RAJYA SABHA WEDNESDAY, THE 10TH AUGUST, 2016 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.)

11-00 a.m. 1. Papers Laid on the Table Shri (Minister of Tribal Affairs) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under clause (1) of article 339 of the Constitution:— (a) Annual Report of the Scheduled Areas and Scheduled Tribes Commission (Volume-I, II and III), for the years 2002-04. (b) Executive Summary of the said Report. (c) Action Taken Memorandum on the recommendations contained in the above Report. II.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under clause (6) of article 338A of the Constitution:— (i) (a) Third Report of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, for the year 2007-08. (b) Action Taken Memorandum on the Third Report of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, for the year 2007-08. (ii) (a) Fourth Report of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, for the year 2008-09. (b) Action Taken Memorandum on the Fourth Report of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, for the year 2008-09. (iii) (a) Fifth Report of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, for the year 2009-10. (b) Action Taken Memorandum on the Fifth Report of the National Commission for Scheduled Tribes, for the year 2009-10. (2) Statements (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above.

200 10TH AUGUST, 2016 Shri Bandaru Dattatreya (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Labour and Employment) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Labour and Employment, under sub-section (2) of Section 7 of the Employees‘ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952:— (1) G.S.R. 543 (E), dated the 24th May, 2016, publishing the Employees‘ Deposit-Linked Insurance (Amendment) Scheme, 2016. (2) G.S.R. 604 (E), dated the 16th June, 2016, rescinding Notification No. G.S.R. 158 (E), dated the 10th February, 2016. (3) G.S.R. 580 (E), dated the 7th June, 2016, publishing the Employees‘ Provident Funds (Fourth Amendment) Scheme, 2016. Shri (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) and the Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL), for the year 2016-17. (b) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) and the Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Limited (HPCL), for the year 2016-17. (c) Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of India (Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) and the Indian Oil Corporation Limited (IOCL), for the year 2016-17. Shrimati (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Commerce and Industry) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Commerce), under sub-section (3) of Section 30 of the Tobacco Board Act, 1975:— (1) S.O. 2240 (E), dated the 30th June, 2016, authorizing the Tobacco Board to admit from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and upto the 31st August, 2016, the registered traders and dealers of the Tobacco Board to 201 RAJYA SABHA purchase at its auction platforms in the State of , the excess flue cured virginia tobacco produced by the registered growers and flue cured virginia tobacco produced by unregistered growers in the State of Andhra Pradesh subject to certain conditions therein. th (2) S.O. 2241 (E), dated the 30 June, 2016, relaxing the operation of the provisions of sub-section (1) of Section 10 read with sub- section (1) of section 14(A) of the Tobacco Board Act ,1975 in the State of Andhra Pradesh for the period commencing from the date of publication of this notification in the Official Gazette and ending on 31st August, 2016 and permitting the sale of excess flue cured Virginia tobacco crop of the registered growers and flue cured Virginia tobacco crop of the unregistered growers at the auction platforms authorized by the Tobacco Board. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Commerce), Notification No. G.S.R. 668 (E), dated the 5th July, 2016, publishing the Rubber (Amendment) Rules, 2016, under sub-section (3) of Section 25 of the Rubber Act, 1947. III. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Commerce), Notification No. G.S.R. 669 (E), dated the 5th July, 2016, publishing the Coffee (Amendment) Rules, 2016, under sub-section (3) of Section 48 of the Coffee Act, 1942. IV. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Commerce and Industry (Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion), Notification No. S.O. 2313 (E), dated the 5th July, 2016 regarding Collection of Statistics relating to wholesale prices of selected commodities manufactured by organized manufacturing sector units for purposed new series of wholesale Price Index to be regularly collected through monthly price for bulk sale at first stage of transaction on a monthly basis from April, 2016 onwards till March, 2017, under sub-section (3) of Section 33 of the Collection of Statistics Act, 2008. V.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (1) (b) of Section 394 of the Companies Act, 2013:— (a) Tenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Jammu and Kashmir Development Finance Corporation Limited (JKDFC), Jammu, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts and the comments of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India thereon. 202 10TH AUGUST, 2016 (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. VI. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Tenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Tiruchirappalli Engineering and Technology Cluster, Tiruchirappalli, Tamil Nadu, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Narol Textile Infrastructure and Enviro Management, Ahmedabad Textile Cluster, Ahmedabad, Gujarat, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Baddi Infrastructure (B.I.), Solan, , for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iii) (a) above. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the State Implementing Agency (SIA), Himachal Pradesh State Industrial Development Corporation Limited, Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iv) (a) above.

203 RAJYA SABHA Dr. (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Culture and Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Tourism) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the North Central Zone Cultural Centre (NCZCC), Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Cultural Centre. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the South Central Zone Cultural Centre (SCZCC), Nagpur, Maharashtra, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Cultural Centre. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the South Zone Cultural Centre (SZCC), Thanjavur, Tamil Nadu, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Cultural Centre. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iii) (a) above. (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the North East Zone Cultural Centre (NEZCC), Dimapur, Nagaland, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Cultural Centre. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iv) (a) above.

204 10TH AUGUST, 2016 Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs) on behalf of Shri laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Home Affairs, under Section 77 of the Disaster Management Act, 2005, along with delay Statement:— (1) G.S.R. 54, dated the 21st March, 2015, publishing the National Disaster Response Force, Group 'A' Gazetted, Combatised Posts Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2015. (2) G.S.R. 55, dated the 21st March, 2015, publishing the National Disaster Response Force, Group 'B' Gazetted, Non-Combatised Posts Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2015. (3) G.S.R. 56, dated the 21st March, 2015, publishing the National Disaster Response Force, Group 'B' and Group 'C', Non- Gazetted, Combatised Posts Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2015. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Home Affairs, under sub-section (3) of Section 141 of the Border Security Force Act, 1968:— (1) G.S.R. 688 (E), dated the 14th July, 2016, publishing the Border Security Force (Engineering/Electrical) Group 'B' posts Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2016. (2) G.S.R. 689 (E), dated the 14th July, 2016, publishing the Border Security Force Engineering Set up (Civil) Combatant (Group 'C' posts) Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2016. (3) G.S.R. 690 (E), dated the 14th July, 2016, publishing the Border Security Force, Water Wing, Group 'B' (Combatised Technical Staff) post Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2016. (4) G.S.R. 691 (E), dated the 14th July, 2016, publishing the Border Security Force Water Wing Group 'C' posts, Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2016. (5) G.S.R. 692 (E), dated the 14th July, 2016, publishing the Border Security Force, Motor Transport Workshop (Non-Gazetted) Group 'B' and Group 'C' Posts Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2016.

205 RAJYA SABHA (6) G.S.R. 693 (E), dated the 14th July, 2016, publishing the Border Security Force (Engineering/Electrical) Group 'C' posts Recruitment (Amendment) Rules, 2016. III. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Home Affairs, under sub-section (5) of Section 3 of the Passport (Entry into India) Act, 1920:— (1) G.S.R. 702 (E), dated the 18th July, 2016, publishing the Passport (Entry into India) Amendment Rules, 2016. (2) G.S.R. 703 (E), dated the 18th July, 2016, publishing the Foreigners (Amendment) Order, 2016. IV.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (2) of Section 20 of the Protection of Human Rights Act, 1993:— (a) Annual Report of the National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi, for the year 2012-13. (b) Memorandum of Action Taken on the recommendations contained in the Annual Report of the National Human Rights Commission, New Delhi, for the year 2012-13. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. V. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Forty-sixth Annual Assessment Report of the Department of Official Language, Ministry of Home Affairs, regarding Programme for accelerating the spread and development of Hindi and its progressive use for the various official purposes of the Union and its implementation, for the year 2014-15. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Statement on Quarterly Review of the trends in receipts and expenditure in relation to the Budget, at the end of the financial year 2015-16, under sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003.

206 10TH AUGUST, 2016 11-01 a.m. 2. Message from reported The Central Agricultural University (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Secretary-General, reported to the House the following message received from the Lok Sabha, signed by the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha:- "In accordance with the provisions of rule 96 of the Rules and Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, I am directed to enclose the Central Agricultural University (Amendment) Bill, 2016, as passed by Lok Sabha at its sitting held on the 9th August, 2016." 3. Government Bill Laid on the Table Secretary-General, laid on the Table, a copy of the Central Agricultural University (Amendment) Bill, 2016, as passed by Lok Sabha. 11-02 a.m. 4. Reports of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture Dr. Kanwar Deep Singh presented the following Reports (in English and Hindi) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Transport, Tourism and Culture:— (i) Two Hundred Thirty Sixth Report on the 'Infrastructure Lending in Road Sector'; (ii) Two Hundred Thirty Seventh Report on the Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations of the Committee contained in its Two Hundred and Thirtieth Report on Issues related to Security at Airports in India; and (iii) Two Hundred Thirty Eighth Report on the Action Taken by the Government on the observations/recommendations of the Committee contained in its Two Hundred and Thirty First Report on the Demands for Grants (2016-17) of Ministry of Civil Aviation.

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RAJYA SABHA 11-03 a.m. 5. Reports of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel Dr. Satyanarayan Jatiya laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel (2015-16):— (i) Twenty-first Report of the Committee on the subject 'Research and Development in Iron and Steel Sector' pertaining to the ; (ii) Twenty-second Report of the Committee on the subject 'Science and Technology/Research and Development in Mining Sector' pertaining to the Ministry of Mines; and (iii) Twenty-third Report of the Committee on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Fourteenth Report of the Committee (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject 'Safety, Health and Education Facilities for Inhabitants/Workers in Coal/Lignite Mining Areas' pertaining to the . 6. Report of Committee on Empowerment of Women Shrimati Wansuk Syiem laid on the Table, a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Seventh Report of the Committee on Empowerment of Women on Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in their Fourth Report on the subject ‗Working Conditions of Women in Public Sector Banks‘. 11-04 a.m. 7. Reports of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance Dr. Mahendra Prasad laid on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Finance (2015-16):— (i) Thirty-fourth Report on the subject 'State of Rural/Agricultural Banking and Crop Insurance' of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Financial Services);

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10TH AUGUST, 2016 (ii) Thirty-fifth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations contained in the Twenty-first Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on 'Efficacy of Regulation of Collective Investment Schemes (CIS), Chit Funds, etc ' of the Ministry of Finance (Departments of Economic Affairs, Financial Services) & Corporate Affairs; and (iii) Thirty-sixth Report on Action Taken by the Government on the Recommendations contained in the Thirty-second Report on 'Demands for Grants (2016-17)' of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs. 8. Statements of the Department Related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution Shri Shadi Lal Batra laid on the Table, a copy each of the following Final Action Taken Statements (in English and Hindi) showing action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter I and final replies in respect of Chapter V of the following Action Taken Reports (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Food, Consumer Affairs and Public Distribution (2015-16):— (i) Fifth and Eighth Action Taken Reports on 'Demands for Grants (2014-15) and (2015-16)' (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Food and Public Distribution); and (ii) Sixth and Seventh Action Taken Reports on 'Demands for Grants (2014-15) and (2015-16)' (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) of the Ministry of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution (Department of Consumer Affairs). 11-05 a.m. 9. Statement by Minister Shri Hansraj Gangaram Ahir, Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs, laid on the Table, a statement (in English and Hindi) regarding Status of implementation of recommendations contained in the One Hundred and Eighty-ninth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Home Affairs on the Action Taken by the Government on the recommendations/observations contained in the One Hundred and Seventy- sixth Report on ―Functioning of Delhi Police‖. 209

RAJYA SABHA @10. Starred Questions Answers to Starred Question Nos. 256 to 270 were laid on the Table. 11. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos.2622 to 2781 were laid on the Table. 11-11 a.m. 12. Discussion on the prevailing situation in Kashmir Valley ^Shri Ghulam Nabi Azad, Leader of the Opposition raised a discussion on the prevailing situation in Kashmir Valley. The following Members took part in the discussion:— .11-46 a.m. 1. !Shri Shamsher Singh Manhas 12-06 p.m. 2. !Prof. Ram Gopal Yadav 12-24 p.m. 3. Shri A. Navaneethakrishnan 12-30 p.m. 4. Shri Derek O‘ Brien 12-42 p.m. 5. !Shri Sharad Yadav (The House adjourned at 1-00 p.m. and re-assembled at 2-00 p.m.) 2-02 p.m. 6. Shri Sitaram Yechury 2-19 p.m. 7. !Shri Dilip Kumar Tirkey 2-25 p.m. 8. !Shri Munquad Ali 2-31 p.m. 9. !Shri D. P. Tripathi 2-41 p.m. 10. Shri Swapan Dasgupta 2-55 p.m. 11. ^Shri Nazir Ahmed Laway 3-06 p.m. 12. Dr. Karan Singh

@ Question Hour was dispensed with for taking up discussion on the prevailing situation in Kashmir Valley.  From 11-06 a.m. to 11-11 a.m., some points were raised. ^ Spoke in Urdu. . From 11-24 a.m. to 11-27 a.m., some points were raised. ! Spoke in Hindi.  From 2-00 p.m. to 2-01 p.m., some points were raised; and From 2-01 p.m. to 2-02 p.m., see item at Sl. No.12.  From 2-52 p.m. to 2-55 p.m., some points were raised. 210 10TH AUGUST, 2016 3-25 p.m. 13. Dr. Jitendra Singh, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Development of North Eastern Region; and Minister of State in the Prime Minister's Office, in the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions, in the Department of Atomic Energy and in the 3-47 p.m. 14. Shri K.T.S. Tulsi 3-50 p.m. 15. !Shri Partap Singh Bajwa 4-02 p.m. 16. !Dr. Vinay P. Sahasrabuddhe 4-11 p.m. 17. ^Mir Mohammad Fayaz 4-28 p.m. 18. !Shri Vivek K. Tankha 4-37 p.m. 19. Dr. K. Keshava Rao 4-47 p.m. 20. Shri D. Raja 4-58 p.m. 21. Shri T.K.S. Elangovan 5-02 p.m. 22. Shri Ram Jethmalani @5-17 p.m. 23. Shri Abdul Wahab 5-19 p.m. 24. !Shri Biswajit Daimary 5-25 p.m. 25. !Sardar Sukhdev Singh Dhindsa 5-34 p.m. 26. !Shri , Minister of State in the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment 5-39 p.m. 27. Shri Anil Desai 5-43 p.m. 28. ^Chaudhary Munvvar Saleem $5-50 p.m.

Shri , Minister of Home Affairs, replied to the discussion. The discussion was concluded. 6-17 p.m. Shri Rajnath Singh moved the following Resolution:–––

―This House:-

i) expresses its serious concern over the prolonged turbulence, violence and curfew in the Kashmir valley;

! Spoke in Hindi. ^Spoke in Urdu. @ From 5-10 p.m. to 5-12 p.m., some points were raised. $ From 5-46 p.m. to 5-49 p.m., some points were raised. 211 RAJYA SABHA ii) conveys its deep sense of anguish and concern over the loss of lives and critical injuries caused by the deteriorating situation; iii) is of the firm and considered view that while there cannot be any compromise on national security, it is equally an imperative that urgent steps are taken to restore order and peace for the alleviation of the sufferings of the people; iv) earnestly appeals to all sections of the society in Jammu & Kashmir, to work for the early restoration of normalcy and harmony; and v) unanimously resolves to restore the confidence among the people in general and youth in particular."

6-19 p.m.

The Resolution was adopted unanimously. 13. Government Bill — Withdrawn The Drugs and Cosmetics (Amendment) Bill, 2013 Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda (Minister of Health and Family Welfare) moved for leave to withdraw the Bill further to amend the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940. Shri Jagat Prakash Nadda withdrew the Bill. 6-20 p.m. 14. Recommendations of the Business Advisory Committee The Deputy Chairman informed the Members that the Business Advisory Committee in its meeting held on the 10th August, 2016, has allotted time for Government Legislative Business, as follows:-

BUSINESS TIME ALLOTTED 1. Consideration and passing of the Maternity One and a half Benefit (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Hour 2. Consideration and passing of the following Bills, after they are passed by Lok Sabha:-

At 2-01 p.m. 212 10TH AUGUST, 2016 (a) The Factories (Amendment) Bill, 2016 Two Hours (b) The Taxation Laws (Amendment) Bill, Two Hours 2016

(The House adjourned at 6-21 p.m. till 11-00 a.m. on Thursday, the 11th August, 2016)

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