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FRIDAY, THE 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2012 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.)

11-00 a.m.

1. Retirement of Dr. V. K. Agnihotri as Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha The Chairman informed the House about the retirement of Dr. V. K. Agnihotri from the Office of the Secretary-General, Rajya Sabha on the 30th of September, 2012 and expressed appreciation for the distinguished services rendered by him to Rajya Sabha.

11-03 a.m. 2. Starred Questions Starred Question No. 381 regarding Package for farmers of Vidarbha was orally answered. (The House adjourned at 11-04 a.m. and re-assembled at 12-00 Noon) Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 382 to 400 were laid on the Table. 3. Unstarred Questions Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 2946 to 3100 were laid on the Table.

12-00 Noon. 4. Short Notice Question Answer to Short Notice Question No. 8 was laid on the Table. 12-01 p.m.

5. Papers Laid on the Table Shri S. Gandhiselvan (Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) on behalf of Shri laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Notification No. G.S.R. 387 (E), dated the 25th May, 2012, publishing the Clinical Establishments (Central Government) Rules, 2012, under Section 53 of Clinical Establishments (Registration and Regulation) Act, 2010.

165 RAJYA SABHA II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Notification No. G.S.R. 574 (E), dated the 17th July, 2012, publishing the Drugs and Cosmetics (3rd Amendment) Rules, 2012, under Section 38 of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940, along with extracts of rules. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) on behalf of Shri laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Lakshadweep Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan State Mission Authority, Union Territory of Lakshadweep, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (a) above. Shri Rajeev Shukla (Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) on behalf of Shri Dinsha J. Patel laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (4) of Section 3 of the Commission of Inquiry Act, 1952:— (a) Report of the Justice M.B. Shah Commission of Inquiry for Illegal Mining of Iron Ore and Manganese in the State of Goa. (b) Memorandum of Action taken on the above Report. Shri Srikant Jena (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation and Minister of State in the Ministry of Chemicals and Fertilizers) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Nineteenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Institute of Pesticide Formulation Technology (IPFT), Gurgaon, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Institute. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above.

166 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2012 (ii) Statement giving reasons for not laying the Annual Reports of the Indian Drugs and Pharmaceuticals Limited (IDPL), for the years 2009-10 and 2010-11, within the stipulated period. Shri Rajeev Shukla (Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) on behalf of Shrimati D. Purandeswari laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Human Resource Development (Department of School Education and Literacy) Notification No. S.O. 1510 (E), dated the 6th July, 2012, extending the period of supersession of the National Council for Teacher Education for a further period of six months with effect from the 7th July, 2012, under sub-section (1) of Section 30 of the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Accounts of the Visva-Bharati, Santiniketan, for the year 2010-11, and the Audit Report thereon, under sub-section (4) of the Section 36 of the Visva Bharati (Amendment) Act, 1984. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Accounts of the University of Delhi, Delhi, for the year 2010-11, and the Audit Report thereon, under sub-section (3) of Section 39 of the University of Delhi Act, 1922. (b) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. (iii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan Implementation Society, Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iii) (a) above.

167 RAJYA SABHA (iv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Tripura Rajya Mission implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Tripura, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (iv) (a) above. (v) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Manipur, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (v) (a) above. (vi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Puducherry, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (vi) (a) above. (vii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Puducherry, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (vii) (a) above. (viii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the State Mission Authority Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Union Territory of Andaman and Nicobar Islands, for the year 2010- 11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (viii) (a) above.

168 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2012 (ix) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rajiv Gandhi Shiksha Mission, Sarva Shiksha Abhiyan, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ix) (a) above. (x) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Board of Apprenticeship Training (BOAT), Southern Region, Chennai, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Board. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (x) (a) above. (xi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Manipur, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xi) (a) above. (xii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Union Territory of Lakshadweep, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xii) (a) above. (xiii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Union Territory of Daman & Diu, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xiii) (a) above.

169 RAJYA SABHA (xiv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Union Territory of Chandigarh, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xiv) (a) above. (xv) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Assam, for the year 2010-11, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xv) (a) above. (xvi) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Jharkhand Secondary Education Project Council (JSEPC) implementing the Rashtriya Madhyamik Shiksha Abhiyan (RMSA), Ranchi, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor's Report on the Accounts. (b) Statement by Government accepting the above Report. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (xvi) (a) above. Shri K.H. Muniappa (Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Railways Notification No. G.S.R. 368 (E), dated the 15th May, 2012, publishing the Rail Land Development Authority (Transaction of Business) Regulations, 2012, along with delay statement, under Section 199 of Railways Act, 1989. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Medium-term Expenditure Framework Statement (as on September, 2012), under Section 3 (I) (IB) of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003. II. 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 2011-12, under sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the Fiscal Responsibility and Budget Management Act, 2003.

170 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2012 Shri Namo Narain Meena (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance) on behalf of Shri S.S. Palanimanickam laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) Notification No. 48/2012 - Customs, dated the 6th September, 2012, amending Notification G.S.R. 929 (E), dated the 30th December, 2011, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification, along with Explanatory Memorandum, under Section 159 of the Customs Act, 1962. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture, Minister of State in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) laid on the Table:- I. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture and Co-operation) Notification No. G.S.R. 447 (E), dated the 15th June, 2012, publishing the Multi-State Co-operative Societies (Amendment) Rules, 2012, under sub-section (3) of Section 124 of the Multi State Co-operative Societies Act, 2002. II. A copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Agriculture (Department of Agriculture and Cooperation) Notification No. S.O. 1855 (E), dated the 17th August, 2012, amending Notification No. S.O. 2363 (E), dated the 30th September, 2010, to insert certain entries in the original Notification, under sub-section (6) of Section 3 of the Essential Commodities Act, 1955. Shri K.H. Muniappa (Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways) on behalf of Shir Bharatsinh Solanki laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Memorandum of Understanding between the Government of (Ministry of Railways) and the RITES Limited (RITES), for the year 2012-13. Shri Mahadev S. Khandela (Minister of State in the Ministry of Tribal Affairs) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs Notification No. G.S.R. 669 (E), dated the 6th September, 2012, publishing the Scheduled Tribes and Other Traditional Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Amendment Rules, 2012, under sub-section (3) of Section 14 of Scheduled Tribes and Other Forest Dwellers (Recognition of Forest Rights) Act, 2006. Shri S. Gandhiselvan (Minister of State in the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (Department of AYUSH) Notification No. 28, dated the 14th - 20th July, 2012, publishing the Corrigendum to Notification No. UBD.CO.BSD II/3/12.21.109/2011-12, dated the 15th June, 2011, (in Hindi only).

171 RAJYA SABHA Shri (Minister of State in the ) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPFO), Dhanbad, for the year 2008-09, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Organisation. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Coal Mines Provident Fund Organisation (CMPFO), Dhanbad, for the year 2009-10, together with the Auditor’s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Organisation. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. Shri R.P.N. Singh (Minister of State in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas and Minister of State in the Ministry of Corporate Affairs) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, under Section 642 of the Companies Act, 1956, along with delay statement:— (1) G.S.R. 748 (E), dated the 5th October, 2011, publishing the Companies (Filing of Documents and Forms in Extensible Business Reporting Language) Rules, 2011.

th (2) G.S.R. 733 (E), dated the 4 April, 2012, appointing Assistant Commissioner of Income-Tax, Guwahati, under sub-section (1A) of Section 108 of the Companies Act, 1956.

th (3) G.S.R. 298 (E), dated the 17 April, 2012, amending Schedule XIV of the Companies Act, 1956.

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th (4) G.S.R. 395 (E), dated the 28 May, 2012, publishing the Companies (Director Identification Number) Amendment Rules, 2012.

th (5) G.S.R. 429 (E), dated the 5 June, 2012, publishing the Companies Director Identification Number (Second Amendment) Rules, 2012.

st (6) G.S.R. 411 (E), dated the 31 May, 2012, publishing the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms (Amendment) Rules, 2012.

th (7) S.O. 1538 (E), dated the 10 July, 2012, delegating powers of Central Government to Registrar of Companies.

th (8) S.O. 1539 (E), dated the 10 July, 2012, delegating powers of Central Government to Regional Directors at , Kolkata, Chennai, Noida, Ahmedabad and Hyderabad.

th (9) G.S.R. 547 (E), dated the 10 July, 2012, publishing the Company Law Board (Fee on Application and Petitions) (Amendment) Rules, 2012.

th (10) G.S.R. 548 (E), dated the 10 July, 2012, publishing the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms (Amendment) Rules, 2012.

th (11) G.S.R. 577 (E), dated the 19 July, 2012, publishing the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2012.

th (12) G.S.R. 588 (E), dated the 26 July, 2012, publishing the Companies (Central Government’s) General Rules and Forms (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2012. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Corporate Affairs, under Section 72 of the Limited Liability Partnership Act, 2008:–– (1) G.S.R. 430 (E), dated the 5th June, 2012, publishing the Limited Liability Partnership (Amendment) Rules, 2012. (2) G.S.R. 485 (E), dated the 21st June, 2012, publishing corrigendum to Notification No. G.S.R. 430 (E), dated the 5th June, 2012.

173 RAJYA SABHA (3) F.No. 1/1/2011-CL-V, dated Nil, regarding Application of section 637 of the Companies Act, 1956 to Limited Liability Partnerships. (4) F.No. 1/1/2011-CL-V, dated Nil, regarding Delegation of powers of the Central Government, under section 39 of the Limited Liability partnership Act, 2008 to Regional Directors. Shri (Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology) on behalf of Shri laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology (Department of Telecommunications), under Section 37 of the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India Act, 1997:— th (1) No. 308-5/2011-QOS, dated the 27 February, 2012, publishing the Telecom Consumers Protection (Second Amendment) regulations, 2012, along with delay statement. th (2) No. 16-07/2010-FA, dated the 11 April, 2012, publishing the Reporting System on Accounting separation Regulations, 2012, along with delay statement. th (3) No. 305-27/2011-QOS, dated the 17 April, 2012, publishing the Mobile Banking (Quality of Service) Regulations, 2012, along with delay statement. th (4) F. No. 3-24/2012-B&CS, dated the 30 April, 2012, publishing the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Interconnection (Digital Addressable Cable Television Systems) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2012, along with delay statement. th (5) F. No. 305-08/2012-QOS, dated the 7 May, 2012, publishing the Standards of Quality of Service of Basic Telephone Service (wireline) and Cellular Mobile Telephone Service (Amendment) Regulations, 2012. th (6) No. 305-24/2011-QOS (SP), dated the 14 May, 2012, publishing the Telecom Commercial Communications Customer Preference (Ninth Amendment) Regulations, 2012.

174 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2012 th (7) F. No. 16-2/2012-B & CS, dated the 14 May, 2012, publishing the Standards of Quality of Service (Digital Addressable Cable TV Systems) Regulations, 2012. th (8) F. No. 16-3/2012-B & CS, dated the 14 May, 2012, publishing the Consumers Complaint Redressal (Digital Addressable Cable TV Systems) Regulations, 2012. th (9) F. No. 3-24/2012-B & CS, dated the 14 May, 2012, publishing the Telecommunication (Broadcasting and Cable Services) Interconnection (Digital Addressable Cable Television Systems) (First Amendment) Regulations, 2012. th (10) F. No. 23-1/2012- B & CS, dated the 14 May, 2012, publishing the Standards of Quality of Service (Duration of Advertisements in Television channels) Regulations, 2012. th (11) No. 116-5/2012-MN, dated the 8 June, 2012, publishing the Telecommunication Mobile Number Portability (Third Amendment) Regulations, 2012. th (12) F. No. 3-24/2012- B & CS, dated the 19 July, 2012, publishing Corrigendum (in English only) to Notification No. 3-24/2012- B&CS, dated the 30th April, 2012. 12-03 p.m. 6. Statements by Ministers (i) Shri Harish Rawat, Minister of State in the Ministry of Agriculture; in the Ministry of Food Processing Industries and in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Twenty- sixth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Agriculture on ―Development of Abiotic Stress Resistant Crop Varieties and Disseminatiion of Production Enhancing Technologies – Review of R&D and Extension Efforts in the Country‖. (ii) Shri K. H. Muniappa, Minister of State in the Ministry of Railways, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Fourteenth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Railways on Demands for Grants, for the year 2012-13.

175 RAJYA SABHA (iii) Shri Sachin Pilot, Minister of State in the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Thirty-fourth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information Technology on Demands for Grants, for the year 2012-13. (iv) Shri Rajeev Shukla, Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs, laid on the Table, a Statement (in English and Hindi) on the status of implementation of recommendations contained in the Nineteenth Report of the Department-related Parliamentary Standing Committee on Energy on Demands for Grants, for the year 2011-12, pertaining to the Ministry of Power.

12-05 p.m.

7. Special Mentions

After taking sense of the House, the Deputy Chairman directed that the following Special Mentions may be treated as laid on the Table of the House:—

1. Shri Ram Kripal Yadav Demand to include people belonging to certain castes in Scheduled Tribes category in Bihar.

2. Dr. E. M. Sudarsana Demand to set up a mechanism Natchiappan for proper reporting of implementation of human development programmes to the International Human Rights Council.

3. Shri P. Rajeeve Demand to give adequate compensation to families of victims killed in explosion of an LPG tanker on Chala bypass in Kannur District, Kerala.

4. Shrimati Gundu Sudharani Demand for immediate supply of Urea to farmers in Madhya Pradesh.

176 7TH SEPTEMBER, 2012 5. Shri Tiruchi Siva Demand to take steps to check the problem of malnutrition among children in the country. 6. Shrimati Jharna Das Baidya Demand to frame a comprehensive legislation to check honour killings in the country. 7. Shri Ambeth Rajan Demand to make viewing of TV channels showing advertisements free of cost and for strict monitoring of the contents of advertisements. 8. Dr. Bharatkumar Raut Demand to address the grievances of the employees of Air India. 9. Shri A. V. Swamy Concern over irregularities in implementation of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA). 10. Shri Basawaraj Patil Demand to set up a Helicopter manufacturing unit in Bidar District of Karnataka. 11. Shri D. P. Tripathi Demand to take steps to improve the condition of quarters of Central Government Employees in Delhi. 12. Dr. Prabha Thakur Need to frame strict regulations to check the sale, regulation and advertisement of medicines claiming magic remedies. 13. Shri Narendra Kumar Demand from NCR Board to Kashyap provide funds for bus services from Ghaziabad to Delhi. 14. Shri Avtar Singh Karimpuri Demand to take effective measures to reduce Maternal Mortality Rate in the country. (The House adjourned at 12-08 p.m. and re-assembled at 12-46 p.m.)

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12-46 p.m. 8. Valedictory Remarks The Chairman made valedictory remarks on the conclusion of the Session.

12-49 p.m. 9. National Song National Song (Vande Mataram) was played.

(The House adjourned sine die at 12-50 p.m.)

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