. Sanghamita Mamtaz 800 (xx) Need to accord approval for two Irrigation Projects in Odisha
Shri Balbhadra Majhi 801-802 (xxi) Need to enhance the amount of pension Shri Sadashiv Lokhande 803 (xxii) Need to convert Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas into permanent Institution
Shri B. Vinod Kumar 804-805 (xxiii) Need to strengthen operation of Food Corporation of India Dr. A. Sampath 806 (xxiv) Need to confer Bharat Ratna Award on Rajshri Chhatrapati Shahu Maharaj, the Maharaja of the princely state of Kolhapur Shri Dhananjay Mahadik 807-808 (xxv) Need to improve the working condition of Librarians in Kendriya Vidalaya Sangathan Shri Tej Pratap Singh Yadav 809
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(xxvi) Need to set up a power sub-station in Pratapgarh district, Uttar Pradesh Kunwar Haribansh Singh 810
NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENTS (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2017 812-883 Motion to Consider 812-814 Shri Shiv Pratap Shukla 812-814 870-873 Dr. Shashi Tharoor 817-827 Shri Shivkumar Udasi 828-832 Shri S.R. Vijaya Kumar 835-838 Shri Kalyan Banerjee 839-844 Dr. Prabhas Kumar Singh 845-849 Shri Konda Vishweshwar Reddy 850-853 Dr. Ravindra Babu 854-855 Dr. A. Sampath 856-859 Shri Ganesh Singh 860-862 Shri Sharad Tripathi 863-864 Shri Bhairon Prasad Mishra 865-866 Shri Anandrao Adsul 867-869 Clauses 2 to 3 and 1 873-883 Motion to pass 883
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NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR TEACHER EDUCATION (AMENDMENT) BILL, 2017 884-970 Motion to Consider 884-886 Shri Prakash Javadekar 884-886 958-968 Shri Deepender Singh Hooda 887-893 Shri Prahlad Singh Patel 894-901 Shri M. Uadhayakumar 902-907 Prof. Saugata Roy 908-916 Dr. Kulmani Samal 917-919 Shri Vinayak Bhaurao Raut 920-923 Dr. Ravindra Babu 924-926 Dr. P.K. Biju 927-930 Prof. A.S.R. Naik 931-933 Shri Dushyant Chautala 934-936 Shrimati Supriya Sadanand Sule 937-941 Shri Virender Kashyap 942-945 Shri Prem Singh Chandumajra 946-948 Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Yadav 949-950 Shri Kaushalendra Kumar 951 Shri E.T. Mohammed Basheer 951A-953 Shri Harishchandra alias Harish Dwivedi 954-955 Shri K.H. Muniyappa 956-957
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Clauses 2 to 3 and 1 968-970 Motion to Pass 970
ANNEXURE – I Member-wise Index to Starred Questions 972 Member-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 973-977
ANNEXURE – II Ministry-wise Index to Starred Questions 978 Ministry-wise Index to Unstarred Questions 979
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OFFICERS OF LOK SABHA
THE SPEAKER Shrimati Sumitra Mahajan
THE DEPUTY SPEAKER Dr. M. Thambidurai
PANEL OF CHAIRPERSONS Shri Arjun Charan Sethi Shri Hukmdeo Narayan Yadav Shri Anandrao Adsul Shri Pralhad Joshi Dr. Ratna De (Nag) Shri Ramen Deka Shri Konakalla Narayana Rao Shri K.H. Muniyappa Dr. P. Venugopal Shri Kalraj Mishra
SECRETARY GENERAL Shrimati Snehlata Shrivastava 23.07.2018 13
LOK SABHA DEBATES
LOK SABHA ------
Monday, July 23, 2018/Shravana 01, 1940 (Saka)
The Lok Sabha met at Eleven of the Clock
[HON. SPEAKER in the Chair]
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… (Interruptions)