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11-00 Am 1. Papers Laid On WEDNESDAY, THE 16TH MARCH, 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 Rajnath Singh (Minister of Home Affairs) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Shrimati Sushma Swaraj (Minister of External Affairs) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Ministry of External Affairs. Shri Sanwar Lal Jat (Minister of State in the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation) on behalf of Sushri Uma Bharati laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. Shri Ramvilas Paswan (Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Department of Consumer Affairs. (ii) Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Department of Food and Public Distribution. Shri Kalraj Mishra (Minister of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises. Shri Ravi Shankar Prasad (Minister of Communication and Information Technology) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Department of Telecommunications. Shri G.M. Siddeshwara (Minister of State in the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises) on behalf of Shri Anant Geete laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Ministry of Heavy Industries and Public Enterprises. 193 RAJYA SABHA Shri Birender Singh (Minister of Rural Development, Minister of Panchayati Raj and Minister of Drinking Water and Sanitation) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Department of Rural Development. Shri Jual Oram (Minister of Tribal Affairs) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Ministry of Tribal Affairs. Shri Thaawar Chand Gehlot (Minister of Social Justice and Empowerment) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Ministry of Social Justice and Empowerment. Shri Y.S. Chowdary (Minister of State in the Ministry of Science and Technology and Minister of State in the Ministry of Earth Sciences) on behalf of Dr. Harsh Vardhan laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Ministry of Earth Sciences. Shri Santosh Kumar Gangwar (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Textiles) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Ministry of Textiles. Shri Bandaru Dattatreya (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Labour and Employment) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Labour and Employment Notification No. S.O. 444 (E), dated the 10th February, 2016, regarding Central Government specifying that the Employees‘ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 shall apply to all banks employing twenty or more number of persons as a class of establishment in respect of those employees who are not entitled to the benefit of Contributory Provident Fund or old age pension in accordance with any Scheme or rule framed by the Central Government or the State Government or by the respective banks established under the Banking Regulations Act, 1949, under Section 60 of the Employees‘ Provident Funds and Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952. Shri Dharmendra Pradhan (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural Gas) laid on the Table:- I.(1) A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers, under sub-section (4) of Section 26 of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology Act, 2007:— 194 16TH MARCH, 2016 (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Petroleum Technology, Rae Bareli, 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 Institute. (2) Statement (in English and Hindi) giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (1) above. Shri Kiren Rijiju (Minister of State in the Ministry of Home Affairs) on behalf of Shri Sarbananda Sonowal laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Ministry of Youth Affairs & Sports (Department of Youth Affairs) Notification No. G.S.R. 170 (E), dated the 16th February, 2016, publishing the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development Ordinances, 2016, under sub-section (2) of Section 44 of the Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development, Act, 2012. Shri Prakash Javadekar (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change) laid on the Table a copy (in English and Hindi) of the Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. Shri Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi (Minister of State in the Ministry of Minority Affairs and Minister of State in the Ministry of Parliamentary Affairs) on behalf of Shrimati Nirmala Sitharaman laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Seventy-fifth Annual Report of the Coffee Board, Bengaluru, for the year 2014-15. (b) Annual Accounts of the Coffee Board, Bengaluru, for the year 2014-15, and the Audit Report thereon. (c) Review by Government on the working of the above Board. (d) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) and (b) above. (ii) (a) Twelfth Annual Report and Accounts of the Export Promotion Council for EOUs and SEZ Units (EPCES), New Delhi, for the year 2014-15, together with the Auditor‘s Report on the Accounts. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Council. (c) Statement giving reasons for the delay in laying the papers mentioned at (ii) (a) above. 195 RAJYA SABHA (iii) Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Department of Commerce. (iv) Outcome Budget for the year 2016-17, in respect of the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion. Dr. Mahesh Sharma (Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Culture, Minister of State (Independent Charge) in the Ministry of Tourism and Minister of State in the Ministry of Civil Aviation) laid on the Table:- I.(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:— (i) (a) Fiftieth Annual Report and Accounts of the India Tourism Development Corporation Limited (ITDC), New Delhi, 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. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (ii) (a) Thirty-first Annual Report and Accounts of the Assam Ashok Hotel Corporation Limited (AAHCL), Guwahati, 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. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (iii) (a) Twenty-eighth Annual Report and Accounts of the Donyi Polo Ashok Hotel Corporation Limited (DPAHCL), Itanagar, Arunachal Pradesh, 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. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (iv) (a) Thirty-second Annual Report and Accounts of the Utkal Ashok Hotel Corporation Limited (UAHCL), Puri, Odisha, 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. 196 16TH MARCH, 2016 (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (v) (a) Twenty-ninth Annual Report and Accounts of the Pondicherry Ashok Hotel Corporation Limited (PAHCL), Puducherry, 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. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (vi) (a) Thirty-first Annual Report and Accounts of the Madhya Pradesh Ashok Hotel Corporation Limited, Bhopal, 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. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Corporation. (vii) (a) Seventeenth Annual Report and Accounts of the Punjab Ashok Hotel Company Limited, Chandigarh, 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. (b) Review by Government on the working of the above Company. (viii) (a) Thirty-second Annual Report and Accounts of the Ranchi Ashok Bihar Hotel Corporation Limited, Patna, 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.
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