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RAJYA SABHA —— REVISED LIST OF BUSINESS

Thursday, September 8, 2011

11 A.M. ——— QUESTIONS

QUESTIONS entered in separate lists to be asked and answers given. ————

STATEMENT BY MINISTER CORRECTING ANSWER TO QUESTION

SHRIMATI to lay on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) correcting the reply given in the Rajya Sabha on the 11th August, 2011, to Unstarred Question 1385 regarding “Rape cases in Bhatta Parsaul”. ————

PAPERS TO BE LAID ON THE TABLE

I. Following Ministers to lay papers on the Table entered in the separate list: — 1. SHRI S.M. KRISHNA for Ministry of External Affairs; 2. SHRI for Ministry of Civil Aviation; 3. SHRI G.K. VASAN for Ministry of Shipping; 4. SHRIMATI KRISHNA TIRATH for Ministry of Women and Child Development; 5. SHRI for Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports; 6. SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY for Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions; 7. SHRIMATI D. PURANDESWARI for Ministry of Human Resource Development; 8. SHRI for Ministry of Finance; 9. SHRI for Ministry of Road Transport and Highways; 10. SHRI for Ministry of Agriculture; 11. SHRI D. NAPOLEON for Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment; and 12. SHRI SUDIP BANDYOPADHYAY for Ministry of Health and Family Welfare.

II. SHRI NAMO NARAIN MEENA to lay on the Table, under clause (1) of article 151 of the Constitution, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Reports:— (i) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of : No.18 of 2011-12: Union Government (Civil), Performance Audit of Civil Aviation in India, Ministry of Civil Aviation;

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(ii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India: No.19 of 2011-12: Union Government (Civil), Performance Audit of Hydrocarbon Production Sharing Contracts, Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas; and (iii) Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India for the year ended March, 2010: No.20 of 2011-12: Union Government (Defence Services) – Air Force and Navy. ————

STATEMENTS/REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON THE WELFARE OF SCHEDULED CASTES AND SCHEDULED TRIBES

MISS ANUSUIYA UIKEY SHRI K.B. SHANAPPA to lay on the Table, a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following:– (i) Final Action Taken Statement of the Government on the recommendations contained in Chapter I of the Thirty-Fifth Report (14th ) of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes regarding Action Taken by the Government on the Twenty-Second Report (14th Lok Sabha) on the Ministry of Finance, Department of Financial Services on "Reserve Bank of India – Credit facilities provided by the Nationalised Banks to the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes"; (ii) Final Action Taken Statement of the Government on the Recommendations contained in Chapter I of the Seventh Report () of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes regarding Action Taken by the Government on the Thirty-Sixth Report (14th Lok Sabha) on the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment on "National Commission for Scheduled Castes – Its mandate and achievements – A review of its organisation and working"; and (iii) Study Tour Report of the Committee on the Welfare of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes on their visit to Mumbai, Nasik and Goa during October, 2010. ————

STATEMENTS BY MINISTERS

1. SHRI to make a statement regarding status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Tenth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Coal and Steel.

2. SHRI V. NARAYANASAMY to make a statement regarding status of implementation of recommendations contained in the First, Fourteenth, Nineteenth, Thirty-first and Forty-third Reports of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Personnel, Public Grievances, Law and Justice on Demands for Grants, for the years 2004-05, 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09 and 2010-11 respectively pertaining to the Ministry of Personnel, Public Grievances and Pensions.

3. SHRI to make a statement regarding status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Sixty-second Report on Management of funds by the Department of Posts through Banking and Insurance Activities relating to Department of Posts of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology for the Ministry of Communications and IT. ————

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LEGISLATIVE BUSINESS Bills for consideration and passing The Indian 1. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by Institute of Shri on the 7th September, 2011:–– Information "That the Bill to declare the Indian Institute of Information Technology, Technology, Design and Manufacturing, Kancheepuram, in the State of Tamil Design and Nadu to be an institution of national importance and to provide for its Manufacturing, incorporation and for matters connected therewith, as passed by Lok Kancheepuram Sabha, be taken into consideration." Bill, 2011.

SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill be passed.

2. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill further to amend the Institutes of ∗The Institutes of Technology Act, 1961, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration. Technology (Amendment) ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. Bill, 2011.

3. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill to amend the National Institutes *The National of Technology Act, 2007, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration. Institutes of Technology ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. (Amendment) Bill, 2011.

4. FURTHER CONSIDERATION of the following motion moved by The Commercial Shri Salman Khursheed on the 29th August, 2011:–– Division of High Courts "That the Bill to provide for the constitution of a Commercial Division in Bill, 2010. the High Courts for adjudicating commercial disputes and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha and as reported by the Select Committee of the Rajya Sabha, be taken into consideration."

SHRI SALMAN KHURSHEED to move that the Bill be passed.

5. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill further to amend the Copyright The Copyright Act, 1957, be taken into consideration. (Amendment) Bill, 2010. ALSO to move that the Bill be passed.

6. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill to provide for the establishment The Educational of Educational Tribunals for effective and expeditious adjudication of disputes Tribunals

involving teachers and other employees of higher educational institutions and other Bill, 2010. stake holders (including students, universities, institutions and statutory regulatory authorities) and to adjudicate penalties for indulging in unfair practices in higher education and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto, as passed by Lok Sabha, be taken into consideration.

ALSO to move that the Bill be passed.

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The Central 7. SHRI KAPIL SIBAL to move that the Bill to amend the Central Educational Educational Institutions (Reservation in Admission) Act, 2006, be taken into consideration. Institutions (Reservation in ALSO to move that the Bill be passed. Admission) Amendment Bill, 2010. ————

∗HALF-AN-HOUR DISCUSSION

DR. C.P. THAKUR to raise a discussion on points arising out of the answer given in the Rajya Sabha on the 18th August, 2011, to Starred Question No. 242 regarding ‘Malnourished children in urban slums’.

NEW ; V.K. AGNIHOTRI, September 7, 2011. Secretary-General.

∗ To be taken up at 5.00 p.m. or as soon as the preceding items of Business are disposed of, whichever is earlier.

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