RAJYA SABHA TUESDAY , the 8TH MARCH, 2011 (The Rajya Sabha Met in the Parliament House at 11-00 A.M.)
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RAJYA SABHA TUESDAY , THE 8TH MARCH, 2011 (The Rajya Sabha met in the Parliament House at 11-00 a.m.) 11-00 a.m. 1. Reference by Chair The Chairman made a reference on the occasion of the International Women’s Day. 11-03 a.m. 2. President’s Message The Chairman communicated to the House, the following Message received from the President:— “I have received the expression of Thanks by the Members of the Rajya Sabha for the Address which I delivered to both Houses of Parliament assembled together on 21st February, 2011.” 11-04 a.m. 3. Messages from Lok Sabha reported (I) The Appropriation (Railways) Bill, 2011 (II) The Appropriation (Railways)No.2 Bill, 2011 Secretary-General reported to the House the following messages received from the Lok Sabha as signed by the Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha:- (I) “In accordance with the provisions of rule 96 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, I am directed to enclose the Appropriation (Railways) Bill, 2011, as passed by Lok Sabha at its sitting held on the 7th March, 2011. “The Speaker has certified that this Bill is a Money Bill within the meaning of article 110 of the Constitution of India.” 8TH MARCH, 2011 (II) “In accordance with the provisions of rule 96 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in Lok Sabha, I am directed to enclose the Appropriation (Railways) No.2 Bill, 2011, as passed by Lok Sabha at its sitting held on the 7th March, 2011. “The Speaker has certified that this Bill is a Money Bill within the meaning of article 110 of the Constitution of India.” 4. Government Bills Laid on the Table Secretary-General, laid on the Table the following Bills, as passed by Lok Sabha:- (I) The Appropriation (Railways) Bill, 2011; and (II) The Appropriation (Railways) No. 2 Bill, 2011. *11-06 a.m. 5. Matters raised with permission (1) Shrimati Gundu Sudharani raised a matter regarding issues relating to women in the country. 11-09 a.m. (2) Shrimati Brinda Karat raised a matter regarding need for a public campaign in view of recent crimes against women. ^Shrimati Maya Singh and ^Shrimati Viplove Thakur also spoke. 11-19 a.m. ^(3) Shri Narendra Kumar Kashyap raised a matter regarding killing of a dalit child in Chandigarh after kidnapping him. 11-22 a.m. ^(4) Shri Shivanand Tiwari raised a matter regarding demand to issue visa to a Pakistani painter. 11-26 a.m. ^(5) Shri Tarun Vijay raised a matter regarding circulation of fake currency from Pakistan. ^Shri Ramdas Agarwal also spoke. * From 11-05 a.m. to 11-06 a.m. some points were raised. ^ Spoke in Hindi. RAJYA SABHA 11-30 a.m. (6) Dr. Manohar Joshi raised a matter regarding Jaitapur Nuclear Power Project in Maharashtra. Shri D. Raja also spoke. 11-37 a.m. ^(7) Miss Anusuiya Uikey raised a matter regarding closure of coal mines due to leakage of poisonous and inflammable gas in Chhindwara, Madhya Pradesh. 11-42 a.m. 6. The Budget (Railways), 2011-12 Further discussion on the Budget (Railways), 2011-12 continued. The following Members took part in the discussion:— ^11-42 a.m. 1. Shri Raghunandan Sharma ^11-47 p.m. 2. Shri Narendra Budania ^11-59 a.m. 3. Shri Ganga Charan 12-12 p.m. 4. Shri Shyamal Chakraborty ^12-29 p.m. 5. Shri Tariq Anwar 12-42 p.m. 6. Shri Baishnab Parida 12-50 p.m. 7. Shri A. Elavarasan ^12-57 p.m. 8. Shri Rajniti Prasad (The House adjourned at 1-00 p.m. and re-assembled at 1-32 p.m.) ^%1-37 p.m. 9. Shri Jai Prakash Narayan Singh ^1-45 p.m. 10. Ms. Sushila Tiriya ^1-55 p.m. 11. Shri Kishore Kumar Mohanty ^&3-16 p.m. 12. Shri Mahendra Mohan 3-23 p.m. 13. Shri Khekiho Zhimomi ^3-30 p.m. 14. Shrimati Bimla Kashyap Sood !3-36 p.m. 15. Shri Mohd. Ali Khan 3-42 p.m. 16. Shrimati Gundu Sudharani 8TH MARCH, 2011 ^ Spoke in Hindi. % From 1-32 p.m. to 1-37 p.m. Shri Rajniti Prasad continued his speech. & From 2-00 p.m. to 3-16 p.m. see item nos. from 6 to 21. ! Spoke in Urdu. ^4-00 p.m. 17. Shri Avinash Rai Khanna ^4-05 p.m. 18. Shri Sabir Ali ^4-10 p.m. 19. Shrimati Maya Singh ^4-16 p.m. 20. Shri Vijay Jawaharlal Darda ^4-20 p.m. 21. Shri Ranbir Singh Parjapati ^4-27 p.m. 22. Shri Nandi Yellaiah $4-49 p.m. Km. Mamata Banerjee, Minister of Railways, replied to the discussion. The discussion was concluded. @7. Oath or Affirmation Shrimati Hema Malini (Karnataka) made and subscribed oath and took her seat in the House. 2-01 p.m. 8. Starred Questions The following Starred Questions were orally answered:- Starred Question No. 161 regarding Rise in cancer cases in Bhatinda and Hoshiarpur in Punjab. Starred Question No. 162 regarding Refusal of new gas connections to consumers. Starred Question No. 163 regarding Probe into Sensex crash. Starred Question No. 164 regarding Protection of animals in Assam. Starred Question No. 165 regarding Deaths of infants. Starred Question No. 166 regarding Quality control of imported drugs. Answers to remaining Starred Question Nos. 167 to 170 and 172 to 180 were laid on the Table. Answers to Starred Question Nos. 141 to 160 put down in the List of March 7, 2011 were also laid on the Table. RAJYA SABHA 9. Unstarred Questions ^ Spoke in Hindi. $ From 4-30 p.m. to 4-49 p.m. see item no. 22 and from 4-46 p.m. to 4-48 p.m. some points were raised. @ At 2-00 p.m. Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 1241 to 1395 were laid on the Table. Answers to Unstarred Question Nos. 1086 to 1240 put down in the List of March 7, 2011 were also laid on the Table. 3-00 p.m. 10. Short Notice Question Answer to Short Notice Question No. 2 was orally answered. 3-04 p.m. 11. Papers Laid on the Table Shri Jairam Ramesh (Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Environment and Forests) laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Environment and Forests, under sub-section (3) of Section 63 of the Biological Diversity Act, 2002:- (1) S.O. 289 (E), dated the 8th February, 2011, notifying the species of plants and animals on the verge of extinction for the State of Bihar. (2) S.O. 290 (E), dated the 8th February, 2011, notifying the species of plants and animals on the verge of extinction for the State of Tripura. II. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following papers:— (i) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Institute of Forest Management (IIFM), Bhopal, 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 not laying the papers mentioned at (i) (a) above. (ii) (a) Annual Report and Accounts of the Indian Plywood Industries Research and Training Institute (IPIRTI), Bangalore, 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 (ii) (a) above. 8TH MARCH, 2011 Shri Namo Narain Meena (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance) laid on the Table a copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Economic Affairs), under sub-section (3) of Section 21 of the Coinage Act, 1906:- (1) S.O. 2978 (E), dated the 20th November, 2010, regarding call in from circulation the coins of the denomination of 25 paise and below. (2) G.S.R. 94 (E), dated the 15th February, 2011, publishing the Coinage of the One Hundred Fifty Rupees and Five Rupees coined to Commemorate the occasion of INCOME TAX-150 YEARS OF BUILDING INDIA Rules, 2011. Shri Namo Narain Meena (Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance) on behalf of Shri S.S. Palanimanickam laid on the Table:- I. A copy each (in English and Hindi) of the following Notifications of the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), under Section 159 of the Customs Act, 1962, together with Explanatory Memoranda on the Notifications:- (1) G.S.R. 742 (E), dated the 9th September, 2010, declaring customs airports at Delhi and Sahar, Mumbai (Bombay) to be the “customs airports”. (2) G.S.R. 908 (E), dated the 12th November, 2010, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 171 (E), dated the 7th March, 2002, to insert certain entries in the original Notification. (3) G.S.R. 909 (E), dated the 12th November, 2010, publishing the Handling of Cargo in Customs Areas (Amendment) Regulations, 2010. (4) G.S.R. 977 (E), dated the 15th December, 2010, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 663 (E), dated the 11th September, 2009, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification. (5) G.S.R. 80 (E), dated the 10th February, 2011, publishing the Customs, Central Excise Duties and Service Tax Drawback (Amendment) Rules, 2011. (6) G.S.R. 81 (E), dated the 10th February, 2011, amending Notification No. G.S.R. 765 (E), dated the 17th September, 2010, to substitute certain entries in the original Notification.